Confessed Slayer Faces Trial Monday in Murder of Friend
TEXARKANA Projecting one of the era’s baffling murders, John G. Harris of Bono Ark was brought to trial for the killing of Ed Royal of Port Souron Mich. Authorities traced the crime from an abandoned car found on West Seventh Street to a California link via Ed Royal and John G Harris. Harris confessed stating Royal attacked him as they slept by the highway. he struck Royal with a car jack, moved the body 75 feet, abandoned the car, and rode a freight to Bono. A Bowie County jury later found Harris sane and reset his trial in the current term.
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Texarkana
John G. Harris
Bono
Ark
Fifth Judicial District Court
Boston
Ed Royatl
Siuron
Mich
Sid Crumpton
E. L. Lincoln
Royal
Bassett
Harry J. Lawson
Oak Park
Lawson
Henry Brooks
Milton Shertleff
Mount Vernon
West Seventh Street
Haeen
Adi
John W. Hilton
Hermosa Beach
Calif
California
Brooks
Hilton
Indio
Ed Royal
Port
Suron
Vom
Inilio
John G. Harvis
Bona
Arkansas
Haris
Texarkaan
Harris
Bowie County
Inn Texarkana
Genias
Hartia Haa
North Dakota
Olin Cox Makes Honor Roll at Arkansas Poly Tech
Olin Cox of Hope is among 73 students named to the Arkansas Poly technical honor roll for the 1931 32 term. A four point average is required for eligibility, and the honor reflects Cox’s high academic achievement during the last semester.
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Olin Cox
Russellville
Hope
Uhe
Arkansas Polytechnic College
Earthquake Kills One in Northern California
A severe earthquake in Northern California and Southern Oregon early Monday killed Mrs. Waller McCutcheon of Eureka when her home chimney collapsed. Her husband had a broken leg and their three year old daughter was lightly hurt. A Hewlett Packard employee suffered a broken wrist as two bread trays rattled. Shacks in Arcata reportedly razed. chimneys and mains damaged, with broken windows and crockery widespread.
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Oregon
California
Eureka
Calif
Waller McCutcheon
Louise
Hokety
Klamath Falls
San Francisco
Arcata
Sureka
Theft of Auto Tags Reported in Little Rock
In a report to Chairman Dwight H. Blackwood the Arkansas highway commission said eight sets of license plates were stolen from its reserve. Six were recovered. two dumped in the river. Three men in custody: Walter Heppinstall and George and Fred Garrison of North Little Rock. Investigators found tags taken from the capital basement during ventilating repairs. Officers were told Heppinstail did not take part in the theft, only disposing of some sets. A car bearing an unissued tag led to the disclosure.
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Little Rock
Dwight H. Blackwood
State Highway Commission
W. A. Hleiber
Department
Walter Heppinstall
George
Fred Garrison
North Little Rock
Heppinstail
Grail
Socialist Regime Is Set Up in Chile
SANTIAGO Chile a counter resolution against the Socialist regime which set itself up Saturday has broken out in Southern Chile reportedly with army and navy support Officials fear it serious and would send airplanes to bomb rebels The new regime poses no immediate danger to American investments totaling nearly a billion and a half dollars except the Cosach Nitrale combine valued at 75 billion likely to be nationalized immediately
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Santiago
Chile
Cosach Nitrale Combine
Roosevelt Forces To Oppose Shouse
Roosevelt allies move to back Senator Thomas Walsh of Montana for permanent chair at the Chicago Democratic National Convention. James A. Farley announced after a Hyde Park luncheon that the governor’s friends will push Walsh for permanent chair, opposing Jonet Shouse whom they deem unfriendly to New York. The Arrangements Committee had recommended Berkle y as temporary chair and Shouse for permanent chair.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senator Walsh
Montana
James A. Farley
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Jonet Shouse
Farley
Thomas Walsh
Chicago
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Shouse
Jas
Berkley
Fatal Contact With High Voltage Line Near Blytheville
Otis F. Nash a 22 year old farmer from New Liberty near Blytheville was electrocuted when he climbed a log to remove a sling hung on an 11 000 watt power line. Nash and two companions were walking along a road south of Blytheville when the sling lodged on the line, Nash disregarded advice and touched the sling. He left a family including his father W A Nash five sisters and three brothers.
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Blytheville
Otis F. Nash
New Liberty
Here
Gilchrist
Nash
W. A. Nari
Mildred
Allwilda
Laurine
Maurine
Sara
Bifly, I. DB
Johu B
Long Illness Fatal For Hope Woman
Mrs J M Pettit of Hope died at home after an extended illness aged 59. Survived by husband and three children Mrs Rora Stewart Close Pettit and D G Pettit. Funeral services were held Sunday at Fuening Shade church south of Hope with interment in Huckabee cemetery.
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J. M. Pettit
Rora Stewart
Hope
Close Pettit
Washington
D. G. Pettit
New Mexico
Fuening Shade Church
Huckabee Cemetery
Cost Plus Highway Contracts Declared Illegal by Court
LITTLE ROCK state highway contracts awarded on cost plus and noncompetitive basis were ruled illegal by the Arkansas Supreme Court. The decision upholds a chancery court order barring the state auditor and treasurer from issuing vouchers on these contracts. The ruling cites three legislative mandates requiring advertising for maintenance work over 1000, bidding for contracts over that amount, and action by at least three highway commissioners with secretary attestation.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Highway Audit Commission
Supreme Court
Pulaski Chancery Court
Highway Commission
Woman Shoots Self to Death in Avery Texas
Mrs Virgie Heath 50 of Groom Texas died by self inflicted gunshot at 12 10 p m while visiting her brother in law P J Medford in Avery Texas Coroner Pat Clark said death was by her own action Poor health was named as cause Medford and relatives restrained her as she fell She left no note Heath has two daughters May Ford of Groom and Irene Bearden of Lamesa Funeral services were planned for Monday at First Methodist church likely around 3 p m with relatives arriving later
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Avery
Texas
Virgie Heath
Groom
P. J. Medford
Pat Clark
Clarksville
Heath
Medford
May Ford
Irene Bearden
Lamesa
Mondday
First Methodist Church
Cornelius and Mimms Case Postponed Week
A Municipal court preliminary hearing for Jess Cornelius and Jack Mimms on charges of intoxication fighting and disturbing the peace was postponed Monday due to chancery court in session at Washington The hearing will likely be held next week Mims sustained a deep neck gash in a fight at the Cornelius home near the golf course last Wednesday morning
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Jess Cornelius
Jack Mimms
Chancery Court
Washington
Mims
Cornelius
Mimms
Record of Alaska wind test reaches new speed milestone
In Juneau Alaska a bright sunny day drew loyal crowds as wind tests reported speeds of 505 miles per hour at 25 000 feet the highest test recorded in Alaska aviators battled gusts while officials noted the remarkable atmospheric reading amid the clear weather
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Juneau
Alaska
Brillian
Iran
Robison Stores to Reopen Wednesday
The Geo. W. Robison & Co. stores in this city Prestott and Nashville will reopen Wednesday morning after a closure caused by the death of Mr. Robison in a car crash. Mrs. George W. Robison announced the reopening and said a fuller statement would follow Tuesday.
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Geo. W. Robison & Co
Prestott
Nashville
George W. Robison
Butler Plans Wet Plank Fight at Republican Convention
New York report on Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler urging a Republican plank to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment. He vows a roll call if resolutions fail, pressing delegates to state their stance on repeal and promising party influence to promote temperance and a tightly supervised liquor trade.
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New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Congress
Columbia University
Old Guard
Committee On Resolutions
Builer
United States
Republican Party
Cannon Withdraws From Lieutenant Governor's Race
Curtis Cannon, representative from this county, withdrew from the lieutenant governor race citing financial inability and a desire for private life after four years in the legislature. He urged Arkansans to support a candidate not tied to the current administration amid ongoing campaigns for other offices.
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Curtis Cannon
Magnolia
Arkansas
Tom J. Terral
Fordyce
Little Rock
Wallace
Pine Bluff
J. M. Futrell
Greene County
Paragould
Confederate Prison Plot Acquired by Government
graves of 206 Confederate soldiers on Little Johnson's Island were taken over Sunday by the government. Daughters of the Confederacy held memorial services as the lake winds swept the site. The cemetery title was presented to the War Department in line with a congressional act, believed to be the last Confederate prison plot acquired.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Little Johnson’s Island
Daughters of the Confederacy
Sandusky Bay
Lake Erie
War Department
Congress
Court Suit Filed for Divorce in Pulaski County
Curtis Cannon Hempstead county representative and former lieutenant governor candidate filed for divorce in Pulaski County Circuit Court at Little Rock against his wife Frey Cannon. He cites desertion. Mrs Cannon has lived with her parents in Phoenix, Arizona for the past year.
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Curtis Cannon
Hempstead
Pulaski
Prosecution Demanded in Seabury Case and Walker Inquiry
New York charges call for criminal prosecution of Samuel Seabury on nine counts of violating the state constitution by accepting preferential steamship rates. The Hofstadter Committee seeks to present evidence to Governor Roosevelt as Hastings denounces Seabury’s travel and lodging in Bermuda. Seabury plans to submit a summary of Mayor Walker’s testimony to Roosevelt midweek while awaiting the grand jury’s action.
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New York
Samuel Seabury
Hofstadter Committee
Roosevelt
James J. Walker
Benbury
Walker
John A. Hastings
Bermuda
Hastings
Brooklyn Democrat
Seabury
Thomas C. T. Crain
Washington and Jefferson College
Walkers
Russell T. Sherwood
J. A. Sisto
Hyde Parl
Pilot and Woman Die as Two Planes Collide
A transport pilot Ford Bott and Miss Elsie Breitenbach were killed when two planes collided above Lansing Michigan airport on Sunday. Amateur pilot Carl Schopp his son Carl Jr and Irma Breitenbach survived. Schopp landed his damaged aircraft without injuring anyone.
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Lansing, Mich
Warman
Lai
Ford Bott
Elsie Breitenbach
Carl Schopp
Carl Jr
Irma Breittenbach
Schopp
Cox in wreck near Hope leaves none injured
A car collision six miles south of Hope Saturday night left the Huckabee siblings and a woman injured while Cox, a Louisiana man, escaped unhurt. The Ford roadster and a Chrys coupe, with a Louisiana plate, collided near a dance en route to Lewisville. Ambulance transported the wounded to Hope. drivers gave conflicting accounts of the crash.
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Dick Huckabee
Mondelay
Saturda Lewisville Ees
Annie
Huckibee
Jack
Stanley
Lef
Head
Huckabee
Lewisville
Louisiana
Bloviris
Cox
Hope
Chrysler
Hope Furniture Company
Spring Hill
Hillard
West Third Street
Plan to Murder Mussolini Foiled
Rome authorities reveal a failed assassination plot against Benito Mussolini. A 22 year old Italian, Angelo Sbardellotto, armed with a pistol and two bombs, was arrested outside Il Duce’s Falazzo Venezia office during Garibaldi anniversary ceremonies. He carried forged Swiss papers under the name Angelo Gabini and claimed to be a member of Justice and Liberty. Police say the plan included using bombs and a pistol, and the suspect admitted intent to kill Mussolini and himself.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Il Duce
Falazzio Venezia
Garibaldi
Goverment Press Bureau
Angelo Sbardellotto
Angelo Gabini
Trees Bureau
Justice and Liberty
Mussolini
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