Pay Half Now or All of It Later Editorial on County Seat Move
The Star urges Hempstead county voters to decide the courthouse move from Washington to Hope. It argues the question is the sole issue this Saturday, explains the need for a majority vote to relocate, and warns about future financing and the use of federal aid for public works. The piece notes the county will vote again on costs if removal wins and contrasts courthouse debt with federal grant money.
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Prescott
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Hope
Great Manhunt Began as Robbers Flee State Line
Arkansas outlaw Charles Chapman linked to recent bank robberies in Bradley and Minden. National Guard air units assisted 40 police in a wide pursuit from Lewisville toward Magnolia and Plain Dealing. Sheriff Griffin said sightings placed the gang on a rural road and in multiple parties near Shreveport before splitting into groups.
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National Guard
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Shreveport
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Shreveport Times
Magnolia
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Charles Chapman
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Louustina
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Texas
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Werlescay
Bank of Bradley
Minden Moat Bank and Trust Company
South Arkansas
Tt Dorada
Minin
Chapin
Han Weil
Courthouse Removal Tour Closes in Columbus
The Hempstead County Courthouse removal motorcade ended with a closing rally in Columbus after a day visiting DeAnn Beards Chapel Piney Grove Spring Hill Patmos and Columbus. Crowds rose at Spring Hall and Spring Hill while about 474 attended the Patmos rally. Speakers included Mayee Weisenberger Dale Jones O A Graves Steve Carrigan and Mayor Albert Graves with County Judge Ellig BisoiY. A Washington delegation led by AON Stennel and Pat Casey was reported to join. The event featured Luncheon in Patmos and a later stop in Hope.
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Fremoval Matorcade
Columbus
DeAnn
Beards Chapel
Piney Grove
Spring Hill
Patmos
Spring Hall
Patios
Mayee Weisenberger
Dale Jones
Hope
Weisenberger
Steve Carrigan
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Patauos
O. A. Graves
Hope City
Hope Boys
Jay Columbus
Albert Graves
Turmer
KL. F.llig- Bisoiy
Washington
AON
Stennel
Pat Casey
Matervady
Thought on virtue and service attributed to Sir P Sidney
A quoted reflection discusses becoming willing servants to the good, suggesting that virtue rests upon us and passes through us as a moral influence, attributed to Sir P Sidney.
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Sir P, Sidney
Gifford Byers enters Hempstead Clerk race in August primary
Gifford Byers, Hempstead county native and former rural school teacher, announces candidacy for County and Probate Clerk in the Democratic primary on August 9. He cites twenty years in Hempstead schools, competence in bookkeeping, and a promise to run an active campaign with broad county support.
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Hempstead County
R. L. Byers
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Hope
Hope High School
Ouachita College
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Bombed British and French Freighters in Spanish Ports
London reports insurgent air raids in Spain damaged the British freighter Isadora and the French freighter Brisbane near Castellon de la Plana and Gandia. Five killed including a British observer. attacks blamed on Italian or German planes despite Franco orders. Britain protests Mussolini as raids disrupt shipping and three more British ships were damaged.
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Brisbane
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Nar-Intersevention Committee
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Isadora
Castellan de la Plana
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London
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Foreign Office
Gandia
Frimeigen Franco
France
New Orleans Cotton Opens Thursday At 8.26 Parity Mixed
The New Orleans cotton market opened on Thursday with prices around 8.26 in Bal and closed at 8.26. Spot market showed slight variations as parity and daily moves created a mixed picture for traders.
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New Orleans
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Notice to Officials Election Extra Saturday Night
The Star will report Hempstead county seat vote by precincts with election extra Saturday night. Precinct officials must tele phone their complete tabulations to The Star after vote counting. Call Hope 768 collect. City edition noon Saturday. mail edition delayed to Saturday night.
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McNutt to Speak in Hope Saturday
Dr. Walter Scott McNutt, professor at Arkansas College Batesville, will address voters in Hope at 4 p.m. Saturday as part of his Arkansas governor campaign. He has spoken 44 times statewide, urging repeal of liquor laws if elected, with Prescott remarks planned for 9 p.m. the same day.
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Arkansas College
Batesville
Hope
Arkansas
McNutt
Arkansas Bank & Trust Company
Prescott
Britain Alarmed By Renewed Air Attacks
Britain, anxious after fresh Spanish bombings, weighs an international air patrol similar to the naval effort and may press Mussolini over insurgent raids. In Washington, Ambassador Grew urged Japan to halt bombings of Chinese property, citing attacks on Lingnan University.
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Washington
Joseph Grew
China
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Grew
Foreign Office
Lingnan University
Mind Your Manners Mind Your Manners Quiz
A vintage etiquette quiz tests correct social behavior at dances and parties. It asks about farewells to the guest of honor, serving at a punch bowl, polite responses to offers, and handling a drunk suitor with a poised plan for refusing then dancing with others.
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Dria
Liquor Dealer Aid to Undercover Agents Is Dropped
Arkansas Revenue Commissioner McCarroll says a $1500 monthly contribution from the Arkansas Wholesale Liquor Dealers association to fund undercover liquor agents will end June 30. The Senate panel urged cessation. a minority backed the fund. New fiscal year allocations begin July 1.
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Arkansas Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association
State Revenue Department
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Liquor Dealers’ Association
State Senate
CCC
United States District Court
South Carolina
Cranium Cracker Brain Teasers and Wordplay Challenge
A playful puzzle item invites readers to solve arithmetic wordplay about historical figures and events. It references Sir John, the Missouri River, the upper Mississippi, Orville and Wilbur Wright, General Lew Wallace, Ben, an author and his popular book, a song title, and the 1922 presidential election, ending with instruction to find answers on the Classified Page.
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Body of Cash Boy Found as Suspect Held in Ransom Case
MIAMI Fla The body of kidnapped James Bailey Cash Jr was found near his Princeton home shortly after midnight as FBI agents disclosed the full $10000 ransom had been recovered. Suspect Franklin Pierce McCall 21 a truck driver and former tenant confessed to writing three ransom notes and collecting the money. A special grand jury was slated to indict next Monday while authorities pursue possible co defendants.
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James Bailey Cash, Jr
Princeton
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Franklin Pierce
McCall
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
George A. Worley
Cash
G-men
Hoover
Southern Senators Attack Wage Bill
The article reports a Southern bloc pressuring to reject or delay a wage hour compromise. Ellender and Pepper lead threats of a filibuster, with 28 Southern senators demanding wage differentials. The House Senate conference members show mixed support, risking extended session as talks resume.
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