Allotment Made for River Control
A War Department action allocates 7,226,400 for flood control along the Mississippi and tributaries. The funds support projects and surveys in Arkansas Oklahoma Texas and Louisiana, including 750,400 for the Arkansas River and 240,000 for joint efforts across several states as part of a 25 million program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Missippi River
War Department
Mississippi
Arkansas River
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Local Band To Attend Hot Springs Encampment
The Howe Boys Band will leave Sunday for Hot Springs for a weeklong encampment with 400 boys from 20 bands under Fred Klin. George W. Rabboo heads the Boys Band association, assuring all expenses are paid including transportation. Donations from many city firms fund the band, now 45 pieces strong, touted as Us city’s finest musical organization.
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Howe
Hot Springs
Dial
George
W. Rabboo
Boys Barth
Wenty
Fredklin
Hope Band
Hope
Toad
Gee
W. Robison & Co
C. A
J. M. O'Neal
John P. Cox & Co
WM. Futterson & Co
Duffie Hardware Co
J, Penney Co
Ward & Sop
Hope Confectionnery
Weltman Millinery
New York
Ed Rephani
A. Moreland Drug Co
E. G. McRae Hardware Co
P. A
Lewis Motor Co
Theo P Wilt & Co
Young Cheveote Co
Mouls
Hope Lumber Company
Hempstead County Abstract Co
Hope Briel Works
Ed van Sickle
D. B Thompson & Co
Taylor Cafe
Moore Brothers
Mosee & Monro
Reed Routei Co
Opner Pressing Company
B.N. Bavu Electric Cy
Ackataas Machine Specialty Co
Arkansas
Natural Gas Co
Plunkelldarcell Gro. Co
Union Compress Co
Temple Catton Company
Cox & Cuddy
Southerss Ive & Utilities
Hulli- Wirlan Sheet Mewl Works
Be R. Haim Motor Company
Coca Cola Bowling Works
First Nation Bank
Arkansas Man Creates Silent Dinnertime Ring
Cushman Arkansas June 10 A M Patterson a main steel merchant has devised a silent meal cue to spare neighbors the noise of a dinner bell. When his meals are ready his wife uses a fan to signal the family and Patterson walks home from Main street to avoid disturbing neighbors with the bell.
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Cushman
Ark
A.M. Patterson
Ling
Main Street
Patterson
Tron
Duvyer Bell
Surgeon Warns Against Drinking Jamaica Ginger
St Louis, June 10. Surgeon B Zeinert, chief of Missouri Pacific Hospital Association, warns in Missouri Pacific Lines Magazine that Jamaica ginger causes paralysis cases in railroad hospital patients. He notes several cases and months of paralysis, with economic loss to individuals and the railroad, and cites paralysis developing weeks after consuming four or more inches of Jamaica ginger.
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ST. Louis
Jake
B. Zeinert
Missouri Pacific Hospital Association
Missouri Fieffle Lines
Ims
Missouri Pacific
Encampment Expected for Hempstead County 4-H Club
The first Hempstead County 4-H club encampment will be held Friday and Saturday at the Fruit and Truck Experiment Station with shelter provided. Over 200 members, all in good standing with up-to-date project records, have reserved. A Friday 9 30 a m start opens the program and a Saturday parents program invites all parents to attend. Members missing a materials list should see county agents at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
Martha Jane Buecher
Lynn Smith
Tore
Clu
George W. Schooley Seeks Hempstead Sheriff Seat
George W. Schooley prominent farmer and stockman four miles north of Hope announces his candidacy for sheriff and collector in Hempstead county. He cites decades in county life and public service as constable and deputy sheriff, pledging to return the office to the people and empower citizens to become better. He is father of thirteen with ten still living in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Schooley
Hope
Star
Hempstead
Largest Fish Hatchery in World For Arkansas
Lonoke Ark June 10 A giant fish hatchery under construction here will be the world’s largest when completed in 1934. Conceived by the Arkansas Fish and Game Commission and costing about $200 000 it is financed from the sale of slave hunting and fishing licenses. Construction and slugging of the plant is under the direction of Dell Brown superintendent of the United States Bureau of Fisheries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonoke
Ark
Arkansas Fish and Gale Commission
Dell Brown
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Penney Speaks In Little Rock on Southern Development
J C Penney, founder of the department store chain, spoke at the Elks Luncheon Club in North Little Rock on Constructive Forces in Southern Community Life. He urged cooperative buying, reduced rivalries, and harmony among merchants, farmers, bankers, and manufacturers to diversify crops and boost dairy farming profits in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Little Rock
J.C. Penney
Elks
Penney
Poultrymen Meet for Hempstead County Culling Demos
An Arkansas culling week plan was outlined at Hempstead County Poultry Association’s meeting at City Hall led by President George F. Dodds. Demonstrations by Missouri Pacific Railroad and University Extension staff will run July 4 and 9 in Patmos, Ozan, Green Lisee ter, Blovens and Hope with two sessions daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead County Poultry Association
George F. Dodds
Arkansas
Hempstead
Hempstead County
Me. Samuelson
Mr. Knox
Association
Tennessean Knifed In Critical Condition
MEMPHIS June 10 Four were involved after a stabbing at a Millington dance near Memphis. One man was slashed across the throat and pinned beneath a wrecked automobile en route to hospital. A second man jailed. a third sought as deputies seek blame. Mrs Ticer slapped. Ticer found stabbed near the house. Dobbins suffered pelvic fracture. Ticer and companions bruised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Dahanie
Millington
Tean
Jai
Ticer
Justice Drives 1922 Model and Likes It
Walnut Ridge Arkansas June 10 UPI The justice of the peace Nas drove his 1922 model for more than 50 000 miles and told motor salesmen it is just beginning to perform. The aged car has supplied parts for a new vehicle during the neighborhood gun battle that left其 bullet holes in the upholstery. Justice Israel always repaired the car at a reduced cost in his long running program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Ridge
Ark
Jung
UPI
Asravl
Justice of Peace
Nas
Justice Israel
Gunman Escapes After Shooting Chicago Newspaper Man
Chicago Tribune reporter Jacob Lingle was shot dead in the Michigan Boulevard tunnel near the Public Library as race fans fled in panic. The killer fled toward the station, dropping his gun as he vanished into the crowd. A Tribune reward of 25,400 plus a Post reward of 5,000 offer leads toward conviction.
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Chicago
Jacob Lingle
Chicago Tribune
Michigan Boulevard
Ilineis Central Railroad
X & Witness
Lingle
Enmily Ruussell
Ingle
Swanson
Roche
McLaughlin
MacLaughlin
the Tribune
Chicago Evening Post
Summer Schol Schedule Set at University of Arkansas
Fayetteville June 10 The University of Arkansas summer session starts June 1 with 126 courses across 30 departments. Registration Tue–Wed. classes run six periods each morning, afternoons reserved for recreation. Notable visiting instructors include Borothy LaSette Denton R S Smith Little Rock and Paul White Colgate University Hamilton New York.
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Borothy A. LaSette
Denton
Texas
R. S. Smith
State Department of Education
Little Rock
Fred McChesney
Lake Village
G. A. Selke
State Teachers College
St. Claritt
Minnesota
F. C. Ketter
Columbia University
New York
Fred Kelter
Jonnsboro
Irena Estabrook
Olemulgee
Mexican Flowers Enter New York Markets Flourish
Mexico City develops air transport to New York for flowers as California growers already ship by air. Mexican horticulturists believe Mexican blooms can survive the trip and compete in New York markets. Fresh sea flowers fetch cheap prices in Mexico, making high New York prices attractive enough to cover air shipping costs.
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N. Y
Mexico City
New York
Mexico
California
Iflower
Recluse Robbed and Slain Near Marshall
Marshall reports the body of B. E. Wallace a 60 year old farmer found in his garden with three gunshot wounds. He had been missing for four to five days and robbery is suspected due to a large but missing sum of cash. Wallace recently moved from California and was seen with money, though none was found on him or at his home.
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Marshall
B. E. Wallace
Sunislay
Wallace
Star
Yarde
Kay
Dick Barnes
Barnes
Star Mountain
Will Rice
Jobe Held To Grand Jury On Forgery Charges
Little Rock reporter states that H. Bradley Jobe, candidate for state commissioner of mines, manufactures and agriculture, faced charges of false pretense forgery and uttering. The cases, including a $172.50 October theft and two checks for $15 and $4.50, were sent to the Pulaski grand jury after a municipal court hearing. Jobe was arrested Friday on warrants for the two check charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
H. Bradley Jobe
State Commissioners of Mines, Manufactures and Agriculture
Pulaski
Union County Democratic Central Committee Sets Primary Dates
Union County Democratic Central Committee met to set the August 12 Democratic primary date and closing of the ticket, fees, and other matters. A resolution defines voters as white electors who publicly supported Democratic nominees in the last election and favor the party’s success in the next, with no method stated for challenging belters at the primary. County and township candidates must file pledges by noon June 23.
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EL Dorado
Ark
Union County
Democratic Central Committee
State
Camden Hearing Over Slaying Is Postponed
The preliminary murder hearing for Hays Brown of Ouawahita county, accused in the shooting of neighbor Cecil Dade after his sons trampled Brown's truck garden during a baseball dispute, was postponed until today. Brown surrendered to local officers, claiming Dade threatened his life and that the homicide arose from the bay incident.
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Camden
Hays Brown
Cecil Dade
Brown
Dude
Han
Arkansas Drug Travelers Convention Opens in Hot Springs
Bulletins from Hot Springs report the Arkansas Drug Travelers convention opened this morning with delegates welcomed as they arrived in the city. In Cincinnati the Cosmopolitan Bank and Trust Company was closed by state bank examiners due to a shortage estimated between 575000 and 590000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cosmopolitan Bank and Trust Company
OQ. C. Gray
State
Cord Man Held After Slaying
BATESVILLE June 10 Earl Nuckols known as Cord was arrested on a second degree murder warrant for the killing of Jesse Barber who had earlier killed his wife Nuckols’s sister. Barber was killed by Nuckolls in front of his home after Barber shot at Nuckolls and his wife. Barber was brother of J S Barber, convicted slayer of Manvive Osborne. Cord merchant slain last July, and Mrs Barber sister of Norma Osborne, who began a nine year sentence for part in that slaying. Mrs Osborne and Barber admitted illicit relations.
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Batesville
Earl Nuckols
Cord
Jesse Barber
Nuckols
Nuckolls
Hugh Williamson
Newport
Barber
J. S. Barber
Vive Osborne
Cord Merchant
Norma Osborne
El Dorado Graduates Include Uncommon Family Names
The El Dorado High School class of 11 graduates marks a rare moment as common family names such as Smith Jones Johnson Brown and Black do not appear on the senior roster. The unusual roster hints at names like Pope Coving and Hatcher among the graduates, reflecting a departure from longstanding naming patterns.
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Ebl Dorado
Ark
Smith
Daughter of Cowboy Actor Weds Film Star
YUMA June 11 11 year old daughter of film cowboy married film actor Douglas Gilmore by a justice of the peace in Yuma on Monday. The ceremony linked two prominent cinema families as the young bride began her life in the spotlight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yuma
Ans
Ruskdane Mix
Douglas Gilmore
Blaze Destroys Arkansas Building Complex. $200000 Loss Cited
A three-structure blaze in Little Rock caused extensive damage to a building owned by Radio Keith Orpheum and tied to the Blass estate. Officials estimated about $100000 to $200000 in damage. A Black night watchman reported the fire soon after 2 o clock, with flames spreading beneath a baled section as firefighters battled through the walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little
Governor to visit southwestern sector in campaign tour
Governor Hayes, a native of Pope County, plans a weeklong campaign across 27 counties beginning Monday June 16. He will stop at Glenwood, Nashville, Foreman, and Hope among other towns, outlining his critique of the Parnell administration and state government.
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Weel
Glenwood
Freesboro
BE. Mn
Lockesburg
Bradley
Lewisville
Arkadelphie
Haye
Pape County
Russellville
Univesity of Arkansas
George Washington University
Washington, D. C
Enggage
Camp Pike
Parnell
Surplus of College Boy Labor in Wheat Fields Reported
Little Rock Arkansas June news notes a surplus of college boy labor in Oklahoma and Kansas wheat fields. Deputy state labor commissioner LE J McKinley cites new harvesting machinery reducing demand and wages from about five to three dollars per day. He reports many inquiries about farm work and a growing waiting list for positions.
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Little Rock
Ark
Oklahoma
Kansas
Arkansas
Oie LE. J. McKinley
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Geo. W. Schooley
Red River Valley
Alexandria
Wight
Justice
Washington Park
Russell
Dominick Aiello
Aiellos
Aiello Bakery
Eeivenen
Jobe
Pine Bluff
Union County Democratic Central Committee
Robert Esnault- Petterie
Society of Savants and Inventors of
France
Bulletins
Cord Man
el Dorado Grad Class
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