Hammons Appeals For Stadium Backing To Council
Coach Foy Hammons urged Hope city leaders to back a $20,000 concrete stadium for Hope High School with $2,500 local funds and $17,500 from a WPA project. He said Washington officials approved the plan and the Board of Public Affairs will report next meeting. The proposal, duplicating Henderson State Teachers College stadium, would seat about 4,000 and include two dressing rooms and box seating.
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Hope High School
Hammons
Washington
Hope
Board of Public Affairs
Lloyd Spencer
Roy Anderson
Albert Groves
Hammon
Henderson State Teachers College
Arkadelphia
80 Arkansas Felons to Get Bonus Bonds
Eighty Arkansas conscripts will receive about 81,000 from government soldiers' home payments. Post Superintendent Coghill said 20 white and 60 Negro prisoners at Turker and Kummins farms will get bonds. The Covington postmaster will deliver bonds to veterans at the prison, with many asking bonds be deposited in prison treasuries or sent to families. Most veterans are serving short terms.
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Arkansas
Ton Coghill
Turker
Kummins
Covikel
Tenn [Ie
Arkinsas
Cadgill
Brown Turner Turned Brown By Brown Turner
Dallas special report describes a centennial event with art needing appropriate attire and notes difficulty in obtaining cash. Haile Selassie is mentioned as declining to attend. A husky mare and a young girl are described in a questionable scene at a midway drinkery, with the husband ordering beer. Dallas is noted as nearer the equator than many assume.
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Texas
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Mussolini
Equator
Clark Announces Candidacy for Hempstead County Representative
Hugh D. Chirk formally announces in The Star's political column that Clark seeks the Representative seat for Hempstead County, pending Democratic primary August 11. Clark moved to Hempstead in 1919 after Army discharge, led county schools for two years, served in the Legislature in 1925, later ran for state senate and lost by four votes. He lives on a farm southeast of Hope and vows an active campaign focused on local issues.
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the Star
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Hempstead County
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Hope
G O P Farm Plank Attacked by Davis in Memphis
Chester Davis retiring farm administrator attacked two farm plank proposals in the Republican platform. If enacted they would throttle international trade. Conference called in Washington as Progressives weigh actions for the 2030 campaign. Democratic readers prep for Philadelphia convention while Republicans raise funds for Lindon Knox campaign.
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United States
Washington
la Follette
Wisconsin
Philadelphia
Amateur Night at Saenger Theater Opens Contest in Hope
Hope area youths compete in the first amateur night at Evenger theater on Wednesday June 24. Entry is free via a printed form. Each Wednesday six weeks feature seven amateurs plus a new feature film. Prizes include two cash awards and guest tickets with a grand final prize from Hope Furniture Co. Plans include a separate Negro amateur night later.
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Henry B. Walthall Dies in Hollywood
Henry B. Walthall veteran actor and star of Birth of a Nation died in a sanitarium in Hollywood at age 53. The Shelby City, Alabama native entered Pasteur sanitarium in Monrovia three weeks earlier for a chronic ailment and collapsed days after finishing work on the unreleased China Clipper.
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Henry B. Walthall
Shelby City
Ala
Pasteur Sanitarium
Monrovia
Walthall
Ure Hospital
Training Course to Be Held Here
Garrell Memorial church will host over 100 delegates from Arkansas and Louisiana for a Young People's Training course June 23 to 25. The event opens Tuesday June 23 with Mayor Albert Graves delivering the city welcome in Hope. Due to seating limits, night services move from Second Baptist to First Baptist auditorium.
Park Commission in Charge of City Park and Dyke Springs
Junius declares the mayor and city council have appointed a Park Commission to oversee City Park and Dyke Springs while questioning the presence of a dog kennel and waste-fed dogs there. He urges referring the issue to the Board of Health or the Commission, calling for reform before typhoid.
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Senator Fletcher Dies In Washington At 77
In Washington Senator Fletcher a Democrat from Florida died suddenly at his home aged 77. Serving since 1900 he was to end his term in 1939 and sat on a major banking and currency committee. Florida mourns a second senate loss in two months after Park Trammell’s death in May.
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Canned Milk Tax Exemption Cited by Attorney General
LITTLE ROCK the attorney general's office ruled canned milk was exempt from the two percent sales tax and sent the opinion to Revenue Commissioner Wiseman The ruling cites a recent supreme court decision that held whole milk exempt.
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Attorney General's Office
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Supreme Court
Doctor Attacks Fadt Operations At Southern Surgeons Meet
Dr H F Long of Statesville NC criticized medical fads and criminal operations at the Southern Railway system surgeons’ convention in Knoxville Tenn. He urged unmarried mothers to bear children and avoid sin while praising healthy married women with family urges. He argued tonsil removal should wait until worn out from protecting against germs.
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H. F. Long
Statesville
N.C
Associations of Surgeons of the Southern Railway System
Southern Railway
Prison Break Ends With Guard Killed In Shootout
In Richmond Virginia two state penitentiary guards were wounded and one fatally shot during an escape attempt by eight long term convicts. Guard Powhatan Buss, 34, was killed at the head and body as the escape truck neared the west gate. Guard C H Smith fired on the wheel convicts using a shotgun and later a machine gun but the men remained inside the prison walls. Major Rite M Youell praised Guard Smith for halting the escape delivery.
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Powhatan D. Buss
Riehmond
Rite M. Youell
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Youci
Sun
Fire destroys Bass Ellis Lumber Plant near El Dorado
A Tuesday night fire at the Bass Ellis Lumber Company six miles southwest of El Dorado, Arkansas, caused about 25000 dollars in damage. The blaze started in the planing mill and spread to the sawmill and storage sheds, likely sparked by a smoke stack. El Dorado fire department battled the flames and saved nearby sheds as winds pushed flames.
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Bass-Ellis Lumber Company
Here
Haney Testifies in Murder Trial Over Killing of Niece
Charles Haney testified in Little Rock that he killed his 23 year old niece and housekeeper Essie Mc Cloister out of fear for his life. He recalled only vague details after wresting an axe from her as she attacked.
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Charles Haney
Essie McCloister
North Little Rock
Two Fliers Die in Norfolk Plane Crash
NORFOLK Va Lieutenant Charles Mallory of Bethesda Md and Radioman W C Gray of Wharton Texas were burned to death when their plane crashed about 100 feet after takeoff at the naval air station. Separately in Havana Five postal workers were injured by a bomb inside the post office, with two seriously hurt, the device concealed in a parcel post package.
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Three Bodies Found Near Wrecked Boat in Bahamas
Reports from Nassau Island Bahamas say the bodies of three white men were found beside a Sipali vessel wreck on a reef. The craft may be the English boat Glelpat stolen by a party from Frau Grimsby six weeks earlier seeking buried gold.
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McFadden Attending Rotary Convention
Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. McFadden of Hope are at the 17th annual Rotary Assembly in Buck Hill Falls Pennsylvania. After the five day session they will attend the Rotary International convention in Atlantic City New Jersey.
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Hope
Rotary
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Musical program at Bodeaw High School WA
Munn of Bodeaw announced a musical program at 8 p.m. Friday, June 13, in the Bodeaw High School auditorium. Proceeds go to the sharely building fund. Public invited. admission will be small. In other notes, Little Rock reports 100 men arrested in May for fishing hunting and tapping law violations, 84 convicted with fines totaling $980, and various game seized or released.
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State Game and Fish Commission
Lizzie Moore Denies Court Guilt Over Debated Charge
Lizzie Moore a South Walnut Street teacher and wife of Jake Moore asks The Star to distinguish her from another Lizzie Moore named in the county court report. She says friends and even police blamed her for a fine linked to an assault charge and that publication caused embarrassment.
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Arkansas delegates push paving of Highway 82 and more
A South Arkansas delegation seeks early paving of U S Highway 82 from El Dorado to Lake Village and a broader plan for south state roads. The group presented a 15 000 signature petition to Baker and urged paving from El Dorado to Lake Village once federal funds arrive. They also pressed for paving of U S 167 from Cation bridge south of Sheridan and for a highway across the south toward Mississippi. The highway commissioner promised review and consideration of the slate projects.
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Goodyear Agency Acquired for Hope Territory
F H Jones, proprietor of Automotive Supply at 112 South Main, announces Goodyear tires are now stocked in the Hope territory. He touts Supertwist Cord tires for trucks and cars, emphasizing durability, heat resistance, and improved mileage through Goodyear’s patented construction as a key selling point.
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Hope Territory
F. H. Jones
Automotive Supply Company
Main Street
Haynes Department Store
Jones
Automotive Supply
Goodyear
Lumber Crushes Arkansas Youth
In Pine Bluff Arkansas a youth identified as Pi-J E Guif Jr died after a stack of lumber fell on him while he played with a companion at a lumber company plant. The accident occurred Tuesday and the victim was crushed at the site.
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