Blackwood Opens Governor Campaign at Prescott Rally
Blackwood opened his run for governor before about 2,000 people in Prescott, claiming support from across the state. He defended Highway Audit Commission investigations, attacked opponents and newspapers, and said state-owned cars were misused. he pledged never to quit fighting and hinted at cost-plus contracts as economic policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackwood
Prescott
Snather
Nevada
Fran Jyory
Mississippi
Jeff Davis
Highway Audit Commission
Blackwoor
Somebiy
Hope Star
L. J. Mitchell
Dan Pitman
Nevada County Democratic Central Committee
Carl RE. Bailey
Benton
Bailey
Mackwood
Dali Aleehallorgerd
Commisside
Tim
Hids
Audit Commission
Ciaik
Tam
Anita
Commis+ion
Highway Commission
Jin
Don Kare Planker
Wiire Highway Commission
U S Boss Says Russia Strangest in Europe
Colonel Hugh L. Cooper, famed waterpower engineer, reflects on six years in Soviet Russia on a $100 million river project. He opposes all isms, notes Russia’s rising living standards, and praises progress on the Dnieper scheme while warning graft is harshly punished. He calls for cautious U.S.-Russia trade promotion amid political cautions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Hugh L. Cooper
Soviet
Russia
Europe
Asia
United States
Cooper
Simoaus
Wilson Dim
Mississippi River
Keokuk
Iowa
Nile
Dnieper
Alwas
Cooper Saith
Ohio
Wate
Fautore
I Lassi
Grattina
Crhinel Cooper
Amstivai-Hussian Chamber of
Capimenevihl
Dawes Back Home Sees Tide Turn in Chicago
Charles G. Dawes returned to Chicago and spoke at a hotel, saying the nation has reached a turning point in mood. He cited the general business situation and noted raw overmail expenses hinder recovery, while stressing careful, not reckless, policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
Judy
Generai
Tadeh Ahs
Recorsteun Gon Fine Corporation
Sandlor Dusiness Enterprises
Emancipation Day events and regional ceremonies
The report notes Emancipation Day observances with speeches and a baseball game involving Texarkana teams. It mentions a gathering in the Washington area, a postgame dinner at a local school, and a transportation detour near Las Vegas to observe the Hoover Dam project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weavlock
Shover Street
Salt Lake Ciey
Pi Transpot Chines
Betwee Blere
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
World birth rate drops in most of world cities in 1931
The 1931 Hollistical Bulletin from Metropolitan Life shows birthrates fell in 38 of 42 large cities since 1930, with only Glasgow and Rio de Janeiro rising. Infant mortality rose in 19 cities, steady in 3, and fell in 20, while German cities posted notable declines in births and deaths. Berlin hit a record low birthrate.
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New York
Fia
Glasgow
Rin de Dunction
Hollistical Bulletin
Metropolitan Life Insurance Compaty
Belletin
Rio de Janeiro
Berlin
Germain
Dresden
Boston
Dewoit
United States
Waring AG
Munich
Leipzig
Los
Kiwanis Tour to Blevins and Farewell to Hecht
Kiwanis club members travel to Blevins on a goodwill tour after a Friday meeting at the New Capital Hotel in Hope. They bid farewell to Elmer Hecht, longtime Saenger Theatre manager, and introduce his successor Evian Clapp with Harvey Barr as a new member. Entertainment includes violin duets by Misses Winter Canon and Josephine Cannon, piano by Harriet Story, and a Choral Club trio in Blevins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Hecht
Saenger Theatre
Hope
New Capital Hotel
Evian Clapp
Hecht
Harvey Barr
Winter Canon
Josephine Cannon
Harriet Story
Kiwanis Club
Jess Harbin
C. F. Erwin
John Conlay
BE. G. Coop
Albert Stonequist
B. Patten
L. & A. Railway
Hope Furniture Co
Blevins
John Wellborn
Minana Fadgitt
Lenna Jones
Denolda Dodson
Huerther
Green Cathedral
Hahn
Frank Lowthorp
Rio
Atkins
Kiwanis Chiub
Little Rock Saenger Manager Arrives in Hope
Brian Clapp, a young Little Rock theatre man, arrives in Hope to take charge of the Saenger theater succeeding Elmer Hecht who resigns to leave Malco Theaters Inc. for business in Mobile, Alabama. Hecht and his wife Mel bring a four month Hope stay to a close, leaving Pensacola, Florida. Clapp, formerly with Interstate Amusement and Radio-Keith-Orpheum, is unmarried. William Ramsey of the Checkered cafe leaves Hope Friday for Pecatur to visit his parents and a brother who is ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brian Clapp
Little Rock
Hope
Saenger Theater
Elmer Hecht
Malco Theaters Inc
Mobile
Ala
Mel
Illinois
William Ramsey
Pecatur, 1
Two Wet Candidates Debate Arkansas Gubernatorial Race
Arkansas politics stir as wet-dry issue resurfaces before the Democratic primary on August 9. Leonard Caudle of Greenwood and William G. Hutton of Little Rock champion repeal while others including Blackwood Farrell and Mann address roads, costs, and governance. The field features voters, officials, and ongoing campaign activity across multiple towns in a contest for governor and U S Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas
Leonard Caudle
Greenwood
Hivernor
William G. Hutton
Little Rovk
United States
Caudle
North Lith
J. M. Farrell
Paragould
Fine Bluff
Richard M. Mann
Marcus Bone
Batesville
Dan W. Dcheston
Chirksville
A. By Priddy
Russellville
Howard A. Reed
Everett Sanders to Manage Race for Republicans
Everett Sanders named to oversee Republican campaign operations as party insiders push for unified efforts to defeat the Democrats and reclaim the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Sanders
Bonus Loses Vets Begin Homeward After Senate Defeat
Washington mourned the defeat of the cash bonus bill as veterans, urged by leaders, started home Saturday. The measure, approved by the House earlier, failed 62 to 19 in the Senate after a Finance Committee report. Rainy roads and weary groups marked the exodus from the capital.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
National
Hope Stores Beat Garland City 7 5 in Fairpark game
Hope Stores defeated Garland City 7 to 4 behind Clyde Zinn in his first appearance of the season at Fairpark Friday. The Storks wore 12 new uniforms donated by local firms as they built a five run third inning and added two more in the seventh. Manager Lloyd Coop plans a trip to Hot Springs and a four game schedule with a Pure Inn ball club before a July 4 doubleheader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Stores
Garland City
Clyde Zinn
Fairpark
Storks
Young Foster
Hope
Jacks News Stand
J. C. Penney Co
Luther Hollaman
Greening Insite Agency
Hope Furniture Co
Landes Himply Co
Cox-Cassidy Poundry & Machine Co
Temple Cotto Oil Co
Hope Star
Young Chevrolet Co
Ward & Son
Bundy
Zinn
Gallant City
Lloyd Coop
Hot Springs
Velvin
Spu
The
Starks
Pure+ Inn
Fair Fork
President Cancels Visit to Olympics and Campaign
President Hoover announced he would not participate in the forthcoming campaign beyond a few major addresses and would not travel to the West Coast to open the Olympic Homes. Everett Sanders will manage the campaign. Nicholas Murray Butler plans to push repudiation by New England and Middle Atlantic Republican conventions of the Chicago plank, saying it could affect Hoover’s re election chances.
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Washington
Hoover
Everett
Sanders
Republican National Committee
Butler
New York
World-Telegram
Nicholas Murray Butler
Chicago
New England
Middle Atlantic
Dr. Butler
Ulysses Grant
Shipp Announces Run for DeRoan Constable
C A Allen Shipp announced in the political column of todays Star as a candidate for constable in DeRoan township. Shipp has lived in Hope for 14 years and served three years as deputy sheriff. He previously worked at the local express office and will campaign on his record as an officer and citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A
Allen) Shipp
DeRoan
Shipp
Hope
Express
P N W Railroad Seeks US Ruling On Transporation Act Recapture
The Prescott and Northwestern Railroad filed suit in an Arkansas federal court against the United States and Interstate Commerce seeking to set aside a finance docket order under the recapture clause of the transportation act. The claim notes the road’s alleged net income since 1920, disputes in accounting methods, and argues the commission used improper period calculations. The petition lists officials YH Helbig and T. P. Meadors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaarkana
Prescot All Northwestern Railroad
Arkansas
United States
Intelo Commerce
Commission Pohruarts T
Luba
Helbig. Frescott
T. P. Meadors
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Big Boy
Bear Hunt
Arkansas Gazette
U.S
Dawes
Texarkana
Fair Park
Manes
Flapper
Pat
North County
W._S. Atkins
Nadine Dore
Little Rock Man
Saenger
W. G. Hutton
Bulletins
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Rock Island
Mexico City
Jouett Shouse
Democratic National Committee
White House
Nick Butler
Wetter” Plank
Columbia U
Hope Man
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