Four Highway Contracts Set In This Sector
Arkansas highway commission awards 28 contracts totaling 1.8 million dollars for land and bridge work on highways 10 from Lonoke to Memphis and 67 from Benton to Texarkana. Four southern projects include three miles on Arkadelphia Donaldson road and six miles on Camden Royston road with concrete pavement planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
State Highway Commission
Lonoke
Memphis
Benton
Texarkana
LaFayette County
Lewisville
Garland
A. C. Kennedy
Nevada and
Clark Counties
Little Missouri River
Gurdson-Benedott
Coetins
Wincennes Bridge Co
Vincennes
Ind
Teark County
Arkadelphia-Donaldson
J. P. McNulty
Pine Bluff
Quachita County
Camien-Royston
O. M. New
Conway
Ford Plant to Close Two Weeks
Ford Motor Company said its offices and plant would shut down Saturday night July 12 for a two week vacation. The move allows all employees to take a simultaneous holiday. Other Detroit auto makers have announced late July and early August shutdowns.
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Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Company
General Sandino Returns to Nicaragua Amid Skirmishes
Mexico City dispatch reports insurgent leader Augusto Sandino has returned to Nicaragua after months in Mexico. A representative says Sandino’s forces captured a marine sergeant and an aguitoy, seized 14 000 rounds of ammunition and several guns, while clashes with Marines and Nicaraguan guards continued in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Augustino Sanding
Nicaragua
United States
Perlia Jose Zepeda
Sandiye
Sendino
Hick
Hy Gourht
Mexico
Yucatan
Ater Sandino
Uned
New York Police Hunt For Killer
Police beleaguer Queens and Brooklyn as a maniac claims moral duty to kill. A letter taunts officials promising more deaths after Harold Bridenbach and Noel Lowley are slain in Queens and College Point. Investigators link tied letters and clues to two women escorts amid a string of similar murders.
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New York
College Point
Noel Lowley
Lowley
Queens
Joseph Mayanski
Whittestone
Tissing
New York Journal
Catherine May
Elizabeth King
Moyznski
Lomley
Floral Park
Three Mississippians Drown While Bathing
Three Mississippians drowned ten miles north of Meadville on Wednesday while bathing. The victims include Mrs. Charles Fee Nagmi Touchstone 18 and Grady Touchstone 10. Local authorities investigated the incident and warned of dangerous currents at the water site.
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Meadville
Miss
June W
Here
Charles Fee
Nagmi Touchstone
Grady Touchstone
Many Expected For Elks Dance With Local Fundraiser
Committee arranged a Friday night dance at the Elks home on North Elm Street to aid the building fund. A large crowd is expected as the Deluxe Nighthawks of Shreveport will provide music. The dance starts at o clock and runs until about 29 m.
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Elk’s
North Elm Street
Nighthawks
Shreveport
Four Chicago Children Die in Mysterious Deaths
In Chicago a family of Dr. Benjamin McIntosh loses four of six children within days as a fifth receives a blood transfusion to save life. The father endures a transfusion while the mother attends funerals for Raymond two Evelyn and Paul. Donald, three, dies hours later as physicians and scientists investigate the deaths.
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Chicago
Benjamin McIntosch
Raymond
Evelyn
Paul i
Donald
Tom Campbell To Talk Here Tonight
Tom W Campbell riding southwest Arkansas campaign for United States senator will speak at Hope city hall at 8 p m tonight. Handbills invite Hempstead and adjoining counties. Women urged to attend. Campbell plans to discuss The Power Trust and other national issues. He will also speak in Lewisville Friday morning and Waldo Friday afternoon.
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Tom W. Campbell
Arkansas
United States
Hope City Hall
Hempstead
Campbell
Upic Fs
Power Trust
Hope
Lewisville
Waldo
Man Returned to Walls To Await Appeal Hearing
Warden Toddehunter was ordered to return William D. Walker to Poinsett county custody until the supreme court acts on his appeal. Walker, convicted of murdering Miss Lena Vaught last December, will be moved from the Tucker farm back to the walls for the appeal pending.
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Little Rock
L. Toddehunter
State Penitentiary
W. T. Sadler
State Supreme Court
William D. Walker
Poinsett County
Supreme Court
Walker
Lena Vaught
Tucker
Officers Lose Trail of Thieves
Detectives in Hot Springs Arkansas traced a stolen car tied to a man and woman after the vehicle was taken from Ora Ashby a local salesman Tuesday near the Little Rock highway. The car thief Frank F Green, wanted in Doniphan Missouri for leaving the state with an unpaid auto, had prior prison time in McAlester Oklahoma and Jefferson City Missouri.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Thayer
Ora Ashby
Aken
Ashby
Little Rock
Doniphan
Frank F. Green
Herbert Ackers
Green
McAlester
Oklahoma
Jetfersom City
Byrd Returns to U S Soil After Pacific Expedition
Commander Richard E. Byrd arrived in New York aboard the Malcom today after a twenty month exploration. He was greeted by throngs as he left the ship and embraced his mother. Byrd said the voyage was safely completed and noted discoveries of 25 000 square miles of land with rock formations containing coal deposits.
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New York
Richard E. Byrd
United States
Alm
Hope Saxophonist Shines At Hot Springs Band Camp
Hilburn Graves, a 16 year old saxophonist from Hope, is the featured soloist for the Hope band encampment at Hot Springs. Led by Fred D. Martin, the group includes 28 cities across Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Graves, state saxophone champion last year, has been with the local band three years. The camp also notes 16 girls among the units, with youngest drummer Johnnett Pratt age 10 and pianist Warner Skiles age 9 in Tekarkeng.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Hilburn Graves
Hot Springs
Yeperta
Fred D. Martin
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Young Graves
Petit
Johnnett Pratt
Malvern
Warner Skiles
Tekarkeng
Twenty-One Seek Nevada County Democratic Nominations
Prescott June 15 Twenty-one candidates filed pledges and fees with secretary R P Ham for Nevada County Democratic nominations. Several incumbents seek second terms while seven vie for county treasurer. Sheriff, county clerk, state senator and representative races feature multiple challengers with late entries noted. Township filings allowed until July 15.
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Prescott
R. P. Hamby
Nevada County
Democratic Central Committee
RK. Q. Wirthaim
Attlee E. Pittman
Tex
M. L. Lavender
C. G. Hirst
Hugh White
E. H. Weaver
J. L. Barbarve
Theo Elgin
Elgin
H. P. Felts
Clarence Marsh
Vernie Meadors
S. E. Connes
J. B. Silvey
J. J. Bevill
EH. Woosley
EL. L. Mitchell
W. N. Munn
Annual Picnic at Bingen Marks July 4 Event
Announcement highlights an annual picnic at Bingen in Hempstead county’s extreme northwest area set for July 4 with lunch at noon. Everyone is invited and urged to bring dinners. candidates for office are especially invited to attend and support the event.
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Bingen
Hempstead County
Sweet Potato Bug Found In Nevada County Farm
Nevada county grower John L. Barbaree reported discovering a sweet potato bug, a first cousin to the Irish potato pest, from Porto Rican slips bought April 12. Specimens were sent to the Fruit and Truck Experiment Farm for examination. previous records of the pest are only in California. The bugs differ from the Irish potato bug in size and appearance.
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Nevada County
Iava
John L. Barbaree
Stamps Route One
Barbaree
Arkansas
Barbarco
California
Barharee
Star Receives Cotton Blooms Near Patmos and Reynolds Farm
Two cotton blooms arrived at the Hope Star on Thursday morning. One came from Ber lin Jones’s farm near Patmos and the other from L. L. Havaker on J. H. Reynolds’s Emmett route 3 farm. Jones reports his field averages knee high and loaded. Although early, blooms were beaten by ten days.
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Mnaus
Hope Star
Berlin Jones
Patmos
L. L. Havaker
J. H. Reynolds
Mr. Jones
The
Star
Reed Brothers
Red River
Brrree
Sune
Rotary Picnic To Be Held Tonight
A picnic meeting for Rotarians Ro tary-anns and guests will be at the Fruit and Truck Experiment Farm at 6 14 tonight marking the end of the Rotary administration year. E F McFaddin retires as president at month end, to be succeeded by George W Ware wives of Rotarians provide the meal picnic style. No formal program, meeting adjourned at 8 15 to permit return to Hope not later than 8 30. Tonight's meeting replaces the regular Friday luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary-anns
Fruit and Truck Experiment Farm
Rotary Administration
E. F. McFaddin
George W. Ware
Justices Giving Curb Service in Texarkana Marriage Trend
Miller county Arkansas and Bowie county Texas courthouses see a spike in cross border marriages since the Texas surrender of the three day marriage intent law. From 1929 records, about 56 percent of Miller county licenses go to Texas couples while Bowie county issues remain far fewer. East Texans travel up to 200 miles for speed, as Justices Draper and Orr work long hours to handle the demand.
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Texas
Miller County
Archer
Arkansas
Texarkana
Bowie County
Jovelorn
Justices of the Peace
J. S. Draper
G. M. Orr
Agricultural extension program schedule with demos and talks
State officials and county agents lead a full day at the fruit and truck station featuring sessions on sweetpotatoes, tomatoes, peaches, and other crops. Demonstrations cover poultry and swine management, pruning, pruning and fertilization, farm woodlot use, and community cooperation. A picnic dinner precedes talks by university leaders and Governor Harvey Parnell.
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Bermuda
G. W. Knox
W. Maildraw
Bearden Boys
Calles Agriculture
Harvey Parnell
Ella Posey
Cooper
Department of Horticulum
C Nie J. Bonslagel
Miss Gertrude
Conan
Bila Posey
O. L. McMurray
Mid-South Cotton Coopertive Association
T. Roy Reif
W. G. Amstein
J. S. Ky
Robt
Holdsworth
Department of Horticulture and Forestry
Prof
J, Joaper
Display Manager For Hope Store Arrives
Maurice Kalman takes charge as display manager for all Mr Rephan stores arriving from Nashville to reorganize the Hope shop. He will spend days arranging the Hope location then visit other stores at regular intervals from headquarters in Hope.
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Maurice Kalman
Ed. I. Hephan
Nashville
Hope
Mr. Rephan
Kalman
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Ford
Eneral Sandino
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Harold Bridenbach
Boston Post
Aa White
Shidundrud Policanrepeayel
Byrd
Rear Admiral
Richard i, Byrd
Tom Campbell
U. S. Senate
Camden
Ambrosia Alford
Sam Katz
Toddehunter
Alford
Katz
U.S
J. Gentry
J. E. Barham
Herbert Ridgell
E. ‘. Blakely
W. S. Roe
Britain
Na-Lendom
London
Mary
Great Britain
Prince George
Princess Mary
King George
New Law
Dan Cupid
Ing
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