Watermelon Festival Maids Contest Opens July 7
The Fifth Annual Watermelon Festival maids and queen contest will start July 7 and close August 4. The Hope Business and Professional Women's Club will supervise the queen selection, with maids sought from Hempstead County townships and voting based on precinct tallies. A citywide canvass for festival revenues will begin, with voting tickets already purchased for distribution to business houses.
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Hope Business and Professional Women's Club
Hempstead
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Hell
George W. Robinson
C. W. Wellman
Bubport
Fulton Road Set to Open This Saturday in Texarkana
Texarkana residents learned that the Fulton road will open to through traffic Saturday. Contractors McGuire and Cavento announced the final concrete link was poured last week after a seventeen day test. Traffic has used a detour between Pon Spur and Fulton, with work continuing on shoulders until about July 15 without delaying normal traffic.
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Texarkana
Fulton Road
P. Cavenider
McGuire and Cavento
Pon Spur
Fulton
Texarkina
High Maya
Wis
Arkansas population rises to 1 852 088 in 1930 census
Final census figures from Crawford and Ashley counties confirm Arkansas population at 1 852 088, an increase of 99 884 since 1920. Crawford county grew more than preliminary estimates, while Ashley rose by 1 740 with one township added.
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Little Rock
Associated Press
Arkansas
Crawford
Ashley
Darger
Crawford Aunty
Rain Forecast Lifts Arkansas Weather Weary State
Rain and thunder showers are forecast for southern and eastern Arkansas this afternoon or tonight bringing relief from a heat wave that has dominated the state for two weeks. Officials warn corn and crops are in danger without moisture as temperatures reach around 100 degrees daily.
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South
Arkansas
Associated Press
Southern
Castors
Ula
State Experiment Naym
State Experiment Farm
Iffemnaon
Guy Stockdale
Jfarm
Tate
Missouri Pacific Agrieuthiral Department
T. Roy Reid
University Extension Service
Nualehey
Mise
Sessenday
Heat Wave Broken by Severe Kentucky Storms
A violent wind and rain storm swept Kentucky ending a two week heat wave. Two men were killed in Louisville when a table collapsed in a room. widespread weather disruptions affected service across the state and caused damage and power outages.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Buffalo Storm Toll Reported Drownings and Lightning Loss
In Buffalo on June 16 a severe storm caused three drownings and two horses to be struck by lightning, while a separate report from Little Rock on June 2 notes a strong wind event. The fragmented copy references damaged property and weather-related incidents across two cities.
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Buffalo
Little Rock
Automobile designer Harvey C. Stulz dies at 53
INDIANAPOLIS IND Supe 26 Harvey C Stulz a designer and manufacturer of automobiles died today after an operation for appendicitis He was 53 years old PINE BLUFF Fune 2h i A log truck and trailer turned over four times and the driver W M Taylor a long contractor collided with another truck which turned on its side but the driver escaped unharmed
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Indianapolis
Ind
Supe
Harvey C. Stulz
Pine Bluff
Fune
W. M. Taylor
Taylor
Windstorm Causes Damage Across Kentucky and Illinois
A severe windstorm swept Western Kentucky and southern Illinois along the Ohio River Wednesday afternoon, tearing down power lines and damaging crops and buildings. Henderson reported the most severe damage with flooded basements and two foot water in fields, leaving towns without lights. Windows shattered in Paducah as the storm moved through the region.
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Louvisvilive
Blak Wits
Kentucky
Minois
Ohio River Valley
Henderson
Paduvah
Lindy Now Has Use For Dells Given Him After Flight
Visitors at Jefferson Memorial in St Louis viewed mementos from Charles A. Lindbergh’s transatlantic flight. After the New York to Paris flight he received eight dolls. curator Nettie Beauregar said the Missouri Historical Society would send the dolls to Colonel and Mrs Lindbergh if they requested them.
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St, Louis
Jefferson Memorial
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Faris
Mile
Nettie H. Beaure
Yard
Missouri Historical Society
Lindbergh
Show Large Gain as Tax Revenues
LITTLE ROCK June 26 In complete figures on gasoline tax collections for last month show a total of 54768.56 paid in as compared to 528163.00 for May 1920 reported today by David A Gates commissioner of revenue About 15000 addition remains to be credited to list May Mr Gates said owing to delay in radi transmission He said that the average increase per month for the last 11 months as compared to the same period year previous has been approximately 100000
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Little Rock
David A. Gates
Gates
Morrow and Dawes Meet President on London Treaty
Ambassadors Morrow and Dawes visited Washington to confer with President Hoover and Secretary Stimson on the London treaty. They briefly commented on the Lindbergh baby and the Chicago exposition, and sent congratulatory messages to Captain Kingsford-Smith of the Southern Cross. Morrow declined to discuss the Lindbergh child with reporters, deferring questions to the Time editors.
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Waslington
Morrow
Dawes
Physicians Describe Torture in Slain Victim Case
Physicians who examined the body of Bullewim Potagram of Yedlyille Av kang report wounds on the arms from heated irons and a crushed head with multiple bullets. A neck plate was found near the corpse. Sheriff of Yellville Arkansas on the way to Crane with warrants for two men accused of aiming to threaten Ingram Tageany a 29 year old Missouri Pacific stock crew foreman.
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Springeirld
Bullewim Potagram
Yedlyille
Avkang
Crone
Yellville
Arkansas
Ingram
Tageany Wis
Diamond Ring Lost Recovered at Once in Boston
Miss Baylestay of DLeesberge drops a diamond ring valued at $2 from a hotel mezzanine. Frank Lepage, a taxi driver, finds the ring and returns it to the desk as Miss Boyleston searches frantically. A substantial reward is reported.
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Boston
Baylestay
Dleesberge Bly
Ave Fentally
Dori
Bemlah
Frank Lepage
Abs
Voters do not need sign ballots under new law changes
Little Rock reports two new election statutes from the 1929 session. Act 14 removes the requirement that a ballot be signed by the voter, effective Jan 1, 1930, to apply in the upcoming Democratic primary. The second statute adjusts how election officials are chosen when county central committees fail to agree, allowing minority officials to be named and mandamus actions clear. Counting rules remain unchanged, with results posted publicly after polls close.
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Little Rock
Ebl
Compere Bairman
Democratic State Central
County Central
Schroder Claims He Knew of Victim in Auto
Authorities say Hil l Schrader admitted knowing about an unidentified man placed in his car last May. A charred body was found in Schrader's burned vehicle beside an Indianapolis highway. He admitted writing to his wife to claim the body and sought $34,000 in accidental death insurance. He denied killing the victim and said he was a hitchhiker unknown to the man.
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Indianapolis
Teal
Lori
Hill
Sehvorley
Mobile
Ala
Schrader
Kiur
McGehee Placed On Ballot In August Primary
June 25 Crawford County official reports McGehee named on ballot for prosecuting attorney. A subcommittee, after reviewing charges, recommended to the state committee that he be declared eligible as a candidate. McGehee denied opposing the Democratic ticket two years ago and submitted a certified ballot to prove his claim.
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Marvey M. MiGshow
Crawfarel
Stat Doniwrrle Central Equanittee
Hive
McGehee
Suits to Condemn Lands For Bridge Project
Suits to condemn Miller county lands for the Garland City bridge project were filed in Miller circuit court by Henry Moore Jr for the Arkansas State Highway Commission. Defendants Herman Allen H Z Price George Crank Tom Aaron Alvin Flowers and R M Cook own 9703 acres cited by description. The plaintiff says landowners refused entry or conveyance despite efforts. The lands are deemed necessary to complete the bridge per the petition.
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Texarkana
Miller County
Garland City
Miller Circuit
Henry Moore, Jr
Arkansas State Highway Commission
Herman Allen
H. Z. Price
George Crank
Tom Aaron
Alvin Flowers
R. M. Cook
Ind
Commission
Congress Upholds Vet Pension Veto in House Vote
The House sustained President Hoover's veto of the World War Veterans Relief Bill this afternoon. Debate on substitute legislation began at one, and by 1:43 administration leaders secured enough votes to uphold the veto. The president said the bill was unjust to veterans and taxpayers and sought a square deal for both.
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Washington
House
Hoover
Funeral of Aged Ozan Veteran Held
Robertson aged 85 Civil war veteran and early Hempstead County settler died at his son’s home in Osan. Survived by widow and five children Lena Jackson Tony Tom Robertson Mrs Pd Webb and FP H Robertson. Funeral and burial were held Thursday at Liberty near Ozan.
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Rank Robertson
Hempstead County
H. P. Robertson
Osan
Reubertson
Lena Jackson
Tony
Tom Robertson
Oklahama
Pd. Webb
Mineral Springs
FP. H. Robertson
Ozan
Liberty
Twin brothers Pritchett twins enter Arkansas penitentia
Wayne and Weaver Pritchett both 19 were received today at the state penitentiary from Crawford county to serve one year each for burglary and grand larceny respectively. They are believed to be the first twins ever imprisoned simultaneously in Arkansas.
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Little Rock
Wayne
Weaver Pritchett
Crawford County
Arkansas
Jury Deliberates Case For 20 Hours
PALLEDEGA Ala June 26 Mrs Maud Gunn 31 was convicted by a jury today of second degree murder She was charged and convicted of killing her husband WB Gut a filling station operator The jury after deliberating the case for more than twenty hours returned a verdict of guilty and fixed the punishment of the woman as 2 years in the penitentiary.
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Palledega
Ala
Maud Gunn
W. B. Gut
Penitentiar
Darwin Company to Open New Hope Store Soon
The Darwin Stores company of Hope announces a cash grocery and market opening on East Second Street next to the First National Bank. The remodeled building will house a model, home owned business with a patented fixtures system and a copyrighted name. W. G. Garland Barwin and C. E. Toland head the venture with Moore Bros managing the market. expansion for multiple stores is anticipated in the region.
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Darwin Stores Company, of
Hope
East Second Street
First National Bank
W. GC. (Garland) Barwin
C. EB. Toland
Moore Bros
Fate of Alabama Widow With Jury Fate of Alabama Widow With Jury
The jury was deadlocked last night in the trial of Mrs. Maui Gunn accused of killing her husband W. O. Gunn near Oxford Alabama on May 26. She asserted three highwaymen robbed the car and shot him. Gunn, a saw mill worker earning 3.50 daily, had a $1000 life insurance policy taken out six months before his death.
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Talladega
Ain
Maui Guin
Gunn
Market Announcement on 1930 Market Leads to Center for Cotton
A fragmented report notes a planned designation of a Mid-South marketing division by the Farm Board to oversee cotton from Missouri Arkansas and Tennessee. The group aims to organize farmers sell samples and ensure full payment. The announcement cites a potential office and regional association.
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Tong
Cotter Liverpool
Mid-South
Mid-South Associatton Marketing Divisional Farm Board
Cotta
Missouri, Arkansas and
Tenn
Kiwanis Club Outing Planned Amid Growth Talk
Kiwanis members plan a Monday outing at the Hotel Barlow with wives preparing basket lunches as part of the gathering. E I Rephan urged civic club growth and noted Hood’s expected population rise by the next census while stressing good will and diversified farming. A DeAnn trip is planned for Friday night June 27 with departure from the Hotel Barlow, and attendance will influence next week’s meeting and membership standings.
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Hope
Hood
DeAnn
Nog
Barlow
Two Women Drowned Trying to Save Youths in River Rescue
In Lake Charles Louisiana on Tuesday near Whiss key Chitto river Mrs. J. T. O. Ledoux and her daughter Mrs. Orlee Landry drowned while attempting to save two of Ledoux's sons from a swimming party. Their husbands rescued the youths as the sisters perished in the deep swift current.
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Lake Charles
J. T. O. Ledoux
Orlee Landry
Chitto
Bachman Bill Passes House Sent to Senate
The Bachman bill to provide an additional federal judge for the Southern District of Texas passed the House on Wednesday and was sent to the Senate for action. The measure aims to increase judicial capacity in Texas.
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Bachman
House
Senate
Washington
Texas
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Bugs) Moran
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