End of Highway No 4 Urged Closed Rosston Gap
About fifty representatives from seven south Arkansas towns protested at Hope city hall over the State Highway Commission delays on No 4 through Newark county. Secretaries Ellison and Graham urged equitable funding as a $3 million federal grant aids Arkansas roads. Committees plan a Camden meeting, with further organizing in Warren as eastern No 4 territory joins the effort.
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Hope
Luther Ellison
Bill Graham
Camden
Warren Chambers of Commerce
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Lockesburg
Hesston
Waterloo
Ellison
Rosston
Nevada- Ouachita
Union
Ashley Counties
Little Rock-Fort Smith
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Record Crowd Expected for Arkansas Farm Visiting Day
A record attendance is anticipated for the annual Farm Experiment Station Visiting Day in Arkansas this Friday June 2. Governor Futrell will speak along with editor W A Cochel and extension agent I B Whitaker, with 50 wagons planned for guest transport and a full all day program from 9 30 to 4 00 featuring talks on grapes pastures tomatoes and other topics plus noon entertainment by the Wilhoits and Yerger Rhythm Singers.
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Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station
Arkansas
Nice
J. M. Futrell
W. A. Cochel
Kansas City Star
I. B. Whitaker
Futrell
O. A. Graves
Edittor Cochel
Alex “. Washburn
Hope Star
Hempstead County
C. B. Wiggins
University of Arkansas
Glenn Riddell
Missouri Pacific
Paul Miller
State Plant Board
L. M. Turner
Forester
College of Agriculture
Martin Nelson
D. J. Burieson
Extension Agronomist
W. G. Amstein
Wilhoits
Emmuett
Pecan Budding Demonstrations Planned Near Hope
A pecan budding demonstration will be given on the farms of Leslie Perry Route 5 Hope at 9 o clock Thursday morning and Ruffin White Route 4 Hope Thursday at 1 30. W G Amstein State Horticulturist and Frank H Stanley county agent will conduct these demonstrations. All farmers interested in this work are urged to attend.
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Leslie Perry
Hope
Ruffin White
W. G. Amstein
Frank H. Stanley
Barbecue Thursday for Methodist Men at Fair Park
The Men’s Bible class at First Methodist Church will host a barbecue Thursday night at Fair Park starting at 7. About 300 people are expected, per Roy Henderson. President Wilson vetoed the Volstead Act, arguing wartime prohibition was no longer desirable and proper legal procedure hadn’t been followed.
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Fair Park
Roy Stephenson
Wilson
NRA to Stand Put on Hosiery Mill
Washington dispatch reports Hugh Johnson stating the NRA will stand by the Harriman Hosiery Mills, now closed, as labor concessions are sought to regain Blue Eagle status. The fate of possible legal action rests with Attorney General Cummings after the Justice Department found no prosecution basis previously. The mill’s closure puts 624 workers out of work amid accusations of anti union dismissals and mounting tensions with federal authorities.
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Atlanta Regional Labor Board
Harriman Mills
J. Ashbury Wright
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Roosevelt Voyage to Puerto Rico Prompts New Deal Push
Roosevelt's Hawaii voyage will include Puerto Rico where 1.6 million residents may hear a New Deal plan. The island faces poverty, unemployment, and malnutrition despite roads, schools, and health systems, with sugar wealth concentrating and many residents dependent on imports for basics. A Chardon plan seeks $24 million in aid over three years plus RFC loans to aid reconstruction and sugar industry reform.
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AAA
Teels Nitivas
Carlos Chardon
University of Puerto Rico
Agricultural Authority
Rexford G. Tigwell
Admin
Wilson Outlines Senate Platform From Hope Hope Arkansas
John L. Wilson of Hope announces candidacy for Arkansas Senate from the 20th district comprising Hempstead and Nevada counties. He pledges equitable gasoline tax distribution, fair license fees, and honest service, asking voters to leave his name on the ticket August 14 and urging support for remedial legislation.
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Hempstead
Nevada
the Star
John L. Wilson
Hope
John L, Wilson
French diver saves lives at Lorient shipwreck
A passenger boat carrying 100 arsenal workers sank near Lorient after a collision. Six dead and two missing reported. divers and dockworkers rescued survivors trapped in the cabin. A fugitive diver aided救 rescued five adults and a small girl before police identified him and praised his actions.
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Lorient
France
Raniner
Police Seiet
Avena
British Debt Note Sent to U S
A British note was cabled to the Washington embassy on Wednesday stressing a permanent war debt settlement with the United States. The foreign office kept details brief, restating the prior policy of seeking discussions on a full debt settlement.
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Tgndon
Eng
Washington
United States
Foreign Office
65 Percent Recovery for Depositors Progress Report
Washington P Jesse H L Jones chief of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation said depositors in banks closed during the past three years should recover an average of 65 percent of their funds. He noted prior earnings averaged 58 percent and that about 50 percent of 6.6 billion in closed banks since 1882 had been refunded, warning that new insurance provisions do not guarantee payment of all deposits.
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Jesse HL Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Durling
Nrt
Correction on W Stroud car wreck report
The Star corrects an error stating W Stroud of Washington was among occupants of a car wrecked on the Hope Washington road Saturday night. The correction clarifies he was not involved.
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W. Stroud
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Hope- Washington Road
Shir
State Group Is Urged by Ginners
Arkansas ginners urged inclusion of ginning seed cotton drying gleaning bagging and storage rates in the cotton marketing agreement hearings in Little Rock Arkansas with AAA officials. They also urged Arkansas be grouped with Tennessee and Kentucky for rate making.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Ilinois
Missouri
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Tennessee
Kentucky
Suit for 100000 over Garland City bridge project
In Little Rock a federal suit filed by Kansas City Bridge Co seeks 100000 from the state Highway Commission as the balance due on the Garland City bridge. The claim notes a 69,013.44 balance on a 549,101.80 contract and cites a compromised amount agreed after the wrecked span was removed and repaired. The company holds 20 five dollar certificates as evidence. State Refunding Board and Highway Audit Commission actions are cited. The central span was dynamited September 3, 1930, after completion but before state takeover.
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Kansas City Bridge Company
State Highway Commission
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Highway Audit Commission
Pine Forest to Yield Lacquer and Celluloid News
Savannah reports chemist Dr. Charles Herty and the Chemical Foundation are launching experiments to convert southern pine into nitro cellulose and related products. The aim is to produce artificial fabrics, films, lacquers, and other materials, expanding uses for young pines once valued mainly for turpentine.
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Charles H. Herty
The
Chemical Foundation, Inc
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Warren killings and suicides shock Warren Arkansas
Warren Arkansas reports Jack Belcher a Black man beat and stabbed Fannie Thomas and Blanche Devoree two Black women to death then killed himself. Officers say long running trouble among the three preceded the incident. In Philadelphia Milton Work a bridge expert died aged 69 after weeks of illness. In Helena, Mrs. W M Lund of Memphis was shot and wounded when Ray and Tim Hannan opened fire on her truck. the Hannans surrendered claiming they thought someone was stealing stock.
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Ark
Jack Belcher
Fannie Thomas
Blanche Devoree
Philadelphia
Milton Work
Helena
W. M. Lund
Memphis
Ray
Tim Hannan
Hanhans
Tax League To Meet Saturday In Hope City Hall
Hempstead County Taxpayers League to decide this year on an initiated county salary law at a 2 o clock Saturday meeting in Hope city hall. A preliminary session last week set plans to form a committee to draft a salary schedule and to seek petitions to place the measure on the November general ballot.
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Hempstead County Taxpayers League
Hope City Hall
Seduction Trial of Premier Brownlee Heard in Edson Court
Vivian McMillan testified about six months of alleged advances by Premier John E. Brownlee starting in 1930. She described promises to be her guardian and urged intimate relations as an “honorable thing” after he persuaded her to leave home for a government job.
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Edmonton
Alerta
Vivian McMillan
John E. Brownlee
A. &. Smith
Brownlee
Edson
Smith
Attorney General’s Office
Fife
Roosevelt era labor board move spurs longshoremen crisis
In Washington and Detroit reports outline Roosevelt’s policy shift toward labor relations. The Wagner act’s block on striking longshoremen and a new labor board are central, while Frazier-Lemke mortgage moratorium faces a presidential veto. Pecora named for SEC chair, FTC members eyed for SEC role.
Horsfall Action Delayed By Arkansas College Board
Monticello A M College trustees conferred with Governor Futrell in Little Rock on Wednesday and learned that the board plans to defer action on re electing President Frank R Horsfall and at least two faculty members when it meets again Friday.
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Little Rock
Monticello A. & M
Futrell
Frank R. Horstatl
Markets Hope Cotton Exchange Markets Hope Cotton Exchange New York
The commodity listings show cotton prices at New York with figures for open high and close, noting a decline of 9 points in the latest session. New Orleans and Chicago Grain markets are cited with Wheat, Corn, and Oats quotations and percentage changes. Closing stock quotations list several industrial and consumer firms, including AmeriTel, Anaconda Chrysler, General Motors, Socony Vacuum, Standard Oil of New Jersey, Warner Bros, and others. Agricultural items mention Irish potatoes and cucumbers per bushel.
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Standard Oil
Stel Warner Bros
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