Veterans May Increase Loans on Adjusted Service Certificates
Hempstead county veterans with Adjusted Service Certificates may boost loans from 22 to 50 percent, enabling additional borrowing of about $135,000 from local banks plus existing $100,000. The arrangement, finalized with Veterans Bureau head Brigadier General Hines, routes loans through banks and the bureau, prioritizing urgent needs and farm purchases, with veterans offices aiding the process.
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Hempstead County
Robert Wilson
Leslie Huddleston
American Legion
Citizens National
First National Bank
Veterans Bureau
Little Rock
Washington, D.C
Congress
Hines
Nati Erans Bureau
Washington
Bureau
Hempstead
Jess
Daugherty Found Guilty of Fraud
Daugherty, 68, banker and brother of former United States Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty, was convicted on all five counts for defrauding the defunct Ohio State Bank during his tenure as president. Jury deliberated hours amid a late-night verdict and a judge delayed sentencing pending posttrial motions.
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Washington
Daugherty
United Staes
Harry M. Daugherty
Steed
Ohio State Bank
Charles Bell
Cincinnati
Annual Inspection of Guard Unit Held in Hope
The local National Guard Company A held its annual inspection on South Walnut Street led by Major Floyd Hatfield of Little Rock. Officers from the First Battalion and others praised the unit’s appearance and performance, with next inspections planned in Magnolia and a March bangguel to mark the eleventh anniversary in Hope.
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National Guard
South Walnut Street
Floyd Hatfield
Little Rock
Hatfield
1Bdrd Infantry
Basil EB. Newton
Co. A
Scott
Prescott
Newton
Fort Benning
Magnolia
Hope
Arkansas Press Association to Meet June 11 13
The Ah an nual convention of the Arkansas Press Association will be held at the Amrite Grotip Country club, 22 miles north of Fort Smith, June 11 to 13. Clayton Rand, Biloxi, Miss. publisher, will address members at a gridiron banquet on June 12. Ed McCorkle of Hope is president and Clio Harper of Little Rock is secretary.
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Little Rock
WPA
Arkansas Press Association
Amrite
Antarctic Kitchen Tales From Byrd Expedition Ax Man
George W Tennant, part of Byrd South Pole and North Pole expeditions, sent home culinary notes from Little America where minus 72 degree cold froze fruit and coffee, an ax sliced frozen produce, and eggs floated then froze. Tennant now tours as a traveling representative for a grain company.
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Kansas City
A.P
George W.tennant
Little America
Tennant
Caie Inander Byrd
North Pole
Famous to Quit Business Here
Famous to Quit Business Here announces the closing of its Main Street store in Hope as part of a chain’s downsizing. Manager H. R. Campbell says stock will be sold off and fixtures disposed of, with Campbell possibly transferred to another Famous store. closure planned for early this month.
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Ertin
Hope
Main
H. R. Campbell
Little Rock
Hot Springs
Texarkana
Campbell
Kiwanis Club Holds Regular Luncheon at Hotel Barlow
Kiwanis members met at the Hotel Barlow for a noon luncheon featuring a humorous improvised program led by Parks Fisher who invited each member for a brief talk. John P. Cox won the attendance prize as President R. Herndon asked committees to report activity. C. B. Remig, newly appointed L. C. Buer manager and future member, attended as a guest, along with Bert Painter of Little Rock. Doris Fincher prepared next week’s program.
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Kiwanis
Barlow
Parks Fisher
John P. Cox
R. ¥. Herndon
Agai
C. B E. Remig
L. C. Buer
Bert Painter
Little Rock
Doris Fincher
Longview Papers Sold to a Monroe Louisiana Publisher
The Longview News Company publishers of the Daily News Morning Journal and Gregg County Oil News were purchased Thursday by C. Be Faull and associates of Monroe Louisiana. The new owners took possession and plan an expansion program with minor staffing changes. Faull, known newspaper man, formerly owned the Monroe News Star and Morning Post, says he will devote full time to developing the newly acquired properties.
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Longview. Tex
Longview News Company
Daily News
Morning Journal
Gregg County Oil News
Faull
Monroe
News-Star
Morning Post
Bank Regulation Bill Approved By Senate Thursday
The Senate approved without a dissenting vote a bank regulation bill from a joint legislative committee. It targets chain banks, bars officials from borrowing from their bank, and prohibits banks from accepting their own stock as collateral. Banks must hold 25 percent liabilities in reserve, with 10 percent in negotiable securities. The Senate also approved a House bill raising penalties to one percent per month on taxes unpaid by April 10 and extending delinquent land sale deadlines to November. An election-petition bill allowing a county superintendent vote with 60 percent support passed the House. racing legislation was awaited. The Senate also approved a Highway Department audit at a cost of $100,000.
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Little Rock
Senate
House
Highway Department
16 Year Old Wife Held For Slaying
MOUNT PLEASANT Tex A 46 year old mother was free on bond while her brother was jailed in the slaying of her husband Henry Thompson. Officers said Mrs Thompson fired the shot but relatives said her brother in law Ray Barto 22 of Texarkana did the shooting during a dispute over the couple’s year old daughter. She said she killed Thompson after he took the baby and began choking the child. Bond set at 1000 dollars.
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Mount Pleasant
Tex
Henry Thompson
Thompson
Ray Barto
Texarkana
Barto
New Power Plant at Siloam Springs
Supplies and equipment for the hydro electric plant at Forest Park dam near Siloam Springs are shipped daily as construction prepares to begin. Crews work 24 hours a day flushing gravel to the dam site on the Illinois river. The dam will impound a lake over a mile wide and three miles long, covering about 800 acres with more than six million gallons of water. The structure will be 120 feet wide at the base and 26 feet at the top. One hundred seventy five men are employed on the project.
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Forest Park Dam
Illinois River
Fireproof Safes Tested in Heat of 1700 Degrees
Tests at the Bureau of Standards simulate a real fire by enclosing a locked safe and its contents in a brick furnace heated to 1700 degrees Fahrenheit for an hour. The safe is then hoisted and dropped 40 feet, replaced upside down in the furnace to gauge its protective performance under extreme conditions.
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Washington
Bureau of Standards
Master Masons to Hold Meeting Here
The Annual Past Masters night will be held Friday March 6 at the Masonic Hall on South Elm Street. The Master Masons degree will be conferred on a candidate with past masters listed in stations. Invitations extended to lodges in Washington, Blevins, Columbus, Qtan, Bod can, Emmett and Prescott. The degree team will be under A W Hicks with Robkin Collins and Shiver assisting. Refreshments served by the committee of Moore Halliburton and Bryan.
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Masonic Hall
South Elm Street
John P. Cox
W. M
F. N. Porter
S. W. BE
N. Bacon
J. W. A. J. Neighbors
S. D
Ira Halliburton
Jdy
Syd McMath
M. C
Frank Hicks
M. Cy
J. A. Sullivan
Tyler
Washington, Blevins
Columbus
Qtan
Bodcan
Emmett
Prescott
A. W. Hicks
A. J. Robkin
S. ©. Collins
Ernest H. Shiver
Allen Moore
William Bryan
Committee Will Study School Needs
LITTLE ROCK senate passes Purkins bill to create a State Commission for studying school problems and reporting findings to a special session this fall. The commission may hire a statistical secretary. The House also passes an emergency clause on the Cunningham tax timing bill.
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Little Rock
Senate
Purkins
State Commission
House
Army Planes to Speed Australia Mail Deliveries
Royal Australian Air Force planes will speed mail between Darwin and Brisbane calling at central Australian townships. Trained pilots will deliver mail routes previously served by motor trails pack horses and camel caravans, boosting both postal efficiency and potential defense capability.
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Canberra
Royal Australian Air Force
Darwin
Brisbane
U S Uses Most Platinum Worldwide
The United States is the largest global consumer of platinum, importing over $10 million worth annually. About six percent of this metal is used in the jewelry trade.
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New York
U.S
United States
Aged 100 Bride Weds 71 Year-Old War Vet in Arkansas
In Fayetteville, John Still, a Prairie Grove veteran born in the Civil War era, married Mary E. White 71 after they inquired at the county clerk’s office for a marriage license. Judge J. Lona Slaughter performed the ceremony and the bride reclaimed the license as her property.
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Fayetteville
Arkansas
John Still
Prairie Grove
Mary E. White
Still
J. Lona Slaughter
Little Rock Boys Located After Missing Report
Eugene McLee age 13 son of Mr and Mrs McLees of 1701 Parker street and Frank Spoon age 12 son of Mr and Mrs J R Spoon of 1219 West Highteenth street were reported missing from home Tuesday night. They were found in Hope yesterday after traveling by train and staying in a box car. Raisr road officials located them early Wednesday and notified Mr Spoon. Both were returned home.
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Little Rock
Ideal Homeseekers Target Southwest Migration Trend
Wood Netherland reports that thousands of East Coast industrial workers plan to move to the southwest seeking small farms due to plant shutdowns and a bleak outlook. A Pennsylvania clergy man is scouting Arkansas to house 500 families from congested industries, with many workers now saving and ready to farm intensively for better living prospects.
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Rine Bluff
Wood Netherland
Arkansas Bankers Association
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
America
Netherland
Sheriff Acts to Prevent Lynching in Missouri
In Popular Bluff and Kennett area, a Black man named Brown was jailed awaiting a preliminary hearing for an alleged attempted attack on a well known woman. Sheriff Tom Donaldson and deputies moved him by car trailed nearly to Popular Bluff, then jailed him in Butler County. The woman identified him after he knocked her to the ground and threatened to harm her if she reported the attack.
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Popular Bluff
Fom Brown
Kennett
Frank Witte Resigns State Highway Post to Move
Frank Witte, equipment clerk for the State Highway Department and longtime Hope resident, has resigned and moved to Fort Smith Arkansas and Poteau Oklahoma to manage family properties. He leaves after years with the department and three years as equipment clerk for District No. 3 based in Hope. Major R. B. Sanford, district engineer, expresses personal regret.
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Frank Witte
State Highway Department
Fort Smith
Ark
Poteau
Oklo
Witte
Highway Department
Major
R. B. Sanford
South Elm Street
Mr. Stanford
Another Man Held in Memphis Killing
Memphis police, acting on information from H. J. Ziegler, announce the arrest of Harry Smith, a river derrick worker, in connection with the slaying of Charles Purnell, a Spanish American War veteran from Madrid Nebraska. Purnell’s body was found buried in a shallow grave near the woods.
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Memphis
H. J. Ziegler
Harry Smith
Charles Purnell
Madrid
Nebraska
Smith
Helena
Purnells
Meetings to Be Held At University Expo
The third annual University of Arkansas Trick Branch Expo will feature over twenty five counties and many county programs. Assistants report preparations underway with multiple divisions including sweet potato beds cold frame mixers and labor saving machinery. The event starts at 2 o'clock with instructions for participants and their families urged to attend and enjoy lunch and a full day of demonstrations.
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University of Arkans
Weil
Car Stolen From In Front Of Saenger Theatre
Glenn L. Williams reports his Chevrolet coach, owned by the cleaning and pressing business owner, was stolen from in front of the Saenger theatre Monday night. Police have not located the vehicle or its drivers, and Williams has traveled to Longview and other Texas points to locate it. It is suspected the car was taken by parties heading to the new oil field.
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Glenn J. Williams
Saenger Theatre
Williams
Longview
Texas
Air Circus at Capital Airport to Aid Little Rock Relief
An air circus at Little Rock's Capital Airport on Sunday afternoon March 8 will showcase donated acts for the Citizens Emergency Relief fund aiding unemployment relief. admission is twenty five cents. Buddy Rhodes of Stuttgart will attempt to break the delayed opening parachute jump record from 10 000 to 12 000 feet, potentially earning a $500 record prize and national attention. Airport owners offer planes for passenger carrying to boost fund-raising.
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South
Little Rock
Citizens Emergency Relief Committee
Buddy” Rhodes
Stuttgart
Irving Air
Irving Air Chute Company
Parachute Aganufacturers
Jack Dare
Rhodes
Relief Committee
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State
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Kiwanis Club
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Texas Oil Town Newspapers
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Tower
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Siloam Springs
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Chicago
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Senator Purkins
Bradley County
Australia
U. S
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