City Democratic Committee Meets Friday Night at Seven
Approximately fifty absentee ballots from Hope's second primary, held March 4, are now with the circuit clerk in Washington to be counted Friday night at seven. The police judge race, created for Hope, features Huntley and Gentry tied at 421 votes each. Other races are not expected to change significantly. The general city election is set for the first Tuesday in April, with installation of new officials about two weeks later.
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Hope
Rircuit
Washington
Huntley
Gentry
Robinson Defends Young Rum Runner in Tennessee
Senator Joseph T. Robinson pleaded for leniency for Don Rawlings Jr., son of a Corbin judge, who confessed to liquor transportation. The youth, arrested in Knoxville for transporting 72 gallons of whiskey, received a ninety day sentence after Robinson appeared in Federscourt to defend him.
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Greenville
Tenn
Joseph T. Robinson
Don K. Rawlings, Jr
Robinson
Federscourt
Corbin
Kentucky
Washington
Knoxville
Arkansas Exceeds Its CMTC Quota
Arkansas exceeds its Citizens Training Camps quota by 185 percent as applications rise during summer encampment plans at Camp Pike. A total of 1,855 boys have filed, up from 193 last year, with Missouri and Minnesota close behind in applications and quotas. Arkansas also receives an extra 200 for the state at large.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Camp Pike
Arkansis
Wit
Missowi
Minnesota
Rough Rangers Become City Broke in Houston
In Houston Texas the Rough Rangers are described as "city broke" under new commander Adj Gen W W Sterling a former border patrol captain and a college graduate who wears full dress. His chaplain Rev P B Hil holds captain rank and even composed a prayer or poetry for the force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
Te Rangers
Adj
W. W. Sterling
Doughty Company
P. B. Hil
President Hoover Accepts Legge Resignation as Farm Board Chief
Washington bulletin says President Hoover has accepted the resignation of Alexander Legge, chairman of the Farm Board. A formal announcement is expected Friday. it is unclear whether a successor will be named at that time.
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Washington
Hoever
Alexander Legge
Farm Board
Local Musician Carral Hinsley in Recital at Ouachita
Carral Hinsley, associate in the local high school faculty, performs a piano recital at Ouachita College in Arkadelphia on Friday evening March 6. The program features Beethoven Chopin Debussy MacDowell and modern school works. Hinsley, Ouachita School of Music graduate, studied with Boguslawski and Revise in Chicago. his playing has earned praise in Arkansas towns and he was judged best pianist in 1920 in a contest by the National Federation of Music Clubs.
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Carral Hinsley
Quachita College Arkadelphia
Hinsley
Arkansas
School of Music
Hingley
Beethoven
Chopin
Debussy
MacDowell
Ouachita
Moissalye’ Boguslawski
Rudolph Revise
Chicago
National Federation of Music Clubs
A M Enters 50 Hogs at Stock Show
A car carrying 50 hogs from Magnolia A and M College sped to Fort Worth Texas for the South Western Exposition and Stock Show. The group led by Wes W Godley shipped March 3 with hogs averaging 270 pounds and starting at 143 pounds January 1 for a 60 day fattening gain of 125 pounds. additional entries include individual and pen contests.
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Magnolia
Fort Worth
Tex
Wes W. Godley
Magnolia A. & M. College
Wes Godley
Woman Bitten By Monkey at England
Mrs Heber McLaughlin of Toltev was bitten by a pet monkey in Sam Watson Jr s store in England Thursday The monkey named Jocko weighs 11 pounds and will be sent to the Health Department for observation The mayor ordered delivery to health officers for observation and Mrs McLaughlin may receive Pasteur treatment paid by Sam Watson Jr to prevent possible rabies risks
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England
Heber McLaughlin
Toltev
Sam Watson Jr
Watson
Pasteur
McLaughlin
Groundhog Sees Shadow as Geese Report Early Spring Signs
In Marion Virginia the groundhog sees its shadow while geese are reported flying northward signaling mixed spring signs. Local observers note the geese movement as a traditional hint of approaching warmth, despite the groundhog's shadow indicating ongoing winter.
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Marion
Virginia
To Go to Trial as Widow's Assailant
An 11 year old high school student and Sunday school teacher Russell Noble faces trial in Hav erhill Massachusetts on a charge of attacking widow Clara Ellis with a hammer. The alleged assault followed a watch theft from Mrs Ellis's bureau as Noble sought $16 to cover financial needs.
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Russell Noble
Haverhill
Mass
Clara E. €. Ellis
Weatthy
Noble
Hope Retail Merchants Association Elects Officers
A Hope Retail Merchants Association meeting at city hall Thursday night elected officers for the coming year. George Robison was chosen president, J M Harbin vice president, and Ched Hall treasurer. The board of directors includes George W Robison, Bob Gosnell, John P Cox, Len Sanders, Ernest Winghel, Theo P Witt, C W Weltman, Paul Lewis, and R M Patterson, with J C Carillon named secretary.
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Hope Retail Merchants Association
City Hall
George Robison
J. M. Harbin
Ched Hall
George W. Robison
Bob Gosnell
John P. Cox
Len Sanders
Ernest Winghel
Theo P. Witt
C. W. Weltman
Paul Lewis
Farmers Find Death Recipe For Woodchucks
Burley Ida UP Little Cove farmers allegedly devised a deadly plan to kill woodchucks by poisoning alfalfa with arsenic. A letter to authorities described releasing poison and returning to find thousands of dead rodents, including about 4,000 woodchucks.
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Burley
Ida
Little Cove
Woodchuck
One Acre of Potatoes Yields Profit of 360
In Woodville South Carolina a rural woman lacking funds found one acre of garden land usable for crops. With barnyard manure and careful cultivation she produced 233 bushels of potatoes, selling them locally for a net profit of 360 dollars.
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Campes
Dog Guards Cash Drawer at Springs Creek Store
A merchant near Springs Creek uses a trained dog to guard the cash register when absent. Ranger, a large police dog, watches the money box to deter hold ups reported as increasing in Arizona recently.
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Glohk
Aviz
al Gregor
Springs Creek
Arizona
Ranger
Gregor
Quartet Arrested After Terrorizing Florida Citizens
Four bandits terrorized Western Florida from Jacksonvill e to Chipley totaling over 400 miles before capture near Mulat. Names given as Revi Hayes Bert Ogtesby Mabel Wertz and Faye Harris. They carried three revolvers and faced deputies, a posse of 200 men, while robbing cars kidnapping a garage owner and son and wounding a deputy sheriff during escapes.
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Milton
Florida
Mulat
Revi Hayes
Bert Ogtesby
Mabel Wertz
Faye Harris
Jackson' Yiile
Wellborn
Chipley
Aged Bowie County Woman Dies Near Texarkana
TEXARKANA oldest Bowie county resident dies at 84. Mrs. E Q Lenox, born November 19, 1846, two miles north of New Boston in a log cabin. Her father served as the county’s first tax collector. Mrs Lenox was the first member of the Order of Eastern Star in Bowie county.
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Texarkana
Bowie County
Texas
E. QO. Lenox
New Boston
Lenox
Order of Eastern Star
Two Educators Oppose Race Bill in Arkansas
Conway Arkansas educators denounce a pari mutuel horse racing bill aimed at funding public schools. D C Hastings of Crossett and Dr John Hugh Reynolds of Hendrix College state the educational community rejects gambling for revenue and would rather close schools than compromise public morals.
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Parkins
Graham
Hirst
Ackansay
General Assembly
Chilean President Gives Nod to Sikorsky Flight
Stratford Connecticut report says Sikorsky chief test pilot Boris Sergievsky impressed Chilean president Don Carlos Ibáñez del Campo with a two and a half hour amphibian flight recently flown to Chile.
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Stratford, Conn
U.R
Boris Sergievsky
Sikorsky Aviation Corporation
Chile
Don Carlos Ibsnez de Campo
Sergievsky
Facoory
Sikorsky
Legion Meeting Attracts Large Local Attendance
Forty-nine Legionnaires and six former service men gathered at the Legion headquarters on Front Street for the first regular meeting of Hmorth. Plans were laid to celebrate the Legion’s twelfth anniversary March 18 at City Hall with Texarkana’s L. J. Kosminsky invited to speak. Talks by John Vesey Barney Hamm Robert Wilson and George Deering highlighted the event. Sandwiches cakes and coffee were served as a surprise treat. Vesey Ellis and Deering will address the Spring HI acts Friday afternoon recounting war-time experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organization of the American Legion
L. J. Kosminsky
Texarkana
John Vesey
Lee Ellis
George Deering
Actiogs
80 year old farmer dies by own action in Arkansas
Bradford Toim Hale an 81 year old farmer formerly of Grand Glaize shot himself Thursday afternoon at his son John Hale’s home in Fitzhugh Woodruff county and died Thursday night in a New York hospital. No investigation was made though it is believed to be death by own action. Hale had been in ill health for several months and was known to be despondent.
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Bradford
Toim Hale
Grand Glaize
John Hale
Fitzhugh
Woodruff County
New York
Hale
Plane May Hunt Lost County Line
SANDUSKY Ohio UF One of Erie county s most prized possessions has been lost says Erie County Surveyor H F Gerald He plans to fly Sheriff Parker and a large Stinson plane to locate the missing county line The line has not been surveyed since the county split from Huron nearly a century ago and monuments marks and stakes have disappeared Aerial mapping is proposed to save time and money as the line runs through rough wooded terrain and its endpoints are known
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Sandusky
Ohio
Erie County
Tost
H. F. Gerald
Parker
Stinson
Gerald
Evie County
Huron County
Washington Statue Valued at Millions
RICHMOND Virginia governor Polard said a Houdon statue of Washington in the state capitol rotunda could fetch $5,000,000 or more from collectors. He emphasized the piece is not for sale and noted Washington himself viewed the work.
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Richmond
Virginia Capitol
Houdon
Washington
John Garland Polard
Colectors
Slayer of Deputy Sheriff Cleared
Harrisburg circuit court freed farmer O K Kernick after an hour deliberation finding him justified in shooting deputy Travis Powell at a Loantana dance on April 7. Prosecutors sought death. defense said Powell beat Warnick with a blackjack. The trial opened a term featuring 12 murder cases and other hearings including Ed Lamar charged with highway robbery.
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Harrisburg
O. K. Kernick
Farmer
Travis Powell
Lo~ Panto
Warnick
L. Gladish
Powell
Ed Lamar
George Wilbanks
Dave Willbanks
L. E. Keith
E. Bailey
Floyd Hoagland
Johnny Chadwick
Charles “Scarface
McCullars
Agnew Mardis
Yale House Plan to Cut Class Games Yale House Plan to Cut Class Games
NEW HAVEN Conn 4W PI With the inauguration of the House Plan Yale is expected to cut its schedule of intercollegiate football games to five or six and introduce intramural contest according to Professor R Sheldon Rose chairman of the Athletic Board of Control Eventually Yale may follow the suggestion of President A Lawrence Lowell of Harvard and eliminate all outside games except the Yale Harvard fixture but not for many years it is believed The House Plan also will eliminate professional coaches.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
R. Sheldon Rose
Atheltic Board of Control
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
Vicar Declares Closed Season on Clergy in Catterick
In Catterick Yorkshire the Rev J F Spink vicar declared a closed season for the clergy. He announced that the period runs from January 1 to December 11 to deter vandalism and antisocial acts targeting the vicarage.
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Catterick
Yorkshire
UPI
J. F. Spink
Calion Bridge Dedicated Friday Celebration Opens New Span
In Calion Arkansas residents from a dozen counties gathered Friday for the dedication of the Ouachita River bridge at Calion. The event featured motor boat racing old fiddlers contests horseshoe tournaments band concerts speeches and a dance. Dwight Blackwood chairman of the state Highway Commission gave the formal address. A symbolic wedding marked the union of two Arkansas sections after bridge ceremonies.
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L Dorado
South Arkansas
Ouachita River
Calion
Dwight’ Blackwood
State Highway Commission
Arkansas
Accident Victim Bleeds to Death on Camden Highway
CAMDEN W C Venable 44 bookkeeper for Ogemaw Lumber bled to death Thursday night from a gash in his right ankle after his foot pierced a windshield in a wreck on the Camden Stephens highway. His companion, who was taking him home to Ogemaw 16 miles south, did not note the wound’s seriousness at first. Funeral services were held Friday at the First Baptist church. Survived by wife and one son Harrell, his parents Mr and Mrs W R Venable of Eagle Mills, four brothers Aubrey Ventable Little Rock Ben Venable Smuckever J Rosser Venable Eagle Mills Word Venable Eagle Mills, one sister Alice Venable Eagle Mills.
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Camden
W. C. Venable
Ogemaw Lumber Company
Camden-Stephens
Venable
Ogemaw
Plant to Improve Manganese Ore Planned
Edward F. Cushman a St. Louis furnace man and Wilson Bradley of Deerwood Minn inventor of the Bradley process spent last week at Cushman investigating manganese They plan to build a plant embodying the Bradley process at a central location to work low grade deposits The plant will cost several million dollars and will exploit large deposits of low grade ore through the Bradley benefication process.
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Cushman
Edward F. Goltra
St. Louis
Wilson Bradley
Deerwood
Minn
Bradiey
Endless Chain Pig Club Distributes Blooded Stock
In Cleveland Tennessee two endless chain pig clubs have begun, spreading registered pigs to youths. Participants must own enrolled animals and, from the first litter, surrender two sow pigs to the agricultural department for further distribution. The scheme aids the purebred hog industry, say agricultural leaders.
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Endless Chain
Pig Club
Cleveland, Tenn
Agricultural Department
Hope, payment of school salaries near $2.5 million
In LITTLE ROCK a legislative draft seeks to fund the term by state notes and a 1.5 million addition from the School fund. The measures aim to authorize selling promissory notes to cover term costs ending July and to curb department overspending. A separate bill would repeal a tax on cigars and levy taxes on privileges and slot machines for the School equalizing fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little -Rock
Aries
Banks Delay Loans to Veterans Regulated by Bureau
Washington reports banks must delay collection on veterans loans up to six months, and cannot issue new notes for half a certificate value. The Veterans Bureau decision lowers collection rights on old loans, with a six month hold remaining for new notes. Robert Wilson, local Legion service officer, pressed for a ruling, but the dispatch only covers bank-held loans and won’t delay larger new loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Veterans Bureau
Joan
Robert Wilson
Legion Post
Little Rock Veterans Bureau
Wounded Youth Likely Will Die
Bradford Arkansas report says Red Melott was fatally shot by brother in law Allie Stennett near Bradford. Stennett surrendered and is jailed in Searcy after the incident. Melott, wounded on the White River bank, was rescued but died or remains near death with a single shotgun blast to throat and shoulders.
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Red
Melott, White Co
Bradford
Melott
Allie Stennett
Stennett
Searcy
White River
Parsons
Mother and Son Students at Missouri Valley College
MARSHALL Mo WURI A mother and her son are students at Missouri Valley College here Mrs Margeret Jones is a freshman and her son Ed win is a senior.
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Marshall
Wuri—A
Missouri Valley College
Margeret Jones
Edwin
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Bulletins
Carroll Hinsley
Arkadelphia
State Health Department
Retail Merchants Association Meet
Woodville
S. C
Mr. Hastings
Ind
Mobile River
Mobile
Alo
Legion
Woodruff Co
May Hunt
O. K. Warnick
Yale House
Calion Bridge
Sta
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