Arkansas Centennial plans highway markers near Hope
The Arkansas Centennial Commission asks The Star to gauge local sentiment on proposed markers for two major highways passing Hope. Plans include renaming No. 10 from Memphis to Little Rock and No. 67 west through Hope as the Andrew Jackson Memorial Highway, plus a Memorial Pioneer Highway route linking Missouri to Hope through multiple towns with enduring wooden markers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas Centennial Commission
Hope
Centennial Commission
The
Star
Memphis
Little Rock
Littly Rock
Missouri
Little Hook
Benton
Hot Springs
Glenwood
Kirby
Murfreesboro
Nashville
Washington
Texas
Tennessee
Kenticks
U.S. 31
Glasgow
Bardstown
Germany Pleased by British View On Move on Rhine
Berlin reports official gratification over Britain and France showing willingness to consider new treaty proposals tied to Rhineland access. London debates whether Hitler’s peace offers warrant acceptance, amid tensions over demilitarization and Locarno pact violations. Paris seeks British support to demilitarize the Rhineland or impose punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Berlin
Associated Pressi
Reigh
Firlfain
Feeneh Mall
Paris
France
Fphardin
Hitler
Rhineland
Great Britain
Rhingland
Anthony Eden
League of Nations
Compromise Sought in Building Strike Talks
New York officials and labor leaders discuss settlement as William J. Rawlins, former executive secretary of the Realty Advisory and Labor Relations group, states readiness to back a compromise. He calls for reforms to end abuses and improve worker conditions in the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Willian J. Rawlins
Brose Ey Laden Relations
Rawlins
Tahiti
Council in Special Session Tuesday
A special meeting of the city council was to be held at 2 30 p m at city hall to address issues with the proposed Krafl Phoenix cheese plant and to discuss drainage and sewerage matters related to waste from the plant involving J T Holmes of Henagal department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eilyr
Ih Krafl-Phenix
J.T. Holloes
Henegal
Presbyterian Men Meet 7:30 Tuesday
The Men of the Church gather for their monthly meeting at First Presbyterian Church at 7:30 PM. Otis Graham of Texarlana will be the principal speaker, with a church dinner served that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian
First Presbyterian Church
Otis Graham
Tex‘arlana
Haynes Brothers Store Reorganizes Under Haynes Trio
Gus Haynes buys out John H. and Charles A. Haynes interests in Haynes Brothers Department Store and forms a new partnership with sons Henry and Ben P. Haynes. Henry becomes general manager March 1. Ben remains a nonactive partner while in Washington. The store shifts to cash basis operations and centers office layout for quick access. The change marks John H. Haynes retirement after 47 years with the firm one of the city’s oldest businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Haynes
Brothers
Gus Haynes Hay
John H. Haynes
Charles A. Haynes
Haynes Brothers
Henry
Ben P. Haynes
Henry Haynes
Iis
Ben
Washington, D. C
Seredite County
The
Tax Deadline Is to Be on Monday
LITTLE ROCK An extra day for filing federal and state income tax returns is allowed this year because March 15 falls on Sunday. The deadline is midnight Monday. Federal and state collectors report no extension of time. Federal office hours extended to 9 p.m. Thursday Friday and Monday to assist taxpayers. State office in the capital also open Monday night to receive returns. Federal personal exemption is $2 500 for a married couple and $1 000 for a single person. state exemptions are $2 500 for married couples and $1 500 for singles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Homer M. Adkins
Internal Revenue
Federal Building
Bart Ry Wiseman
Dairy meetings planned in Hempstead County
Three dairy meetings are scheduled across Hempstead County with county agent WE Mounteastie and dairy specialist John Vo Nevitt. Nevitt will illustrate with a visual projector and films to promote dairy development at Columbus School House on March 12, Patris School House on March 19, and Hope City Hall on March 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mounteastie
John Vo Nevitt
Missouri Pavific Railroad
Nevitt
Hempstead
Columbus
Mareh
Patris
Tay Pe
Moreh
Hope
City
Mureh
City to Install New Stop Signs at All Intersections
Mayor Al Graves announces a contract with an Oklahoma firm to place new stop signs at every intersection on Highway 67 through Hope and replace existing signs at city intersections. Signs will bear advertising on back, subject to council approval, with installation due late March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Al‘bert Graves
Graves
Oklahoma
Highway 67
Third Street
Meyer Graves
Main
Ebn
Bodcaw and Hope to Clash Tuesday Night Game
Bodcaw High School basketball, runner up in District Nine, faces Hope High School, District Ten champions, Tuesday night here. State meet starts Thursday in Jonesboro with Hope opening against Rogers. expenses estimated at about 65 dollars, urging large turnout. Admission 10 or 25 cents, 7:00 pm tip, with a large delegation expected for Bodcaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodcaw
Hope High
Chamiions
Jonesboro
Hope
Rogers
Foy Mammons
Hope-Bormwan
Nevada County
Bodeuw
AEM
Badeaw
Walmsley Proposes Quit Amid New Orleans Power Tug
NEW ORLEANS. Mayor Walmsley, once a foe of Huey Long, says he will resign if local self government is restored. The offer follows Long’s bid to control city government. Walmsley now holds little power while Finance Commissioner Partit effectively runs the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Semmes Walosley
Tate
Huey PL Long
She
Commission Council
Long
Walmster
Brlt
Wat
Richard W. Leeho
W Long
Mage
Pardon Reported Conviction Cited in Star Justice Note
The Star reported a pending petit drud eness court proceeding Monday and noted Jack Simpson was convicted. The paper did not clarify that the Simpson referenced was a Black man, not the white youth named Jack Simpson of 712 Pond Street, leading to confusion over identity and race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Star
Jack Simpson
Drudenness
Simpson
Pond Street
Diphtheria Fight Endangers Moosetown Doctor’s Return
In Moosetown the country doctor Jon Luke faces arrest for practicing without a license after appealing to Montreal officials to save the hospital. Tony Wyatt, once in love with Mary MacKenzie, is forced away as Dr Luke and nurse Kennedy work to care for quintuplets born at the Wyatts’ home. Mary awaits news from Tony as Luke plans further moves amid a romance strained by social pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonn Luke
Little North Woods
Moosetown
Monire
Moosetown Hospital
Tony
Mowetown
Tomains Weere
Mary MacKenzie
Munder
MacKenzie
Montreal
Luke
DR. Wilson
Dr. Luke
Asa Wyatt
Mary
George
Bis
Dreaty
Adil
U S to Buy Land in This Section Southwest Arkansas
Extension of the Resettlement Administration into southwest Arkansas received state approval with new land areas to be purchased. About $600,000 was made available. Final site purchases depend on prices and details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Resettlement Administration
Arkansas
State
RA Land Committee
B. Whitaker
Italy resumes African campaign in Eritrea amid peace talks
Italian radio reports a resumed offensive on all Ethiopian fronts after a one day pause. Observers see the halt as a move to ease European tensions after Germany remilitarized the Rhineland. Troops advance in northern Ethiopia as Erythrean forces skirmish near key rivers. meanwhile a Masonic lodge meeting is postponed to a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asmara
Eritrea
League of Nations
Taaly
Ethiopia
Germany
Rhineland
Biyt
Hescotia
Pep Give
Amba Alaji
Tyellemti
Chain Gang Appearance Cleans Hope Alleys
The chain gang, first in years, appeared in Hope Tuesday morning. Whites and negroes worked separately to clean alleys and business backyards downtown. Chief Ridghill turned over prisoners from the city jail to Street Commissioner Marion Monroe. Others unable to pay fines for drunkenness petty theft and minor crimes also joined. They labored around First National Bank Monts Seed Store and J C Pensley Co. adjacent to East Division Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
John Ridghill
Marion Monroe
First National Bank
Monts Seed Store
J.C. Pens
Founder Day Observed by P T A at High School
Hope P T A units celebrate Founders Day at De Queen high school auditorium at 3 pm Friday. Miss Pearl Williamson city superintendent will be guest speaker. Hope Friday Choral Club will present numbers. A free will offering will aid district extension of P T A clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope P-T. A
Arkansan Named Alaska Territorial Education Director
LITELE ROCK Clad M. Hirst former Arkansas state education chief and recent California Education Department official has been appointed director of education for the Territory of Alaska. The appointment was announced by the federal Commission on Education in Juneau. Hirst will depart March 14 for Alaska and will return to Washington in April or May for confirmations. His wife and child will stay in California during the transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Hirst
Ie Department of Education
California
Alaska
Hirst
Juneau
Mareg
Washington
Confgamies
A Albritton Six Election Contest Update 1936
A Albritton withdraws from the car test after a signed statement alleging illegality in a liquor election petition. He says some signers may be illegal, some legal, with no definite proof of wrongdoing. The article notes potential withdrawals and political tension surrounding the case in Hope, Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gvesnit
AL ‘Albritton
I Fish
O'Neal
A. Albritton
Oil Test Near Hope Initiated at Far West Field
Casing was set at the Cucaday Firewater oil site nine miles south of Hope. It will be cemented and left to set until possibly Sunday or Monday of next week, when the plug will be drilled and a test made in Section 17, Township 14 South, Range 2 West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Lafferty Jang
Hope
Townships
Lon Warneke Buys Home Town Newspaper
Lon Warneke, Chicago Cub pitching ace, is listed as a stockholder in the Herald Publishing company of Mt Ida Montgomery county in articles of incorporation filed at the secretary of state's office. The company, capitalized at 2500 dollars, lists J L Pinkerton L L Beavers and Dick Huddleston as fellow stockholders. The firm will publish a weekly newspaper at Warneke's home town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Lon Warneke
Herald Publishing Company
Mt. Ida
Montgomery County
Te Secretary of State
J. L. Pinkerston
L. L. Beavers
Dick Huddleston
Warneke
Explosion and fire injure firefighters at Texas plant
The bulletin reports a blast at a Texas company producing 10,000 gallon figs that sparked a fire, causing about 10,000 dollars in damage and killing two firefighters during containment efforts. In Blytheville, Ark, A Butler, 60, dies in hospital after being struck by a Frisco freight train three miles west of town. A federal grand jury in Chicago returned an indictment against Arthur W. Cutten for willful tax evasion involving over 214,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bugingham
Ala
Texas Company
Glytheville, Ark
A. Butler
Blytheville Hospital
Here
Chicago
Arthurs W. Cutten
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washburn
William Feather
America
Stinner
London
England
Labor Party
House of Commons
Arthur Greenswood
Eng
United States
Flapper
Fanny
Pat
KLA
Council
Kraft-Phenix Cheese Corporation
Tenay Lhd
Jenny Lind
T Sing
Baye Nuit
Aneion
U.S
Columbus, Patmos and
Bodcaw'and Hope
Bobcats
Walmsley
Reg
Twentieth Century-Fox
Jean Hersholt
Dorothy Peterson
June Lang
Michael HW
Kalen
Slim Sumnerville
Marscown Hexay
Harkers
Bearlihg Presents
CCC
Charles Andrews
State Welfare Department
Italy
Chain Gang
P.T. A
Arkansan
Chad M. Hirst
Albritten
Fitzwater
Bulletins
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!