Weekend Guests and Local News From Fireland
Fayetteville visitors Lela Sawyer Charles M and George Weason spent the weekend with Mrs Callie and Sue Wesson en route to Fayetteville. Mrs L M Jones and her son Richard plus Miss Nettle Scarborough from Fort Worth visit Mrs Harold Ward over the weekend with plans to spend Saturday in Hot Springs. Comer Routon underwent an operation for appendicitis at the Josephine Hospital Saturday. C W Robinson of Shreveport was a business visitor Friday. Mr and Mrs John Barlow drove to Texarkana Saturday evening to dine with Mr and Mrs Will Steele. The Friday Music Club held its annual meeting March 11 at Mrs Stith Davenport’s home. officers elected include Mrs Ralph Routon president and Mrs Clyde Hill second vice president. Mr and Mrs W Porterfield of Little Rock visited over the weekend with relatives. Rudolph Greer, Pine Bluff police inspector, is in the city on business for a few days. Mrs H L Lawrence returned home to Texarkana after visiting her parents. Denly hosted the Emanos club Friday evening. Miss Thelma Harp, formerly of Hope and now in Texarkana, was praised for her piano recital at Lindenwood College in St Charles Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arivola
J. Burleson
Fayettevitle Wits
Leta Sawyer
Charles M
George Weason
Stephens
Callie
Sue, Wesson
Fayetteville
Ngepital
C.’W. Robinson
Shreveport
John Barlow
Texarkana
Will. Steele
Stith Davenport
West Fifth Street
Ralph Routon
C. CG. McNeill
Clyde Hill
KR. M. LaGrone
R. T. White
E. S. Richards
R. A. Boyett
W. ©. Porterfield
Little Rock
Hope Friends
Thelma Harp
Jack Harp
Hope
Texarkana Press
Penney Manager Attends Regional Meeting in Shreveport
A. E. Stonequist, local manager of the J. C. Penney store, was in Shreveport on Friday for a meeting of Penney store managers from this section.
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A. E. Stonequist
J. C. Penney
Shreveport
Penney
Arkadelphia Sees Coldest March Night in Years
Arkadelphia reports record cold for March with temperatures falling to near 12 to 15 degrees above zero after dark. Many homes iced pipes and ground froze, leaving snow from Monday night and Tuesday morning, with fruit and gardens suffering. an agriculture lab study is noted on oils giving fruits their flavors.
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Arkadelphia
Ark
Wero
Garnett Memorial Missionary Baptist Church Services
Bible study at 10 oclock and sermons at 11 am and 730 pm. Church events include midweek study Wednesday 730 pm, youth league anniversary and Epworth program planned with readings, music, and speakers inviting all in Hope to attend. Pastor T L Epton and Superintendent S B Supt. present.
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Schoul House
So Garnett Memorial Mission
Ary Baptist Church
T. L. Epton
Dollmer Batley
League Aniversiary Program
Marsdale Bailey
Garnett Martin
Katherine Bright
Dale Parker
First Presbyterian Church Activities Schedule
R Anderson D D Minister guides services at First Presbyterian Church with morning worship on Sunday at 11:00, sermon What Is My Religion Worth, and evening service at 1:30 with Present Disorders and Their Solution. Youth group meets at 6:45, Ladies Auxiliary circles host meetings Monday to Friday with multiple hosts, and a Wednesday prayer meeting.
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Fgu
Young People's Society
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Frank Trimble
L. A. Foster
Annie Allen
Sallie Allen
Jim Reed
Miria
Carlton
Worker on Highway Injured by Explosion in Texas
Mount Pleasant Texas James Barrett a highway crew worker was severely burned when a kerosene and gasoline mix exploded in his hands while directing traffic on a detour near an underpass. A fellow worker Willie Sloam covered the flames with a tarpaulin and Barrett is expected to recover.
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Mount Pleasant
Texas
James Barrett
Barrett
Willie Sloam
West Waterloo Senior High boys build small house in class
Twenty five students in a manual training class at West Waterloo Senior High School are constructing a small house or part of a house as part of a unit trade course.
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West Waterloo, Sr
Fox hound wager sparks race plan in Grant county
Reports detail fox hunters Norwood and Nall challenging C T Neal over a daylight race between Al Smithy owned by Hal Norwood and J M Nall of Sheridan versus an imported Baglioh named Hoover owned by C T Neal of McCades. Neal seeks a $50 stake with others ready to bet $100. Norwood and Nall propose flexible terms, choosing a daylight race and compensation if Al Smith falters, with final timing to be set in Grant county.
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al Smithy
At+ tommey General Hal
L. ‘Norwood
J. M. Nall
Sheridan
C. T. Neal
McCades
Comdas
AL Smith
Dow
Arkansas
Nall
Recovintrustion Finance Corporation
Grant County
Health Nurse Visits Schools Across County This Week
County health nurse Mrs. Ira J. Hammonds visited six schools. At Guernsey 70 first to fifth graders were weighed measured and inspected. McNab had 22 children examined. Fulton school inspected 58 pupils. McCaskill saw 85 pupils. Spring Hill administered smallpox vaccination to 24 pupils. Washington school pupils received typhoid inoculation for 124 students.
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Ira J. Hammonds
Guernsey School
Schooal
McNab
Average smoker uses about nine cigarettes daily
The industry reports indicate roughly 35,000 cigarette smokers in the United States and that total production in 1931 reached 113,441,649,000. With 35 million smokers, the average consumption is about 3,240 cigarettes per year, equating to about nine cigarettes per day per person.
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United States
United States Bureau of Internal Revenue
Prominent Newspaperman Canfield Dies at 52
Byron H. Canfield, 52, chairman of the board of the 12 Scripps Canfield newspapers, died suddenly from a heart ailment in Los Angeles after three months illness following influenza contracted while touring western properties. E W Scripps, son of Mrs Josephine Scripps, said eastern journalism suffered a genuine loss and will appoint a successor as chair.
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Los Angeles
Byron H. Canfield
Scripps-Canfield
West
E. W Scripps
Josephine Scripps
Canfield
Four Offers For Merged Baptist College Proposal
The Education Commission of the Baptist State Convention met at Hotel LaFayette to discuss merging Ouachita College Centre and Mountain Home College into a relocated university near the center of population. Four bids were tabled including a $100,300 offer with a site. other bids were not disclosed. The group adjourned without action and called for another meeting within 10 days to pursue a physical merger and relocation. Dr Whit ington expressed cautious optimism that a solution is near as he and others pursue the plan.
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Little Rock
Education Commission of the
Baptist State Convention
Hotel LaFayette
Otto Whitington
Improvel Church
Young Business Men's Association of
Ouachita College
Arkadelphia
Conway
Mountain Homan
Mountain Home
Education Commission
Tov
Chinese Cavalry Clashes With Japanese Near Shanghai
Chinese cavalry and Japanese troops clashed five miles north of Shanghai on Saturday. The fight lasted about an hour with Chinese casualties reported, while Japanese losses were not announced. Thousands more Japanese troops landed at Woosung and moved to the 30 mile front around Shanghai. US onlookers awaited peace talks as diplomats urged calm amid grim army preparations.
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Shanghai
Lnes
Woosung
Shanghia
Four men rob Earlboro bank in swift daylight heist
Four men robbed the Bank of Earlboro in Earlboro Oklahoma on Friday, forcing employees to the floor and taking an undetermined amount of cash. They fled in an automobile as police officers formed a posse and pursued southward.
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Earlsboro
Okla
More Hues Added To Socks For Men
NEW YORK shows a pastel revival in men s hosiery with mauve rose pale yellow and powder blue dominating. Checks and dots rise in popularity while sandals and peasant sabots appear on beaches after a dip. Outdoor wear features backless shawls and shirred chiffon returns with semi formal gowns using tailoring in a separate jacket and three quarter sleeves.
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New York
Dairying in Graves County Emerges as Major Industry
Graves county Kentucky sees dairying become a half million dollar industry. The Koke variety of lespedera produced the most hay per acre in eighteen field trials conducted by North Carolina forces last year.
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Graves County
North Carolina
Fund Racketeer Sentenced For Attempted Petit Larceny
Harry L. Davis a Detroit confidence man pleaded guilty to attempted petit larceny in Bronx Special Sessions and received a one to three year term. He created a fake fund to hire detectives for the Lindbergh baby search with directors named on his stationery including William Randolph Hearst Dudley Held Malone and Health Commissioner Shirley W Wynne.
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New York
Harry L. Davis
Detroit
Bronx
Davis
Peént
William, Randolph Hearst
Dudley Held Malone
Shirley W. Wynne
Movement
Caraway Bill Favored to Aid Confederate Cemetery Approach
Senator Hattla W. Caraway's measure, among her first introduced, gained a favorable Senate Military Committee report. It would provide 3200 dollars to the Miltren Lee Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy for improving the approach to the Confederate cemetery in Fayetteville Arkansas. The bill previously passed the Senate in the last session under her late husband T. H. Caraway.
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Washington
Hattla W. Caraway
Arkansas
Senate Military Committee
Miltren Lee
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Confederain
Fayetteville
Ark
Senate
T. H. Caraway
Mangled Body of Man Found Near Abilene
The body of a man believed to be 26 or 30, possibly Sidney Robinson of New Orleans, was found three miles west of Abilene on the Texas Pacific right of way. He appeared to have fallen from a train, freezing in temperatures from 21 to 24 degrees, and was held by a local undertaker. The report also notes Minnesota's poultry business is billed at over $60,000,000 annually by the state university.
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Abilene
Texas
Fréth
Sidney
Robinson
New Orleans
Here
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Ondorthian Street
Cantanzario
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The
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Christ John G. Reese
Josh Rogers
Rogers
Gau
Epworth League
First Presbyterian Church
R. Anderson
D. D
Aiton
Rivaigen
Fox Hounds
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Theéle
Hoover
McGehee
Baptist Commission
U.S
Great Britain
France
Italy
League of Nations
Fuebla
Mexico
Mexico City
Capitol
LAS “Racing Youth
Louise Fazenda
Stim
Summerville
Prises
Ey Woot Gibson
Edwad G. Robinson
Ee É Pelcos
Edward G. Robinson
Ole
Climede
Saenger
Ol Ad
Oklahoma Bank
Hose
Lindbergh
Bacon Electric Company
Annie Jean Walker
Claude Stuart
NEA
Mise Elizebeth Welsh
Alexander
Charlotte
N.C
Charles
Pol’ Tard
John' Gary
Pollard
Virginia
Shas
Minnesota
State University
Ne Tagrone
BRED
Presid TC. Hall
Agaistant Cashier
Senea
W. Robiso
Graves
Temple
Majestic Huilding
Glen. A. Meadows, B. Avett, Prahe
Meadowe-Draughon
Certified Public Accountant
Calwallo
Business College
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