Week End Storms Sweep Coast to Coast
Belated winter blast crashes across the nation with snow from the Atlantic to the Rockies. High winds and rough seas halt ships while California trees fall and wires snap. Missing persons reported near Colorado Springs and rail and trolley plows appear in Philadelphia as Chicago and Cleveland endure snowfall and thunder.
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Atalantic Seaboard
Rocky Mountains
California
Los Angeles
Colorado Springs
Philadelphia
Chicago
North Side
Loop
Cleveland
Little Change In Industrial Work
February industrial employment fell three tenths of a percent from January while total earnings rose one tenth to 4,542,752 workers. Manufacturing, hotels, and canning plants added staff, with earnings up 24, 26, and 24 percent respectively. other groups mostly cut employment or earnings. Overall manufacturing employment rose 1.2 percent with earnings up 1.1 percent.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Buret
Little Theatre at Saenger Presents Suppressed Desires
The Little Theatre group in Hope presents a two episode one act play Suppressed Desires with a feature film Sugars in Love at the Saenger theater Tuesday night. Henrietta Brewster impersonated by Mrs Russell Henderson is central to the psychoanalysis theme. Admission for both show and film is 40 cents to support the Little Theatre efforts in the city.
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Saenger Theater
Little Theatre Group
Henrietta Brewster
Russell Henderson
Henriette
Stephen Broscher
Mabel
Slater
Miriam Cernui
Clue Emerges in Old Billy Gaffney Kidnapping Case
New York police pursue renewed lead in the 1927 disappearance of four year old Billy Gaffney of Brooklyn. A California woman, Mrs. R S Hawley of Emeryville, claims a local Emeryville woman knows the missing child now nine. Detective Cox wires Emeryville police to investigate.
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New York
Billy Gaffney
Brooklyn
Bureau of Missing Persons
R. S. Hawley
Emeryville
Cal
Billy
Edmund Gaffney
Hawley
Emery Title
Emeryvilles
San Francisco Bay Region
Oakland
Elizabeth Gaffney
Andrew
Irene
1931 Cotton Ginning Report Completed by U S Department
The 1931 cotton crop totaled 16,595,700 bales or 17,060,772 equivalent five hundred pound bales, with Arkansas producing 1,892,053 bales the state’s largest crop. The report notes market softness March 12 18, steady demand for spot cotton in white grades, and domestic consumption up to 29, with 1,600,000 bales in storage. Exports through March 18 reached about 4,500,000 bales.
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Washington
United States Census Bureau
Arkansas
Memuhis
U.S. Department Agriculture
Tolong
Weather Bureau
Bureau of the Census
International Federation
Stunt Night Entries Sought by Hope High Clubs
Local groups are urged to enter stunt night events on March 25 at Hope High School. The best stunt wins 7.59 dollars, second prize is 2.50. Entries must be Glee Club excluded, limited to ten minutes per act, five admissions per group, with details to Mrs. John Wellborn by March 22.
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Girls’ Glee Club
Hope High School
Hope
Glee Club
Sturt
John Wellborn
Wellborn
Agricultural Meet Held at Magnolia Courthouse
Magnolia Ark. two dozen committee members attended a joint agriculture meeting and county council at the courthouse Saturday. County agents K A Chonay and Miss Kin Mc Gough led round table discussions with J McCollum named chairman and Mrs Jesse DeLoav vice chair. Mrs Sap Sanders presided as president of the council of home demonstration clubs.
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Magnolia
Ark
Courthouse
K. A. Chonay
Kin McGough
J. McCollum
Jesse DeLoav
Sap Sanders
Council of Home Demonstration Clubs
M Taylor Dies Buried Monday in Hope
M J Taylor aged 77 native of Hempstead County died at home on North Hazel street Hope at 9 20 Sunday night after a 48 hour illness. Funeral Monday afternoon from First Methodist church with Dr J L Cannon officiating, burial in Rose Hill. Survived by two sons Charles and Arthur Taylor and daughter Mrs M W Webster, all of Hope. Pallbearers Ira Holliburton Roy Anderson Floyd Hinton John Vesey Talbot Feild Troy Greenlee. Born November 1 1858 in the county to Tennessee parents, he spent his life with Hope mercantile firms including Johnson Billingsley Co.
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Jamen
Teytor
Hempstead
Rose Hill
Taylor
Charles
Arthur Taylor
M. W. Webster
Hope
Ira
Hplliburton
Roy Anderson
Floyd Hinton
John Vesey
Talbot Feild
Troy Greenlee
Mr. Taylor
This County
Tennessee
Johnson, Billingsley & Co
Three Injured In Jenny Lind Blast
In Jenny Lind Arkansas three men were injured in a powder explosion at Clay Coal Company mine No near here. Jim Herbert and his son Ralph 10 were severely burned and George Stockdale 48 suffered gas inhalation injuries.
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Jenny Lind
Ark
Clay Coal Company
Jim Herbert
Ralph
George Stockdale
Church Destroyed At West Helena Fire
A West Helena church was destroyed by a blaze Sunday from an unknown cause, suspected to be faulty wiring. Firefighters could not halt the flames and focused on nearby structures. The brick church, built five years ago for 22000 dollars, was partially insured.
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West Helena
Trash Fire Pat Out at Williams Sawmill
A trash fire at J. L. Williams & Sons sawmill in the northeast city quarter prompted a hurried Has fire department response just before 1 o clock. The flames were extinguished without any property loss as the alarm was rung by burning waste near the sawmill buildings.
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J. L. Williams & Sons
Northeust
Has
Warships to Leave Shanghai as Asiatic Fleet Dims
Washington reports a portion of the Asiatic fleet to depart Shanghai after protecting American lives. Six destroyers six submarines the aircraft tender Jason and the transport Chaumont head to Manila or Mare Island. Admiral Taylor remains aboard Houston with the main force while other vessels go into reserve status.
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Washington
Shanghai
United States
Navy Department
Jason
Beaver
Chaumont
Pacific
Montgomery M. ‘Taylor
Houston
Thirty-first
China
Orient
Manila
Suntay
Tracy
Borie
MacLeish
Simpson
Me.Cormick
Teuxton
Philippine Islands
Mare Island
California
Navy Yard
Submarine Division 9
Pearl Harbor
Mania
Fuget Sound Navy Yard
Langley
Chinese
Navy
Republicans to Meet Here April 5
The Republicans of Hempstead County are called to a mass convention at Hope City Hall Arkansas on Tuesday April 5 1932 at 8 00 pm to elect delegates and alternates to the Arkansas State Republican Convention to be held in Little Rock on April 27 1932 to elect a County Central Committee and conduct other business as may come before the meeting G Kough Chairman Miacent Acting Secretary
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Hempstead County
Hope
Arkansas
Delates
Little Rock
Legislators Plan Economy Program in House
In Little Rock a group of House members proposes a 20 bill economy program to abolish some departments and cut salaries. The plan includes ending the Bureau of Criminal Identification and the free inspection bureau of the railroad commission, capping deputy revenue collectors, trimming educational staff by 25 percent, axing the lieutenant governor secretary, limiting the attorney general’s staff, and reducing the supreme court to five members with salary cuts.
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Little Rock
House
Bailey
Seaye
Senate
Fork Hill
Johnston
Johnson County
Cannon
Hietopstead
Spinks
Crawford
Anders
Bureau of Criminal Identification
Free Inspection Bureau of
The
Railroad Commission
Umit
Educational Department
Rengral
Supreme Court
Kiwanis Endorses Clean-Up and Paint-Up Campaign
Hope Kiwanis Club pledges full cooperation with the Hope Chamber of Commerce Clean-up and Paint-Up drive. C. W. Weitsman, chair of the Unemployment Committee, states members will assist in finding work and boosting city health and attractiveness during the campaign.
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Kiwanis’ Club
Hope Chamber of
Com- Terce
Joe R. Floyd
Chamber of Commerce
C. W. Weitsman
Kiwanis Committee
Joe RK. Floyd
Hoge
Arkansas
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Hope Kiwanis Club
Westinan Unemployment Committee
New Patleys and Trenches Rise Amid Shanghai Talks
Reports from Shanghai indicate fresh patleys for Reade and new trench works underway as Japanese and Chinese negotiators press talks under neutral observation. Front line forces bolster defenses with barbed wire, sandbags, and trenches while envoy Tohse seeks progress despite rumors the negotiations failed.
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Shanghai
Mandey
Tohse
Stray notes and confessions tied to Holt murder case
chaotic report from Steubenville area recounts garbled air and river crash hints, notes about a carrier pigeon wing fragment, and a Washington confession. Officials say witness Wilson and Deputy Vesay questioned Hays, who admitted part of a tale but denied the murder.
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Washington
de Clarence
Three Homes Burned in Warren Amid Wind Sparks
In Warren a Sunday blaze destroyed three residences and damaged a fourth. Sparks from the Berry home ignited the Tarleton house nearby. the Walter Barry dwelling burned completely with furnishings lost though some items saved. Tarleton, cashier of the Warren Bank, reported about 3500 in losses with coverage. Hawkins’ adjoining home sustained minor damage.
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Warren
Walter’ Barry
Berry
C. L.tarleton
Tarleton
Warren Bank
Filton Hawkins
W. M. Kennedy 56 Dies After Illness
W M Kennedy, 56, died Monday morning at his home on West Avenue D after a lengthy illness. Funeral arrangements are not announced. He is survived by his widow and six children: Alton, Glen, Nolin, all of the city. Mia, Frank Miller of Frescolt. Mrs. Yarbrough of the Experiment Farm. and a third daughter living in Arizona.
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W. M. Kennedy
West Avenue D
Kennedy
Alton
Glen
Nolin
Mia
Frank Miller
Frescolt
Yarbrough
Experiment Farm
Arizona
Easter Services at Sardis Church on Nashville Highway
A special Easter service and community singing will be held at Sardis church on the Nashville highway near Ozan next Sunday afternoon March 27. Severs quartets from Nashville Hope and nearby towns have been invited to participate. T R Billingsley and Rural Oliver of Hope are invited, and the Sardis residents extend a general invitation to the public.
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Sardis Church
Nashville Highway
Ozan
Severs
Nashville
Hope
T. R. Billingsley
Oliver
Sardis
Hope Little Theatre Group Meeting Monday
Hope Little Theatre group meets Monday night at 1 o clock on the mezzanine of the Sewer theater to discuss the place of the one act play in dramatic literature. Susan Glaspell is highlighted as a principal author in modern one act drama.
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Hope Little Theater Group
Giseuselen
Susan Glaspell
Children hit by cars at Magnolia street accident
Two Magnolia children, Carl Bird Jr and Bryce Crew, were knocked down crossing the street by speeding vehicles. Carl Bird Jr required five stitches and treatment for cuts and bruises, while Bryce Crew escaped serious injury. The driver who struck the first child and a bystander were involved in a subsequent incident as the scene unfolded. The victims were attended by a physician and are feared to miss days of bed rest due to the injuries.
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Magnolia
Amall
Carl Bird, Jr
Ant
Carl Bird
Bryce Crew
Clyde
Attrasmobileg
Stig
Cay] Jr
Nevada
Ea Bs
Ms News
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Associated Press
Alice Schoerfuss
Wheaton College
Norton
Mass
Sho
Little Theatre
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Lindbergh
Flapper
Kanny
U.S
U.S. Department
Magnolia Courthouse
Theresa Dersh
Lindberghs
Hopewell
Astalé
M. Taylor
First Baptist
Williams
Maas
City Hall
G. Kough
Miacent
Weltman
Steubenville
Paris
West Virginia
Bank OF the
Western Airlines
Mrk
Carl F. Cole
St. Louis
New
York
J. Haters
Hays
Eid
Hope Little Theatre
Roup
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