Lafayette Sheriff Death Trial Relatives Contest Insurance
The case in Lewisville hinges on a $10,000 life policy from Nome Life Insurance. Relatives allege Sheriff Miller was murdered, while the insurer contends death by his own hand within a year of policy. Witnesses discuss a letter to Miss Fanniey Trussell and a gun with rusted barrel. The trial may reach a jury before noon.
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Lewisville
J. W. Miller
LaFayette County
Miss
Fanniey Trussell
Shreveport
Here
Milely Sngulin
Nome Life Insurance Company
Milin
Georgia” Miller
H. H. Clayton
T Ee Gey
W.S. A. Jackson
Maurier
Miller
Herman Bennett
Little Rick
HeMreyt
Harrell
Jackson
Trugsell
Flirr
Hope Chili Takes Big Jump in Sales
Hope Chili, a Moreland product from Moreland's Drug Store, has surged in city sales since March 1. Owner A C Moreland reports demand rising daily as the Mexican chili is distributed through local grocers with a Hope Star advertising push boosting visibility in Little Rock and across Arkansas.
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Hope Chili
Little Rock
Arkansas
Moreland
A.C. Moreland
Hope Star
Judge Wilson Speaks at County and Circuit Clerks Meeting
NUL BROCK March 26 Co operation between state association and county officials in a movement for future legislation to benefit county government was urged by speakers at the Arkansas association of county and circuit clerks meeting here today. Speakers for the morning session included W. C. Sibouls, Pudasted county judge, and Jab L. Wilson, lawyer of Tempstend F county.
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NUL
Moonshiners Surprised as Officers Nab Line-Crossing Ring
In Arkansas, Clark and Hot Springs county officers closed a long running moonshining operation. Four leaders were captured after a raid at the county line, with three escaping briefly before arrest. The group faced transfer to Hot Spring county jail in Malvern. An ascent balloon is noted as future equipment for line distillers.
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Arkadelphia
Ark
Clark County
Jts
Clark
Hot Springs County
Arkansas
Hot Springs
Sheslit
Ton Fishay J
Duke
Met Springs
Clark Vetty
Baker
Fisher Foy Ve
Hot Spring County
Malvern
Baloon
New Grand Sold to Malco Chain with Remodeling Planned
Malco Amusement company buys the New Grand theatre from Franklin Horton and his estate. The sale includes the building and lot. projectors and seats stay with Horton who will continue Liberty Theatre in Nashville. Malco now owns two city theatres, the Queen and the New Grand, and plans remodeling after closing this week.
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Grand Theatre
Franklin Horton
Horton
M. 5. McCord
Malco’ Amusement Company
Rhealers
Arkansas
Tennessee
McCord
Sak
Malco Company
Mr. Horton
Liberty tHeatre
Nashville
Pwo
City
City By
Muleo Company
Ithe’ ‘Queen
Plans Underway for Rotary Meet in Pine Bluff
Delegates to the sixty second Rotary International district conference will be welcomed in Pine Bluff. Speakers include W Nash, Pat Neff, and Clyde Hulsizer. Walter Jenkins will lead music at Sahara Shrine Temple. Sessions, luncheons, and dinners are planned with road maps being prepared by Albert Madding.
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Pine Bluff
Merch
Rotary International
May & and & Co
W. Nash
Pat Neff
Texas
Sam F. Bridges
Clyde Hulsizer
Des Moines
Walter Jenkins
Memphis
Sahara Shrine Temple
Albert Madding iGstvict
State Highway Department
Testify In Murder Trial In El Dorado
Jury receives more testimony in the murder case of Mrs. Hirdin Gentry charged with poisoning her husband last January to collect insurance. A maid testified he showed no convulsions before death and a Little Rock examiner noted poison in the viscera. A Strong Ark druggist said Gentry bought large quantities of poison, with the defendant cited for a signature misstep.
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EL Dorado
Hirdin Gentry
Dinck Williams
Gentry
Ebermist
Little Rock
E. Willian
Strong, Ark
Otcasiol
Woman Despondent Over Stolen Money in Hot Springs
HOT SPRINGS March 21. Despondent over events that led to police involvement, Mrs. Raymond Gallagher and Mrs. Roy Tate were found with 19,492 dollars of alleged stolen money from a New York robbery. Gallagher said she would not go through with extradition without her baby, while her one year old son is cared for by a police matron. Gallagher and her husband were arrested after a Brink Express armored car heist in New York. He allegedly stole the money during a delivery to a bank and disappeared with portions of the haul. The couple had arrived three weeks earlier and lived apart.
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Hot Springs
Iey
Raymond Gallagher
Roy Tate
New York
Gallagher
W. &. Ledgerwood
Mrs. Gallagher
Tate
Brink Express Company
Gallaghers
Youth Leads Father to Hospital Then Finds Mother Slain
In Baltimore on Tuesday a youth aged 22 helped his father Jehny Hewitt after he shot himself in the head. Two hours later the son found his mother dead in a closet with her throat cut and a razor nearby. The father remained in critical condition.
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Baltimore
Hewitt
Jehny Hewitt
Razor
Pojive
Crops Endangered in North Arkansas
North Arkansas faces unseasonable cold with winds from the north and freezing temperatures. Peach buds reportedly damaged as temperatures near freezing lingered, though a warm sun and seasonal warmth began to ease the chill in parts of the state.
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Little Rock
Toom
Lonlzhl
Deputy Prosecutor Cecil Nance Resigns in Critenden County
I Gladish prosecuting attorney announces Cecil Nance resigns as deputy. RL Nail ing of Oszentis to succeed him. Nance leaves to take a tip to El Paso Texas. Gladish says he will file suit against John Nance former county clerk for about 3000 due the county. The suit stems from a prior case involving a county fund shortage of about 168000.
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Critenden County
Cecil Nance
Nailing
Oszentis
Hem
Nance
el Paso
Texas
Gladish Seid
Sion Pyahwuling
Fpps Couny
Gladish
Agate John Nance
Ange
Young Nance
Marion
Eight Men Killed in West Virginia Mine Explosion
ARNETTSVILLE W Va March 26 Eight men were killed in an explosion at the Crown Hill Coal Company mine and three others were believed dead. Rescue workers to locate bodies. officials say gas caused the blast. No bodies removed yet.
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Arnettville
W.a
Crown UP
Hill Coal Company
Arnettsville
W. Va
Crown Hill Coat Company
Sunday Held in Chicago in Los Angeles Bond Forgery Case
George Sunday, 36, son of evangelist Billy Sunday, was arrested in downtown Chicago during a blinding snowstorm on a bid for extradition to Los Angeles. He claimed a false name but later admitted his identity, and no charges were filed locally as authorities prepared extradition for bond forgery and adultery charges in California.
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George
Chicago
Billy Sunday
Los Angeles
George ‘Sunday
Billy’ Sunday
Durnan
Down Town
Smith Leonard Johnson
California
Twenty Girls Escape Fire at Industrial School
In Little Rock on March 26 about twenty girls narrowly escaped death when a fire at Alexander seven miles from the city destroyed most of a one story frame building. Firemen arrived to find flames cutting telephone lines and the cause traced to a defective flue after a cook stove was used. Several girls saved personal effects and some furnishings before the blaze was controlled.
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Little Rock
Odes
Alexander
Man Charged With 28 Year Death Granted $5000 Bond
In Russellville Arkansas March 26 James Brown aged man charged with being John P Dunn wanted for the killing of Sheriff John Powers during a 28 year old bank robbery in Clarksville was granted a 5000 dollar bond after a hearing Judge J T Bullock ruled identity doubtful. District Attorney Daniel Byrd said he believed Brown could make the bond. Brown was returned to Clarksville by Sheriff Fred Russell after the hearing from Las Vegas Nevada where he had been held on the 28 year old murder indictment.
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Rusellville
Ars
James Brown
John P. Dunn
John Powers
J. T. Bullock
Sheriff Powers
Clarksville
Daniel Byrd
Brown
Fred Russell
Lis- Vergas
Nev
Husband Lied and Seeks Divorce After Poison Hoax
CHICAGO March 26 Mrs Adel G Carlson seeks divorce from her husband alleging deception and cruel treatment. She claims he faked taking poison last November to simulate a death attempt then lay on the floor as if dying. She says he refused to speak for a week and recently searched for her with a gun.
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Chicago
Adel G
Carlson
Kiwanians Host Hope High Students On Vocational Guidance
Hope Kiwanis club held a Wednesday morning program for Hope High School juniors and seniors to promote vocational guidance. Will Atkins urged early decision and preparation for careers while John P. Cox emphasized community service as key to happiness. W. Harmon offered help, others attended. Rockefeller flew an airplane recently but kept pilots grounded.
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Hope High School
Hope, Kiwanis Club
Will Atkins
Ireas
Hope Kiwanis Club
Hope
John P. Cox
C. W. Wellman
W. P. Harmon
Venus
Prisoner in Fatal Shooting On Texarkana Highway
A 27-year-old man named Adams, a Texarkana area resident, is involved in a fatal shooting on a highway near Lewisville. A companion identified as Woods is accused of firing bullets that struck a guard and Adams. Sheriff’s deputies secured the scene as reports from Texarkana and Lewisville described the incident.
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Leiwisville
Lewisville
Rufus
Miller County
Fice
anarkana-Fulton
Woods
Panying Adams
Hoover signs deficiency bill with 169.52 million for farm board
Bulletin from Washington reports President Hoover signed a deficiency bill totaling 169.52 million dollars with 100 million dollars immediately available to the Federal Farm Board. The scene includes a farmer’s remark about livestock and a humorous aside about diet, reflecting a light moment in the political bulletin.
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Washington
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
Cooking School Expert Leona Rusk Ihrig Visits Hope
The Star brings nationally famed culinary expert Mrs Leona Rusk Ihrig to Hope for a five day cooking school starting Monday March 31 at the Saenger theatre. Attendance is free with no obligation. doors open at 1:00 and lectures begin at 2:00. Strong interest predicts a full house as women seek guidance on household finance menu balance and nutrition with live demonstrations.
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Hope Housewives
Leona Rusk Ihrig
Inter
Josure Greur Ie
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