Hoover Authorized to Present Earhart Flying Cross
The senate passed a bill allowing President Hoover to award Amelia Earhart the Distinguished Flying Cross for her solo Atlantic flight. Earhart visited St James Palace in London as a guest of the Prince of Wales, meeting without an escort and sharing tea with British women before traveling to Rome for a transatlantic leaders meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
St. James Palace
Prince of Wales
Washington
Senate
Amelia Earhart Putman
London
Amelia Earhart
Ulnom
Atlantic Ocean
Rome
Peacock Recalls Gangster Demands Over Lindbergh Baby
Dean H. Peacock of Norfolk recounts a copyright interview in which he described negotiations with three men who allegedly demanded a $50,000 ransom for the Lindbergh baby. He said he warned authorities, suspected racketeers, and followed Curtis’s guidance while tracing moves through a New York hotel and Park Central registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
New York
Dean H. Dobson ‘Peacock
Norfolk
Southain
Canad
Dean Peacock
Hopewell
N. d
Department of Justice
New Jersey
John Curtis
Admiral Burrage
Hird
Curtis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Curtis Norfolk
Park Central
James Hill
Cumberland
Group Named For State School Survey
A committee of more than twenty members has been appointed by Dr William John Cooper United States commissioner of education to make a survey in Arkansas similar to a national survey of school finance. C M Hirst state commissioner of education received notice Monday of the appointment. Committees from each state will work with the national survey which has been functioning for months and requested that state contact groups be invited to participate. The state committee will be kept advised of findings and asked to furnish data to the national staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Willam John Cooper
United States Commissionée of ‘Education
Arkansas
C. MM. Hirst
National Survey of
Beauty Contest Set For Thursday In Hope
A bathing beauty contest sponsored by the Business & Professional Women's Club of Hope will be staged at the Saenger Theatre on Thursday night May 26. Contestants hail from 18 Southwest Arkansas towns including Texarkana Magnolia Prescott Hope and Nashville. A 6:30 reception and banquet precedes the 8:45 beauty review on stage.
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Business & Professional Women’s Club of Hope
Saenger Theatre
Arkangas
Stamps
Waldo
Magnolia
Fulton
Texarkana
Lewisville
Emmet
McCaskill
Buckner
Prescott
Blevins
Ozan
Washington
Columbus
Saratoga
Chey
Nashville
Hope
Barlow
Saenger
New Jersey Delegation Supports Smith for President
In Trenton New Jersey the Democratic delegation voted unanimously for Alfred E. Smith as the party's presidential candidate. New Jersey cast 22 votes for Smith at the Democratic National Convention. Washington reports indicate Senator Bingham of Connecticut introduced a resolution to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment and will seek a vote at the earliest opportunity.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Alfred E. Smith
Washington
Bingham
Connecticut
Lawrence Wilson Sells Bank Assets in Camden Sale
In Camden the closed Ouachita Valley bank assets were sold for 9000 to Herbert Thompson of Magnolia at public sale, subject to court approval. Lawrence E. Wilson led liquidation, with Thompson the sole bidder for the Jump assets. assets included real estate, personal property, and notes. Paper assets listed about 500000 with over 400000 in notes. depositors paid 57 percent.
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Camden
Ouachita Valley Bank of
Herbert Thompson
Magnolia
Lawrence E. Wilson
State Bank
Thompson
Henry L. Berg
State Banking Department
Mrs Bob Keel Dies. Aged 60 in Spring Hill Area
Mrs Bob Keel aged about 60 formerly of Spring Hill and Washington died Monday afternoon. She is survived by three sons Arthur and Bobbie of Port Arthur Texas Treplon of Washington and Mrs Mike Foley Jr of Spring Hill. Funeral services and burial were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 30 at Shover Springs.
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Bob Keel
Spring Hill
Washington
Arthur and
Bobbie
Port Arthur
Texas
Treplon
Mike Foley, Jr
Pat Shover Springs
Enrollment Gain Shown by Henderson State College
Henderson State Teachers' College, Arkadelphia, reports 1931-32 regular session enrollment of 32 students, with 431 enrolled in the previous summer session and a 12 month total of 721, marking it as a fast growing Arkansas college.
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Arkadelphia
Ark
Arkansas
Henderson State Teachers’ College
Fraud Charged In Bonding Company Case Osceola Ark
Georgia Casualty Co claims J Lan Williams and son B Frank Williams conspired to defraud by issuing a 40 000 bond to cover levee board deposits at Osceola s bank which closed in November 1931 The board seeks 38000 alleging deposits The company admits a 15000 bond but says it expired eight months before the bank closure and that the date was altered It asserts the levee board and Williamses knew it would not renew and had already cancelled power of attorney and seal by 1930-1931
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Osceola
Ark
Georgia Casualty Company
J. Lan Williams
B. Frank Williams
Little Rock
St. Francis
Bank of Osceola
Casualty Company
Nike
Arkansas
Frank Williams
Texas Democrats Divided Yet Solid Behind Garner
Anti prohibitionists in Texas showed division but controlled the mood on the eve of the Democratic convention. John N. Garner from Uvalde secured 46 convention votes. A split surfaced over repealing the Eighteenth Amendment with a push for referendum led by Steve Fickney and W. K. Hopkins. The Texas Democratic Association urged repeal support. The committee recommended a strong Chicago delegation to back Garner with unit voting.
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Steve Fickney
Houston
W. K. Hopkins
Texas Democratic Association
Chicago
Garner
Relief Legislation or Stockholders in Banks Is Advocated
In Memphis Tennessee President B A Lynch of Blytheville urged the Arkansas Bankers Association to sponsor legislation to end double liability of stockholders and to require that the association approve a political office split. He spoke to a joint session of Arkansas Tennessee and Mississippi bankers. Harry J Haas of Philadelphia urged focus on purchasing power and balancing the federal budget as urgent needs.
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Memphis
Tenn
B. A.lynch
Blytheville
Arkansas Bankers Association
Tkansas
Arkansas
Tennessee and Mississiphi
Harry J. Haas
Philadélphia
American
Blood Poisoning Death of Ira Coffman at Bradford
Ira Jobh Coffman 23 of Bradford, son of Mrs. Pearl Coffman and the late Mr Coffman, died from blood poisoning after pulling a hair from his nose. Survived by wife Wilma Turner Coffman and brother Russell Coffman. mother and brother, and wife’s mother Mrs J M Turner. A Baptist church member, funeral at Bradford Baptist Church at 9 a.m. Tuesday, burial Heard cemetery. Wife’s mother was summoned from near Little Rock.
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Hattle Rock
Ira Jobh
Coffman
Pearl “Coffman
Ee White
Wilma Turner Coffman
Russell Coffman
Antioch Baptist Church of
Little Rock
Baptist Church
Bradford
Heard Cemetery
J. M. Turner
Hot Springs
Hospital Patient Believed Drowned Near Fort Roots
In Little Rock a man believed to be Truman G. Wilhelm, 40, a patient at the United States Veterans Hospital Fort Roots, drowned in the Arkansas River near the sandbar below the hospital. Fisherman Jimmie Williams reported seeing the man enter the water and submerge. Police found footprints and a blue sweater at the scene as hospital officials noted a group of 12 patients had been near the area when the disappearance occurred.
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Little Rock
United States Veterans’ Hospital
Fort Roots
Arkansas River
Jimmie Willian
Truman G. Wilhelm
Williams
Fort Roots Mountain
Former Sheriff Appeals in High Court
AUSTIN Tex One of six sheriffs and former sheriffs convicted of irregularities in fee collections in criminal cases S Christian former sheriff of Hall county appealed to the court of criminal appeals Monday His two year sentence for extraction in the collection of fees was upheld as to some convictions while Woody Townsend Bastrop County sheriff had a conviction reversed and redanded by the appellate court
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Austin
Tex
S. A. Christian
Hall County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Christian
Woody Townsend
Bastrop County
Arkansas bondbroker seeks one percent protection fee to push road bond amendment
A Little Rock broker solicits out of state Arkansas highway bondholders for a one percent fee to back a constitutional amendment prohibiting new road bonds without a two thirds vote. The plan targets $82 million in direct highway obligations, with potential proceeds from many holders. The scheme mirrors past propaganda and includes letters from M W Elkins Co seeking a binding contract for the fee upon amendment adoption, while law changes later restrict further issuance.
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Arkansas
Free State of Arkansas
Legielpbure
Turnack
Little Rock
Sles Ea
Commonwealth
Pig
Hope Stay
Mr. Blank
M. W. Elkins
M. W .Elsing
M. W. Elkins & Co., Incorporated
Party of the First Party
Jersey to Offer Reward in Lindbergh Baby Case
A Jersey measure would empower Governor Moore to order a reward payment to aid in solving the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. Lawmen nationwide study ransom notes and handwriting while a ransom payer named Dr. Condon and agents linked to Al Capone figure in fresh rumors as legislators consider pushing the reward forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Condon
New England
Condon
Moora
A. Capone
Lower Interest On Loans to Farmers
Congressman Heartsill Ragon reports President Hoover signed the Norbeck-Stegall bill, promising Arkansas farmers lower loan costs. Secretary Steve M. Garwood of the Agricultural Credit Board says 74 credit corporations will access Federal Land Bank funds, cutting interest by about two percent. He estimates annual savings of $90,000 for Arkansas farmers as loans become acceptable by the Federal Reserve.
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Little Rock
Heartsill Ragon
Steve M. Garwood
State Agricultural Credit Board
Norbeck-Stegall
Congress
Hoover
Ragan
Agricultural Credit Board
Garwood
Federal Land Bank of St- Louis
Arkansas
Federal Reserve Bank
Pedera Land Bank
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C. M. Hirst
Arkansas Schools
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Germany
Lawrence Wilson
Ouachita Bank of Camden
Magnolia Man
Shower Springs
Henderson State
Georgia Casualty Co
B. A. Lynch
TRI State Meeting
John Coffman
Truman Wilhelm
George Pratt
Hope Star
M. W. Elkins & Co
Protection
Saffie’” As
Conviction Rik
Tandbersh
Tei
Lindbergh
Calié
Rand Jury
Ragon Reports
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