Mayor Walker Defends Stock Deals Amid Inquiry
New York reports Walter R. Herrick testified he bought 300 Interstate Trust shares with the mayor's money, part pledged as loan collateral for the Equitable Bus Co. Walker denied direct or indirect ownership, while defending his finances before the Hofstadter committee. He accused Samuel Seabury of attempting to end his political life as crowds listened to his explanation of stock transactions and wealth.
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New York
Walter R. Herrick
Hofstadter Committee
Walker
Interstate Trust Company
Herrick
Equitable Bus Company
Seabury
James J. Walker
Samuel Seabury
Hofstadter
Wether
New York City
Searbury
James ‘J. Walker
Abraham H. Schwartz
Hofstadler
Legislative Investigating Committee
Samual Ungerfelder
Russell T. Sherwood
James J
Walker, Ee
Bank of Magazine Cash Heist Traced After Car Found
Bank of Magazine was robbed by two unmasked men who forced entry and escaped with 363 dollars. A car stolen from Fort Smith was abandoned near Driggs ten miles west, aiding officers in tracing the suspects as deputies scour the area. The robbers locked the cashier in the vault. Iris Chitwood was released when staff returned from lunch.
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Lecta Avenue
Fort Smith
Hoyt M. Chile
Wood
Cahier
Iris
Chitwood
Truck Overturns Claiming Driver in Benton County Accident
Ernest H. Boyd age 25 operated Raibbow ling station near Bentonville died in Bentonville hospital from injuries after a Marathon oil truck overturned on loose gravel near Springtown. Passenger George White of Rogers sustained minor injuries. Boyd survived by his wife and one child. Funeral set Sunday at Cave Springs Baptist Church with burial in Bentonville cemetery.
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Bentonville
Ernest H. Boyd
Springtown
Gentry
Boyd
George White
Rogers
Cave Springs
Squirrel Hunting Finds Liquor Still in Walnut Ridge
Sheriff W E Archer and four friends hunting in Cache river bottoms stumbled on a still allegedly run by Dave Perkins and Bill Rawdenhower. The still was destroyed and Perkins posted a $500 bond. Rawdenhower released after admitting ownership and that Rawdenhower worked for Perkins. Archer investigates counterfeiting in Lawrence colony and arrested Duis Goodman of Hoxie, who denies knowledge while authorities report lead found at his home. Eleven counterfeit nickels were found in Walnut Ridge.
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Walnut Ridge
W. E. Archer
Dave Perkins
Bill Rewdenhower
Cache River
Perkins
Rawdenhower
Rowdenhower
Archer
Lawrence Colony
Duis Goodman
Hoxie
Goodman
Sister of Hope Woman Dies at Little Rock
Nellie Stice aged 41 sister of Mrs A A Hamilton of Hope died Sunday night at Baptist State Hospital in Little Rock Funeral services were held Tuesday at Huckabee cemetery led by Rev Camel of Spring Hill She is survived by husband J B Stice a son Milton Stice her mother Mrs L B Tuel and a brother Charles W Tuel with another sister residing in this city.
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Nellie Stice
A. A. Hamilton
Hope
Baptist State
Peoples Conference Adjourns Friday
Four main provisions of the state government mental reorganization proposals, submitted by the executive committee, were approved by the Peoples conference but referred back to the committee for further study and adjourned. The plan was not prepared for possible submission to voters in November.
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Morriston
Executive Committee
Peoples Conference On Government
Shreveport Lumber Mill Burns in Cedar Grove
Shreveport fire gutted the Allen Lumber Manufacturing Company mill in Cedar Grove late Thursday. Damage estimated at about $60,000. cause undetermined.
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Shreveport Lumber Mill Burns
Shreveport
Allen Lumber Manufactwing Company
Cedar Grove
Central College Commencement Sees Largest Class Since 1927
Degrees awarded at Central College forty sixth annual commencement on Friday with 17 graduates the largest class since 1927. President Albert LeBrian guarded by detectives amid communist threat as he paid courtesy to American Ambassador Edge. Other items note Nathan Browne’s failed Tokyo flight plan and Harald Bromley’s multi hop trans Pacific attempt from Dallas. Republican and Democrat leaders discuss a possible united prohibition platform though extremists remain unsatisfied.
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Conway
Central College
Paris
Albert LeBrian
Scottsboro, Alabama
Edge Friday
Basket Co Not to Close Hope Plant
Hope Basket Co announced no temporary shutdown of its Hope plant despite layoffs affecting about half of the 150 employees. The facility will operate with a skeleton staff for a likely two weeks, with no changes to office personnel and no full closure planned.
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Rumm
Hope Basket Company
Rotary Delegates Recall Spa Meet
Rotary delegates at Hotel Barlow recount district conference at Hot Springs where EB Fr McFaddin was chosen Rotary governor for Arkansas. Nick Jowell praised his speech and delegates shared convention happenings. Mulholland of Little Rock said war spending could fund homes and hospitals, shaping a broader horizon. Dr Ford D Henry, a Hope dentist, attended.
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Hope
Nick Jowell
McFaddin
Mr. McFaddin
Frank Mulholland
Little Rock
MulSholland
Ford D. Henry
Aged Saratoga Resident Dies
R A McJunkins aged seven percent died at his Saratoga home Friday. He is survived by a son Sid McJunkins and a daughter Mrs G J Stanton both of Saratoga. Funeral services and burial will be held Saturday morning conducted by Thew W Starnes of Idabel Oklahoma as
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R. A. McJunkins
Saratoga
Noe
Sid McJunkins
G. J. Stanton
W. W. Starnes
Idabel, Oklo
Lindbergh to Be Witness For State in Curits Case
Charles A. Lindbergh will be the state's principal witness against John Hughes Curtis in Flemington. Prosecutor Hauck said Curtis, who forged a ransom note, will face Common Pleas Judge Adam L. Robins. Lindbergh may testify about the note and Curtis’s hand in the hoax.
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Hopewell
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
John Hughes Curtis
Anthony M. Hauck Jr
Norfolk
Felmington
Hunterdon County
Lindbergh
Schwarzkopf
Hauck
Curtis
Grand Jury
Schwarzkkopf
John F
Jassie) Condon
Flemington
Lindbergh Aby
Adam L. Robins
Guy Burrage
H. Dodson-Peacock
Publishers Back Credit Expansion and Reconstruction Committees
Washington reports that publishers favor a credit expansion tied to a network of reconstruction committees. The plan, chaired by Owen D Young, would establish 12 member groups in major cities modeled on New York. Hoover and leaders discussed the sales tax and economic conditions as Crisp predicts strong House support if voted again.
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Washington
Hovvever
New York
Owen D. Young
Hoover
Crisp
Gavorgia
Ways and Means Committee
Remembers Lesson in Good Citizenship
Blytheville report: Lucille White, a 10 year old girl, finds ten dollars in the business district and returns it after learning a good citizenship lesson at school. She helps a family of eight who had lost their money, demonstrating upright values with high honors.
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Blytheville
Lucille White
Tri-County Medical Society forms in Prescott meeting
Thirty-one physicians and dentists from Hempstead Clark and Nevada organized a Tri County Clinical Society meeting at the Broadway Hotel in Prescott. Dr Charles Townsend of Arkadelphia was named president Dr L M Lile of Hope Hempstead county vice president and Dr A S Buchanan of Prescott secretary. Nine Hope physicians attended including Lile Don Smith T L McDonald Martindale Pickell Carrigan Luck Neighbors and Cobb.
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Hempstead
Clark
Nevada
Tri-County
Broadway Hotel
Prescott
Charles Townsend
Arkadelphia
L. M. Lile
Hope
Hempstead County
A. S. Buchanan
Lile
Don, Smith
T. L. McDonald
Jim Martindale
F. W. Pickell
EL OB. Carrigan
L. Luck
A. J. Neighbors
A. C. Cobb
Two Arrested For Robbing Tourists Near Nashville
Dale Lingo and Horace Barnes of Nathan Pike county were arrested this week on charges of holding up a party of tourists near Nashville last Sunday. They allegedly robbed the group of 150 dollars in cash and several watches and jewelry. Eight of ten victims positively identified them. At no examining trial they were held to the Hempstead county grand jury under $1000 bond. Deputy Sheriff Bob Carrigan of Canadhis county and Sheriff Ciwamins of Pike county made the arrests.
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Dale Lingo
Horace Barnes
Nathan
Pike County
Nashville
Hempsteat County
Bob Carrigan
Canadhis County
Ciwamins
Steamers Collide Kills Four Off Block Island
Two steamers the Grecian and the Chat tanooga collided in fog off Block Island Friday morning. The Grecian sank with four men dead and 32 crew were rescued by the Chattanooga which carried the survivors toward Boston. Coast guard craft recovered three bodies. the Grecian had departed Boston for Norfolk, Va, the night before.
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New London
Coan
Chattanooga
Block Island
Chattanoga
Coast Guard
New York
Boston
Norttolls
Emmet Girl Wins Bathing Beauty Fete at Saenger
Miss Maxie Garland of Emmet won the Southwest Arkansas Bathing Beauty contest on the Saenger theater stage Thursday night, triumphing over 11 other cities. Ruth Wacaser of Okay took second, with Miss Mattie Evans of Hope finishing third.
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Maxie Garland
Emmet
Southwest Arkansas
Saenger Theater
Ruth Wacaser
Okay
Hope
Mattie Evans
Viseed
McConnell to Head Arkansas Bar Association
George A. McConnell of Little Rock was advanced to the presidency of the Arkansas Bar Association at the fifteenth annual convention in Hot Springs. Paul Jones of Texarkana was elected vice president, Roscoe Lynn of Little Rock was re-elected secretary and treasurer.
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Hot Springs
George A. McConnell
Little Rock
Arkansas Bar Association
Paul Jones
Texarkana
Roscoe Lynn
Illinois Candidate For Liquor Repeal
Former Governor Len Small, the Republican nominee for Illinois governor, told the state convention that he supports repealing the eighteenth amendment. The keynote speaker Frank L. Smith urged adopting a platform plank to submit the liquor question to the states and blamed Democrats for placing the amendment in the constitution.
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Springfield
Ill
Len Small
Ilinois
Frank L. Smith
Dwight, Minois
Tennessee Youth Accident Victim
BRINKLEY Ark sudden shifting of an iron pipe in a coal car where youths rode caused a death and injuries. Norris Blankenship 1 year old from Austin Hill Tennessee died at hospital with a fractured skull. Bi Johnson 22 of Tampa Florida is critically hurt. Frank Sothern 3 of Howard Valy and Herchel Lypford 24 of Decker Mississippi were lightly injured.
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Brinkley
Ark
Norris Blankenship
Austin Hill
Tenn
Bi Johnson
Tampa
Fla
Frank Sothern
Howard
Valu
Herchel Lypford
Decker
Howard Waddleon Long Sea Voyage
Howard Waddle, son of Mr and Mrs Claude Waddle of Hope, sailed May 24 from New Orleans aboard the Siesmer Leedam for Havana Spain Holland England and France. He will return about August 1 and serves as assistant pursuer aboard the boat. He studied last year in the Medical Department of Tulane University in New Orleans.
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Howard Waddle
Claude Waddle
Hope
New Orleans
Havana
Spain
Holland
England
France
Waddle
Medical Department
Tulaue Univesity
No. 1 to Hold Singing at Bodcaw Church Saturday
A singing will be held at the Bodcaw No 1 church on Saturday night at o clock. R P Fuller and Friggy ganquaced invite the public to attend.
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Dcaw No. 1
Bodcaw No. 1
R. P. Fuller
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