Amendment Plan to Remove Taxes From Homesteads
Hope Club will visit DeAnn Friday June 3 as Kiwanis hear W S Atkins explain a petition to amend the Arkansas constitution to exempt homesteads from all taxation except improvements. The plan, arguing about farm and home ownership, proposes limited homestead size and foresees revenue offset by higher taxes elsewhere. Local officials and residents, including Rev L L Middlebrooks and M B Talley, join in songs and discussions. next week the club plans a DeAnn trip and sponsors events including a Womanless Style Show and an American Legion baseball game.
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Patmos
Kiwanis Club
W.S. Atkins
Atkins
Arkansas
Commonwealth
Austin
L. L. Middlebrooks
M. B. Talley
Patmos Consolidated School
A. J. Neighbors
John Ridghill
Wiley Huddleston
Harriet Storey
Kiwanis
DeAnn
BR. la Samuels
Claude ‘Burke
Wip
Hardy Y Barr
Saenger Theatre
American Legion
Parks Fisher
Joby Conley
Martial Law Restored On Oklahoma Oil Wells
Oklahoma City report says Governor Murray revoked an earlier order releasing oil fields from military control, after a state Supreme Court petition by H. F. Wilcox Oland Co. The acting Burns had lifted martial law and Murray later indicated possible renewal to stabilize crude oil prices. The episode followed Burns’ ruling while Murray was away in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Wiliam H. Murray
Robert Burns
State Supreme Court
H. F. Wilcox Oland Company
Murray
Burns
Jay Guard
New York State
Hudson
Sheriff Charged In Stealing Loot From Bank Robbery
Clarksville Arkansas reports that Sheriff George Cheek of Sequoyah county jailer Lee Smith and attorney Hugh Bland were indicted on grand larceny charges for allegedly stealing $2300 from the $12,000 bank robbery loot. The trio denied the theft. Carl Janaway and Dean Owens, already jailed, provided the tip leading to the discovery of the money hidden under a car hood. Only $7,200 of the loot has been recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
Ark
George Cheek
Sequoyah County
Lee Smith
Hugh Bland
Sallisaw, Okio
Janaway
Nashville Planter Sentenced to 10 Years for Murder
In Nashville Arkansas a 41 year old farmer was convicted of second degree murder for the fatal shooting of Lowis Shannon, 23, during a quarrel over the use of a pair of mules. He was sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Ark
Lowis Shannon
Low York
State Penitentiary
Edward F Swift Plunges to Death at Chicago Home
Edward F Swift, 64, senior chairman of Swift and Company, leaped from a sixth floor window of his North State Street apartment in Chicago early Saturday. His brother Charles H Swift, vice chairman, said Swift had planned a European vacation after a health spell.
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Chicago
Edward F. F. Swift
Swift and Company
North State Street
Charles H. Swift
Packing Company
Swift
Europe
Mine Unionist In Tilt With Jurist
Washington Ledger reports a Senate committee hearing where Philip Murray of the United Mine Workers denounced Judge Charles L. Estep of Logan West Virginia as Estep attacked the Davis Kelly bill for federal regulation of bituminous mining. Murray disputed Estep and blamed non union miners for the 1921 unrest.
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Washington
West Virginia
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers of America
Charles L. Estep
Logan
W. Va
Senate
Estep
Murray
United Mine Workers
Harris Convicted of Smith Murder in Tennessee
Harris, namesake of a Civil War governor, was convicted of first degree murder in Memphis for the death of 64 year old J. D. Smith. Co defendant James Callis was acquitted. The jury recommended life imprisonment. sentencing awaits a new trial motion as Judge Phil Wallace set June 8 for that hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Isham G. Harris
Tennessee
J. D.smith
James Cailis
Harris
Phil Wallace
Alfred Taylor
Sam D. Campbell
Callis
Smith
Cullis
Curtis May Plead For Court's Mercy
Flemington New Jersey alarm over a massive ransom hoax involves Curtis May May consider pleading non vult to avoid trial for obstructing justice. Prosecutor Hauck says a guilty plea not admitted could still lead to conviction. a trial would expose details of the hoax and its impact. The Norfork vat boat builder faces a 1000 dollar fine or up to three years in jail. Indictment to be handed to Justice Trenchard in Flemington. No new developments reported in the Lindbergh baby case as Col War czar Schwartzkopf notes. Dr John F Condon remains in Becket Mass after a motor trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flemington
N. J
Pera Hat Co
Charles Asebergh
John. Hughes
Curtis
New Jersey
Anthony M. Hauck Jr
Hauck
Norfolk
Don Grand Jury
T. W. Trenchard
Herselves
Col
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Becket
Mass
John F. Condon
New York Bank Head Is Acquitted
Joseph A. Roderick state superintendent of banks was acquitted on a charge of willful neglect of duty for not closing the Bank of the United States sooner. The verdict ends a long trial with Governor Roosevelt a defense witness. other indictments remain over Roderick related to the bank’s closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph A. Roderick
Saulyday
Bank of the United States
Roosevelt
Roderick
Community Singing at Patmos Sunday May 29
Community singing announced at Patmos on Sunday May 29 with several quartets and soloists invited to perform throughout the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patmos
Run Down By Truck Hurt Badly In Little Rock
Virginia Thomas 14 daughter of Mr and Mrs G L Thomas was struck by a truck near her home Friday afternoon. She suffered a fractured skull and brain concussions. Driver Sam E B Meyers was arrested on a charge of reckless driving and jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock, Ark
Virginia Thomas
G. L. Thomas
Rpeshajis
Sam EB. Meyers
Te Trunks
Hope Faces Hard Gridiron Schedule for 1932
Hope high school prepares for a tough 1932 football season with eleven games, six at home and five away. Teddy Jones assumes athletic director duties, nine returning veterans provide depth, and the schedule includes Broken Bow and North Little Rock as key opponents. The team opens September 16 hosting Dierks and plays night games to boost attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope High School
Teddy Jones
Oklahoma
Bobcats
Hope
North Little Rock Wildcats
Hope Ten
Dierks
Ceath Dones
Tauiich
Youth shot by two girls on ride dies in Alabama
Decatur Alabama report says 18 year old Jack Carter claimed two girls shot him on a Buromobile near a headhouse between Decatur and Athens on January 20. He died after a prolonged struggle but did not prosecute. police records later deemed the case involved.
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Decatur
Ala
Jack Carter
Vide Vietin
Here
Athens
Carter
Girl Shot Bandit Killed in Morris Bank Hold-Up
A bank robbery at Morris Oklahoma ended with Miss Claira Aggas shot in the jaw and shoulder after a gunfight in which an abducting robber was killed. Two assailants fled. Aggas, shielded by a robber, was later found by her fiancé. In Seagraves Texas, a separate late Friday robbery netted between 4000 and 5000 dollars as a lone bandit fled with cash.
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Oklahoma Bank
Morris
Okla
Claira Aggas
First State Bank of
Forrest Bradley
Marshal I
Thompson
Miss Aggas
Marshal Thompson
Bradley
Coalton
Baron Skinner
Seagraves
Texas
Gaines County
Texas-New Mexico
Lora Brown
Edwin Meredith
New Mexico
Roosevelt backs subsistence farms for New York jobless
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt announced a plan to return unemployed New Yorkers to the land as subsistence farmers. Westchester Democrats heard that 10 percent of the population would be moved to farms with state and local relief funds paying rent tools seed and essentials. He cited 244 families already helped and urged welfare commissioners to place more families on farms to alleviate the depression era hardship.
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Tuckahoe
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York State
Westchester County
Curtis Indictment Thought to Be Filed
FLEMINGTON, N J An indictment, presumed to be against John Hughes Curtis of Norfolk Va hoaxer in the Lindbergh kidnapping case, was handed to Justice Thomas Tranchard who ordered it to quarters sessions court for further proceedings. Prosecutor Anthony Rauck would not confirm an indictment but said the Curtis case would be tried no later than the week of June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flemington
N. J
John Hughes Curtis
Norfolk
Thomas Tranchard
Quarters Sessions Court
Anthony Rauck
Curtis
Chamber Board to Meet on Monday
Hope Chamber of Commerce directors plan a supper meeting at 7:30 Monday night at Hotel Barlow. Secretary Joe R. Floyd mailed notices. Topics include a Southwest Arkansas Fair report from a special committee, discussion of a Watermelon Festival, and possible plans for an all day political rally in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Barlow
Joe R. Floyd
Chamber
National Guards to Play Prescott Sunday
A large crowd is expected at the fair park Sunday afternoon for the first out of town ball game of the season. The National Guards meet Prescott with the Guardsmen in new uniforms and a fast game promised by the local manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Park
National Guard
Prescott
Guardsmey
Federal Board authorizes Fayetteville VA hospital
The Federal Board on hospitalization on Saturday approved a $1,000,000 fifty bed veterans hospital for Fayetteville Arkansas a move already approved by President Hoover. In Washington supporters of a general sales tax faced Senate resistance led by Senator Harrison of Mississippi who charged the tax pushers with browbeating the chamber. Senator Costigan of Colorado urged a Democratic message to the Colorado Springs state convention.
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Washington
Federal Board On
Fayetteville
Arkansas
Hoover
Senate
Harrison
Mississippi
Costigan
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Hoover denounces 2.9 billion relief plan as pork barrel
Washington: President Hoover criticized the Reconstruction Finance Corporation relief program calling it a gigantic pork barrel for insurance firms and railroads. He cited Arkansas Fort Smith and Helen as examples, asserting the plan would create only 1,000 jobs for a year and urge Congress to oppose the bill, urging voters to pressure lawmakers. He ended the briefing by declaring the statement complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gset Ner
Texas
Hoover
Dei
Otter
Arkansas
Congress
McGehee Physician Lost While Hunting
McGehee Arkansas. Marvin Browning and Dr. Bob McPherson separated during a Thursday hunting trip. McPherson got lost after misjudging Browning direction. A search failed until a storm forced him to seek shelter. the mill whistle aided his return, and Patt Runyan brought him back to town about 7 a.m.
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M'Gehee
Ark
Marvin Browning
Bob McPherson
Dr. McPherson
Browning
McGehee
McPherson
Tripp Junction
Patt Runyan
Louisiana Storekeeper Is Found Murdered
MONROE Louisiana storekeeper D F Avant 44 was found shot four times near his Calhoun store Friday morning and died at a Monroe hospital Friday night. Sheriff Milton Coverdale said he uncovered motive for the killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Calhoun
Avant
Phys
Milton Coverdale
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Hope Club
Grand Jury
Lewis Shannon
Flapper
Fanny
Edward F. Swift
Packing Co
Brooklyn
Lindbergh
Broken Bow
Hot Springs
Camden
Magnolia
Texarkana
Benton
North Little Rock
Walto
Thio
Texas Bank
Lovely
Mme
Sve von Huszaig-Bezzoghter
Budapest
Barlow
National Guards
Bulletins
Louisiana
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