Social calendar and crime threads swirl in Abas Island tale
The fragment details May 29 social events at First Baptist and other groups, a May 28 wedding in Boughton, and a complex Abias Island mystery involving Jackson, Sebastien, and Talcott. The narrative edges toward a murder connected to a frameup, with witnesses and suspects among a touring party aboard the Blue Ferret and Blue Petrel.
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the Grand
Jackson
Charlotte Amalie
Unis
Tortola
Abas Island
Talcott
Sebastien
Halsey
Billy Talcott
June Paterson
Bill
Shuthers
Auxiliary to Sell Poppies in Remembrance Observance
Mrs. Linus Walker of the Leslie Huddleston Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary leads Poppy Day activities. Paper poppies, made by disabled WWI veterans, will be sold Saturday to raise funds for welfare work for disabled veterans families and the families of the dead from both wars.
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America
Linus Walker
Leslie Huddleston
American Legion Auxiliary
Elds
France
I. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Pearl Harbor
Wake
Philippines
East Indies
Flanders
Auxiliary
REA Power Case Revived in House Hearing
Washington hearings reopened on whether the REA financed Grand River Dam to Arkansas power line duplicated private lines in Oklahoma and Arkansas and wasted copper needed for war. Ark La Electric’s Thomas Fitzhugh argued a southwest power shortage justified the project. Committee members sought to determine if private utilities could meet demand without REA copper usage.
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Washington
Southwest
House
REA
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Thomas Fitzhugh
Ark-La
Lake Catherine
Faddis
D.-Penn
Hope Woman's Daughter Engaged to Otto Siedsching
Mrs. George S. Spraging of Hope and Los Angeles announces the engagement of her daughter Fanie Ruth Spragins to Otto Frederick Siedsching of Los Angeles. The wedding is set for June 13 at Shatto Chapel in the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles.
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George S. Spraging
Hope
Los Angeles
Calif
Fanie Ruth
Otto Frederick Siedsching
Shatto Chapel
First Congregational Church of
Miss Spragins
George S. Spragins
Spragins
Hope Public
Hope High School
Texas Presbyterian College of
Milford
Texas
Paisley Grammar School
California
Kirst’ Congregational Church
Sharp Family Vacation Return From Morvingsport
Mr and Mrs Percy Sharp and their son Perey Sharp III will return Friday from Morvingsport.
Virginia guests of Sharp family amid military moves
Mrs Sharp and her son will stay with Lt Sharp's parents as he reports to embarkation in New Orleans. Miss Marie Antoinette Williams returns home Friday after a stay at Monticello A and ML. Mrs R C Bridwell visits Morvilton. Mrs J G Martindale returns from Little Rock and Conway where son Judd attends Hendrix College. Mr Martindale plans to stay in Conway for summer term. Mrs Tom Purvis travels to St Louis to see Pvt Purvis at Jefferson Barracks. Mrs Jack Fountain leaves to visit husband at Fitzsimmons General Hospital. en route she will visit Mrs Carl Lindholm in Hud, Calo.
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Abos Island
New York
Sebastien vii
San Juan
Jackson
Abas
Miss Paterson
Abias Island
Miss Swenson
J. G. Martindale
Litle Rocks
Conway
Judd
Hendrix College
Martindale
Tom Purvis
Jeff
St. Louis
Pvt. Purvis
Jefferson Barracks
Jack Fountain
Fitzsimmons General Hospital
Medical Corps
Carl Lindholm
Huds
Calo
Carrigan Cites Caution on Prisoner Handling
Attorney Carrigan reiterates police must secure a prisoner before jail. He contrasts this with his earlier remark that “A man's home is his castle” while recounting the Cal story. Carrigan’s continued remarks appear on Page One.
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Carrigan
Cal
Our Daily Bread says democracy in war unity
The piece defends democracy amid diverse opinions in the 130 million population. It argues suppression equals totalitarianism and condemns smearing while noting isolationists shifted to support the war. It asserts no American wants defeat and calls for unity to win the war.
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Evanes
Europe
Axis
Pearl Harbor
Insect Control Advice From Fayetteville Entomologist
Entomologist Dwight Isely advises farmers in Fayetteville to feed hair straight after noting past use of poison bait. With domestic sweets curtailed, the comment reflects a shift in pest control methods as insects threaten crops. The stray phrasing hints at broader agricultural tensions and evolving practices.
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Fayetteville, Ark
Arbiy
Dwight Isely
Lat King Defends Drunk In Enforced Castle Claim
Lat King defense attorney for LaFayette county argues that a town drunk who fired from jail after being arrested was protected by the home castle rule though enforced. The circuit court indicts and tries him for firing into the town while jail officers discuss elevating auxiliary members to deputy sheriff status in Hempstead county.
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Lat King
LaFayette County
Lewisville
Carrigan
King
Hempstead Couty
Fearsome Brute Catfish Fight Ends With Rescue
In Parkersburg West Virginia W V Meeks tried to haul in an 81 pound catfish from the Little Kanawha river. The fish resisted and both he and George Crowder fell from the boat when the head surfaced. The captured head measured ten inches across and six and a half inches between the eyes.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
H. J. Meeks
Kanawha
George Crowder Ensily
Tea Quota Increased for the Hope Area
Hope area gains a 20 percent tea quota boost effective May, authorized for packers and wholesale receivers within 35 miles. Quota applies to consumption in Hope area only per Order M-11 and subsequent orders. J S Knowlson, Industry Operations Director, War Production Board. New York state prisons produce first aid stretchers for war effort.
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Hope
Hope Area
J.S. Knowlson
War Production Board
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