Visiting Day at Arkansas Experiment Farm June 26
The Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station plans the largest visiting day in its history on Friday June 26. Governor Parnell and University President J C Futrall will speak along with Dean Dan T Gray. About 2500 visitors from many Arkansas counties are expected to attend the daylong program with demonstrations of farm experiments and advice from specialists, home and county agents, and Smith-Hughes instructors. Visitors should bring lunch and plan to stay for the day.
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University of Arkansas Fruit
Truck Branch
G. W. Ware
Parnell
J.C. Futrall
University of Arkansas
Dan T. Gray
College of Agriculture
Smith-Hughes
Arkansas
Capacity Crowd Attends Booster Club Meeting
A capacity crowd gathered at the Elks Club Friday night for the Missouri Pacific Booster club meeting. Local dignitaries and railroad workers spoke on community support and the railroads’ role, followed by a musical program from the Hope community groups and a buffet supper.
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Elks Club
Missouri Pacific Booster Club
W. A. Rowan
First Baptist Church
A. M. McKarnie
John B. Ve
W. O. W. String Band
Youth Killed As He Cleaned Pistol
Forrest City reports Rodney Vincent 19 died after an automatic pistol discharged while he and A G Russ were cleaning it at Becks Spur. Vincent said the shooting was accidental and the negro asked him to help repair the weapon. Coroner's jury bound Doss to the grand jury on manslaughter with $1,000 bond. no witnesses.
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Forrest City
Rodney Vincent
A. G
Russ
Beck's Spur
G. W. Vincent
Vincet
Doss
Witneses
Finwil
Receivers Named For Will Mill in Arkansas
In Stuttgart Arkansas McGill Bros Rice Mill assets were turned over to co receivers Charles Miller and Virgil Pettite after Paul R McCoy was named receiver in Pulaski Chancery Court An involuntary bankruptcy petition against the McGill partnership was filed in federal court and referred to Judge Schneider A later petition targets the McGill brothers personally and the corporation formed before A A McGill vanished then returned home
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Little Rock
Joe H. Schneider
Charles Miller
Altheimer
Arkansas Rice Growers Co-operative Association
Virgil C. Pettite
McGill Bros. Rice Mi
Stuttgart
Paul R. McCoy
Pulaski Chancery Court
Dodge Friday
McCoy
McGill Partnership
A. U
H. T. McGill
Schneider
McGill Brothers
A. A. McGill
Texarkana Students Handcuffed on Campus
Texarkana youths Dat Sanderson and Ben Wood, students at a junior college, were cuffed by classmates John Winham and John Dew after an incident during the fourth hour. The four were involved on campus and the handcuffed pair were led to a deputy on duty who freed them.
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Texarkana
Dat Sanderson
Ben Wood
Cottege
John Winham
John Dew
Barr Returns From Mississippi Hearing On Bank Collapse
H B Barr proprietor of Jacks Newsstand South Main street came home Friday night from Jackson Miss where he had been summoned for preliminary probe into the Bank of D Lo failure earlier this year Barr denied rumors of jail and blamed D Lo town shrinkage and closure on the bank suspension A sequisition alleged a 20000 shortage with state banking department said to have taken charge of the case
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H. B. Barr
Jack
South Mainstreet
Jackson
Miss
Bank of D'Lo
D'Lo. Miss
Barr
Associated Press
D'Lo's
State Banking Department of
Mississippi
Ue Wise
Madison pilot dies in crash during landing attempt
MADISON Wis. plane crash kills pilot Lawrence Fishnick and two passengers identified as Ed Rastree Briley all residents of Madison after attempting to land at the local airport Saturday. Central of Georgia Railway president A E Clift, 61, dies Saturday in Savannah. In Annapolis a 23 year old textile worker Twee Smith kills his wife Lucy 19 then wounds himself after a drunken frenzy as officers close in. In Lesbo Onget France Captain Frank Hawks completes an aerial tour arriving from Nancy after a Friday start.
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Madison
Wis
Lawrence Fishnick
Ed Rastree Fd Briley
Annapolis
N. C
Twee Smith
Lucy
Lesbo Onget
France
Frank Hawks
Nancy
Steamer on Rocks Passengers Safe
SAN FRANCISCO Cal. Wire reports say the coastwise steamer Harvard went onto rocks 134 miles northwest of here Saturday. All 400 excursionists were put into boats but not landed due to rocks. The Cruiser Lewisville stood by to assist. Later reports said there were no casualties and passengers were being transferred to the Louisville with all under control.
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San Francisco
Cal
Harvard
Tfe
Lewisville
Los Angeles Strainship Company
Louisville
Atkins and Stewart Move to New Quarters
The law firm Atkins & Stewart will relocate from the ground floor to the front of the Arkansas Bank & Trust Co next week. W. S. Atkins, senior partner, announced the move. Atkins is city attorney and ex-chairman of the State Penitentiary Commission. Stewart, from Lewisville, is a state senator and the youngest member of the last General Assembly.
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Atkins & Stewart
Arkansas Bank & Trust Co
W. S. Atkins
Atkins
State Penitentiary Commission
Stewart
Lewisville
Senate
Ward & Son Install Drugstore Fountain
Ward and Son druggists of Second street are adding a fountain to their store this spring. Frank Ward, specializing in prescriptions, determined upon the addition after the aqueduct project altered business needs. The investment aims to improve service for customers seeking medicines and remedies.
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Ward & Son
Secondsteel
Frank Ward
Peyer
Auto crash kills Blytheville man near Manila
Funeral services set for William King 38 livestock dealer formerly of Blytheville killed when the car he rode in with Ray Grant left the highway ten miles west of Manila late Friday. Grant driving unhurt. King neck broken. Survived by widow and three children.
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Blytheville
Manfla
William King
Ray Grant
Here
King
Manila
Grant
Leap From Auto May Cause Death
Byron Barney Blankenship, 16, son of BLW Blankenship, is in critical condition at Texarkana Hospital after a collision at Twenty fourth street and County avenue. His skull is fractured and both arms broken, with possible internal injuries. he did not regain consciousness by 1 p.m. Friday. He reportedly leapt from the car as the crash became unavoidable, but the others were unharmed. He was to receive his North Heights school diploma Friday night.
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Texarkana
Byron Barney
Blankenship
Juriel
Texarkana Hospital
Twenty-fourth Street
County Avenue
Cay
North Heights
Portrait of Fred Heiskell Finished
The three quarter life sized portrait of the late Fred Heiskell former editor of the Arkansas Gazette hangs in his former office. Adrian Brewer of Little Rock painted it from a bust sized photo. Brewer has won national prizes for his artwork and is noted as a famed artist.
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Little Rock
An_ yi
Fred Heiskell
The
Arkansas Gasette J
Adrian Brewer
Heiskell
Brewer
Hope-Fup district highway paving nears July finish
District Highway Engineer R B Stanford reports Hope end of No 67 concrete highway over half completed with 42.3 miles laid under contract in nine counties. Crews paving from Hope to Fulton and from Prescott to Gordon are rapidly advancing, with several bridges and new earth embankments near completion for early traffic openings.
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Hope End
R. B. Stanford
the Star
State Highway Department
Stanford
Texas
Kana
Arkadelphia
Little Rock
Texarkana
Fullen
Earl W. Baker ‘& Co
Hope
Fulton
West Third
Prescott
Gordon
Little Missouri River
Little Missouri
Vincens Bridge, Company
Vincennes, In
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Polly's Eddy
Taving
Bath Siloa
Gurdon
Traffc
Gordon North
Friendship
Donaldson
Terre Noir
Gurton
Allman Rogers Company
Oklahoma City
Duany
Pressott
Clyde Constant
of Springs
Hogan Construction Company
Hot Springs
Waffle
Stanford Estates
Heat Wave Kills Ten Across Eastern States
A pre season heat wave raged through the East Friday causing ten deaths over two days. Three deaths occurred in New England with others in West Virginia and New York City where 88 degrees was reached. Schools closed in Boston and bath houses opened early as temperatures climbed. Greenfield Mass hit 97.
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Uby
Associated Press
New England
West Virginia
New York City
Boston
Providence
Portland
Greenfield
Mass
Prisoner Farming System Is Praised in Mississippi County
Prisoners on the new county farm in Blytheville Mississippi County show promising results after switching from private leasing. Judge Zal B. Harrison took office January 1 and reports the first four months of the system are economical. Vic Sarm provides vegetables and greens while hogs supply meat.
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Blypeville
Mississippi
Zal B. Harrison
Priavie
Harrison
Vic Sarm
Jurors Divided In Murder Trial
Divided jurors, after a short night’s sleep, pressed toward a verdict in the murder trial of Charles Allen, a Black defendant linked to the 1897 killing of Dr. John R. Rigney, a notable local physician. Allen was arrested in St. Louis, Missouri, recently.
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Charles Allen
John R. Rigney
St. Lends
Dracova Teta Travels From Cakcho Slovakia to Magna
Magna Utah residents recount Terezie Dracova traveling alone from Cakcho Slovakia to reach the United States. At a local stall the child was unfamiliar yet a favorite, amid a journey where beer was not common in her culture. The ride featured customs about beer with meals and a train scene reflecting adjustment to new norms.
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Magna
Utah
Terezie
Dracova
Teta
Cakcho
Slovakia
Beer Asi
United States
Winona Greene Transferred to Sanitorium for Treatment
Winona Greene, serving life for the 1923 murder of her father-in-law Bob Green, is to be transferred from the state prison farm for women to the state tuberculosis sanitorium at Booneville. Governor Parnell announced after a doctor urged treatment and careful observation without delay. Greene escaped custody twice, once from Pulaski county jail and once from the prison farm, and has been a trustee and chauffeur at the women’s farm. The transfer follows requests for clemency and Arkansas lacking suitable penal facilities for her care.
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Avansas
Booneville
A. C. Shipp
Little Rock
Board-Of* Trusters
Bob Green
Inlaw
Red Fork
Oklo
Green
Purble
Colo
Winona
Pulaski
Memphis
Lornoke
Mary Graham
Parnell
Arkansas
Missouri Pacific to take over Doniphan Kensett and Searcy line
The Missouri Pacific system plans to acquire the Doniphan Kensett and Searcy Railroad linking Searcy to Doniphan with seven miles of track. A historic "Little Train" once ran this route from Searcy to the MP line, earning a famed nickname. The line, built in 1872 with wooden rails and horse drawn carriages, has a long history of closures.
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Kenseyvs—Pj
Missouri Pacific System
Doniphan
Kensett
Philadelphia leader visits Valley Forge on tour
The article notes a Friday visit by a Philadelphia league club member seated with a portrait of Gibson to Valley Forge. A speech was broadcast nationwide at 8 30 standard time. The tour included a state park created from camp grounds linked to Washington's headquarters and notable interiors.
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Peaky
Washington
Army
Inteerst
Family Trouble Ends In Temple Slaying Mystery
Temple Texas report states farmer Paul Sulak shot his wife Anna Sulak 46, then killed himself. Justice of the Peace R. E. Williams ruled murder and self death. Daughter Sedonia, 11, was in the kitchen. she recalls quarrel begun in the yard and misfortune.
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Temple
Tex
Paul Silak
Red Ranger
Justice of the Peace R
William
Sulak
Thorn Field
Sedonia
Ping
Sorac Tijac
Paragould Youth Nets First Solo Flight at Sixteen
Paragould youth Marcus Green has achieved his first solo flight at age sixteen. He completed a perfect landing after a brief flight, has five hours of flying instruction, and has passed the required physical examination for student pilot status.
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Marcus Green
Wln
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Wes
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Antietam
Will Mill
Virgil C., Pettite
U.S
Bulletins
Savanan
A. E. Clift
Central of Georgia Railway
Wireless
Byron Blankenship
Adrain Brewer
West Third Street
Prexcott
Doseph Ty ‘Loughlin
Fiie
Howard V.bridgets
Jonely Park
New York
Winona Greene
Mo. Pacific
Above System
Paragould
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