No Agents Voted by 1931 Quorum Court Monday
The Hempstead County Quorum Court failed to approve the county demonstration agents and county participation in the Hope Municipal Court in the 1931 session. A $35,785 budget was set, with votes showing municipal court support defeated 13 to 11.
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Hope
Hempstead
Washington
DeRoan
L. F. Hixgason
Pauline Mitchell
Justice of the Peace
Arkansas
Chi
Southwest Arkansas Fair
Higanson
J. L. Wright
State Extension Service
Elinor May Williamns
Harry Shiver
Mary Benchley
G. E. Cannon
C. 8. Lewthorp
Hope Hospitals
George W. Ware
Jis Station
Democrats ready full legislative program for next House
Washington bulletin reports Representative Garner says Democrats have a complete legislative program prepared for the next Congress and ready to present. He declined to discuss its details. In Daingerfield Texas a jury deliberated five minutes and convicted Lee Ross 30 of attacking a white woman and sentenced him to death. The death occurred last Friday.
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Washington
Garner
House of Representatives
Daingerfield
Texas
Lee Ross
Negro Revival Opens Here Tuesday Night
A revival service will open Tuesday night at the B. B. Memorial M. E. church to run 10 days conducted by Rev. C. C. Edwards a noted Fort Worth Texas Negro evangelist announced by pastor Rev. G. W. Yousk
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B. B. Memorial ©. M. E. Church
C. C. Edwards
Fort Worth
Tex
G. W. Yousk
Counties approve county agents program across Arkansas
Across Arkansas, 65 counties reported Monday night with 50 approving county extension agent appropriations totaling 128 754 dollars, averaging over 4500 dollars per county. Howard and Miller counties were among the few that did not act promptly, while several counties endorsed the program unanimously.
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Hempstead
Little Rock
Howard County
Miller County
Hempstred
Crittenden
Fulton
Poinsett
Woordruff
Desha
Monroe
Phillips St. Francis
Garland
LaFayette
Miller
Montgomery
Perry
Scott
Lonake
Prairie
Grant
Boone
Carroll
Conway
Crawford
Faulkner
Franklin
Johnson
Logan
Marion
Pope
Searcy
South Sebastian
van Buran
Clay
Greene
Independence
Ivard
Mississippi
Lawrence
Arkansas
Calhoun
Cleveland
Drew
Jefferson
Lee
Lincoln
Columbia
Howard
Ouachita
Polk
Seyier
Union
Madison
Crosy
Randolph
Jackson
Bradley County
Baxtex
Cleburne
Stone
White
Dalles
Saline
Nevada
Arkansas Agricultural Extension
T. Roy Reid
Score Injured in Ohio Road Riot
A riot four miles west of Portsmouth Ohio left several people injured and over fifty cars damaged on the Atlantic and Pacific highway. Five men in a rundown car caused the disturbance after breaking down and failing to stop for aid.
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Portsmouth
Atlantic and Pacific
Here
Stony Run
Hope Bobcats Face Prescott in Armistice clash at 3 P.M.
Hope High School authorities bar entry without a ticket for the Armistice Day game against Prescott Wednesday at 3. Local gate rules require season tickets or 75 cent gate charge. Hope’s pep squad and band back the team as players Rowe Harper Womack Adams Drake Sissell and others prepare.
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Hope High School
Prescott
Hope
Hope Bobcats
Curley Wolves
Bobcats
Red Johnson
Cats
Wolves
Rowe
Harper
Drake
Warmack
Hale
Sissell
Pritchett
Berry
Womack
Adams
Jonas
J. D. Jacks
Phillips
Chamberlain
Brown
Bacon
Turner
Mauldin
Hargis
Additional Firms of Hope Announce Closing
Several Hope businesses announce short closing on Armistice Day from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday. The Scott Store Hope Steam Laundry Keiths Jewelry Store J L Williams Sons Lumber Co Lon Sanders Grocery Dan Goldballs Grocery Briants Drug Store will close then reopen 11:30 before a 2:45 closure for the Hope vs Prescott high school football game. The closing petition was not presented to the Legion post before yesterday’s paper.
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Scott
Hope Steam Laundry
Keith's Jewelry
J. L. Williams & Sons Lumber Co
Lon Sanders Grocery
Dan Goldbald
Briant’s Drug Store
Hope
Frescott
Legion Post
Texas Youth Held in Oklahoma on Fugitive Charge
Idabel Oklahoma Haskell and Jackson County officers detained 17 year old Greenville Texas resident Jackson after a preliminary hearing on fugitive from justice charges. He had a suspended burglary sentence and violated parole, prompting his detention pending requisition.
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Idabel
Okla
Haskell
Jackson
Greenville
Pike County
Texas
McCurtain County
Vivid
Bank Robbery Suspects Released in Lewisville
Lewisville Ark. Kenneth Knox and Travis Norwood were freed after bank cashier Mrs Patton failed to identify them in the First National Bank robbery. Gyp Barton and J P Grantham remain held on complicity charges with a preliminary hearing set for November 21.
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Lewisville
Ark
Kenneth
Knox
Travis
Norwood
First National Bank
LaFayette County Sheriff's Department
Dave Patton
Bari
Gyp Barton
J. P. Grantham
Urges Cotton For Cement Container
Letter from J A Sullivan of Hope Arkansas urges cotton sacks be used as wrappers for Portland cement to boost cotton demand. He notes about twenty carloads of cement arrive yearly, needing about ten bales of cotton to make sacks, which are mostly returned by mills for reuse. He argues dealers favor paper bags and calls for cement to be sold in cotton sacks to aid cotton consumption. Dated November 16 1931 Hope Arkansas.
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the Star
Hss
Aml
J. A. Sullivan
Elks to Hold German Dance Tuesday Night
Elks announce a German dance to celebrate Armistice Day starting one minute after midnight Tuesday at the Elks club hall. A large advance delegation is expected due to the Hope Prescott game set for Wednesday on the local field.
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Regin
Elks Club
Leopold to Speak at Hope Chamber Banquet Nov 20
Joseph F. Leopold of Dallas will be the honored speaker at the Hope Chamber of Commerce annual banquet and membership meeting Friday night November 20. The Southwestern manager of the U S Chamber of Commerce is widely recognized as a leading authority on chamber work and business issues. The program includes brief talks by local leaders, a report on the past year, and entertainment. A new board will be elected to set positions for the coming year, with opportunity for all members to participate.
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Hope Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Joseph F. Leopold
Dallas
Southwestern
United States Chamber of Commerce
Leopold
South
Chamber of Commerce
Berg Kidnappers Send Ransom Notes
St Louis reports Alexander Berg a millionaire fur dealer was kidnapped Friday night when his limousine was intercepted in the west end. Berg's chauffeur Albert Pike was ejected. The Berg family negotiates separately with captors, not coordinating with police. Notes left in a roadside box demanded twenty five thousand dollars.
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ST. Louis
The
Globe-Democrat
Alexander Berg
Berg
St. Louis County
Harry Meyer
Hope Co-Op Office Leads Mid-South Effort in Contest
Max Cox's Mid-South district office led a membership contest by securing 600 new members to date and reporting about 1,000 members in his district. The Hope office announced it had reached the first decline in Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi and handled 14,000 bundles of cigarettes this summer.
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Max Cox
Hope
Tri-State
Mid-South
Government Co-Op
Hope Office
Arkansas
Tennessee
Missan's
Cox
J C Clopton Dies Buried Tuesday In Hope
J C Clopton 72 died at the family home on East Third street after a long illness. The funeral will be Tuesday at 2:30 from First Baptist Church with Rev W A Bowen officiating. Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Survived by daughter Lorraine and sons Percy and C C Clapton. brothers W W Clopton and C S Clopton. Pallbearers listed with EB Bible class members as honorary pallbearers.
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J.C. Clopton
East Third Street
Hope
First Baptist Church
W. A. Bowen
Rose Hill Cemetery
Lorraine
Percy
C. C. Clapton
Longview
Texas
W. W. Clopton
Corsicana
C. S. Clopton
Seattle
Wash
Dewey Hendrix
Tra Halliburton
Garnett Martin
Berlis Rettig
A.D. Brannon
Sid Bundy
B. Austin
Chinese Advance Manchurian Plan
Paris reports that China would build up its national defense if the League of Nations fails to settle the Manchurian dispute. Eugene Chen proposed a reorganized Manchurian government aiming for closer China Japan cooperation and the expulsion of warlords while leaving Japanese troops in Manchuria under a central high commissioner.
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Paris
France
League of Nations
China
Alfred Sze
League Council
League
Tokyo
Japann
Eugene Chen
Japan
Geneva
Canton
Chen
Shanghai
Nanking
Manchuria
Cental
Memphis Robbers Loot Bellevue Baptist Church Safe
Thieves looted the Bellevue Baptist Church office early Monday taking Sunday collections. Police estimate the amount stolen between 240 and 290 dollars. A chisel and hammer were used to force open the church safe.
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Bellevue Baptist
Officials Doubt Self Defense Plea in Slaying
STUTTGART. The shooting death of Timothy Hayes, 50, in a shotgun clash with Dugan Mitchell, 23, near Cook's Lake, is viewed as a long running feud rather than self defense. Mitchell, arrested at Casscoe and later charged with murder after Hayes died, claimed self defense and is jailed as the investigation continues with Hayes accused of trespass on leased property.
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Stuttgart
Timothy Hayes
White River
Here
Dugan Mitchell
Hayes
Mitchell
Casscoe
Jim
John
Cook's Lake
John L. Ingram
Lived as Poor Man to Give Art to Country
John Gellatly, who chose reduced living to donate a $5,000,000 art collection, has died at 76 from pneumonia. His widow says funeral bills require borrowing. Funeral services planned Monday. body to be sent to Washington Tuesday for congressional cemetery burial.
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New York
John Gellatly
Gellatly
Washington
Congressional
Prescott Fatal Car Crash Injures Dahlia Loeb in Prescott
A New York firm employee and his passenger Dahlia Loeb, 60, suffered fatal and serious injuries when a car failed to pass a wagon near Prescott. The vehicle left the road and rolled several times. Gerald Loeb, a brother, was notified of the collision via airplane report to press dispatch.
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Prescott
E. F.utton Coereerage
Dahlia Loeb
Gerald Loeb
New York
Press
Rice market reports steady bids on Blue Rose and Early Prolific
Buyers say rice remains hard to purchase as growers in Louisiana and Arkansas hold firm at 70 cents a bushel for Blue Rose while awaiting a higher level. Some sellers expect a four dollar per bag or 84 cents per bushel when prices rise. Early Prolific buys push above 50 cents with current ton prices around 65 cents. Local growers fear news of conflict between China and Japan could bolster demand and price.
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Arkansas
Louisianian
Opini
Chi
Japan
Oklahoma man claims body in Draper slaying probe
A. F. Kelso of Antlers Oklahoma arrived to identify the body of a man buried at Eagletown as Eugene Harris his 23 year old stepson Kelso described Harris clothing and measurements matching those found at the scene and will return with a photo for official identification Draper confessed to the triple slaying and authorities noted ongoing efforts to confirm the victim before exhumation and reburial decisions were made
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Idabel
Okla
A. F. Kelso
Antlers
Eugene Harris
Eagletown
E. 5. Chappell
Goud
Kelso
Harris
Charles Draper
Chappell
Jack Gdell
Draper
Harrig
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Bulletins
Ohio
Hope Vs
Firms
of Hope
Oklahoma
Harry
Rowbottom
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Congress
Indiana
Lewisville Bank
J. A. Sulivan
Hope, Ark
Elks
Southwestern Division
U. S. Chamber
Hope Co-Op
Hoboken
N. J
Hudson
New York City
Statenham
Memphis
Fanny
Parker
Sidney Dow
Francisco Tuesd
Ris
Aroun St of
Louisiana
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