Fulton Faces Fatal Crossing Over High Embankment
Editorial recalls a dangerous grade crossing on highway 67 near Fulton where the Missouri Pacific embankment is so high an underpass would be easy yet the railroad ignores action. Residents fear more deaths and blame public negligence while urging safety measures as Hempstead county awaits another tragedy. The piece also notes the Digest’s accurate 1932 presidential straw vote and reflections on election night.
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Fulton
Missouri Pacific
Hope
Texarkana
McNab
Saratoga
Okay
Hempstead County
Digest
Ten State Departments Blocked From New Debts
Arkansas state officials warn ten departments and institutions cannot issue warrants for operating expenses beyond their pro rata shares under Act 136 of 1929. Audits show funds exhausted for the State Plant Board laboratory supplies and extra help for several institutions, including the Negro A M College Pine Bluff and Arkansas State Teachers College Conway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
J. Oscar Humphrey
Arkansas Railroad Commission
War Memorial
Negro Boys Industrial School
Pine Bluff
Arkansas State Teachers College
Jonesboro
Arkansas Polytechnic College
Russellville
State Military Department
State Plant Board
Humphrey
Negro A. & M. College
Conway
Arkansas Confederate Home
Charley Curtis Deserted by Luck in 50 Years of Office
After March 4 Charley Curtis will be Charles Curtis of Topeka Kansas as he leaves lifelong public office. At 73 he plans to run with Hoover again, defying precedents and possibly signaling a return to politics in some form. He remains energetic, with gray hair and a sturdy mustache, still in good health.
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Washington
Charley Curtis
Charles Curtis
Topeka
Kan
Mr. Hoover
Thomas Marshall
Curtis
Senate
Kansas
Chicago
Amy Johnson Breaks Ahead of Husband’s Cape Town Record
Amy Johnson, the daring British flyer, lands at Benguela in Portuguese West Africa before her husband J A Mollison’s London to Cape Town record. She departs for Mossamedes, 200 miles south along the coast, aiming to beat the pace.
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Benguela
Portuguese West Africa
Amy Johnson
Iuer
J. A. Mollison
London
Capetown
Mossamedes
Bodcaw High hosts Minstrel Friday fundraiser
Bodcaw Chapture Future Farmers of America presents a minstrel show at Bodcaw High School auditorium Friday night November 18. A quartet with orchestra performs a musical program to defray expenses of the Smith Hughes department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodcaw Chapture Future Farmers of America
Bodcaw High School
Smith-Hughes
U S Deficit Tops Seven Hundred Nine Million As Talks Start
President Hoover and President Elect Roosevelt prepare for urgent talks on war debt and economic policy as November deficit rises past 709 million. Mills reports show growing shortfall while the House appropriations committee begins work on annual spending bills.
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Washington
Hoover
Roop
Department of the Terasury
Mills
Congress
Capitol
House Appropriations Committee
Book Program for Business Women Observes National Book Week
The Business and Professional Women's club met at Hotel Barlow Tuesday night. Miss Martha Jean Winburn spoke on Chaucer's life and work. Miss Mamie Twitchell won book-ends in a author and books contest presented by hostess Miss Bery Henry. The club will aid A. A. Gentry in Hempstead county's Red Cross quota and give away a quilt next Wednesday. Attendees included Miss Ellen Beyers, Mrs. O. A. Graves, Mrs. Tully Henry, and Miss Winburn. The December meeting will be hosted by Mrs. Ruth Cain.
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Business and
Hotel Barlow
Martha Jean Winburn
Chaucer
Mamie Twitchell
Bery Henry
A. A. Gentry
Hempstead County
Ellen Beyers
O. A. Graves
Tully Henry
Winburn
Ruth Cain
Cabinet Resigns in Germany Amid Crisis
Germany's entire cabinet resigned on Thursday and President von Hindenburg accepted the departures. Reports noted Chancellor von Papen would step down, facing opposition from most Reichstag parties except two small groups.
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Perlin
Grmany
von Hinderburg
von Papen
Chavez Alternates Between Jail and School
Aurelio Capone Chavez, 17, a gang leader, is ordered by Police Judge Charles Windberg Jr. to a dual sentence. He must spend Friday to Sunday in the city jail and attend school five days a week, with the option to suspend the unusual sentence later.
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EL Paso
Tex
Aurelio “Capone
Chavez
Charles Windberg
Mateo Marmolejo
Windberg
8 Pound Grandson Named for Roosevelt Family
New York report notes an 8 pound baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt, the president elect’s second son. The infant becomes Franklin D. Roosevelt’s fourth grandchild and adds to the Roosevelt lineage in the capital.
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New York
Elliott Roosevelt
Franklin VD. Roosevelt
Experiment Farm Inspection Highlights Station's Value
Visiting committee from the University of Arkansas Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station led a tour near Hope. The seven member group praised growth, urged wide dissemination of findings, continued financial support, and improved road access to the facility.
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N. P. O'Neal
Hope
A. J. Stevens
Prescott
Lewis McCown
DeQueen
E. G. —. Alexarkana
T. H. Pope
Nash
S. M. Crawford
Arkadelphia
W. W. St. John
Mena
Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station
G. W. Ware
Southwest
Arkansas
South Arkansas
Local couple marks fiftieth wedding anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Simmons of Route No 3 Hope celebrated their fiftieth anniversary with relatives and friends last Monday. He born 1851 and she 1858. married in Opelika Alabama and moved to Hempstead County Arkansas in 1904. They have ten children, twenty nine grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. all but one daughter reached maturity. Children: A F Simmons Hope Arkansas E F Simmons Hope Arkansas N E Simmons Rosedale Mississippi Lurlene Smith Colorado Springs Colorado Lillie Smythe Lucile Crowder Fort Worth Texas Velma Ferguson Batesville Arkansas Ida Peebles Los Angeles California Maggie Davidson Hope Arkansas.
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A. R. Simmons
Route No. 3
Hope
Mr. Simmons
Simmons
Ella Laney
Opelika
Lee County
Alabama
Hempstead County
Arkansas
A. F
E. F. Simmons
Hope, Ark
N. E. Simmons
Rosedale
Miss
Lurlene Smith
Colorado Springs
Col
Lillie Smythe
Lucile Crowder
Fort Worth
Tex
Velma Ferguerson
Batesville
Ark
Ida Peebles
Los Angeles
Calif
Maggie Davidson
Lucky Day For Pittsburgh Watchman Against Bandits
Nick Saturday, a 66 year old Pittsburgh watchman, was robbed by three bandits as he carried his life savings. He deposited $700 in the bank on a hunch Tuesday morning and was robbed with only $4.70 remaining.
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Pittsburgh
Nick
Planes Set Clocks Over Southtown Airport
Southtown residents adjust their clocks to the regular arrivals and departures of transport planes over the municipal airport. The district newspaper lists a chart of overflight times and citizens verify time by the planes.
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Chicago
Southtown
War Debts Puzzle in Looming Settlement Crisis
A chart explains the U S war debt by 13 debtor nations, showing principal and interest owed, amounts paid, and how reparations links with German payments. It notes differing interest rates, partial cancellations, and the dispute over linking debt relief to German reparations under Lausanne terms.
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Hoover
Roosevelt
United States
Uncle Sam
Europe
Germany
Lausanne
Great Britain
America
Hope High seeks book donations for library drive
Hope High School asks for used and newer books for grades 7 through 12 during National Book Week November 13 to 19. Teachers and librarian provide contact numbers for donations and pickup, listing authors and titles such as Little Men Little Women Call of the Wild Treasure Island and Swiss Family Robinson for potential cataloging.
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Hope High School
Hope
Grace Hudson
Martha Winburn
Benjamin Hyatt
Margaret Bell
Elizabeth Ragan
Alcott
Catherwood
Tonti
Clemens
Crew
de la Mare
Dickens
Hale
Harte
Hegan
Mrs. Wiggs
Cabbage Patch
Kingsley
Kipling
London
Pyle
Robin Hood
Stevenson
Tarkington
Penrod
Webster
Daddy- Long-Legs
Wiggins
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Wyss
Bob
Forbes-Lindsay
Daniel Boone
Keller
Lindbergh
Moses
Louisa May Alcott
British proposal at disarmament conference urges arms equality
Geneva dispatch reports Sir John Simon suggests Germany be allowed the same kinds of armaments as other nations. In Arkansas, Judge Mann of Forrest City tells the Highway Audit Commission depositions indicating the state could save 11750 by razing structures to build the Clarendon bridge over White River.
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Geneva
Switzerland
John Simon
Reich
Little Rock
Mann
Forrest City
Highway Audit Commission
Audit Commission
Clarendon Bridge
White River
Warm-up Ends Blizzard Weather Sees Rising Temps
After a severe blizzard in Missouri and Kansas, the low dropped to 30 degrees on Wednesday night and Thursday morning per N P O Nea l in Hope, up from 21-22 the night before. The forecast calls for cloudy skies, possible rain, and a warming trend by Thursday night and Friday ending the cold spell.
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Missouri
Kansas
Mercury
N. P. O'Neal
Federal Weather Observer
Hope
Emma Porter Named District Deputy Lecturer for O E S
Mrs Emma Porter of Hope was appointed among the District deputy grand lecturers at the Grand Chapter of Arkansas Order of the Eastern Star closing session in Little Rock this week.
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Emma Porter
Hope
Grand Chapter of
Arkansas
Order of the Eastern Star
Little Rock
Hunting Companion Killed at Big Hurricane Lake
D A Showles of St Louis is jailed on murder charges after a fatal shooting of his hunting partner Alvis Wood of Little Rock at Big Hurricane Lake ten miles east of Bald Knob. Wood 45, a Missouri Pacific carpenter, is survived by his widow and five children. Details remain unclear.
Mice Bite Into Rat Poison in Tracy Office
In Knoxville Tennessee the rat poison stored in city sanitary engineer C F Tracy's office was gnawed by mice. The bait container was broken through by the pests and the poison consumed by the rodents.
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Knoxville
Tenn
C. F. Tracy
Tracy
Lighthouse on Wheels guiding night landings at Croydon
A mobile lighthouse on a truck illuminates the Croydon aerodrome runway for night landings and take-offs. The wind direction controls the beacon’s position, indicated by a waving checkered flag above it.
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London
Croydon
Raids Two Parties Killings and Kidnapping Shock Chicago
A gunman killed salesman Frank F. Jordan, 38, in front of his female companion and then abducted 19 year old Lillian Henry at a second party. The suspect, James Guisinger, 23, forced Henry to drive around the South Side for six hours before he fled. Henry recounted the assailant’s claim that he had just killed a man.
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Chicago
Frank F. Jordan
Lillian Henry
South Side
James Guisinger
Bipartisan overtures reshape Hoover Roosevelt transition
The piece notes growing willingness in Washington for cross party cooperation on national policy. Hoover seeks a conference with Roosevelt as he prepares to leave office while Roosevelt favors a liberal coalition approach. Foreign policy continuity and cabinet mentions hint at limited immediate changes.
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Washington
Hoover
Roosevelt
New York
United
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