Thanksgiving Day origins and lessons from history
The piece traces Thanksgiving roots from 1621 harvest prayers of New England colonists to 1588 England’s Thanksgiving in England. It contrasts Greek fear of the gods with Roman self-discipline and Christian humility, linking humility to civilization and warning that pride led Spain to ruin.
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New England
Arkansas
Rome
B. C
Greece
Earth
Massachusetts
England
Elizabeth
Spain
Arkansas Governor Pardons Banks in 1931 Bank Collapse Case
LITTLE ROCK Governor Farnell pardoned A B Banks a 60 year old head of the American Exchange Trust company who was sentenced to one year in prison for the 1930 banking collapse. The pardon cites a purely technical offense and no criminal intent and relieves him of any further imprisonment despite prior conviction upheld by the state supreme court.
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Little Rock
A. B. Banks
Farnell Wednesday
Banks
Pulaski Circuit Court
Supreme Court
American Exchange Trust Company
Joe T. Robinson
Roosevelt Won't Take Action With Hoover on Debts
Washington brief reports a White House meeting between President Hoover and Governor Roosevelt on war debts. Roosevelt refused to commit and said responsibility lies with the president until March 4. Hoover argued debt settlements are needed to revive world trade and US prosperity.
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Fat Hoover
White House
Hoover
Roosevelt
United States
Congress
War Debts Issue in American Politics after Hoover Roosevelt Talks
Byron Price reports that the looming decision on war debts, if clear and decisive with bipartisan backing, could end party division on the matter. A stopgap would bring prolonged political bickering, while cancellation remains unlikely. The piece warns political temptations to politicize the debts.
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Hoover
Roosevelt
Ecome
Washington
Dog owner buys freedom for Teddy amid police aid
In Columbus Ohio George Dennis Jr left the police station with humane society officer A D Keller after policemen bought chances on a silk stocking rug George sold to raise 6.50 to save his dog Teddy from electrocution.
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Columbus
George Dennis, Jr
A. D. Keller
Humane Society
George
Teddy
Hope Star backs Banks pardon as public policy
The Hope Star editorialized in late May and early June that Mr. Banks should not face jail but public reform. It argued reckless banking and insurance practices under Banks harmed Arkansas and urged removing many public officers to prevent repeats.
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Banks
Hope Star
the Star
Arkansas
A. B. Banks & Co
Man Held After Liquor-Fueled Jail Request
In Jacksonville a heavily intoxicated man staggered to the police desk asking to be jailed. He then offered to post bond to be released, but Officer B. C. Butler determined he was unfit for the street and detained him for trial.
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Jacksonville
Fla
B. C. Butler
Butler
Johnson Aims to Break Cape Town Flight Record
British aviator Amy Johnson departs London in a light aircraft to beat the 4 day Cape Town speed record held by her husband Captain James Mollison. She crosses the Sahara after a long desert crossing with a reported 30 hour gap between refuels.
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Amy Johnson
London
Capetown
South Africa
James A. Mollison
Sahara Desert
Amnesia Believed Ailment of Robins
Edward Dreier, brother in law of Col. Raymon Robins, tells the Brooklyn Eagle he believes the prohibition leader suffered amnesia while in the North Carolina mountains under an assumed name. He argues there was no reason to disappear and notes Robins would return to former dress after memory loss.
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New York
Edward Dreier
Col
Raymon Robins
Brooklyn Eagle
North Carolina Mountains
Colonel Robins
Hoover
Forecast of Thanksgiving Weather and Games in Hope
A rain threat looms for Thanksgiving with a Wednesday shower forecast and a Thursday clearing. Hope Presbyterian and other churches plan a 7:30 pm union service at First Methodist with Rev. W E Testerman preaching. Banks post offices and Hope Star close for the holiday as football draws crowds at Nashville and Arkadelphia games.
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Associated Press
All Hope
First Methodist
W. E. Testerman
W. R. Anderson
First Presbyterian
Hope
Hope Star
Nashville
Bobcats
Hope High School home economics named model for nation
Hope High School’s home economics program is chosen as a national model with photos of the cottage and classroom activities. Dr Gary Cleveland Myers of Western Reserve University visited to arrange syndication coverage. State supervisors and a New York City representative joined a tour for validation and support.
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Hope High School
Arkansas
Gary Cleveland Myers
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Texarkana
Flora M. Thurston
New York City
National Council of Parent Education
Hope Parent-Teacher Association
Druzilla Kent
Frances Bailey
Little Rock
New World's Record Claimed by Two French Villages
Two French villages, Y and O, in the departments of Yomme and Orne, claim joint title to the shortest names and a new world record. The report notes both villages contest undisputed ownership of the distinction.
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Paris
Yomme
Orne
Yonkers Widow Declares Breakthrough in Murder Case
Rose Gonzales, after two years of sleuthing from Yonkers to New York and Spain, says she has captured Julio Perez and Bernardino Arias in the killing of Manuel Gonzales on January 8, 1931. She sold the hotel, financed a trans Atlantic voyage, and traced the killers across the ocean to secure justice.
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Rose Gonzales
Yonkers, N. Y
Ross Gonzales
Spain
Yonkers
May
Ace
Julio Perez
Bernardino Arias
Manuel Gonzales
Manuel
Japan Says It Has No Asiatic Dream
Yosuke Matsuoka defended Japan’s Manchuria policy at the League of Nations Council in Geneva. He asserted Japan has not sought expansion for 2,600 years, stressing an innate love of peace and urging not to fear charges of conquest in Asia.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Japan
Manchuria
Yosuke Matsuoka
League of Nations Council
Asia
Four Are Killed in Negro Bank Holdup
In Boley Oklahoma a bank president C J Turner and three robbers were killed in a gunfight after a failed robbery attempt. Two robbers were white men. Assistant cashier H C McCormick helped repel the attack with vigilantes and officers as the robbers fled with cash.
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Boley
Okla
H. C. McCormick
C. J. Turner
Two counties chase robbers across 103 miles inArkansas
Hempstead and Miller county officers pursued two suspects for the Hyde Camp robbery near Texarkana. Irene Cash was identified among the four renters who vanished with camp furnishings. The chase stretched from Hope to Taylor Arkansas, aided by a dust cloud and multiple lawmen including Sheriff Wilson and Chief Hempstead.
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Hempstead
Hyde
Texarkana
Hope
Irene Cash
Clarence Baker
Hempstead County
Miller County
Lewisville
Canfield End
Taylor
Ark
Baker
John L. Wilson
Allen Shipp
Tom Hempstead
Cash
Elwood Hatch Sought in Hyde Tourist Camp Heist
Elwood Hatch, a Hope resident with a long police record, was hunted as a suspect in the Hyde Tourist Camp robbery in Texarkana on Sunday. He and another man escaped Hempstead and Miller County officers after a 103 mile chase Tuesday. Hatch’s parents live near Hope and officials believe he may hide near Spring Hill.
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Elwood Hatch
Hope
Hyde
Texarkana
Hempstead
Miller County
Hatch
Spring Hill
Hitler urges nonparliamentary government in Germany crisis
Berlin dispatch reports Adolf Hitler telling President von Hindenburg that forming a parliamentary government is impossible and undesirable. He proposes a cabinet directly responsible to the president that could govern without parliament, while Nazi leaders claim the president is weakening to Hitler.
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Berlin
Germany
Adolf Hitler
von Hindenburg
Hitler
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