Hope Beats Waldo in Second Night Victory at Home
Hope High Bobcats defeated Waldo High in a hard fought Friday night game. Bacon and Hargis led scoring with multiple plunges and a late turnover defense. Waldo attempted several passes but failed to reach the goal line as Hope maintained the edge into the final quarter.
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Hope High Bobcats
Waldo High Foothall
Waldo
Hope
Bobcats
Hope Boys
Bacon
Hargis
le Cat
Mauldin
Theeserves
Pritchett
Moore
Adams
Hargiy
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Rats Threaten Lisbon Water Supply Amid Health War
Lisbon authorities, after six months of eradicating stray cats, now wage a new campaign against rats blamed for contaminating the water supply. An outbreak resembling yellow fever linked to a microbe spirochelo cholera-hemorrhica prompted closure of public fountains and enhanced sanitation measures across the city.
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Lisbon
Kidnapping claim bogs down tax dodging case in OK
Oklahoma City report says J E Bristow former Oklahoma oil man seeks to prove he was kidnapped by Mexican bandits in spring 1930 to avoid income tax for March of last year. Bristow, now in Texas, alleges bandit camp stay led to false return by an oil company employee, with ransom paid by his son Oble and Merle Blakely of a local paper.
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Oklahoma City
J. E. Bristow
Oklahoma
Bristow
San Angelow
Tex
Internal Revenue Department
Mazatlen
Oble
University of Oklahoma
Fotball Ster
Merle Blakely
Fire Prevention Week Proclaimed by Arkansas Governor
Governor Harvey Parnell designates October 12 to 18, 1931, as Fire Prevention Week urging citizens and organizations to promote safety and reduce fire losses. The proclamation, signed in Little Rock, appeals to press, civic groups, schools, and clubs to aid in preventing fire, reflecting the era’s push for public welfare.
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America
Harvey Parnell
Arkenpes
Little Rock
Slain Girls Killers Relative Shooting Shocks Jail
In Birmingham Willie Peterson, a Black man held for the slayings of two Birmingham girls, was shot three times and seriously wounded in the county jail by Dent Williams, brother of one victim. Officials sought troops from Governor Miller as Alabama National Guard took charge. Peterson, moved from Kilby prison for a preliminary hearing, was hospitalized under heavy guard.
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Birmingham
Ala
Willie Peterson
B. M. Miller
J. C. Persons
Alabama National Guard
Dent Williams
Hawkins
Peterson
Kilby
Montgomery
Strike Breakers Battle Ends With Knife Fight Injuries
In Boston at the Commonwealth Pier early Saturday striking workers and longshoremen clashed in hand to hand combat. Several shots were fired while knives and clubs were used. Fourteen people were injured mostly by stab wounds and bruises. no fatalities reported.
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Boston
Necro
Commonwealth Pier
Little Rock Man Kills Himself With Poison
Nicholas Feld, 43, a cotton buyer in Little Rock, was found dead on his blankets in the bathroom of his home Friday. He died from poison. A letter addressed to Samuel G. Boyce, coroner, stated he was ending his life with the closing line I leave you this message to enable you to arrive at a correct decision. Family members could not explain his action. The coroner ruled death by own action.
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Little Rock
Nicholas Feld
Samuel G. Boyce
Feld
Miner Slain While Resisting Arrest
Randolph Dalton was killed near a church during an attempted arrest by Deputy Sheriff J Curtiss and others. Three shots struck him in the chest and head as he allegedly resisted before being fatally wounded. He reportedly threatened with a stone at his estranged wife's parents' home earlier. Curtiss fired at close range. Survived by his aunt and two brothers, all of Demning.
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Ozark—Tor
Denning
Weislay
J &. Curtiss
Alix
Randolph
Dalton
Curtiss
Mudd
Ruanialph
Randalph
Crrliss Wulays
Ruaielph
Frankallaph
Roy and
Lev
Demilng
McGills Indicted by Little Rock Jury
Little Rock federal grand jury indicted T. McGill and A. M. Keller on charges of forging notes. Agnes Buckley, an employee of the McGills, had a similar charge dismissed. Stuttgart operators and Wilmot Bank figures tied to the case were named in the indictments.
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Little Rock
T. McGill
Stuttgart
Federal Grand Jury
Chage Sameaime
Agnes Buckley
McGills
A. M. Keller
Wilmot Bank
Wilmot
Eight Year Old Lad Seeks World Tour by Self Help
Rogers local report recounts a young eight-year-old Monette Mad boy named Jack Wordell who borrowed a dollar from his father and rode a bus to Rogers to see the world. He walked eight miles to the Bob Colville farm, applied for a job, and obtained a jar. Parents located him at the farm and he will stay there for now.
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Rogers
Monette
Jack Wordell
Monelle
Bob Colville
Calville
Japanese Planes Bomb Chinese Barracks Along Rail Line
Chinese reports say Japanese planes bombed and destroyed barracks along the Mukden Hailung railway after Chinese fire. Casualties estimated around 200, with sixty bombs dropped by fighters. Japanese troops reportedly occupied New Chang amid signaling by a sunlit point along the South Manchurian railway.
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Changchun
Manchuru
Mukden Hailung
New Chang
Manchuylun
Each Co-Op Year Stands On Its Own
Rumors spread by friendly agencies said profits from this year’s operations would cover possible losses from the 1930-31 season, but Max Cox of the Hope federal cooperative office denied them. E F Creekmore of the American Cotton Cooperative Association emphasized equities of members delivering cotton would not be held for liabilities of the association. The cooperative’s office reported record business and plans to handle a large portion of the 1931 crop in six southwest Arkansas counties concentrating cotton in Tupe.
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Mid- South Colton Association
Max Cox
Hope District
Federal Co-Operative
Cox
E. F. Creekmore
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Federal
Co-Operative
Arkansas
Tupe
Rice Growers to Hold Meeting in Stuttgart
Farmery representing the entire rice area of the state will gather here October 6 to work out a long time agricultural program fitting conditions existing in the rice producing sections. T Roy Reid director of the agricultural expensing sync of the University of Arkansas and other agricultural leaders will attend the meetings.
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Stuttgart
Ari
T. Roy’ Reid
Ure University of Arkansas
Death by own action shocks Hempstead farmer Darwin
C C Darwin a 61 year old Hempstead county farmer of Shover Springs was found dead hanging in his barn early Saturday morning by family during a search after his wife found him in bed. Coroner J H Weaver ruled death by own action. Relatives say financial and health worries weighed on him. He is survived by his widow and seven children including Mrs Younger of Gentry and Mrs Rufus Britt of Texas and sons Luther Leon Garland Emmetts and Granville. Funeral plans not announced.
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C. Darwin
Hempstead
Shover Springs
J.H. Weaver
Darwin
Younger
Gentry
Rufus Britt
Texas
Luther
Delight
Leon
Garland
Emmetts
Hope
Granville
Houston
Tex
Truck License War At Memphis Ends Arkansas
Memphis Tennessee farmers driving into the city without Tennessee licenses are spared. Mayor Overton announced a permanent suspension of citations for farmers, after state official Charles McCabe said the license rule applies to for hire vehicles only and not to farm products entering Memphis.
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Memphis
Arkansas
Memphis. Tenn
Tennessee
Watkins Overton
Charles M. McCabe
Nashville
Overton
McCabe
Aged Arkansas Merchant Dead
Charleston Ark. A Schmuki aged 62 general store operator was found dead in his store Friday night. Coroner Parks said the man was the victim of poison. Relatives said he had been in ill health. He is survived by a widow and six daughters.
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Charleston
Ark
A. Schmuki
Parks
Committee Plans Muscle Shoals Operation Proposal
The Muscle Shoals committee drafts a threefold plan for the governments 59,000,000 project. They aim to submit a proposal to the President within 30 days and to finish by November 1, before Congress reconvenes. The plan includes private manufacturing of fertilizer, cooperative research, and industrial chemical operations.
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Muscle Shoals
Theoint Shoals Commission
Hao
Congress
Oinl Commission
Pleb
Birmingham
Mexico's Next Envoy to Washington Nominee Mentioned
Dr Jost Manuel Puig Casaurance a physician journalist and educator has been prominently mentioned for the post of Mexican ambassador to Washington succeeding Manuel C Tellez He has been active in Mexican politics and recently resigned as secretary of education in Mexico
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Jost Manuel Puig
Washington
Manuel C.‘Tellez
Puige Césaurane
Mexico
Delayed takeoff thwarted by winds in SAMUSHIRO Japan
American aviators Hugh Herridon and Clyde Pangborn failed to depart on the tentative trans-Pacific flight after delays caused by engine trouble and adverse winds. They planned a new attempt for Sunday as European economist Bernard Baruch recently returned from a European survey. Additional notes cover local obituaries and a Phillips county sheriff appointment, plus a drug salesman dying from injuries after a fall.
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Samushiro
Japan
Modor
Hugh Herridon
Clyde Pangborn
T trans-Pacific
Saenger Midnight Preview Show Highlights Hollywood Scandals
Saenger theatre hosts a late Saturday program at 11 15 featuring Publix staff unit Hollywood Scandals along with a feature and comedy. The midnight preview aims to accommodate local business folks after work. Scandals tours to Shreveport then returns to Texarkana for a three day stay.
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Saenger Theatre
Publix
Hollywood Scandals
Shreveport
Texarkana
Gang Leader Ordered to Leave Hot Springs
Kennedy, suspected leader of a robbery gang in Hot Springs, Fla, was sentenced to ninety days in municipal court on a conspiracy to commit a felony charge but the sentence was suspended when she agreed to leave the city.
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Hot Springs
Fla Kennedy
Wilson Leaves Capitol for Home at Camden
Acting governor Lawrence Wilson departed the capitol shortly before noon for his home in Camden. Governor Parnell, back from St Louis where he attended the world series, resumed duties Saturday.
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Little Rock
Lawrence Wilson
Parnell
Capitol
Camden
St. Louis
Arkansas education costs cut to boost efficiency says official
A Pulaski county official notes state and neighboring states compare poorly. The expense of running schools appears high while training for teachers in agriculture and home economics should occur on farms or through short courses. May this lesson guide future policy.
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Arkansas
Calle
Pulaski County
Weare
State Teachers College
Raining Teachers of Agriculture
Trainig
Revered Rev J W Erwi Preaches at Garrett Memorial
Reverend J W Erwin of Sutton preaches at Garrett Memorial Baptist Church on Sunday morning at 11 o clock and again at 1 45 in the afternoon. Elder Erwin, one of the oldest and most respected sisters in South Arkansas, has spent most of his ministry in Nevada county for about 45 years. His life’s work is praised as a great asset to the communities served. Hope and surrounding areas invite the public to hear him again, as Garrett Memorial extends a cordial invitation.
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J. W. Erwin
Sutton
Garrett Memorial Baptist Church
Erwin
South
Arkansas
Nevada County
Hope Ane
Garrett Memorial Church
Womanless Pep Squad Organized at Russellville
Russellville Arkansas Tech graduates organize a four member womanless pep squad. The group plans its public appearance at an upcoming event with outfits in green and gold featuring striped sweaters.
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Russellville
Arkansas Tech
Goodwin
Tech
Jagets Magnolis A
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Pepper" Marlin
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Payer Tuto
Bernard Baruch
New York
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Ffai
Lilian Collings
Sumford
Helena
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J. C. Barlow
Sam Deener McMehan
Saenger
Good Picture
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J. W. Erwi
Sunda
Yist Church
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