Move To Punish Hood Buyers Move To Punish Hood Buyers
Washington reports a church led push by Bishop James Cannon and Eugene L. Crawford urging passage of the Sheppard bill to punish liquor buyers as equally guilty with sellers under prohibition. The Methodist Church group argues extending liability would curb traffic and challenge Volstead limits, while opponents warn it could swell lawless classes. Senator Hawes suggests adding a new constitutional amendment if the eighteenth is extended.
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Washington
Conates
James Cannonby
Eugene L. Crawford
Board of Temperance and Social Service
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Conpress
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Congress
Svithout
Hawes
Missouri
Youth 4-H Cow Wins Prize Amid Birth Delay
Young Rancher Banshot enters a Jersey cow in a state fair division. The cow birthed a bull calf just as she entered, ruling out entry in the grand champion class. County agent J E Terry claimed the prize for the youth. Henderson Dairy Farms manager Joe Blondin praised the cow as among the year’s best two-year-olds.
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Banshot
J. E. Terry
Lonoke County
Jersey
Severs
Perils of a Lumberjack in Milwaukee Fire Alarm Mixup
Phillip Le Claire, a woodsman, travels to Milwaukee to care for his ill mother amid fears of city dangers. After his mother’s improvement, he tries to mail letters but cannot find a postbox. A fire alarm box misleads him as 10 pieces of five apparatus arrive, explained as false fire alarms.
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Milwaukee
Phillips LeClaire
Phillip
Tair
Threat letters target Borger grand juror amid murder probe
A grand juror in Borger received a threatening unsigned letter amid officials investigating the September 18 slaying of District Attorney John A. Holmes. The letter warned of consequences if officials do not back off, while authorities regard the notes as pranks. A hearing in Stinnett addressed General Order Number 6 granting martial law powers, after six detainees challenged its legality by habeas corpus writ.
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Grand Jury
John A. Holmes
Borger
Pampa
Stinnett
Jacob Wolters
Underworld
Oklahoma Editor Sees Prosperity From Industry
In Blackwell Oklahoma Tribune, Mrs. T. F. P. Russell is noted to be visiting relatives in Oakdale, Louisiana this week and plans to return next Sunday. The piece argues that national and local prosperity hinge on strong steel and auto industries with farmers and grain prices shaping future activity.
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Blackwell
Okla
Tribune
Mule Hoofprints Trace Larceny in Pine Bluff Dispatch
In Pine Bluff a theft case ends with mule hoofprints proving the suspect Loys Jones fed the mule with 200 pounds of seed cotton. Deputy Sheriff Middlebrooks uses a flashlight to trace hoof marks from a neighbor’s cotton house to Jones’s door, where the cotton is found. Jones is jailed on larceny charges.
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Pine Bluff
Oct
Loys Jones
Loys
Sherift
J. B. Middlebrooks
Loya
Loss
Arkansas Bank & Trust Co Reports Condition Figures
Report of the condition of Arkansas Bank & Trust Co shows assets including loans and discounts 387204.18, real estate and cotton loans, securities and bonds, cash and items in transit, and reserves. Roy Anderson as cashier and R T White as vice president declare the statement true before a notary on October 6, 1931, with notary Genie Chamberlain noting commission expiration in 1932.
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Report OF the Condition OF Arkansas Bank & Trust Co
Serip
Lundr
State of Arkansas
of Hempstead
Roy Anderson
R. T. White
J. D. Barlow
Roy Johnson
W. S. Atkins
Genie Chamberlain
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Leabilitte
Brey
Publ
He Tol
United States
Montgomery Ward &Co
Rephan’s
Vameovise
Rephan's
Binger
New York
Ggevanl
Ceade Cohanks
Vail
UPS
Pln
Kayser
Gotham
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