Williams Admits Fee in Mississippi County Contract
J Lan Williams, a State Highway Commission member, testified to the Highway Audit Commission that he received a $2000 fee for aiding Ellis & Lewis of Muskogee in securing an improvement district road contract in Mississippi county. He said the payment was not connected to state highway work. The audit stems from Ellis & Lewis being paid about $1 million on state highway projects since 1927.
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Little Rock
J. Lan Williams
State Highway Commission
Highway Audit Commission
Mississippi County
Williams
Irby
Ellis & Lewis
Muskogee
Okla
Audit Commission
State Highway Department
Ginning of Cotton Nearly Completed in Arkansas
Weather improvements and reduced boll weevil infestation in north and northeast Arkansas boosted the October 1 government estimate of the state's cotton crop to 1,081,000 bales from 1,045,000 on September 1. Bouton notes September yield at 151 pounds per acre, 59 percent of last year and nine pounds below the ten year average, with October ginnings at 502,600 bales compared with 268,764 last year.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
C. S. Bouton
Bouton
Arkansas Writers Have Best Stories
Fayetteville writers Charles J. Finger and Charles Morrow Wilson place stories in a new 1932 best American short stories collection. Finger appears with The Affair at the Inn, his fifth inclusion. Wilson with The Money Hunter, his third.
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Fayetteville
Charles J. Finger
Charles Morrow Wilson
Finger
Wilson
Howard County Farmer Dies After Accidental Gun Wound
Texarkana report says Carl Lemmons a 24 year old farmer from Howard County was killed by a bullet wound accidentally fired by his father M. L. Lemmons 57 last Monday. The incident occurred in Texarkana and the son died late Wednesday night from the wound.
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Texarkana
Carl Lemmons
Howard County
M. L. Lemmons
Another Mild Winter Provokes Weather Bureau Debate
Washington reports the annual weather question: will this winter be mild or harsh? Dr. Charles F. Marvin notes forecasts beyond a week lack scientific basis while predicting short term outlooks. He cites a history of variable winters and warns against overreliance on long range patterns.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Charles F. Marvin
Bureau
Marvin
Hope Prefaces Magnolia Clash with Bold Victory Aim
Hope high school fans expect a Bobcat win as Magnolia comes Friday. A 40 man squad works behind new plays and hard scrimmages this week. Schooley is injured. McKee to start at fullback with Schooley to see action later. Magnolia brings nine veterans from last year.
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Hope High School
Magnolia High School
Magnolia
Nevada counties brace for school closings over funding woes
More than a thousand children in three southern Nevada counties face possible school term cuts as the Nevada county superintendent J W Teeter reports failure of the State Education Dept to secure funds via the Reconstruction Finance Corp. Rosston Laneburg Bodcaw Bluff City Cale Willisville Bedeaw will struggle to operate without new financing while Hempstead county schools expect normal operations.
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Nevada County
State Department of Education
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Laneburg
Rosston
Bodcaw
Bluff City
Cale
Willisville
Bedeaw
Teeter
E. E. Austin
Hempstead
Hughes Lays Cornerstone of New U S Court Building
Charles Evans Hughes chief justice of the United States spoke at the cornerstone ceremony for the Supreme Court building. He said the republic endures amid distress and unrest while noting the edifice symbolizes faith in enduring ideals beyond stone and steel.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Republic
Brazilian-German air line plan for Rio mooring mast
Brazilian authorities and Dr. Hugo Eckener reached a preliminary agreement to build a mooring mast in Rio de Janeiro, making the city a terminus for a Graf Zeppelin airship route from Germany. The Graf Zeppelins recently reached Pernambuco and then Rio, carrying German officers and Gordon Bennett balloon race winners Lieutenant Settle, Bushnell, and Van Orman.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Hugo Eckener
Rio
Germany
Graf Ze
Graf
Pernambuco
Settle, Bushnell
van Orman
Europe
Cotton Breaks 29 Points Thursday
Dec contracts fell 29 points to 6.41 per bale amid heavy selling after opening at 6.70. The day saw declines from 6.70 to 6.54 before closing at 6.41, with 2 500 spot sales noted and a firm week of losses continuing from prior closes.
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N. Y
93 Bushels of Corn On One Acre Shocks Youth
Lloyd Taylor a 16 year old 4 H club member in Waldron produced 93 bushels of corn on a single acre. He spent 9.35 dollars on seed fertilizer and labor and expects about one dollar per bushel. The contest was sponsored by county agent B S Hinkle and the county average is 14 bushels an acre.
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Waldron
4-H Club
Lloyd Taylor
B. S. Hinkle
Scott County
Young Taylor
Ambulance Aids Fan To Watch Tech Hendrix Game
Russellville Arkansas Tech and Hendrix College faced off as Carroll Young, a patient hospitalized five months with broken legs, secured an ambulance to attend the Thursday football game, calling the vehicle a box seat and arranging the transport to see the match.
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Russellville
Carroll Young
Tech
Arkansas Tech
Hendrix College
Young
Fugitive Insull Arrested in Athens Faces Extradition
NEA Service reports Samuel Insull the Chicago utilities magnate arrested in Athens Greece. Efforts underway to bring him back to stand trial on larceny and embezzlement charges as prosecutors pursue billions in a vast empire. His son Samuel Insull Jr. follows in Paris as prosecutors dig into bankrupt companies. A coded cable from John F. O Keefe surfaces with orders not to return and to consult with Samuel Insull Sr.
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Samuel Insull
Paris
United States
Insull
Athens
Greece
Milan
NEA
Europe
Chicago
America
Samuel Insull, Jr
John F. O'Keefe
Insull, Sr
O’keefe
Smith to Make Six Speeches for F. D. in New England Tour
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith will speak six times in support of the Democratic state and national tickets. The tour begins at Tammany Hall in New York City on October 19, with stops in Newark October 24, Boston October 27, Providence October 27, and an Albany district event October 28, covering New York New Jersey Massachusetts Rhode Island and the Albany area.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
New England
New Jersey
Tammany Hall
New York City
Newark
N. J
Boston
Mass
Providence
R. I
Albany
N. Y
Guardsman Knocked Out by Mine Pickets
Guardsman E. D. Hancock of the 106th cavalry was struck from behind by Illinois miners at Feabody mine No. 58 Hewittville. He suffered a scalp wound after the assailants disarmed him Thursday.
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Taylorville
Ill
Illinois
106Th Cavalry
Feabody
Hewittville
E. D. Hancock
3 Millions Ready for Farm Finance
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation announced 3 million dollars capital was made available at the treasury for the St. Louis Regional Agricultural Corporation. The group will operate with branch offices in Chicago Kansas City and Little Rock Ark. Directors of the new Federal Home Loan Bank for the 12th District planned a Thursday meeting to organize operations.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
The
Treasury
St. Louis
Home Loan Bank
Little Rock
Federal Home Loan Bank
12Th District
Hope Library Fair Opens Friday at City Hall
Indoor fair at city hall starts Friday at 2 30 p m and runs all day Saturday to benefit the Hope Library association. Prizes in textile embroidery and arts including library memberships and store gifts are announced with sponsors such as J C Penney New York Store Burrs Spring Hill Briant Drugstore and Hope Furniture Co. A violin number readings and a vocal solo are listed along with a chicken calling contest at 4 p m Saturday presented by Mrs John Wellborn and prizes from Hope Furniture Co.
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Hope Library Association
J. C. Penney
Cox Drug Co
Hope Garden Club
Martha Virginia Stuart
Tully Henry
John Wellborn
Hope Furniture Co
Hempstead County Campaign Records First $52 Remittance
Hempstead reports the first campaign donation of 52 dollars sent to Lee Miles in Little Rock via Alex H. Washburn, Hempstead county chairman for Roosevelt-Garner funds. Donations are received at Hop Star’s office 212 South Walnut with medallions and subscriptions to Shareholders in America.
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Lee Miles
Little Rock
Alex. H. Washburn
Hempstead County
Campaign For
Roosevelt
Hopt Star
South Walnut Street
America
Miller Co. Man Faces Murder Charge in Deputy’s Death
Mel Larey of Fouke stands trial in Hempstead circuit court for the death of Miller county Deputy Sheriff Berry Quillin. The case, moved from Miller County by change of venue, began with jury selection and opening statements as four witnesses testified. Prosecutors say Larey fired a shotgun at close range in Fouke. defense cites alibi claiming he was on a Fouke storefront porch.
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Hempstead
Washington
Mel Larey
Fouke
Berry Quillin
Miller County
Miller
Dexter Bush
Milard Alford
John Vesey
H. M. Barney
Pratt Bacon
Texarkana
Luke Monroe
Steve Carrigan
Hope
Bert and
Larey
Ned Stewart
Lewisville
W. S. Atkins
R. W
Quillin
R. W. Turquette
Quillins
Jess Quillin
Presbyterians Clear Dr. Hay Watson Smith
Dr Hay Watson Smith pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church Little Rock was cleared of charges of soundness in the faith by the Southern Presbyterian Synod in executive session on Wednesday night. The action, believed final, followed a three year back and forth between the Synod Afr Presbytery and the assembly after charges were brought in 192%.
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Prescots
Hay Watson
Little Rock
Sus
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Jonea
Soys Parker
Nevada
Bodcan
Charles FE. Hughes
Federal Supreme Court
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Berlin
Pension
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Krenz
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France
Italy
John P. Wilson
Hope Library
J. J. Ward
J. E. Ward
C. C. Spragins
R. M. LaGrene
Case
Galaxy of Attorneys
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Hay Watson Smith
Jonesboro
Edward Delaney
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