Crowley Bound Over in Murder Case
In Jonesboro Arkansas Rev Dale C Crowley was ordered held for grand jury action on a first degree murder charge in the slaying of J W McMurdo the Jonesboro Baptist tabernacle janitor. He was brought from Newport where held for safekeeping. The state called three witnesses at a closed municipal court hearing. defense offered no testimony. Crowley’s lawyers planned a habeas corpus bond bid. The shooting followed disputes over a pastorate conflict with Rev Joe Jeffers.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Dale C. Crowley
J. W. McMurdo
Crowley
Tabernacle
Newport
Joe Jeffers
Bobcats Dominate Lockesburg in 38 0 Home Win
Hope's Bobcats rolled to a 38 to 0 victory over Lockesburg Friday night after a 6 to 0 halftime. Hargis and Matheson each scored twice, Harper added a 25 yard TD run, and Brown connected for key gains as Hope dominated with 20 first downs to five. Lockesburg offered little resistance, punctuated by several big stops by Elkins and Tatum.
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Hope
Bobcat
Lockesburg
Hargis
Matheosa
Harper
Bobcats
Matheson
Pete Brown
Nice
Brown
Chamberlain
Turner
Cargile
Yommy Rea
Lewkesburg
Ken Matheson
Jones
Ihire
Arkansas Cotton Nears Normal Levels in October Report
The U S Department of Agriculture's October crop report lowers Arkansas production slightly to 1,777,000 bales, down 2,000 from September, with yields about 210 pounds per acre. State production sits 152,000 bales below 1932, and 183,000 below the 1928-1932 average. nationwide forecast reaches 12,885,000 bales, up 471,000 from September, with Texas leading gains at 4,190,000 bales.
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Little Rock
United States
Department of Agriculture
Arkansas
C. S. Bouton
Bouton
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Roads Are Built by CCC Workers
The Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Hot Springs National Park reports major work including 2.5 miles of trails on Hot Springs mountains, 1300 feet cleared with culverts for a new gorge road, dirt hauled to fill pits, topsoil cover, concrete supports for Whitting Park creek walls, and creek bed straightening along its length.
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Washington —(P
Gorge Camp
Civilian Conservation Corps
Hot Springs National Park
National Park Service
A. F. Agnew
Hot Springs Mountains
Whitting Park Creek
Hitler Calls November 12 Earliest Reichstag Poll Date
Adolf Hitler announced to Germany that withdrawal from the League of Nations and the disarmament conference will take effect in two years. President von Hindenburg ordered dissolution of the Reichstag and state legislatures and set November 12 for new elections. The move signals total support for the Nazi foreign policy and prompts swift diplomatic reaction in Washington and Paris.
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Berlin
Germany
Adolf Hitler
League of Nations
Reich
von Hindenburg
Washington
State Department
Hull
Faris
Francce
Strikes Continue Across Trades Amid Mediation Efforts
The Associated Press reports ongoing strikes by machinists, motor workers, coal miners, garment workers, sardine fishermen, and cotton pickers. The labor actions persist into Friday, maintaining pressure on the economy and at times turning violent.
Death of Artie Cotham After Train Accident at Conway
Artie Cotham son of former Circuit Judge C T Cotham of Hot Springs died after being crushed under a train wheel while a student group to the Arkansas Baylor game rushed to board a local hospital base. He was a University of Arkansas sophomore on the way to Little Rock when the accident occurred. President Roosevelt met with New York bankers and Jesse Jones to discuss plans for a federal bank or corporation to loosen deposits at closed banks. A plan was expected to be announced next week.
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Conway
Ark
Artie Cotham
C.T. Cotham
Hot Springs
Cotham
University of Arkansas
Little Rock
Washington
Roosevelt
New York
Jesse Jones
Benconstenetion Corporation
Men Break Jail on Eve of Trial in Walnut Ridge
Four prisoners awaiting trial on burglary and grand larceny charges escaped Walnut Ridge Arkansas county jail after midnight Saturday morning. The fugitives are Willard King Russell Willmouth Archie Hommell and Everett Croon they opened a repaired floor opening and used an improvised key to reach the ground floor door.
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Walnut Ridge
Ark
Willard King
Russell Willmouth
Archie Hommell
Everett Croon
Refining Worker Hurt at Waterloo Refinery
Prescott Ark August report states Walter Townsend of Berry Asphalt was seriously burned when a broken gasket sprayed hot asphalt over his face hands and body at the Waterloo refinery. Townsend was taken to Cora Donnell hospital for treatment with injuries described as painful but not expected to be permanent and confinement anticipated for several days.
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Prescott
Ark
Walter Townsend
Berry Asphalt Company
Waterloo
Townsend
Cora Donnell Hospital
State Monogly For Liquor Is Advocated
Publicized today is a portion of a Rockefeller sponsored study by Raymond B. Fusdich and Albert L. Scott proposing a state liquor monopoly for off premises sale. It outlines creating a State Alcohol Control Authority to manage a public monopoly, contrasting it with licenses and arguing societal interest. Continued on Page Three.
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John D. Rockefeller
Raymond B. Fusdich
Albert L. Scott
Seven men killed in gasoline launch blast at plant
Bayonne authorities reported seven men killed and several missing after a gasoline launch exploded at Standard Oil's Lower Hook plant. The fire spread to two piers and four oil lighters and nearly ignited three tankers and a cargo ship.
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Bayonne
N. Y
Standard Oil Company
Lower Hook
Prisoner in Fraud May Be Claimed by Federal Agent
Andrew Panco alias Howard Adams arrested in Texarkana for stolen travelers cheques and bank fraud. A federal agent pursued tracing to a North Arkansas bank robbery. Panco resisted jail search, was injured, and taken to a doctor. Over $600 in cash and over $100 in travelers cheques found on him. 8 year old Helen Mayhew identified him, saying he married her sister and lived in Dallas, later moved to Hot Springs. Victims were the First National Bank and Citizens National Bank. losses were made good. Local officers pursued leads via Harley Service Station in Texarkana.
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Andrew Panco
Howard Adams
Federal Department of Justice
Hope
Oklahoma City
North Arkansas
Pance
Clarence Baker
Panco
Helen May
Hew
South Spruce Street
Texarkana
Dallas
Hot Springs
Tom Fisher
First National Bank
Paneo
Citizens Bank
Ched Hall
First National
Harley
Vexarkuna
Citizens National Bank
Hall
Mrs Bateman 52 Buried Saturday in Providence Community
Mrs Maggie Bateman died at her home Friday night at age 52 after months of illness. Funeral and burial were at Rocky Mound Saturday afternoon led by Rev Wallace R Rogers of Hone Kirst Baptist church. She left a husband five sons three daughters one brother and her mother. Born in Indiana she moved to Hempstead County eighteen years ago settling in Providence community.
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Maggie Bateman
Providence
Hope
Hempestead County
Hike in Insurance Is Said to Panic Losses
Roy Anderson, a Hope Arkansas fire insurance agent, told Kiwanis members that rising fire insurance rates reflect years of large losses in all classes. He cited lack of building codes and water lines, noted per capita losses nationwide and in Hope, and warned most fires are preventable. He recalled a 1926 Newport fire and said Arkansas premiums cover dwelling risks have topped nine million dollars over six years, with total losses near 11.5 million dollars. Delegates to the Kiwanis tri state district plan Hutchinson Kansas travel.
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Arkansas
Roy Anderson
Kiwanis Club
Wateer
Mr. Anderson
Kiwanians
Anderson
United States
Hope
East Second Street
Holland
Switzerland
Germany
Newport
Tra Halliburton
Rebels Retreat in Siamese Battle Near Bangkok
Heavy fighting rages on the outskirts of Bangkok as government artillery shells the rebel advance after their Thursday seizure of the royal swardrome. Rebels retreat with heavy casualties while the capital remains quiet.
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Bangkok
Siam
Italian Bluebeard Is Put to Death
Cesare Serviatti, 47, dubbed the Italian Bluebeard, was killed by a back shot after a July 7 conviction on 11 counts in the Court of Assizes tied to the disappearances and deaths of three women. Beatrice Margarucci, a Long Branch native, was among his victims. he murdered her in 1930, dismembered the body, and cast parts into the Tiber. Police recovered grisly relics. one other victim, Pauline Goriotti, was identified from suitcases found in Naples and Rome. Serviatti confessed to the killings and claimed a lovers quarrel motive but prosecutors pressed theft as the motive. The report closes with a note on East Indian natives’ keen sense of smell distinguishing European footprints from those of their own people.
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Spezia
Haly
Cesare Serviatti
Italy
Court of Assizes
Beatrice Margarucci
Franklin Avenue
Long Branch
N. 2
Tiber
Rome
Pasqua Bartulini
Serviatti
Nuly
Naples
Pauline Goriotti
Servgiatii
Bluebeard
Paulina
Roosevelt says education and peace key to world stability
President Roosevelt, in New York at the Women’s Conference on Current Problems, urges constant education and peacemaking to align nations with anti imperialist aims. He touts reducing local government costs via business practices, and asserts the United States opposes expansion and war while stressing improved teaching quality nationwide.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York
Oval Room
White House
United States of America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
Hope Schools Reopen After Finances Resolved
The Hope public school system will reopen Monday with white and colored elementary schools ready. Federal aid to unemployed rural teachers and a $15,000 Hope city grant keep the high school free, preventing tuition. Delinquent taxes and reduced assessments had delayed revenues, but officials hope local payments will sustain operations through the year.
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Hope
Bery Henry
Miss Henry
Hope Special
Brookwood
Paisley
Main Street
Breakwood
Paisley School
Oglesby
Markets Hope Cotton Exchange Markets Hope Cotton Exchange New York
Market report shows New York cotton opening at 9.33 and closing 9.34 with a 1 point decline from prior close. New Orleans cotton trades around 9.20 with March delivery at 9.22 and 9.45 in some quotes. Chicago grain notes May wheat and corn quotes with mixed movements. Closing stock quotations list several major companies with varied prices.
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New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Chrysler ii
General Motors
Misouri Pacific Sorong Vacuum
Standard
N. J. LU
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N. J
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Kiwanis
U. S
Hope Cotton Exchange
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