Election Board Holds Meeting In This City Monday
Hempstead County Election Board met Monday to list judges and clerks for the General election on Tuesday November 4. The board chaired by W. M. Brummett J. Q Johnson and D. B. Thompson released names for wards and precincts across Hope and surrounding areas including Ward 4 Hope Ward 1 2 and 3 Ward Idges Stephenson School House and numerous rural stations with multiple judges and clerks per location.
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Election Board of
Hempstead County
W. M. Brummett
J. Q.,johnson
D. B. Thompson
Ward 4
Hopew Dudges
Louis Breed
Hope
Lex Wolff
Webly Liscler Sr
Ira Halliburton
John Martin
C. Cook Hope
George Schooley
J. X. Briggs
M.H. Miller
F Hunt
Hapa
Shower Springs
J.B. Beck
Kyrth
Arthur M
George Crews
Earl Ross
Ward
Floyd Port
Erfield
Jog Rider
L. A. Carlson
Cecil Weaver
J. A. Davis
Pat Duffie
Charlie Harrell
W. HH. Sissell
Tulley Henry
C. I
Bustin Quillen
Paltmies
Dave Pickenson
Fulton
Ett Orten
N. Roberts
Ben Wilson
Pilton
G. G. Palmer
McNabb
Chester Sugus
McCaskilh
BE McCaskill
Mloy
Belton
D. P. Pickett
C. A. Daniel
Daniel
Owen Harris
Belen
We. Davis
Bingen
Judy J
Mark Jackson
Burett Ron
Rene Bingen
Novewood
Lex Cling
Will C
Griffin
Washington
Calhoun
N.W. Neal
Lee Hicks
Newton Rosenbaum
Birdls
John Porterfield
Geo
Wiley
Fippe
Renue
Rtoy Franis
Josh Albright
Noland Houstan
Elmner Jiaies
Patmos
T. Rider
Rider
Penn Davis
L. DB. Strider
Claude Hollis
Springhill
EJ. Brint
Jerry Urner
Joe Parterficks
Clarks
Prank Tit
Allerdohisan
Haye
Patefield
Gus Smith
TL E. Reid
Rowely H.W. Springs
B. E. Smith
Elbert Tarpley
Tokio
Sam Muddleston
Tokiun
W. &. Nance
Barrett Woods
R. A. Sanford
Lokio
Will Porterfield
Jolio
Wallacebury
Robert Tayist
Blevins
Tom Shackleford
Thomas Bailey
Willie
Jockey Edward Garrison Dies at 62 in Brooklyn Hospital
Edward A H Snapper Garrison famed for the Garrison Finish died today at Swedish Hospital Brooklyn at age 62 after a brief illness. A noted figure in racing art history. The news mentions his lasting influence on the sport and racing circles.
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New York
Edward AH
Snapper) Garrison
Swedish Hospital
Brooklyn
Ah Short Hines
North Arkansas Methodists Set 1949 Conference in Helena
Methodist delegates representing 150000 church members plan to gather in Helena November 1949 hosted by Rev. H K Morehead. Bishop H M Dobbs will preside with cabinet of elders and 12 district ministers. conference aims to review the year, plan the coming year, and assign pastors to tasks with a projected budget near 1000000.
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Conway
F. M. Touleson
Fayetteville
H. L. Wade
Fort Smith
F. R. Hamilton
Helena
J. A Anderson
Jonesboro
Hey
EBT
Wayland
Paragould
W.C. House
Searcy
North Arkansas Conference
Marehead
Wisconsin Will Vote on Governor's Veto Power
Wisconsin voters will decide in the November election whether the governor can veto items within appropriation bills rather than the entire bill. The constitutional change, sponsored by Senator Thomas M. Duncan, would allow line item veto of appropriations and has passed two legislatures.
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Madison
Wis
Del
Wisconsin
Thomas M. Duncan
Milwattle
Duncan
Longer Women's Skirts Cut Cigarette Smoking
London reports that longer skirts reduce women’s cigarette use and promote discreet smoking. A tobacco maker notes falling sales to women since hemlines lengthened, while a psychologist suggests smoking helps women gain confidence and mask nervousness.
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London
Merchant Planted 26000 Fruit Trees in Lifetime
Murphysboro Illinois October 28 Henry Borgsmiller a wholesale merchant has planted 20000 fruit trees in his lifetime and plans to plant more as a nest egg for his support He tried to raise fruit on a small farm without success then bought land and planted peach apple and pear trees to expand his orchard venture.
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Murphysborq
Henry Borgsmiller
Suis
Chester Hospital Seeks Public Aid to Avoid Closure
Chester Hospital warns it faces critical financial strain from charity cases and unpaid appropriations. Mrs. Roy Anderson says the county judge has not remitted a 1200 dollar allocation, while the hospital covers about 700 dollars monthly in excess costs and has cared for 1900 dollars in charity work this year. Two charity patients, an typhoid fever case and an infantile paralysis case, plus a needy family, highlight urgent needs as Hope doctors are thanked for service but regular physicians are urged to match charity efforts.
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Julian Chester Hostital
Roy Anderson
United Charities
Julia Chester Hospital
Anderson
Hope
Anderson Si
Lewisville Youth Injured in Hunting Accident
Thaymond Gala, 12 year old son of Mr and Mrs K Lain of Lewisville, was brought to Josephine Hospital after a shotgun discharge struck his right arm while he and other boys hunted Monday afternoon. The injury is painful but not considered dangerous by the attending physician.
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Thaymond Gala
Folly Said to Teach Shakespeare to Most Students
Concord New Hampshire October 28 Professor Robert B Rogers of MIT argues teaching Shakespeare to most students is folly He cites plays in a language they cannot understand and ideas that do not match present age beliefs He offered a "Be a Snob" counsel to college boys in a recent speech
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Concord
N. H
Robert &. Rogers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bishop Cannon Enters Hospital For Rest
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South is a patient at a local hospital to rest after weeks of exertion. The item notes a large-scale survey covering over 700000 square miles of mountains and desert to determine the course of the Los Angeles Colorado River aged et.
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Washington
Get
James Cannon, Jr
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Los Angeles
Honor Roll Pupils at Magnolia Named
Magnolia A and M college announces honor roll for the first six weeks. College sophomores include Toi McGee Bradley Harmon Cox Mt Holy Hail Clayton Magnolia Annie Hayes Waldo Richard Ressi Lufkin Hazel Owen Carmen Pugh McCrory Louise Parkinson Ridye Bussey Jimmie Justis Bearcon Solwyn Husted Pittsboro Ind. College freshmen include Walter Ainsworth Camden Minnie Brock Delit Willard Brazell McNeil Cecil Fowler Wickes Ernest Graham Magnolia Mildred Hopson Foreman Elys Higgason Idabel Zilpha Keith Hope Harold O Keefe Rosston Rex Puckett Annona Fred Sullivan Wickes Daisy Sullivan Wickes Edward Smith Wickes Minor Wells El Dorado Marion Wilson Hope Upper Ten students Jewel Alcorn Magnolia Nora Gordon Patmos Glen Hairston DeQueeen Millan Lambert Loefes Iuigh Gola Munt Magnolia Alvis Higginbotham Magnolia George B Alcorn Magnolia Artis Lan Hath Parlow Magnolia Aaron Foster Patinos Pet Coker Bradley
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Magnolia A. & M. College
Toi McGee
Bradley
Harmon Cox
Mt. Holy
Hail Clayton
Magnolia
Annie Hayes
Waldo
Richard Ressi
Lufkin
Texas
Hazel Owen
Carmen Pugh
McCrory
Louise Parkinson
Ridye Bussey
Jimmie Justics
Bearcon
Solwyn Husted
Pittsboro
Ind
Walter Ainsworth
Camden
Minnie C. Brock
Delight
Willard Brazell
McNeil
Cecil Fowler
Wickes
Ernest Graham
Mildred Hopson
Foreman
Elys Higgason
Idabel
Okla
Zilpha Keith Hope
Harold O'Keefe
Rosston
Rex Puckett
Annona
Fred Sullivan
Daisy Sullivan
Edward Smith
Minor Wells
el Dorado
Marion Wilson
Hope
Fortune in Walnut Logs Found in Drift Wood
In Murphysboro on October 11 28 a storm blizzard forty years earlier sank a raft of walnut logs in the Big Muddy river near town. A gang of logmen saw driftwood and uncovered a raft with about 76000 feet of walnut logs. The owner a Cairo timberman started the raft down river forty years ago. Logs saved and well preserved at recovery.
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Murphysboro
Big Muddy
Here
Condition of Fred Fuller Is Reported Unchanged
A Dallas physician reports Fred Fuller, a local man injured days ago, remains in serious condition with agents living near Bodean called to his bedside several days earlier.
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Fred Fuller
Dallas
Texas
de. G. E Cannon
Bodean
Pinched Waiting For Date In Buffalo Vagrancy Charge
A man identified as Lorthario was held for vagrancy after standing on a Buffalo street corner for nearly two hours waiting for a date. Arthur Kasper, 21, was released after explaining he waited for his girl, while another man, Juda Harry B. Lanson, was reportedly arrested and would have waited four hours.
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Buffalo
Arthur Kasper
City Court
Harry B. Lanson
Four Hurt in Heading Plant Boiler Explosion
Four men, two white and two Black, were burned in a boiler explosion at the Hope Heading Plant. Injured were manager George Meehan, superintendent Lee Hetzler, Arthur Williams, and Sam Nelson. Nelson was the most seriously burned. All were taken to Dull Chester hospital with burns to hands faces and eyes. Explosion blamed on a leaky flue in a water tube boiler.
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Hope
George S&s. Meehan
Lee Hetzler
Arthur Williams
Sam Nelson
Negro Nelson
Dulla Chester Hospital
Hetzler
Falls From Truck Leave Trumann Man Dead
TRUMANN Oct 23 Carl Herd 22 of Trumann was fatally injured Monday night when he fell from a cottonseed truck two miles south of Tyronza and was run over. Dr McRaine of Tyronza treated him but he died en route to a Jonesboro hospital. Driver Fred Stajeey of Trumann. Herd’s sister Mia B Fawlkner of Trumann survives.
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Trumann
Carl Herd
Tyronza
McRaine
Jonesboro
Fred Stajeey
Mermphis
Herd
Mia B, Fawlkner
Ashdown Fire Destroys Two-Story Brick Building
Ashdown October 28. A two story brick building housing D Johnson Grocery and the Ashdown Arkansas National Guard unit was destroyed by a blaze discovered shortly before midnight. Texarkana fire engine helped control the fire. loss is estimated at 15000 with insurance partially covering damage. Rifle and equipment losses were possible for the guard unit. the second floor had housed the armory for seven years.
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Ashdown
D. Johnson Grocery Company
Arkansas National Guard
Texarkana
Soo
Johnson
Prison Term Given In Clinton Prison Robbery Case
Mason, 23, of El Paso, was sentenced to seven and a half to 15 years in Clinton prison Dannemora after being convicted here of robbing and assaulting James Giliore during a ten cent theft attempt.
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Albany
Mason
el Paso
Clinton
Dannemora
James Giliore
Editor 80 Years Old Leads Racine Newspaper Desk
RACINE Wis UPle Matt Myrup aged 40 serves as dean of Racine's paper inet. Though editor for 65 years he arrives first at the office in the morning and leaves late in the evening.
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Racine, Wis
Uple
Matt Myrup
Racine
Inet
Berry
Two Edits for One Star Newspaper Heads Clash on Amendments
The Star’s owners split editorially as C Palmer and Alex H Washburn disagree on upcoming referenda to be voted on next Tuesday November 4. Washburn will publish an editorial opposing all amendments while Palmer plans a counter piece supporting some and opposing others.
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THE
STAR
C. &. Palmer
Alex. H. Washburn
the Star
Washburn
Palmer
Van Jones Named Toastmaster for Hempstead Banquet
Van Jones of Fulton president of the County 4 H Club Council and twice county champion cotton grower will act as toastmaster at the agricultural banquet at Hotel Barlow Friday Oct 31 to honor Hempstead county champions. Jones attends Magnolia A M College and will preside over a program limited to four Hempstead residents. Tickets are selling fast with reservations urged at the hotel or through consigents. The event ends by 9 30 p m and aims to welcome attendees from up to 35 miles away.
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van Jones
Fulton
County 4-H Club
Eld
Barlow
Hempstead
Young Jones
Magnolia A
M. College
Toustamster
Hope
Hempstead County
Former Hope Man Kendall Dies in Colorado
R W Dick Kendall brother of Charley Kendall of Hope died yesterday at the Union Printer's Home in Colorado Springs of heart trouble at about 60. He was reared in Hope and trained in the printer trade at the old Hope Gazette office under Claude McCorkle. Kendall served in government printing, later worked in the Philippines and on various newspapers as a finotype operator, and had been in Oklahoma before moving to Colorado. He apprenticed with Bohaner Bridewell and Lee Giles among others. The community remembers him fondly as a longtime printer.
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R. W
Dick) Kendall
Charley Kendall
Hope
Union Printer's Home
Colorado Springs
Colo
Claude McCorkle
Old Hope Gazette
Government Printing Service
Goverment Printing Office
Washington
Phillipines
Colorado
Oklahoma
Hope “Azette
Boh “Aner
Robert Bridewell
Lee Giles
Louw McCorkle
Dick Kendall
Mel, McCorkle
Crippled Wild Goose Caught in Hot Springs
In Hot Springs Oct 28 a single wild goose struck by a low flight landed on a pavement. Tom Sanders of 904 Hobson Avenue, employed by John Cook, drayage contractor, captured the bird with a broken wing. Sanders considers whether to serve it at next Sunday’s dinner or keep it as a pet or decoy.
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Hot Springs
Tom Sanders
Hobson Avenue
Sanders
John Cook
Northern California Hears of Our Melons
Hempstead county watermelons gain notice in Oakland based Safe-Way Stores house organ One Anime. A photograph and story featuring the 1830 watermelons reach Hope Chamber of Commerce in northern California.
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Hempstead County
California
Safe-Way Stores Company
Oakland
Cal
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Local Merchants To Meet Tonight In Hope
Hope Retail Merchants association to hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 15 PM on Thursday at city hall. Attendees include managers from post office highway department city hall telephone company and railroads. County Agent Lynn Smith will discuss the farm outlook in the county.
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Hope
Post Office
Highway Department
Telephone Company
Hope Retail Merchants Association
O’cloer
J. C. Carson
Lynn Smith
Miner Crumpton Found Dead on Railroad Tracks
The body of John A. Crumpton 18 a miner from Shady Point Oklahoma was found on Kansas City Southern tracks near Fort Smith shortly before 4 Monday morning. He appears to have been struck by a southbound freight and his head is severely mangled. The body was severely injured and both legs were severed for burial in Hartford. Survived by his mother hospitalized in Hartford two brothers Bert and Oscar Crumpton and two half sisters Mrs Joan Salspa and Miss Hazel Crumpton.
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Fort Smith
John A. Crumpton
Shady Point
Olla
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Hartford
Crumpton
Bert
Oscar Crumpton
Joan Sallpa
Hazel Crumpton
Blytheville Theatre Men Fined For Sunday Labor
Blytheville city court fined C. O. McCutchen and Tom Brown for laboring on Sunday at the Ritz theatre. Both paid $1 fines after a second Sunday showing led to arrests. the city attorney said the two performances could not be separate offenses.
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Blytheville
C. O. McCutchen
Tom Brown
Ritz Theatre
City Court
Rescuers Fight Gas Fumes After Mine Blast Near McAlester
In McAlester Oklahoma October 28 a deadly gas explosion at the Wheatley Coal mine sent 29 men to the shaft with nine survivors. Rescue teams recovered four bodies from the sixteenth level as efforts continued to reach remaining victims. Air pumped into the mine and cloth curtains were used to try to clear the air, but officials said workers faced heavy blocks at the main shaft making further access unlikely.
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Mcalester
Okla
Wheatley N
John
Mirishi
Jewelry Robbery on Times Square Stores Nets $200000
In New York on October 28 two men posing as telegraph messengers entered H Rosenthal & Son store at 1637 Broadway before opening. They forced the watchman, frightened the manager into revealing the safe combination, opened the safe and escaped with trays of gems valued at $200,000.
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New York
Rosenthal
H. Rosenthal & Son
Broadway
Fugitive Caught After Two Years
BLYTHEVILLE OCT 28 After eluding authorities for two years Maiquel Abrams 48 year old former Blytheville merchant was arrested at Corona California Saturday on charge of concealing 12000 in merchandise and cash when he filed a bankruptcy petition in federal court He operated a dry goods store here for two years and was indicted by the Federal Grand Jury at Little Rock in 1928 following his disappearance United States Department of Justice agents had trailed him for two years and six months they found him in the San Gabriel Valley foothill town 60 miles east of Los Angeles where he was captured before being taken to Little Rock for trial.
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Blytheville
Maiquel Abrams
Corona
Calif
Little Rock
Abrams
Lint Rock
United States Departtant of Justice
San Gabriel Valley
Los Angeles
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Coe
Lewisville
Bishop Cannon
Maury Rosenthal
Walker
Fort Worth
Tex
Lorthario Pinched
Hope Papers
City Hall
Blytheville Theatre
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