Hope Area Social Notes and Visits Across States
Miss Thelma King visits sister in Noxatkana. Mrs EP Hamilton returns from Rogers state meeting. W Q Warren spouses with Clyde Yarbrough in Shreveport. Mrs Foster visits with sister Wyatt Langford en route to Shreveport. Miss Severance from Durant attends aunt J T Weel. Miss Rosalie Hamman visits Stephens. Bertha Turner McRae hosts Hatlayeon party with Geri Van Sickle and Virginia Onstead. Friday Music Club's Orpheus arrives in Madrid with Spanish themed program. 17-member Choral Club rehearses and socializes. Home folks host Mary Willingsley weekend in Lewisville. Idabel weekend guests include Ruby Jack and Lennie Sullivan. DeBoe from North Little Rock visits Hope with Ralph Buckman. Henderson Arkansas Tech game attendance in Arkadelphia lists multiple Hope residents.
Prescott Defeats Gurdon 13 to 0 in Arkansas clash
Prescott Curly Wolves beat Gurdon Go-Devils 13 to 0 at Prescott. Scoreless first half gave way to a lively second half after Benton Purdue entered. Prescott prepares to host Louann Lions next week after a rescheduled game with Arkadelphia.
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Prescott
Ark
Prescott Curly Wolves
Gurdon Go-Devils
Wolves
Benton Purdue
Louann Lions
Arkadelphia
Lavann
Herndon Elected Hope High School Student Council President
Rufus Herndon son of Mr and Mrs RV Herndon was elected president of Hope High School student council this week. He won by a small majority in a heated contest against Jak Turner and Hendrix Spraggins. He is the second president of the two year old organization, succeeding Dillard Breeding. Two representatives from each home room will form the council, which meets weekly to improve student faculty contact, settle questions, and promote athletics.
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Rufus Herndon
RV. Herndon
Hope High School
Herndon
Jak Turner
Hendrix Spraggins
Dillard Breeding
Pola Negri Arrives in New York From Europe
Film star Pola Negri lands in New York from Europe amid reports of engagement to Harold M. McCoarmick of Chicago. She dismisses the romance as a mere friendship and appears on stage here to perform as shown by the footlights.
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Bur Pola Negri
New York
Europe
Flarold KF. McCoarmick
Chiengu
Ralph D. Blumenfeld
London
Exprean Eave
Elilp
Senate Banking Committee Probes Chase National Bank
The Senate Banking Committee opened its divestment inquiry into Chase National Bank of New York. Former head Alvert J. Wiggin, retired last year with a $100,000-a-year pension, is cited. Wiggin allegedly drew over $500,000 in salary and bonuses since 1914, a period when the bank faced losses.
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Senate
New York
Chase National Bank
Alvert J. Wiggin
Hite
Wiggin
Bids Sought on Three Arkansas Highways Projects
The Arkansas State Highway Commission will receive bids on October 31 for three projects. Job 5149 covers one mile of grading drainage structures and concrete pavement on the Lake City Bridge approaches Highway 18 Craighead County. Job 7179 plans 3.8 miles of grading drainage structures and gravel base on Garfield Gateway Road Highway 62 Benton County. Job 2158 includes 12 miles of grading drainage structures and about three miles of concrete pavement on the Grady Gould Road Highway 65 Lincoln County.
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Little Rock
State Highway Commission
Lake City Bridge
Highway 18
Craighead County
Garfield Gateway
Benton County
Grady-Gould Road
Lincoln County
Six Arrested in Hempstead County Liquor Raids
Six men were arrested and three sought after a weeklong drive against whisky stills in Hempstead county. Seven stills seized and over 4,400 gallons of mash destroyed by Deputy Sheriff Allen Shipp and Prohibition officer Earl May. About 20 gallons of liquor recovered. some operators fled hours before raids. Three brothers Allen, Thomas and Ruby Burns among those arrested. others described as negroes.
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Hempstead
Allen Shipp
Earl May
Allen
Thomas
Ruby Burns
Aldrich Reveals Firing of Wiggin
Washington reports Aldrich, new head of Chase National Bank, told the Senate Banking Committee that the bank’s current management rejects affiliates trading Chase stock. Evidence showed Wiggin’s firms profited while bank affiliates engaged in stock pool operations, prompting scrutiny of the bank’s securities operations.
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Washington
Albert H. Wiggin
Chase National Bank
Senate Banking Committee
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Financial House
Aldrich
Chase
Wiggin
Ferdinand Pecora
Chase Securities Corporation
Metporan Securities Corporation
Shermar
Murlyn
Clingston
Bank profits in 1928 32 cited by Pecora and Aldrich
Pecora presented figures showing personal corporations of Wiggin and others making large profits from bank stock trades between 1928 and 1932. Shermar Corp earned 5.59 million, Murlyn 386 thousand, Clingston Co 4.45 million, with Wiggin’s firms earning over ten million, while Chase Securities yielded about 156 thousand. Aldrich insisted the bank itself opposes affiliate trading in bank stock and that the market will not be artificial.
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Pecora
Shermar Corporation
Murlyn Corporation
Clingston Ci
Tnc
Aldrich
Metporan Corporation
Chase Stock
Chase
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Chase Bank
Wiggin
Chase Securities Corp
Oration
Peora
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Henry Humhy
God
Gort
Thelma King
Mes
Anwald Lawrence
Lawrence Fia Noxatkana
EP. Hamilton
Mrs. Brooks Munsilton
Russellville
Rebekal Assembly
Rogers, Ark
Mrs. W. Q. Warren
Clyde Yarbrough
Shreveport
C. B. Foster
W. Y. Foster
Mevin Severance
Durant
Kia
J.T. Weel
Billy Duckett
Brice McRae
William Glover
Malvern
Fayetteville
Bertha Turner McRae
Abbie Hutchens
Geridine van Sickle
Virginia Onstead
W. J. Muteheny
East Division Street
Fortune Teller
Hutchens
Betty
B. L. Sutton
Edna Franklin
Tempie Fav
Alice Kate Hutson
Lucille Hutson
Regina Basye
Clyt Verne Agee
Can Lemley
Patricia Dufle
Carlene Bruener
Angie Lee Smith
Annlee Ride
Messia
God, Martin
Victor Kolth
Jimmie Parker
Elbert May
Charies Briant
John Wilson
Mae Turner
Jeasie Bearden
Norma Joe Channey
Orpheus
Madrid
Spain
B.C. Wyatt
South Harvey Street
Mas
Alc. Roth
EB. S. Richards
Edwin Stewart
Misa Harriett Story
R. M. LaGrone
C. C. McNeill
Solomon Levi
Carlton Drrecting
Missy Mary Willingsley
Lewisville Public School
A. K. Holloway
Mary Cornelia
J. R. Mouser
Roy
Fred
Ruby Jack
Lennie Belle Sullivan
Idabel, Okla
G. W. Bumpurs
Gunily and
Myr
Carlos Bumpurs
Mrs. Cliffors
DeBoe
North Little Rock
Hope
M DeBoe
Dorothy Nutt
Ralph J. Buckman
Cathrine Whitson
Gray Corrigan
Luther Smith
Henderson-Arkansas Tech
Chas
Donna Gibson
Ardell Moses
Wallace Cook
Mary Powell
Leonard Ellis
Lois Tones
Dick Conner
Saenger
Boris Korloff
John Wayne and
Duke
Gurdon
Purdue
Judge Erwitt Halsted
Chicago
Stark Drag
Wellh
Spencer Tracy
Colleen Moore
Ralph Morgan
Helen Vinson
Liberty
Power & Glory” At, Saenger Sun-Man
Helen Vinge
Midnight Club
Spencer Triey
the Saenger
Hallowe'en
Wes
Elson Huckins
Dorothy Gish
Miss Clair
Billings
Tom Mooney
Warren KK
Diings
Mooney
Cali
America
Mortis Lewis
Lewis
Prescott-Emmet
Limerock Road
Peoure
Whegin
City of
More
Athansas
Natorium Corporation
Citizens of
City OF Hope
Arkansas
Hope ‘Natatorium Corporation
County of
Ome
Hope Natatorium Corporation
Arkanana
Clerk of
Ruff Boyety
Attoch
Billingsley City
John S. Gibson Drug Company
Rexall
Wailer and Light Plant
Hope Water & Light Plant
Mrs. R. T. Briant
Miss Lillie Middlebrooks
Hope Floral Company
South Main
Eleventh Street
Hope Star Carrier Boys
Hope Star
Star Publishing Company
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