Governor Long Answers Ouster Suit By Cyr
Governor Long pleaded lack of jurisdiction and proper cause in response to Paul N Cyr’s suit to oust him from the governorship. The answer, filed in Shreveport by six attorneys, also includes an estoppel claim. The case proceeds on the regular court calendar with no date set, Cyr originally filed as lieutenant governor. Long stated Cyr’s suit vacated his office and recognized Alvin O King as lieutenant governor. King received the salary of lieutenant governor on a ruling by the attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Long
Paul N. Cyr
District Court
Cyr
Alvin O. King
Senate
King
Kiwanis District Governor lauds Hope club visit
John P. Davidson Mo.Kant Ark district governor praised the Hope Kiwanis Club for steady work during tough months. He attended with Bill Lake and spoke at Capital Hotel, noting Hope's strong educational gains and rising civic morale as the club boosts attendance and Boy Scout support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Davidson
Kant Ark
Hope Club
Capital Hotel
I. X. Strassnex
Bill Lake
Hoty Springs
Mr. Davidson
Hope
Hope Kiwinis
Kiwanis Club
Strassner
Kiwanis
Joe Floyd
FP. W. Pickell
J. L. Green
A. F. Weaver
H. Stripling
George Keith
Claude Taylor
Arthur Erwin
Mex
J. C. Carlton
Baldwin Declines to Seek Government Leadership
London report states Prime Minister Baldwin, leader of the Conservative Party with 472 of 615 House of Commons seats, will not attempt to form a government. The plan envisions a cabinet with around 12 Conservative ministers, reflecting a modest share despite overwhelming strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stanley Baldwin
Baldwit
Eloutiant
Hope Defeated By Texarkana Eleven
The Hope Bobcats lost 25 to 0 at Texarkana in the Arkansas Hi Razorbacks game. Garland Young scored a 12 yard TD on a pass from Neal in the second quarter, and a late game ruling kept Hope from contesting a 5 yard penalty as Texarkana stretched its lead to three yards for a late score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Bobcats
Arkansas Hi Razorbanks
Texarkana
Bobcats
Parkers
Razorbacks
Garland Young
Neal
Jardlevi Fimble
Sissell
Hope
Doodson
Texarkana Junior College
Strayhorn
Nelson-Huckins to Observe Birthday Event in Hope
Nelson-Huckins Laundry marks its first anniversary with a public party on Monday at the Grand theater building offices on Main street. Visitors registering receive 10 cents laundry credit and favors. David Nelson offers a $4 cash prize to the women's church society with the largest registration Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson-Huckins Laundry Company
Hope
Grand Theater
Main Street
David Nelson
Women's Church
Camden Completes Dominant 41 0 Win Over Malvern
Friday high school football highlighted Camden’s 41 point win over Malvern as 32 points poured in by halftime at their field. Prescott fell 26 0 to Gurdon with three starters sidelined by early season injuries. Hot Springs shut out Arkadelphia 26 0. Conway and Searcy also met with results as reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Malvern
Panthers
Camden’ield
Prescott
Curley Wolves
Gurdon
Wolves
Hot Springs
Arkadelphia
Conway
Searcy
Body of Woman Found In River
Police recovered the body of a fully clothed woman from the East River on Saturday. The body weighed down by an iron bar and a wire around the neck prompted initial murder theories, later considered possible self-inflicted death pending autopsy results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
East River
Indicaona
Lewisville Men Placed Under Bond In Bank Robbery
Gyp Barton, Garland Guy fling station operator, and J. P. Grantham Lewisville barber were bonded at 2000 and 1000 after arraignment before Peace Justice Bray on charges of complicity in the 5000 First National Bank of Lewisville robbery. They face an examining trial Thursday as prosecutors seek to prove they rode in a car that picked up the bandits after abandoning their vehicle six miles south. Investigators report conflicting clues and Texarkana officers naming two men tied to the robbery amid ongoing mystery of the other three bandits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisville
Gyp Barton
Garland Guy
J. P. Grantham
C. ¥. Bray
First’ National Bank of
Millard Alford
Here
Texarkana
Seven Men Held To Federal Jury
Federal prohibition agents and deputies from three counties moved on Texarkana Friday with prisoners in racks, holding seven men for the November term of Arkansas federal court while dismissing two and postponing one hearing to Saturday. Five defendants hailed from Hempstead and four from Nevada counties amid raids that led to bail and bond decisions for several suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Mquorrades
Arkansas Federal Court
Hempstead County
Nevada County
Guy Harvey
Miller County
United States
J. Warren Stevens
Irvin Burns
Lee Ratliffe
Hampstead County
Allen Brown
J. W. Brown
Andrew Smith
Red Lake
Allen Shipp
Hempstead
Newt Daniels
Wilson
John Pruitt
Sebe Goodwin
Lillard Billingsly
Trade Visitors Visit Hope Printing Firms Friday
Newspaper and printing shop visitors in Hope Friday included A. B. Skeet McCorkie visiting his brother Hd McCorkle of the Arkansas Printing and Stationery Co. A. E. Elliot of the Mergenthaler Linotype Royalty and Joe King of the Western Necsaper Union visited The Stu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
A. B
Skeet) McCorkie
Hd McCorkle
The
Arkansas Printing & Stationery Co
A. E. Elliot
Mergenthaley Linotype Rayalry
Ord Joe King
Western Nescaper Union
Stu
Buncombe grand jury urges action against bank officials
In Asheville Buncombe county the grand jury on Saturday recommended the infliction of John Mitchell former chief State Bank Examiner and members of the North Carolina Corporation Commission for alleged violations of state banking laws. In New York Magistrate Gotlieb ruled an atheists gathering a religious meeting and freed Charles Smith with a suspended sentence for holding a meeting without a permit. In El Dorado Erickson field worker accused of planting a bomb to kill his former sweetheart at Smackover must face the Union county grand jury on charges of assault with intent to murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
Buncombe County Grand Jury
John Mitchell
State Bank
North Carolina Corporation Commission
New York
Maurice Gotlieb
Charles Smith
American Society For the Advancement of Athelum
Flashy Spending Betrays Robbers in Alabama Capture
Two escaped Maryland prisoners William Gambrill and Frank Campbell were arrested in a Birmingham downtown hotel after bold spending drew police attention. They admitted the Maryland robbery and larceny escape from Easton jail by digging under a wall. Police recovered 3500 in mostly small bills and from the loot. They said the rest was spent in the past two days before capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Easton Maryland
Abesob & Ar
William Gambrill
Frank Campbell
Maryland
Gambrill
Campbell
Easton
Baltimore
Bristol
Engineer Injured in Wreck Friday at Wister Oklahoma
Engineer C. W. Coulter was slightly injured when the westbound Memphis to California Rock Island Special derailed after striking an open switch in Wister Oklahoma. Several cars and an engine derailed but no passengers were hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wister, Oklah
C. W. Coulter
Memphis
California
Rock Island
Practice for Legion Game Starts Monday
Practice for the American Legion football game between Hope and Prescott begins next Monday night at 7:30 at the high school. Court ney White will train the Hope team and all players are urged to meet at the schoolhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fravlce
American Legion
Hope
Prescott
W. B. Smith
Legin
Courtney White
Tourists Injured When Auto Strikes a Cow Near Arkadelphia
Three women and a man from Riverside and Bridgeport Connecticut were injured Friday when their car hit a cow and overturned into a ditch near Arkadelphia. They were taken to a hospital. full injuries to be assessed after X rays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkadelphia
Ark—(P
Connecticut
Alice Newton
Margaret Newton
Patte
Riverside
Deniel Buckley
Bridgeport
Audit Body Is Not Prohibited From Entering Campaign
LITTLE ROCK The highway audit act’s pledge requirement for Audit Commission members to not seek office in 1922 is ineffective because the emergency clause makes the act take effect January 2. Attorney General says the general act is constitutional and valid though the emergency clause doesn’t meet the Jumper vs. McCollum standard. The delay won’t halt audits, as preliminary work can proceed and the commission’s powers await activation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Goalit
iThis
Faller L. Pope
Roy V. Leonard
Attorney General
W. J. Waggoner
Audit Commission
Arkansas Supreme Court
House
Senate
Pope
M. B. Norfleet
Forrest City
Bransford
Highway Audit Commission
Mitchell
Struck By Train Killed Instantly Near Jonesboro
Paragould reports Sid Williams living on the Emerson farm near Jonesboro slain by Missouri Pacific passenger train No 398 at 4 49 Friday afternoon while crossing Prospect 1 crossing between Brookland and Nettleton. He was hurled about 60 feet. The train ran from Helena toward Torlar Rle's with conductor Griffin and Mr Montgomery aboard.
Political War Begun Davenport Fired in Highway Dept Row
Davenport, office manager at the Hope district highway headquarters, has been dismissed in the ongoing quarrel between Gov Harvey Parnell and State Highway chief Dwight Blackwood. Marvin Wortham of Prescott will replace him, after serving as secretary to Senator L L Mitchell, amid reports of a Blackwood led faction in the senate during the highway audit bill dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Department
Marvin Wortham
Senator Mitchell
Punch" Kleiber
State Highway Department
Hope
Dwight H. Blackwood
Harvey Parnell
Stith
Davenport
Parnell
Prescott
Wortham
L. L. Mitchell
Hempstead-Nevada
Mitchell
Blackwood
Senate
Young Reporter Shoots Self In New Orleans
Frik von Kurnatowski 22, ex University student and reporter, shot himself Saturday in New Orleans. A note in his pocket asked relatives to give a scoop to his former newspaper. condition reported serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Frik von Kurnatowski
Training School In City Closes Friday
A Sunday School Training School at the Methodist church ended Friday night after a week of sessions led by Rev. F. G. Roebuck of Prescott. His engaging talks on reorganizing church education impressed attendees, earning him praise as a renowned church builder. Local volunteers including Mrs. R. M. LaGrone, Mrs. Callie Ward, Mrs. John Arnold, and Superintendent Charles Harrol contributed to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
F. G. Roebuck
Prescott
Little Rock
Methodist Church of
R. M. LaGrone
Callie Ward
John Arnold
Charles Harrol
Louisianan Freed of Son's Slaying
A verdict of acquittal was returned Friday night for Flint Higginbotham a self-styled preacher 568 on a manslaughter charge in the slaying of his son David Higginbotham 27 He testified his sons armed with murderous intent advanced on him and he fired a shotgun shot After conflicting testimony from his wife and children a neighbor testified about a pre shooting confrontation and a younger son claimed he shot his father after his brother was killed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amite
Flint Higginbotham
David Higginbotham
Mamie Kent Ellis
Tom Higginbotham
Lawrence Higginbotham
David
Higginbotham
Resetting of Preacher's Divorce Case Ordered
Memphis officials report Chancellor M C Ketchum ordered the divorce suit of Mrs Elsey M Noe against Very Rev J H Noe dean at St Marys Episcopal Cathedral reset after counsel said reconciliation attempts had annulled proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preacher
Memphis
M. C. Ketchun
Elsex M. Noe
J. H. Noe
St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral
Mrs Judd Arrives in Phoenix Jail After Long Drive
Mrs Winnie Ruth Judd, confessed slayer of Miss Hedvig Samuelson and Mrs Agnes Le Roi, was transported to Maricopa County Jail in Phoenix after a 15 hour drive from Los Angeles under guard. A crowd of over 1000 gathered outside the courthouse lawn, but there was no disorder. She had fatally attacked the two women two weeks earlier in their duplex, then packed their bodies in a trunk and sent them to Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie
Ruth Judd
Hedvig Samuelson
Agnes le Roi
Los Angeles
Arizona
California
Sherif
Judd
Negroes Taken Out of Town By Police
Three Starkville men Otis Weed Bennie Lee Jackson and Jake McKinney confessed to entering the Kennedy home in West Point on October 4 with robbery as motive. They were arraigned at a secret hearing and jailed in default $2000 bond each before being spirited to an unnamed city. The Kennedy couple were found unconscious with knife wounds and rock blows but were recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Miss
Starkville
Jesse T. Kennedy
Otis Weed
Bennie Lee Jackson
Jake McKinney
Kennedy
J. A. Coleson
Kennedys
Former Jonesboro Athlete Is Killed
Claud Billings 22 a member of last year’s Jonesboro State College football team died Saturday after an automobile accident at Walnut Ridge where he resided. Police said Billings’ car struck the rear of a bus in the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesboro
Claud Billings
Jonesboro State
Walnut Ridge
Billings
United States Lines Formed as Nevada Company
The Shipping Board on Friday transferred United States Lines to a new firm formed by east and west coast shippers. The United States Lines Company of Nevada signed a contract for the purchase of the ships through George Hinckins of New York, its secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Shipping Board
United States Lines
United States Lines Company of
Nevada
George Hinkins
New York
Idabel Adint Murdered as Creek County Case Deepens
A Broken Bow lawman said Idabel Adint was murdered with a bullet to the head after a shooting. Three bodies were found in the vicinity, including a known victim from Arkansas. Sheriff Holman and deputies questioned a man named Draper, suspected of ties to a gang blamed for recent bank robberies and whisky thefts. Investigators noted a pattern of auto thefts and liquor transport linked to the group, with one suspect possibly remaining at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Idabel
Draper
Saad
Sherif Holman
Springdale
Ark
Jack O'Dell
Therder
Ang
Agres
Band of
Chappell
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Soonshiners
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gov. Long
Alvin King
Baldwin
Mexico
Pilomatic
Jose Manuel Puig Cassaurane
Don Manuel C. Teflez
Nelson-Huckins
Gordon Wallops
Barton
Grantham
Nevada Counties
Bulletins
Legion
Attorney General’s Office
Sid Williams
Craighead County
Inor
Legislattes
Roebuck
Son
Frank Higginbotham
Mississippi City
Idabel Adint
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!