Hempstead Maid To Be Chosen at Saenger Thursday
Hempstead county will select its Watermelon Day maid at the Saenger theater Thursday from a field of candidates. Nominations were complete by Tuesday night, with judges to pick the county’s representative to the fair on September 22. other Southwest Arkansas counties are choosing maids as well. The event will culminate in Hope with a Watermelon Day queen to be named. Strong contenders include Verna Stewart, Patgnos, Cornelia Citty, Mary Powell, Harriett Story, Roberta Stuart, Louise Pilkinton, Ardell Moses, Annabel Philbrick, Lars Jones, Helen Betts, Ida Mae Cannon, and Thalia Nolen among others.
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Hempstead County
Southwest Arkansas
Seenger
Hempstead
Saenger
Arkansas
Verna Stewart
Hope
Wee Middlebrooks
Patgnos
Bethe
Cornelia Citty
Ozan
Mary Powell
Johnny Franks
Harriett Story
Roberta Stuart
Washington
Louise Pilkinton
Ardell Moses
Annabel Philbrick
Lars Jones
Helen Betts
Cotton Leaders Call for Hempstead County Cotton Session
Hempstead county lawmakers J L Pilkinton and Curtis Cannon issued a joint statement on a possible Arkansas General Assembly special session to aid cotton farmers. They note farmer interest in a cotton holiday plan, anticipate open Hempstead county forums, and pledge to carry out the majority will after a county vote.
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Hempstead
J L. Pilkinton
Curtis Cannon
General Assembly of Arkansas
Hempstead County
Hope City Hall
Parnell
Arkansas
Hemp- Rend
Bride of Day Injured in Oklahoma Accident
One person was critically injured and seven others treated for minor injuries after a roadster overturned near Gore Oklahoma Sunday afternoon. The injured included Dela Me Fipallion of Muldrow who was driving the vehicle.
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Bride of Day
Oklahoma
Fort Smith
Ark
Gore
Muldrow
Zeppelin passes near Brazil as Owen Young named to relief panel
Reports say a Zeppelin crossed 125 miles from Brazil's eastern edge Tuesday afternoon. In Washington, Owen D. Young of New York was appointed chair of a committee to coordinate local unemployment relief efforts. In Arkansas, two robbers beat Jense Rogers and his elderly parent for 12 cents. Smackover in Arkansas was downgraded from first to second class city status. In Tennessee, a judge denied a new trial for Rogers Caldwell in a fraud case.
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Pernando Norona
Brazi
Sland
Brazil
Wireleas
Pernambuco
Washington
Owen D. Young
New York
Walter & Gifford
Ashdown sheriff recaptures Durden after escape in Arkansas
Warren Durden, 19, escaped jail in Fairfield while awaiting forgery trial and was captured by Ashdown Sheriff J. G. Sanderson a mile from Ashdown on a highway. Sanderson sought Hot Springs custody for Richard Coburn, charged with grand larceny, among four escapees from Little River county jail on July 4. Ira Law remains at large. Edward Carlson of Waterport, Conn, turned over to his mother after taking the family car without permission. No charges were filed.
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Shdown
Ark
Texas
Ashdown
Hot Springs
Fairfield
Warren Durren
Durden
J. G. Sanderson
Henry Pride
Horatio
Sanderson
Richard Coburn
Little River County
Ira Law
Edward Carlson
Waterport
Conn
Brint Injured In Auto Accident Near Spring Hill
Oscar O Brint a well known Spring Hill planter was injured when a Ford car driven by Fred Yocum struck him as he walked along a road about 9 o'clock Monday night. Brint was unconscious but regained consciousness early Tuesday and was resting at noon. The report says the accident was unavoidable and both men became excited during the incident.
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Oscar O. Brint
Spring Hill
Fred Yocum
Hear Spring Hill
Brint
Hope Youth Home Visits Navy Relative Visit
Vestal Maxwel, son of Mr and Mrs W H Maxwell of 220 North Main Street, arrived Sunday for a 30 day visit after a navy furlough. He has been away over two years, much of it stationed at Norfolk, Virginia, and is returning home for a family reunion.
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Vestal Maxwel
W. H. Maxwell
North Main Street
Navy
Maxell
Bampton Roads
September 1st in Hempstead County: harvests and hope
A Hempstead County perspective on September 1 1931 reflects gratitude amid drought and poverty. It cites cotton production figures, compares 1929 and current yields, notes price changes, and urges residents to count local gains over national troubles while highlighting unemployment and hardship across the United States.
Hope Considers 25 Year Lease At Dykes Springs Park
Charles Shiver will propose to Hope city council a 25 year lease of the Dykes Springs property to build a pool and amusement park. He offers 10 year at 10 dollars a year, 10 years at 50 dollars, and 5 years at 100 dollars. If the lease ends early, buildings revert to the city. lease may be assumed by another buyer. The site is famed for its springs and city development plans.
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Arkansas
Texas
United States
Hempstead County
Hempstead
South
Drouth
Fanon
Senponrbireault
Dykes Springs
Charles Shiver
Hope City
Shiver
Hope
Baby Falls From Auto In Texarkana Police Seek Clues
Texarkana Ark police search after a four month old fell from a family car and lay on streetcar tracks. The mother Mrs F E Howard says she left the child in the car while shopping and witnesses recount the child’s fall through the door or from the car to the tracks.
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Texarkana
Ark
Witesses
F. E. Howard
County Tax Board Adjourns Noon Wednesday in Hempstead
The Hempstead county equalization board will adjourn at noon Wednesday per John W Ridghill county tax assessor. Members Rob Certigan Ozan A H Wade Blevins and Ed Yelvin Washington have spent two weeks reviewing real and personal tax assessments for city and town property owners. Next year farm land and farm personal taxes will also be checked by the board.
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Hempstead County
District Attorney Secures Records on Campaign Funds
District Attorney Rover on Tuesday requested and received the hearings record from the Senate committee on the use of campaign money by Bishop Cannon in 1928. Chairman Nye offered to supply further information if needed. Rover did not disclose plans to present the case to the grand jury.
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Washington
Rover
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Bishop Cannon
Nye
Grand Jury
Lois Ferguson to Teach Expression in Hope Classes
Miss Lois Ferguson of Arkadelphia, a graduate of Oughita college and Curry School of Expression student, will open expression classes at Hope High School on Tuesday September 15 with special sessions for children.
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Lois Ferguson
Arkadelphia
Oughita College
Curry School of Expression
Hope
Hope High School
German Flier's Plane Arrives at Hudson Bay
A radio message from Ottawa reports Wolfgang Von Gronau, the German flyer, landed at Port Harrison on the eastern Hudson Bay shore after a crossing of the Atlantic via sub arctic waters. The cross shows timing around 4 p.m. Saturday, with Churchill wireless stations tracking the flight. Another plane, Edwin Preston and Robert Collignon of Detroit bound for Denmark, was believed at Port Harrison awaiting clear weather to continue toward Beffin Island.
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Ottawa
Department of Marine
Wolfgang ‘von Gronau
Atlantic
Sub-Arctic Circle
Port Harrison
Hudson Key
von Gronau
Department of
Churchill
Edwin Preston
Robert Collignon
Detroit
Denmark
Fengniring
Beffin Island
American Cotton To Recover Much of Foreign Trade
The National City Bank of New York reports via a September bulletin that a government forecast of 15,584,000 bales for this year’s cotton crop alarms producers despite potential textile benefits. It notes record world supply, reduced acreage, lower fertilizer use, milder weather, and a projected normalization in demand that could reclaim ground lost to foreign growths.
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National City Bank of New Fork
Attempt To Build Fire Ends Fatally
In Paragould Hattie V. Butler aged 1 daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Butler died Tuesday morning from burns after attempting to build a fire with kerosene on a cook stove at their Parking road home. Her father, a disabled veteran, suffered burns as he tore away the flaming clothing. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at McGraw cemetery four miles west of Length Missouri conducted by Rev Roy L. Rat. Survived by her parents and sister Ruby and brother Roy Butler.
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Hattie V. Butler
Albert Butler
Parking Road
Butler
McGraw Cemetery
Length
Roy L. Rat
Ruby
Roy Butler
Mobile officer Stafford dies after tragedy near Grand Bay
Mobile police officer Edward Stafford, 36, a veteran with a family and recent marital separation, shot himself after a domestic scene near Grand Bay two miles from Mobile. The incident also involved 2% year old kitten Miss Betty Owens, daughter of Southern Association pitcher Tiny Owens, in a confusing, brief account of the evening.
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Tiny Owens
Southern Association
Mobile
Ala
Edward ‘Staffford
Police
Betty
Owens
Southern Associaton
Grand Bay
Stafford
Sevaset
Owens Irl
Co-Op to Advance Within One Cent
Federal Farm Board announces it will not buy cotton to bolster the market. The move is described as a response to Senator Caraway and Southern leaders, not altering the Mid-South plan to move within one cent of the market for 1931 cotton. Co-ops already have board support for orderly marketing of the current crop.
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Federal Farm Board
Caraway
Mid-South
Co-Operative
Hope
R Ig
Senatorrs
Cox
Farmers Arraigned On Assault Charge In Court
Earl Jackson and Elwood Hatch were fined 10 dollars plus costs in a justice court session held Monday afternoon before Justice W B Lafferty in Bodsa w township. The trial, before a jury, arose from an incident Friday afternoon when Jackson and Hatch allegedly accosted Ben Burns and M R Shepard as they passed a farm field. A fist fight left Burns and Shepard with facial injuries while Hatch reportedly guarded them with a shotgun. The case was appealed to the October circuit court.
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Earl Jackson
Mr. Burns
Mr. Shepard
Mr. Hatch
Mr. Jackson
Former Arkansas Athlete Visits Here
Tom Pickell, once a famed Arkansas basketball star and 1929 American center, visited his brother Dr. F W. Pickell in Hope on Monday. He recently left USC with athletic recognition and is now en route to Bartlesville Oklahoma to take a position with Phillips Oil Company.
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Tom Pickell
Arkansas
Hope Monday
F. W. Pickell
Young Pickell
Arkansas University
University of Southern California
Bartletteville
Oklo
Phillips Oil Company
Jack's Newsstands Relocates to Roy Johnson Stand
Local newsstand Jack's Newsstands moves from South Main between Division and Second to Roy Johnson's former Main and Division location. The larger, newer quarters open after a nighttime operation in the new building on Tuesday.
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Jack's
Roy Johnson
Jack
Truck Overturns Fatality Follows
DUMAS Lon Payne a log hauler of Yancopin died late Monday at Watts Sanatorium from injuries after his log truck overturned on a highway between McGehee and Kelso Saturday night. Payne, Payette Jones, and a negro had gone to McGehee to have the truck repaired. As they were returning an automobile drove onto the highway in front of them. Jones the driver applied the brakes causing the truck to overturn. Jones and the negro escaped with minor injuries.
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Dumas
Lon Payne
Yancopin
Watts
McGehee
Kelso
Payne
Payette Jones
Jones
Secret Apartment For Pulaski Judge Scandal Deepens
Investigators tied Pulaski bounty tax funds to furnish a hidden apartment used to entertain visiting county judges and women. Judge Lawdon disputed a 73.40 claim for 14 window shades tied to the unit at 208 Spring Street known as The Boar's Nest. Furnishings were moved to the courthouse as probes continue.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Lawdon
William F. Sibeck
Spring Street
J L Green Cleaning Shop At Old Stand Fire Report
A brief item notes a fire affecting the J L Green Cleaning Shop at its old stand last spring. The report mentions damage to the building and surrounding area with confirmation of the incident and lookout for follow up details.
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J. L. Green
Banks of astinations prior to the ast fall
Prosecutor Holt serves as Circuit Judge J F Kogne in a case about bank losses tied to astination events. The creditors allege mismanagement and financial exposure during the period preceding the ast fall, with court proceedings detailing ownership and liability.
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B. Banks
Holt
J. F. Kogne
Legion meeting set for Tuesday at city hall Hope
A legion aliicerator meeting is scheduled for Tuesday at Hope city hall. The agenda covers two months of business from the past and includes the nomination of officers. Activity for the year is expected to begin shortly after adjournment.
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Legion
Hope
Magnolia Boy Hut Automobile Hits
Magnolia Ark report notes a vehicle collision involving a Magnolia boy and a hut incident. Details are unclear due to partial OCR, but authorities investigated the scene and provided initial safety guidance. No further names or dates are confirmed in readable text.
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Howard County
Solons
Pilkinton
Cannon
I, L. Filkinton
Bulletins
Delight
Jense Rogers
Pares
State “Board of Municipal Corporations
Smackover
Nashville
Tenn
Rogers Caldwell
Vestal Maxwell
Chas
Hudson Bay
National City Bank of New, York
Department of Agriculture
Farm Board
Will Con‘tinue
Patrica M
U. of A
Star
T ' Ahown
Deak
Gifford
The
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Dumas Hospital
Pulaski
Libeck
Magnolia Boy Hut
Magnolia, Ark
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