Geologist predicts large oil field near Texarkana
Dr. A D Lloyd, a renowned geologist, claims Texarkana sits on the edge of a major Southwest oil field and forecasts dozens of derricks in Miller and Bowie counties within 30 days. He also bets his reputation on Fitzwater Beck well east of Texarkana becoming a paying producer and launching the area as a great oil field. A core from R E Anderson test well at 2200 feet showed oil traces near the western Texarkana edge in Bowie County.
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Txarkana
A. D. Lloyd
Texarkana
Miller
Bowie
Fitzwater-Beck
Lloyd
Cotton seed price rise boosts Hope market activity
Cotton seed prices in Hope rose as Temple Cotton Oil raised by $1 per ton on Wednesday to $10.00 for small deliveries and $12.00 for carload lots. The move adds about 45 cents per bale and coincides with August being the busiest month for Hope gins Cook’s and Hope Gin Company, which ginned 314 bales through August 31, versus only four bales combined last August.
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Hope
Temple Cotton Oil Company
Cook’s Gin
Hope Gin Company
Eastern Star To Hold Past Patrons Matrons Meeting
The Order of the Eastern Star will meet at 8 PM Thursday in the Masonic hall on South Elm Street. A special program honoring past patrons and past matrons is planned and all members are urged to attend.
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Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
South Elm Street
Local switch engine crew restored due to traffic demand
Missouri Pacific brings back six employes and reopens the local switch engine after suspending operations on April 1. The crew will work 6 am to 2 pm with a second shift 2 pm to 10 pm planned soon, following protests by carload shippers and actions by the Hope Chamber of Commerce. Declining revenues and shifts to other carriers prompted the earlier economy measure.
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Missouri-Pacific
C. E. Christopher
L. W. Balding
Hope Chamber of Commerce
United Action
Chamber of Commerce
Missouri Pacific
Hope Shippers
Gordon
Seven Injured in Auto Strike Clash at Highpoint
Seven men were injured when a Steshi Silk mill employee drove an automobile into a group of strikers to force them back to work. One may die. The driver was arrested on assault with a deadly weapon and reckless driving charges.
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Highfoint
N. C
Steshi
Debt Burdened Farmers Face Hunger Fears in Farm Strike
Sioux City report from Bruce Catton outlines how northwest Iowa farmers with high mortgages fear dispossession and hunger as a farm strike gains conservative support. Wallace Short, longtime Sioux City figure and editor, says the movement aims for righteous action, not radical revolt, seeking unity among farmers.
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Sioux City
Wallace Short
Short
Iowa
Congregational Church
Bartenders’ Union
Kansas City
Central Labor Union
Court injunction blocks hearing on county judge race
In Forrest City a state Democratic subcommittee hearing on Rep Charles Fleming of Round Pond and eight Crittenden County Democratic Committee members was halted by court orders in Pulaski County. A writ of prohibition and temporary injunction were issued by Circuit and Chancery Courts while Fleming’s attorneys sought relief.
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Little Rock
Forrest City
Democratic State Central Committee
Charles Fleming
Round Pond
Crittenden Democratic County Central Committee
Pulaski County
Crittenden County
Third Division
State Committee
Harris
Dodge
Fleming
Pulaski Chancery Court
Lamar William
Governor May contests Texas gubernatorial nomination results
Gov. R. S. Sterling asserts a substantial majority in the Texas Democratic runoff, claiming victory over Miriam A. Ferguson as 251 of 254 counties report Ferguson leading by 2,308 votes. Official certification follows the September 12 tally by the Election Bureau and state Democratic Executive Committee review.
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Dallas
Texas
Miriam A
Ferguson
R. S. Sterling
Austin
Texas Election Bureau
Sterling
Election Bureau
Texas State Democratic Executive Committee
Executive Committee
Graham Plans Arctic Flight To Salvage Arctic Fur
William R. Graham, noted pilot, aims to recover a Hudson Bay shipping fur cargo valued at a million dollars. He has a plane fitted in Los Angeles and will equip it for Arctic weather to salvage the cargo stranded last year in Arctic ice off Point Barrow.
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Los Angeles
William R. Graham
Graham
Hudson Bay
Arctic Ocean
Point Barrow
Will Build New Patmos School Consolidation Project
The Patmos School Board let a contract for 11500 dollars to L L Meadows for a one story brick veneer consolidated school at Patmos. Architect is D F Weaver. Work started Tuesday and should finish within 60 days. The new Patmos building will absorb five nearby schools once completed.
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Patmos
L. L. Meadows
D. F. Weaver
Meadows
U S Minister to Canada Resigns amid treaty completion
President Hoover accepted Hansford MacNider resignation as American minister to Canada saying he leaves to focus on private affairs. MacNider, former National Commander of the American Legion, helped finalize the St Lawrence waterway treaty. John W Pole Comptroller of the Currency announced he would soon submit his formal resignation. He has faced eight months of rumors and banking circles say he was offered a presidency of a large investment association.
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Washington
Hoover
Hansford MacNider
Canada
St. Lawrence
John W. Pole
Pole
Fire kills Beaumont family as arson suspects held
A Sulphur Louisiana home burned last Thursday killing Mr and Mrs Robert Vincent and their three children. Two black men and a woman are jailed in Lake Charles as incendiary suspects while a coroner's jury investigates the blaze. In Arkansas Governor Parnell as chair called a September meeting of the State Board Election Commissioners to choose two year terms.
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Little Rock
Parnell
State Board Election
Chicago Architect Chooses Life Income From McCormick Estate
Bequeathed five twelfths of the estate of Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick, daughter of John D. Rockefeller, Edward D. Krenn of Chicago selects a life income of 2000 dollars monthly. Krenn, a young Swiss architect, had been her social escort and business associate for 11 years. The remainder, once valued at 40,000,000, now believed to be about 6,000,000, goes to Mrs. McCormick's three children.
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Edith Rockefeller McCormick
John D. Rockefeller
Edward D. Krenn
Chicago
Krenn
Thirty seven boys report to Jones for 1940s football season
Thirty seven candidates met with Coach Teddy Jones on Wednesday to receive uniforms. Finances limit new gear, but enough uniforms will be issued for this season. All candidates underwent physicals on Thursday morning before practice. Reported players include Chamberlin, Brow, Young, Kennedy, Herndon, Greene, Green, Browning, Carpenter, Owen, Wimberly, McKee, Jewell, Turner, Middlebrooks, Holly, Mitchell, Hutson, Jones, Wingfield Stroud, Jacks, Parker, Hargis, Kennedy, Rowe, Schooley, Keith, Lowthorpe, Gillispie, Redman, Turner, England, Keith, Richards, Breeding.
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Teddy Jones
Jones
Hugh Chamberlin
Pete Brow
Remmel Young
R. C. Kennedy
Ruf Herndon
Billy Greene
Carl Green
Harry Browning
Charles Carpenter
Ralph Owen
Billy Wimberly
David McKee
Albert Jewell
Jack Turner
A. D. Middlebrooks
Zelon Holly Horice Mitchell
J. B. Hutson
J. W. Jones
Olin Jones
Wingfield Stroud
J. D. Jacks
Glen Parker
A. L. Hargis
Noland Kennedy Ochis Rowe
Edward Schooley
Hugh Keith
Frank Lowthorpe
Charles Gillispie
Gene Redman
Harry L. Turner
Clan England
G. B. Keith
Dennis Richards
Dillard Breeding
Fatty Arbuckle Stages Comeback in Brooklyn Studio
Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle returns to filmmaking after twelve years away, rejoining a kitchen set at Brooklyn Vitaphone studios. The 45 year old comic adapts to sound, collaborating with Alf Goulding and Sam Sax while aiming for a feature role and maintaining ties to Coney Island.
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New York
Roscoe
Fatty” Arbuckle
Fatty
Brooklyn
Vitaphone
Alf Goulding
Hollywood
Harvey House
Sam Sax
Coney Island
Five Persons Held For Shooting Iowa Picket Farmers
DES MOINES Iowa officials report a nine day truce while pickets continue on routes into Council Bluffs and Sioux City. In Charokee seventy five deputies guard the courthouse after 200 Holiday farm strike farmers gathered seeking five held responsible for shooting 14 pickets. tear gas bombs and a shotgun were used in the incident.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Charokee — (P
Audit hearing details road to private hunting club
W W Fuess testified before the Highway Audit commission that Albert Madding requested a road to a Prairie county duck hunting club two years ago. The testimony covered improvement district funds and truck purchases, noting Mason Ezell earned large commissions. Fuess said he built the road at Madden's request, costing about 5000 dollars, though not in Madden's district.
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Little Rock
Albert Madding
Pine Bluff
Prairie County
Highway Audit Commission
W. W. Fuess
Arkansas County
Highway Department
Mason Ezell
Fuess
Market Declines On Cotton Prices
The October cotton futures in New York closed at 8.24 on Thursday, down 8 points from 8.32, a 40 cent per bale loss, marking a third day of declines. The market fell 30 points from Wednesday to Tuesday and 54 points from Monday, keeping cotton 92 points below the high of the week. The Hope Star will publish daily cotton market results, with near month closes reported to guide local spot purchases.
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New York
Hope Star
Coastal Areas Are Swept By Storm
Gulfport Mississippi. Sharp gusty winds swept coastal areas of Mississippi and Alabama as the disturbance moved inland from the Gulf toward Pascagoula. Winds reached 50 to 60 mph early Thursday but no damage was reported as the storm slackened and the barometer rose.
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Mississippi
Alabama
Gulf
Pascagoula
Mississippi-Alabama
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