Nitro-Glycerine tears up Garland bridge in blast
A half million dollar Garland state toll bridge spanning the Red River was blown from its foundations by a nitro glycerine bomb at 3 am. the center span 308 feet long toppled into 28 feet of water. Two blasts rocked the structure, injuring the pier and delaying opening to traffic. Police and engineers pursue leads amid reports of two white men warned away workers.
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Garlandie
Kansas City Bridge Company
Miller County
Lewisville
Garland
R. B. Stanford
Hope
Miller
LaPayete
Garand City
Red River
New State Toll Bridge
Garland City
Texarkana
Dorado
Greenville
Vicksburg
Miss
State Highway Department
City of
Car Load of Wheat To Be Shipped Here
A cooperative order for a carload of wheat was placed by local farmers with Lynn Smith, county agent. The wheat will arrive in Hope toward the latter part of the week and sell for $1.00 per bushel while supplies last, with reservations already made.
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Lynn Smith
Star
Mr. Smith
Howard Test Well to Be Spudded in Howard County
Whitehead and associates of Oklahoma City and California plan the first test well in Howard County two miles west of Mineral Springs on Highway 27. The company’s chemist and geologist return to Mineral Springs to spud the well. committee members Dillard Kent Toland finalize drilling formalities and lease up to 0,000 acres in the county for the operation.
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Nashvile
C. Ws Whitehead and Associates
Oklahoma
Cit
California
Howard County
T. J. Dillard
J. C. Kent
W. H. Toland
Whitehead and Associates
Vaughan Elected Arkansas Legion State Commander
Oran J. Vaughan of Searcy was unanimously elected State Commander of the Department of Arkansas American Legion at the twelfth annual convention in Fort Smith. He succeeds L. Gordon of Dermott. Other officers named include Harry Miller El Dorado First Vice Commander Cecil Rawleigh Conway Second Vice Commander Miss Mary Speir Nurses Corps Rowland Norris Rogers Army and R. Sisson re elected Adjutant. Delegates from across the state attended the convention noted as highly successful.
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Fort Smith
Oran J. Vaughan
Searcy
Department of Arkansas American Legion
Vaughan
L. Gordon
Dermott
American Legion Auxiliary
Harry Miller
el Dorado
View
Navy
Cecil Rawleigh
Conway
Marines
Mary Speir
Nurses Corps
Rowland Norris
Rogers
Army
R. ¥. Sisson
Legion
Son of Ozan Man Enlists in Army
Milton A. Varnado, son of T. H. Varnado of Ozan Arkansas, enlisted by the Army at Little Rock August 23. He chose Coast Artillery for Hawaiian Islands and will report to Schofield Barracks upon arrival in Honolulu around September 9. The post houses infantry, artillery, engineers, tanks, and more with abundant training, sports, and trades schools amid ideal climate and scenery.
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Milton A. Varnado
T. H. Varnado
Ozan
Ark
Little Rock
Coast Artillery
Hawaiian Islands
Arkansas
Honolulu
Schofield Barracks
United States
Llanar Corps
Medical Department
Air Service
County Clerks Elect Arkansas Association Officers
LITTLE ROCK Sept. 4 P L Sallee county clerk of Jefferson county who lives in Pine Bluff was elected president of the Arkansas association of county clerks at the opening session here. Sallee succeeds Frank Hempstead. A Pittman of Nevada county was elected vice president to succeed Heo Rogers of Pulaski county was elected secretary and treasurer.
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Little Rock
L. T. Sallee
Jefferson County
al Pine Bluff
Arkansas Association of County Clerks
Sallee
Frank Hempstead
A. Pittman
Nevada County
Wasted View
Heo
Rogers
Pulaski County
Huge rattlesnake shot by Mena lawyer near Bethesda
Mena, Sept. 3. Attorney L. Parker of Mena killed a treeawait carrying VW rattlers near Te Musi falls while measuring more than five feet in length. Jinway Meas of Mena, fishing at Lake Bethesda, killed another large rattler with 12 rattles.
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Mena
Te Musi Falls
L. Parker
Una
Jinway Meas
Lake Bethesda
Business Women Club Meeting Highlights Hope Group
The Hope Business and Professional Women's Club held a September gathering at the Hotel Barlow with 60 plus members. Miss Beryl Henry spoke on why she joins, citing congeniality, loyalty, and access to The Independent Woman, as the group grows from its 1919 founding.
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Hope Business and Professional Women's Club
Ruth Fleming
Hotel Barlow
Jone
Wollie Revd
Fayetteville
Flemming
Beryl Henry
The
Hope Public Schools
Miss Henry
Belond
Independent Woman
Or ‘Ganiaition
Wales
Mupe Club
Holiday Takes 105 Deaths In Nation
United Press tally from weekend casualties reports at least 105 deaths and 212 injuries nationwide. Traffic accidents led with 67 fatalities, drownings 18, airplane crashes eight, and twelve due to miscellaneous causes.
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United States
United Press
Lost Reason Said To Cause Shooting
Wesley Stevenson shot two neighbors A B Norman and George Petty then killed himself in Lincoln County Tennessee on September 3. He wounded magistrate Robert Stevenson, badly, and later died by a self inflicted pistol shot. Nearby land owners and churchgoers were present earlier.
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Fayetteville
Tenn
Wesley Stevenson
A. B. Norman
George Petty
Lincoln County
Stevenson
Robert Stevenson
M. W. Rhea
Boats Collide. Ten Missing After Pacific Collision
Ten men aboard the halibut boat Orient were reported missing after a collision with the freighter Admiral Nelson off the British Columbia coast. Most of Orient’s 13 crew slept when the freighter struck, sinking the boat quickly. Three Orient crewmen were rescued by lifeboats from the freighter. search for others yielded only wreckage.
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Seattle
Wash
Orient
British Columbia
Pacific Steamship Company
Farmer Kills Wife Then Takes Own Life Near Siloam Springs
Siloam Springs, Sept 3 7 John Ridgeway 50 shot and killed Mrs Borah Reed 55 wounded Mrs Ridgeway then hanged himself at the Reed home near here The shooting occurred about 140 am at Fox Squirrel Ridgeway and wife Mrs Ridgeway were staying with Mrs Reed after crop failure and estrangement authorities believe Mrs Reed caused the trouble A posse led by Marshal N C Baldwin found Ridgeway in a barn and he died shortly after The Ridgeways moved from El Dorado Ark a year ago and three children were with Mrs Ridgeway at the time
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Siloam Springs
John Ridgeway
Borah Reed
Angy Ridgeway
Reed
Ridgeway
N. C.baldwin
Reed Farm
el Dorado
Ark
Watermelon Growers and Boosters Club Proposal
James O. Gilley argues for forming a Hempstead County Watermelon Growers and Boosters Club to promote melon farming, with $1 dues, a $100 first prize for the largest melon, and proceeds split between prize money and advertising. He urges The Star to print circulars and boost memberships to publicize county melons and attract new readers. Dated September 3, 1930.
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the Star
Hempstead County
Hope
Star
Woman Threatens Life Forces Driver to Park
TEXARKANA Sept. Threatening to blow off his head a woman forced Charles Niemeyer, a taxi driver, at gunpoint to drive her to a nearby park where she announced intent to die by own action. Niemeyer fled toward a policeman after dropping her off, believing his fate lay in jail as the woman refused to reveal her name to explain caring for four children and her own detention. The Nebraska department of the American Legion enrolled a member in 19198 during the first eight months of this year.
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Texarkana
Charles Niemeyer
Tasteab
Niemeyer
Nebraska Department of the American Legion
Severe breath conditions hit multiple states in report
Bulletin from Washington cites serious air conditions in many regions. Oklahoma Texas Missouri Indiana Illinois Kentucky and parts of Ohio listed as most affected. Separate dispatch from San Juan Portugal notes mail and passenger service disrupted by floods and storms.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Texas
Town
Missouri
Indiana
Ilinoia
Kentucky
Ohio
San Juan
Portugal
Brundidge attacks grocer over lease dispute
J P Brundidge owner of the Hope building attacked a statement by the American Grocer company that they left Hope over lease failure. Brundidge said he offered a new lease of one to ten years at the same rent and that the grocer’s release was for trade purposes, not a true picture of negotiations.
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American Grocer Company
Giving
Hope
J. P. Brundidge
Grocer Company
Brundidge
Man Kills Mother Wounds Sister in Madison County
George Barrett 44 sought by authorities after fatally shooting his mother Nancy Jane Barrett 71 and seriously wounding his sister Rachel Maupin at their Big Hill home Madison County Kentucky. Barrett fled in an Idaho licensed car with his 11 year old son. brothers John and Gilbert heard shots and found their mother dead and sister injured.
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Berea
Madison County
George Barrett
Nancy Jane Barrett
Rachel Maupin
Big Hill
Barrett
Cincinnati
John
Gilbert
George
Idaho
Richmond
Lexington
Jobe Sentenced on Forgery Charge in Arkansas
In Little Rock on September 3 H Bradley Jobe formerly of Pine Bluff pleaded guilty to forgery and uttering charges in Pulaski County Court. He received two year sentences on each count to run concurrently. Jobe, a 1928 candidate for a commissioner post in manufactured agriculture, is also linked to a Garland County kidnapping case involving L W Uitllebaum The two alleged accomplices Emry Majors and E L Sapp formerly of Shreveport are serving terms for participation in the plot.
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Little Rock
Pule
H. Bradley Jobe
Pine Bluff
Jube
Ini
Garland County
L. W. Uitllebaumn
Worthy
Pine Bluffelli
Jobert
Emry Majors
E. L. Sapp
Fomerly
Shreveport
Question Mark wins return flight milestone story
Coste and Bellonte piloted the plane to Paris and will sail from New York to Dallas to collect a prize after a successful first nonstop Europe to North America flight. Hoover plans luncheon and praise in Washington as the achievement tops years of Atlantic attempts with dangers and historic ties to Nungesser and Coll.
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New York
Mars
Sucess Coste
Maurice Bell
France
Coste
Bel
Dal
Washington
Iran
Sande Coste
Bellonte
Dallas
Texas
William Militenatro
Paris
Tinents
Hoover
Hona
New New York
Cape Canso
Scotia
Diel Coste
Europe
North America
Ani Ies
Agro
North Atlantic
Ireland
Bremen
Greenly Island
Newfoundland
Rit Iy
von Gronan
Iceland
Greenland
Labrador
Charles Nungesser
Francois Coll
Nungesser
Coll
Col
Charles Aindbergh
Clarence Chamberlain
Richard E. Byrd
Colt
South Atlantic
Teachers Institute in Hempstead County at Hope
A one day meeting for Hempstead County teachers is set for Saturday September 13 at Hope Junior High School. All licensed teachers in the county are expected to attend with invited educators and friends from education. The session aims to be interesting and profitable with brief gatherings led by County Superintendent E B Austin.
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Teachers Institute
Teachers Institute For
Hempstead
Hope
Austin County Supt. of
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James A. Pijcock
Theansas City Bridge Company
LaFayette County
J. E. Hays
Kingus City Bridge Company
Associated Press
Hays
Flo
Garkland City State Toll Bridge
Howard
R. L. Gordon
S. H
Duncan
Harold
Duncan Sisters
Vivian
Rex Lease
Lease
Pop
Hope Schools
Didiana
Sbhallows
Duluth
Minnipunicipal Airport
Uy Tweeday
Frank Hawks
Posse
James O. Gilley
Palinos
Route Two
Bulletins
Grocer
Jobe
Fligh
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