Transcontinental Route Highlighted By Hempstead County Tourists
Hope Fire Department engineer J A Embree notes in a single shift that visitors from 17 states plus Ontario and Mexico traversed highway 67. He warns Hempstead County hosts a key transcontinental route and cites unsafe reverse curve at Third and Shower streets needing better lighting and whitewashed curbs to guide traffic.
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J. A. Embree
Hone Fire Department
Ontario
Canada
Mexico
Hempstead County
City of Hope
Nine Oil Tests Planned in Hempstead County Arkansas
About 75,000 acres in Hempstead County are under lease as nine oil tests are planned in coming months. Nearest test is Buffalo Oil No 1 Lafferty, nine miles south of Hope, awaiting casing. Imperial Oil & Gas moves near Fulton with a new 122 foot derrick and others prepare blocks around Hope, Fulton, and Shover Springs as oil activity intensifies in the area.
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Hempstead
Buffalo Oil Company
No. 1
Lafferty
Hope
Star
Fulton
Imperial Oil & Gas Company
Imperial Concern
W. E. Stewart
Tyler
Texas
Rocky Mound
Stewart
Shover G. P. Birdwell
Shover Springs
Hope Falcon Road
Williver Oil Firm
Oldahoma
Shover Eprings
Birdwell
Williver
Llgcks Ae
Arkansas
Louisia Ba
11 Foot Alligator Captured Alive Near Red Lake
A group from Prescott Sportsign captured an 11 foot alligator alive from Red Lake below Fulton. Warden Bark Ban ham and former Mayor Rul Royett witnessed, along with A. C. Mants of Hope. The gator is believed the lake’s largest on record.
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Red Lake
Fulton
Prescott Sportsign
Wasib
Bark Banham
Gane
Rul! Royett
A. C. Mants
Hope
Hope Visitor Jimmy Montgomery Returns to Arkansas
Jimmy Montgomery, reporter for the Southwest American of Fort Smith, visited Hope for a week of vacation. He is spending time with relatives and friends in southwest Arkansas, after previously working in Hope and Oxurkana newspapers before moving to Fort Smith nearly two years ago.
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Jimmy Montgomery
Vie Southwest American
Fort Smith
Hope Shursday
Arkansas
Montgomery
Our Hope
Southwest American
Sadler Third of Fugitives Taken in Hunt
Buddy Sadler 26, the last of three Arkansas prison farm fugitives, was captured near Rodessa, Louisiana. He was identified in connection with the First National Bank of Atlanta Texas holdup and was brought to the Caddo parish jail after deputies reported the arrest at an oil field half a mile from Rodessa.
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Shreveport
Buddy Sadler
Cume Ming
Ark
Rodessa
Caddo Parish
W. W. Boyle
Jack Christy
Sadler
Charles Chapman
H. Lindsey
First National Bank
Atlanta
Texas
Chapman
Lindsey
Chapa
Harrison County
Desperate Battle in Streets of Behobia Spain
Moors spearhead a Fascist assault on Behobia as Socialist government troops fight hand to hand in debris littered streets. Rebels fire on entrenched positions while government rifles retake trenches near La Puncha and San. Interventions warnings rise in Paris amid fears of European peace being compromised.
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Behobia
Spain
Behobie
France
Copyright Associated Press
Paris
Europe
Alcazar
Toledo
Trun
Associated Press
Biriatou
Run
Mount Curiavte
Iran
Ira
Teun
la Puncha
San
Junius Says Continued on Page Three
It is observed that the city through its Parks Commission has had a barrier built by the WPA around the Wayerount. That’s fine yet seats and tables for band concerts are lacking, with no place to sit except for ears and the Cine pienle grounds.
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Edilue
Parks Commission
WPA
350 Carloads of Melons Shipped Thus Far in 1936
Hope buyers report about 350 carloads of melons shipped in Hempstead county in 1936 with roughly 150 freight cars and 200 trucks. The season yielded a late high quality batch, though overall view is fair as growth and flavor declined late. A 195 pound watermelon from Patmos set a local record, while Triumph and Tom Watson varieties dominated late shipments.
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O. D. Middlebrooks
Patmos
Dick Powell
Hollywood
Little Rock
Boston
Mass
the Star
Hempstead County
Hope
Triumph
Eve
First Scrimmage Is Planned Friday at Hope High
Hope High School football prepares for its first scrimmage Friday afternoon under Coach Foy Samimons with about 35 candidates receiving head gear and shoulder pads. Thursday will focus on eight plays along with punting passing and blocking drills. Nearly all seats for the season are sold and a reserve 75 seat section near mid field may be added pending reaction.
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Hope High School
Foy Samimons
Watermelon Cast and Photo at Rocky Mound
The Star photographed five young boys and a 126 pound watermelon from Monts Seed store at the Rocky Mound road intersection. prints are at Shipley's studio for Hempstead county publicity, with a $10 price tag on the melon and a close call for an early crash.
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Star
Rocky Mound Road
Shipley
South Walnut Street
Hempstead County
Rocky Mound
Monts
A. C. Monts
Bluff Holds Thief Until Cops Arrive
Geo W Robison department stores general manager C C Lewis woke at 2 a m Thursday to a garage noise on South Pine Street. He confronted a prowler slipping away with car stools and ordered him to drop the items and raise his hands. Believing he was faced with a six shooter, the robber hesitated as Mrs Lewis called the police.
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C. C. Lewis
Geo. W. Robison Department Stores
South Pine Street
Turned Brown By Brown Turner NASHVILLE Feature
Nashville report notes a quip filled piece on typewriter supply and a distant campaign imagery. It mentions drydock cleanup tasks and a narrator reflecting on the need for self reliance in political speaking. The piece adds a tropical bird description with metallic feather hues and copper pigment.
Singing Stage Star Merrill Richman Lands Safe in Wales
Merril Richman and Dick Merrill completed the first leg of their Atlantic flight from New York to London in heavy fog and rain. They landed near Croydon Wales with the Lady of Peace undamaged and carrying three tons of fuel. Richman, a singing star, handled the ship's radio as they reported progress and good weather ahead.
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Croydon
Airdrome
Eni
Merril Richman
Liwyncelyn
Camarthenshire
Wales
Merrill
Croy
New York
Dick Merrill
Harry
Are
Gatwich Al‘o. K
Richman
Runnee
Floyd Bennett Field
Teachers Institute Here September 5
Hempstead county teachers are urged to attend separate sessions on September 5 in Hope High School for white teachers at 10 a.m. and in Yerger school for negro teachers at 1 30 p.m. County Examiner E. E. Austin announced that AML interested individuals may also attend.
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Hempstead County
Techers’ Institute
Hope
E. E. Austin
Hope High School
Yerger School
AML
Austin
Labor conflict timeline tied to Times bombing
A historical sketch outlines organized labor foes peaking between 1910 and 1920, spurred by the Los Angeles Times building bombing. Willis Thorton narrates, with Ed Gunder illustrations, noting 21 deaths as a rallying point for employers against labor organizing.
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Los Angeles Times
McNamara Brothers
Final Plea for Draper’s Life in Gate Land Murder Case
Attorney H. A. Tucker from Berryville arrived in Little Rock to plead for Ayliff Draper who is condemned to die at dawn Friday alongside Key House in a Gate Land county murder. Draper’s wife and family traveled from Pearcy to Tucker Prison through the day.
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Little Rock
H. A. Tucker
Berryville
Futrell
Ayliff Draper
Key House
Gateland County
Draper
Pearcy
Tucker Prison Farm
To Abandon Prison on Devil's Island
Paris officials say a bill will be proposed to suppress Devil's Island in French Guiana after a judicial inquiry. No more prisoners will be sent there pending passage, and the prison ship La Martiniere will make no trips. Beavers use tails to signal and steer while swimming.
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Paris
France
French Guiana
Devil's Island
Mmere
Guiana
la Martiniere
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Shover
Prescott
J. Fair Hardin
U. S
Tom Cogbill
Neil Shannon
Junius
Middlebrooks
Brown Turner
Nashville
Tenn
Tropics
Merrill, Richman
London
Teachers Institute
Organized Labor
Willis Thorton
Ed Gunder
Irene
Lawrence
Uniair
William B. Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Wilson
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