Mother of James Terrell Missing Son An El Dorado Testimony
Mrs Hasselroth, mother of James Terrell, says she has heard nothing from him for over a week. She reports he left Shreveport Wednesday noon en route to El Dorado where he is on trial in federal court. A separate witness says Terrell is “all right.”
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James Terrell
EL Dorado
EC. Hagselroth
James Ter- Fell
Samuel Irby
Shreveport
Rrourt
Terrell
Ofense
Governor Long
Drunken Driver Is Sought In Killing
RUSSELLVILLE Sept. 1 A number of special deputies were sworn in today to join the search for Robert Gibson a Negro who is alleged to have run down and killed Mrs Ilena Harlin and injured her 16 year old daughter with his automobile near Jerusalem a community near here last night Sheriff Leonard Bell of Pope county sent the posse today near Atkins He said he deputized citizens to aid in the hunt in case Gibson is injured as many acts have been made to protect him Gibson's car was found about two miles from the Harlin home crashed into a tree Near the scene officers found a pair of shoes which led them to believe Gibson thought he could escape through the dense woods near the Arkansas river
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Russellville
Robert Gibson
Ilena Harlin
Jerusalem
Leonard Bell
Pope Country
Atkins
Gibson
Ibson
Harlinome
Bem
Arkansius River
Little Rock
Harvey C.couch
Arkansas Power and Light Company
State Greuth Relief Committee
Arkansas
Couch
Drowth
Drouth
Sasper
Newton County Times
Jasper
G. L. Wright
Mr. Wright
Wright
Ciied
Emmyravinhs
Craighead Farmers Seek Work For Drouth Relief
Craighead county farmers and business men, meeting at the Chamber of Commerce rooms in Jonesboro, chose employment as the best relief plan for the drouth. The motto was adapted: "a dollar's worth of labor is worth two dollars' worth of ity." The gathering was called by Janes E. Parr, Chamber president, with County Judge A D Weems as chair of the Craighead County Breath Relief Committee.
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Jonesboro
Craighead County
Chamber of Commerce
Drouth
Janes E. Parr
Chamber of Canmneree
A. D. Weems
Broath Relief Committee
Peanut Acreage Decrease Over Ten Per Cent
Washington Sept 1 A more than 10 percent drop in peanut acreage to be harvested for nuts is in the September wrap report. The Department of Agriculture cites 786,250,000 pounds to be harvested this year versus 920,700,000 last year. Virginia and North Carolina together show about 309,000,000 pounds, down 16 percent from last year.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Virginia
North Clarollina
Son of W. Woodall Dies at Cale Today
Wilton Woodall age 10 years son of V Woodall of Hope died at the home for his grandfather Frank Dillard near Cale Arkansas this morning after about four weeks illness Burlat will be at Buck Springs Nevada county.
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Wilton Woodall
V. Woodall
Hope
Frank Dillard
Cale
Arkansas
Young Woodall
Buck Springs
Nevada County
Joe T Robinson Endorsed for 1992 Presidential Nomination
HOT SPRINGS September 11 The state Democratic committee received the name of United States Senator Joe T Robinson for endorsement to the National Convention for president in 1992. Harry L Ponder of Walnut Ridge chaired the meeting and stated the star of destiny shines on Arkansas.
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Hot Springs
United States
Joe T. Robinson
State Democratic Committee
Harry L. Ponder
Walnut Ridge
Robinson
Senate
Ponder
Arkansas
Air Line Surveyor Leaves Little Rock for Arkadelphia
Captain W. S. Kenyon of the Airways Extension Division, Department of Commerce, departed Little Rock for Arkadelphia and Texarkana after inspecting the local airport. He is touring the proposed Louisville to Dallas and Brownwood air mail route, having come from Memphis. He plans to evaluate an intermediate landing field at Arkadelphia before continuing to Texarkana.
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Little Rock
W. S. Kenyon
Airways Extension
Department of Commerce
Arkadelphia
Texarkana
Kenyon
Negro sought after Horton shooting in Houston
A posse hunted a Negro who wounded Frank B. Horton, sales manager of Texas Bag and Burlap, robbed him and kidnapped his female companion Tuesday night. Horton was found injured on a road near Houston. The suspect, identified by photo as an escaped convict, vanished with Horton’s car after the attack.
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Houston
Frank B. Horton
Texas Bag and Burlap Company
Horton
New Houston
Shreveport Mayor Defeated in Democratic Primary
Shreveport Louisiana September 1. Mayor I. E. Thompson who led the city for eight years lost in the Democratic primary to J. G. Palmer an attorney. Thompson opposed Governor Huey P. Long the party nominee for the Senate.
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Shreveporit
I. E. Thompson
Shreveport
J. G. Palmer
Thomas
Huey P. Long
United States Senate
Helena Child Reported Killed, Only Injured
A dispatch claimed four year old O Neil Ginn of West Helena died in a Dalton Georgia auto crash but family officials corrected it saying the boy was injured but will recover. The error came via a message from Mrs Ginn in Chattooga County.
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Hlena
Warner
O'Neil Ginn
Leonid Ginn
West Helena
Dalton
Leonard
Chattooga
Virgil O Stamps To Visit Hope Sunday
Virgil O Stamps a noted singer and member of the Stamps Baxer Mosie firm will arrive in Hope Sunday night with his quartet. They are expected to perform a concert in Hope on Monday night with time and venue to be announced later.
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Virgil O. Stamps
Stamps-Baxter Mosie Company
Dallas
Chatanooga
Tenn
Hope
Stamps
Husband Is Held On Poison Charge
Henry Brownfield a Newport truck driver and his 17 year old son were arrested at Batesville on charges of attempting to kill Mrs Brownfield his fourth wife and step mother to the son. Marshmallow candy containing poison was fed to her and physicians report she is in critical condition. The two men face a preliminary hearing this afternoon as investigators confirm traces of poison in uneaten candy.
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Batesvill
Henry Brownfield
Newport
National Guard Corps Organized at Magnolia
Magnolia Ark Sept 11 Reorganization of two national guard companies at Magnolia A and M College is nearly done. Six drills weekly with Company B on Mondays and Wednesdays and Company D on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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Magnolia
Ark
National Guard
Magnolia A
M. College
Boy Caught as He Tried to Cash Forged Check
POPLAR BLUFF Mo Sept 11 Ed Marris 16 attempted to cash an alleged forged bank check in the business district triggering a block long chase. Police captured him and handed him to county juvenile authorities after the incident involving stolen checks from a local business.
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Poplar Bluff
Ed Marris
Morris
Memphis Youth Fatally Struck by Trolley Car
Memphis, Sept. 11. George Corley, 22, was fatally injured when a trolley car crushed his legs after he ran in front of the vehicle. Rain washed the tracks, hindering a quick stop, according to the motorman's statement.
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Memphis
George Corley
Corley
State rests in third trial of Cedar Barfield
Mount Vernon Texas Sept 11 The state rested its case against Cedar Barfield 29 on trial for the third time for the slaying of Ray Palaver two years ago at Texarkonna. Six defense witnesses testified before court recessed for the night.
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Mount Vernon
Texas
Cader Barfield
Texarkonn
Ray Palaver
Wind Damages Rice Near Stuttgart
A stiff wind swept Grand Prairie about 15 miles south of Stuttgart late Wednesday demolished several derricks and pumping plants and damaged ripening rice in a two mile wide area. The wind was accompanied by heavy rain. Stuttgart also saw rain without wind.
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Stuttgart
Grand Prairie
Here
Road Program Depends On The Trunk Highways
Arkansas highway series examines trunk lines' role in building a modern system. Major routes like Highway 70 and Route 71 projects drive ground work for farm to market roads, with concrete and asphalt progress across many segments and counties through completion this fall and next year.
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Arkansas
Nolen
Bulloch United Press
Little Rock
Ar Ieangas
Terris
Memphis
Rogers
Alma
Fort Smith
Mansfield
Erete
Dardannelle
Conway
Plummerville
Dollorway
Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff-Grady
West Memphis
Forrest City
North Crittenden County
Nettleton-Tramarin
Consete
Lake City
Clarksville
Mulberry
Officers Tied As Negroes Are Slain
SCOOBA Miss September 11 Two negro prisoners were taken from deputy sheriffs near here by a mob and lynched The two officers were tied to a tree by the crowd The suspects were being transferred from DeKalb to Secaba for preliminary trial on a robbery charge when attacked by the mob The attackers moved the prisoners to another tree and left First reports gave no count of the crowd
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Scooba
Miss
Thomas McCoy
Tennessee
DeKalb
Secaba
Guy Byrd
J. J. Dotson
Holly White
Rescued Diver Ready For Work
NEW ORLEANS Sept 11. Nick Danuse 62 year old diver hopes doctors will permit him to leave hospital and return home to his children after being trapped for 25 hours in pilings beneath a drainage canal. Fritz John, his old friend, helped save him as more than 400 workers battled the canal current and passed a rope to lift him to safety.
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New Orleans
UPI
Nick Danuse
Banese
Fritz John
John
Negro Assailant of Woman Sought
Memphis police search for an unidentified African American man who last night waylaid a young woman near her South Memphis home after she alighted from a streetcar. He allegedly threw a rope around her neck and dragged her toward the woods, but the woman escaped unharmed aside from scratches to face and neck as the streetcar operator halted the vehicle after hearing her screams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Youth Shoots Man Near Paragould in Missouri incident
Paragould report says 42 year old Andrew Bradley was shot in the shoulder by an unknown youth while he sat on his porch at Cardwell Missouri, about 12 miles north of Paragould. Bradley went inside to fetch his gun and was shot as he reentered. He was hospitalized with a bullet wound and gave the shooter’s approach for work as the motive.
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Paragould
Andrew Bradley
Bradley
Cardwell
Brad‘fey
Sunday School Class Enjoy a Melon Feast
The Alathean Class of First Baptist church held a Tuesday meeting in the church annex due to weather. After a brief business session led by president J. M. O'Neal, games and contests followed with iced watermelon served by the hostess.
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First Baptist Church
Church Annex
Fair Ground
J. M. O'Neal
Hendrix Cambridge Debate Tilt Set in Columbia Co
Conway and Magnolia dispatches report Hendrix-Henderson college president J H Reynolds announcing Cambridge University debate in Columbia County during winter. Debates with the British team planned. Magnolia notes 1930 cotton crop estimated at 1500 bales with Magnolia gin output at 50 bales and a 20 percent gin price cut per 100 pounds.
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Hendrix
Cambridge
Columbia Co
Conway
J. H. Reynolds
Hendrix-Henderson College
Fevel Shoal
Cambridge University
Magnolia
Columbia County
Huge rattlesnake shot by Polk County farmer
In MENA on September 11 a six foot seven inch diamond back was killed by ZT Mauzy, a local dairy farmer south of Mena. The snake’s skin was later shown in connection with the Kelly-Stratton realty offer exhibit.
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Polk County
Mena
Mauzy
Kelly-Stratton Realty
Miner al Springs Publisher Visits in Hope Today
W E Brown owner and publisher of the Mineral Springs Vin was a business visitor in Hope today During his stay in Hope Brown called at the Hope Star office and conferred with editors and staff on newspaper matters Brown is a known figure in Mineral Springs Howard County.
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Mineral Springs
Hope
W. E. Brown
Minegu Springs
Howard Coutty
Hope Today
Hope Ma
Brown
The
Hope Star
Harvey Couch Links Economic Talk To Business Outlook
Harvey C Couch president of Arkansas Power and Light and state relief committee chair urged Arkansas to drop hard times rhetoric. He said optimism replaces pessimism boosts relief efforts and business, citing editors who call for less negative talk. Couch warned continued doom talk deepens drought damage and delays recovery.
Farmer Charged With Shooting Neighbor at Timber Dispute
Popular Bluff matches report Robert Mavom a young farmer held for trial in Circuit Court on charges of attempting to kill neighbor FP Humphreys after a timber dispute. Accused will stand trial at the October term of Circuit Court.
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Popular Bluff
Robert Mavom
Humphreys
Macous
Mucor
Fire damages Bentonville cold storage plant
Fire of unknown origin caused about 25 000 dollars in damage Tuesday night to the Bentonville ice and cold storage plant. There was some insurance.
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Bentonville
Ark
Investigation of Robbery Made County Official
Washington reportsdispute over corn yield decline by 240 100000 bushels this year from a Department of Agriculture survey. Also news from Washington notes repeated attacks with trench mortars and machine guns against United States vessels along the Yangtze River.
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Washington
United States
United States Agricultural Department
Yangtse River
Burglary at Ed Miles Country Store Reported
A burglary occurred Wednesday near Honey on the Dooley road and Dooley’s road crossing. Thieves stole tire stock and goods from Gilley’s store and a related property, with Sheriff McKay noting no arrests reported and investigation ongoing.
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Dooley’s
Lewisvn
Gilley
McKay
Farmer Held Up Near Home. Loses $2000 in Checks
Batesville news reports James Swain, 65, a prominent local farmer, was accosted by two rough men while hunting near his home. They bound and gagged him, kept him for 12 hours, and escaped with $2000 in cashier’s checks and some small change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batesville
James Swain
Swain
Three Escape From Leavenworth Jail
Leavenworth Kansas report says three prisoners escaped from the federal penitentiary annex after placing dummies to resemble sleeping men. Fugitives Frank Chapman, 31, of San Francisco Frank E Brownie, 36, of East St. Louis and Steve Koehler, 97, of St. Louis, all convicted under the Harrison narcotics act, tunneled under a wall to flee the prison yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
Federal Penitentiary Annex
Frank Chapmen
San Francisco
Frank EB. Brownie
East St. Louis
Steve Koehler
St. Louis
Road and Bridge Projects Advertised for Bids
Five state road and bridge projects were advertised for bids by the state highway commission. They include concrete paving on highways through Crawford Lawrence and Jefferson counties, a 522 foot steel bridge over the Fourche river in Scott County, and related grading and drainage works. Bids are due September 17.
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Little Rock
State Highway Commission
Scott County
Mountainburg
Crawford County
van Buren
Fayetteville
Benton
Rogers
Civil War Vet Granted Divorce From Girl Fifteen in Arkansas
In Mena Arkansas a chancery court granted nine divorces during a special Polk County session. One case involved John T DeShi and Alice DeShaze, with DeShi a Civil War veteran who wed Alice Carter at 18 in 1929 and separated soon after the ceremony. A Texan game commission dove drive targets the Rio Grande valleys.
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Mena
Ark
Johnna
Polk Chancery Court
John T. DeShi
Alice DeShaze
DeShaxe
Jine
Aliee Carter
Arkansas State Fair urged exhibitors urged to display
W M Graham president of the Federated Fair Arkansas appeals to secretaries and managers of ly fairs statewide to prepare exhibits for the Arkansas State Fair 1930. He notes cancellations of county fairs but urges a creditable show to boost agricultural morale and counteract recent negative publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
W. M. Graham
Federated Fair Arkansas
Graham
Hempstead County Teachers Institute Opens Saturday
The annual Hempstead county teachers institute will open at Hope Junius High School at 4 o'clock Saturday morning. County Superintendent EL E Austin announced that an interesting program is being prepared and full attendance of teachers will be expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead County Teachers Institute
Hope Junius High School
EL E
Austin
October 10 Is Last Day For Local Street Tax
City hall announced the local street tax due by October 10 with a tax of 2.50 per head twice yearly. Payments cover the fall installment and late payers face summons for service. books open the last week of the month, and notices warn of penalties for those paying after October 1.
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City Hall
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Jack Terrell
Shrevert
James Terrel
Hasseloth
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Craighead
Drouth Relief
W. Woodall
Air Line
Helena Child
Hope Sunday
Probe
National Guard Corps
Cedar Barefield
Harvey Couch
Farmer
Bulletins
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Texius Game Commission
Rio Geanchy
Valles
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