Arkansas Receives 500500 Emergency Relief Loan
The Federal Emergency Funds loaned Arkansas 500 500 for September through December. Funds target unemployment relief with six counties to share, led by Pulaski 275 000 and Hempstead 26 000, under the State Emergency Relief commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Finance Corporation
Arkansas
Pulaski
Sebastian
Phillips
Crawford
Garland
Hempstead
State Emergency Relief Commission
Two Washington area crashes injure seven people
Two accidents near Washington injure seven as a Thursday night head on collision on a curve and a Friday morning rollover on loose gravel leave a family with serious injuries. Ray Landes survived with minor bruises while a salesman and six others were treated in Hope.
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Washington
Ray Landes
H. L. Landes
Landes Supply Co
Four States Grocer Co
Texarkana
Landes
Hope
Ware's Farm Show Draws 200 At New Hope Event
About 200 persons attended G W Wares Experiment Station moving pictures at New Hope church Thursday night. The reel program featured Farmers Week at Fayetteville and experiments from nearby stations. Ware discussed profitable cotton and potato varieties and ideal fertilizer and planting times. Music came from the station string band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hope
Hempstead County
G. W. Ware
New Hope Church
Mr. Ware
Hope
Fayetteville
Experiment Station
Sam Demeron
Staion
Arkansas
No Trace Found In Italian Search For Missing Ocean Fliers
An all day search through Western Italy by land sea and air failed to locate the airplane carrying an American nurse a woman two men and a woodchuck mascot missing on a flight from New York. Authorities doubt they reached the continent and say if seen they would have been recognized. The hunt may resume.
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Rome
Italy
New York
Iadian Peninsula
Sardinia
Automatic S. O. S. signal aids ships in distress
German shipping circles praise a new automatic S O S device that not only sends a distress call but identifies the ship and its location without a wireless operator.
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Berlin
Milk death by own action shocks Los Angeles
Police puzzled over the death of Jack Burchfield a Los Angeles barber until a drink binge and a milk delivery mix up revealed he shot himself after ordering more liquor.
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Los Angeles
Jack Burchfield
Burchfield
Tax collect 1931 ad valorem receipts total $2,972,000
Arkansas state auditor Humphrey announced that ad valorem taxes for 1931 brought in $2,972,000, down $282,000 from last year. The decrease reflects lower assessed values and tax collections across counties.
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Little Rock
Humphrey
Kiwanis Club to Hear Dr Buddin on Citizenship
Dr Frances A Buddin former pastor of the First Methodist church will speak at the Kiwanis program Friday night at the New Capital Hotel at 6 30 He will address responsibilities of citizenship as part of Constitution week observed the third week in October Joe Floyd leads the program W P Harmon a former pastor and Kiwanis member will attend as guest
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Frances A. Buddin
First Methodist Church
New Capital Hotel
Farmer Sidney Cole Ends Life Over Debts
Despondent over debts, 57 year old Sidney Cole, a farmer, killed himself with a shotgun at his home here. His wife, on waking to prepare breakfast, heard the sound of the fatal shot as family members described the distress over financial worries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farago Uld
Sidney Cole
Hope High Coach Talks Athletics to Rotary Club
Hope high school football coach Teddy Jones addressed the Rotary club at Hotel Barlow praising athletics in a school program. He noted discipline from football and games benefits the community, mentioned only a week with the team, and discussed rule changes likely to slow play.
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Hope
Teddy Jones
Rotary Club
Hotel Barlow
W. R. Anderson
Missouri
Hollister
A. C. Kolb
Anderson
Dubois Husband Commits Suicide Amid Edith Dubois Case
In Quincy Massachusetts Charles E Dubois a New York jeweler killed himself in a bathroom ending the investigation into the disappearance of his wife Edith Dubois He had been living under the name Ralph Anderson at a house where police had been questioning him about the case.
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Quincy
Mass
Charles E. Dubois
New York
Edith Dubois
Dubois
Ralph Anderson
Short October Hempstead circuit docket promises few civil, many criminal cases
The Hempstead circuit court opens October 3 with Judge Dexter Bush and Prosecutor Millard Alford. The docket shows 35 civil cases in week one and 63 criminal counts in two weeks, including three murder charges and multiple burglary grand larceny cases. Defendants include J. W. Lecour on forgery and uttering, O. L. Wyatt for murder, J. J. Cornelius for murder, and Hoyt Rider, Jack Pritchett, Charles Crosnoe for burglary and grand larceny. renewed term aims to restock funds and resume full proceedings.
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Hempstead
Dexter Bush
Millard Alford
J. W. Lecour
Hope
O. L. Wyatt
J. J. Cornelius
Hoyt Rider
Jack Pritchett
Charles Crosnoe
All of
Landes Supply Co
Sale of Securities Enhances Profits for Middle West Utilities
Receivers Edward N Hurley and Charles A McCullough reported in federal court that profits from selling securities boosted earnings at Middle West Utilities, once a $3 billion holding company tied to Insull utilities. Liabilities neared 310 million while assets stood about 299 million.
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Chicago
Middle West Utilities Company
Insull Utilities
Edward N. Hurley
Charles A. McCullough
Middle West
Funeral Services For Dr Luck Friday
Funeral services for Dr J L Luck who was found dead in his home at 317 North Hervey street were held at the family residence at 4 o clock Friday afternoon The Rev Wallace R Rogers pastor of the First Baptist church conducted the service Burial followed in Rose Hill cemetery Dr Luck a well known Hope physician was found dead in bed by his wife when she answered a telephone call in the Luck home about 2 o clock Thursday morning Death was caused by heart disease.
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J. L. Luck
North Hervey Street
Wallace R. Rogers
First Baptist Church
Rose Hill
Luck
Hope
Columbus Man Dies Thursday
T. E. Smith, 40, of Columbus, died at home Thursday night after a long illness. Funeral and burial were at Columbus cemetery Friday at 2:30 p.m. Rev. J. C. Williams officiated. He leaves his mother four children two brothers and two sisters. He belonged to the First Baptist church and to the Masonic and Modern Woodmen lodges.
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T. E. Smith
Columbus
Columbus Cemetery
J. C. Williams
First Baptist Church of Columbus
Masonic and
Modern Woodmen Lodges
Boy Shot at Home. Bullet Bounces Off Tobacco Can
In Houston Texas Gabriel Fransee ages sixteen was walking to the family car when a shooter fired a pistol. A bullet pierced his pocket but stopped inside a tobacco can. Fransee says he is glad he smokes despite his age.
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Houston
Tex
Gabriel Fransee
Francee
Cotton price drops on New York market Friday
Cotton futures fell across the board on Friday with October closing at 6.98, down 18 points from 7.15. December slid 17 points to 7.12 from 7.29, and March opened 7.49, noon 7.58, settled 7.29, down 21 points. Middling spot cotton at 7.05, down 10 points. Sales were none.
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New York
Arkansas Audit Finds $100000 Payment Unauthorized
The Highway Department’s $100000 payout in 1927 to the Osceola and Little River road districts in Mississippi county was ruled by the Highway Audit Commission as apparently without authority. The panel ordered testimony be given to Prosecuting Attorney Carl Bailey and other district prosecutors to pursue possible criminal violations.
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Little Rock
Highway Department
Osceola
Little River
Mississippi County
Highway Audit Commission
Audit Commission
Carl Bailey
Pulaski County
Seven teens land long term film contracts at Warner First National
Warner First National signs seven teenage girls to long term deals marking a youth push in Hollywood. Lorena Layson, Monica Bannister, Jacqueline Allen lead the group with others Patricia Green Muriel Gordon Geraine Greer and Alice Janz. Each has varied paths from stand ins to screen tests and extras, with potential future stardom uncertain yet highly anticipated.
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Hollywood
Husky
Warner First National Studio
Warners
Monica Bannister
Monica
Jacqueline Allen
Miss Allen
Cocoanut Grove
Patricia Green
Muriel Gordon
Geraine Greer
Alice Janz
Miss Layson
County Election Heads Named By State Board
The State Election Board in Little Rock named county election commissioners for 75 counties. Each board feature two Democrats and one Republican serving two years. Hempstead county appointees are W. A. Lewis of Hope, W. J. Hartsfield of Washington, and Louis Carlson of Hope.
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State Election Board
Harvey Parnell
Hal L. Norwood
Ed F. McDonald
Little Rock
Hempstead County
W. A. Lewis
Hope
W. J. Hartsfield
Washington
Louis Carlson
Insect Bite Proves Fatal to Young Girl
Paragould report states four year old Barbara June Lentz died at home from an insect bite likely a spider. The child was bitten more than a week earlier and succumbed Friday.
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Barbara June Lentz
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Richardson
Missouri Pacific
Nashville-Hope
Julia Chester Hospital
Liberty Hill School
Riley Lewallen
Green Laseter
Warrenton
Shadrack Thompson
Henry Baxley
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Fiery Run
Linden
Virginia
Ouimet
Five Farms
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Links
U. S
Francis Ouimet
Flapper
Fanny
Bulletins
Kiwanis Club
Dr. Buddin
Coach Jones
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Maine
James
Anna Dahl
James Roosevelt
West
Dr. Luck
Highway Dept
Dan Thomas
Lorena Layson
Lorena
Dorothy Mackaill
Barbara Stanwyck
Duthh Chatterton
Bannister
Lewis, Carlson and
Hartsfield
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