California Flier Duo Rescued After Nine Day Flight Ordeal
Don Moyle and Cecil Allen, California flyers, endured nine days lost at sea during a Japan to Seattle attempt. They survived on an uninhabited Siberian island after being picked up by a Russian steamer, later signaling readiness to hop toward Nome Alaska. Reports cite refueling and relentless effort to keep the plane aloft while awaiting extraction.
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Associated Press
Don Moye
Cecil A. Allen
California
Japan
Seattle
Miano Filgino
Siberia
Nome
Alaska
Moyle
Allen
Stesmer
Flicra Sentra
Story of Jews Told to Rotarians at Hope luncheon
Dr. W. R. Anderson, pastor, described the Jews as the healthiest yet most persecuted people, noting their 2,000 year prominence in medicine finance and the arts. He linked nationalist spirit to World War effects and Palestine mandate, predicting a possible return of the Kingdom of David in Jerusalem. Rotarian Ed McCorkle sponsored the program. Tom McLarty joined as a new Rotarian.
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Hope Rotary Club
Hotel Barlow
W. R. Anderson
First Presbyterian Church
Anderson
London
Kingdom of David
Allenby
Jerusalem
Palestine
Britain
South Carolina Cotton Planting Ban Passed in House
COLUMBIA Friday the house passed on third reading and sent to the senate a WI to prohibit cotton planting in South Carolina next year. The measure was undebated and the vote unrecorded. LITTLE ROCK Oda Pickard widow of Jesse Pickard of Searcy county and White county, died in Chicago Monday and was appointed to the unexpired term of her husband.
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Columbia
House
Senate
South Carolina
Little Rock
Oda Pickard
Jesse Pickard
Searcy County
White County
Chicago
Traffic Light For Washington Ward Two School Safety
The city council authorized the first automatic traffic signal in the city for the intersection of Washington and Third street to improve safety for school children. The police committee, with Mayor John Vesey's approval, may purchase the electric signal and regulate city parking. Third street gains right of way except at intersections while traffic on cross avenues must stop. The move aims to provide safe passage for Ward Two students along Highway No. 63 twice daily after Paisley school reassigned following Garland building closure.
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Washington
Third
S. Star. Te
John Vesey
Third Street
Ward Two
Paisley
Missouri Pacific
Death From Accidental Shot Near Star City
A. C. Russ, 56, farmer living two miles from Star City, was found dead beside his barn from a shotgun wound. A coroner's jury ruled accidental death after Mrs. Russ said he left home with a single barreled gun to shoot a hawk and did not return. He faced a drunkenness charge scheduled for Friday. survived by his wife and two brothers H.R. Russ and Silas Rusa.
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Star City
A. C. Russ
H.R. Russ
Silas Rusa
Unemployment to Be Handled Locally
Washington officials said communities could manage their own unemployment relief next winter. Walter S. Gifford, national relief director, told a committee led by Owen D. Voting to mobilize relief resources that the aim was to provide aid directly to communities to handle the unemployment issue.
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Wn Ashington
Walter S. Gifford
National Relief
Owen D
Gifford
Wade
Entertainment To Be Big Feature of Next Week's Fair
The Southwest Arkansas Fair in Hope opens Monday evening with a heavy emphasis on entertainment. Fireworks display, midway attractions, horse racing with Hempstead entries, a new fox chase daily, a Hope-Hot Springs baseball game, bicycle events, dog and hound contests, and novelty competitions fill the program. Exhibits begin Saturday to avoid crowding Monday.
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Hope
America
Thia
Hempstead
Arkana
Gas
Arkansas
Hope and
Hot Springs
Fair
County Officials Capture 3 Stills
Hempstead county officers arrested Andrew Smith and Mote Hill, both Negroes, after noon Thursday at a still on the west side of Rea Leke, five miles south of Fulton. They found a working copper still and a second cold still made from a 60 gallon barrel, with 200 gallons of mash and 120 gallons of finished product seized. Smith was arraigned before Justice Huntley and bound over to the October grand jury. Hill’s hearing not held. Officers Clarence Baker, Will Porter, Al kai Shipp, and J. Pale assisted in the rain.
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Andrew Smith
Mote Hill
Hempstead
Rea Leke
Fulton
Smith
F. Huntley
Hiil
Atny
Clarence Baker
Will Porter
Alkai Shipp Aind J. Pale
Futter
One Dead and Dozens Injured by Local Storm
A storm near Washington Court House Ohio killed Willard Aer, caretaker of a tent, and injured about fifty people at a Browns Chapel fish fry. Lightning struck a wire feeding the tent as Creek crests swollen flood Fayette County, closing roads and threatening further damage.
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Washington Court House
Ohio
Willard Aer
Browns Chapel
Fayette County
Fliers Plot Second North Pacific Attempt From Siberian Coast
Don Moyle and Cecil A. Allen, stranded by fuel shortage off the Siberian coast, planned another single hop to cross the North Pacific. Reports said the Buriat found them on Navarin island, refueled their plane, and eyed Seattle or Takio as possible targets. Weather and storm conditions around Navarin must ease before takeoff. the aviators were landed at Mians village on Tilgino island.
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Seattle
Don Moyle
Cecil A. Allen
California
Siberian
North Pacific
Buriat
Cape Nayarin
Naval
Pauk Island
Beringsen
Takio
Japan
Navarian Island
Navarin Island
Tilgino Island
Legionnaires urged to back wine and beer legalization vote
Delegates from Lamarr McLeod post in this city were instructed to vote for resolutions endorsing legalization of light wine and beer sales in the United States if the measure came up. One dissenting vote was cast against the post’s action.
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Mobile
National Convention of the Americal Legion
Lamarr
McLeod Post
United States
Majer
Legien Post
150 Pound Melon Sets Hope Weight Record
The 1931 watermelon championship weight rose to 150 pounds when J A Porterfield shipped a melon displayed at Monts Seed Store. Porterfield, eight miles south of Hope on Patmos Route Two, has long been a top county producer. Earlier, he hinted melons would beat 143 3/4 pounds. The all time mark is 164 3/4 pounds by Oscar Middlebrooks last year, with potential further reports as warm September weather continues.
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J. A. Porterfield
Monts Seed Store
Peterfield
Hope
Patmos
Oscar Middlebrooks
Portrefield
Middlebroks
Texas Senate Votes On Reduction Bill in Texas Capitol
Austin readers report the Texas Senate approved a reduction bill by a 19 to 0 vote to limit next year cotton acreage to one quarter of this year’s cultivated land. The House earlier passed a measure setting a one third limit for the cultivated areas.
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Texas
Senate
Austin
Tex
Texas Senate
House
Three Killed in Texarkana Filling Station Feud
In a feud between two filling station operators near the Arkansas Texas line, J H Boyd abducted and shot during a late Thursday fight, killing Hardy Ince Willard Fish and Berlton Sullivan and wounding another fatally. Boyd, shot in the arm, fled to Atlanta Texas. two dead men were masked as Negroes.
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Texarkana
Arkansas
Texas
Louisione State Lines
J. H. Boyd
Hardy Ince
Willard Fish
Berlton Sullivan
William Sullivan
Boyd
Luce
Atlanta
Tex
Arkansas Second In Road Surfacing
The Bureau of Public Roads reports 1930 saw more than 700 million dollars spent on road construction with 24 464 miles surfaced to connect rural and urban areas. States improved 7 813 miles ready for surfacing as part of a nationwide program, totaling 980 million dollars in highway department expenditures, up 22 percent from 1929. Wisconsin led with 1 825 miles surfaced, Arkansas second with 1 782, Kansas third with 1 775.
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Washington
Bureau of Public Roads
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Kansas
Hold Inquest For Benjamin Collings
An inquest into the death of Benjamin P. Collings of Stanford was held Friday in Huntington. He was said to have been beaten and bound before being thrown into Long Island Sound to drown. The widow did not attend, despite being invited to testify, claiming physical inability.
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Huntington, N
Benjamin P. Collings
Stanford
Long Island Sound
Bakers and Porter Raid Reported Near Columbus
Last Saturday officers Clarence Baker and Win Porter destroyed an oil barrel still four miles south of Columbus. A black man working at the still ran as officers approached and is thought to have been wounded by a gunshot from one of the officers. No arrest has been made.
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Clarence Baker
Win Porter
Columbus
German dirigible flight to Pernambuco reported missing
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a giant German dirigible on a trenchtoe flight toward Pernambuco. Time stamps show 1015 am and 6:15 p.m. CST, with an unclear reference to Friday and Thursday. No clear names, places, or firm facts extractable from the readable text.
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Giant
Pernambuco
Rezil
Hope WCTU Meeting At Champlin Home
The Hope Women’s Christian Temperance Union met at Dr Etta Champlin’s home with Miss Mamie Twitchell as associate hostess. Officers were re elected and a vice president named. readings were given. petitions were signed for world disarmament. a salad social followed. next meeting set for October 15.
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Hope Women's, Christian Temperance Union
Etta E. Champlin
Mamie Twitchell
H.H. Stuart
D.B. Thompson
Frieda Jones
Amma
Texarkana Tragedy Ends in Double Death at Home
H. Beggs, 44, a machinist helper at St. Louis Southwestern shops, shot and killed his wife Thursday afternoon at their Texarkana home, then killed himself. Witnessed by 12-year-old daughter Bessie Lee, the family had recently moved from Commerce, Texas, and a quarrel over money and a dress purchase preceded the fatal shots. Thewoman died at a local hospital about 30 minutes later. two other children were at school.
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Texarkana
H. Beggs
St. Louis Southwestern
Bessie Lee
Compmerce
Texas
Mamma
Mama
Margerie
Mildred
Tme
Couimerce
Kiwanis Dinner Noted With Constitution Week Remarks
Kiwanis arranged a dinner for 15 youths with Dewey Hendr ventures in charge. Luther G. helped with the meal, and Charles Harrell of Hope Auto attended. Rev Geo Strasser denounced disrespect for the Constitution. Three to four members may attend the tri state Kiwanis convention in Joplin, meeting at Weltman’s Store Friday at 7:30.
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Dewey Hendr
Hendrix
Luther G
Charles Harrell
Hope: Auto Company
Kiwanis
Jopin
Star
Jedsee Harbin
Ruf Herndon
Geo
Horse Thief Arrested in Hope After Noon
The first horse theft arrest in years occurred in Hope Friday afternoon. Chief of Police Stuart jailed a 19 year old man named Sanders of Lost Prairie on Bed Flver after a tip and a chase. Sanders is said to be charged with theft involving $5 from three men named Kelly. Buzzards Bluff, Thursday. City and county officers pursued Sanders during the night and Friday, aided by informants.
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Hope
Stuart
Sanders
Lost Prairie
Kelly
Buzzards Bluff
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis
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Frank T. Hines
Veterans’ Affairs
Edward L. White
Fidac Inter Allied Organization of World War Veterans of 10 Nations
Pacific Flight
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Graf Zep
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Brazil
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D B. Thompson
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Jude
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