Farm Strikes Loom As Price Blockade Tension Rises
Farmers in Iowa Nebraska and Oklahoma brace for renewed blockades with pickets set to close highways. Leaders Milo Reno and J F Kriege vow no stop until farm prices and relief measures improve. Officials pledge road clearances and readiness to use force if needed as talks falter.
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Ers
Milo Reno
Farmers Holiday Association
Oklahom
Rmer
J. F. Kriege
Nebraska Group
Nebraska
Thomas O. Tacy
Council Bluffs
Bandits seize five ton bank safe in Gravette robbery
A Gravette bank robbery at dawn Tuesday saw two bandits invade the First National Bank while a third disarmed the night watchman. The men blasted the vault, loaded a five ton safe onto a truck, then fled as a posse led by Sheriff Edgar Fields pursued toward Oklahoma. Insurance covered the loss of about six thousand dollars.
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Bentonville
Ark
Edgar Piekds
Oklahoma
First National Bank of
Gravette
A_ posse
First National Bank
John Mitchman
Edgar Fields
Residence on South Pine Afire
Hope Fire department was called to the Jim Smith home on South Pine Street about 11 o'clock Tuesday morning where the roof was afire. Firemen smothered the flames on arrival and little damage was reported.
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Hope
Jim Smith
South Pine Street
Smith
Daughter of British Premier Weds in Welcoming Wendover Church
Dr. Joan MacDonald daughter of Prime Minister Ramsey MacDonald married Dr. Alastair MacKinnon in a packed little Congregational church at Wendover England. Prime Minister MacDonald gave away the bride as her sister Ishbel attended. The 23 year old bride and her older husband were students at Edinburgh college. Ishbel earlier accompanied her father on an American tour.
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Wendover
England
Joan MacDonald
Ramsey MacDonald
Edinburg College
Alastair MacKinnon
Ishbel
MacDonald
United Methodist Church Formed In Historic Union
At Albert Hall London a ceremony joined three branches of Methodism into the United Methodist Church. About 10 000 delegates from many nations attended as the Duke of York welcomed them on behalf of King George. The merger ends separate groups Primitive Methodists United Methodists and Wesleyans.
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London
England
United Methodist Church
Albert Hall
Duke of York
George
Great Britain
United Methodists
Wesleyans
Long Plans Radically Slash State Expenses
Baton Rouge Senator Huey P. Long, who announced retirement from Louisiana politics, said from the governor’s office Tuesday that he planned radical cuts in state expenses. He told reporters his retirement was sincere but that he would hold final conferences to set his house in order before backing Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Roosevelt
Florida to Receive Fidac Educational Medal
Gainesville report says the University of Florida will receive the Fidac educational medal for efforts in promoting goodwill between the United States and Latin American nations during the past year.
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Gainesville
Fla
University of Florida
United States
Hope Schools Report Record Enrollments for 1932-33
Hope public schools opened the 1932-33 term with record first day enrollments across several districts. Elementary and high school totals surpassed prior peaks, with Brookwood Paisley and Oglesby showing notable gains, while Shower Springs fell short of last year’s mark. Principal Richard Milburn led an opening program as students began classes.
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The
Hope Public Schools
Beryl Henry
Brookwood School
Paisley
Oglesby
Shower Springs
W. R. Andersoon
First Presbyterian Church
Don Smith
E. E. Austin
Richard Milburn
All-Day Singing at Nichols Schoolhouse
An all-day singing will be held at Nichols schoolhouse Sunday October 2. The public is asked to bring luncheon and 1933 song books.
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Nichols
Florida Canal Project Seeks 160 Million Loan
The Gulf Atlantic Ship Canal Corporation led by General Charles P. Summerall seeks 160 million dollars from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to build a 150 mile Florida canal from Withlacoochee Bay to north of Daytona Beach. Proponents say it would cut 800 to 1000 miles from cargo routes and boost southern prices and profits, with earnings estimated at 20 million annually and eventual government ownership.
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Florida
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Gulf-Atlantic Ship Canal Corporation
Charles P. Summerall
Federal Bureau
South
Florida Keys
Withlacoochee Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Daytona Beach
Atlantic
Panama Canal
Culebra
Defeat in Maine Shocks Republican Campaign Plans
The Maine election shock reverberates through the Republican ranks as they face a grim season. President Hoover urges renewed effort while strategists debate revising the campaign, concentrating on strong states, and mobilizing leaders like Coolidge, Hays, and Brown to rally support.
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Maine
Hoover
Sanders
White House
Coolidge
Will H. Hays
Hunger Strikes Across History and Nations
The article surveys hunger strikes as political and social tools from Gandhi in Poona to MacSwiney in Cork, noting precedents in Ireland and Britain, suffragettes in England and the United States, and various individual cases including Sacco and Vanzelli and others. It discusses motives, outcomes, and the enduring myth of self starvation as a method of pressure.
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Mahatma Gandhi
England
Hon
Terence MacSwiney
Cork
MacSwiney
Joseph Fitzgerald
Joseph Murphy
Fyally
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzelli
Sacco
Farley Awaits Hope's World's Largest Melon Auction
James A. Farley, DNC chair, awaits delivery of a 166 pound melon from Hope Arkansas Chamber of Commerce. The giant melon, expected Tuesday, will be auctioned to bolster the Democratic campaign chest. Past champions include Gordon Vines and C. E. McSwain with a 1932 melon weighing 100 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Hope
Farley
Gordon Vines
C. E. McSwain
Associated Press
NEA
Louis
Louie
Vines
McSwain
O. D. Middlebrooks
Garner’s Mother Dies at 81 in Detroit Texas
Mrs. Sarah Jane Garner, 81, mother of John N. Garner Democratic vice presidential nominee, died at 12:25 Tuesday afternoon in Detroit. Garner traveled by train from Washington to Texarkana and by ambulance to her bedside, where she recognized him and spoke a few hours before death.
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Chicago
L. C. Britton
Engmark Heath
California
A. Bryk
Nucci
New York
Detroit
Texas
Sarah Jane Garner
John N. Garner
Garner
Washington
Texarkana
Ave
Hoover Denies U.S. In German Arms Question
President Hoover stated the United States is not party to the Versailles treaty and its German arms limitations. He said the issue is European and that Germany should continue in the arms conference, while the U S remains anxious Germany will participate.
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Washington
Hoover
United States
Germany
Duffie Heads Executive Board to Spend 20000
The Hempstead county relief effort forms committees to spend $20,000 in federal credits for relief of destitution and unemployment through December 31. J F Duffie of Hope leads the executive board with four others appointed by W A Rooksberg of Little Rock, city and county officials as ex officio. These groups will register needy cases and jobless workers, select projects, and plan welfare work with a Friday meeting set at Hope city hall.
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Hempstead
Executive Emergency Relief Committee
J. F. Duffie
Hope
W. A. Rooksberg
Little Rock
Roy Anderson
John Vesey
L. F. Higgason
Mr. Duffie
Alex H. Washburn
W. R. Anderson
B. J. Drake
Patmos
Brooks Shults
Fulton
M. R. Samuels
Emmet R. F. D
A, H. Wade
Blevins
Sid Stone
McCaskill
R. E. Jackson
Columbus
W. H. Etter
Hope and Hempstead
Duffie
4 Point Gain for Cotton Tuesday
Cotton futures rose 4 points on Tuesday with October and December closing higher. December opened at 7.01, traded to 6.98 at noon, then 6.93 for a gain from Monday. March opened at 1.10, peaked at 7.14 at noon, and closed at 7.08. spot middling bids were 6.95 with no sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Horse Returns to Favor on Minnesota Farms
Northwestern Minnesota reports show 42 percent rise in 4-H colt club enrollment this year as Old Dobbin gains popularity. Breeders note increased demand for horse breeding stock amid thinning ranks and affordable fuels.
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Minneafolis
Dobbin
Northwestern
T. A. Erickson
Minnesota
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NEA Service
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McDonald
Hend Lainson
South Pine
Flapper
Fanny
U. S. Pat
NCA
Omaha
Edinburgh College
M.E. Churches of England Merged
Hope Schools
Panama
Mexice
Associated Press Observer
Byron Price
Yeers
Bulletin
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India
Alice Paul
Lucy Burns
William Roche
Sadie E. Harrington
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U.S
P. P. Duffie
Northwestern Farms
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