Pardons Granted in Nevada County Murder Case
Acting Governor Moncrief pardons Henry and Joe McCain, Nevada county murderers serving seven year terms in Arkansas penitentiary. The brothers were involved in the Slagle shooting, Joe pleaded to manslaughter, Henry convicted of murder. A large petition led by C. R. Andrews and signed by Prescott ministers supported clemency. The cases drew bitter contest in Nevada county circuit court.
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Moncrief
Joe
Henry McCain
Nevada County
Little Rock
Jain W. Moncrief
Henry
Joe McCain
Arkansas
McCains
J. P. Slagle
C. R. Andrews
Prescott
McCain
Arcadia Labor Mystery Found By Arkansas Deputy
Labor officials locate a utopian Arcadia in Crossett Arkansas where Crossett Lumber Company offers workers 2.75 to 5 dollars daily plus housing at 4 50 to 6 dollars monthly. Crossett boasts malaria proof town features, YMCA, swimming pool, schools and hospitals, attracting labor requests from Little Rock.
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Little Rock
Arcadia
McKinley
Crossett
Department of Labor
Crossett Lumber Company
Arkansas
WILL INVESTIGATE HOURS WORKED BY WOMEN
Little Rock June 13 State Labor Commissioner Ben D Brickhouse has cited all hotel and restaurant men of Little Rock to appear June 20 and report on hours women employees work daily. The minimum wage commission will also judge wages. Some establishments allegedly exceed the nine hour day.
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Little Rock
Ben D. Brickhouse
French Counter Attack Pushes German Forces Back South of Montdidier
Allied counter attacks near Montdidier and along the Oise river thwart German effort as French artillery and infantry compel retreat of divisions. The action includes heavy fighting around Machemont Bethancourt and Chevincourt with prisoners taken and German footholds eliminated. Nordic ships and copper cargo aboard Vindeggen and Henrik Lund report submarine activity in Atlantic waters.
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France
Montdidier
Nery
Hwich
Matz
Bethancourt
Machemont
Chevincourt
The
Oise
Compeigne
Two Norwegian Ships Sunk Off Our Coast
New York article reports two Norwegian steamships Vindeggen and Henrik Lund sunk by a German submarine about 40 miles east of Cape Charles Virginia last Saturday and Monday. The series of U boat sinkings reaches 18 vessels with crews totaling 68 men.
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Henrik Lund
Norfolk
New York
Vindeggen
Virginia
Cape Charles
Saw Mills of State Buy Motor Trucks
Little Rock June 13 The saw mills of Arkansas are buying motor trucks in large numbers as a money saver. Frank Reed, a distributor of federal trucks, says sales have reached one or more per day. Mills like Waldo Gillette and Cotton Plant have taken two additional trucks. He predicts tractors will dominate farming after the war, making live stock less economical.
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Little Rock
Frank Reed
Arkansas
Waldo
Gillette
Cotton
For Women Shoes Bargain Offer From Waller
A short ad notes limited stock of women shoes in broken sizes 3 to 4 at 2.50 per pair. The items are said to be worth 5.00 and a few pairs remain in sizes 8, 31 2, 4 and a few 41 2. W. B. Waller recommends reading the week’s Saturday Evening Post.
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W. B. Waller
Bank Robbers Net $6000 From Malvern Bank
Malvern scene as First National Bank is robbed of about $6000 by two men described as Italian working men around 30. They forced cashiers and a clerk to surrender, emptied a sack, and fled in a car toward Military Road. County and sheriff deputies pursue. lookout suspect arrested but not believed. A repeat robbery in 1916 had smaller losses.
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Malvern
First National Bank
H. L. McDonald
Rommie Connell
Worthan Jones
L. F. Cash
Stanley
Griggs Farm
Arkansas has least fire loss in nation, report says
Little Rock June 13 The State Insurance Commissioner report shows Arkansas had the smallest fire loss last year relative to premiums paid among all states. It cites 14 802 256 dollars in total fire insurance receipts and 7 601 642 dollars paid out. The department has no power to fix rates.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Notice to Teachers Holds Regular Quarterly Exam
T will hold the regular quarterly examination for teachers at the grammar school building in Prescott in June 2021. M. Hirst, 29dew Co. Ex.
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Prescott
M. Hirst
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Slagle
Marston
Dittman
W. K. Buchanan
LABOR
F. E. Murah
Bank of Prescott
NAVY
Uncle Sam
Prescott, Arkansas
Hung
Ainse
Villers Cotterets
American Smelting and Refining Company
Vinland
Eidsvold
Virginia Capes
Our
Saturday Evening Post
First National
Ozan Mercantile Company
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