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ail IB if fi i li A 4.1^4^(6 HOPE, ABKANSAgf 198? HO AH Chinese Ordered To Withdraw From ShanghaTTerritory Demand Is Rejected by Leaders at Conference Thursday Morning BATTLE ISIPREDICTED Hundreds of Airplanes and Large Troop De- tachtnents Ready Kenki- chf commander of the Japanese forces 'in this areu served an uU tlmatum Thursday night on General Tsa'l ordering the Chinese to withdraw twelve and one-half miles from Shanghai by sundown on Saturday, fplowing a peace parey earl- icr day, during which the Japanese submitted an identical demand and the Chinese rejected it. It was expected the ultimatum was a preliminary to the beginning of a long awaited Japanese offensive, Hundreds of airplanes are ready for the battle on both sides and the Japanese have 25,000 in the area against about twice that number of Chinese. Fearful Days Left Behind Founders Day Is Celebrated Here Splendid Program Rendered Wednesday at Paisley School Paisley "school alditoHum was fid to capacity with thtf four P. T. Ai's and interested friends on Wednesday afternoon at 3 'eautflul and tfemna him ate grim weeks spent fifth anniversary' 'of the The day February 17 is celebrated coch year to honor the memory of the fenders, Mrs.

Hirst and Mrs. two novle and courageous women who' their lives to the highest welfare of the child. IViir. Dorscy McRae, president of the city council presided. A most fitting and inspiring devotional was given by Mrs.

D. B. Thompson, followed by the singing of the P. A. song by the assembly with Miss Vollic Reed at the piano.

A silver offering was received, half of which goes to the national fund for field workers and; half for state work. The auditorium was beautifully decorated in spring; with the large birthday cake bearing 35 candles as the center. As each candle was lighted by mem- iKir of the four associations and the pro-school group, an appropriate verse was tjivon. Mrs. Chester Lester, acting president of Qfilcsby school had charge of the nrrurigcmcnls and presented the fol- Ic.wiiiP program: I'.

T. A. song. D. Thompson spirituals, "I Aint Gwine 'Ter Study War No Mo Go Down High School Glee Club.

Address, The Value of Ihe P. T. A. Bury! Henry. Scottish Folk Song, "Comin 1 Through the High Sphool Girls Glee Club.

National President's Bert Keith. Our '1. A. O. A Gavcs Candlu 'Lighting Ceremony McCasWupilsto Appearjn Recital Expression and Piano Pu- pile to Make Public Appearance Feb.

26 The expression pupils of Mrs. Moore unc) the piano pupils of Miss Bruce will appear in recital for the first time Ihis year Friday evening February 26, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. The pupils of Miss Bruce to appear are Jaunita Rhodes, Wanda Scott, Wenona Gonry, and Velma Lee Hamilton. Those representing Mrs. Moore are Charles Huddleston, Wanda Scott, Wenona Gentry, Eva Jean Shuffield, Nilladine Collins and little Miss Batty Joe Farlis.

The public is cordially invited to attend this program. the sh adow oFtne electric chair. Now, Edward H. B. Allen, Philadelphia society youth who recently was acquitted of the murder of Erancls 3d, has returned to his favorite 1 running of Golden Gorse from the Ha thoroughbred horses.

Here he is pictured with loway Stibles at Berwin, Fa. i Advisory Comrnittte to Be Organized in Little Rock Friday LITTLE Ariansas advisory committee of the rcconilruc- tion finance corporation will organized here Friday mid officials, in, charge of liquidating the American Exchange Trust Company here an- ncunced that they would have an api, plication for a $2,400,000 loan ready for presentation to (he committee. If granted, they believe this money will be available within the next 30 days. Dancing on Stage of Saenger Friday Alpha Omega Fraternity Co-Operating in Theater Party All plans for gala stage dunce at the Saenger theater Friday night, February 19, have been completed, and from' advance indications flic affair will bo an outstanding success. The Alpha Omega, local fraternity, is co-operating with E.

W. Hocht, manager of -the Suengcr, while Hilburn Graves' orchestra prepared many entertaining musical numbers. Refreshments will be served free to everyone. Dancing privileges will be granted to anyone holding a main floor admission ticket. The feature picture will bo Ann Harding in "Prestige." The management of the Saenger is extending a special invitation to all for this event only to those interested in dancing but to the older folks as well, who can remain in the audience to watch the stage dancing.

Miller Introduces FLAPPER FANNY IIEC. U. PAr.OI'F. Suspects Arrested in Broken Bow Robbery IDABEL, Williams and L. J.

Montgomery were arrested here Wednesday morning and charged with the burglary of the Tucker Jewelry store in Broken Bow early Tuesday morning. Thieves took watches and jewelry valued at $10 from the display window of the store by cutting a hole in the plate sculuur sometimes finds it to carve out a carcci fot hlm- Arkansas Congressman Seeks $100,000,000 to Improve Mail Routes bill appro priating $100,000,000 to build rural pos roads during the fiscal year beginnin July 1, was introduced in the Hpus Wednesday by Congressman John Miller of Arkansas. The money would be apportioned a Ipllows: One-third on the basis of siz tf each state in ratio to the area nation; one-third on a population niio, and one-thfrd on the basis of rural mail delivery am stfir roules. Arkansas would receive about $2, 000000, Mr. Miller said.

The money wojld bo distributed to counties under titles similar to those used in making the allocation to states. Eucl county would be required to conti ib ule 25 per cent of the amount furnished by the government. Improvement on rural post roads would be made by county authorities under supervision of the Fedora Highway Bureau of the Department Agriculture. "My bill would solve the problcri' of farm-to-market rolads and serve to relieve unemployment," Mr Miller said, Former Sheriff on Trial Tries Escape Recaptured After Daring Break for Liberty in Robbery Case PORTLAND, Sheriff Ira Barton, on trial on charges of helping rob banks in the county lie was eltceed to protect, made a daring break for liberty late Tuesday but was recaptured in an alley after two shots were fired at After obtaining permission from Judge Frank Gillispie to see his attorneys in their office, Barton made his break on the way back to the Jay county jail, beat Deputy Sheriff Andy Ferguson unconscious with a blackjack that had been smuggled to him. and literally plunged the enlirc city of Portland into turmoil before he was recaptured.

Luther Ellison to Address Kiwanis andC.jrfC.Boj Camdeit Chamber tary to Speak at Ciff" tal Hotel Friday Nigl WIDELY id Rltj Arkat Araknsas rtrtMse, is to mal addrfesrfat a joint and the boarc(, Chamber of CojSj- Friday Bulletins here nvitcd rriday the er board to attend later announce!) that ben sectired, for the feature The Camden man is one of the best nown civic workers in the state, fife exceptionally well posted on liSBusv rial ng given a large measure of credit or enterprises located Camden during the last six years. The Kiwanis club also announced hursday that C. W. Weltman had )een appointed chairman of the club's 2hambeit of Commerce committee, to o-operate with the chamberiin, com-l munity work. 7 4 exteuttV.

BOMBAY- duuffittt of who deser beconte a Gandl sent WM.U eed to three thirty ttlitf two here and Sheridan fjboHoust (heblf form- ot north- ''and month, Irij.lf Ouachita Band to Six Lotjal Boys to lor- Khislag to comply with a government order to leave Bombay. Slate Department Thursday made em- fhallc denial of a statement made Iw by 'the Tokyo foreign office, that the United States had a hand framing a note to Japan, delivered Wednesday by the council of (he leafue of nations. Divorce Is Granted to Alan Dinehart's Wife NEW jury in supreme court Wednesday granted a divorce to Mrs. Louise Dyer Dinehart, wife of the actor and sometime producer. Alan Dinehart.

Give Favorable Report Nomination on nomination of Joseph C. Grew, of New Hampshire, now ambassador to Turkey, to be ambassador to Japan, was The Ouachita College, Band, under- the direction of First E. Biles, which is' present a cCrt here Friday evening, is generally recognized as the best college organization of its kind in the state. The band is widely known both in Arkansas and other" soijVh'ern states. For several years tHeliand has been- the official musical 1 organization of the South Arkansas.

Chamber of Commerce. 1928 the aggregation. -was 'the official band of the 1 Arkansas division at the United Confederate' Veterans reunion held at Little Rock. 1 In the spring of 1930 11)0, 'band went to the reunion held at as the official representative' of the Arkansas delegation of the Son's of Confederate Veterans. This year the musicmen compose the official band of the Arkansas' United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Plans, arc being made for the organization go tp Richmond, war time capital of the Confed- Wh Mills To Submit Sales Tax Scheme -J But Treasury Will N-ot Sp 10 Propotal to House Committee inkofH rtman 7WIVVU Nl Uglily Dressed Escape Into Hills CASHIER ABDU Dollar, JSJM i dessfid ifiUster 1 Thym'p. obne'at Altus -'d6llar "and i atettsi- i' 'later abandoned the he outskirts; of; Ozark and 'oot into the- hills' with a fleers and citizens in close Both men were described about twenty five years of a House; Are Jailed 300 Poiiiidsif Met Taken From Yellow' Creek CTED 'Bank rsday of roughjy issistant let dut ter gjv. le cig- car oil led on of. of' suit. being.

War-Time foraft Chief Near Death Farmer Recove ed -Treasury- 1 sales, tajf bill ft wiui roc Uie administration does sponsor the 'proposal. Mills told a subcftmmittee Wednesday that the measure would embody administrative provisions which wbuld enable the department to in event it is incorporated in the new tax bill. He said the Treasury maintained its original stand for heavy excise taxes on selected industries as the preferred way of increasing revenue to balance the budget in 1933. Acting Chairman Crisp said he would othe committee a make the $1,240,000,000 tax bill emergency measure' with time limit 1 to cover the period necessary to place the government on solid financial basis. This is the first time such a suggestion has been made by a Democratic member of the committee.

the cn- At one time or another the band Jius pjayed In majority of the towns' untt'citios of the 'state. SDuring the athletic. seBsp.n, the band, is great contributing feature to the su0port of the Ouaehitav Tlgets. The band as a part of the local R. O.

T. C. batallion is a distinct unit 'It playstfor all military formations, reviews, and parades. Last year the was the honor platoon of batallion and is leading in the competition at the present time. Six local boys who will appear on this program are: Howard Houston, Fan-in Green, J.

Bowden, Comer- Routon, Wilbur Breed and Ben ilayncs. Mineral Deposit Found in State Hot Spring County HAS Large Deposits of Borite Ore LITTLE a irge deposit of Bju-Jt? in Hot Spring ounty will eventually form the basis a new mineral industry in Arkan- is has been made by George C. Baner. state geologist. He made this prediction in his re- ort of a geological survey pf the de- osit, completed by the Arkansas GIJO- 3gical Survey.

The field work was one by Bryan Parks. Mr. Branner said the barite deposit unique in this country as to its size nd method of occurrence. He said icre is a possibilty other barite de- i.sits may be found in the area. is possible," the report said, that at least one million tons of bare over an area of about seven acres iv available 100 feet or less below lie surface of the ground." Barile is a heavy, inert, white min- ral and can be mined and milled comparatively cheaply, 'its principle prnc reported favorably Wednesday by the use is in the manufaeturo of lithooone sunne fiiivn rl fiiivusn relations committee.

white paint pigment. quantities. W.H. Pigg Enters Produce Business Returni Work He Engaged in Before C. of C.

Secretaryship W. Homer Pigg, for the last six years secretary of Hope Chamber of Commerce, announced Thursday he had entered the produce business, with offices on East Second street directly opposite the postoffice. will handle watermelons, and all other farm marketable in large He is returning to a line of work he was long engaged in. Before entering the employ of the Chamber of t-ommerce, Mr. Pigg was for three years associated with A.

C. Monts in the Hope Fruit Growers association; and for five years before that he was Pounty farm agent of Hempstead county. his service as county agent, Mr Pigg engaged in much co-operative shipment work, handling the first cQ-operative car of livestock ever shipped out of Arkansas, in 1919. Radio Stars Sign New Contract H. Lauck aud Worns Qpff, Mena young men who are giving radio broadcasts over the NBC chain in Chicago, as "Lum and Abner, signed a new contract for ippearance as mmebers of the WENR minstrels at the same studio.

They will he booked in the minstrel pcr- ormances each Saturday night under hew local nicknames and Lamb Clay ton, farmer, living in the Creek ettlement walked out otohis back pdch' Wed- morning, discpv red that the doorof Ms smokehouse was standing -open, dnd approximately 300 pounds of meat was missingA He Immediately called officers Cjias. the robbeVs. The'search eridel homes of Charles All, of the meat recoveua. i Near the Greathouse home toe officers also found a small whisky till. The still was not In operation, however, and only one barrel of nash was discovered.

I Charles and Henry two other members of the Greathoise family were arrested and taken to jail at Washington by tho Enoch H. Crowder, who put into operation' the gigantic machinery that registered 25,000,000 men for" draft during the World war, is reported death at Havana, Cuba. The veteran soldier's advanced age, 72, coupled with his long illness, has caused friends to give up all but slight hope for his recovery. General Crowder was'one of'Amer- ica's best known army executives. From a lieutenant in Indian fighting he rose to high military ank.

Long a student of law, he helped frame Cuba's statutes. He directed military 'administration in the Philippines, and served as mlitary observer in.the long serai at Port Arthur in the Russo- Japanese war. U.S.Legatidn,at San Jose Closed Costa Ricanv Identify In Bank Robbery Employes of Louisiana Institution Accuse kanan of Crime R. Balthrop, aged 38, of identified Wednesday afternodh a( one of the four who robbed the Farmers Bank Trust Company at Haynesville, of $17,000 January 28 E. Cothani, boqkkeeper of the institution, and 1 other bank officials who came to Texarkana.

'A second man was not identified, and was released. Balthrop was arrested shortly before midnight Tuesday night in the western suburbs of Texarkana Henry Brooks of Texark'ana, Sheriff J. S. Kinder of Claibprne Parish, anj two Texas' rangers, 1 M. Burton of Waco and S.

R. Leslie of Gladewater. He refused to accompany Sheriff Kinder back to Louisiana, and the visting sheriff said Jie would request his extradition. The two rangers took Bathrop to Longview, Texas, where they will attempt to connect him with recent law violations, the nature ol whch they would not reveal. Officers and bankers at Magnolia, were called to Texarkana 19 view the two men held wijh the idea thjt they might be linked with 9 re- ceft bank robbery there, but neither baikers nor officers were able to get here.

PANAMA (jjfy from San Jose, capital of Costa said Wednesday that the government had ordered the United. States legation abandoned and -that the Bellavista barracks, across the street from the legation, were being in an effort to'break up the rebellon headed, by Manuel Quesada, defeated candidate for president, A considerable, battle was going on, the dispatches sajd, and the rebels had lost many killed, wounded and prisoners. Previous the Costa Rican capital declared that Charles C. Eberhardt, American minister; had offered his good offices to mediate the conflict. Numerous stores in the vicinity of the Bellavsita barracks to, have been sacked by the; rebels.

It was reportedijthat Alejandro Aguiiai Machado, former uhder-Secfetary fo foreign relations, had joined the anti government movement. San Jose despatches eitplainec that it had been cbjnsjdejred necessary to abandon the States legation in order that no one connected- wit! the staff might be involved 1 in the disorders. sas meat said; rt 1lt continue," jM kansri Suprentt haVe been made' by with a local-1 money for the cqrttu schools to te in the court, stances which can The- iaui.ac] boards is interpreted air borowed the, $17,200 since Monday cision. time 1 floating ipassage of it by, the imunf addit half of the this'' 1 small been made only' through bo-operitKS- Volunteered last semester for 1 Thursday's announcement a. feeling of immediately.after the supreme' decision of Monday, gave the school board thetlegaj? to borrow funds, guarantee that loans would Eight Jurors Seated for Trial of McBride VAXAHACHIE, eight utors selected as court adjourned Wednesday night, a jury is expected to be completed by Thursday noon so testimony can be taken in the trial of H.

W. McBride, charged with rob- with firearms in connection with Government Plant Campaign for a to the he attempted burglary of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Ferris, November 17. Robert Sullivan, defense attorney, revealed that McBride will take the stand in own defense to establish jiii alibi that he was elsewhere than Ferris Ihe night of the robbery attempt was made. This means he will repudiate a pur- he Columbus Store Robber Captured Booker Cooper, Negro, Is Lodged in Jail at ington Wednesday Bopker Cooper, negro, was arrested Wednesday at his home oh the Perry Robinson farm near Ozan, by Officer Tom Downs of Columbus. Cooper was, arrested on warrants issued by two Columbus merchants, J.

S. Wilson and C. Stuart, whose stores were robbed on Tuesday njght. Fifty dollars worth pf merchandise was taken from the Wilson store and a quantity of vaseline from Mr. Stuart's stock.

All of this merchandise was recovered in the Cooper home by Officer Downs. Cooper had been seen in Columbus late Tuesday afternoon and officers lad little trouble in rtacing him to his home near Ozan. He formerly ived near Columbus. Tf XjUedjiS Rat River Fugitive, ly Overtaken, Mountie in Dairying Association Planned in McCurtain IDABEL, Okla-fr p. Moffitt, dis- I the attempted bur- od K.

i i WcBi'Mte is expected to claim chSknK? Fr Kn 16 made Ws after haviuf PyerS ant I officers of to- loardiug ivuimuuiion. munity fj-pm beljajg prosecuted. trict dairy agent, of Oklahoma A. M. College at Stillwater, will be in McCurtain Bounty, February and 3, working with County Agent Shaw- iee Brown, qn 4-H club work wad wing demonstrations on pastures.

are being made to organize a ounty dairying association while Mommjtt is in flte county. George Q. of the state plant bgajcd, is in McCurtain county tW? kjgpecting the potato wop Bajlk N.l'w.'i,., Johnson, the mad trapper er, was killed cessfully eluding police Uie frozen wastes) north nf In a battle, which son's filling, Staff Sergeant was shot and Two bullets entered his Johnson, whp had killed on.e ''Mountie" and wounded another, fleeing down the Porcupine valley ward Alaska when death, ended dramatic chase. For three weeks the finest mushaf ers" in the Royal Canadian west Mounted Police had pwsujtt. him with posses of trappers, and foi dians, Mwy times jthey had beep ctosfr to Johnson but each time his skillful wppdsmanshlp helped him elude them Johnson, known as "the killer (rom Rat river," was one of the most and, resourceful bushmen in Arctic.

He was wanted for the slaymg of Constable E. Millen, a member of the posse which trapped him 100 mlies south of here 9M sought to arres), iim for the wounding of another 'Mountie," who tried fa arrest him on complaint of Indiana had uolested their (raps. escaped the open country after kiUing Hflien. Stuttgart Rice Miller St, Louis ST. LOUIS, federal grand jury Wednesday iiidteted U.

McGill, Stuttgart, rice on charges of using the mails fraud. He is charged with sending false fuMWcjal statements and forged and fictitious bills lading for discount othe BoaUaens National Bank St. Louis, the Bankers Trust Company, Little Bftpk, oAer banks. Hw i indictme-ot contains six counts, invoivinf a separate A. dictmept toe firm net Ot issued.