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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1930
Page
4
The eighth day of the bread court trial drew steady attention as Judge Dexter Bush presided. Court proceedings continued with focused testimony and routine motions, delaying verdicts while detailing key evidence and witness accounts.
A fragmentary report notes Henry Williams, James and James Sott facing collective charges with jury hours set for morning. A white man arraigned on a charge was dismissed. Y Bragg, a Black man, released in the same court this afternoon. whisky charge tied to Pickens, Sam, Hita, and Ray Matlock slated for trial Wednesday.
In a Chicago press excerpt from April 15, a portrait emerges of rival gang factions led by Saltis and Capone. References recount violent feuds, jailbreaks, and gangster funerals, detailing longtime figures like Hymie Weiss and O Banion’s cohort, with mentions of police scrutiny and a shifting power base on the West Side.
A hospital benefit is planned for Tuesday at Chasity Theater featuring a full evening of entertainment. The afternoon Bridge Party highlights the frolic with a single Tuesday night show headlined by the new feature film Free and Easy and a Buster Keaton act amid Metro Goldwyn Mayer talk. Mrs Ellen Mayton of Edinburgh dies at 85, with funeral services noted.
MEMPHIS Tenn April 15 Jon Frehine attempted suicide at Wolf River by diving into cold water after failing business. He swam again and was arrested when found naked, claiming the icy bath gave him pep and he would start over. He remained in custody for further consideration.
The Hempstead County Poultry Association met in Hope to discuss moving Poultry Day from two weeks earlier to a one month earlier date. Principal speaker A A Gordon of Prescoll Nevada County Poultry Association spoke on Poultry Breeding and was well received among Southwest Arkansas poultry interests. Attendees included George W Ware Lynn Smith and Mr Thurman Purvis Feed Mills. The next meeting was set for May 12.
Washington April 5 The United States Chamber of Commerce will host 3 000 delegates and 1 900 000 business leaders from April 28 to May 1 to discuss future prospects after the stock market crash. The gathering aims to reveal detailed data on industry and employment and assess policy steps to stabilize business and labor. President Hoover’s wartime stabilization approach will be reviewed to determine if continued measures are warranted.
Charges were brought against the sheriff after Tom Randolph accused him of attacking a woman while taking her home from the jail where her husband was being held on prohibition charges. The case was before Justice of the Peace Lt. Pinins in Alus township.
MAULTON Wis April 15 Juneau county s former boy sheriff Lyall Wright was charged with the staying of district attorney Clinton G Price after a murder warrant was issued last night an extra guard was placed around the jail where Wright has been held after the shooting of Price Sunday night An inquest into the murder will be held today The sheriff is believed to be forking on a theory that Price met death either to forestall threats to blow off the sid of the bru ze situation in Juneau county or that he was killed as a double ta ss ue mentioned as responsible for Werlgi s sentence of 14 months imprisonment for violation of the prohibition laws Price himself was acquitted on a similar charge at Wright s trial where Price was the stay witness for the prosecution.
Lucy Irwin a 23 year old held in Nexarkana jail two months on a federal conspiracy to violate the Mann Act was released on $1000 bond to her parents. Her companion Roland Carney remains jailed on a Mann Act charge. Carney is alleged to have deserted his wife and two children and raped the Erwin girls near Hopenhount a year ago.
CALCUTTA April 14 Nineteen persons were seriously injured in a clash between Nationalists and police after a tramcar incident near Sidi headquarters. Seven British officers also injured as tension rose during memorial observances led by Congress officials protesting convictions. Police patrolled streets amid arrests and heightened security at party centers. Industrial depression looms as campaign plans draw attention and fashion houses announce revival in the face of a faltering economy.
University of Arkansas in Fayetteville hosts the fifteenth annual Agriculture Day on April 25 with a morning parade through the business district. Coeds will wear silk dresses replaced by homey blue denim overalls by male students, and the day ends with a dance. Admission in the evening requires gingham dresses or blue overalls.
Washington hosts the third national conference on street and highway safety from May 27 to 29, called by Secretary of Commerce Lanham, to curb rising automobile deaths. Key topics include careless driving and excessive speed as major threats, with census figures showing a 12 percent rise in mortality in the year ending March.
Dewitt Arkansas April report shows I H clubs increasing membership from 8 to 60 and clubs rising from 1 to 10 over the year, reflecting growing youth participation in county activities.
Wynne Denty announced a half block miniature golf course to be installed within 10 days on Washing ton and McRae streets. The course will be played with a putter, requires no golf clothes, operates at night with strong lighting, and aims to attract business crowds with skillful shot placement amid fairways and hazards.
In LINDSN Texas a father and his 15 year old son faced murder charges in district court over a death during a dice game argument. The youth Winston Wiley was discharged while a continuance for Hugh Wiley was under consideration, as two related defendants await trial on assault with intent to kill. A pending judge’s ruling and medical testimony involving the named witnesses colored the proceedings.
In Columbia Missouri on April 15 Dr. A J Bass, jailed in Bentonville Arkansas, confessed to part in a scheme to defraud insurers of 200000 dollars. He told Rev Carl Agee about an unfinished plot to kill Machir Dorsey of Indianapolis and about gunmen harassing him.
New York reports Kaye Don failed to beat Sir Henry Seagrave's 221 mph speed mark at Daytona Beach. Tests in the Silver Bullet were marred by coughing motors and rough sand, with speeds not exceeding 188 mph. Sanction for further tests was withdrawn by the American Automobile Association due to weather. Don has abandoned the venture and sails for England while the car is packed for shipment.
Gliding thrills sweep San Diego and beyond as Lindbergh inspired women join the sport. The biggest women’s glider club in the world forms here with honorary president, while factories race to meet soaring demand for sail planes. Women pursue aviation training amid social duties, adopting practical outfits like leather chaps as interest grows nationwide.
Texarkana Arkansas April 15 a Chicago gunman C D Newton turned out to be a better talker Newton whose gunning activities were limited to beer racket accounts appeared in the railroad yards proclaiming himself big bad and otherwise tough He showed workers the handle of a machine gun he always carried Workers summoned officers to dispute the machine gun angle He was fined three dollars for drunkenness and the machine gun proved to be an electric drill.
A local resident narrowly avoids loss by not issuing a check to a stranger claiming to represent an investment company. The phantom operator cashed the check elsewhere, but the man later recovered his entire investment. Community bankers urge inquiries at trusted local institutions before investing.
Leaders of the Methodist Episcopal Church South head to Nashville on April 23 for spring committee and board meetings. Bishop H A Boaz of Little Rock will preside over bishops College of Bishops on April 25. Dr W G Cram Dr E R Steel and Dr James Thomas are among attendees from Arkansas and Tennessee.
Phillip Weld of New York, vice president of the New York Cotton Exchange, registered opposition to the Winsion bill before the House Agriculture Committee. He argued the bill was a mistake and that the exchange did not need federal legislation to supervise its vat exchanges.
Dale Ark April 11 reports that as a result of the first months feed production drive led by B S Barrentine 800 acres of alfalfa have been pledged and two car loads of soybeans bought for spring seeding in Crittenden County. The goal of 1000 acres alfalfa and 7000 acres soy beans will likely be surpassed.
J D Gray a 35 year old from Tulsa Oklahoma was arrested in Hot Springs after a requisition from Oklahoma authorities. He claimed involvement in auto thefts across Arkansas and Oklahoma and named two accomplices in California while stating others were in Fort Rogers Queen and Wichita Falls. Police said the trio had been active in several states and one suspect remained in Oklahoma.
Rep Tinkham charged that anti saloon forces violated the federal corrupt practices act at a congressional lobby committee session. He cited $67 505 313 spent from 1883 to 1926 and said no normal returns were filed. He urged summoning Bishop James Cannon Jr and papers from the Southern Board Temperance. He described the league as a political committee with state headquarters nationwide.
W Homer Pigg of Hope is elected as director of the Hempstead County Board of Education to fill the vacancy from D L Paisley's resignation. Pigg qualified for the role. N P O'Neal of Hope serves as president and J W Butler of Washington as secretary and treasurer.
The Hope Star previews The Husband Hammer a new serial set in New York’s financial district. It centers on broker Alan Converse his wife Natalie Phillipa West and secretary Buradine Lasmira amid a NYSE intrigue and a domestic love triangle. The story launches Friday as a continuing feature.
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