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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1934
Page
3
A reflective column argues crime waves stem from public trust breaches rather than mystery. It cites Dillinger and the Bremer kidnapping as examples of corruption and concealment by officials, urging public conscience, scrutiny, and publicity to curb crime.
Reid and Rice Belt speakers praise AAA crop control and farm contracts. Arkansas Extension Service head Ty Ray Reid says the best business in the nation is in the South due to AAA programs and that a single farm contract may serve all farmer classes. He notes farm numbers under AAA and forecasts rice acreage quotas with strong program support.
District 10 track meet Saturday features Coach Tory Gonzus and the Bobyat team at Cesar Babe crday with Rebors competing. Morning events start at 4 wdlock with preliminaries for juniors, and the schedule lists sprints, hurdles, relay, distance events, and field contests including javelin and discus.
Randell Norval, serving life for the Alton kidnapping, escaped Friday by crawling through a sewer and swimming the Mississippi. Warden Reagan sent 200 guards to search. Norval, identified as the brains of the abduction, vanished after leaving a manhole in the yard. Details from Chester residents and local officials were scarce as authorities scour the riverfront.
Washington report says NRA division administrator George Le Berry, under Recovery Chief Hugh S. Johnson, ordered an investigation into Harriman Tennessee after Blue Eagles surrender by local merchants. Merchants removed NRA signs in protest of the order requiring Harriman Hosiery Mills to remove its angle following a Labor Board finding of bad faith in a strike last October.
President Roosevelt signs a bill guaranteeing both principal and interest on Home Loan bonds. Senate work spans two days with 165 private relief measures passed and 90 more added. House support advances key admin proposals including tariff, stock market regulation, and Reconstruction Finance Corporation powers. A banking committee report on stock market regulation is presented amid debates on adjournment.
Columbus reports claim governor White received inside information that Dillinger Gang members set up a local headquarters to kidnap his daughter Mary. Three gang members were convicted for Sheriff Larber's death, with two facing execution and one given a life term. Moscow reports a five million strong Communist Youth League to undergo three months of training. Washington notes cautious State Department welcome of Japan’s milder China policy.
Miss June Harris of Saratoga High School won first in an essay contest on "Flow to Hold a Successful Trade Day in Hope." Judges were Dr. F. D. Henry Frank Stanley and Dewey Hendrix. Syd McMath of the Young Business Men's association announced the $5 prize on Saturday.
Reports from Binghamton New York say John Dillinger and several gang members were spotted in town Friday night. Police chased the party after they left a hotel with six men and three women, taking drinks, trays, and glasses as they drove off amid claims of guns in the cars.
Tompkins of Brescott will address the business men's Bible class at First Methodist Church during Sunday morning services. The reading notes mention patches required to repair damaged insignia from an airplane incident in South Dakota.
Organization of the Hempstead County Oil Dealers association was completed Friday night at Hope city hall with auto dealers filling station operators and the public in attendance. Officers elected include Chairman P. R. Johnson Hope and secretary Charles Routen Jr. The group pledged cooperation with the Arkansas Petroleum Industries and state marketing committees as a statewide campaign to be launched by the state association. The body adopted a resolution opposing added taxes on petroleum industries and requesting lawmakers to push for a reduction of the federal gasoline tax.
An old fiddler's contest at Blevins High School drew a capacity crowd Friday night. Eleven winners received honors with prizes including Best Writer Warren sisters McCaskill, Best comical reading Belly Joe Spears, Best vocal duet Washington, and top string band Pasche band of Hope.
Dr A W Hudson of Prescall was elected president of the Tri County Medical Society at a meeting in Philadelphia this week. He will succeed Dr Don Smith of this city. New officers named include Hirst Nea Dy GH Martindale Hemp Slead and Dr H A Ross Clark as secretary-treasurer. Read papers covered Electrical Shocks by Dr L Parnney of Lite Rock Osteomydilis by Dr Waller Cur ruthess of Little Rock and The Allergic Tidividual by Dr Al Yar Cacort pe Little Rock. Attendance was low but program considered unusually good.
Chicago police disclosed John J. McLaughlin known as Boss was arrested on a suppressed warrant charging conspiracy in possessing part of the $200,000 ransom paid for Edward Bremer. Federal authorities reported $2,665 of the ransom recovered from William E. Vidler, an ex convict, with authorities saying Vidler had some of the money and may have been in contact with Dillinger’s gang. Vidler, held incommunicado, had $435 on arrest and faced questions about the money’s origin.
Quotations from Acts 5 39 and Rochefoucauld on divine will and human frailty. The lines reflect on opposing God and the treachery born of weakness rather than malice.
Market notes show May cotton up from prior close with quotes for New Orleans May and July contracts. Also listed are stock quotations for American Smelter and Chrysler General Motors, plus Missouri Pacific and Standard Oil. Agricultural items include prices for hens ducks broilers turkeys and other poultry products.
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