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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1934
Page
3
A discussion of the Arkansas Attorney General's role and his long service, highlighting Hal Norwood's five terms and the 1992 court decision on cost plus highway contracts. The piece notes past election dynamics, references to the Supreme Court ruling, and allegations of overpayments tied to the Highway Department and duty’s involvement with road contracts and firm representatives.
Governor Futrell urged Hempstead county voters at a First Baptist Church rally, touting a 90 percent reduction in state expenses. He cited a 20 percent general revenue sinking fund, abolished seven departments, and savings worth hundreds of thousands. He claimed costs are down 51 percent, with the state running on 4 to 6 percent of former levels.
Freight figures for July show Missouri Pacific totals at 91 572 cars with 59 832 loaded locally and 31 759 from connections, down from last July. International Great Northern moved 20 728 cars, Gulf Coast Lines 14 199 cars, with breakdowns of local loads versus connections and year over year changes.
In Frankfort Kentucky voters awaited Saturday’s primary balloting. The fragmented text shows candidates from across the state preparing to contest congressional seats as Roosevelt era policies and state sales measures influence public sentiment.
The General and Joe W House of Little Rock shared a $96 000 recovery with Lawyers receiving half. Claud Duty, assistant attorney general, approved the highway department claim, while John Duty said he did not know of the brother’s involvement. The report notes a prior 1933 instance where Norwood paid a $2,800 fee to a lawyer for recovering state deposits from Arkansas Bank & Trust Co. of Hope.
Editorial recounts corruption concerns from the 1930s involving Arkansas Bank & Trust Co funds, improper dividend handling, and a 20 percent fee to a special prosecutor. It highlights Attorney General Hal Norwood's reversals, a tight two‑man race with Carl Bailey, and a writer's personal reminiscence about Bailey's rise from clerk to prosecutor, urging voters to consider McRae’s adage to replace public enemies with new leadership.
In Germany Adolf Hitler, seeking to solidify power, summons a Nazi Reichstag to meet Saturday and holds a memorial for President von Hindenburg. The chancellery says his Monday speech will be political with a full eulogy for Hindenburg at the funeral Tuesday.
Fragmentary report from New Orleans mentions Huey Long and Huey Lene Briday making jest about political battles with Mayor T. Sem ey and Adj. Gen. Reymond amid court orders to disband the National Guard and local district actions. Text is garbled and difficult to interpret.
Everett Wimberry of Mena along with his wife and Hae bert Rush escaped from Polk County Jail Wednesday and were recaptured Saturday on a farm near Vandervoort. A posse led by Sheriffs Waller Jones Mona and A E Pittman, Prescott, made the arrest without resistance. In Little Rock the Fact Finding Tribunal reported that Arkansas Power and Light Co reduced rates saved consumers 521,736.25 in the first month. New York reports Jack Dempsey's former stage singer Hannah Williams gave birth to a 14 pound daughter, fathered by the former boxing champion.
Arkansas ginners must meet Bankhead Act bond requirements to receive bale tag decals. Over 500 of 1,225 have failed or delayed submitting bonds. ginners should estimate monthly gin output and secure bonds now with personal or corporate sureties to avoid tag delays and custody issues.
Emporia report cites William Hammond, earliest settler, recalling a 1857 drought as minor next to the 1880 famine year. He notes bare trees and widespread ruin, with work scarce and relief agencies strained. the record emphasizes the severity and duration of the drought era.
Citizens of Hope may hear Carl B. Bailey at 4 p.m. Tuesday August 7 on the First Baptist church lawn and later in Prescott as he outlines plans for attorney general and outlines his qualifications. Bailey, a prosecuting attorney for the Sixth District, opposes Hal L. Norwood seeking a sixth term. He emphasizes his record in saving taxpayer money and fighting corruption in Arkansas politics.
Los Angeles police pursue a gang dubbed The Trio in an extortion scheme against five magnates including William F. Gettle who was kidnapped and released without ransom. Postal inspectors traced letters demanding 60 000 dollars from five businessmen including Alexander Pantages E L Doheny J J Doyle and Ora Monnette.
Nation-wide census from the Commerce Department shows wholesale business in the United States fell 55 percent in dollar value from 1929 to 1933. Net sales of 159,124 wholesale establishments in 1933 totaled 30.48 billion, down from 64.06 billion in 1929. About 1.12 million people were employed in 1933, with salaries and wages around 1.645 billion versus 3.010 billion in 1929, with New York Winds California and Pennsylvania accounting for about half of total volume.
Showers fell in central and southwestern Arkansas Friday offering brief relief from the heat, but temperatures climbed Saturday. An electrical storm near Cabot Friday killed two people and seriously injured two others by lightning. The rainfall failed to help crops, according to H. L. Raser, assistant federal crop statistician.
Black man Miles Green, 46, confessed to officers that he fatally struck planter John F. Easteridge, 64, at the victim’s home 25 miles southwest of El Dorado. Easteridge’s body was found by Green’s sister. Green was arrested at Easteridge’s home after a long interrogation and brought to Little Rock.
In Spokane dynamite and percussion caps were found near the railroad right of way as President Roosevelt’s train passed Saturday. Officers guarded the site four days after the discovery, hoping to nab the person who planted it.
New York market closes Saturday with October cotton at 13.05, eight points above the prior close. The report also notes figures for wet nigh and circumstances around chicken and poultry prices including Hens, Leghorn breeds, and Broilers rates though details are fragmented and unclear.
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