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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1929
Page
4
News from New York and Boston reports a rapid rise in tong violence with five killed in two days. Officials warn no violence will be tolerated as leaders had promised peace but failed to keep faith. Police fear an escalating tong war and tightened measures follow fresh shootings.
A fragment describes a lonely spot lacking a post office where stamps cannot be bought. Letters to the outside world are addressed with improvised coins and tins, mailed at irregular hours with notes reading St Kilda Mail Please Open, and coins travel by odd routes toward Britain.
Peach crop harvest in the district is well short of conservative estimates. Weather prior to harvest reduced fruit size and moisture, lowering grade quality. Shipments were light, with 54 cars moved and only a few more expected. prices remain satisfactory and growers anticipate reasonable profits.
Last call for parade floats as Chase seeks late entrants to boost the show. Contact Wynne Denty or Mr. Young at Young Chevrolet to place orders and ensure a float contribution. Gall pew urged to participate and support the parade’s success.
The Star reports No 1 Dollar catching up to No 2 during the last week of the circulation stunt. Number One moved between Middlebrooks Grocery Haynes Brothers and Marie Simpson, totaling 11 changes since placement. Number Two remains idle under Mr Lee of Patmos, last reported via J G Penney, with no current updates this week.
A garbled report suggests a novel idea of ending a foolish law by obeying it. It claims Prague in Groboslovakia recently applied this tactic to a speed limit of 1 mile per hour, keeping police safe from arrests. Taxi drivers resisted harassment and accepted the prescribed limit, easing traffic but driving police nearly crazy. The text ends with the claim that the law is now a deal.
In Huntington Tennessee Augeth two dozen men held after a crash were left by a guard who was overpowered. They reportedly escaped from an Alabama prison last week, took the guard’s pistol and departed in his car. All were injured but not seriously.
In Marietta Georgia W G Bailey his wife and two sons Hugo and Laverne were found injured after a night attack. A black man was killed in a struggle using a club found at the scene. Mrs Bailey gravely hurt and the two children suffered minor injuries. The assailant delivered the morning paper and fled as authorities investigated.
New York Aug. 6. Twenty one persons including five women were injured when an elevator plunged from the seventh floor to the basement of a midtown loft building. The cause of the accident and why the safety valve failed were not determined.
In Columbus Ohio on August first the state wrapped up its first degree murder case against Dedantes H Snook. Prosecutors portrayed a three year affair with Theara Slix as motive while Steward Lavaly testified about Snook’s confession to beating Slix into unconsciousness and then cutting her throat. The state spent about five days presenting evidence in hopes of securing the death penalty for the former Ohio University instructor.
A colorful write up describes an impending international yo-yo gathering in Lopez Thursday. Yo-yoers from diverse backgrounds are expected to attend, joining locals from Texas Panhandle plains to Cumberland peaks. Wayne Denty, festival chair, appeals to Mayor Ralph Boyert to lift traffic restrictions to allow free yo-yoing.
County Judge Wilson issued a proclamation for a one day county government vacation. All officers will travel to Hope to enjoy Lie festival with some pressed into service to manage duties on duty day. Courthouse offices will close for the observance and return to regular duties after the festival ends.
A major fire in Memphis damaged a four story building housing Otto Sehwill & Co seed merchants in the central business district. The blaze caused heavy damage estimated at around 10000 dollars. Firemen fought the flames through the morning as customers and staff watched from the street.
A three story fire in Buffalo silenced as walls caved in. Firefighters battled the blaze overbattled structure collapsing trapping Edwin Stoffman and a mass of sawdust. Fifteen firemen worked inside. twenty tons of sawdust hindered rescue while several others were injured.
Feild and Walbot party wrap an extended Northwest and West Coast tour visiting many points of interest. They report a pleasant outing with enjoyable travel details. Mr Feild staged a desperate bear fight in a government park during the journey.
President Hoover proposes a federal prison expansion program to cut overcrowding. He recommends enlarging Atlanta and Leavenworth facilities and building a new prison in the Northeast. Discussions with Attorney General Mitchell and others highlight severe overcrowding and riot risks in the two main institutions.
In Lowd, Massachusetts on August tt, William McVey faced an illegal transportation charge after police found six liquor bottles concealed on his person. The judge doubted the claim but the case was dismissed due to illegal arrest.
In Howard County Tennessee two dipping vats near Nashville were dynamited late last week as part of the tick eradication program. One vat at Tollett on the Nashville Hope highway was only lightly damaged. the Williams vat was destroyed. US Inspector H B Aldridge announced spraying will continue on dipping days from 8 am to 3 pm. The act inflames tensions between cattle owners opposing the program and those enforcing it.
Rescue work continued at a Hokkaido mine where over a hundred miners were trapped after a blast. Fifty two bodies recovered so far. the blast tore through a mine nearly six thousand feet deep, hindering rescue efforts and endangering remaining miners.
Aug 6 LITTLE RUCK A GATES says the fall act collection of income tax will continue under plans by Davis A Gates commissioner of revenues. He denounces the attorney general ruling as meddling and says the department can function without the AG. New vouchers for extra employees are prepared for the State Auditor Humphreys, who will issue warrants if Norwood approves.
Ed M. Garter, a 21 year old college youth from Plainview Texas, earned the title wheat king of the southwest. On 6500 leased acres near Plainview he averages nearly 30 bushels per acre, totaling about 195000 bushels. He estimates receipts for the year will exceed 200000 dollars after just one season of wheat farming following his recent graduation from the University of Texas.
George Robison & Company shows twin watermelons and a set of triplets in Second street display windows. Grown by L. J. Hubbard south of town, each melon weighs just over 80 pounds. One triplet shriveled and was removed, leaving the parent stem clearly visible. Robison notes Hone’s melons are usually large, but this is the first known bunch.
MUNSIPORDVILLE Ky Aug 6 A wife and her ten children witnessed Andrew Johnson 44 a farmer shoot and kill 17 year old Le Roy Waters after a brief argument over vegetables on the Johnson farm six miles from town. An organized search followed the shooting.
The annual festival in Hope marks another community effort with the melon slicing task led by a committee including Lawrence Boswell Dewey Russell A R Whitlow Bob Miller and others. Volunteers like Ernest Steed Edgar Laseter Grady Reeve and George L Johnson join to complete the labor. The season promises a busy schedule and public involvement in this longstanding local tradition.
The festival parade schedule limits delays with a 1 30 start and strict lineup. Floats must be in place by 1 15 and if not lined up by 1 31 they will be left out. Parking and street restrictions apply to ensure smooth flow along Walnut Street toward Fulton and Sixth where traffic will run parallel to the parade route. Residents are urged to follow rules and assist the committee.
California State Teachers College San Diego faculty report an experiment finding that men’s handwriting tends to be angular and irregular while women’s is curved and conventional. Untrained judges correctly identified the writer’s sex about two thirds of the time from samples submitted for evaluation.
John W. Wilkinson of St. Louis agricultural publicity agent and field editor of the Missouri Pacific Agricultural Bulletin was in Hope Monday night gathering details for Festival day. He left Tuesday morning for Fayetteville and said he would return Thursday to report on Arkansas' biggest event.
The 1929 Conference at the Hague opened its first business session at four pm. Premier Briand of France said the conference aims to settle World War vexes and give a decisive impulse to peace through active work.
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