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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1932
Page
1
A journalist muses on Arkansas campaigns, candidates, and rumors from Miller county to Little Rock. He recalls election stances, lies costs, and a lone editor running for justice of the peace while staying out of campaigning himself.
Admiral Richard H. Leigh, commander of the battle force, will relieve Admiral Frank H. Schofield as commander in chief of the United States Fleet in a Wednesday ceremony. Schofield has led since September of last year and is reassigned to the Navy Department.
Ex Governor Harry F. Byrd of Virginia predicts the Democratic ticket will win big in the South and carry border states West Virginia Tennessee and Kentucky after his luncheon with Governor Roosevelt in Albany New York. He cites Roosevelt's New York record strengthening support in the agricultural South.
Cows in Iowa State College trials gained 3.5 percent more milk and 10.7 percent higher butterfat when fed with individual drinking bowls. C. Y. Cannon and E. N. Hansen report cows with bowls drank up to ten times daily versus once at an outdoor tank.
MARSHALL Ark Awaiting tear gas bombs from Little Rock Searcy county officers guard the office building where the slayer of W W Fendley 61 retired lumber dealer and former county official is reported hiding Identity of the shooter from the third floor that killed Fendley and wounded John Henry Barnet 60 former deputy sheriff remains unknown Coroner s jury ordered three men held on murder charges and one as accessory before the fact in Fendley s death Warrants charging Lee Will Henley and B A Treece with murder and Nobe McBride with accessory had not yet served by Tuesday noon
The Nanking cabinet resigned after Wang Ching Wei quit the premiership amid pressure over Manchuria policy. Hostilities along the Manchurian border resume as Tokyo reacts to Stimson’s Briand Kellogg pact remarks.
The 1932 national air races in Cleveland August 27 to September 7 will feature a new altitude race by the Aero Club of Poland. Planes must climb above 25000 feet then dive to the start. two barographs and a thermograph will record the height. Col. George Kossowski, a Polish war aviator, will compete among the entrants.
University of Iowa finals show 1,100 finalists in 17 subjects with 50 000 Iowa high school students taking part. Boys lead in science while girls win in languages especially English, reflecting gender gaps in mental aptitude across subjects.
A four year old Evansville girl, Jeanette Ann Gray, has a pet parakeet that acts as a jealous guardian. The bird rides on her walker, scolds other children and pets, and even tries to reclaim toys the baby drops.
The 200 year saga details how the Moravian hamlet of Salem became Winston-Salem under Dick Reynolds and how the Reynolds family name shaped the city. It notes Libby Holman Reynolds and Ab Walker facing murder charges in the death of Smith Reynolds, and how the town merged Salem with Winston to form a tobacco powerhouse.
C. W. Weltman a well known Hope businessman and owner of Weltman's Millinery on South Main street suffered a stroke at 12 45 Monday afternoon while at his store. An area ambulance rushed him to Julia Chester hospital where his condition was reported critical with paralysis of the right side.
Mussolini spends a vacation near his boyhood home in Forli performing official duties. He reviews Italian athletes in Forli, interviews Archille Starace, inspects Santa Sofia highway work, meets Ravenna mayor, approves a monument project for a Ravenna ward tied to the poet, hears a Fascist province report, and meets the editor of Fopolo di Romagna before bed.
Worcester Cape Providence South Africa deputy mayor G H W Keyter settled a long-standing naturalist question by observing a tortoise lay eggs then waiting 13 months and 6 days for five hatchlings to emerge. He protected the nest with wire netting during the wait.
The 1932 county stump tour drew a large Hope crowd as candidates for county judge treasurer circuit clerk sheriff and other offices spoke. Notable names included Frank Ward Wash Hutson Charles Routon Charles Reyner son E. B. Black J F Stuart Lillie Middlebroks Dale Jones D B Thompson Bon ner Barrow Emory Thompson E G Steed Luke Monroe P C Holt I L Pilkinton Jim Dodson John Wilson Jim Bearden S M Sutton and others presenting their records and pledges to voters amid wide public attention.
Indiana uses relief gardens to feed jobless and part time workers. H. E. Young of Purdue University reports 50 communities and 30 industries have projects. Industrial gardens total 7,500 acres, 21 community gardens 784 acres, and 45,000 supervised home gardens 6.00 acres.
The Star will issue an ELECTION EXTRA with county and state returns up to press time. Megaphone and screen will broadcast at Second Street between Main and Elm, Division and Main, and the Saenger Theater. Police will rope off these streets for election traffic all night.
In Muskogee Oklahoma Rev S A Barrie 52 a Presbyterian minister was indicted on first degree murder charges in the death of his first wife. He previously pastored in Searcy Arkansas and Fayetteville Arkansas. The case includes testimony from Ida Bess Berrie 19 brides in the March death investigation and notes said to be amorous poems by the minister found in a bookcase.
Wisconsin's tuberculosis cleanup has helped sustain a cattle export business exceeding 3 million dollars in the past year. Eastern states led in purchases with New Jersey taking over 20,000 head and New York more than 11,000 as cattle were shipped to regions outside Wisconsin to protect the state's dairy industry.
Soil erosion last year halted on 69 197 acres of washed land by terraces in 50 counties. County agents report the program saved farmers 830 364 dollars and backed by the state university extension department.
Wellington reports that ash in the upper atmosphere from Chilean volcanic eruptions caused unusually brilliant sunsets and moon halos and contributed to lower temperatures in New Zealand last month, according to Ernest Kidson, meteorological director of the Dominion.
In Little Rock more than 5,000 votes were cast by noon as voters flocked to the Democratic primary. Across Hempstead and surrounding areas turnout appeared strong with fair weather statewide and forecasts pegging total votes around 210,000 to 235,000, close to 1930 levels.
Berlin Germany authorities report Von Hindenburg will issue a decree to curb political violence. The measure imposes heavy penalties up to the death sentence for political terrorism and calls for the creation of special courts to try cases.
Newark, N J Bob Buck 18 holder of many junior flying records began a 2200 mile trip to Mexico City starting with a 3 AM takeoff. His first scheduled stop is Richmond Virginia posing a long cross country flight with delays noted.
Oklahoma City Central High pupils built a three place biplane that passed initial tests as stable and up to standard. The craft was approved by the department of commerce during construction and will be licensed.
Los Angeles reports that a smoke testing device will be used by Southern California cities to enforce laws against excessive smudging. The test measures atmospheric carbon to protect orange blossoms from frost and guide pollution controls.
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