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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1933
Page
3
Editorial notes the NRA program's seriousness and the Blue Eagle movement. It cites Roosevelt remarks on shared responsibility for recovery and warns wage cuts and discharges lag behind business decline. Emphasizes government pressure on steel coal lumber to secure wage and hour accords and urges individual trades to act with conscience.
Michigan senator James Couzens testified in Detroit about the banking crisis. He blamed federal inaction and weak law enforcement for the two local national banks holiday. He argued examination reports alone could not prevent misconduct without Washington action. He also critiqued bankers' handling of the crisis and recalled Hoover asking for a policy statement on a RCFC loan to a Chicago bank.
C J Avril medical superintendent of World War Memorial hospital in San Aitonia Tysis sent a letter of appreciation to John W Ridgicl noting receipt of Watson melons shipped by the Woodmen Lodge. The message included two photos showing melons before serving and patients enjoying them, with thanks for remembering the patients.
President Roosevelt faced pressure to immediately use emergency inflation powers to lift farm commodity prices and aid agriculture. Senators and representatives urged Treasury notes to fund government programs, while Secretary Wallace warned inflation only provides temporary relief and that real agricultural adjustments are needed.
In Pine Bluff and Little Rock a wave of breakouts and killings rocked three Arkansas convict farms on Thursday. Edward McCarroll, 26, a black inmate, was killed after fleeing Cummins farm. Virgil Williams, 24, who killed a Little Rock detective, was shot during an attempted escape at Tucker farm. Guard George Ives, 67, was beaten and died soon after. Warden Ben Allen survived a miraculous escape attempt as gunfire erupted. Companion R G Archie Jones was captured while conditions were reported quiet by night’s end.
Patmos High School will begin graduation activities Sunday with a baccalureate sermon by Rev. Wallace R. Rogers of Hope at the Patmos school auditorium. Commencement exercises follow Saturday night, August 26, with Charles A. Overstreet of Magnolia A&M College delivering the address. Graduates include Arnold J. Middlebrooks, Milton Crews, Beatrice Clara Formby, Arlene Garrett, and Ruby Hubbard.
The Union Grove church hosts a community singing on Sunday afternoon August 20 inviting all residents to attend with songbooks in hand.
Ruth Baker sixteen year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Baker of this city showed improvement at Josephine hospital Friday after several days of serious illness. Physicians held hope for recovery as she recovers from a facial infection caused by a small pimple.
Teff Whitt a 32 year old Texas bank robber and former Hempstead county man is held in the Washington jail on charges of stealing Dan Godbolds automobile. The car was taken Thursday morning and found two hours later at Stamps. Whitt was brought back by Policeman Brice Arnett. He had recently arrived from Shreveport Louisiana. About two years earlier he was paroled from the Texas penitentiary after serving part of a 15 year term for bank robbery. Whitt and his brother were suspects in the February 23 holdup of the First National Bank here but were released when bank officials in Shreveport failed to identify them. A municipal court hearing is set for Monday morning.
Hope Rotary heard E F McFaddin stress wage and hour code adoption in basic industries affecting small-city merchants. A H Washburn led a roundtable on lumber code delays, noting Johnson's ultimatum to auto steel and coal and highlighting lumber as crucial after agriculture in Helmpstead county. Luther Hollaman played piano. Dale McGee of Malvern visited.
Bids on five emergency road projects and one major repair were opened by the state highway commission. D H Dalton of Bierne Ark was low bidder on three paving jobs totaling about 225000 dollars. Job 3191 covers two miles of concrete on Prescott Arkadelphia highway 7 in Clark county at 47162 dollars. Job 3193 covers about 10 miles of gravel base on Camden Bearden section of highway 167 in Ouachita county at 17382.54 dollars.
Cotton practically held Thursday’s 66 point gain, with New York October futures easing 7 points on Friday and closing at 930. The decline amounts to a loss of 35 cents per bale.
Washington four. Recovery Administrator Hugh Johnson said NRA penalties are for recalcitrants and will be used if necessary. He warned Ford and others no exceptions in the automo bile code. Roosevelt aide indicated steel coal and petroleum will bear the Blue Eagle with rigid production and price controls ahead of week’s end.
A 1990 retail survey from the U S Department of Commerce Market Data Handbook shows department stores in four counties led by Hope with 2 85 million in sales and country stores at 3 34 million. Hempstead County department stores reached 880 thousand while country stores totaled 1 23 million with groceries and feeds a large portion of these sales. Prices are expected to stay well below 1930s levels this year.
Akron attorney Mark H. Shank 41 wept when a reporter greeted him in the Benton office after waiving a preliminary hearing. He described killing Alvin Colley and his wife and two sons over a forged receipt, claimed blackmail demands were made by others, and said he would not speak further until his law partner arrived.
Arkansas lawmakers wrestle with beer and wine measures as both chambers pass noncontroversial bills. The Senate rejects local option by districts or counties, while the House adds two local option provisions and moves toward revenue allocations to schools and pensions. Budget fights and committee actions fill Thursday as debate shifts to licensing and taxation details.
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