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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1934
Page
4
Futrell commission led by Abe Collins of DeQueen proposes reforming criminal procedure to cut court costs by half and speed justice. Key ideas include paying prosecutors a salary instead of per-charge fees and allowing filing of information with circuit clerks without awaiting a grand jury. The measure aims to curb abuses of the fee system and streamline indictments.
DAYTON Ohio—The Federal Council of the Churches Abroad says Catholic Protestant and Greek Orthodox churches agree on fixed Easter dates and related reform. The World Calendar would make Easter April 8 each year and move Christmas to Monday Epiphany to Friday, aligning movable feasts and ecclesiastical year across the Christian world.
Hope Star reports November newsprint use topped four tons, the largest monthly total since October 1920, with 8.304 pounds over the month and notable gains in circulation. It notes higher pages per issue boosting paper consumption and outlines annual comparisons across 1931 to 1934, highlighting record circulation.
Hempstead county sets December 14, 1934 for Bankhead Act referendum with 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. voting hours. Eligible voters include Cotton Acreage Reduction Contract signers, tax exemption certificate holders, present cotton producers, and those with signed agreements to produce cotton in 1935.
The Star reports sixteen voters signed ballots showing initial support for retaining the Bankhead Law and broad approval of some form of compulsory crop control. Of thirteen voters, twelve favored compulsory measures while one abstained. A repeat ballot is published today for farm subscribers as tabulation continues this week to gauge regional voting trends.
Hempstead County voters eligible to decide continuation of the Bank head Act for 1935 36 covering June 1 1935 to May 11 1936. County agent Frank R Stanley lists polling sites DeRoan Township Rocky Mound Hope City Hall Hope Arkansas per county committee.
The Leslie Hucklleston post of the American Legion will hold its regular meeting at Hope city hall at 8 o'clock Thursday. Urgent business is scheduled and a full attendance requested.
A 200000 ton rock slice fell from the Ta Die Rock of Niagara Falls late Tuesday night altering the waterfall’s contour for the second time in five months. In Arkansas Grand Prairie rice area loans were approved by Farm Credit Administration and Federal Land Bank amid water supply concerns for rice farming. Lord Riddell, 69, renowned British journalist, died in Walton Heath, England.
The Rev and Mrs Warlace R Rogers were hospitalized after a Tuesday Washington highway crash that also injured Myre Rogers, Mrs Luther Higgeson, and Mrs Charles Routon. Their car struck a washed-out road, overturned into a ditch near Hope, while the group was returning with Pine trees for Christmas. The Rogers may be moved home Wednesday if conditions permit.
LITTLE ROCK The case of Lieut Col Edward Woodford former United States property and disbursing officer of the Arkansas National Guard on trial in federal court on charges of embezzlement and presenting false claims was to go to the jury Wednesday. Two of the remaining five counts in the indictment under which Woodford is being tried were withdrawn.
Honolulu reports a trans Pacific Star of Australia monoplane drifted from Oals Land California toward Hawaii. Lieut Charles T. Ulm and two companions lacking life saving gear faced likely disaster after engine failure forced water landing. Searchers from Army Navy and private relief widened as radio SOS signals and positions failed.
Chicago report states Helen Gillis, widow of Baby Face Nelson, has been captured as a federal prisoner. Authorities say she was seized days after Nelson was killed near a muddy prairie, amid the pursuit by Agents Cowley and Hollis. She has been questioned about Nelson and the Dillinger mob as the manhunt continued.
Charles A West 40 of near Emmet died Monday night after a period of ill health. Interment and funeral rites were held Tuesday at 2 o clock from the Emmet Baptist church with Rev C He Tip officiating. Surviving are his widow one sister Mes A M Webb Ene and four brothers Autrey Chine Willie and Homer West. A community singing will be held at Shover Springs Sunday at 2 PM with DJ Phillips at the nearby location.
President Roosevelt endorsed the Bankhead cotton control act as the South’s salvation and proposed an exemption for farmers producing no more than two bales. He aims to cut the 10.25 million bale surplus to 7.75 million by next August, reaching a normal 4 million bale surplus within years, seeking parity for Southern farmers. The move targets about 600,000 growers and 700,000 bales, simplifying regulation while urging support in the South’s vote this month.
Madrid report says monarchists and rightists plan a united front to establish a corporate state with representation by trades and industries instead of a parliamentary system. Leaders claim hundreds of political, intellectual, and financial figures have answered the call, inspired by Mussolini's Italian model adopted earlier this year.
Paisley Parent-Teachers association hosts Father's Night Thursday in the school auditorium. Albert Graves, Hope attorney, will speak on Character Firm in Through Boy Scout Work. Rev. Wallace R. Rogers will lead devotional. Two Mapes Boy Scout troops attend as guests with a curb ceremony and three numbers. E P Young to perform a solo. Refreshments served during social hour. program begins at 7:30 p m.
Washington report notes reporters quitting NRA session amid fear of publisher interference. Haywood Broun, president of the American Newspaper Guild, headlines the hearing on proposed editorial hours and staffing changes.
In Little Rock the criminal code overhaul taps changes urged by Abe Collins chairing the commission. It would place prosecutors on salaries and simplify indictments and procedures. Proposals include permitting information and defending by jury decision in all capital cases and reducing defense challenges in capital trials from 20 to 12 while prosecutions stay at 10.
Fire at Warner Brothers First National studio in Burbank injures 15 people and causes about 300000 dollars in damage before being controlled. Fire chief Albert Rounder, 65, died at a first aid station of heart failure blamed on the excitement. Officials say about half the studio area was swept by flames but deemed minor to production.
Farmers of Shover Springs will discuss the Bankhead Act at a 2 p m meeting Friday afternoon December 7 in Shover Springs. The announcement came Wednesday.
New York and New Orleans cotton futures show minor changes with January at around 12.50 to 12.60 per bale and March futures near 12.65 to 12.68. Chicago grain quotes drift with several contracts in the 9.3 to 10.9 range. Poultry and produce markets in Chicago report steady to firmer prices on live birds, eggs, and dressed turkeys, while Memphis notes prime cottonseed prices and futures activity through February to May.
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