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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1930
Page
4
A fragmented report describes a debate over a large relief sum for farmers, noting many farmers face food needs through winter. The text mocks ideas and implies substantial funds, while referencing widespread hardship among farmers.
Hope city will host a national lecturer short course in agriculture at the city hall on Thursday and Friday December 12 and 13. The program includes 20 reels of motion pictures and repeats daily at 10 am 4 pm and 7 30 pm with speakers from the International Harvester Company and local school houses and community centers in Krempstead and surrounding counties participating. Noted speaker H Joy will present alongside other prominent educators in a broad program aimed at farmers and schools.
Arthur J. Gurley, former Miller county sheriff held for eight years in the Arkansas State Penitentiary, is released after prosecutors dismiss two indictments for grand larceny and embezzlement. Convicted in 1922 of embezzling 8300 of public funds, he served two years, was pardoned, fled extradition disputes, returned, and later admitted further embezzlement before again serving time and earning parole. Now he is free again as the current term proceeds.
The Leslie F Huddleston post of the Armsplgan Legion telegraphed from Washington on Saturday to back Senator Caraway and advocate immediate cash relief. The post urged federal and state governments to fund public works and provide contraction labor funds, arguing for discounting future payments and placing as much money into circulation now, including veterans insurance payments.
Mrs B S Alford a Spring Hill native and well known to locals died in a Shreveport hospital Friday night at age 60. Funeral services will be Sunday at 10 am at her Minden home. She was wife of a noted Minden railroad man and survived by seven brothers, two sisters, four sons and three daughters.
Charles A. Levine, cleared of conspiracy charges over an attempted counterfeit coin scheme, told the Associated Press Vienna interview that his plan to fly solo around the world in 15 days led to his trouble. He recounted designing coin medals bearing his head and a plane, then showing them to an engraver in Paris before traveling to Vienna where accusations arose. Levine initially declined to speak but chose to share his story after persuasion.
In Chester Pennsylvania a mother Ida Twaddell aged 18 drowned her four children Allison two months Hoover two Clarence four in a harbor Friday night. Husband Lafayette Twaddell 50 suffered shock. He prevented further acts. Mother later said she believed the children would be better off dead due to lack of education. In Hollywood a large raid sparked a clash with police with hundreds arrested on vagrancy charges after an alleged immoral dance. In Paris Louis Barghou former premier accepted to form a new cabinet but Premier Poincare refused health grounds.
TEMARKANA Tex. F P Herrity hungry and homeless, sees mail box deface notice and scratches five boxes. After three failed attempts, he succeeds on a fifth. Patrolman takes him to jail, bond set at 250 dollars. Herrity says he has no intention of making it. He laments a hard winter ahead.
In LITTLE ROCK the plan to reorganize state government proposes that a bill would become law after passage by both houses if the governor does not sign or return it within required days. It would also allow overriding a veto by a majority vote in each house, replacing the current two thirds rule.
Charles King 49, a barber from Hamilton, was found guilty of first degree murder in the death of his son Robert, age 4, with no mercy recommended. King’s wife and four other children died in the same incident from gas exposure, alleged to be caused by opened gas jets after a domestic quarrel. He was indicted for all five deaths but tried only on one count.
Walnut Ridge Arkansas news recounts a pioneer romance on a hill overlooking Davidsonville. A young man buried his fiancée after her death, then disappeared. He prepared a separate rock grave for his bride to be, rising two feet high and sealed with smooth lime, bearing no names or dates.
Brussels reports a deadly yellow fog over Belgium's Meuse valley with sixty hospitalized and several dozen dead. English Channel shipping delays persist while experts weigh plague theories and possible nonwar causes amid fog and floods.
Clara Bow visited Calpeya on the California Nevada border, ran up a $13,900 gambling debt, then ordered halt to loan payments. Nevada law treats gambling as unlawful and debts as unenforceable, prompting a 1931 measure to license and tax gaming to fund schools and state needs. The incident is cited as a catalyst for reform affecting debt collection and state finances.
Police and state officials intensified the manhunt for seven escaped hospital inmates who overpowered guards and fled from Matteawan. Special guards corralled suspects along a 60 mile stretch from Beacon to New York while troopers patrolled Brooklyn Long Island and Rochester. Two fugitives are wanted for murder, one for arson, one for assault, two for burglary and one for parole violation.
Fort Smith Ark delegates gathered for the 1940 Arkansas Christian Endeavor societies convention at the high school. International president Dr Daniel A Poling will address a public mass meeting. State president Mrs E M Shipley organized local events as W H Williams and Rev Right A Sharpe spoke during rallies and group meetings.
A garbled Arkansas brief mentions a Black resident connected to Pilot Knob and surrounding areas. The text notes a man using the name Doe, with a warrant and a possible identity dispute. Context is fragmentary and lacks clear events or outcomes.
A garbled clipping mentions Bathing Permit and Florida GI plus a reference to Hot Springs and a large girl. The text is fragmented and unclear, with no coherent events, dates, or identifiable individuals beyond generic terms. The record notes uncertain references to a comedy and a jury description without concrete details.
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