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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1934
Page
4
Here and There Editorial by Atax criticizes Little Rock for moving an automobile junkyard near No. 67. The piece urges Hope to act, notes state road improvements, cites Act 165 of 1933 on keeping trunk highways clear, and calls for public inquiry at the December council meeting.
The Giants captain and three World Series star Travis Jackson spoke at a Rotary Club banquet for the Hope football squad. He recalled a 17 year old in Waldo paying his own way to Hope for a sandlot game, cashing a 97.50 check with 5 for taxi fare, and how a canceled 7.50 check haunted him. He credited that early setback with steering him toward professional baseball and congratulated Hope on a strong season.
An Arkansas City report says two gunmen abducted Herington police chief Art Caller Thursday. After 114 hours in captivity he was released Friday. Caller offered few details on why he was abducted and what happened during the ordeal.
Washington reports November cotton consumption totaling 477,060 bales of lint and 57,412 bales of seed, compared with 528,010 and 57,412 the prior October. Figures for November last year were 471,247 and 471. The Census Bureau data reflect a year over year hold in usage with minor monthly fluctuations.
In Englewood New Jersey a brave kitten awakened Roy Massie and his family, guiding firefighters to a stairway escape before perishing in a $150,000 fire that leveled a store and offices. The tiny hero clung to a window ledge until rescued, then died from fall injuries.
Buford Nelson, 25, Cordell insurance salesman, found guilty of murder in the drowning of his wife in White River near Newport on October 10. Jury out three hours. punishment fixed at life imprisonment. State sought death. defense argued accidental drowning.
New York rally sees Senators Borah Idaho and Nye North Dakota demand a progressive GOP platform. They urge wealth redistribution, ending monopolies, small business protections from Blue Eagle codes, and liberal leadership nationwide. Nye hints at a revived party if current structure shifts.
Nine 4-H clubs organized in Hamond County during early December led by Migs Maley Griffin and Carroll Morrow with officers elected for the year. Members total 361 across clubs, with projects for boys including corn cotton and tomatoes and for girls in gardening home management and thrift. The group will converge in August at the Bayetteville encampment to compete for awards based on project work.
NEW ORLEANS Mrs Ern est Swaner visiting the city morgue Thursday learned of her acquaintance son’s death and, waiting for information, found her husband’s body. An unidentified man was found on the railroad track near Michaud. She identified his clothing and a letter in his pocket pointed to Ernest Qwen Salis. The drama unfolded as police confirmed the husband’s death and referenced travels to Mobile and Ada.
An ex-wife’s family disputes a tobacco estate in Winston Salem with requests to block a contested division. The case involves Bre Sehe Cinch Resnolde Smith and others as it seeks appointing a master to handle title testimony and assess salinity related to a divorce between Smith Bewiedds and his daughter.
Total county tax collections for the year amount to 221 248 73 dollars with delinquent 1932 taxes paid in 1933. Sheriff Wilson announced the figures noting auditors Kizzia and Clark found the sheriff's books in order. He ends 16 consecutive years in Hempstead county offices and will become a state senator, marking a long public service record in southwest Arkansas.
LITTLE ROCK Arkansas ends a six year battle with a notorious auto graveyard three miles from the Hot Springs highway. Pittsburg bound buyer Louis B Siegel expects to ship 4000 tons of metal to steel mills in Pennsylvania by May 1. W B Davis caretaker to receive about 3000 dollars. railroads and barge lines will gain around 6500 in freight.
Cambridge dispatch reports Postmaster James A. Farley, as Democratic National Committee chair, sent a green ink note to Daly congratulating him on becoming district attorney for Middlesex. No such Northern district exists, Daly failed to win the Middlesex post, and Mydeus v. Bruin of Lowell defeated Daly by about 30,000 votes.
Hope police report a rare two week dull period with no arrests this week and only a reported negro fight. Officers fear a coming storm as they acknowledge the silence may be superstition or a precursor to trouble, leaving them wary and on alert.
Governor Fu Trell said he would call a session of the State Relief Commission to study a plan for aiding unemployables as federal relief funds withdraw February 1. The commission has been inactive since the federal program began. Relief rolls decline as Arkansas shows 90,260 families on federal aid in September dropping to 58,004 in October.
In Lansing Michigan authorities say the Hotel Kerns blaze has killed thirty people and left investigators puzzled over how the fire spread before an alarm. Fire marshals Murray McKennna and Edward Welch note guests were checked and listed, with items like a watch bearing P L Bainlett and a Masonic cufflink found among the remains.
Seymour Weiss, treasurer of Huey P. Long's political organization, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of attempted evasion of federal income taxes. The probe targets leaders of Long's utilities faction as part of a broader government case. In Baton Rouge, Long urged rate reductions while utilities faced a Louisiana Public Utilities Commission review funded by the companies themselves.
Governor Futrell on Friday ordered a stay of the scheduled execution of Frank Barnes, convicted of killing Blytheville taxi driver A. Martin. Barnes' relatives sought relief citing lack of funds for an appeal as the reason for seeking postponement.
Torrential rain in the Sierra Madre mountains forced Briday officials to evacuate about 300 Montrose residents as a wall of water raced down Fic cs canyon. A warning alerted residents to move to safety while authorities acted swiftly. Meanwhile in Arkansas, teachers get state aid certification.
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