Miller Escapes Then Is Shot During Recapture
Pine Bluff Ark. Jack Miller alias Andrew Panco alias Monard Adams forger in a Hope case last October was shot and killed near Tucker Camp No 1 while attempting to escape. He had been sentenced to two years by Hempstead Circuit Court for forgery and uttering and escaped Nov 14 before being recaptured a week later. Miller, a German native, was survived by a wife reportedly living in Texarkana and was arrested at Hope after cashing forged express travelers cheques linked to a Hutchinson union station express office holdup last summer.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Jack Miller
Andrew Panco
Monard Adams
Hope
Tucker Camp No. 1
Miller
Hempstead
Germany
Yexarkana
Hutchinson
Ros
Union Station
December Retail Trade Sets High Record for Hope
Hope shoppers flooded stores setting all time December sales records. Local merchants report peak crowds Saturday and a week of brisk business across multiple retailers including Geo. W. Robison Co J C Penney L C Burr Paterson’s Department Store and jewelry shops. Stores say December may be the biggest month in the town’s shopping history with several outlets noting their strongest Christmas week in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Alexe
Geo. W. Robison Co
Stote
Dee Todde
J. ©. Penney Co
A. E B. Stonequist
Hits's Shoe Store
L. C. Burr
Paterson's Department Store
Rephan
Lacies Specialty Shop
Gorham & Gosnell
Pigely Wigale
Stephenson Bray
Cuba Says She'll Not Pay Bank Loan
Cuba's leader Grau San Martin declares Cuba will not honor a Chase National Bank loan and criticizes the government for public works spending. The stance comes as civilian protests loom and private businesses face citywide redistribution of goods amid financial strain.
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Cuba
Havana
Grau San Martin
Chase National Bank
Tseer- Uifionter
Wetailon-dutlan Public Works
Bank
Isan Whieh
Acreage Tour to Start at Patmos County
County Agent Frank Stanley announced a cotton acreage reduction tour for farmers with help from George W. Ware of the Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station. The schedule lists meetings from December 29 at Patmos High School to January 5 at Bingen, covering Spring Hill DeAnn Liberty Washington Fulton Columbus and other sites with times in the morning and afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stanley
McCaskill
Liberty Church
Washington
Hope City Hall
Fulton
Cox
Halk
A. Y. Columbus
Penzan
Bingen
A. Mn
Farm Prices Show Best in 3 Years
Washington reports improved farm prices at local markets, led by grazing? grains and crops. The Bureau of Agricultural Economics notes potatoes and cotton products rising, with grain prices up from December 1 1982 figures and wheat and oats showing notable changes amid smaller crops this year.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Geaing
Governor Futrell backs tax plan to repay road fund loan
Governor Futrell said a proposed natural gas tax to repay money borrowed from the highway fund is within the scope of his special session. The measure aims to repay the road fund loan and finance other governmental needs, with draft legislation under preparation.
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Little Rock
Futrell
Battle to oust Stedman as state penal chief moves forward
Pine Bluff reports a fight to remove A G Stedman as superintendent of Arkansas penal institutions. state lawmakers plan a bill to abolish the office. The special session begins next Tuesday after resignations on the Penal Board and a governor’s veto on liquor and horse racing laws. The session will also revamp street paving aid laws and unify funding of highway continuations through cities. The cotton market shows a price gap driven by currency valuation and foreign sales.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
A. G. Stedman
Arkansas’ Penal Institutions
State Penal Board
W. N. Trulock
Hardin
Lincoln County
Johston
Clarksville
Little Rock
Fittell
Citles
Fts
State Highway Department
Wounded by accidental gun discharge in hunt incident
Bulletins report Thomas Hazel wounded by a chum's discharge during a hunting trip. Norman Mobbs, 13, died Wednesday in a local hospital. Sue Trammell, 5 months, flown from Houston to Johns Hopkins, described as satisfactory. Barnett family feud leads to grand jury charges for City Marshal Barnett and his sons. Four men robbed Marlin First State Bank of 5400, kidnapping three employees.
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Conway
Ark
Thomas Hazel
Norman Mobbs
Baltimore
Sue Trammell
Houston
Texas
Jimmy Wedchl
New Orleans
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Wedell
Marsitall
Barnett
Robert
Oscar
Marlin
First State Bank
Budget Deficit Is Billion No Alarm
President Roosevelt showed no surprise at a Treasury report placing the deficit in government finances at one billion dollars. The White House indicated the figure would rise with the recovery program as revenue aims to keep pace with current expenditures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
White House
Hempstead Figs Seeded in Hope Area Garden Growth
California figs grown in Hempstead county but not commercially were shown at The Star office on Tuesday by J. B. Beard of Hope Route One. A single fig tree on Beard’s farm has borne the semi tropical fruit for the last decade.
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California
Hempstead
Star Office
J. B. Beard
Hope
Beard
Cattle Herd Triggers Fatal Train Wreck near Calvert
At Calvert Texas near midnight a Missouri Pacific train collided with a herd of cattle on the right of way causing a derailment. Six men died including three crew members Fred Wallace Otta Green and R J Delhomme all residents of Mart Texas. Two other victims were itinerant and searchers feared more may be trapped beneath wreckage.
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Calvert
Texas
Here
Missouri Pacific
Fred Wallace
Otta Green
R. J. Delhomme
Mart
State Printing Job to A. B. McCorkle
State Auditor Humphrey announced the appointment of A B McCorkle of Hope as state printing clerk to succeed J H Beerstecher of Malvern who resigned January 1 Beerstecher recently repurchased his Malvern daily and resigned to take charge of its affairs Skeet McCorkle formerly published the Star of Hope with his brother Ed until 1924 He then joined the American Type Founders as southern salesman and resigned this fall to take the state post His home is in Little Rock.
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Little Rock
Humphrey
A. B. McCorkle
Hope
J. H. Beerstecher
Malvern
Beerstecher
A.B
Skeet) McCorkle
Ed McCorkle
Star of Hope
Accidental Gun Discharge Claims Arkansas Youth Life
In El Dorado Arkansas Harold Thomas 14 son of Mr and Mrs Gus Thomas Hailey Texas was killed Tuesday when a small caliber rifle used for birdshooting discharged hitting his right temple. He is survived by his parents and sister Treva Mae. The body will be taken Wednesday morning to Handley for services.
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EL Dgrado
Ark
Harold Thomas
Gus Thomas
Hailey
Texas
Treva Mae
Handley
F D R Has Last Word on Fate of the Dollar
Washington report outlines President Roosevelt likely to control dollar policy before Congress adjourns. Inflation, currency measures, and a possible revalued gold reserve are discussed, with emphasis on Roosevelt facing inflationists and conservative support in Congress.
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F.D. R
Washington
Seventy-third Congress
Congress
Roosevelt
Warren
White House
Reconstruction for U.S. and Europe, 1933 feature historians say
The Associated Press asks two noted American historians for the year 1933's most significant feature in war and peace. Allan Nevins of Columbia notes U.S. reconstruction rivalry with recovery while Frank H. Simmonds cites Europe shifting from hope for peace to danger of war.
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Associated Press
Europe
Allan Nevins
History Department
Columbia University
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
United States
Frank H. Simmonds
America
New Deal Aims Recovery Through Reform and Reconstruction
Prof. Allan Nevins notes 1933 marks a shift to reconstruction alongside recovery. The Roosevelt admin emphasizes farmer aid, ending wage abuses, child labor, long hours, and harsh contracts, and stabilizing the dollar to curb depreciation and appreciation. A brighter dawn dawns beyond patchy prosperity.
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United States
Roosevelt
Schooley Announces Sheriff Candidacy in Hempstead County
George W. Schooley of Route Four enters Hempstead County politics as a candidate for sheriff and collector. A longtime resident of 37 years, he frames his bid as a common citizen with no prior office holding. Known locally for his baseball-obsessed family and athletic enthusiasm, Schooley stresses bringing the citizen’s viewpoint to the sheriff’s office.
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Hempstead County
George W. Schooley
Hope Route Four
Schooley
Star
Hempstead Comery
Schouley
Wil
Burial Thursday for J. E. Rowland
J. E. Rowland age 2 died early Tuesday in a Muskogee Oklahoma hospital after a long illness. He is survived by his widow a daughter Mrs Vernon Anderson two brothers Harvey and Gus Rowland of Idabel three sisters Mrs P M McCullough of Quanah Texas Mrs Add Turner Jr and Mrs J D Griffith of this city. Funeral services will be held at the Idabel home Wednesday morning and the body will be brought to Hope for burial at Rose Hill cemetery Thursday afternoon.
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E. Howland
Vna
Muskogee
Okla
Vernon Anderson
Harvey
Gus Rowland
Idabel
P.M. McCullough
Quanal
Texas
Add Turner Jr
J. D. Griffith
Rose Hill Cemetery
1933 Faces A Prewar Drift In European Affairs
Frank H. Simonds argues 1933 marks a shift from postwar optimism to prewar tension in Europe. He notes Hitler’s rise, Germany’s Geneva withdrawal, and recurring war scares. He predicts only a fragile truce as powers refuse to alter policies, making inadvertent war possible despite hopes for peace.
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Europe
Hitler
Germany
Geneva
France
Former Hope Girl Wins Movie Prize
A former Hope girl Miss Mildred Butler now living in Shreveport won Photoplay magazine s first prize of 500 in a movie muddle contest. Awards announced in the current issue. Butler studied in Hope. her father was once connected with a Hope wholesale grocer company and she is a niece of Andrew Wagner of Hope Confectionery.
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Hope
Mildred Butler
Shreveport
Photoplay Magazine
Miss Butler
Hope Wholesale
Andrew Wagner
Hope Confectionery
Weather forecast and record low in Arkansas region
The article notes a 20 degree forecast for Little Rock and surrounding areas for Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Hope recorded 20 degrees, with Fruit & Truck Branch Experiment Station showing 23 degrees at 7 AM. The weather prediction called for warmer temperatures by Thursday with a chance of rain.
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Little Rock
Area
Hope
Fruit & Truck Branch Experiment Station
Robber Abducts Shipp At Washington Station
Young filling station operator George Shipp was kidnapped and robbed of 48 dollars by a gunman who forced him into his car at Third and Washington streets. The bandit, later joined by a second man, fled toward Luck's service station and disappeared. Shipp identified the assailants as two 24 year old men with steady nerves.
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George Shipp
Third
Washington
Shipp
Luck
Fulton
Four Persons Lose Lives in Flood Waters
A Christmas day tragedy in Portland joins the long Pacific northwest flood toll as four people die when a natural dam in Clatskan ie Ore collapses flooding a farm home. Victims are Milo Allen 50 and his three sons George 30 Robert 12 and Donald 7.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Clatskank
Milo Allen
George
Robert
Donald
Unclear Financial Quotations From A Historic Ledger
Fragmentary OCR lists stocks and company names such as American Oil Anaconda Chrysler General Motors U.S. Steel and Standard Oil. The garbled text appears to be a stock closing quotation snippet with several firm names and abbreviated time marks, lacking coherent narrative or dates.
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Gohy
American Oil
American Smelter
Chrysler
General Motors
Missouri Pacifie
Socony Varui
U.S. Steel
Standard Oil
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Tucker
Liberty
San Martin
Citar Pesidert
Handhitts Geatag
Patmos
Nenry N. Dorris
Bulletins
Walter J. Cummings
The
Deposit Insurance Corporation
Cummings
Skeet
J. B. Beerstecher
Wes
Gisele Hin
Rooney Dutcher
NEA
Washington Correspondent
U. S
Frank H. Simonds
Prof
Geo. W. Schooley
Hempstead Co
Mr. Schouley
J. E. Rowland
Hope Girl
Photoplay
Thug
Lewisville
J. W. Dubose
Nncon
Mr. Dubose
Jarney
Mr. Duboso
Hope Cotton Exchange
New York
Dian
Chicago
Sh Bi Beg Mas
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