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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1932
Page
1
Here and There editorial discusses attorney general Hal Norwood approving the campaign bill for John C. Sheffield and marking it paid. The short piece notes official action and names the local figures involved.
NEA Service sports editor Bill Braucher predicts a Pitt victory in the Rose Bowl against USC. He lauds Pitt’s defense, speed, and fighting spirit led by Warren Heller and a versatile backfield, noting USC’s heavier line but stronger backfield. Braucher cites Pitt’s acclimatization in Tucson and a potential return of captain Paul Rieder to spark Pitt passing.
The Arkansas legislature convenes January 9 in Little Rock with a largely new house and a Senate split between new and seasoned members. Lt. Gov. Lee Cazort will chair the Senate, H. Kemp Toney is seen as speaker, and Gov. elect J. M. Farrell prepares for a ceremonial inauguration.
Claude M. Agee, long time Hope resident with 12 years in general office work, announces candidacy in the Democratic city primary for treasurer. He cites business experience at A. P. Dyke Co and Arkansas Natural Gas, plus roles at Hope Cotton Compress and the State Highway Department, pledging to keep the office at City Hall.
Gyp Barton, held on the $3,000 Winnfield bank robbery charge, said he would resist extradition to Louisiana. State Senator Ned Stewart, Barton's attorney, alleged jail mistreatment after he returned to Louisiana for investigation. Barton was arrested at Garland City. Winnfield officials visited but did not confirmIdentification.
Hugh Neill an Arkansas native and longtime railroad executive died in New York after two heart attacks at age 56. Born April 17, 1876 in Batesville he joined Southern Pacific in 1905 and rose to secretary and vice president by 1925. He lived at 77 Park Avenue and is survived by two brothers Robert and Ernest and three sisters Mrs. Samuel Phillips Eleanor and Esther.
Earl Page, state commissioner of mines manufactures and agriculture, urges farmers to oppose Governor-elect Futrell by defending his department in the Arkansas Farm and Marketing Bulletin. Futrell proposed abolishing the department and the Arkansas Railroad Commission to cut government, reallocating funds to political bodies. Page argues abolition would not reduce taxes but shift revenue to other departments.
The post office and banks will close Monday for New Year observance in Hope while the business district evaluates the past year. Citizens National and First National plan holidays for employees. The post office will open 1 to 3 PM for general delivery and stamps only, with one city-carrier run and suspension of rural deliveries.
E. O. Green, longtime local auto repairman, leases the Gulf service station on Division Street, formerly Luck Brothers. He has worked at Broadway Service Station and garage for four years as chief mechanic and bought the Gulf station Friday from Ron McKissack, who is returning to Kilgore, Texas. Green will run a one stop service station selling Gulf oil and focusing on auto repairs.
The St. Louis Federal Reserve notes weakened trade in the eighth district with November wholesale and retail sales below year-ago levels except for furniture. Across iron steel glass and lumber, demand fell while cotton and rice prices pressured southern trade. Construction contracts rose 26.4 percent from October but remained 49.4 percent below November 1931. freight interchanges and barge tonnage also show mixed declines and gains.
Max Sokolove files cross complaint for divorce from Anna Sokolove claiming she battered him with a broomstick causing weeks of hospital treatment. He also alleges she and their daughter conspired to cheat him out of property.
Mrs J C Welch wife of Rev J C Welch pastor of First Christian church Palestine Texas is in grave condition after an automobile accident on the Hope Texarkana highway. The Rev Welch and three children suffer severe head injuries sprained necks and body abrasions with Mrs Welch having a fractured spine and two broken ribs. All five were taken to Josephine hospital for emergency care and their vehicle left the road plunging into a ditch six miles west of Hope on the way to Palestine after Christmas in Stuttgart Arkansas.
John S. Gibson marked his store’s 48th anniversary in Hope with friends’ congratulations. The business began December 31, 1885, opened by his father Judge A. A. Gibson, and is now run by John and his three sons Carter Seivers and Charles Dana. The firm holds the local Rexall agency, one of Arkansas’ long continuously operating drugstores, with Carter owning a Rexall in San Angelo, Texas.
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation authorized a 1,424,540 loan to Arkansas covering 72 counties for two months as Governor Parnell cautioned over debt but urged need to avert suffering. In Rison, a Saturday fire destroyed half a block of businesses, including Bule Hardware and Maddox variety store, causing an estimated 75,000 to 100,000 dollars in damage.
A major quake rattled South Africa's diamond belt on Saturday morning. Natal and other provinces reported cracked houses as four shocks struck the Transvaal region for about one minute forty seconds. The tremor also reached the Orange Free State southern districts, causing panicked evacuations.
On his eighty seventh birthday J A McIlvaign of Fort Smith learned he would share in a $3 000 000 New York estate after a court in New York recognized his late wife as a legal heir to banker John Whalen s holdings. Administrator Charles J Jewitt estimates McIlvaign his son Clyde of Helena Ark his daughter Mrs Blanche Oats of Fort Smith and granddaughter Virginia Oats would share about 500 000. The five year fight over the Whalen estate ends with the heirs named. Mrs McIlvaign 87 died recently. she was born in Ireland and was first cousin to John Whalen. McIlvaign once a traveling salesman and retired after a fall.
Franklin Roosevelt ends his term as New York governor and plans private life before becoming president. A Thursday conference in New York with Democratic leaders, likely at the Hotel Biltmore, will include Speaker Garner and Senators Robinson Byrnes and Harrison among others. The agenda covers balancing the budget, economy taxes, prohibition repeal, farm relief, and beer legislation.
Hope Kiwanis club prepared for Ladies Night with officers to be installed for the new year. Jim Rutherford of Little Rock will speak. attendance and entertainment committees were named and members urged to bring wives and guests to the New Year party.
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