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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1933
Page
1
The new State Highway Commission begins work with four of five members bankers, a move aimed at restoring order after prior mismanagement. The piece notes past deficits and misused gasoline tax funds, mentions county turnbacks and license cuts, and contrasts reform efforts with wartime debt debates and Roosevelt's stance on Europe.
The Arkansas Senate without debate repealed the law granting free automobile license tags to National Guard members. The 24 to 6 vote capped a session slowed from earlier pace. The chamber also advanced a livestock sanitary board bill and a land donation repeal, while House actions included a schooling reforms measure and teacher licensing paper grading changes.
Texas governor Ma Ferguson returns to office to rebuild the economy with help from her husband James E. Ferguson. She advocates abolishing ad valorem taxes on real estate and replacing with a sales tax plus reallocating gasoline tax funds, arguing taxes threaten farms and homes.
In Doohamlet Tyrone, three injured foxes crossed from the Free State into Tyrone to escape a 20 percent duty on horses entering Northern Ireland. The report notes hunters paused at the border to avoid the tariff.
Budapest public pawn system shows 40000 coats redeemed by the city to aid insolvent owners as cold weather hits. About 173000 items redeemed in the year, 154000 winter garments pawned earlier, and total pawned stock stands near 400000. Amount owed on pawned goods grew from 3.7 million to 7.647 million in ten months last year.
The Arkansas House withdrew Thompson's abolition bill affecting three Branch Experiment Stations including Hempstead County's Fruit and Truck station. Delegations from Hempstead, Stuttgart, and Marianna, plus observers, warn funding gaps threaten next year's operations as calls grow to place stations under the university millage fund.
The Regional Agricultural Credit corporation of St. Louis with Pine Bluff offices began its loan plan for Arkansas farmers. It reports 1,084 applications totaling 1,013,543.96 dollars, 436 approved for 412,760.76 dollars, 474 pending for 398,983.70 dollars, and 144 disbursed for 103,553.10 dollars. The agency operates with private capital and is distinct from federal crop loans.
Governor Futrell said he would outline views on paroles to the penitentiary committees of the legislature. He called the penitentiary commission to meet in the afternoon and indicated he would propose more rigid parole regulations.
Hope Star reports the fifth annual Free Cooking School at the Saenger drew about 800 attendees for the second lecture as Mrs. Kate Stafford demonstrated recipes in a model kitchen. Through Friday February 3 she leads 2 o'clock sessions. nearly 1,600 women attended the first two days, with final totals expected to rise. Participating sponsors include K C Baking Powder Morton's Salt Blue Ribbon Bread City Bakery Gold Medal Flour Phoenix Hose and more.
Two theater workers at the Saenger report a masked intruder forcing a hand through a curtain edge during a Tuesday night performance. Ray Alten and Bill Holt chased the suspect with police involvement but the would‑be robber escaped into the auditorium.
Joseph B. Eastman interstate commerce commissioner told a senate committee that further loans to railroads should not be blocked. He stated some carriers are in better condition and have unused collateral, justifying advances to those railroads.
Representative Marvin Jones of Texas explains the farm allotment bill before Congress, portraying it as Roosevelt’s plan for farm relief. He writes that the farm problem drives national recovery and advocates ending relief and discrimination to boost farmer purchasing power.
Representative Martin Jones of Texas explains a farm allotment bill as the Roosevelt plan for farm aid. The proposal, passed by the House, would pay farmers to cut output by 20 percent using a bounty funded by levies on processors, potentially yielding about a billion dollars annually. It targets basic crops for domestic use, with administration-endorsed price targets and possible Senate action amid veto risks.
The piece argues a national emergency act or farm allotment bill to counter a crisis. It notes farm purchasing power has collapsed postwar, with farm product prices down about 46 percent while industrial costs rose up to 38 percent, eroding the farmer's dollar. Dis continued on Page Three.
Arkansas attorney general Hal L Norwood clarifies that only autos bought before January 1 1929 qualify for the 75 percent license reduction if the vehicle has been in use four years or more by January 1 1933. The burden of proof rests with the applicant who may need to supply extra information to the sheriff.
Deputy Collectors Warren Osgood George E Plymare and R A Smith will visit Hope Nashville Stamps and Lewisville to aid Howard LaFayette counties in filing federal income tax returns. Returns are due March 15. Exemptions for single and married filers have been reduced and the child exemption remains 400. Tax rates rise to 4 percent this year.
Tokyo reports Japan has withdrawn some objections to the League of Nations conciliation program with China yet remains wary that new terms may fail to gain league approval. If rejected, Japan would seriously consider withdrawal from the league.
Governor Futrell announced the new five member State Highway Commission: C. H. Murphy El Dorado Ben Johnston Fort Smith J S Cargile Arkadelphia Dave Black Wynne L A Black DeWitt. Four are bankers and terms range one to five years. They will elect a chairman and possibly a director of highways and appoint a chief engineer. Joe Frank Milwee former Monroe county judge slated as director of highways under the new commission.
In Little Rock the house reorganization committee approved a bill by Rep. Scott McGehee to dissolve the office of mines manufactures and agriculture and transfer the weekly crop bulletin to Chic Sale. The panel tabled action on ending the Arkansas Railroad Commission pending further hearings.
Berlin reports that President von Hindenburg has agreed to sign a decree dissolving the Reichstag after another appeal to win Centrist party cooperation. The move would allow Hitler to secure a ruling majority with Centrist support.
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