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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1932
Page
4
A London based company announced a censorship action tied to a fire incident in Hongkew. Officials offered limited details citing sensitive information and ongoing oversight, while market observers awaited fuller statements forthcoming from the organization.
Flood warnings rose as Red River levee breaches were reported north of Avoyelles parish near Colfax. Monroe faced record Ouachita River flooding with 5,000 workers and 10 ft above flood stage, while officials warned of widening impact across Louisiana and refocused relief and sandbag efforts.
The womanless tea planned for Tuesday at the home of Mr and Mrs Dorsey McRae East Third Street has been postponed due to the death of sponsor H Clyde Hill. Organizers announced the new date as Tuesday January 9.
Hope High School basketball travels to Willisville Wednesday for two games. The afternoon game starts at 3:39 and the night game at 7:30.
J Augustus Groundhog, longtime weather prophet, resigns amid a failed winter and cloudy skies. He jokes about sunburned noses in California and frostbite if he looked for his shadow, declaring the day a bunk and quitting mid job.
The Hope public schools term started Monday February 1. Superintendent Miss Beryl Henry calls for parents with children six years old or who turn six within the first six weeks or by March 14 to enroll within the first two weeks. Enrollments for six year olds or new entrants must be completed by February 15 to avoid late start disadvantages, and state law requires vaccination before commitment to school.
A group conference at the Presbyterian church Wednesday afternoon at 2 40 will gather Southern Arkansas churches for the Every Member canvass. The benegol lent work of the church will be the focus with Dr W Moore Scott of Little Rock and Dr J P Lawson of Newport leading the program. All Presbyterian members are urged to attend.
Dr Paul N Cyr files suit in Lake Charles seeking removal of Governor Alvin O King and transfer of office to Cyr. He details clashes with Huey P Long dating to last fall when Cyr as lieutenant governor sought to oust Long. Cyr accuses Long as a blasphemer and attacks his political ally as a “noonshine doctor.”
Florence Houston 83 widow of Tayl or Houston dies at her Water Creek home Monday afternoon. Born in Mississippi she moved to Arkansas and lived in Trymohteach County for over a decade. Funeral at Watley Creek church Wednesday afternoon. Survived by three sons and three daughters including Lawson Kansas City Pat Pine Bluff Glio us Water Creek and Mrs Mattyt Eason Hope. Maggie Franks and Evie Kitchens of Water Creek.
Across the coast and far inland, searchers pursued missing airplanes. Thirteen feared dead among the crews and passengers. A Bimini Airways craft vanished between Miami and the Bahamas with a pilot and four aboard. Waves hindered rescue. Near Cobblestone Mountain California, seven or eight missing aboard a Century Pacific liner including Army Reserve Lieutenants Hoffmen and Cocke Jr. and an observation plane en route from Glendale to San Francisco. Francis Rust the mail pilot disappeared en route from Kalamazoo to Chicago.
Baxter County Judge Ruthven, secretary of the Arkansas County Judges Association, denounces the state Highway Commission plan to take the one cent gas tax from counties. He says bonds in bonded counties will not fall on taxpayers and urges legislative action after a special session. The judges vow to resist the tax shift as essential to stabilizing county road funding. Continued on page six.
Mrs Hat tie W Caraway celebrated her birthday Monday by taking the oath as the first duly elected senator from Arkansas widow of the late senator. Dressed in black she was escorted to the dais by Senator Robinson and sworn by President pro tempore Moses. She had been sworn previously after appointment by the governor and was elected January 12 to fill the unexpired term of her husband.
Hempstead County auto license deadline passed with about 2000 owners facing possible arrest by state authorities. Sheriff Wilson declined to extend penalties while Governor Parnell did not grant more time. About 850 applications were processed at Hope, with more in Washington and Blevins, leaving over 3000 cars in the county likely without 1932 licenses by Tuesday noon.
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation prepared to begin operations after directors’ commissions were signed by President Hoover. Dawes Couch Jones confirmed. McCarthy nominated for final director posts. Senate waived rules to speed action. The body plans relief legislation for bank depositors and Federal Reserve discount rates, with Glass warning bankers against protests.
Readable fragments compare US and Japanese forces. US claims superior air power and navy tonnage with 250 planes and 27,000 men versus Japan’s 1500 planes and 16,000 men in the air corps. Japanese army numbers exceed US figures, but overall war strength remains uncertain due to training and national guard factors.
A Hazen meeting Monday night formed a three member committee to seek Superintendent Rowland's resignation after the discharge of Miss Loraine Whitehurst and the hiring of Mrs. Ben D Rowland. A mass meeting last week urged the board to discharge Rowland. Whitehurst plans to sue for breach of contract.
Nashville Capitol note reports Allen Court headquarters of the Methodist Episcopal Church South in Shanghai evacuated. Missionaries are safe, Bishop Paul Kern advised. In London, Chancellor Neville Chamberlain was formally proclaimed in Parliament to pursue general cancellation of reparations and war debts as soon as possible to settle outstanding issues.
Funeral services for H. Clyde Hill, who died suddenly Monday, were held at 9 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the family home on North Pine Street, with Rev. Charles Collins of Hot Springs officiating. He was interred in Rose Hill cemetery. Pallbearers included David Finley, John Barlow, Dorsey McRae, George Brannon, Dr. P. B. Carrigan, BR, GQ McRae, Charles B. Foster, and Ross Gillespie.
A Hone Star nostalgia note recalls C S McCain then cashier of the Bank of Prescott visiting Hop, foreshadowing a rise to chairman of the Chast National Bank board. His career spanned Prescott Monticello Little Rock New York before joining Chase National Bank after its merger with National Park Bank in 1929.
Judge W C Davis ruled a Texas law restricting cotton planting as unconstitutional and void, blocking an injunctive request to cap Fred L Smith Calvert's cotton acreage. Tyson sought restraint at a special legislature session, arguing the measure aimed to control overproduction in the South while Davis warned it would threaten fundamental constitutional rights and liberty.
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