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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1933
Page
1
The piece notes PVERNOR FUTRELL argues for refunding the old improvement district debt. It states gas line tax revenues are pledged to pay the bonds and therefore the bonds must be surrendered to the state.
United Kingdom's Wheat Act sets a standard price for homegrown wheat at 10 shillings per 100 pounds with a wheat commission overseeing payments to farmers. The act creates a guaranteed market, funded by flour millers and importers, with deficiency payments to farmers based on the gap between market and standard prices. Arbitrations handle quality disputes and advance payments are possible in some cases.
Franklin D. Roosevelt begins a 10 day cruise along the Florida coast after arriving by special train from Warm Springs Georgia. He is greeted by a committee of state and city officials and delivers a brief informal address at a downtown park.
A chaotic exchange stirs a sharp public spat as Fanny remarks trigger a heated community response. Local residents debate propriety and press influence amid growing attention to flapper culture and gender roles.
Governor Futrell announced the appointment of three members to the Arkansas Corporation Commission and its secretary after consolidating duties from the Arkansas Railroad Commission, the Arkansas Tax Commission, and the Department of Conservation. The appointees are W. H. Childers, Walnut Ridge. C. P. Newton, Little Rock. J. C. Pinnix, Murfreesboro. and Eldon W. Brown of Des Arc as secretary. The move covers seven affected commissioners, with only Childers retained. The new board faces salaries of 3600 dollars annually and aims to save about 82000 dollars yearly. The piece also notes concurrent bills on abolishing the Department of Mines Manufactures and Agriculture and potential salaries for Page and the railroad commissioners.
Mayor Watkins Overtop disclosed shortages totaling 52 000 dollars in Memphis city government after A P Walsh resigned as city finance commissioner. He revealed 15 000 dollars in new shortages in a public statement Saturday.
In Finland last year imports of American films totaled 390 of 515 foreign films, topping all other countries. The film censor noted 31 Finnish films were shown.
Governor Horner urged mortgage holders to show utmost forbearance for farmers and wage earners facing possible home seizures. He warned dependence on charity could follow and noted state officials lack power to nullify contracts even amid proposed moratoriums.
Charles S. Christian chief engineer and about 70 highway staffers were discharged by the new Highway Commission. W. W. Zass and Roy W. Spence assumed leadership roles as others moved to new duties in the Revenue Department.
Senate judiciary committee plans an open meeting Monday to decide if further action is needed against David S. Barry, veteran sergeant at arms, suspended after a trial for a magazine article hinting some members sold their votes.
The Senate voted 40 to 31 to suspend David S. Barry, sergeant at arms, after a public trial over his New Outlook magazine piece titled Over the Hill to Demagoguery. Barry admitted authorship, said he had no evidence, and defended the piece as defending the Senate.
The House voted down a plan to cut lawmakers pay from 10000 to 7500 dollars, blocking the proposed salary reduction.
Oklahoma City motion tells of C C Julian fleeing to Canada and delaying trial of more than 50 co-defendants in a case alleging a 15 000 investors scheme involving C C Julian Oil and Royalties Co 3 percent million dollars. Prosecutor says the trial set for Monday may be postponed.
W. S Atkins of Hope has been re appointed liquidating agent for the Arkansas Bank & Trust Co of Pine Bluff the Bank of Ozan and the Washington State Bank in Washington Arkansas. The renewal was confirmed by Marion Wasson statewide bank commissioner. The liquidation has paid 50 percent to depositors with no clear plan for another 10 percent before fall.
A Pine Bluff high school football player, Harry Peterson, who lost his left leg in a car crash on November 2, visited Hope on Saturday. He was brought by his sister Margaret, his mother Mrs. Hugh Peterson, and grandmother Mrs. A. W. Pearce, and will stay with Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Pearce for a few days in Hope.
The Japanese garrison at Chiumenkow in Manchuria reported repulsing the fifth Chinese attack in eight days after three hours of desperate fighting. Heavy losses were inflicted on the Chinese according to the dispatch.
In Little Rock area police seek a Black suspect after a domestic incident harmed Mrs. Jerome 3 and Mark M. Goodson, a Little Rock officer. The attack near North Little Rock left multiple people hurt. Sheriff Branch posts a $100 reward for the slayer.
Governor Futrell urged bondholders to surrender old road district bonds to enable refunding through state revenue bonds. He proposed a three point plan including federal lending, keeping the 1932 refunding act in escrow, and securing new agreements with bondholders to remove liens on district lands.
Berlin report says the Prussian government orders immediate dissolution of all communal parliaments. The Prussian Diet rejects Hitler cabinet demands to dissolve for a new election with the Reichstag vote pending. The session is described as disorderly as authorities seek a plan to dissolve the Diet.
Mrs RAP aeeeeee ma was arrested Saturday in the village of Ras near Bombay by British authorities. The incident adds to the tensions in British India as searches and detentions rise in the region.
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