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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1935
Page
3
Arkansas State Insurance Commissioner A A Gentry argues eliminating full value policies would cut rates on five risks. The piece critiques full coverage as a gambling element and urges reduced appraisals, urging insurers to drop near 100 percent coverage incentives while stressing risk spreading between policyholders and companies.
Texarkana area residents along Highway 62 east of Texarkana are invited to participate in a unique highway beautification project. State highway planners propose a legal agreement among landowners to set building setbacks, restrict signs, prevent dumps, and enhance property values while preserving scenic integrity of the route.
Arkansas officials argue reform of the full value policy law would drop fire insurance rates by about ten percent within a year and more in years to come. Insurance Commissioner A A Gentry spoke at a North Little Rock ministers meeting noting overvalued property drives higher premiums and urging rate reductions through limiting full value coverage. He warned over-insurance shifts cost onto honest policyholders and stressed premiums fund losses, not profits.
Senator elect John L Wilson announced support for bills to fund free textbooks for grades one through eight and to enlarge the Booneville sanitarium. He said revenue from a sales tax liquor tax and horse racing bill should be allocated to schools and the sanitarium before he would back the measures. He will be inducted January 14 after ten years as Hempstead county sheriff.
Carpenters and painters are repainting and repairing the interior of the Hope postoffice. All woodwork upstairs and downstairs will be repainted, walls replenished, exterior window casings and the flag pole to receive a new coat. The work is by Arthur M. Gilden contracting firm of Chicago.
Harry W. Shiver of Hope is named a winner in Domestic Engineering's prize campaign for best series of Belfer Housing program newspaper ads. He receives a $5 prize for layouts that appeared in Hope Star amid a nationwide pool of 30,000 plumbers. He now vies for a grand prize of $106 from a Chicago firm.
Fragmented text recounts Clark County’s political status during Carpetbag Days. Notes half the county ceded to Nevada and legislative questions about representation. Mentions Representative Lyle Britain and a debate on legality and future legislative action.
President Roosevelt told Congress and the nation a three part program to end federal relief, provide security for the unemployed, and enact broader legislation. He proposed a unified public works system replacing the Emergency Relief Administration, expanding the Civilian Conservation Corps, and extending unemployment and old age insurance while reinforcing state care for those out of work. The plan envisions about 4 billion dollars for next year's work relief and roughly 6 billion for the budget, with 890 million set aside to bridge the transition to “jobs for all.”
A Saturday report from Colombo, Ceylon, details a malaria scourge in a single district. The death toll nears 3,000 with about 1,000 children among the dead and as many as 250,000 believed afflicted or at risk. The report notes a heavy death rate amid the outbreak and calls for urgent intervention.
Charles Freibolt announces candidacy for alderman in Ward Four. He cites eight years as a Hope resident and ownership of Hempstead County property. Freibolt works in the baggage department of the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
Alexandria police chief Clint O'Malley was dismissed by the Civil Service Commission amid Huey Long influence claims. Assistant Francis E. Dadid takes charge as O'Malley decries council acquiescence and loss of local self-government in a fired officer statement.
Police disclosed a plot in Southern California to smuggle five truckloads of arms to aid a revolutionary effort in Lower California. Federal agents and local officers coordinated to intercept vehicles aimed at Old Mexico.
STAMPS Ark An unidentified man about 40 years old was shot by L A railroad conductor Hurt Lee at 2 40 am Friday while attempting to raid the depot safe. The man fled, was found dead in a ditch 50 yards from the station at dawn. He weighed about 140 pounds with blue eyes and dark hair, wearing a blue little neck sweater and a dark suit with two pairs of pants.
In New Orleans Senator Huey P. Long condemns Standard Oil of Baton Rouge for discharging workers and cutting operations over his tax stance, claiming the firm will face trouble if it refuses to quit the state, and accuses them of pension swindling while planning to enforce changes in January. In Arkansas, George W. Craig, former Prairie county judge, was killed when his car left the road near Little Rock on the Hot Springs highway, along with companion Baird of Cateman Texas. Craig died, Baird survived with minor injuries.
Prominent defense attorney Edward J. Reilly announced plans to name four individuals, two men and two women, as the real kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby, likely presenting the testimony next Thursday. Hauptmann will testify first when the defense rests its case. In court, witnesses including Betty Gow and Elsie Whateley confronted questions about alleged connections to Violet Sharpe, with courtroom tensions rising as the judge warned against improper conduct.
In Arkadelphia Mrs. Fay Ryan was shot and wounded at her home. Richard Coley, 50, of Hope, surrendered to officers after an argument involving his sons, and was held on an accessory charge. His son B. Coley faced similar charges and was taken to Prescott for a hearing. Mrs. Ryan remained hospitalized in critical condition. The elder Coley had worked as a brakeman on the Texarkana Gurdon line and came to Hope from near Nashville.
Kiwanis club members and about 60 attendees gathered Friday night at Hotel Barlow in Hope for the installation of 1835 officers. Texarkana visitors 27 strong joined local members for the ceremony with remarks by John P. Cox and Dr R. R. Kirkpatrick. The Texarkana Kiwanis quartet performed as Gertrude Westmoreland sang and piano was by Mrs John Welthorn. A committee to coordinate with Rotary and civic groups for a CCC game in Hempstead County was named, chaired by Dewey Hendrix with members Charles Gibson and John Cox.
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