Debate over utility rate investigation and local control
The piece argues against state and federal regulation of utility rates and favors home rule through city councils and local municipal oversight. It warns that distant commissions threaten municipal plants and urges preserving local authority to regulate utilities and protect city enterprises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TATE
Public Service
Arkansas
Corporation Commission
Federal Congress
Railroad
Tax Commission
Hope
Roosevelt Revives Talk of Operating U. S. Shoals Plant
President-elect Roosevelt and congressional delegates visited the Muscle Shoals plant near Florence Alabama as debates over government operation of the $159 million complex resume. Norris advocates federal control while opposing fertilizer overproduction. Critics push for modernization and private use arguing current private plants meet demand.
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Roosevelt
U. S. Shoals
Washington
Muscle Shoals
Alabama
Tennessee
Congress
Florence
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Norris Long
Norris
Mr. Roosevelt
Wilson Dam
Muscle Shoals Corporation
United States
National Fertilizer Association
Sheffield
Schools Prepare for Second Semester in Hope
Hope elementary pupils must report to their respective schools Friday at 8 30 am for report cards and to receive book lists for promotion permits and classification cards for new pupils entering the second semester, announced city superintendent Miss Beryl Henry.
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Hope
Beryl Henry
Miss Henry
All Past Masters to Attend Masonic Meet
A Masonic lodge meeting is planned for Friday at 7 30 PM at the Masonic hall on South Elm Street. All past masters will participate in discussing the master's degree and refreshments will be served. Past masters listed include Forter Sullivan Halliburton Shiver McMath Cox Weaver Duckett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Lodge
Masonic Hall
South Elm Street
Lodge
Forter
Worshmaster
John Sullivan
Ira Halliburton
H. W. Shiver
Syd McMath
John P. Cox
J. H. Weaver
W. W. Duckett
Tyler
Rail Merger King Moves to Control New York Central
Leonor L. Loree, leader of rail consolidation efforts, revealed Delaware and Hudson has acquired about 10 percent of New York Central common stock. The D and H becomes the largest single holder and may hold more shares as Wall Street suggests. Loree’s move follows months of accumulation rumors and a D and H board meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leonor L. Loree
New York Central Railroad
Loree
Delaware and Hudson Company
Central
D. and
Wall Street
D, and H
Vanderbilt, Morgan and Baker
Abington Urges State Bureaus as Utilities Tool
In Little Rock, Senator Abington condemned the Arkansas Railroad and Tax Commissions as captive to utilities. A resolution to form a joint legislative committee to probe rates passed 29 to 1, with Dillon the sole dissenter. The senate also approved harsher penalties for bank robbery with firearms and authorized a house probe into state official warrants while tabling a Hot Springs gambling inquiry.
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Little Rock
Senate
Arkansas Railroad Or Tax Commissions
Abington
Beebe
Bailey
Dillon
Pulaski
House
Lake
DeQueen
Gates
Hot Springs
Britain Agrees to Meet Roosevelt on World Debt Talks
Britain accepts President elect Roosevelt's terms for discussing war debt but reserves decision on World Economic Conference agenda until a general meeting of all nations is held. The note, delivered at the State Department, also invites views on other global economic issues. Senate debate shows ongoing resistance to debt cancellation or revision.
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Washington
Great Britain
Roosevelt
State Department
Senate
London
Warm Springs
Italy
Czecho-Slovakia
Finland
Latvia
Lithuania
Johnson
California
Neville Chamberlain
United States
Ware to Speak at Kiwanis Dinner
George W. Ware assistant director of the Fruit and Truck Experiment Station near Hope will address the Kiwanis Club at its 6 30 dinner Friday night. He will outline station work and costs of operation and expenditures in Hempstead County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Ware
Hope
Kiwanis Club
Mr. Ware
Hempstead
Income Tax Rise Affects Incomes Across Sizes
A chart explains how new income taxes impact net income after personal exemption. It notes single men incur tax once net income exceeds 1000 dollars, while a married man with three children remains exempt at 3600 dollars though a return is required. The 5100 dollar level marks the 8 percent bracket and 6100 dollars the surtax onset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maser
Gentry Rumored for Insurance Job in State Posts
Rumors say A. A. Gentry may be appointed state insurance commissioner by Governor Futrell after his re election as Hope municipal judge. If appointed, doubt arises on how to fill the municipal judgeship, with possible city or public vote under a February 28 primary schedule.
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Hope
A. A. Gentry
Gentry
Futrell
Hope Man
Little Rock
City of Hope
Lewisville to Play Against Hope Friday
The Hope high school basketball team will host the Lewisville Red Devils Friday night in the high school gym. Hope is coached by Teddy Jones. Lewisville is led by Jim Pickren, a former University of Arkansas captain. Several Hope players have missed practice this week due to illness and exams.
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Hope High School
Lewisville Red Devils
Teddy Jones
Red Devils
Jim Pickren
University of Arkansas
Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont Dies in Paris
Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont a longtime New York society leader known as part of the Four Hundred died Thursday at her Paris residence. She had been a prominent figure in New York high society before and after the turn of the century.
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O. H. P. Belmont
New York
Paris
France
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Economy Stressed At Free Cooking School
Mrs Kate Stafford outlines how households can cut costs without sacrificing nutrition or variety. The Free Cooking School at the Saenger Theater runs Tuesday to Friday afternoons with focus on budgeting, reading labels, and efficient kitchen tools.
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Kate Stafford
Saenger Theater
Income Taxes Due March 15th Raised to War Days Peak
Nearly 3.5 million people who did not have to file last year must file by March 15 for calendar year 1932. Exemptions drop for both single and married filers, rates rise sharply, and credits remain for dependents. Returns required for married heads of family with net income 2500+ or single 1000+, and gross income 5000+. Form 1040-A for net income up to 5000, Form 1040 for higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Talley
NEA
Washington
U. S
Internal Revenue
Uncle Sam
Thrower of Acid Expresses Regret in Assault Case
Mrs. Essie R. Gilmore 38 admits to reporters she threw the acid that disfigured Miss Gladys Strickland 24 on January 16 but says she did not intend to maim. She fled to El Dorado then was committed to a state hospital before Pulaski officials moved her to the county jail.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Democrat
Essie R. Gilmore
Gladys Strickland
Pulaski
Cars of Kidnapers Probed by Police
Police continued to hunt for two of three men connected to a Monday night kidnapping and robbery spree in Southwest Arkansas. Two cars left by the gunmen, a Nash sedan with no plate and a Ford sedan with a Louisiana plate, remain missing. Ber lin Bledsoe, the confessed kidnapper, is jailed in Benton and has not named others. Lewis and Athoff were unharmed after a late night ride to DeQueen.
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Arkansas
Hope Police
C. C. Lewis
Oscar Athoff
St. Louis
Louisiana
Berlin
Bledsoe
Lewis
Athoff
Benton
Ark
DeQueen
Christian Church to Hold a Chili Supper
The First Christian church service class hosts a chili supper Friday at 5 30 p m at the church bungalow. Proceeds will benefit the service class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
Roosevelt Backs 1.0 Billion Proviso for Aid to States
The article notes President Roosevelt supporting a one billion dollar proviso for state aid, to be allocated through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation as fiscal agent. It mentions the La Follette Costigan bills and other relief measures, creating a federal emergency board and expanding authorized notes and bonds for corporations. The plan includes $306 million outstanding as of year end 1932.
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Manufacturers Committee
Neak
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Farm Board
State audit finds two identical attorney fees in Bank Co liquidation
Comptroller Smith reports Atty General Hal approved a 651 payment to Judge A A Gentry of Hope for special counsel work in back tax cases. The audit also confirms Texarkana attorney Ben Shaver received 2843.77 as a 20 percent fee on state deposits from the defunct Arkansas Bank 4 Trust Co. of Hope, with two identical 1421.88 fees on dividends of 7109.46. The Star previously disclosed Shaver's employment after liquidator W S Atkins returned 21000 to the state. The bank's deposit stood around 70000. Thirty five thousand dollars in five ten percent dividends has been recovered.
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A. A. Gentry
Hope
Hal
Smith
Gentry
Ben Shaver
Texarkana
Arkansas Bank 4 Trust Co
Shaver
The
Star
Norwood
W. S. Atkins
Clinical Society to Meet Thursday Night
The Tri County Clinical society of Hempstead Nevada and Clark will hold its monthly meeting at the New Capital hotel at 7 30 this Thursday. On the program are Drs S F Hoge S C Fulmer and George W Lewis from Little Rock and Hope dentist Dr A J Neighbors will discuss X Ray in Dentistry.
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Tri-County
Hope residents plan trip to Kansas City medical meeting
Dr. and Mrs. G. E. Cannon left Wednesday night to attend a statewide physicians and surgeons convention in Kansas City. They will be joined there by Des. J. H. Weaver and P. B. Carrigan, who depart Hope on Thursday evening.
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Alex. H. Washburn
Loree’s
D. & H. Road
N. Y
Hardiman and
Hill
Flapper
Fanny
Giapysis Parker
Britain
U.S
Ware
Kiwanis Meeting
Hope Experiment Station
Hope Municipal
Lewisville
William E. Martin
North Dakota
Martin
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Rhode Island
Cosi
Clinical Society
From Hope
K. C
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