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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1934
Page
4
Arkansas lawmakers wrapped up a special session by passing the state refunding measure praised by Governor Futrell as saving thousands of homes. The final Senate vote was 28 to 0 with an emergency clause 33 to 3. The session also funded the penitentiary and extended tax forfeited land redemptions, plus a brandy bill. Futrell indicated he would return for the 1935 regular session if he lives.
Dr John F Condon known as Jassie in the Lindbergh case continues his solitary search for the ransom captors. He studies rogues photographs at detective HQ hoping to identify the kidnapper from clues and communications received after the March abduction. He believes his alerts led to contact with the culprits though the baby was killed the night of the kidnapping.
B F Hamm Motor Co announces the 1934 Dodge will be shown locally Saturday and Sunday with showroom hours extended Sunday. The new line features two wheelbases, advanced styling, streamlined bodies, and a novel Floating-Cushion independent suspension.
Upper Red Lake receives 60000 fingerling bass crappie brim from Lonoke State Hatchery. Dr W G Allison coordinated trucking and container return for 50 dollars. Briant’s drugstore collects donations totaling 44 dollars. list of individual contributors includes local residents and Prescott names. Two shipments carried 50000 bass 5000 crappie 4000 brim. Also notes a new wireless code for medical help at sea.
Dun and Bradstreet reports a resumed upward trend in trade volume and broader industrial activity in the past week after mid month hesitancy. Women’s wear sales rose while men’s clothing lagged. wholesale buying broadened with daily order increases, especially in dry goods and hardware, 15 to 20 percent above last year.
In Texarkana the jury in the Edwin Brinker murder case against P. A. McSwain reported to Judge Harvey that reaching a verdict seemed unlikely as they retired after further review. Brinker, his wife and father, with defense counsel, waited in the district court while civil cases also began.
A H Washburn addressed the Hope Rotary club on The Problem of Law Enforcement arguing that unsound legislations and powerful lobbies breed trouble. He warned that modern law creates reliance on force rather than persuasion, citing Bertrand Russell and historic shifts from custom to statute, and noted Germany’s failed effort to create "perfect" law by force.
Water service will be suspended for several hours in Ward 1 Friday at midnight to complete repairs. George Sandefur states that installing new water connections citywide is nearing completion and notices of suspension are not yet listed in the newspaper ads ahead of the work.
A Paris spy ring linked to academia unfolds in a tale of Lydia Stahl and fellow scholars. The piece profiles Lydia Stahl a Columbia PhD in Chinese studies and her alleged ties to an international espionage network with American and European participants.
Athens reports Samuel Insull chartered a hydroplane and held it ready for a flight to an unknown destination, with Abyssinia rumored as the likely target. He has been ordered to leave Greece by February 1.
Washington reports that Senator Bankhead and Representative Bankhead urged President Roosevelt to move from voluntary cotton acreage reductions to compulsory production controls through a prohibitive tax on surpluses. Gins would be licensed and limited to a set number of bales per farm annually. The move follows concerns that noncooperating farmers threaten the program. Secretary Morgenthau announced a one billion dollar security issue oversubscribed nearly five times as part of a 19 billion dollar borrowing plan. Exports rose in December, improving the U.S. trade balance to 59 million and the yearly balance to 24 million.
Automobile owners in Little Rock face a February 20 deadline to buy license tags without penalty, extended from January 1 as legislature debated a refunding bill. Governor Futrell issued the order to give owners time to avoid rate adjustments pending final passage.
Market notes show mixed signals as March cotton futures fall from prior close while May contracts edge higher in New York and New Orleans sessions. Grain futures drift with weak signals in May corn while broader stock quotations list several major industrial and telecom names amid routine daily activity.
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