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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1935
Page
3
A historical column honors Franklin D Roosevelt and his battle with infantile paralysis. It notes charity events across 5000 American cities on January 30 to raise funds for medical research in the fight against polio. Proceeds favor local counties while supporting national researchers seeking cures and preventive vaccines.
S G Norton recounts a perilous journey from New York to San Francisco in 1840 at age eighteen escorting his grandmother. He details new companions aboard the voyage a flamboyantly dressed gambler and a silk importer and a journeyman watchmaker whose stories of the West proved entertaining yet misleading. The tale opens with a dramatic dockside scene as a handsome passenger departs amid a scene of gambling liquor and a tearful farewell pointing to a larger, unfolding adventure.
LITTLE ROCK with five days left for motor vehicle license purchases five use tags without penalty only about 70 000 licenses sold statewide Revenue Commissioner Earl Wiseman said there will be no extension and drivers since January 1 must pay the penalty starting next Friday the penalty starts at three dollars for ten days and four dollars for each additional ten days the total penalty cannot exceed the license cost Pulaski County officials noted 8000 licenses sold in the county with an estimated further demand of about six thousand more during the rush period and the 1934 county total around 22 000 a statewide rush is anticipated
Tickets for the President's Birthday Ball at Elks hall go on sale Monday in Hope. Admission is $1, with 70 percent of proceeds staying in Hempstead county for handicapped children rehabilitation and 30 percent to a national commission for infantile paralysis research. A large birthday cake auction and bridge tables will accompany the event, with music provided by a high class musical organization.
North Mississippi Delta flood crest moved south Friday easing Coldwater valley flooding that claimed at least 25 lives and displaced about 18 000 people. Succor reached a 20 mile stretch north to Tunica as Coldwater river levels fell, while Tallahatchie basin areas south faced likely inundation threatening Croley Lambert Glendora Swan Lake Sumner Webb Savage Darling Marks Birdie Fesex and Crenshaw as refugees were cared for and some marooned residents were reached.
Bulletin from Bremerton reports Admiral Robert E. Coonts aged 71, retired former commander in chief of the U S fleet, died here Saturday following a heart attack. In Pittsburgh a westbound mail plane crashed after leaving the airport, killing a Newark, New Jersey man Floyd Church, 33, with a fire destroying all mail. In Benton Arkansas three men, two described as convicts, were jailed Saturday for questioning about assault on two spinsters, one fatally injured.
Sheriff Jim Bearden leads three raids in Hope and surrounding areas, bringing Nine liquor seizures to date. Arrests include Bliss Lee at Washington for operating a barrel house, and Dinkie Modizett and Marlin Guthrie facing liquor possession and sale charges. Evidence cited includes moonshine and broken jugs.
A special grand jury in Washington has been summoned to probe graft allegations in the PWA. United States Attorney Leslie Garber will focus on a 4 million dollar Texas canal project and later examine fund disbursements in related projects at the request of PWA administrator Ickes.
In Washington the Townsend old age pension proposal fuels intense lobbying and letter writing from constituents. Lawmakers face pressure as supporters push for broader pension reforms while opponents doubt passage. The piece notes mixed signals from administration and Congress, with some backers still confident and others cautious about votes.
LITTLE ROCK The Arkansas legislature adjourned weekend action left a swirl of liquor debates. Governor Futrell urged state owned stores if any dry laws are modified, while lawmakers weighed license versus state run systems. Senator Dillon pressed for a vote on a license plan offering at least 1 million in annual revenue, with initial state setup costs near 1 million. A compromise path and federal works bills loom as sessions resume.
Lake Village Ark indicates army engineers may recommend to Congress abandonment of the Jadwin flood control plan. O C Burnsides, attorney for Grady Miller, says he has been commanding rights of way for four miles of levee in the fuse plug area and is changing rights for one mile at Culmilichael and three miles continued on page three.
Hope High School escaped with a 42 to 28 victory over Arkadelphia on Friday. The Bobcats trailed early as Arkadelphia took a two point edge after the first quarter, but Hope surged ahead by halftime leading 27 to 14 and held on to seal the win.
WALLINGTON The Roosevelt administration faced Senate opposition to a plan to grant the President power over a 4.886 billion relief and public works program. Democrats questioned how funds would be allocated and watched for the appropriations committee’s next steps after hearings with relief chief Iyєke and Relief Administrator Uy. Both declined to testify before the House Appropriations Committee as Speaker Burns pledged noninvolvement by lawmakers in fund handling.
In Flemington New Jersey Bruno Hauptmann strengthens his stance denying involvement in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping and murder. Prosecutors press the police beatings claim while Hauptmann’s lawyers study his finances and trial strategy during court recess and contact with associates.
In Baton Rouge Louisiana crowds loyal to Huey Long mobilized 100 armed men to confront a state order seizing control of parish government. National Guard troops rode in by bus, bruising tensions as courthouse doors were barricaded and police jurors faced intimidation while officials argued over authority and a threatened murder plot.
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