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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1931
Page
3
City of Hope reports 623 ballots at 2:10 P M as 29 candidates vie in a Democratic preferential primary. With no clear majority, a March run-off will decide mayor, treasurer, police judge, and eight of nineteen alderman seats as wards show varying tallies in this first-class municipal election.
Manteno state institution for the treatment of mental and nervous disorders opens after 18 months since ground was broken. The facility will house up to 7000 patients from Kankakee State Hospital with 204 employees and multiple specialized wards. A vast tunnel system, modern electrical equipment, and fireproof design aim to make it among the world’s most complete mental health facilities.
Dr. H. F. Glenn a 55 year old Ostropathic physician of Stuttgart died in the back seat of a car after an automobile crash. Death was attributed to a heart attack caused by the shock of the accident. The vehicle had struck a telephone pole.
Monessen Pa Frank Kent, a mill superintendent, says he owns four pipes believed to be more than 600 years old. The bow bears the date 1807, a gift Kent received 26 years ago. Experts say the gold and silver crown piece and bas relief work resemble etchings by Manuel Panassi, connected to works in the Roman Museum collection.
F T Taylor, pioneer restaurant proprietor of Hope, died at his family home on East Avenue B after a ten day illness. He came to Hope 28 years ago and ran a cafe, widely known to travelers and locals. Survived by widow and one stepson. Funeral Wednesday at 2 00 p m at the home, burial in Rose Hill cemetery, with Rev Father Strassner in charge.
Lawrenceville Illinois honors Henry Mickles who at 101 recalls aging, Civil War service with Union forces for three and a half years, Sherman's march, and Gettysburg wounds. He compares himself to Abraham Lincoln as a loud wood chopper and rival in living history.
ATLANTA. W P J Turner, an employee of the Atlanta Water Department, has not tasted water in ten years. He reportedly cured indigestion by cutting water, salt, swouts, and grease, eating grapefruit juice and lean meats. His routine includes 5 minutes of dumbbell exercises twice daily and a walk before bed.
The Arkansas Senate rejected William E B Floyd's recess appointment as insurance commissioner by 24 to 6. A joint committee chaired by Sen Storm O Whaley was named to investigate state banks and insurance firms amid the 1930s financial panic, with press cooperation urged. A second bill would hold bank stockholders liable for bank debts up to their paid stock value unless surplus meets rules, and another bill would bar holding companies from acquiring bank stock.
After eleven years in the same office Dr J H Weaver relocates from the Arkansas Bank and Trust Company building to the fourth floor of the First National Bank building He now occupies team No 413 in the new location and continues his practice.
Detroit teachers host the National Education Association Convention February 21-26 expecting about 15 000 delegates. About 40 subsidiary organizations will meet alongside, with all downtown hotel space booked. Students across elementary to high schools train for programs, while 3 500 pupils in orchestras bands and choirs provide musical entertainment. The teachers chorus of 115 and their 8 piece orchestra will be featured.
A comic exchange unfolds as Veddup asks R Barber if hair loss has a cause. Barber replies he is unsure but suspects the baldness ties to the issue discussed.
In La Grange Missouri a mammoth tusk fragment about 20 inches long was unearthed by state highway workers. Dr A C Burrill curator of the Missouri Resources Museum notes the tusk came from a larger original and regards the find as valuable though not the largest discovered in the state.
Gran ville Watts, who declined to join the ill fated R-101 crew, was killed in an auto crash. He had previously served on the R-17 when it crashed on Mount Ararat and was aboard the R-33 during a 30 hour drift after a wreck, later crossing the Atlantic on the R-10. He refused an air flight due to concerns about the ship's condition.
Prosecuting Attorney Millard Alford declined comment on the arrest of four men linked to the September 3 dynamiting of the Garland City bridge. Three suspects are in state penitentiary and one in the Little Rock city jail. A confession by one man implicates others as investigators from the State Highway Department and Alford’s office pursue charges. the bridge’s middle span was destroyed with losses estimated at 150 000 to 200 000 dollars and a new span is planned by Kansas City Bridge Company.
Two thirds of St Francis County residents rely on Red Cross rations as the relief program expands. County relief chairman George E Parker predicts about 25,000 will be dependent within two weeks, out of a total population of 33,500.
Detroit grand jury returns blanket indictment charging six men and one woman in the slaying of radio political commentator Jerry Buckley after a five month probe. Indicted are Ted Pizzino Joseph Bommuarity Angelo Livocchi in jail and Pete Licavoli still sought plus two unnamed men and one woman who telephoned Buckley before the shooting.
Sidney Gun trope, a Grace Line veteran of 25 years at sea, uses a verse printed on each dinner menu course to whet jaded appetites with poetry rather than music. He reports the poetry delights his culinary soul.
Washington reports gold produced in the United States in 1930 valued at 40,151,800 dollars, up 600,400 from 1929. Silver production reached 18,725,552 dollars, down about 3,950,000 from the prior year, according to preliminary Mint Bureau estimates.
Helena, Arkansas celebrates the opening of Phillips National Bank after weeks without a local bank. A Tuesday parade features brass bands, autos, and a hearse proclaiming the end of Old Man Gloom. The old Merchants and Planters bank failed, Interstate National closed January 2, and Phillips National was formed by its depositors with Mayor D. T. Hargraves as president.
Prescott defeated the Hope Bobcats 45 to 16 before a capacity crowd at Prescott gym. Hope led 15 to 10 at halftime but Prescott used size and speed to pull away in the final period. Wray starred for Hope and Johnny Allen led Prescott with long-range shots. Horace Kennedy covered both games.
Captain Frank M. Hawks and Mrs. Hawks departed New York early Tuesday to meet Will Rogers in Abilene, Texas, for a Red Cross tour aiding the death-sufferers. He flies a plane owned by David Ingalls the assistant secretary of the navy for aeronautics, headed toward Detroit for a brief stop and Fort Worth by nightfall, with plans to continue to Cleve land Indianapolis and Little Rock before reaching Abilene.
Dick Stearns of Celina Ohio climbs to the top of a 15 foot space on a 550 foot tower at the American Insurance Union building in Columbus to oil the wind velocity gauge once a week. He records daily anemometer readings to compare with the Weather Bureau and ensures the instrument works properly as part of paying his way through OSU College of Engineering.
Parry Sound Ont. president of the Board of Trade presented a silk hat to Charles Drewitt, conductor of the first CN train to reach the new Parry Sound station. The ceremony marked the opening of the fourth station in thirty years as railroad officials attended.
A humorous quip shows a worker joking that his employer blows him up as a raise. The punchline frames the gag as language play between employee and boss with a raise as the implied reward.
Washington bulletin reports the House Agricultural Committee approved the Senate bill to probe cotton future trading and the link between short selling and price declines. The measure, linked to a Senate bill sponsored by Senator Sheppard of Texas, had been passed last December.
The local company A N G entertains a dance at the Armory 8 Walnut St on Friday night January 30 for the benefit of their annual banquet. Saenger Theatre Orchestra of eight pieces directed by Hilburn Graves provides music. Thomas Massey and Eben Eason are members of the company and attend the event for guests and friends.
Harry Hawthorne of Russell and Hawthorne narrowly escaped death when his truck overturned on Columbus road and caught fire near a bridge after meeting a woodcutter’s unlit vehicle. He suffered slight bruises and cuts and reported to his store Tuesday morning.
In the basement of the U S Senate office building lie two electric automobiles dating from 1908. They carried weary lawmakers like Chauncey Depew Philander Knox Robert La Follette Henry Cabot Lodge Reed Smoot and Elihu Root between the Capitol and the Senate office building. The cars seated 12 and ran between the two structures though uphill returns were difficult. After three years of service they were discarded for a fast monorail car still in use.
In Enniscorthy Ireland veteran recalled events spanning eras including the 1847 Great Famine, the 1833 storm that devastated Jisboe, and the Crimean War. Flood aged 115, oldest man in the British Isles, died recently.
Paris municipal council announces illumination of 34 monumental fountains, with underlit lighting to create luminous plows on holidays, brightening city landmarks.
Hempstead County Drouth Relief Committee prepares for Friday meeting at Hope City Hall to form a 30 member federal loan committee from ten communities. J F Johnson of Columbus, W Foster of Hope (chairman), and M Stephens of Blevins named. blanks for federal draw begin processing. New funds total 45 million for 1931 crop loans with about 1000000 expected for Hempstead. security is a lien on the 1931 crop. Local committees list three members per district across Hope Patmos Spring Hill Washington Ozan DeAnn Brevins McCaskill Mine Creek Columbus Saratoga Fulton with named members in each.
In Nashville, James Theodore Harris, a Black house boy accused in a case involving three Knoxville physicians, was electrocuted after confessing to a Christmas Eve 1929 assault that used an axe. The victims included Dr. B. J. Jones, Mrs. Jones, and a nephew, George Lane, following a dispute.
Seattle reporters note a controversial ruling by Superior Judge Chester A. Baehltus sentencing Charles Miler to a lengthy term after a conviction. The judge endorses reviving the whipping post as a punishment, arguing it would deter crime and restore public safety, drawing sharp debate among advocates.
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