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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1933
Page
3
Cotton futures rose to fresh highs with October hitting 10.76 and closing near 10.60 as buying surged. Stocks advanced sharply with 7 million shares traded, led by rails, steels, chemicals, and farm equipment amid dollar weakness and hopeful currency policy notes.
The repeal forces faced a narrow escape in Hempstead County when word leaked that the drys planned an injunction to remove J. K. Kent from the ballot. Petition amendments added 106 signatures, with 100 certified names by poll tax, giving at least 143 valid signatures. County Election Board discussed certification and potential injunction to block Kent's name, spurring renewed repeal activity.
William H Etter 68 ex county judge and editor of the Washington Telegraph died at his Washington home Sunday afternoon after more than a decade of illness. A Hempstead native born in 1865 he was grandson of the Telegraph founder and long active in politics and civic life. Funeral services were set for Monday at 4 pm from the Washington Presbyterian Church with Masonic lodge members and Hempstead county bar members as pallbearers.
Jerome Factor nineteen year old son of kidnapped John Factor claimed a ransom call for seventy five thousand dollars in small bills. Jake Factor, a known underworld financier, says he tricked his abductors last April and freed his son without paying. Police weigh if this weekend abduction is a gang challenge or an easy money grab. Factor faces prior extradition fights over seven million dollars defrauded English investors. he later built wealth in New York and controlled a Chicago brokerage.
Berlin report says Wolff's Agency published an official denial that Chancellor Hitler joined the National Protestant church or abandoned Catholic faith. The statement asserts Hitler remains Catholic and has no intention of leaving the faith, despite rumors among church circles and Protestant leaders.
BLEVINS Ark Mr and Mrs M C Freyburger aged 71 and 10 respectively celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their home here Saturday They were married July 4 1887 dear Prescott Although both lived in Holiness and only 14 miles apart they never had a net until their families moved to Arkansas Mr and Mrs Freyburger have operated the Blevins hotel 15 years Of their eight children six are living They have 19 grandchildren and five great grand children
Gen Balbo's 24 plane Italian squadron from Amsterdam reached Londonderry safely after a storm delay. Some narrowly escaped crashes while maneuvering near their anchorage. They planned a Reykjavik run next but postponed rest and departure to Monday morning. Crowds and fine weather greeted the fliers in Londonderry.
Washington report on the cotton acreage reduction drive details 22 000 workers canvassing to sign contracts by a July 8 deadline with extensions possible for remaining growers. Hempstead county shows 146 contracts covering 1 840 acres examined by Monday noon toward a 16 730 acre goal. Agriculturist Frank Stanley cautions farmers against overestimating yield for plowed land while government aligns with the five year average.
Governor Pollard, after a bid to stall beer legalization and repeal of the 18th amendment, agreed Saturday to issue a call for an extra session. The call will follow the holidays after telegrams and letters from more than two-thirds of the assemblymen reach the governor. Under Virginia law a petition from two-thirds is mandatory.
Helen Spence Eaton, 20, pled guilty to second degree murder in the February 1932 shooting of Jim Robots, restaurant owner in De Witt. Circuit Judge Waggoner sentenced her to 10 years after a prior parole for killing Jack Worls amid her father’s murder case. Her confession followed parole and claimed a guilty conscience moved her to reveal the Robots case.
Arkansas Supreme Court ruled a statute intended to bar professional jurors also applies to special jurors. The decision, in a Crawford County case, upholds the death sentence of Luther Jackson for the murder of Philip Windecker during a December holdup in North Little Rock.
NEA Service recounts the brief Franklin saga from the 1780s in the Appalachian region, where North Carolina faced cession attempts, rival governments, taxes, and conflicting legislatures. John Sevier urged reconciliation while Franklin elected its own leaders, before eventual North Carolina sobriety and merged authority.
Monday tied as the hottest day of the year at the Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station with a 102 degree reading at 2 pm. Sunday reached 106 degrees, the previous high stood at 101 and 22. A 1 pound sow attacked farmer John Whitlow, 58, injuring him severely with multiple bites.
President Roosevelt announced the United States will not join any currency stabilization scheme for now at the World Economic Conference in London. He said stabilization demands are an excuse for ongoing economic errors amid gold standard Franc allies and warned the parley may be abandoned. European gold bloc delegates planned to act in unison, possibly declaring to rely on themselves to maintain the gold standard, while Britain and the US weighed options.
In Hope an ice shortage sparked by the Fourth of July trade drew statements from the Ice & Utilities Co and Community Ice Co. Managers from Southern, Hope Independent, and Community explained capacity limits and shipping constraints. Prices ranged from 20 to 50 cents per hundred, with fears of a citywide famine quelled by talk of temporary holiday strain.
A one year old negro was shot while handling a pistol at his home early Sunday. The child’s left hand was injured but the wound is not considered serious. The shooter, a negro, claimed the gun fired by accident. Also referenced is a romance blurb promoting The American Weekly magazine.
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