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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1933
Page
3
The Star editor denounces Mr. O Neal for threats against voters and defends newspaper fairness while arguing for repeal of the 18th amendment. The letter laments dry pressure, cites Arkansas election oath laws, and urges local sentiment over federal enforcement amid ongoing liquor debates.
Hempstead County campaigns heated over the 18th Amendment as Atkins and Rogers spoke at Methodist and Baptist venues. Repeal forces predicted a dry vote shift, while city and county leaders wrapped up campaigns with rallies and church services in Hope. Public polling places were announced for Tuesday's general election. Local pastors defended or avoided political pulpits amid the nationwide repeal debate.
The Digest predicts a pivotal week as Alabama Arkansas and Tennessee vote on repeal. If all three go wet repeal becomes highly likely this year. a single dry vote could push the issue into 1934. Previous Digest forecasts claim over 95 percent accuracy across seven wetter and seven drier states.
Lindsey White a 20 year old Black man held in Washington jail confessed to killing Isaac Scroggins, found dying Friday afternoon in timberland three miles north of Washington. White was arrested Saturday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Alen Shipp on a highway into Texarkana.
In Los Angeles a suit for divorce was filed Monday by baritone singer David Mitton against evangelist Aimee Semple McPhersony Hutto. The complaint alleges mental cruelty and sought dissolution of marriage in the superior court.
Thirty six Boy Scouts returning home to Shreveport from the Chicago World Fair in a chartered bus stop at Checkered cafe on Division Street for luncheon. Four Scout executives oversee the khaki-clad group as they swarm from the Tri-State Company coach and depart along Division Street.
A prowler attacked two women in Fort Smith within four blocks of each other before dawn on Monday, striking them with a brickbat and leaving both in a nervous condition. Police, already investigating nurse Miss Mary K. Lane’s assault, were called to Mrs. Belle Wadsworth’s home where she was struck on the head with a brick as her 17 year old son Roy chased the intruder for several blocks.
In a morning incident a private plane traveling from New York to Lithuania crashed five miles south of here. The bodies of the two fliers were recovered at the scene, and authorities are investigating the cause. Names mentioned include Darius and Stanley Giren.
Italian air minister Italo Balbo accepted an invitation to meet President Roosevelt at the White House late this week. Balbo’s 24ship fleet is not expected to reach the capital. their commander will make a special trip from New York. The flight westward ran into uncertainty as crews were forced to land abroad without passports.
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