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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1934
Page
3
The Star published a two edition straw vote asking if local economic conditions are better or worse than last year. Only 10 of about 6 000 ballots were returned, suggesting indifference as conditions may be improving. One woman said conditions are better despite hardship. A CCC camper left for work with no aid offered, prompting reflection on public engagement and perception.
Minneapolis suffered 68 injuries from buckshot and beatings as a truck drivers strike escalated Friday. Deliveries of mill and ice continued Saturday despite strikers’ protest, while police guarded moving trucks and National Guard troops were deployed. Rioting spanned Minneapolis and Seattle, with one death and many injuries. Governor Olson considered martial law as 3,400 guardsmen arrived. Federal mediator Maas said workers accepted a peace plan to present to employers.
The Blue Eagle was restored to Harriman hosiery mills amid a dispute over terms. A. R. Glaney signed the agreement without Hugh S. Johnson's knowledge, and George L. Berry, named to handle the case, learned of it after the fact. Harriman strikers and union officials criticized the deal as betrayal of a White House agreement.
The Rev. George F. X. Strassner addressed the Kiwanis club on the spiritual value of its members. Guests C. C. Axley and L. M. Hawkins of the NRA lumber industry attended, with Sid Bundy presiding. He cited a case where a member faced trial and was aided by moral support from the club.
The third day of a blistering heat spell pushes the death toll to 188 across the nation. Chicago reports six more deaths, while Ohio hits 108 in Defiance and Cincinnati 105. Kansas City records 25 fatalities, and other highs reach 112 in Carlinville Illinois and 110 in Columbia Missouri.
Gov. C. K. Allen after a New Orleans conference with Senator Huey P. Long sent a notice to Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley Police Supt. George Reyer and District Attorney Eugene Sainley announcing state plans to prosecute and remove officials if they do not curb gambling vice and other crime. The letter, signed by Allen and Attorney General Gaston L. Porterié, follows Long’s radio pledge that action would be taken against New Orleans iniquity.
Lupe Velez and Johnny Weissmuller swirl through a turbulent romance with separations and reconciliations from 1932 to 1934. They eloped to Las Vegas, faced trials of trial separation, and Lupe filed for divorce accusing him of furniture-waving and constant cursing.
The federal Veterans hospital at Fayetteville is completed and accepting eligible ex soldiers. Any honorably discharged veteran from war services may receive care for line of duty disabilities. Applications on form DO should be sent to Dr. Frank N. Gordon, Manager, at Fayetteville Arkansas. The 82 acre site has 12 buildings and an elevation of 1,488 feet. The facility is reached via the Frisco railroad.
Washington. Postmaster General Farley informed President Roosevelt that the Postoffice Department has achieved a balanced budget for the fiscal year ended June 30. Receipts exceeded expenditures by about 5 million dollars, the first surplus since 1919, despite postage cuts and other handicaps. Roosevelt welcomed the news in a radio reply from California.
President Roosevelt named Murray Latimer to head the new Railroad Retirement Board. Latimer is an expert on industrial pensions and his appointment was announced aboard the USS Houston while the president traveled to Hawaii.
President Roosevelt, aboard the cruiser Houston, surveys social program reports while cruising toward Hawaii. He completes a 1200 mile inspection trip via the Panama Canal after Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands visits. Invitations pour in from the Hawaiian Islands as he anticipates a five day stay in Honolulu starting next Thursday.
LITTLE ROCK The Highway Audit Commission ended a two day session with approval of 100,527 for 40 road claims totaling 169,698. Since the prior meeting a month ago two more claims were referred by the State Re funding Board. Through today the commission has allowed 1,137,738 in claims and considered 1,318,000.
Oil firm Martin & Co of Tulsa plans to relocate its California rig to Hempstead county from Kilgore. The rig, capable of drilling to 10,000 feet, would be the county's largest. Wells at Hope area, including the A. J. Lafferty and J. W. McWilliams sites, are advancing with drilling and casing set. Interest grows as scouts from Standard and Phillips Petroleum visit the county.
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace will speak at the annual cotton branch experiment station day near Marianna Arkansas on August 30. Dr C O Brannen acting dean announced the invitation was accepted and plans call for the largest farm meeting yet in Arkansas with attendance expected to surpass last year’s crowd of about 7 000 at the event led by C A Cobb chief of the cotton section AAA.
In Florence Alabama an 80 year old man was jailed for the slaying of his 55 year old rival over a 21 year old girl. The woman Miss Dolly Perry 21 was a material witness after she said she rode with O B Hill Sr when the quarrel erupted. Fuller used a cane and a shooting followed as Perry the brother 25 tried to intervene. Perry died and Fuller died shortly after running thirty yards. Coroner Chisholm to file full report tomorrow.
Recovery Administrator Hugh S. Aslinson leaves for San Francisco expecting the longshoremen's strike to be settled en route. In Guthrie Center Iowa Mrs Frank Hopkins 45 pleaded guilty to poisoning her 17 year old daughter Elma and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
AAA officials monitor a prospective August crop estimate around 10 million bales and possible adjustments to the cotton program amid farm demand. The agency weighs enforcement changes and equitable measures as floods and market shifts influence policy. Storms and tremors in Central America and major commodity prices trail the evolving outlook.
Acting Governor Ole H Olson met with four marchers at the North Dakota capitol steps as armed state guards watched. The petition seeks a special session of the legislature to address the crisis following Governor Langers ouster by the Supreme Court. Olson expressed empathy, urged calm, and pledged to act if the public demanded it while reaffirming constitutional duties.
Arrangements were completed Friday in radio conversation with Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd for a tractor with a crew of five men to depart Saturday for the Bolling advance weather base to bring Byrd back to Little America and leave two observers in his place Carl C. Peterson a veteran of the first Byrd expedition and Bernard Fleming of New Zealand a skilled radio operator who will assist in meteorological work Two men will be isolated until October when the southern party is scheduled to pass the base en route to the Queen Mayb four staips
Allen, former head of the Central Casting Bureau, testified from the witness stand that he did not participate in an immoral party with June DeLong and Gloria Marsh. He recounted visiting DeLong at her apartment after she called, meeting Marsh, and witnessing DeLong’s dressing room scene while recounting threats against his life and fear of Pat Harman.
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