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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1934
Page
3
Editorial argues the Tuesday slaughter of stricken cattle in Chicago yards shows how a labor strike harms a nation. It says union leaders rarely control rank and file and blames both labor and capitalistic boom for the crisis. It emphasizes life or death stakes in moving drought dependent cattle and the need for responsible actions.
The Justice Department labeled Lester M. Gillis known as Baby Face Nelson as the department’s next major target after John Dillinger's death. Hoover listed Hamilton Van Meter Floyd and Galatas as key Dillinger era figures, detailing Gillis’s past arrests, height, weight, and lethal reputation as authorities intensify their manhunt with rewards for capture or information.
W S Atkins of Hope, candidate for congress in the Seventh Arkansas district, announces a multi town swing starting Tuesday night in McCaskill. He will address Bluff City at 10 am Wednesday, return to Bingen at 8 pm, speak in Strong Union county at 10 am Thursday, address the Democratic Women's club in El Dorado at 3 pm, then Junction City at 4 pm, and Smackover at 8 pm. Friday schedules include Bearden at 10 am, Stephens at 2:30 pm, and McNeill at 8 pm, with Saturday visiting Emmerson at 10 am, Waldo at 2:30 pm, and Willisville at 8 pm.
A truck carrying 35 boys from Charleston plunged over a steep embankment near Greenville. Four boys were killed and several injured. A priest accompanying the group also died in the crash.
Chicago reports Dillinger’s funeral voyage to Indiana in a dust covered hearse used by his father. Federal agents scour the area for his personal effects while a house to house search unfolds. Dillinger died with 7.70 in his pocket, a $15,000 reward looming for informants, amid rival claims and underworld whispers.
Mrs. Geraldine Shank, confined to her home under nurse care, cannot appear before Governor Futrell to plead for her husband Mark H. Shank sentenced to death Friday at Tucker Farm for the quadruple poison murder near Benton last August. Attorneys seek a mandamus at Pine Bluff to compel a sanity hearing for Shank.
Thousands of cattle from drouth regions faced shipment to grazing lands but were shot after a strike by 400 workers and the Livestock Commission Men's Union halted feeding and watering. The strike reduced staff to a few to tend the stock at the Union Stock Yards, with most cattle coming from out of town as local yards struggled to manage the volume.
In New York two of nine Armenian defendants convicted of Archbishop Leon Tourian’s December murder at Holy Cross Armenian church were sentenced to die in the electric chair. The remaining seven received prison terms from ten to twenty years by Judge Joseph E. Corrigan.
The Associated Press reports efforts to end two major strikes with peaceful negotiations. Pickets threaten Minneapolis truck drivers while garbage service halts. Federal mediators seek a nationwide vote on union representation. Vandalism hits San Francisco streetcars amid labor unrest. Coastal longshoremen consider arbitration as ballots are distributed. Livestock handlers in St Joseph press for terms from employers. Hopewell plant officials confer with labor department on a strike ongoing since June 29.
Congressman Tilman B. Parks seeks re election in Arkansas Seventh District and returns to Hempstead County for two speeches on Thursday July 26. He will speak at 3 p.m. in Patmos and again at 8 p.m. in Spring Hill.
Hempstead county stump speaking tour renewed Tuesday at Rocky Mound with many county and district candidates slated to speak. From Rocky Mound the candidates travel to Shover Springs on Wednesday and Patnws on Thursday with daily visits planned until the August 14 primary.
Vienna police arrested twelve hundred Socialists in a crackdown tied to an alleged plot to overthrow the Dollfuss government. It marks the largest political roundup since last February’s civil war, with authorities saying Socialists Communists and Nazis form a combined front for a large terror campaign against the fascist regime.
Monticello Arkansas November opening hearing on a taxpayers petition seeks removal of three A M College trustees. No trustees attended. Senator Arthur Johnson served as special master. Charges target Pine Bluff’s J L Longino and El Dorado’s W C Perdue while E W Gates is on the West Coast. Rumors of resignations overshadowed events as preparations neared the open session.
The Associated Press reports a multi state heat wave pushing temperatures above 100 degrees from North Dakota to Missouri. Readings hit 108 in Illinois and Nebraska, with towns like Campbell Minnesota and Oakes North Dakota noting extreme highs. Temperatures fueled crop losses in many states and livestock markets struggled to logistics as farmers faced drought and stress amid rising fatalities.
William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, denounces the NRA agreement with Harriman Hosiery as a betrayal of labor. He questions NRA administrator A. R. Glancy authority and says Hugh S. Johnson delegated power to Major Geo. L. Berry to handle the case.
Markets report New York October cotton drops 23 points to 12.76 per bale low. December at 12.87, January 12.90, March 23.02. New York spots 12.35. sales none. Little Rock Produce lists hens with Leghorn and broilers per pound, eggs per dozen.
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