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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1932
Page
4
A garbled report outlines a House investigation into a highway audit. It mentions a department head and an executive session, with references to an audit official and agency involvement amid irregularities. The fragment suggests legislative scrutiny and requested readings.
Katie Thornberg and Paul Engenstenberg alias Paul Thornberg, servants sought for questioning in the Lindbergh kidnapping, were found Friday morning at a Bryn Mawr home. They had left the Lightfoot family’s Franklin Park New Jersey home the day after the kidnaping and said they felt the Lightfoots could not get along with a son of the couple. They volunteered for further questioning in Hopewell New Jersey.
Little Rock Real Estate Board heard John Potts warn that without supportive legislation the state will levy property taxes to retire bonds. He urged reducing bonded debt by one million dollars annually rather than shifting the burden to lands. The board formed a committee to pursue legislative steps and organize Pulaski County property owners to lessen rental burdens.
The jury heard a purported confession by Mac Galey Seymour claiming he knocked Kennretty Schmerler down with a rock, then stabbed her and left her alive. The confrontation occurred in a ravine on the White River reservation near where the body was found last July. The Indian said he had intimate relations with the girl.
Osceola Circuit Judge Neil Killough postponed ruling on A B Banks demurrer as a Supreme Court case on insolvency awaits submission March 28. The case against Banks, former president of Arkansas bank chain, concerns deposits at First State Bank of Osceola while insolvent. In Cartwright murder case, trial paused after a juror fell ill. defense witnesses had been heard and deliberations pressed for next steps.
Dr W A Bowen, who resigned the First Baptist pastorate to lead San Marcos church in Texas, will preach at his old Hope church this Sunday. He arrived in Hope from St Louis and will continue to San Marcos next week, aided by Mrs Bowen and Miss Gatha Matthews driving in.
About ten thousand women packed the Saenger theater for The Star’s fourth annual free Cooking School farewell session with Mrs. Kate Stafford. She demonstrated pastries and party dishes in a model kitchen while audiences queried from the gallery and the downstairs seating.
Mayor Vesey announced a city mosquito control campaign starting within a week with Missouri Pacific Railroad support. Sanitary Engineer B. B. Freeman said the railroad will provide free oil to destroy breeding places and pay a ditch foreman to drain low areas. The effort aims to start within two weeks and produce a pamphlet guiding citizens on prevention.
Mrs Ward Dabney talented singer and music director entertained Hope Rotary club for half an hour at luncheon in Hotel Barlow. Introduced by Nick Jewell she directed club singing and performed six vocal numbers from Irish tunes to spirituals and popular ballads. A Cincinnati Conservatory of Music graduate and former Kentucky public schools music supervisor she is wife of the director of Texas Oil Station 993 and a newcomer in Hope. Another guest was David Nelson of Texarkana.
Rehearsals are underway for Busan Glaspell’s two act comedy Suppressed Desires at the Hope Little Theater. A society wife expert in psychoanalysis believes her husband and sister act from suppressed desires, creating comic complications. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Henderson and Miss Miriam Carlton star. Miss Martha Virginia Stuart directs. The Saenger stage hosts the show Tuesday evening March 22 with the film Strangers in Love. tickets are on sale.
In Shreveport Louisiana and Arkansas railway wage dispute hearings, opposing lawyers clash over financial statements and whether a 10 percent wage cut is justified. The case, before President Hoover’s emergency board, seeks a settlement under the railway labor act. The railroad argues stress of times and reduced revenue justify the cut, while workers cite exhibits from Interstate Commerce Commission data showing favorable finances. The board considers deferring questions as exhibits are weighed and debates whether the L A line is bound by Chicago wage accords.
Five men named by Gregg County grand jury for oil theft or conspiracy to steal oil from flowing wells were arrested at noon Thursday. C R Stearns Hiriam Harris W J May W H Harrison and L H Gray faced 2500 bonds with Gray charged with conspiracy. Two others named remained at large. The grand jury urged civil authorities to pursue violators of prorating orders.
A state department note signals possible policy on non recognition of Russia. Moscow reports claim the U S considers adjusting to Far East conditions. Senator Connolly proposes 5 to 15 percent government salary reductions through June 30, 1933.
Four men robbed the State Bank of Delavan of about 6000 dollars after holding bank president W. R. Topping, his wife and daughter prisoners in their home most of Thursday night. They chained the president's wife and daughter to bathroom fixtures and forced Topping to accompany them to the bank and open the vault.
A portrait of George Washington the Mason, a gift from Congressman Tilman B Parks, will be formally accepted by the Hope Masonic lodge next Tuesday night March 22 at 7 30 with an Eastern Star musical program and remarks by Steve Carrigan. Attendees include Masons and Eastern Star members. arrangements are by Talbot Feild, Arthur L Taylor and Carroll J Allen. The picture is on display at Hope Confectionery under temporary care of Louis Carleson.
Washington reports official contemplation of an intensive sales campaign to place surplus wheat and cotton abroad. Secretary Hyde says plans are still fabulous but there is definite hope they will be followed.
H C Couch returns to Arkansas for a home visit while serving on the Reconstruction Finance Corporation board. He notes daily meetings on loan applications from banks and other institutions, with rail loans exempt and bank suspensions declining nationally. He plans fishing and a stop in Jackson, Mississippi for a Chamber of Commerce dinner.
Roy Clarey pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the Lauratown case after testimony, with Judge Bene fixing a 10 year penitentiary term. Clarey and Rufus Honey planned a robbery of Roy Justus, who died a day later. Honey was tied and acquitted. Clarey was captured two weeks later.
The annual spring visiting day was held Friday under Ge Ware, assistant director, with many farmers unable to attend due to travel restrictions. An all day program featured strawberry and sweet potato planting, soil and crop management, product demonstrations, and a luncheon. Key speakers included E A Hudson from Missouri Pacific Horticulturist and Martin Nelson from University of Arkansas College of Agriculture, plus J A Cooper and Sam Cameron among others. A noon dinner preceded an afternoon program in the auditorium with talks on the Experiment Station, farm and home standards, and the extension service, followed by group demonstrations for women and men and final study experiments by the evening session.
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