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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1931
Page
3
Oglesby P T A will close the soup kitchen next month after four months of serving rural and city students. The operation provided two meals daily and clothing as needed, serving 60 to 120 children per day at times, funded by donations from Hope residents and local stores.
TEXARKANA six miles east of the city Willian Hodge a 30 year old farmer was shot and fatally wounded after a quarrel at a Saturday night dance at the Bluebird Inn C S Houck a 50 year old farmer was arrested charged with the shooting and to have a preliminary hearing in Municipal Court Houck fled but was captured near Garland City early Sunday He has a separated wife Officers noted Hodge recently served a federal prison term on a liquor charge
Incensed over abusive treatment of his mother, Ralph Meeks 14, left his bed and shot his father, Ralph Meeks 45, killing him. Officers said no charges yet, pending the boy’s recovery from an attack of an illness. Sheriff James Floyd investigated the shooting 22 miles west of Hot Springs. The elder Meeks had been drinking heavily for two days and allegedly abused his wife. Authorities said the boy was troubled and advised him not to reveal his name until recovery.
W T Brooks, 59 years after leaving the University of Arkansas, reflects on campus growth and social life from 1872 to 1931. He recalls a small student body, eight o clock starts, all-day attendance, limited social events, and salons, contrasting with modern activity and athletics. Brooks also notes shifts in drinking culture and women’s behavior while touring Fayetteville.
Republican Leader Watson of the senate called for an annual subsidy plan for agriculture after the Farm Board announced it would buy none of the 1931 wheat crop. Watson has pushed the McNary-Haugen fee provision long advocated before its veto by President Coolidge.
Two masked robbers broke into the Centennial Park branch of the American National Bank in Nashville, held the janitor prisoner until morning, then forced teller J. W. Stone at gunpoint to open the vault, escaping with about $9,000.
Raymond S. Bowers, 24, and his sweetheart Elizabeth Eslinger, 22, were killed when the plane he piloted fell 200 feet on the outskirts of St. Louis. The aircraft struck high tension wires and burned. Bowers had earned his pilot license three days earlier and was a sergeant in the Missouri National Guard aviation section. Eslinger’s home was in Wellston, a suburb.
Morse Island Newfoundland bulletin reports Pilot Bob Fogg and a companion survived a crash on Horse Island Mon Way while photographing the Viking disaster. Fogg’s plane was damaged but neither occupant was seriously injured.
Emma Powell, 48, a Negro nursemaid who cared for the Moon children, was struck by a southbound passenger train at 1:30 am Sunday on the Hazel street crossing as she returned home from work. She broke her neck and died instantly. Survived by mother, two brothers, a sister, and five children. Also noted, Dickie Kerr, 37, former White Sox pitcher, will retire from playing this year after a season as player-manager in semi pro baseball.
This seventh article in a series explains Acts Nos. 24 and 28 of the 14S1 session. It outlines highway construction and maintenance funding for the next biennium, including a $10 million bond issue, turnback to counties, and annual appropriations for salaries, administration, interest, and road district debt. It notes increases due to the gas tax and outlines maintenance and toll bridge payments through the coming years.
The Star learns the proposed government star mail route from this city to Bodcaw in lower Nevada county has been abandoned. Postmaster P. H. Herring of Bodcaw received a letter stating the federal Post Office Department will not proceed, citing adequate existing service to Bodcaw and the unwarranted expense of a new route from Hope. Local citizens had hoped the route would deliver mail from the three local railroads each morning within about 90 minutes of dispatch.
Mrs. J. H. Fraid a 49 year old Chicago Mills foreman's wife killed herself by carbolic acid Sunday. Husband found her unconscious. a motorist helped rush her to hospital where she died. No inquest held. Survived by husband son Paul 1 1 2 and daughter Isa May 21. Body to Union City Town for burial Tuesday.
Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, spoke at the University of California on Charter Day. He condemned the decline of representative government and warned that the nation has lost much of its earlier political balance and responsibility.
The Star reports T. B. McDavitt of J. W. Strickland & Co noting far higher Hope poultry prices than Crawford Nebraska. Hens and broilers show stronger local values, aided by lower freight to New Orleans, with Billy Duckett loading a car of poultry.
Fort Smith police: A Sebastian county grand jury indicted W. P. Giles of Boyer La and Thomas A. Moore of New York City for first degree murder and grand larceny in the shooting death of City Detective Sam Booth during a traffic stop on a city street.
R W Sissons adjutant of the Arkansas Legion announces Armenian Legion of Little Rock will attend the Hempstead county Legion outpost meeting at McCaskill schoolhouse on Tuesday March 24 at 7 30 PM A large delegation from Hempstead county will depart Hope at 6 30 AM to attend the gathering.
Tennessee enters the divorce contest as the third state after Arkansas and Nevada. The move follows Nevada cutting the resident requirement for prospective divorcees to six weeks. The discussion centers on trimming divorce timelines, with a 30 day target cited in the debate.
U S Department of Agriculture reports cotton prices for the week ending March 21 rose about a quarter cent from March 13. Market activity was steady with demand fair to good for staple cotton and spot sales totaling about 49,505 bales across ten markets. Domestic consumption in February reached 433,540 bales, with overseas export activity improving into the spring.
Hot Springs may see a special legislative session in the fall focused on school finances. Mayor Leo P. McLaughlin and Rep. W. B. Graham plan to sponsor a pari mutuel betting bill similar to one defeated earlier. The tax would be 25 cents per admission plus 2 percent of gross betting, aimed to yield 700,000 to 1,000,000 dollars yearly for the school equalization fund.
Funeral services for John Bale aged about 7 who died at the home of his daughter Mrs Nora McWilliams in Little Rock were held from First Methodist church in Washington at 3 o clock Sunday afternoon The Rev H H McGuire officiated Mr Bale is survived by his widow the daughter Mrs McWilliamy and Huee sons Lovais of Houston Deans Beech Plardin Otlel Porter both of Little Rock
Akron Ohio reports that Pat Kassay, a 37 year old Goodyear Zeppelin mechanic, is indicted by the state grand jury on a criminal syndicalism charge for alleged threats to sabotage the Navy airship AKRON. The ship, near completion, is slated for testing within about 30 days with a spring dedication planned. Kassay allegedly worked with associates at the Goodyear Zeppelin factories where the ship was assembled.
Sun days Gaette reports 1931 General Assembly expenses up to adjournment totaled 9101062 21 dollars. Senate and House Rense records caused an interchange error. House spending through March 12 reached 146850 12, far from 275404 53 in 1929. Holdover committees not included. Combined 102] session cost 260839 32.
Stage show at the Saenger theater on Tuesday features Ches Davis and his Chicago Follies with songs and dances plus Charl y Ruggles in Charley’s Aunt. The hour on stage blends into a two hour program including a talking picture, with a talented supporting cast and a lineup of acts from the Chicago Follies troupe.
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