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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1935
Page
3
Dr K B R and Rt Rev Msgr Fletcher spoke at the Little Rock Welfare Forum of the Woman's clubs against a sterilization law for habitual criminals. They cited heredity, moral arguments, and economic factors, noting the state hospital census and potential savings if sterilization began now.
Los Angeles Calif April United States fleet completed secret tactical exercises but returned to base minus a bombing plane that vanished in the sea twenty miles north of San Diego during simulated night operations. Lieut Edwin G Kelly 27 pilot and Aviation Machinist Mate R Carilla of San Diego drowned. Destroyers reached the scene. Wreckage indicated a dive into the ocean. no bodies recovered. Kelly born Longview Texas 1903 Naval Academy 1930. Survived by wife Virginia and parents listed Texarkana Texas in 1930.
Coroner's jury continues inquiry into the death of Roberta Williamson. Reed Norman identifies the body as the Magnolia farmer, who left home to hitchhike to Tyler where her husband is jailed. Sheriff McCollum notified the family as investigators pursue motive and accountability.
Police say Nelson Huckins laundry safe was cracked with a heavy instrument the knob knocked off and cash and contents scattered. A separate safe at Coca Cola office on Front and Texas was discovered disturbed as Officer Homer Williams fired a warning shot. suspect fled to a dark room and escaped through a rear garage door with officers joining the search.
NEW ORLEANS LA All gambling in New Orleans and vicinity is under a political monopoly linked to Senator Huey P Long. A 500 strong network will license gambling houses for racing handbooks and games like faro and roulette, paying 30 dollars weekly each to the syndicate. Police will enforce closures outside the city, while Long allies control hiring to secure votes. the system spreads into Bernard and Jefferson parishes as resorts open.
Sweet Home preacher John F Reese of Nashville delivered three sermons Saturday night and Sunday. The crowd heard religious messages as neighbors gathered for weekend worship. Nearby residents hosted visitors including the Dawleys and several families from surrounding towns.
Washington reports threats of automobile and rubber strikes as the NRA fights to prevent a walkout of 400000 soft coal miners next Monday. AFL organizer Francis J. Dillon accuses Henry Ford of being the biggest fake in America and the most unscrupulous employer in Detroit.
Hope city hall hosted an Esso Safety Cruiser event as Ray Anderson official spokes man for Hope urged safety on streets and highways. He cited 1934 US figures of 316000 killed and 954000 injured and urged motorists and pedestrians to pause at crosswalks and practice care to reduce accidents.
Los Angeles sports writer Erskine Johnson reports on the three major league clubs training on the Pacific Coast. Rain disrupts spring programs, notably hitting Gabby Hartnett with a sore throat while Hube Herman praises San Bernardino camp conditions and meals as the best he has ever had.
Observers track Frank Demaree’s return to form with the Cubs after a coast league crown in 1934. He blames his slump on a Cubs swing change while at Los Angeles. The article notes other Cubs at Catalina Island, including Jurges Klein Carleton Liptrom Seys and Boof Weber, as Grimm and pitchers briefed. Lindstrom debated as third baseman with shifts from outfield, sparking expert talk.
Robert Kenney 25 fatally shot his wife Mrs Rudy Davis Kenney 23 in Newport Arkansas amid jealousy. Kenney, a Brinkley High School graduate and former football player, had married five years earlier and moved to Newport three years ago. The couple's two children, Bob and Janice, were in the home when the tragedy occurred as Kenney confronted his wife after she left work and returned to the bungalow she shared with her mother, prompting the deadly act.
A fragmentary report notes a notification of a serious injury at a hospital. A daughter was wounded, an arm lost, and a man named Kenney lay dying. The text preserves disjointed lines about a battlefield and children playing near a scene, with unrelated notes about cork trees and seasonal bark stripping.
Thedford's Black Draught is a purely vegetable medicine made from ground plant leaves and roots to ease sluggish bowels. Mr J We Dillard of Fonesboro Arkansas reports relief after starting with small doses after meals and says his bowels are now regulated.
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