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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1934
Page
3
A newspaper column laments brutal crimes including the killing of Glenn L. Williams on the Fulton state bridge and Walter Billings in his backyard. It urges citizens to support strict judicial process, witness testimony, and the courts to stop lynch law as a remedy, warning of widespread cowardice and urging civic duty.
An account recalls Del Rio Texas encounters with Mexican revolutionaries near Villa Acuna. Mrs. Lindsay and Paul Edwards figure as key figures in a border skirmish era tale. The narrator describes daring acts and frontier loyalty amid cavalry, executions, and wartime travel across the Rio Grande.
G T Dreyfur a well known Shreveport merchant was injured Saturday morning when his car overturned on the Hope Lewisville road three miles south of here Henry Galbarth who rode with him was also injured They received medical attention at Josephine hospital and were released to return home The two men were part of a fishing party en route to Wisconsin.
Three young people Miss Hattie Ann Feild Dorsy McRae Jr and Wallace Thompson flew to Hot Springs Friday aboard a Ford tri motor plane spending two days there. Electrical experts have designed apparatus that photographs a human heart in action showing pulsation waves and features that may indicate disease.
Troops seized Sofia barracks and public buildings, arresting cabinet members as King Boris dissolved parliament and named Kimon Guerorguieff premier. A manifesto claimed the government failed and proclaimed an authority government. Rumors linked Balkan troop concentrations near Belgrade.
A nationwide truck strike reaches Minnesota as 6,200 drivers halt deliveries in St. Paul and Minneapolis. Gas stations faced vandalism, bakeries and groceries ran dry, and authorities deployed deputies to maintain order. The walkout demands union recognition, closed shop, and wage raises amid broader labor actions across several states and industries.
A fragment from Daniel and a line from Cowper express guilt and sorrow over sinning against divine precepts. The quotes reflect religious penitence and moral outrage at daily reports of wrongs and injustice.
Hope Star officials announce 14 prize events for the Parade of Pets on May 24. Youngsters from city and rural areas may enter dolls or dogs for cash prizes and merchandise gifts from local merchants. Gather in the business district at 3 p.m. for the parade and contests starting shortly after.
Mrs. R. L. Gosnell wife of a Hope merchant died at 9 oclock Friday night at her East Second street home after a long illness. Funeral services were held Saturday with 145 minutes of store closings for the service. Rev. E Clifton Rule led the burial at Nashville cemetery. Survived by husband mother Mrs L Meadows sister Miss Lula Meadows and brother Tom Meadows. Pallbearers active W P Agee Sr Dick Watkins O A Graves Lloyd Spencer W K Lemley Harry J Lemley honorary Roy Anderson L A Keith L N Garner Charles B Taylor W A Lewis George Wylie Dr L M Lile Theo P Witt Gus Bernier J L Meyers J D Barlow.
In Tucson Aziz two unnamed suspects were detained for questioning after six year old June Robles failed to identify either man. One suspect, sought since June’s discovery entombed in a desert box, is described as the best promising. The other suspect was released earlier and readmitted for further questioning. Officers will press to confirm circumstantial links despite the girl’s inability to name them.
Hempstead county will harvest its largest peach crop in years this summer says G Shuffield a McCaskill fruit grower He spoke in Hope presenting two small branch specimens and described trees in the McCaskill area as heavily laden His orchard comprises over 2500 trees.
Three people died when a six party boat overturned at Grand Mare Lake, a fishing resort 35 miles southwest of El Dorado. Victims were M. L. Calloway, 25, his wife, and C. R. Gragg, 35. Two other party members survived. Calloway worked for Phillips Petroleum and Gragg for Simms Oil. Gragg was married with two children.
Walter Hartley 35 a noted Ozarks bank robber died after four shootings Friday while being transported after capture near a hideout just over Arkansas line in Marion county. Hartley was shot neck and shoulder then revived and fled into thick cover before dying en route to Gainesville. He had a record of jail breaks and robberies dating back to Mountain Grove with recent Highlandville bank thefts.
Patrick Hurley demands a Senate inquiry into whether the Department of Justice aims to ruin former administration figures. He questions A. V. Dalrymple’s honesty and denies involvement in a conspiracy to shield Republicans in the prohibition service. White Plains reports mark a New York Young Republican meeting foreseeing a GOP comeback. Ogden Mills labels the New Deal as moving toward government control of industry and people.
Eight state highway department workers lent a total of 15000 to Dwight H. Blackwood’s governor campaign in 1932 through promissory notes tied to May through August salary reductions. The notes were paid back September 1, 1932 with back salary warrants, per testimony released by the Highway Commission.
Glenn Williams stared at a toll payer at Fulton bridge in the early hours and questioned if he saw Clyde Barrow. Police pursue the theory that Barrow or another notorious desperado may have shot the gatekeeper feared to alert authorities on the nation’s transcontinental highway.
A federal grand jury in Madison returned indictments against John Dillinger and nine companions, four of whom are women, charging them with harboring and concealing persons sought by the Department of Justice.
Washington reports the president plans a new federal relief system next autumn. It would merge features of the PWA, the current CWA, and a housing repair drive, aiming to speed unemployment aid. Roosevelt seeks power to apportion funds among Public Works and relief programs, despite Congress resistance.
Glenn L Williams a 39 year old keeper of the Fulton toll bridge over the Red River near Hope was shot between 2 30 and 3 Saturday morning. Hempstead and Miller County officers pursue two theories one he recognized a pay toll robber Clyde Barrow the Southwestern desperado and the other that he resisted an attempted robbery. A coroner s jury verdict cited death from gunshot wounds by unknown persons in an attempted robbery. A Kroger truck driver reported a sedan seen around 2 30 a m near the bridge and officers believe the killer rode in it. Williams staggering toward the toll house door collapsed and died. A rifle lay at his side and an alarm switch was ringing. Funeral arrangements were announced for Sunday at the Parkins home in Hope. Williams survived by a widow two sons and three daughters.
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