11 Nov 1932
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1932
Page
1
Editorial by Alex H. Washburn from Arlington TX laments Armistice Day monuments overlooking graves. It argues war is a costful business, paralyzing economies and futures, and urges education and housing progress as civilization’s alternative. It notes the World War ending in 1918 and the enduring toll on society.
Arkansas presses from 19 counties gather at Hotel Barlow Hope for district conference of the Arkansas Press association. Tom M. Newman and Clio Harper address the noon luncheon and 2 to 4 pm sessions discuss legal publication rates and state regulations.
Fire damaged the home of M. C. Bruce at 1402 South Elm about 7 pm Thursday. The roof caught fire and firemen estimated the loss at 150 dollars. water damaged several household items.
A column listing various Arkansas towns and their corresponding newspaper editors including Floyd W. Barnes Smackover over Journal Bearden Banner Roy Allen Camden News S. J. Richardson Stephens Star Mack C. Owens Hampton Plaindealer Claude Mann Meteor Journal Edmund Lowe Malvern Record Malvern.
In Hope Arkansas a Kiwanis club meeting at the New Capital hotel elected Dr. Frank W. Pickell as president for the coming year, with Joe R. Floyd as vice president and a seven member board. The session, held during Education Week, used a runoff primary to select officers and heard Austin urge support for children and better schooling across Pryor and Hempstead counties. The Southern Jubilee Singers performed, and the group invited members to a Kilwanis movie night at Saenger theatre. In California, irrigation districts total 167 with 25 inactive, controlling about 4 million acres.
The Hemstead county 3 mill road tax referendum outcome remains unclear after last Tuesday’s election. The county election board convenes Friday in Washington to canvass votes, with results due Friday night or Saturday morning.
Armistice day was observed in Hope with downtown business suspensions. Grade schools featured speakers in the morning recalling World War days and urging eternal peace for future generations. In the afternoon residents traveled to Prescott for the annual football game against the Curly Wolves.
Sheriff Randerson of Floydada Texas sent a telegram naming five men held in a stolen Arkansas plated car matching the description of Mrs Martha Stroud Jones’s missing vehicle. Sheriff Wilson said he wired Texas authorities to hold the car and the suspects.
Washington reports suggest Frances Perkins, New York state industrial commissioner and adviser to Roosevelt, is a leading candidate for labor secretary. observers also speculate about roles for Alfred E. Smith and Owen D. Young as cabinet posts, with discussions centering on post titles and influence.
The Hempstead Quorum Court will meet Monday at Washington to levy appropriations for the county's new fiscal year. Extension Service representatives seek restoration of county funding for farm and home demonstration agents, plus support for a county health nurse, Flora Cotton, with current program needs tied to state and federal funds. A statement from T Roy Reid and telegrams from Harvey Couch emphasize county agents' role in farm welfare amid flood and drought, noting ongoing needs for local support to sustain health and extension programs.
A Hempstead coroner's jury inquest into the death of Zannie Black, a World War veteran found with skull fractures and a jaw fracture near his home south of Columbus, continues as Sheriff John L. Wilson says an arrest is expected within 12 hours. The victim’s home, about 50 yards from the scene, had been burned and officers suspect robbery and murder.
A plane, off course and lost, crashed into woods on a steep hillside near Kempville Tennessee Thursday night killing five aboard. The deceased include Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Hirt of Fort Lauderdale Florida, their daughter, and two children aged four and five.
The State Highway Commission set a $140 217.91 contract to J B McCrary Co Atlanta as the low bid for the Hope Emmet paving. Total highway awards reported from Little Rock reached $298 310.79, about 100000 under prior cost estimates. work to begin immediately and finish in 175 calendar days.
Bobcats旅 head to Prescott for the Armistice Day clash at 2 30 p m with Hope’s lineup bolstered by substitutes McKee Smith and Rowe set to start Jim Turner and H I Chamberlain ill on the squad Pete Brown out with an infected foot and out of action until next week. Miss Helen King Cannon named football queen with Charlotte Stewart and Harriet Pritchard as attendants.
Doctors from the county will attend a clinic at Josephine hospital at 11 o clock Saturday to examine the Siamese twins Simplicio and Lucio Godino before their Saenger stage appearance. A Hope Star representative will report the doctors opinions at the event.
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