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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1934
Page
3
A reader argues against guest liability insurance, calling it social abuse and urging a law to eliminate liability for guests. The piece cites rising auto insurance premiums from 1920 to 1992 as evidence of the problem and warns insurance allies may withdraw from the state if not restrained.
In a letter from Jasper Alabama Senator J H Bankhead urges producers to back the Bankhead cotton control act with modifications to allotment plans and administration He warns that defeating central legislation would delay helpful measures for cotton farmers and argues the act needs clearer basis for allotments The Arkansas Rural Extension reports Arkansas ranks fifth in AAA rental and benefit payments totaling 15 968 771 08 from the first 48 months of the adjustment program
New York secretary of state Edward J Flynn, a close Roosevelt ally and leading Catholic layman, was rumored to be named film czar replacing Will Hays. Reports circulated as Flynn prepared to travel to Los Angeles. the move would mark Catholic influence in moviedom amid protests over Hays regime and the Legion for Decency boycotts. Flynn may not disclose plans, with talks of a possible MPPDA presidency or California retainer, while Hays’ ten year contract nears expiration.
President Roosevelt orders a committee to coordinate federal lending activities as part of a consolidation plan. Secretary Morgenthau leads the panel while the Home Owners Loan Corporation faces closure of new loans and possible end of its operations around next March as private lenders are expected to take over. Public notices indicate the RFC may seek no further funds and the recovery program may shift accordingly.
A campaign to urge Little Rock voters to approve a city manager system will open with a Committee on Organization meeting in the aldermanic office. The finance committee seeks 1400 for campaign expenses and the plan follows a recent Supreme Court ruling that the act is constitutional.
Washington Navy Board backs building an airship half Macon size for training while Baton Rouge reports copies of Senator Longs 44 debt suspension and more power bills reach Louisiana legislators. In Arkansas three from Bald Knob and Judsonia injured in a collision near Macon Georgia a 44 mill tax question looms for state clerks.
In New London Connecticut the Palmer estate dispute concluded after four hours of arguments before Judge John Richards Booth. Robert Byron Palmer of Stuttgart Arkansas seeks 1.5 million dollars as his share of two estates claiming lineage from Charles T. Palmer or William Price. The defense attacked Audrey Palmer’s character and alleged concealment of 128000 dollars from Charles T. Palmer estate. The judge took the case under advisement with no date for a decision.
In Raleigh North Carolina Judge 1M Meekins directed a verdict of acquittal for BR H Askew a Goldsboro evangelist charged with kidnapping and attempting to extort $25000 from his wife The verdict followed three medieval witnesses who testified to Askews mental capacity at the time he disappeared The narrative also mentions Queen Victoria and Mulloys under 16 awaiting transportation abroad for petty evings
Bobcats will use an aerial attack in the Malvern contest, with Coach Foy Hammons ordering the forward pass as the team seeks victory. The game starts at 7 30 pm due to cooler weather, at the local field, with season ticket holders admitted for 25 cents and general admission cut to 35 cents.
The Lion Oil Refining station at Third and Elm streets aged by F R Moses with Charles Routon R Cornelius and Robert Bunkley won both first prizes in a Lion company sales contest across Arkansas Tennessee and Mississippi. Hope distributor L Murphy announced the awards totaling $20 to be shared by four stations, with the winning station posting a 192.71 percent increase in October lubrication business and the highest gain in motor oil sales per 100 gallons spline.
Senator Borah of Idaho turned over charges of misused relief funds to the FERA chief investigator Dallas W. Dart. Borah said evidence would be available to investigators and expected to confer with Dart as needed. He cited a Virginia audit report claiming half of Virginia’s relief money was spent on administration.
Hempstead county ginnings reached 14 276 bales by November 1, compared with 1 770 bales on the same date last year, according to W H Etter Jr special agent of the Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census, who reported Wednesday.
President Roosevelt planned a southern swing starting Thursday, meeting cabinet members and aides including Richberg Hopkins and Perkins to review relief and unemployment issues. He will study reports at Warm Springs before a December radio address, routing via Harrodsburg Norris Dam Muscle Shoals Tupelo and Warn Springs with Cordell Hull and Ickes.
In Los Angeles California Ben B Lindsey a noted juvenile court judge in Denver faces possible removal from the Superior Court bench after a peremptory writ of mandate issued by Superior Judge Wilson Turaday orders the Angelus Cody Board of Supervisors to show cause why a permanent injunction should not bar Lindsey’s November election results from being certified. The petition by Ernest A Stewart taxpayer alleges Lindsey has not met residency and law practice requirements.
Federal prosecutor Leslie Salter secured a witness admission that Insull interests bought and sold their own stock to fix market quotes. Defense figures argued it was honest market maintenance. Scheel testified he profited from Insull securities yet denied inside information, claiming no such tips influenced his 1929 or 1931 trades.
Basil BE Newton, once Hope, moved with family to Little Rock, now stationed by the federal government in Birmingham Alabama. In a letter to Roy Anderson he attached clippings about large Alabama watermelons, noting the biggest at 109 pounds and a Birmingham writeup that stirred his amusement. The account references an Arkansas county famous for producing sizable melons and hints at broader regional pride in weight records.
In Nashville Tennessee District Attorney General J C Loser announced after a conference with a physician and a dentist that the body found in a shallow grave Tuesday is Dorothy Ann Distelhurst missing since September 19. The body showed dental and size details matching the missing child and was described as that of a white girl aged 7 to 10. Investigators reported efforts continuing with renewed vigor and the mother questioned about her daughter’s condition and past dental work.
Textile prices and market totals surface from the Cotton Exchange in New York and New Orleans with mixed figures for January and December. Grain futures in Chicago show wavering Wheat Corn and Oats values. Major stocks include American Telephone and General Motors with mentions of U S Steel and other firms.
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