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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1932
Page
1
Americans watch history as President Hoover welcomes President-Elect Roosevelt at 4 pm in the Lincoln study. The leaders will discuss war debts, marking the first meeting of rival presidents in the White House immediately after an election.
Arkansas audit shows more than 600 highway jobs likely overcharged or illegal after bids law noncompliance. The figure includes $1.08 million named in a suit against commissioners, plus separate recoveries and disputed 1927 payments. Duty and Duty tied expenses cited. auditor says outcomes hinge on legal challenges and asset recoveries.
March futures settle at 6.22, up from Monday’s 6.21. Tuesday shows an open at 6.21, high 6.26, low 6.21, and close 6.22, with May numbers nearby.
Eight air mail services in Canada carried 82,711 pounds in Q2 1932 raising half year total to 227,839 pounds. End of June 1932, 86 air pilots were listed in the Dominion.
At the Arkansas capitol uncertainty grows as Governor elect Futrell nears taking office. The article notes Futrell plans three major appointments and hints at changes to department heads, including possible removal provisions and consolidation of bureaus to cut costs.
Germany's aging leader personally pressed talks to form a new cabinet while political infighting grows. Von Papen's intense hostility threatens the Nazis' control as pressure mounts in Berlin.
Berlin Germany The German Junkers halt Hitler's bid for chancellorship as Franz von Papen and the Junker bloc with about 48 percent Reichstag support balk at cooperation amid a national crisis. President von Hindenburg urged a cabinet plan, while factions weigh options to shape the government.
An overcoat stolen from Karl Swanke, son of the Saenger theater manager, was returned Tuesday after thieves broke a window in his father's locked car in front of the theater. A Black man brought the coat to the theater claiming to have found it behind a local industrial plant, with gloves left in a pocket.
The mother of the Rev. Wallace R. Rogers pastor of the First Baptist church died at her Knoxville Tennessee home late Monday afternoon. The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers had been at her bedside for ten days. Funeral and burial services were expected in Knoxville Tuesday afternoon. The couple planned to return to Hope later this week.
Mrs. Foster Bain, a 50 year old New Yorker, believes age is no handicap to flying. She owns and operates her own plane and has more than 200 hours of solo flight to her credit.
Speaker Garner told reporters that the House may pass a beer bill at the short session. He suggested beer tax revenue might reach 250 to 300 million dollars annually and, with budget cuts, a balanced budget could be possible without other tax hikes. The alcohol content would be around 2.75 to 3 percent.
Mrs. Dorsey McRae chairs the Tuberculosis Christmas Seal Sale noting Arkansas Tuberculosis Association prizes for best per capita seal sales starting November 25. Towns 1000 to 6000 population win $50 for health work in schools. towns 250 to 999 have two prizes: $25 in books or a TB clinic for first, plus a school scale or basketball gear for second. Seal sale must reach ten cents per capita.
Cedarville Arkansas residents delay district dissolution over a state loan for a stone school building. Work will resume once the loan renewal is arranged, forming a schol center as part of a $5,000 structure. the suit has been dropped.
The 1932 Hope High School Bobcats meet the Nashville Scrappers on Thanksgiving at Nashville’s field at 2:30 pm. The teams, led by Co Captain D S Floyd and Guy Payne, aim to end a three game Nashville streak with Hope at full strength except for Smith out with an infected leg.
Brinkley Ark County Judge R F Milwee will publish a list of Monroe County residents who failed to pay personal taxes for 1932 as ordered by the Quorum Court. The move aims to boost tax collections and deter nonpayment with a December 5 deadline to avoid publication costs.
Advocates of the commission form of government for Fort Smith have opened headquarters to wage a determined fight to retain the system before a special election called for December 5. Voters will decide whether to abandon the commission form in favor of the aldermanic form.
Cincinnati bulletin reports Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania urged a federal sinking fund to fund public works during downturns. He argued governments alone cannot cure unemployment at the AFL convention.
The State Highway Commission awarded the largest contract in its emergency program to Luton Bridge Company of Little Rock for 40,103 dollars to replace a one way Caddo River bridge near Arkadelphia on highway 67. The new steel and concrete span will be built a few miles east of Arkadelphia, between the river and the Little Rock Hot Springs fork.
Oklahoma City report: Rev. S. A. Berrie, serving life for his first wife’s murder by poison, receives a pardon request from his 19 year old second wife. Governor Murray referred the letter to the pardon and parole office.
Fort Smith officials seek a loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to fund a new Lee's creek waterworks project. Engineers say the system would yield softer, cleaner water from Lee's creek, avert salty Poteau River contamination, and save about $4,500 yearly in chemical costs.
Wash Hutson announced a community singing at Hope City Hall auditorium Sunday starting at 1 pm. Singers from southwest Arkansas and adjoining counties are expected to attend. the public is invited and asked to bring song books.
President Hoover prepared for a Tuesday briefing with President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt to craft a joint plan for war debt relief. Roosevelt, traveling from New York, aimed for a personal, informal session in the Lincoln study to discuss responsibilities before his inauguration.
London reports King George opened the ninth Parliament of his reign with a throne speech focusing on disarmament economy farm relief and unemployment but no reference to the war debts issue before Hoover and Roosevelt. Queen Mary stood beside him as broad national policies for the year were outlined.
The November 8 vote in Arkansas set a state general election record with 220,562 total for president, per secretary of state staff figures. Roosevelt received 189,602 votes, Hoover 28,467, with minor totals for Thomas 269, Harvey 1,049, and Foster 75.
The AP tally lists Roosevelt with 21,357,057 votes and Hoover with 15,901,259 as complete results in several states. Minor parties add small totals, while some states wait for official canvass until late November and December.
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