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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1934
Page
3
A veteran El Dorado News writer recalls T. E. Sisk a DOJ agent who helped crack the Lindbergh kidnapping after early motor-thief investigations in El Dorado. The piece recounts 1923 arrest scenes, a public dinner with defendants, and the way truth and danger intertwined in small-town reporting.
Four Hope churches unite for a community Thanksgiving service at First Presbyterian Church on Wednesday at 1:30 PM. Rev. Guy D. Holt of First Christian will preach, Kate Scott Hovland leads music, and a community offering will be shared by the four participating churches. No services at Baptist, Methodist or Christian churches. Last year’s sermon was by Rev. E Clifton Rule at First Baptist.
Dr. Harald W. Dodds, president of Princeton University, told the National Municipal League that state legislatures will push consolidation of cities and counties to improve supervision. He warned debt-ridden cities may rely increasingly on state revenue and that services once local may move to state or federal control.
Hope High School faces Nashville Scrappers in the 1934 Thanksgiving game on Thursday at 2:30 PM. Coach Foy Hammons reports no major injuries and a light workout planned, with Hope aiming to reverse Little Rock game statistics and attract a large crowd for the season finale.
Istanbul dispatch notes a Turkish quake killing or injuring over 100, with shocks continuing into the afternoon. Monroe County Sheriff-elect Mack McKenzie surveys the murder case tied to the Clarendon toll bridge incident as authorities hold unnamed suspects.
Prayer reflecting on abundance and hunger. The speaker thanks for crops while questioning why food decays as many go hungry. It critiques unwise planning and urges returning to old faiths, patience, and gentler, braver living after hardship.
Baton Rouge report says LSU Reveille staff resigned after dispute with university over censorship. Jesse Cutter and others left as paper went to press, citing unwillingness to submit to faculty advisor control after Huey P. Long criticism of Abe Mickul.
Washington reports two Treasury employees implicated in grafting schemes amid a large income tax case. An inside settlement was discussed by officials, with Treasury Secretary Morgenthau credited for handling the matter.
Police seek the identities of three girls found dead in woods near Carlisle Pennsylvania last Saturday. Philadelphia man Larry Carney identified a photo of a wan fond dead person as Horace Hughes of San Francisco, claiming Hughes had traveled with his former wife and her three children, matching ages. Authorities pursue the California link.
New York reports a 1954 cash dividend estimate of 168,001,329 dollars for the Standard Oil group, up from 128,938,375 dollars, a rise of about 30 percent. Cart Pforzheimer & Co. notes total cash disbursements for the year rising due to quarterly payouts and extra per-share dividends from several Standard Oil affiliates.
The Star will observe Thanksgiving day as a full holiday on Thursday November 29, suspending publication that day. There will be no Thursday afternoon city edition or Friday morning mail edition. Publication resumes Friday afternoon in the city and Saturday morning by mail. The Star notes three holidays: Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
In New York a Catholic priest Rev. Joseph J. Leonard aged 40 and Ruth Steinmetz a Hollywood actress aged 22 were shot dead in a Knights of Columbus hotel room. Ruth's husband Joseph L. Steinmetz, 22, a Jewish-born man studying to be a Presbyterian minister, was arrested after allegedly killing them with an automatic pistol. He claimed the couple had dined and drank with him before the killings. The case, described by Assistant District Attorney Saul Price, follows a night of drinks and a planned confession scene at Our Lady at the Rosy chapel.
Tokyo reports Japan urged France and Italy to join in scrapping the Washington naval treaty. French and Italian envoys would convey the proposal to their governments. Meantime British prime minister MacDonald said the U K will not push a Pacific mutual assistance pact modeled on Locarno. Analysts foresee a potential naval race if the Washington accord ends, with U S and Britain avoiding new treaties while Japan previews a surprise ship design. A piece notes why actors die poor from The American Weekly and previews a Chicago Herald and Examiner feature.
Berlin reports say the German army and police are under a state of emergency with furloughs suspended and Nazi storm troops stepped up. The conflict between the Reichswehr and the Schutzstaffel is cited as a fearsome factor. In Vienna, Austrian students attacked the Czechoslovak legation in response to protests at Praha, were repulsed by police, and sparked new demonstrations across the city.
Several meat market operators in Hope were fined in municipal court for Sabbath breaking after being ordered to close on Sunday. W C Reese noted beer joints faced no action. The cases named Reese Harris Lane Montgomery Cornelius and McKinley the last for Sunday meat sales. Verdicts were appealed.
CHICAGO. The nurse corrected a prior report to Lea Lapatka, stating two of them are boys, twins. Mrs. Lopatka told Judge Desert on Monday that Leo was the husband, and the judge granted her divorce.
Readings show New York cotton opening at 12.50 with highs near 12.51 and close around 12.59. New Orleans and Chicago exchanges display similar unsettled patterns in cotton and grain futures with notable activity in wheat and oats. Major equities include U S Steel, Standard Oil of New Jersey, and General Motors trading amid varied demand.
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