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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1933
Page
4
In this Thanksgiving reflection the author praises a durable national character that endures war, political scandal, and economic panics. He argues Americans have faced fear with faith in the future, urges focus on personal responsibility over government reliance, and notes the public’s interest in non fiction success stories from weeklies as signs of prudent national reading habits.
Bobcats coach Teddy Jones says his team is ready for the annual pre Thanksgiving clash with Nashville Scrappers in the high school stadium. Kickoff moves to 8 pm to accommodate church services and fan arrival. Nashville enters as favorites by two touchdowns. The Bobcats face strong opposition with injuries thinning reserves, including Urban and Mitchell limited, while Turner steps in at running back and Harper handles quarterback duties.
The eighth Federal Reserve district reports higher business activity than a year ago but with spotty trends. Industrial production shrank less in October and early November, retail trade rose, and wholesale lines gained. Boots clothing and dry goods led gains while weather kept seasonal merchandise weak. Department stores in key cities showed varied results with St. Louis up modestly and several cities down. Rail and barge traffic rose modestly, boot and shoe sales jumped 29 percent from October 1932, and bank credit demand firmed slightly.
The Emmet Prescott segment of Highway 67 will stay open on Thanksgiving and likely the rest of the week but will close next week to begin concrete construction. Detours are not finalized though two routes may serve the seven mile Emmet to Prescott span while the tranl highway is rebuilt. A contract was awarded to M K Orr Construction of Little Rock for 26,816.50 to widen bridges for safe high speed passage and install treated timber and reinforced concrete structures.
Sutton invites the public to a community singing this Sunday afternoon starting at 2 o'clock. All are welcome to attend.
CHICAGO. A true bill charging Dr. Alice Lindsay Wyne with the murder of her daughter in law Rheta was reported to have been voted by the Rock County grand jury Wednesday. The Star notes no city edition Thursday and no rural route Friday editions due to Thanksgiving holiday plant closure.
Washington reports the Farm Adjustment Administration publicized the 1934 35 cotton acreage reduction contract. Growers agreeing to reduce will receive rent ranging from 4 to 18 dollars an acre for land taken out of production, higher than the original plan of 3 to 11 dollars. The administration aims to cut cotton acreage to about 25 million next year from a 400 million acre average planted area.
In Little Rock Governor Futrell pledged no refunding plan excluding road district bond payments. He rejected repudiation claims, saying Arkansas seeks to extend debt payments fairly while preserving bondholder and taxpayer interests. He traced highway debts to 1927 and the Martineau plan shift, noting defaults began in 1932 despite meeting some interest with borrowed funds.
Leon Carrington of Hempstead County Lumber and Randy Williams of Quan Graysonin Lumber left Hope for New Orleans to attend a code meeting called by the Southern Pine association. They plan to drive to Shreveport then take a train, escorted by E. B. Cuntley, Ozan Graysonian executive. January was famed for the Roman god Janus, god of the day and year’s beginning, pictured with a two faced head.
Missouri Governor Guy B. Park decried mob violence after Lloyd Warner a 19 year old Black man was hanged and burned near St. Joseph following a jail breakout. The lynch mob battled officers and National Guardsmen, with about 7000 in attendance, while Sheriff Otto Theisen reported Warner confessed to assaulting a white girl. The governor ordered tanks and guardsmen mobilized but few troops remained. Meanwhile Maryland Attorney General Lane signaled habeas corpus action to hold four suspected Somerset mob leaders, as writs were issued for two others amid renewed calls to publish evidence in court.
In St Paul a federal jury acquitted Roger Touhy Eddie McFadden Gustav Schafer and Willie Sharkey in the Lindbergh era kidnapping case involving William Hamm the millionaire brewer abducted for ransom last June. Prosecutors argued interstate transportation of a kidnapped person and conspiracy. The verdict sparked varied reactions from law enforcement and defense counsel.
Washington officials said repeal will lower tariff barriers abroad to aid American goods. The government will allocate liquor imports after December 4 on a reciprocal basis with nations agreeing to favor U.S. products.
Benton Ark. The defense lays out Mark H. Shank's irrational outburst at a Kiwanis meeting in Akron Ohio as evidence in the poisoning case of Alvin Colley. State rests as court adjourns for defense to argue insanity. testimony covers theft allegations, confession details, and Shank's mental changes amid the Wooster prosecution narrative.
The Rev John Belford of Nativity Detroit denounced Father Charles E Coughlin as an infernal nuisance and said the Vatican apostolic delegate should intervene He charged the radio priest s popularity has driven him mad and described him as a public enemy Also reports on Roosevelt monetary policy and comments by Alfred E Smith and Msgr Carroll with page continuation note
A fragmented list of closing stock quotations includes American Can American Smelter Am Tel Tel Anaconda Chrysler General Motors Missouri Pacific Socony Vacuum U S Steel Standard Oil and other names. The OCR fragment presents Dec and May contract references for Wheat Oats and Commodities, with several ticker-like entries and company abbreviations.
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