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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1935
Page
5
The letter laments taxes rising post prohibition repeal and argues roads and access have improved life. The writer contrasts pre repeal isolation with now possible travel to town, court, church, and school, questioning the promised benefits and impact on taxes.
Hope High School finishes the season at Hot Springs with a 33 to 13 loss in front of about 5,000 fans. Hot Springs quarterback Paul Longinotti threw 17 passes, completing nine for four touchdowns as the Trojans outpaced Hope in the second and third periods. Hope, missing star quarterback Cargile for much of the game, fought back late with Bright scoring twice and Kvalleravick cited as the standout.
A 1935 Arkansas exchange features Mrs J M Self arguing that prohibition hasn’t cured social ills. The writer cites Rockefeller views on publicly operated liquor stores and questions roads and schools improvements under bans. He urges highway patrolling over statutory bans and recalls local church opposition to policy debates.
Treasury figures show legal liquor consumption dropped to 45.7 percent of 1917 levels in the year ended June 20, while installment buying rose 10 percent in 1934. Economists note unclear links but cite increased installment purchases and waning appetite for alcohol as possible factors, with a Department of Commerce study planned for January to assess social effects.
Angelo Cortese, renowned harpist, will give a concert Tuesday at Hope city hall at p.m. He was born in Italy and naturalized as a citizen early in life. The Friday Choral Club accompanies, with two groups of sanets and a gowns-of-the-60s chorus that previously drew praise in Hot Springs for a national convention appearance. The chorus includes Mesdames Harrison, Foster, Whitt, and Warmuack among others.
A discussion notes a proposed AP inquiry into the link between installment buying growth and liquor sales decline in America. It mentions an AP request for authentic figures on liquor consumption and for interviews with backers of installment buying across consumer goods.
President Roosevelt declared the government has passed the peak of appropriations and can move forward with a decreasing deficit without new taxes. Speaking at a Georgia homecoming in Atlanta, he praised work relief efforts and noted 3,125,000 people already placed in jobs as the drive nears its goal.
Terrell Cornelius proposes a Rotary sponsorship of a Hope Boys band tour to southwest Arkansas towns in early 1936. About 40 youths will need transportation as club members assemble the trip, with George W. Robison Jr and guests Douglas Bemis and Max Walker present at Kle nom luncheon.
Police Chief John Ridgdillane announced the arrest of three Waterneck suspects in the 3200 robbery of the Lee De Vauphe secondhand store. The new arrests raise the total to six. Luther Williams LeRoy Laudermilk and Isiac Helmes were captured by North Little Rock officers and returned to Hope. Holmes admitted stealing from Hitt’s Show store and several other suspects were previously held. The accused are to be arraigned in Muntox County Court next Tuesday.
Mrs. Ethel Whitehurst opened a venital commercial school at her best New West Division street. The may be enrollment for any white person age 16 or older. Morning and night classes available but no chimes.
The Literary Digest reports a nationwide poll with 207 087 votes tallied and 9t began support for Roosevelt policies. The second tabulation adds 7 000 returns, yielding 215 796 votes against the New Deal as opposed to 01 15 in favor, with results from Florida Minnesota Nebraska North Dakota Georgia Iowa Kansas Oklahoma Texas and more.
State Revenue Inspector C C Mitchell deny denying a quoted remark about Hope liquor business. He says his father in law Dr J P Atkinson and he discussed crowded traffic while planning to bring a cotton load to town. Mitchell insists the only reference to Hope concerned highway fatalities and Saturday shopping plans.
The Story notes the second and final publication of delinquent personal tax lists in Hempstead county, following the first run on Friday November 22. The publication costs are not fully stated, but total cost to the delinquent taxpayers is highlighted as part of the notice.
State tabulations show heavy anti New Deal sentiment across multiple states. Minnesota reports 619 percent against the New Deal from 21,908 votes. Missouri 55.57 percent opposed from 44,680. Ohio two thirds of 14,868 ballots opposed. Nebraska near a 3 to 2 anti stance. Georgia Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma increasing anti New Deal levels while Iowa remains 58.29 percent against Roosevelt policies. Florida roughly evenly split with a bare 50.01 percent opposed.
Governor Futrell formally asks for a post-season football game between Pine Bluff and Blytheville to determine the Arkansas high school champion. The plea follows a season marked by limited facilities and rising fan interest in a decisive matchup.
The document outlines a legal advertisement totaling 205 dollars and 10 cents across two items, with 242 column inches at 42.5 cents per inch, versus 42 cents national rate. It notes 51 delinquents at 10 cents each and substantial overtime charges for prompt publication, resulting in net income lower than factory and store advertising.
Commerce and industry in the Eighth Federal Reserve district showed continued up ward trends through October and the first half of November. The St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank reported Friday an uptick in employment and overall activity as the district economy stayed buoyant.
The fragment reports an early Friday shooting involving a Wall Street operator in Livermore with Undersheriff Jack Ross and a mention of Arkansas Centennial election. It references opposition to tax increases and relief needs, with unclear names and a damaged sequence of events.
Mr Sale urged Hope citizens to burn trash only in a container to prevent grass fires and waste of fire taxpayers money. He noted the city fire department answered seven calls last Saturday all from negligence, mostly from burning trash, including an automobile fire with only wire damage but noon Friday.
holiday crowds on Thanks giving Day trips caused scattered highway crashes. Snow and ice raised risk across northern states with six fatalities in Iowa and multiple deaths across California Missouri Indiana Ohio Kentucky Massachusetts Virginia and others. Two killed in Tennessee heat two elderly men in a Franklin Pennsylvania apartment house fire. Anna Phan, 33, died in New York after slipping from elevated stairs while carrying a turkey bought with her husband’s first week’s wages.
Mrs C S Lowthorp announced a mass meeting at 3 p m Tuesday at Hope city hall to organize a Democratic Women club of Hempstead county. She urged all Democratic women to attend and said Mrs Louis Rhoton of Little Rock would speak and assist organization. Mrs J P Bowen of Little Rock will be the guest speaker.
A fragmentary report from Rome attributes to Premier Mussolini a three point program including embargo and withdrawal, plus a plan for Italy to strike in the Mediteranean if war looms over the League. British and French officials were said to be notified as a possible European hostilities escalation looms.
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