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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1934
Page
3
Editorial argues tax delinquency rises as county assessed values drop one third since 1929. Governor Futrell urges taxpayers to pay by Monday to avoid penalties and cites the need for current revenue to fund schools and courts. Calls for a tax roundup to restore government operations and local services amid economic stress.
An Extension Service analysis finds foreign cotton expansion unlikely to threaten Southern acreage. India Egypt Russia and China are main competitors with Brazil posing possible near term risk. High prices would be needed long term to shift production, and India faces famine and transport limits that cap cotton growth. Continued page three.
A Texarkana man, 24, convicted for the killing of Miller County Sheriff Walter Harris during a raid, seeks clemency. Day, then 19, was sentenced to life on December 12, 1931. Petition with signatures from County Judge D. J. Sewell and others filed at the governor’s office. prison records show he has been a model prisoner with furloughs granted in 1931.
A courtroom confrontation reveals spousal tensions as the judge asks why a wife seeks a divorce for neglect while the defendant offers a terse reply that he dislikes staying home alone. The exchange underscores domestic strains in a pending case.
Four police squads from city and county arrived at the Stoll estate near Louisville to search the home of kidnap victim Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll and the surrounding woods. A officer described it as a large break in the case and suggested the missing woman’s body might soon be found.
Hope Stadium now seats about 2 500 after adding two new sections to handle large crowds at early games. A dressing room beneath the scoreboard serves visiting players while a new season-ticket entrance eases ticket lines. Local business leaders fund the project and box seats prove popular as plans consider college games at the venue.
In a grim copycat game of cops and robbers, three young boys aged six and four admitted tying a rope around their friend John Feeney Jr. and closing a trunk. John was later found dead from strangulation near an abandoned mill. Police questioned the youths and their fear of punishment, while investigators pursue possible accidental intent.
Paris police linked the Ustashi group to the Marseilles assassination plot against King Alexander and French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou. A woman named Marie Viewidroch allegedly transported the weapons, with suspects held in Annemasse and other members fleeing. The group reportedly used Hungarian passports via Switzerland, and the gunwoman remains at large.
Hollywood. Wallace Beery sustained an ankle ligament tear and other injuries after being thrown to the floor during a movie fight scene in a pi ecie in which he stars as Sp. TV. Barnum. Beery declined a double for the scene. Doctor Harvey W. Martin said it will be several weeks before he recovers fully.
Hot Springs Kiwanis members were guests of the Hope club at a Friday dinner at Hotel Barlaw. The program turned into a discussion of merits of Hope and Hot Springs football teams. Charles Dana Gibson reported on the Excelsior Springs Kiwanis convention and noted Rev Gov F P Strassner of Hope was elected secretary. Stanley B White of Hope Star was introduced as a new member.
In San Francisco California crowds gather amid a ferment as utopian promises draw attention and fuel anxiety about the state's future. The article hints at political rhetoric playing on fears and promises, with continuation noted on Page Three.
Hot Springs defeated Hope 32 to 0 in front of about 2,500 fans. Faut Longinotti ran for three touchdowns, Lovell and Hoxie added scores, while Hope made 9 first downs to Hot Springs 12. Madison and Payne starred for Hope with standout runs and returns.
President Roosevelt ordered a 36 hour work week for about 200000 workers in the cotton garment industry starting December 1. Wages remain unchanged. The reduction follows earlier talks and protests from operators. A wage-earnings board was named to study the move, justified by potential employment gains and better industry conditions. The AFL urged a 30 hour week, but no broader plan was indicated.
Washington bulletin notes September cotton yields at 295960 bales lint and 54690 bales lint plus unterm. In Corning Harold Hogan Maynard Randolph County was jailed for aiding a bank robbery flee attempt. Sheriff Wallain quoted Hogan denying involvement. In Pine Bluff Adney Wiley Shelton found guilty of second degree murder for his cousin James White’s death and sentenced to eight years. Jury had heard the trial Friday. co-defendant Wriley’s status undecided.
Governor Futrell stated he would not extend tax payment time which ends Monday at county collectors offices. He noted no authority to waive penalties and cited the 1933 installment method allowing four payments by April 10 July 15 and October 15. A 10 percent penalty plus costs applies if taxes are unpaid after closing Monday.
L M Hamum of Life Rock named special representative for the Seventh district encompassing Hempstead Nevada Ouachita Yhoun Union Columbia Lafayette and Miller counties. The six week drive is a joint effort by the Bureau of Vital Statistics the Federal Census Bureau and the Arkansas Emergency Relief Administration to check births in the past year. Census cards will be mailed October 12 to Arkansas families asking if a child was born in the last year. Cards return postage free to the Census Bureau, which forwards them to the State Bureau of Vital Statistics for cross check. If a child is not properly registered, steps will be taken to issue first citizenship papers. The effort hinges on parental cooperation.
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A frantic man tried to abduct his son on a northbound passenger train near Hope Prescott. G E Walters Los Angeles was removed by Sheriff Arlis E Pittman in Nevada County and returned to Hempstead County. The mother Mrs G E Walters pursued but was kicked away as the train moved.
Sheriff John L Wilson of Hempstead County criticized a comment about Walters and a baby held in county custody. He blamed defaming Arkansas climate to boost California and mused about capital punishment, while noting malaria is absent and residents typically live long. The exchange involves state politics as Wilson is a district 20 state senator-elect.
Walters, connected with a Los Angeles advertising firm, grabbed his two year old son from his wife at Hope station and tried to force the child onto a train. A struggle ensued with threats against the wife, passengers intervened, and Sheriff Pittman took Walters into custody in Prescott. Walters had repeatedly visited the child’s mother and planned to take a portrait of the boy before leaving for Chicago.
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