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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1933
Page
3
Here and There editorials discuss a proposed amendment to apportion electoral votes by percentage of the popular vote and ponder abolishing the electoral college. The writer argues for keeping state governments, warns against strong federal control, and notes the loss of local influence as federal power grows.
Mrs John D Barlow 45 wife of Hope hotelman and daughter of the late Governor Thomas C McRae of Prescott died at 11:20 Tuesday morning in a Hot Springs hospital. Her husband and siblings were with her as funeral plans formed en route to Hope. Survived by husband Prescott mother Mrs Thomas C McRae of Prescott and siblings Duncan and Thomas C McRae Jr and Mrs Mary McRae Montgomery and Mrs H E Bemis, all of Prescott.
Kathryn Kelly travels from Memphis to Cincinnati claiming her husband George machine gun Kelly will break out of prison before Christmas. She leaves after a parting with her mother, who will serve life for involvement in the Urschel kidnapping case.
The National Labor Board announced settlement of the Weirton West Virginia steel mill strike as sporadic disorders marked other strike troubled sites. Pickets and workers clashed at times with police using tear gas as two garment strike participants were arrested in Los Angeles. National Guard loosened coal field rules in Indiana.
The Rev. George F. X. Strassner of Hope Arkansas was selected by the nominating committee at the tri state Kiwanis convention in Hutchinson Kansas for governor of Kiwanis District Seven. He has served as lieutenant governor of the Southwest Arkansas division and is a noted civic worker across eight communities through his church work.
The cheerleader known as Flapper Fanny explains the waist movements required when leading a football crowd with a playful hip hip gesture. Her remarks capture the performance energy and social vibe of the era's campus spirit.
Hope merchants team up for Friday and Saturday Buy Now days offering special values. Shoppers earn one Russell Brothers Circus guest ticket per family member with purchases from cooperating stores. Tickets require a small service fee for seating. Circus arrives Monday, Sept 23, with 15 cent discounts for Merchants Guest Tickets. Arrangements were arranged after investigation by this newspaper.
In Brinkley 25 year old Teddle Baker, wounded in a shotgun duel with Marion Gray at Gray’s home, was jailed in Clarendon in the Saddler killing. Saddler, 70, tried to mediate a quarrel between Braker and Gray over a dog. In Arkadelphia, 16 year old Paul Wilson was killed when struck by a car driven by Mrs. W. S. Johnson as he stepped from behind a buggy toward a school path.
Washington announces completion of the Commodity Credit Corporation and loans of 10 cents a pound for unsold cotton will be available this week. Delaware charter issued to support Roosevelt program. over a million loan forms go to government printing for distribution to agents. Funds from the Reconstruction Corporation set aside 250000 for rediscounting notes. banks may lend 10 cents a pound on qualifying cotton stored in farm warehouses.
David Lilienthal, director of the Tennessee Valley Authority, appealed to public utility leaders for level headed cooperation with the government on its vast power project. He warned that hysteria or misrepresentation would harm the electric industry, investors, and the public, and spoke at the Memphis Rotary Club as a first public response to anti public ownership campaigns in the valley.
Washington reports that the federal government has begun a tax enforcement drive using the 1932 revenue act to require brokers nationwide to disclose records of speculative transactions from the past four years. Commissioner Guy T. Telvering aims to verify whether reported losses by income taxpayers are fictitious, citing market volatility and distortions through related-party arrangements.
A live blue homing pigeon arrived at The Star plant at 212 Walnut Street at 11 am Tuesday. The bird bore aluminum AU-33-A-910 on one leg and a watermarked message holder on the other. The Star staff kept the bird for identification while attempts to reach pigeon expert Dr. P B Carrigan continued.
In Paris Premier Edouard Daladier addressed the Chamber of Deputies and challenged Germany's withdrawal from the disarmament conference. He said France is ready to resume talks at Geneva on October 26 and urged that any agreement begin with unity rather than rupture.
Berlin reports two storm troopers who struck American Roland Volz for failing to salute the Nazi emblem were sentenced to six months in a speed court. American officials welcomed the punishment as aligning with U.S. wishes for accountability in the incident.
A proposed state liquor policy favors a flexible system over local option, creating a State Authority to set dry zones within larger voting areas. It envisions border-shop placement, executive-order closures, and mail or express sales to dry areas to curb bootlegging. The plan aims to reduce politics and corruption tied to licensing, shifting control to bureaucrats and clerks.
Mr and Mrs Charles Routon Jr narrowly escaped serious harm when a Missouri Pacific switch engine backed into their Plymouth sedan near Pine and Division streets just after 7 on Monday night. The impact crushed the auto front and pushed it 20 feet. Mrs Routon suffered bruises shock and a sprained ankle, Mr Routon uninjured. Mrs Routon was taken to Josephine hospital for examination and released.
Washington reports that Albert H. Wiggin, former Chase National Bank chairman, was paid 160000 as a retired officer. Ferdinand Pecora announced subpoenas would compel about 375 New York Stock Exchange members to appear in the Senate Banking Committee inquiry after the exchange refused to answer a questionnaire. The exchange may be liable for records. Pecora noted the process could cost far more for members than answering the questionnaire.
A Hempstead county grand jury indicted Jack Miller alias Andrew N Panco alias Howard Adams on four forgery and uttering counts connected to stolen travelers’ cheques and a bank fraud attempt. Panco, held in jail in Washington, faces circuit court in Washington on Wednesday with his wife detained for questioning after $200 in travelers’ cheques tied to a Hutchinson Kansas AMEX office robbery were found on her.
Fire broke out in a warehouse at the rear of C. S. Lowthorp's office on East Second Street at 10 o'clock Monday night. The flames started in a pile of inato crate wrappers and caused little damage as firemen quickly extinguished the blaze.
Cotton futures surged on the New York market closing up 9 points near nine cents, while New Orleans opened strong and finished 48 points higher from Monday. Chicago grain also rose on heavy buying with gains in wheat corn and oats. Closing stock quotes ticked up 1 to 3 points. The Aeronautics branch ends the solo pilot grade, removing an intermediate rank between student and private pilots.
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