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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1930
Page
4
Hempstead County Agent Lynn Smith discusses dairy expansion as a hedge against low butterfat prices and cotton declines. He notes dairy consumption rising, ice cream figures for 1928 and 1929, and urges diversified farming with dairy cows, feed crops, and limited cotton to sustain a three quarters of a bale per acre.
Nicholas of Stuttgart, in a letter to the Gazette, explains a fatal crash on October 8 when his car left the highway into a ditch. He cites an unmarked dangerous one way bridge approaching at an angle, driving slowly and unfamiliar with the road. One occupant died and two were injured, including Mrs. Amin B. Smariwood and Mrs. Nicholas, who was seriously hurt.
Springfield, Ill. Nov 21 UPI Fish in Wilnins Jakes and streams are being branded to track travel distance and growth rate, announced by Ralph Bradford director of the State Department of Conservation. The tagging is done by the Natural History Society of the Department of Conservation with state tags clamped on the last fins and numbered. Records keep species size and weight for each branded fish.
Details from ALTBORF and ALTDORM report an explosion at the Anna coal mine in Germany killing around forty five workers with many more injured. Rescue teams face slow progress since the shaft entrance is blocked and hundreds were underground when the blast occurred.
George Bugs Moran, former North Side gangland ruler and rival of Al Capone, was arrested at Cassidy Road House, 15 miles west of Waukegan. He offered no resistance and is held on a $50,000 bond on a vagrancy charge. a concealed weapons charge may follow per Lake County attorney Colonel A. V. Smith.
A Hempstead county watermelon tradition is highlighted as the Little Rock bond house Elkins & Co. issues a prospectus for Hope’s high school bond. It touts Hope School District’s large acres of cultivated land and claims the area grows the largest melons in the United States. It notes AP wires carried the story nationally and mentions W C Harp of Weslaco displaying a 109 pound watermelon.
Fulton Ack October 21 191? Organization of two literary societies completed at Fulton High School with officers elected. Excelsior Society led by Lloyd Parker president Burnie Seymour vice president Vaudie Morlun secretary treasurer Fay Seymour sergeant at arms Jane Orton song and yell leader Ruby Walters. Helen Wilson Bernice Seymour Lloyd Parker program committee Ruby Walters Frances Jones literary critics. Metro Society led by Marguerite Wilson president Ian Weaver vice president Ida Mae Swann secretary treasurer Marvin Muser Frank Jones sergeant at arms Audrey Cox song leader Mary Cellerton Cecil Coyell leaders Audrey Cox Opal Seymour Ida Mae Swarthi program committees.
Missouri Pacific officials and Hope merchants joined a city hall conference announcing a new door to door pick up for local freight at the same tariff as regular rail service. The line would handle all less than carload shipments with daily schedules and extend Arkansas operations. The company highlighted its $31,000 annual tax contribution as the largest in Hempstead County and urged continued local freight support.
Blytheville Oct 21 The Rev W C Thornton 44 Nazarene evangelist of Amity died at Blytheville hospital shortly after midnight Monday from injuries after being struck by a car Saturday night while walking on the highway west of Blytheville. No charges filed against driver Mrs G N Chalfont of Leachville. The body sent to Amity with wife and daughter Loring. Thornton survived by three daughters Velma Estelle Beulah and a son J W Thornton. He had traveled widely conducting revivals and was to begin meetings here yesterday. He was attempting to cross a rain shed when struck.
Vivian Simpson aged five of Truman died in a Jonesboro hospital from burns received after a red hot coal fell from a rock store onto her dress while her mother was at a grocery store. Neighbors and a Trumann physician attended to the girl before she was transferred to the hospital.
Homer H Harris aged 58 died at his Belton home after months of illness. Funeral services were held at 2 this afternoon in Belton with Judge Dexter Bush and county officials in attendance. He was a former teacher, county examiner, and tax assessor, survived by his widow three sons and a daughter and four brothers. Burial followed at Avery's Chapel Redland township.
Augusta October twenty first. Hurh Lindsey, a barber from Searcy, pleaded guilty in circuit court to assault with intent to rob as part of a six man indictment linked to an attempted kidnapping for ransom of W. O. Gregory. Lindsey’s sentence was postponed until after the trials of the remaining five defendants.
Six men were indicted by the Woodruff county grand jury on attempted kidnapping charges connected to the September 25 incident at W. N. Gregory Sr. in Augueta. Hugh Lindsey and five others from Searey and Clarksdale face related counts. Lindsey also faces assault and robbery charges. Gregory and his wife reportedly resisted, a weapon was seized, and confessions led to arrests and detentions at Little Rock.
A national push to use cotton in cars and fashion prompts wide public debate. The Star and six other papers publish an Associated Press outline while industry voices, including a Little Rock reader, urge steady nationwide promotion of cotton goods, from dresses to fabrics, to boost southern sales and sustain prices.
Groetvesile Indiana officials face a petition for injunction filed by Fay S. Hamilton, representing citizens against a proposed municipal airport. A remonstrance with 194 legal signatures was presented, but the council rejected it for not meeting required signer counts. The suit names City Clerk Fred Eniv elo and others as defendants.
Titonka Iowa Mrs Wilhelming Lehmidt keeps house gardens and duties while spinning yarn from wool grown by her own sheep. She reels spun yarn on a wheel brought from Germany over a century ago, using three single yarns to create knitting material.
Galveston Texas Oct 4 8 Marin arrested on embezzlement charge involving 40000 from a bail at Anderson India An warrant wired from Amerson for arrest of Martin New York Oct 21 robbers seize 9242 from Prudential Life Insurance branch office and flee in car Little Rock Oct 21 prayer for church union led by James DeWolf Perry at the thirteenth synod Pulaski grand jury hears claim of governor Parnell campaign spending in August Democratic primary noted by Osro Cobb and prosecutor Boyd Syperi
Hope hosts city elimination for Atwater Kent Foundation radio voices at 7 30 pm in Elks club. Contestants include Iva Hipp Mabel Norton Martha Jean Winburn and John Sidney Waddle. Public invited. capacity crowd expected. Winners advance to Hot Springs for state audition on KTHS with potential national and Snead contests.
Hardin Pierce, 30, once a motor cycle officer in Jonesboro and Blytheville, waived preliminary examination at Monette and is held for Grand Jury on a charge of assaulting a young married woman. He pleaded guilty to a pistol carrying misdemeanor and was fined $50 and costs. The attack reportedly occurred Saturday night in a garage with the victim's child present. Pierce had recently moved to Monette and had prior service with Jonesboro and Blytheville police.
Des Moines Oct 21 Edith Murray, a Des Moines woman, tired of sitting idle. She took a heavy job and now drives a coal truck on Des Moines streets, proving she can handle the load and rival men in strength.
Nebraska City resident Carlton, a city mail carrier, owns a nearly 200-year-old volume of English poetry printed in 1828 by J. F. Ayres of Philadelphia. The book is in good preservation and contains selections by Shakespeare, Pope, Cowper and other poets.
Government and rail firms pledge to keep half-rate shipments to affected areas through December amid ongoing relief efforts. The announcement, though unclear, emphasizes continued aid to those suffering from the drought, with discussions of longer relief if needed.
Fragmented report notes priests and others released after an abduction in Shanghai China. It hints at possible ransom negotiations and ongoing concerns about safety for those involved. The source text is garbled and obscure.
WASHBURN Wis Oct 2 A family of six was slain by Forseth long time Post Master here who killed his wife and four children with a hammer then slashed his own throat at the family home last night. The dead are Forseth 60, his wife 45, Neil 10, George and William twins, and Adelaide 3.
Memphis October meeting to draw 700 delegates from eight states for a school of dentistry. Dentists are urged to bring notebooks and attend classes and lectures at the upcoming annual convention, the outgrowth of the Tri-State Dental Clinic.
MEGEHEE Oct 24 Desha county officers search for two Black men who fatally struck Dave Duncan Jr 26 during an attempted hold up on Watson street as he resisted alongside Jimi Welch another Black man. Both assailants fled after the confrontation.
Clark County women join the canning drive as farmers wives shift from selling livestock at low prices to preserving meat. Miss Sybil Bates leads demonstrations while County agent R. N. Bond oversees sessions and notes 156 quarts canned recently. He says current value easily exceeds fifty cents a quart and sales should yield good returns.
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