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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1933
Page
3
President Roosevelt addresses Washington College, urging fellow Americans to remember the country's government and avoid dictatorship talk. He stresses cooperation, patience, and the need to balance wheat farmers' distress with urban needs while awaiting policy effects.
Bert Keith was named Hempstead County reemployment officer by W A Rooksberg of the U S Department of Labor. He will open offices in the Arkansas Bank and Trust building and classify labor on RFC rolls. He aims to place unemployed workers on suitable projects and reduce RFC rolls through new job placements.
Four delegates returned from the annual Kiwanis convention held in Kansas and Arkansas. Lieutenant governor C L Williams was reelected in the Southwest Arkansas district. Sid Bundy praised delegates for hospitality and noted a salt mine banquet 640 feet underground near Matthinson. Vernon Whitten joined Hope Kiwanis, with guests including M C Jacobson and A K E Stonequist.
In Chestertown Maryland President Roosevelt accepted an honorary degree from Washington College and dismissed dictator rulers. He urged a return to the spirit of cooperation from colonial days and warned against five to ten year plans, saying the United States cannot be tied to a fixed term.
Germany announces withdrawal from the League of Nations and the International Labour Organization. The official note, signed by Foreign Minister Konstantin von Neurath, cites Article One of the League covenant and states Germany is leaving both organizations.
Lennie Bushee, 59, former Hempstead county citizen, died at his home in Shreveport. His body was returned to the county for burial last week in Watson cemetery at Ozan. He formerly lived in Blevins and was well known there. He is survived by his widow, one daughter Thelma Bushee of Shreveport, one son Eldridge Bushee of Ozan, two sisters Maud Blaniman of Oklahoma and Kalie Wood of Oklahoma City, and three brothers Mack Bushee of Wallice burg Arch and Jesse Bushee of Oklahoma City.
A hard running Bobcat offense overwhelmed Malvern High School 26 to 6 before about 700 fans. Quarterback Brown starred with multiple 40 yard TD runs, Turner and Brown connecting on a 35 yard score, and Hope building a 20 point lead by halftime as Malvern struggled with penalties and fumbles.
BULLETINS report an explosion damaged nearly 400 feet of track on the Santiago express near Empnalime in Matanzas province 58 miles from Havana. No casualties were reported as unsettled ISBOR conditions persist amid government moves to settle difficulties.
Washington reports President Roosevelt primed to address the nation Sunday night amid farmer protests against the recovery program. Governors urge immediate fixing of base prices as the National Farmers Holiday association launches a strike for higher farm prices across the Midwest.
Hope city council water and light committee launched a drive to collect long overdue accounts at the municipal plant. Bills must be paid in full by the 10th of each month or service will be disconnected and the meter removed. Prior balances face reductions until paid. Householders who tried meter tampering will be arrested and service cut until proper wiring is in conduits with a Square D switch. The policy ties to a $15,000 city grant for a free high school program, to be repaid in ten monthly installments of $1,500. Prompt settlement is required.
Paris jeers at a Chicago Fair exhibit film showing at a Champs Elysees cinema. The French crowd reacts to the Coney Island slant and Brenner concussion focus, neglecting the fair’s scientific and educational displays. A large sweet potato was delivered to The Star by Earl Fincher from the Rosston area. Alderman Luther N. Garon was reported seriously ill at Jefferson Chester hospital.
The Rockefeller report argues against license based liquor control in the United States. It criticizes prewar licensing as incoherent and prone to corruption, urges abandoning licenses, and supports a government sale or other control methods to curb private profit and political manipulation. It warns of Canadian style state agencies as potential models and stresses eliminating profit motive as key to effective control.
President Roosevelt reportedly struck out of the master code a cost plus ten percent provision aimed at unfair trade. The move, decided at a White House econ conference with cabinet and recovery officials, leaves enforcement discretion to the code authority while details remain secret as Roosevelt departs for a trip.
Washington closely expects rapid US recognition of Soviet Russia following a trade conference. Maxim Litvinoff may visit the White House within two weeks as talks aim to ease tensions and push trade past the ten million dollar mark. Roosevelt has invited Kalinin to send a representative to explore questions of standing, signaling direct, but nonbinding, talks between the nations.
Cotton data from New York and New Orleans shows futures and spot figures with changes from the previous close. The report lists December and other months with opening highs and lows, while closing stock quotations include American Can Am Tel Tel Anaconda Chrysler General Motors and several rail and steel firms with notable price quotes and shifts.
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