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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1933
Page
3
In Cleveland a desperate unemployed father defends his food garden from night thieves. He wounded the prowler who died, while the gardener faces manslaughter questions. The piece weighs moral blame amid poverty and hunger in a stark real life conflict.
In Arkansas fifth district, a run off primary will name the successor to Heartsill Ragan who resigned to become a federal judge. Candidates are Brooks Hays Sam Rorex and David D Terry with Hays backed by Carl Bailey. If no clear majority a second primary occurs two weeks later. Republicans have not announced a candidate.
Texas Oklahoma Louisiana and Arkansas growers unanimously back a two year federal cotton acreage reduction plan at Dallas. Memphis conference endorses bale and acreage slash. Meeting attendees include Brewers from Alabama Georgia Florida. at Memphis representatives from Louisiana Mississippi Arkansas Tennessee attend. Senator Barkley of Alabama advocates limiting bases per producer, arguing yield could rise on fewer acres, complicating a simple acreage cut.
Vermont approved repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment by about two to one, with 41,279 for and 20,572 against after counting 248 island cities. Montpelier backed repeal more than two to one, while 14 counties supported the Eighteenth Amendment. Delegates to a convention were chosen from the counties.
Miss Edna Jones hosted the Hope Business and Professional Women's club at 117 South Hervey Street Tuesday night. Mary Arnold Urban and guests enjoyed a clever program with prizes awarded to Miss Arnold and Miss Urban. Maude Lipse and the club president led a brief business session voting to move the next meeting date to accommodate Mrs. L. R. Nash of Tuxarkina Stitt District chairman. date and place to be announced. A salad plate and tea were served to invited guests. The moon’s axial rotation period is 27 days 7 hours 43.2 minutes, exactly matching its orbital cycle.
President Roosevelt plans a Wednesday night talk with Recovery Administrator Johnson to review Henry Ford's position with the NRA code. General Johnson says Ford's compliance hinges on wages and employee relations, not openness, and notes Ford may face penalties if he violates the code or refuses to sign. Ford plants in Detroit report wage hikes to 4.80 daily for some workers, affecting about 19,000 of 40,000 employees as Ford moves to improve pay under the auto code.
In Mattewan New York a trooper shot and killed Ray Fisher 26 of Buffalo leader of a break for liberty after a barricaded quartet attempted escape from the state hospital for the criminally insane. Tear gas used against two others who were overcome as officers forced their way into the room early Wednesday morning amid the breakout bid.
A seven point buck perched on a perilous rocky ledge near Watkins Glen for ten days resisted all efforts to free him. Two park employees gently urged the deer, and early Wednesday it slipped down a steep slope into a stream and disappeared into the woods.
Local American Legion post in Leslie Huddleston County plans an early membership push with stateside aims. Commander elect Dewey Hendrix notes strong activity and Bodenhamer Memorial emphasis as Department Commander Charles Q. Kelley schedules tours through September and October. Officers for the coming year will be installed at 7 30 p.m. Thursday at city hall. all former service members are urged to attend.
Arkansas doctors report the state’s first sleeping sickness case diagnosed Tuesday as lockjaw. The patient, Mrs Frances Ross of Little Rock, remained in critical condition at a local hospital after convulsions appeared. Cause undetermined. infection not located.
A fire at McGehee Arkansas on Tuesday destroyed six business establishments and part of the Greystone Hotel. Loss estimated at 125000 dollars, partially insured. High winds threatened spread, but firefighters from Monticello Dermott and McGehee confined the blaze to the damaged structures.
M W Muldrow and J W Sargent will lead a special pasture meeting Friday at 2 p m at the University of Arkansas College of Agriculture Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station. Agriculture officials say visitors will share pasture experiences and see experiments on diet and soil, with focus on turning thin soil and abandoned acres into profitable grazing land. All interested livestock and pasture owners are invited.
At least four beauty shop operators and assistants from Hope traveled to Little Rock on Tuesday for a state code meeting. The group included Mrs. Lee Diehl, Mrs. B. C. Lewis, Miss Mary Battle, and Miss Frances Jean Brady. They drove to the city Tuesday morning and returned the same night.
Bobby Nell Martin of Einnich will present a singing program of sacred and popular numbers over radio station KARK at Lite Rock on Saturday September 9. The program will begin at 10:00 a.m. and will continue until 11:00 a.m.
President Roosevelt maintains focus on Atlantic fleet near Cuba to protect lives but contemplates no intervention as violence subsides. Mississippi joins four other ships in Cuban neighborhood as 1200 marines rush to Quantico ready to deploy if needed. Swanson directed to Havana aboard Indianapolis but has no specific orders.
LITTLE ROCK District school boards were designated by the Seste Emergency Relief commission to supervise relief to the school program for employing needy teachers. Plans for administering federal funds to aid unemployed teachers await approval by the federal relief administration. The commission seeks regulatory changes to allow any state school to participate if many pupils come from rural areas.
Mark H. Shank of Akron Ohio was indicted Tuesday by the Saline county grand jury for the murders of Mr and Mrs Alvin Colley and their two children. The indictment went to Circuit Judge Toler but was not sent to the Saline sheriff yet and officials declined comment pending service on Shank.
Brownsville Harlingen and San Benito were hit by a terrible hurricane Tuesday night. Casualties exceed 82 killed and about 1500 injured, with 10 confirmed dead at Harlingen and two at Rio Hondo. Large-scale destruction left buildings collapsed, waterlogged streets, and widespread property damage estimated in the millions. Rescue teams, including army soldiers, nurses, and doctors, mobilized from Brownsville and nearby towns to aid survivors, as government and relief agencies prepare aid convoys and medical support for the stricken region.
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