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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1929
Page
4
In Watdren Arkansas a gunman fired into an outdoor revival at the tabernacle wounding a girl as two youths were held without charges. The attack left a second family member shot previously, while the assailant remains jailed in connection with the incident.
A large Trans Continental Air Transport passenger plane en route from Albuquerque to Los Angeles crashed in a storm over Gallup New Mexico. B. Stowe of Lowe Beach California acted as pilot with A. Diesel of New Braunfels Texas as co pilot. The air line is also known as the Lindbergh and Pennsylvania air rail Line.
County Superintendent J. KM Austin announces an educational meeting for teachers and school directors at Trope eily hall. Plans for next year’s school work and the new course of study for high schools will be discussed, with Senior A. A. Gentry presenting on the canary and system. Local educators from Conway Arkadelphia and nearby areas are invited to attend.
Funeral services for Kevin Rider will be held this afternoon at three o'clock at Palaces with burial in Patios cemetery. Rev. ota Giewee of the Church of Christ will conduct the rites. The Rider family has long been prominent and wealthy in the Hempstead area, with many relatives traveling from Camden to attend.
In Chattanooga Linda Sep 7 report a lunch room operator H.D. El. Clhisan was shot by his wife Duséphine after a dispute. She fired repeatedly, then fled the town area toward a home outside the city, leaving him wounded. The incident occurred late at night as the couple argued.
The Star reports a pending straw ballot result with daytime counts showing city and county tallies. Voting closes at six this evening and will be re checked on Monday to remove duplications and ineligible ballots, determining a final outcome.
A minstrel show last night, sponsored by the Howe B. and DP We Club, pleased a sizable audience. The act supported the group’s pledge to furnish and room in the local community hospital, and the donation from the performance is expected to cover that effort.
A messy OCR style report from Columbus describes extended search results failing to locate a plane and notes widespread false alarms. It mentions a large area in New Mexico and Mexico with pursuit on horseback, plus a hoarse Voice of the British Parliament base and English complaints, reflecting unclear details.
The Trans-Continental Air Transport announced the passenger plane City of San Francisco, missing since last Thursday, was found on Mount Taylor, New Mexico. The pilot and all passengers are dead, ending a search that spanned from Gallup to Los Angeles. No crash details were released.
At Yale University two researchers presented findings on how religious beliefs and training affect behavior. Butler University’s Pleasiut Re Lightower reported tests on 8876 schoolchildren across two Midwestern states, including eight cheating opportunities, two lying tests, and measures of loyalty and nonverbal restraint. Results suggested biblical knowledge correlates with conduct similarly across high and low scorers, though knowledge alone does not determine character.
Monroe van Winkle of Sitka Ark Was killed and his nephew Andre Vanvilsle and Fred Beard seriously injured when their car collided with a truck near Decatur Illinois The Arkansans were en route from Sitka to Pontiac Michigan.
In PEXARKANA on September 7 Isaac Lyon Smith eight years old was instantly killed when a bale of cotton fell from a truck and crushed him. He was the son of Lynn Smith a prominent Milley county planter. The boy had climbed on a truck and a bale toppled trapping him under it.
In Arekha-Zuvey the Soviet authorities deny a rumor that a dead man walked from a grave on Memorial Day. An official notice in Ke latushka refutes the tale though residents remain convinced, despite the formal denial.
The text argues that religion flourishes when a vivid ideal differs from reality and declines when the real and ideal align. It outlines three steps: form an ideal distinct from reality, highlight disadvantages of the difference, and teach how to eliminate the difference.
In Outumwa Iowa? New wave: Actually Outumwa, NL. A well-digger named Wilkins Priest was buried 42 hours beneath 86 feet of earth and stone after a cave in. Over a hundred volunteers toiled as quicksand held him. a shaft and counter- shaft were sunk to extract him, leaving him partly paralyzed but alive.
Great Britain won the tenth annual Schneider cup defense against Italy with Theo Waghorn flying a Rolls-Royce N-0 at 28.08 miles per hour, beating the previous record by 714 miles per hour. Officer Aclerly matched Waghorn's speed on one leg of the Solent course, marking a first in aerial speed. The Italian fliers made a forced landing. neither pilot was injured.
Condensed crop report indicates four flashes: ginnings to September 1, total production, condition as of September 4, and lint yield. Report furnished through courtesy of John Fitzsimmons of the local Cotton Exchange.
G D Middlebrooks parades a wagon of melons to the office, gifting large 83 to 114 pound specimens to editorial, circulation, and bookkeeping departments. He jokes about a ton weight melon, notes past cotton on the Middlebrooks farm, and teases waits for a 150 pounder to ripen.
Santa Fe officials hold unconfirmed report that a tri motored plane flashed its lights and landed in the California mountains seven miles north of Bagdad at six o clock Tuesday afternoon. The report came to the chief dispatcher from section foreman J L Snooks of the Bagdad section.
DEL RIO Texas September 7 A new fruit grown near the J G Walker home draws attention among locals. Named Tuga it reportedly tastes like an apple and resembles the Yumeo fruit from Mexico. The tree has a tall trunk and slender branches.
The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce reports Washington County produced the most corn per acre from 1924 to 1928, totaling 8,081,104 bushels with an average yield of 26.4 bushels per acre. Mississippi County ranks second, while Union County posts the lowest average yield at 11.0 bushels per acre. The study credits weather, soil, cultivation, and fertilizer as key factors and urges farmers to adopt successful methods.
New Orleans faced one of the citys worst floods as torrential rain lasted through the night. Pumps overflowed, basements flooded, Canal Street basements and Baptist hospital basement inundated cutting power. Rescue skiffs operated by police saved marooned residents as patients were treated by candlelight with outages across the city.
Paragould Arkansas dispatch reports Sheriff Waldron in Jonesboro with warrants for Bert Adams on a manslaughter charge in the death of Sam T. Weaver, 20, a McCory farmer, after Weaver was struck while repairing a tire along the road August 24. F. Beatty was arrested in Memphis and refuses to return for trial. preliminary hearing for both set for next Thursday.
Manilla reports 146 dead as the typhoon sweeping southern Jwuizon province causes widespread havoc. Affected areas include Infanta on Taybas province's west coast with 50 fatalities. In Paris, Raymond Poincare, former president of France, remains unwell after a mild operation with doctors warning of potential complications from a lung condition.
Hugh Wilkerson of New Orleans entered a tarpon rodeo at Grand Island in the Gulf of Mexico and won every prize by landing the only tarpon. The other 20 entrants failed to obtain a strike.
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