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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1933
Page
3
Bruce Catton surveys the unsettled recovery program with competing theories and democratic test ahead. A San Diego youth’s erroneous murder confession ends in a year’s jail as a cautionary tale. Phiti residents organize the first contract bridge yachting cruise near Papeete, blending yachting with bridge toward a modern, romantic loss.
The Associated Press reports Maine backed the 21st amendment about two to one, becoming the 26th state to join repeal. Texas also favored repeal, with unofficial tallies showing a large majority in favor of national prohibition repeal and related amendments.
Hope Arkansas schools moved to secure federal aid for teachers up to the eighth grade. The Hempstead county relief commission instructed districts with insufficient funds to apply to the State Emergency Commission for relief assignments. Hope public schools filed with the Division of Research and Statistics for teacher relief, with no timeline set for approval.
New York October cotton closed up three points at 69 1/2 cents, steady at the open and aided by higher cables and foreign exchange. The report notes Hempstead county ginning 260 bales for 1983 crop as of September 1, versus 1,343 bales on September 1, 1992, per the Census Bureau.
A tropical hurricane left 29 dead in the lower Rio Grande valley and gulf coast. Five more bodies were located, including four unidentified Mexicans in a ruined shack, while Uncle Jim Sumners drifted ashore at Red Fish Bay amid ongoing flood threats. Authorities boosted levee repairs in Willacy county as the river crest passed Mission and fell at Hidalgo, with water still rising in floodways and extensive farmland at risk.
District voters in Little Rock mark their choice for the unexpired term of Federal Judge Heartsill Ragon in a Democratic primary. Three candidates, Sam Rorex, Breaks Hays, and D. D. Terry, contend for a majority to avoid a runoff two weeks later as polls open at 8 a.m. and close at 6 30 p.m. The seven-county district includes Pulaski Faulkner Perry Conway Pope Johnson and Franklin. Rorex is a former Johnson county representative and prosecuting attorney. Hays is a former assistant attorney general and two-time gubernatorial candidate. Terry is a Pulaski legislator newcomer.
G. B Anes a well known Blevins merchant died at his home at 240 Orlock Monday afternoon at the age of 72. He had operated in Blevins for 12 years after moving from Baton. Funeral services were held Tuesday at First Methodist church with Rev. Warren officiating. Burial followed in Holly Grove cemetery on the Hope Blevins road. Surviving are his widow, six daughters and several grandchildren.
A Associated Press survey shows U S educators seek Save the schools from economic blight as enrollment rises and incomes fall. Across states like Arizona Montana Nevada and North Carolina districts cut staff shrink salaries shorten terms halt building while seeking state aid loans from the Public Works Administration to weather the crisis.
In SIMMESPORT Louisiana and Camden Arkansas reporters describe a violent prison breakout from the state penal farm. A bloodhound was killed by a rock, three convicts are believed hiding along the Mississippi levee while others fled through swamps. A woman, Marian Russell, admitted smuggling a pistol to her husband James Russell amid the manhunt and the escape led to abductions and multiple fatalities.
Dallas sheriff Smoot Schmid heads to Oklahoma City to press Harvey Bailey for names of aides connected to the pistol and hacksaw blades used in his jail escape. Investigators note the loaded weapon contained five cartridges with one slightly long, hinting at a jam in a failed use.
W P Pliny Deckert known as the Pretty Boy Floyd of Miller County says he will abandon crime and take up honest labor. He was acquitted of a Louisiana bank robbery and faces one pending charge tied to a box money seizure in East Texas. Deckert, free on bond, seeks employment as a newspaper stereotyper while awaiting United States court action in Jefferson Texas.
LITTLE ROCK The state faces near abandonment of refunding about $450000 of indebtedness against the state penitentiary after lawmakers found no funds to cover issuing refunding bonds and advertising. The 1983 session created refunding authority but provided no appropriation. The debt board, with adjourned members including Governor Futrell, said action awaits legislative funding. A meeting was set for next week to map plans using general revenue funds. Short term notes were proposed to fund the debt, to be retired from a sinking fund backed by monthly appropriations.
Memphis reports Will Roundtree of Alabama declares adoption of a proposed cotton ginner code and marketing plan will cost Alabama farmers at least 2 million dollars this year. South's cotton industries gather to discuss codes that may lift operating costs, with protests from Georgia and South Carolina governors ahead of hearings.
Hope and Camden golf players won the inter-city tournament held in Prescott Sunday afternoon. The team totaled 1196 across 14 flights of threesomes for 18 holes. Prescott finished second with 101 and Magnolia third with 1286. Dick White of Hole posted the best round at 76, while A. H. Gill of Magnolia was second low with 78 and W. Jones led Prescott at 79.
Washington reports President Roosevelt and advisers pressed for a recovery program update as inflation concerns and profiteering are addressed. NRA head Hugh S. Johnson plans action against code violations while George N. Peck warns to safeguard farm recovery from price hikes. Ministers discuss credit alignment to support industry and agriculture, aiming for a broad code settlement.
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