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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1931
Page
6
Texas lawmakers backed cotton curtailment over prohibition, with Senate leaders agreeing to limit planting to one fourth of cultivated area. President Hoover proposed bankers arrange credit for exporting American cotton to Europe as a solution to the surplus.
The bullet pierced body of Sheriff F S Eason of Grenada county Mississippi was found in a Memphis hotel room Monday. Captain Frank Glisson said investigators believe Mason took his own life though he declined to state a motive. Mason had registered Saturday and a pistol was recovered near his chair. Deputy Sheriff F P Crawford said he knew of no motive and expected further developments.
A small commercial dirigible moored Tuesday atop the Empire State Building in New York, the world’s tallest structure over a thousand feet above Fifth Avenue. The craft was secured briefly atop the landmark, linking aviation with the city’s skyline.
James E. Kemp, 63, balanced on a six inch ledge 140 feet above Rochester North Carolina after a scaffolding collapse. A fellow steeplejack fell to his death as rescuers lowered Kemp with a life saving gun, after he climbed to the chimney top seeking safety.
Gulf Refining Company continues its traditional backing of the Watermelon Festival Fund. Martin Bates receives a $28 check from W. J. Teselle, who pledges to match last year’s $25 subscription to the Hope Chamber of Commerce. Teselle notes regret at missing the festival and includes a jocular remark about watermelon enjoyment.
Nathan Kemp, a Camden man, shot his wife in West Brothers store at 330 p m then turned the pistol on himself. Both were rushed to Camden I hospital where he died at 520 p m. He struck her in the back of the neck after forcing the exchange with beads torn from her neck.
Stanley urges more aggressive selling to unlock cotton demand and keep industry moving. He cites shortages across the supply chain from retailers to factories, calls for more salespersons, and notes women drive most dry goods and grocery purchases. He highlights a three-day talk in Hope City Hall on salesmanship and retail management.
In Morristown Tennessee a 19-year-old youth sobbed in jail as he said he accidentally shot and killed 15-year-old Lucy Parvin while she slept at Mrs. Jon Bryant’s home near Bylig Gap. Deputies say he admitted playing with the shotgun believed unloaded. No witnesses. He is held without bail awaiting a Wednesday hearing on killing charges.
Moscow dispatch reports the French fliers Joseph LeBrix and Rene Mesmin perished when their aircraft exploded during an attempt to set a distance record over sparsely settled Soviet Russia. Companion Marcel Doret parachuted to safety, while Mesmin became entangled in the wreckage and fell. Details say the disaster occurred in rain and fog on their first day aloft.
Washington announced two White House conferences on home building and ownership to be held December 2 through 5 in the capital. President Hoover disclosed the plan in a Tuesday statement. Little RockGov Parnell urged Hoover’s unemployment commission to expand public works and accelerate highway construction as relief, citing cheap labor and favorable conditions for current projects.
Curtis Cannon Hempstead county representative in the legislature was arrested at Santa Fe on a charge of violating the federal anti lottery law. He posted bond of 1060 for an October 1 hearing before U S Commissioner Charles Jacobson. Cannon, a Hope resident and newspaper man, denies the charge claiming he was in Old Mexico last April at the time.
MENA and Texarkana firms won bids for the Western Arkansas Junior Agricultural College building. Mendy Construction Company offered $29,585 as the lowest bid from seven, Cobeze Hardy Construction among others. Shaw Gas and Plumbing Company received the plumbing contract for $8,750, the lowest of four bids. Construction will begin once the $50,000 legislative appropriation is available.
A Chicago-Detroit Airways passenger liner crashed in mud near 11th Street and Calumet Lake close to the Indiana line during a tar storm. Pilot Al Malyick of Chicago died shortly after, despite a long search by 100 policemen and volunteers who later recovered the wreckage.
In Fulton Arkansas the third robbery attempt on W. E. Cox and Sons store ended when a would be burglar was cut by glass from a smashed show window. Cox, awakened by the noise, rushed to the scene as the prowlers fled. about 75 dollars worth of merchandise had been taken in a prior break-in and another entry attempt had damaged a door.
In Sateantic City Maryland Governor Ritchle, a potential Democratic presidential candidate, urged state regulation of public utilities while Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania, a Republican and possible nominee, supported public utilities. In Little Rock and Memphis reports, the Treasury and state education and blind schools ordered a 10 percent salary cut, and Louisiana engineer Jedwin urged flood control plan changes with a congressional committee and compensation for landowners.
In Little Rock sheriff s forces arrested 87 black cotton pickers on Monday on vagrancy charges after threats against workers paid 35 cents per hundred pounds. Hearings set for Monday afternoon at a municipal court special session. Authorities said pickers faced violence if they worked for the agreed price, with many gathered at courthouse doors and additional arrests in nearby Woodson and other communities. Jessie Vine cited for labor disruption and threats, with case postponed to Friday.
In Waco Texas a pilot and his 16 year old stepson Cap Carter were injured when engine trouble caused a plane crash near East Waco airport on Sunday. The craft nose dived from about 150 feet while attempting a return to port with a missing motor.
Miller Circuits Court opened with Judge Dexter Bush presiding. A grand jury, led by foreman Ben F. Smith, returned an indictment charging Sam Day, 20, with first degree murder in the slaying of Sheriff Walter Harvis during a bootleg raid near Boyds Day. Day, denied a preliminary hearing, was ordered to stand trial September 25 and remains jailed in Ashdown.
William Krug, 69, farmer from Route 1 eight miles west of Little Rock, was critically injured Monday afternoon when a bull gored him in a pasture. He was rushed to Research hospital around midnight with multiple broken ribs and a crushed chest after being pinned against a tree during the attack.
A fragmented OCR shows a dense roster of individuals and business names, including Frances Whitefield Mariam Carlton Evelyn Johnson Johnnie Franks and many others, alongside firms such as J.C. Fenney Co Lad ie Evelyn Johnson and Montgomery Ward. The text reads like a community ledger or social notice with numerous proper nouns and shop names listed without full context.
New York reports the Southern Pacific advances in a proposed merger by deposit exchanges with Cotton Belt holders. The deal requires stock swaps and needs Interstate Commerce Commission approval after a preliminary report recommends blocking. A protracted negotiation unfolds amid market speculation and regulatory scrutiny.
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