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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1935
Page
3
Editorial argues Hempstead County’s equalization board undercuts fairness by valuing government and private property unevenly, calls for reform of six-elective-official county government, and urges modernized revenue strategies including land taxation to fund schools and jails while reducing expenses and preserving essential services.
Six months of investigation by the Pulaski County grand jury ended with a report to Circuit Judge McGeher. It faults Arkansas clemency practices for freeing criminals and calls for reform, and urges licensing to curb widespread commercial gambling and improve enforcement. The 15-member panel notes 38 percent of defendants had prior convictions and recommends tougher parole and accountability measures modeled after federal practice.
Bobcats host a 7:30 pm scrimmage Tuesday to open the season with Idabel and Olle. Coach Poy Hammons will field two squads at 7, show formations and duties, explain signals, and let fans view the first action of the season. Gates open just after 7 with free admission.
Germany is removed from the trading list as the United States suspends reciprocal trade rights under the 1923 treaty. Roosevelt administration notified Treasury to cease concessions under Article VIE, affecting postwar economic relations between Germany and the United States.
Temple Cotton Oil Company of Hope and W E Cox of Fulton reach an agreement to end the price battle among six gins at Ozan Fulton and Mineral Springs. Each gin will post 3 50 per bale effective 6 p m Tuesday. The setup stabilizes prices amid fluctuating rates from 4 20 to 2 per bale earlier in the week.
Baton Rouge hearing ends with coroner's jury failing to establish a motive for the assassination of Dr. Carl Austin Weiss Jr. The inquiry raised questions about Weiss's role and why he shouted Long, with no mumdur-conspiracy charge expected. Tensions ran high as officials and speakers clashed over a murder plot claim linked to Huey Long's faction.
In Little Rock state relief chief W R Dyess denied claims that he contracted to secure a third federal judgeship for Governor Futrell. His remark responded to Bailey's charges at a county welfare boards meeting, as Futrell and Bailey offered no comment. Ethel Hart accepted lead of social services from the welfare commission executive committee and will assume duties Tuesday.
A fatal airplane fight over a Long Beach race track left Brooklyn outfielder Koenecke dead. Pilot Mulqueeney and assistant Davis face manslaughter charges after Davis says Koenecke was killed in self defense during a struggle with a fire extinguisher attack. A rummage sale Saturday will fund band uniforms, organized by Mothers of the Bandboys, with donations coordinated by Mrs Luther Garner. City of Hope and The Star contributed to the fund.
In De Queen Arkansas, Dr George Long of Tulsa claims Huey Long's shadow looms over the next election. He alleges a plot behind the late Louisiana senator's death and says four New Orleans congressmen discussed an assassination. He criticizes Roosevelt and Robinson, urges readiness, and warns of potential violence while noting public curiosity and tense reactions.
New Orleans veterans at the 36th annual Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment heard Senator Nye denounce war as an international racket for profit and urge a wartime profit tax to remove war incentives. Nye called for a law taxing profits from war contracts and asked for action within 30 days after reconvening Congress. Delegates praised Nye as a defender of peace while urging tighter defense controls and broader world cooperation.
Italy signals willingness to base negotiations on the League council report on Italo Ethiop conflict while Ethiopia's Haile Selassie rejects any tri partite protectorate. Mussolini recalls battleships and orders fleet reorganization as Britain reinforces its Mediterranean force amid rising tensions.
Dr W A Smart of Emory University Atlanta Ga will be principal speaker at the Bible Conference and Training School beginning next Sunday at 3 o clock at First Methodist church Meetings will be nightly at 7 30 and afternoons at 3 The public is invited Other participants include Rev Clem Baker Miss Faye McRae and Rev Fred R Harrison This is part of the Little Rock Conference district wide conference with Prescott District participation The event will close Friday night September 27
Whit Davis, manager of Hope Building Material, is transferred to Barton-Mansville Lumber home office in Jonesboro. He leaves weekly city for the new post, where Cliff Miller will succeed him. Miller arrived from Stuttgart last summer to head Hope operation.
Secretary of the Treasury announced extensive revision is required for thousands of Public Works Administration applications to qualify under the relief program. He said more than half of the 600 applications on file fail to conform to the standards set by President Roosevelt. About 2,000 projects have been turned down by Works Progress Administration officials, with many projects removed from consideration after the review.
Hempstead County Equalization Board finished weeks of hearings and conducted a personal canvass of city property. Commercial real estate in downtown Hope was surveyed on a monthly rent basis for the first time, real estate assessments were revised upward, and residential values were largely held. The county totals show personal property up to 996,060 and city real estate rising to 1,386,575, with increases over 1934 figures. Chairman Stuart Monroe and members Mark Jackson and Bernard Loffens oversee the changes.
Senator Joe T. Robinson will speak at Arkadelphia on September 26 before the Young Democrats of the Seventh Congressional District. The event, at A A Williams athletic field seating 6,000, includes dinner at Henderson State Teachers College and a district meeting with invitations to state officials and Congress members. Also reported: a Henderson fire tragedy with fatalities and injuries.
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