28 Sep 1932
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1932
Page
1
A nearly full Hotel Barlow club room heard J. E. Stanford of the Southern Agriculturist urge optimism and a new deal for rural Americans. He urged government aid for farming, cited tax allocations, and contrasted past hardships with a hopeful path forward, while local leaders and groups sponsored the event.
Arkansas Supreme Court upholds a 1931 law limiting back tax suits to cases with fraud by the taxpayer. The decision bars prosecutions lacking fraud and clarifies that under-assessment by officials does not create liability for taxpayers. The ruling ends decades of litigation amid industry concerns over investment in the state.
Ruth Irwin wife of a S. W. Streus & Co. vice president is killed after falling or jumping from the 15th floor of the Hotel Ambassador on Park Avenue. In Wisconsin, Kenosha nightclub owner Jess Minkowski, kidnapped Monday night, returns home Wednesday refusing to identify abductors or location.
A pie supper will be held at Columbus High School Friday night starting at 7 30 o clock. Proceeds go to benefit the Columbus Athletic Club which sponsors the event. Public invited to attend.
Three Liberal and Labor ministers resigned from Prime Minister MacDonald's National cabinet over tariff proposals from the Ottawa Imperial Trade Conference. Viscount Snowden Sir Herbert Samuel and Sir Archibald Sinclair left as debates over protection versus free trade heated. Snowden stayed with the prior Labor leadership during the initial formation, but resignation now unsettles the government amid foreshadowed election.
The White House announced that farmers with crop production loans would pay only 25 percent of amounts due. The remaining 75 percent would be secured on terms to be set by Congress. Low farm prices strain farmers, risking inability to repay without incurring grave risk in winter.
Dennis Lawrence, 30, was held in Harrisburg Illinois for questioning in the Lindbergh kidnapping. He was arrested Tuesday night at Marion by a state highway police sergeant. His wife and two children rode in a sedan with a New Jersey plate. The arrest followed an anonymous letter to Col Charles A Lindbergh.
AP story recalls Charley Grimm and Joe McCarthy as former minor leaguers who rose to major prominence. Grimm, once a Philadelph ia bench rider, became a famed Cubs infielder and coach. McCarthy, Buffalo native, became Yankees manager and uniquely led pennant winners in both leagues.
Washington observers note Roosevelt defies western-trip superstition as he tours the coast. Democrats prize early returns and urge Hoover to campaign west, while historians cite past swings by Bryan Cox Harding Smith and others as cautionary tales of political risk on coast journeys.
Tokyo officials feared a serious revolt against the Japanese backed Manchukuo state in western Heilungkiang Manchuria as communications with the province broke down after a Japanese counsel sent for help.
Japan braces for a likely League of Nations guilty verdict on its Manchukuo setup in Manchuria. The government readies a forceful defense and possible withdrawal from Geneva, as nationalist groups push a “Back to Asia” line and seek to preserve the empire under the current status quo.
The New York Yankees defeated the Chicago Cubs 12 to 6 in Game 1 of the 1932 World Series in New York. Pitcher Charley Ruffing allowed the Cubs 10 strikeouts while Gene Ruth and Lou Gehrig powered the Yankee rally with timely hits including a Gehrig single and Ruth walks and runs.
The New York Central announced a tentative plan to expand operations in its car and locomotive shops starting October 1. The program anticipates employing about 4,000 workers or more due to improved traffic levels.
Cotton futures declined nine points, 45 cents a base, in Wednesday trading with December settlement finishing at 7.34.
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