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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1930
Page
4
Webb Laseter reports Hempstead county ginning through September 15 totals 2,384 bales versus 7,204 last year. With an expected county output near 12,000 bales, local farmers pick rather than hire labor due to low prices, slowing harvest and yielding a forecast of less than half a crop based on government figures.
A car owned by an Eycees resident near Alton was stolen from near First Baptist church Saturday night and recovered the same night by city police. Driver H. W. Setty of Houston, Texas, was arrested by Patrolman Homer Burke at 18th and Main as he asked for directions to the Southwest Arkansas Fair. Setty resisted arrest, was arraigned in Justice Court by W. G. Bright, and bound over to the grand jury.
E E Ames, aged 54, died suddenly at noon today at his Fulton home from heart disease. He conducted a market and was a well known Hempstead county figure. Survived by his wife, three children, and a brother Albert Ames near the Hope Brick plant. Funeral likely Tuesday with burial at Robison cemetery between Fulton and Washington highways.
Cotton market activity on the New York exchange faded Monday with October futures opening near 10.14, peaking briefly at 10.18, then retreating midday to 10.06 before closing, marking a loss from Saturday. December contracts opened around 13. h and stayed down, with the day ending near 10.24. Weekend closes: Friday 10.28, Saturday 10....
Constable Zimmerly and deputies Rile y Lewallen and Ben Burns destroyed five hundred gallons of mash at a still location four miles east of Patios Sunday afternoon. The mash had been located days earlier and watched by officials, who note the owner failed to appear.
Fayettve Sept 24 UP Pyanilin Winders senior in engineering at University of Arkansas was named Cadet Colonel and Regimental Commander of the ROTC unit here. He captains the Arkansas chapter of Scabbard and Blade and is KUAR announcer. Major A Le Hamblin announced 17 cadet captains with many named officers and cadets listed.
LOS ANGELES SEPT 2 Ay flubert Pew a 33 year old writer and poet drank poison after a toast to companion Helen Kim. Pew died at her feet within minutes as she cried out and struggled to intervene. Kim, a graduate of Southern California University, said Pew had been unable to sell his works for some time.
Eighteen planes from the Arkansas State Air Tour will depart Little Rock Wednesday, stopping at Conway Fort Smith Hot Springs Hope Texarkana Camden Forrest City Brinkley Paragould Betday. Led by Capt. Robert Baker the tour features the Blue Devils from the 194th Observation Squadron with formation and stunt flying at each stop.
Chicago reports two women, Leona Dorset and Blanche Kent, aged 27 and 2, charged with murder after an automobile killed brothers William and August Reher while they repaired a tire by the roadside. Police say the women were drinking. investigators described the scene as they arrived.
A Missouri man, W. Harsh of Webster Groves, sent a ten dollar check to aid drought sufferers. The gift was received and added to Clark County drought relief funds. Harsh owns a small farm nearby.
STUTIGART Sept 2 six thousand five ounce bags of home grown rice are being filled at the local chamber of commerce to be sent to the American Legion Convention in Boston. The rice will be distributed at the convention. Each bag contains rice.
STUTTGART September 2 ST.. While rice growers elsewhere dump early rice on the market growers of the Rare Texas Grand Parade hold crops for a better price. Some observers expect price increases by January and those with large granaries will wait. Local prices show a slight uptick but activity remains slow as growers delay cutting and threshing. Early rice bought by mills is largely inferior quality and brings 4 to 80, cents per bushel to 1.01 for a lot. Average ranges from 8 to 9 cents.
Forrest City officials announce the sale of 135000 in bonds for a junior-senior high school. Bonds were bought by M W Elkins of Little Rock. General contract awarded to Hewett Russell of Little Rock for 88000. Land near the current high school was purchased from Mrs J L Newborn for the site.
Paris Ark Sept 20 Edgar Hyatt 21 member of a prominent Paris family died after being found critically wounded on a downtown lawn with a bullet in the head He died hours later without regaining consciousness A coroner jury returned a verdict death at the hand or hands of unknown parties Witnesses testified Hyatt had despondence and had sought to borrow a gun The revolver found near Hyatt’s body had been in the possession of Victor Tiley during a two hour automobile ride prior to the shooting conclusion
The Arkansas Education Association Ways and Means Committee with trustees recommended that educational forces in Arkansas vote to retain the half income tax and oppose proposed Amendment No 2. A tentative statement, not yet official, urged opposition to five of seven amendments and to the one requiring a people vote to establish new state schools. Publicity delay was requested pending government body action.
Middlebrooks of Tennessee, listed with a town address, was brought back from Fayetteville by local officers to face forgery charges. He was arraigned before Justice W. G. Bright and held for the grand jury after Rhodes Brothers filling station filed the accusation.
SCRANTON Pa Sept 2 Three men were killed and four injured in a gas explosion at the Pitts ton Coal mine in Avoca. The dead are Adalph Erveli 32 Robert Brenetti 37 and Marcello Mon till 25.
Olen Betts a farmer near Spring Hill who was shot five times and critically wounded remains in unchanged condition at Josephine Hospital this afternoon according to medical reports.
Inspector Al Burt S Woods announced results of a police examination with 80 applicants taking tests. Thirty scored zero while ten received a passing grade and Coldeul Gary may have a highly capable new force, pending final selections.
In September 1929, Ellis Craig a white farmer on the Hawkins plantation about ten miles south of town fired a shotgun at Will Jordan a black man after Jordan allegedly fired at Craig’s house. Bearsey Jefferson a black woman was wounded in the neck and Albert Woods a black man suffered a serious back wound. Both are expected to recover.
The body of Willard Parker, a Cleveland pilot, was found on the Lake Erie beach near Conneaut as search continues for William McNulty, a Columbus manufacturer. Parker apparently drowned after the plane wrecked, with no coat on and his wristwatch stopping at 2 18. The crash occurred about 1:04 a.m. Wednesday, four days after takeoff.
Moscow sept 29 thousands of young men will serve terms in Soviet industrial enterprises under an amended military service law. The military industrial division places them under regular army discipline with standard rules and, after completion, industries will urge them to remain. The plan aims to build a large class of skilled labor and administrative personnel for the economy.
MARSHALL Texas Sept 29 One person killed and two injured in two car crash eight miles south of Marshall on Highway 3. Miss Lucille Oney received a fractured skull and died about 30 minutes later in a local hospital. The family had been at the Central East Texas fair and were returning home to Blocker about thirty miles south of Marshall.
FORT SMITH Sept 23 Roy Milligan 32 Superintendent ola inent Jenny Lloid was brought on hospital here early today with a crushed arm and injured leg Reports said he was pulled into a shaker machine.
Memphis dispatch reports Amos Woodcock Director of Prohibition met with Finis Wilson Deputy Director to discuss raising efficiency and morale of enforcement. Woodcock hoped to visit Nashville on this trip but did not announce plans for that city and said he would return to Washington next Thursday.
The Alabama National Guard was deployed to Henderson county to stop a mob from storming the jail and abducting C. H. Henderson, accused of killing H. D. Ross during a burglary. Governor Bibb Graves ordered guardsmen after the crowd breached perimeter fences. Henderson was seized from a train and brought before Mrs. Ross, who could not positively identify him though evidence included a burglar’s hat and footprints. Authorities warned officers to watch for suspicious African American men in the area.
Kansas City dispatch reports two pouches of mail stolen from a Chicago Kansas City National Air Transport plane at the municipal airport. One pouch was registered. The theft occurred about 145 a m as the plane was briefly left unguarded during transfer of other pouches. Airport staff had been sent to a different airport to collect a consignment. Investigators suspect escape by boat on the Missouri River. witnesses were questioned.
Officials from Arkansas State Highway Commission and local attorneys met with Kansas City Bridge officials to discuss repairs after a blast damaged the Red River bridge. The proposed rebuild target remained near $450,000 with completion hoped later in fall. No arrests have been made though an investigation continues.
State Comptroller Howard Read filed audit reports for Lafayette Hempstead and Conway counties covering July 1 1924 to June 30 1930. Records were generally in good order with most prior year recommendations acted on. In Lafayette the treasurer’s commissions rose to 4700 from 3286 due to a jail bond issue sale. In Hempstead minor clerical errors left amounts owed between county, collector and state totaling about 162.? The collector paid the state and will adjust accounts. Constables owed 1022.61. clerk to report amounts to the prosecuting attorney for collection.
Chicago on September 29 reports droves of logs down State street in early Chicago. Stephen W. Wheeler aged 92 a pioneer who lived near Michigan avenue and Lake street loved jumping on the backs of hogs as they were driven to market. He died recently in Hannibal Missouri and was among Chicago Tribune's early readers.
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