Hope Star (Newspaper) - August 1, 1935, Hope, Arkansas lOc A Week in Mope Pity Hope Star cal to west Thursday night and and F slightly cooler In northwest VOLUME 250 AUGUST 1935 of Hope 1927 January PRICE Be COPY AGAIN Here and There Editorial By we muni have Heros a story that may moan millions to Iho Souths cotton farm made out of the kernel of the Arkansas Soil Is Adapted to Fight Against Erosion Soil Cover Growth Praised by Con servation Chief SOIL EROSION DAY Refunding Plan Is Approved 103 to 0 by School Voters Interest Cut From 6 and 5 Per to 4 Under Refunding Issue DATE BONDS 1 Local District Escapes Re Easier Payments Voters of the Hope Special School approved the school boards A year and a half Inter j refunding agreement by a vote of 103 produced by methods a I to 0 in the election Wednesday after In so n letter from the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce tells past president of Uio Texas Cottonseed Crushers asso picked up the It wasnt a new Others had worked on it for 30 Hariell didnt do much about until the depression cracked down on his own took n young Mc of Texas ft and placed him in his That was in 3 for Accepting 3d Attitude Rehabilitation of Worn Out Land Object of Comvay State Rally LITTLE years has not bet M ton long for Hugh chief of the government soil conservation to wait for the of his hope for concerted work throughout the bulled for the present pro gram premises to fulfill the sweep ing purpose sought by pioneers in the he Bennett returned to Arkansas Wednesday night at one coming back to wound He has been in the Male many and has mad Inspections and recommendations for soil conservation work here On He was to speak Thursday before an audience of to on the cam pus of Arkansas State Teachers Col lege at Conway Thursday where Soil day is being celebrated in conjunction with the statewide vo educational conference held there throughout the Arkansas is fortunate in having less erosion problems than many other he since the types and available cover growth are favorable in many parts of the He instances of grave damage from abuse if the and that only a continuance of the excellent cooperation given here can insure the permanent improvement needed in many conservation first estab us an emergency measure the Department of the was transferred this year to the Depart cif and who has been head of the bureau its returned to tho Agricultural to in that Tn Salvage the Land He had been engaged in soil cro Mon work throughout a long exper in the Department of so long that oven he some limes thought that the public would never to the ultimate aslor that impoverished soil and waste land threatened to A number of soil erosion stations were maintained prior to establishment of the and here he learned what In as well as how to persuade the fanner what to do to his Combined of the various Ihr present adminis tration have speeded the he and the speed with a SOS program in 12 stairs lias f is rd by him largely to the presidents and palatable light tan in which won the approval of the Amer ican Medical associations committee on then came back into the pic invested in and put this new flour into commer cial It of have to fight its cwn way in the competitive markets of the every Southern cot ton whether producer or wishes it Cotton has been vastly helped in this machine Automobile tires came along to replace the lost staple demand when women went to wearing silks nnd cot ton will contribute to the worlds food an added return to the man who produces Political oratory rolls back and never reaching a but in the shop of the and the laboratory of the con are reached every giv ing humanity new answers to its daily and adding to the sum lots of wealth and Man Found Dead m Ditch Believed to Be Los Possibly Victim of Heat The body of a man believed to be aged about of Los was found in a ditch aling the Missouri Pacific way two miles north of Hope at noon There were no marks of In his clothing was in A railroad purchased at Angeles for was also found in a bank book bearing the name of The bank book showed a balance of deposited in the Bank of Amer noon at Hope city Under the plan seven mills of the tax will be segregated for re funding of he bonded debt at a lower rate of Action of the voters Wednesday was said to have averted throwing the school district into federal receiver Had the voters turned down the school boards plan the district would have been compelled to meet the orig inal bond and interest requirement losing the advantage of easier princi pal payments and a lower interest The plan approved by the voters is to refund all the outstanding bonded indebtedness of the district in one refunding to be dated August bearing interest from date un til paid the rate of 4 per cent per This plan cuts interest rates on some bond issues from 5 to 4 per cent and on others from 6 to 4 per There will be no increase in taxa tion as the result of the The total district tax exceed 18 mills under the state After the seven mills is set the school board will operate the schools on the remaining 11 The unpaid bonded indebtedness of the district is now Of this approximately is past The district also owes about interest on this bonded indebt Hunt Figures Hucy Could Carry Four Southern States One Observer Predicts Kingfish Can Smash Senator Robinson Bulletins WASHINGTON ing the most rigid regulations In of American wild fowl chief of the said Thursday that the nations would have 30 days shooting this STORY Men of Property Terrified the Poor See Hope in Dictator Dame went to trial In Randolph circuit court Thursday on charges of arson In connection with the burning of the Hotel Ran dolph here April The trial jury was completed shortly before with testimony scheduled to start during the Miss Pauline also Indicated en two arson will face trial following completion of Dames Holding Company Abolition Is Voted Down Second Time House Refuses to Instruct Its Conferees to Yield to Senate MIDGET COINS OUT Hucy Long has Louisiana well in Los Officers theorized that the probably had gotten off a passenger train here and wandered up the A section crew of the Missouri Pacific railroad reported seeing a man answering his tion at the railroad viaduct a mile north of town at A second theory of officers was that the man suffered a heat stroke and fell into the Evidence ou the banks of the showed that he had attempted to climb A fireman on a Missouri Pacific train discovered Uie body and re ported to officers The victim was brought to Hope Furniture com pany undertaking An in quest was being held at Paid Here AAA Agent Stanley Summarizes Cotton Benefits Over Past Year Rental and benefit payments total ing have been disbursed to farmers of county by the Agricultural Adjustment Administra tion during the period July to May according to Frank county The largest income to farmers of this county from a crop was from which brought them AAA rental and benefit payments totaling payments by paid to participating 97 Thursday Is Third Hottest Day But Mercury Fails to Touch Peak of 100 Establish ed July 8 At 2 Thursday the federal thermometer at the Fruit Truck Branch Experiment station touched degrees for the third hottest day this Official reading for Wednesday was 99 Records showed that July 8 was the hottest day thus the mercury reaching 100 degrees on that The minimum reading Wednesday night was Fine Peaches Sent to Hope Star Staff I A I kit f Alberta were I IVM I members of The by former county Tlv peaches were as large Hi yd said he had a i ri I of the variety of peach I Kruil i ruck Branch Experiment Station MC In Star by George FANNY SAYS to o v orr Missouri But Pro posal Is Opposed by tho Bondholders liou of the Missouri Pacific railroad i system was proposed to the Interstate Commerce Commission Wednesday on which would reduce from 49 I to 36 per cent the slock holdings of the a Van The submitted by Van on behalf of the Missouri Pacific Board of contemplates consolidation of the Mis Pacific with 30 subsidiaries to create a vast network of some miles of railroad It is opposed by a committee for Missouri Pacific refunding bonds head ed by John vice president of the Life Insurance Com pany of New which has indicat ed it will file a Rental and commodities farmers in the county County Agent Stanley explained a total of had been paid to farmers who pooled sur certificates with Ih Stanley pointed out the in fluence program had exerted on the price of cotton for ex He explained that the average price paid for cotton in Arkansas in 1032 was cents per From thai price it went to cents per pound in and year the aver age price paid for cotton in the state was Despite facl thai each years crop has been smaller than the 1932 the total income from cotton in the stale lias steadily increased from in 1932 without adjustment programs to in 1934 with the aid of the A total farmers of the county have signed cotton acreage reduction contracts for this year and are par in the while then die IB fanners cooperating in the program and Ifi have signed First Sales Tax Revenue Reported State Prepares to Absorb Relief Expense by October 1st By the Associated Press The death toll from heat in the Mid west mounted beyond 100 Thursday with little relief in Ther over a wide area hit new seasonal high marks Hot winds blew across sunbaked Crops The toll in 11 Central states from the current heat wave reached approx Heat two weeks ago caus ed upwards of BO Fatalities by where were for the summer Wis 6 13 South 6 19 18 Illi seven of them in Chicago 9 8 10 4 i Kansas remained a plus The mercury climbed to 106 at national pool in j a new had where past four weeks has been the hottest cm sweltered under a maximum of Two were overcome at Louis the mercury climbed to At Car the top was Oklahoma City sizzled Kansas City vainly for relief with au unofficial Minnesota generally WHS slightly Showers brought slight relief in northern Nebraska but no sustain ed Chicago had heavy rains that held temperatures down hut showers failed to check the rise materially in southeastern South LITTLE from the 2 per cent sales tax started com ing in Thursday at the office of Rev enue Commissioner Welfare Commissioner Roy announced additional plans for tak over direct relief work when it is turned back to the state October announced that the ex of Uie State Welfare Commission would meet Friday to work out final details of tho admin What CLOCK the South think of the King fish who looms large in its To find Frazier Hunt lit to the men in the and he records what they had to say in the folio winy the tenth of twelve writ ten exclusively for this is one of the many sec tions of the country noted Correspond end Hunt has Listening to America impartially report ing what he By FRAZIER HUNT NBA Crossing from Arkansas into Huey land I stopped at a combined gas sta pool hall and headquarters in a sleepy village just six miles north of the Louisiana The proprietor was heavyset man of about who sported a walrus mustache and a pair of bright blue If LITTLE granted an Indefinite fur lough Thursday to Arley serving n life term for slaying Constable Jeff of Pope Gregory was con In War Threat Ebbs as France Helps Laval and Mussolini Talk Over Crisis in African Empire Associated Press Switzerland ff Cer tain League of Nations circles pre following a long distance telephone conversation be tween Premier of and Premier of that a formula for settlement of the Italo Ethiopian dispute would be agreed within 24 Crazed Slayer Is Sought in Chicago AfitT ci with a H may of disconnected Relief Curtailed as Work Is Begun Allotments Are Made for Only Half a Month to 13 States quickening swing doles to work relief jobs A few hours before the Van was predicted by officials Thursday ingen proposition was the inde pendent committee for Missouri Pa railroad bond assailing railroad financing operations of the Van Sweringen interests of appealed to the Reconstruction Fi nance Corporation to aid investors and not the Van in any plan for reorganization which the lat ter The Missouri Pacific has been in the hands of trustees for more than two Harry Hopkins allotted direct re lie funds to 13 states for only the half of Aides in Hopkins Progress Administration said they be their part of the works would be well under way by August relief and special programs during the entire nth included Arkansas Jilted Suitor Believed to Be Man Who Mutilat ed Bridegroom squads Wednesday night in a hunt dr the crazed slayer who and murdered Waller Wednesday on the CM of his belated The killer is believed by police ID be a jilted suitor of Bauers who came to Chicago a week ago from his i home in Otto is awaiting ihc j of Bauers bride of a i Louise j if nurses at the Laughlin hospital in She was en i Chicago with Chief of Police James Bowles of Profesor Bauer was professor of at the Kirksville College of Club Group to Visit Fayetteville Delegates Will Leave Hope Return ing Home August 9 Complete arrangements have been made in by Miss Helen Morrow and Frank Stanley for fifteen Club girls and boys of Hemp stead county to go to the annual Club Congress at leaving Hope next The chosen from the nine clubs on the of club project work and are Nancy Laura Naomi r Francis Fay Frances Norene Cecil Quinton Derry Darwin Van Truman James Thompson and Herbert The County Club string band will enter musical con nnd furnish music for the en The members of the band are James Cecil Bryan Joul Gro j ver mid Joel K enter a state harmonica will enter a state I will a cuitar duett con Nancy anil Francis Gist will enter a stale duett A huad judging contest will be PU by Huit and Nancy A and vegetable contuM will iUl red by Naomi nl Norene I Fare Samuel will enter a clothing The improvement judg ing will he entered by Laura Cash and Fay Griffin A buys team consisting of Cecil and Dar win Jones will enter a vegetable mar keting A corn judging and identification contest will be en tered by Van Truman Nan nie and James The girls and i iys make the trip in a accompanied by I Gist of und i Whiteside of who arc lo cal They will return Ui Hupo August after the weeks Huey Long runs on a third ticket hell carry the whole he said with great D o t know why it is but folks just six miles below here arc Frazier Hunt better we are up here in An as soon as you get twenty miles on south theres two dollars fer every one we got I mentioned He shook He aint near as popular here as he was six months we got some men here who been on relief fer two They aint done I a lick of work and theyd laugh in j yer face if you offered them a j small farmers here cant get their crops in cause they caut get men to help Recruiting ADDIS Mass recruiting began at the The recruting was preceded by a military review and a mass meeting in front of the office of the Ministry of Recruiting action was taken follow ing a war council by high Ethiopian who told Emperor Selassie they believed may be too late now to prevent By the Associated Press League of Nations j Council assigns diplomats of Great France and Russia to reach a basis for a solution of the Italo ADDIS ABABA The Ethiopian New Taxation to Be Used Only Against Deficit l and Public Debt its to President wishes the house refused again Thurs day to accept the provision in the ity which would abolish essary holding The action was taken in rejecting a motion by Chairman Rayburn of the interstate commerce committee to In struct the house conferees on utility legislation to agree to the section ap proved by the Had Sought Showdown showdown on President requested abolition of unnecessary holding lolding companies was assured Thurs day when Representative Texas said he would ask he house to concur in the senate j provision embodying the presidents one of the house con who has been in deadlock with senate conferees on the saidi he would move Thursday that the A instruct its representatives to accept Section 11 of the senate J This section calls for as advocated by The house jy the Securities Midget Coins Abandoned The administration for the age of new houss co age committee Thursday on ground that it would convey too authority to the The midget coins had been proposed y Secretary Morgenthau to facilitate I Foreign Office announces the nation will reject any proposal for an inter national League of Nations mandate over His high chiefs con fer with Emperor Haile newspaper in sists total solution necessary war monopoly of min British News Agency reports Ethiopia seek pre dict Italy to demand full control over Nath Labor tells political meet Ing Italian war on Ethiopia would be crime against international law as I hit it for home Thats i black as violation of neu It was from this train y munity of that he first ran for governor and started on his of Ethi society launched after speakers Continued on page three Scouts to Run thex 7 City This Friday Will Prosecute Traffic Go to Their Treasury Troop 58 of Hope Boy Scouts will take over duties of city officials here The scouts will direct traffic and keep Traffic es will be watched by the All proceeds collected from fines will be used to send Harry senior patrol to Washing ton August 16 to attend the National and the entire troop returned to hope lau Wednesday after spending a week at Camp Pioneer I Speedy Military I Plane Lost at Sea 325 MPH Vanishes on Its Test Flight far I wanted to find out what i protest Italys plans for war the folks hack home had to say about their most distinguished hometown boy who had gone to the big city and made We dont care to own him at a business who said hed just as soon as not I wouldnt use his told Theres nothing loss than j a reign of terror all over the Ship 1 OJ 01 Hes had himself appointed special at for Tax and it gives him a diabolical He can coerce wealth and force business into lino by this threat of tax revision jOs and No man in lie United 0 oil threequarters of a States ever held such He Offshore provided an ominous the first He owns the the the and uven the Supremo Court got state well in and Incan make us squeal anytime he wants to Down the street I talked with a clerk in a tobacco I waited un til all the other customers were gone before I opened the Dont let these rich guys fool he done wonders fov people in Hes built us schools and furnished five text He gave us hundreds of miles of good Hes given the little fellow the first real chance hes ever had in the Its the moth eaten socalled Southern aristocracy thats down on Id sure like la see him 1 dont care if they do call him Markets prof influenced a mild de 1 i the market started the new crop Opening loses were from three to seven points lower and as longs profits after Wednesdays grol October opened at off points nnd this month fluctuated nar rowly around this price during first half December was five points lower t nnd January was off siv at but the opening declines ap to be checked in the early dealings and prices the Liverpool reported a minor advance a reflection of Wednesdays if The first of the annual statistics to appear showed that the bale decline apparent early in the season had continued until the curl of the 193331 cotton NEW futures opened unchanged to three low clue Wednesday night in the mysteri of a new pursuit The south of the Point Vincent fears of William Van leader of the extensive aerial that the craft had plunged into the The piloted by Arthur Skaer disappeared Tuesday during a test Const Guard boals were sent to the to look for on disappointing Liverpool cables 1 The plane built by the I and owing to the low Octo had a top speed of 3251 her December January miles making it possibly the March May July military in the Spot houses were credited with buy secrecy shrouded its October and selling At the and end of the first October was Tho plane thai Skaer I elling at and May or three took aloft early Tuesday afternoon on j to four points net scheduled test flight of only a few j According to the annual statistics of hours represented a startling advance the New Orleans cotton Continued on page NOTICE A and other papers bc luncing to were left ut The Star office and he may claim same by calling for The of most influential paper the next i man 1 This was home i town for twelve and he was i ver anything but unpopular I We know him inside and W in military It was designed flv at its tor weed only 200 feet off the enabling it to pour a with fire The Continued on page four ring machine gun Inne n nine land ing speed was 200 miles an worlds consumption of American cot ton for the year 31 was bales compared with 00 bales last These figures placed the at bales last Another private report placed the in crop at