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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1936
Page
3
Report from Tupelo Mississippi details a weekend of violent tornadoes leaving 82 dead and hundreds injured. Wires down and families separated. readers are urged to understand tornado dynamics and urging caution as experts explain wind behavior and safety actions.
A 100 business leaders met at the Hotel Ben McGehee to draft Governor Futrell for a third term. They adopted a resolution urging renomination in August. Futrell declined to commit, saying he would take the matter under consideration.
Judge Fred M. J. Wagner ordered a misbehaving schoolboy to attend church for six months with his parents. The unusual court action reflects efforts to reform behavior and involve family in religious community duties.
Hempstead circuit convened Monday at the courthouse in Washington for the regular April term. Circuit Judge Dexter Bush instructed a jury at 9 a.m. and sent them to consider indictments. The grand jury planned to be in session all day Monday and Tuesday. Civil cases to be heard first, criminal block to follow later in April. A writ of prohibition challenge to County Judge H. M. Stephens to hear the case is expected before the court this week. The election contest itself will be heard in county court Monday, April, with contesters seeking to show Judge Stephens cannot hear the case without bias or improper influence.
C Eugene Smith the secretary of the Scottish Rite groups in Arkansas will address Whitfield lodge No 239 in Hope Tuesday night at 9 oclock He is also grand master of F and A M of Arkansas and an outstanding figure in the title An informal dinner for Scottish Rite masons of southwest Arkansas will be held at 6:00 p m Tuesday at Hotel Barlow Hope is one of several towns in Arkansas to be visited by Mr Smith He will discuss planning for a state spring reunion
Hempstead County farmers learn steps to join a new federal farm program. County agent W E Mountcastle explains worksheets, voluntary participation, and how base acreages are set. Payments cover soil building and soil conserving practices with varied rates based on crop type and ownership shares.
A tail storm atetick the Ozan arta late Sunday afternoon damaging fruit trees and spring gardens to some extent. The hail was not large but it came down in large quantities. Rain fell in Hope and other parts of the county. No damage was reported from wind or lightning. Monday night forecast called for rising temperatures and fair, warmer weather.
In Columbus Ohio Mrs. Gyorge Cabaniss denies owning a building tied up by a sheriff’s padlock after Bill Glakely, convicted of selling liquor, faced the court. Cabaniss claims the premises were leased to Standard Oil for six years and that she did not own the structure. The case includes statements about whisky sales and a lease due in November 1997, with notes on ownership and licensing.
Tornado news from Tupelo Miss reports 8 percent known dead and hundreds injured with large areas in ruins. Mr and Mrs W C Puke from the Soil Corsetvalion Service office left for Tupelo to check on their 2 year old daughter Billie Ann and Mrs Page's parents. Another Hope family, Mr and Mrs Walter E Jones, has daughter Chaenee Horton in Tupelo. Communication was paralyzed in the area, delaying updates on individuals.
C Petre 69 died Sunday afternoon at his home on old Highway AT northeast of Hope Piueiononia county. He had lived in the county 23 years moving from Colorado. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at p.m. from the Dee Attu community church with burial at DrApn. Surviving are his wife four sons and several daughters and grandchildren.
In Washington the foreign minister's peace proposal is reviewed by the cabinet. An reparations committee met last weekend and seeks names of all beneficiaries of $1,000 or more from diver funds and other entitlements. A vote favored limiting benefits to those who received sums annually.
The Hope High School centor class presents "Happy Birthday" Friday April 17 in the high school auditorium. Cast includes Gloria Maxwell played by Mary Urbat Ada the maid Julia Broening and others with Melba Lee Russell Marlena Stockton and Marijane Riches among the performers.
Sheriff Vive Gil A. Rucker of Saline County announced Monday Pendleton, a notorious Southwest bandit who escaped from Ardmore Oklahoma jail in March, was captured at Benton. Rucker said Pendleton identified himself and agreed to extradition proceedings.
In Chattanooga Tennessee police call Hell's Half Acre a petty crime spawn. Women from the Wesley community center renamed it Sunshine Acre after cleaning up. They scrubbed homes with aid from volunteers, cleared vacant lots with rakes and hoes, and planted rose bushes along the parkway.
Tupelo Mississippi faces widespread destruction after a black funnel tornado devastates the western part of the TVA city. Reports place dead at 87 across Mississippi Alabama Tennessee and Arkansas, with hundreds injured and communication lines down as rescuers work into the night from hospitals overwhelmed and aid arriving from nearby towns.
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