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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1937
Page
4
City council voted to install an automobile testing station in Topeka to test cars by residents for condition defects. Equipment cost about 1500 dollars, referred to Board of Public Affairs for recommendation. Traffic committee urged 25 mph city speed limit and strict enforcement of ordinance banning parking near fire scenes.
Clearwater Beach reports a volunteer corps of attractive young women led by Myrtle Bunny Lowery. The group aims to prevent accidents first and rescue when needed. They caution men attempting accidental drownings risk exposure and laughter, emphasizing discipline and safety.
The Football Met er asiecation passed a resolution expressing the opinion that establishment of a national referees board is desirable.
A 1937 NEA Service etiquette quiz tests proper dress and behavior for women in social and travel contexts. Questions cover anklet wear on golf courses, daytime arrangements, ring wearing, hats for play, tight skirts for active sports, country travel clothing, and city dining attire with guidance on appropriate choices.
Drilling restarted at the H. 12 Easton test well two miles south of Columbus after a Wednesday announcement by R P May and C B Murdock. The bore reached 303 feet Tuesday night as Hempstead County’s third test, following two earlier efforts including one near Grassy Lake. Easton, a noted geologist, has found the Lisbon field in Louisiana, said to rival Rodessa in size. May predicts drilling on the paleotopics bed with hoped for production in the Permian lime.
W E Montcastre county agent says trench silos are simple to build with little labor and can be dug for dimes when fields are idle. A fifty ton silo needs one team and two men in two days per W L Gregg extension dairyman. Details on walls depth and dimensions given. plans available at the county agent's office.
Attention is called to a display of hand made dolls representing foreign countries in a George W. Robinson department store show window. Dolls were crafted by Arkansas Fida units and sent to Mrs. Arthur Swanke of Hope, state chairman, for public display. The display remains until Saturday night before moving to Hot Springs for the American Legion Auxiliary convention. Monday noon the Pidae luncheon will be held at the Eastvian hotel with Mrs. Swanke presiding. Proceeds fund smaller cots for Booneville tubercular hospital children.
PRESCOTT Ark The Nevada County Park Bureau federation directors met at the courthouse and elected officers for the ensuing year. Officers are President Melvin H Mun Route 1 Prescott Vice President N N Daniel Route 6 Prescott Secretary Treasurer George Harrison Route 5 Prescott Members of the board noted three of five locals Redland Central and Prescott Bureaus are represented and emphasized family membership with voting limited to the member.
A thirty month old boy, believed kidnaped Tuesday from Mr. and Mrs. Otto Horst, was found Wednesday at the west side home of John Regan and his wife Lydia. The Regans volunteered the information to Assistant States Attorney Wilbert Crowley and denied any ransom demand.
CRISTOBAL Canal Zone two Navy squadrons backed an intensive search twenty five miles west of Colon for the Pan American Grace airliner fuselage believed to have carried fourteen persons to their deaths. No bodies recovered and evidence pointed to an explosion aboard the airliner.
Nevada county agent J L Hiler urges farmers to use the University of Arkansas College of Agriculture free soil analysis service. No charge for samples, delivery, or analysis. results mailed to the farmer to guide fertilizing and farming practices. Obtain instructions and shells from county agent or economy committee.
HINTON West Virginia county clerk reports a Pipestream resident returned an unused marriage license with a note saying the bride did not marry and has one good joke at the groom after jilting him. The strange exchange centers on a failed wedding attempt and a playful yet sharp message.
Edward B. Robertson, president, announced that 6 percent of 350000 fundworkers and operating brotherhood members voted to authorize a strike on the nation’s railroads if their demand for a 20 percent wage increase is not met.
Little Rock Arkansas June report says Wooten chair of the state Democratic committee will delay action on Hempstead county’s recommendation to nominate Judge A P Steel for chancery district seat until other counties’ committees voice theirs. Atkins, Hempstead central chair and state police chief, warns he may oppose other district committees if they oppose Bailey for governor. News notes Bailey’s possible resignation from governor if elected to the Senate remains undecided amid pressure and private debate among advisers and lieutenant governor Bob Bailey.
Roger s Arkansas report says Pi John Pete Casey a veteran Rogers baseball player was shot through the chest Tuesday after meeting with an attorney about a divorce suit filed by Mrs Casey The attorney says Casey shot himself in the incident occurring in Rogers Arkansas as details emerge
Thirty-five southern congressmen formed to send six members to the White House to press for general farm program changes, with emphasis on loans on cotton. The House labor committee voted to substitute the Senate wage and hour bill for the House measure, while agreeing to fold in Senate amendments to speed up a recommendation to the House.
Governor Carl E. Bailey said a federal bill may let Arkansas recover several million dollars by refunding half the original cost of toll bridges when tolls are lifted. The measure, approved by Washington House and Senate committees, targets post 1927 bridges on federal aid highways. If refinanced, bonds could drop high interest costs saving $20 to $40 million. Arkansas has nine state toll bridges built since 1927.
In Columbus Kentucky W J Morse 45 allegedly killed his four children with a butcher knife and wounded his wife Mrs Jane Morse 42 who was stabbed in the back five times. A physician said she might not live. Morse was rushed away from an angry mob of threatening neighbors Tuesday night.
Continuous bombardments declared by Japanese authorities routed western concentrations of the Chinese army and opened a path for Japan's march across North China. Pamphlets said northern Hopeh occupied and central government forces halted. A Chinese concentration near Peiping suffered heavy losses and fled. Peiping itself remained quiet.
Hope Kiwanis Club held a casual fish fry and social gathering at Fair Park on Tuesday night with about 40 attendees. No formal program was planned, and members agreed to move the next meeting to 12:14 p.m. Monday due to the Arkansas Sheriff and Collectors convention in Roepe next Tuesday.
Caurmon L. McClure Willie D. Yan cus and Junes A Cele of Patmos Route Inc have been accepted for enlistment in the United Sates army through the Texarkana recruiting office and are to be assigned to the cavalry at Ft. Bliss, El Faso, Texas. We have received a new quota of vacancies in cavalry and field artillery at FL Bliss, Texas, 87 cavalry vacancies and 50 field artillery, one are adding men each day to that post.
Greene County Democratic committee votes 15 to 5 to challenge State committee control of the Senate nomination after the death of Joseph T. Robinson. Delegates elected for a proposed rank and file convention to meet in Little Rock next Monday amid factional debate across eastern Arkansas counties and statements from officials about authority to appoint delegates.
New Orleans October cotton opened Wednesday at W738 and closed at 14.85 86. Spot cotton finished steady with gains noted in high positions and prices around 1122.
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