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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1935
Page
4
Farmers worry as tariff protected manufacturers sue over processing taxes. The piece argues if AAA processing taxes are illegal then tariffs may be too, noting tariffs have existed intermittently in U S history.
In Arkansas, Comptroller Griffin Smith advised Attorney General Carl Bailey that three Phillips county warrants worth 815.50 issued for treatment payments were sold at a 15 percent discount by the Batesville based Sanatorium. One warrant cashed at 85 cents on the dollar, others at full value. special attorney John C. Sheffield collected but fees and amounts varied, with the sanatorium seeking clarification on who should receive payment.
There will be gentle singing at Guernsey Sunday, August 11 with a stocket luncheon and a free barbecue. One beef, one gu nty and two sheep are being prepared according to B A Brown.
Frank Hitchcock 65 publisher of Tucson Daily Citizen and longtime G O P leader dies. Former United States postmaster general and chairman of the Republican National Committee, he helped Taft's 1908 campaign and advocated mail via airplane. In 1911 a pouch of mail was carried aloft from Long Island.
William Pipkin, 20, of Stamps, was in critical condition at Dulux Chester hospital after a Monday creek dive in shallow water left him with a fractured neck and waist down paralysis. He is the son of Mrs. Ethel Pipkin of Stamps.
Friday, August 9 marks the second anniversary of the Farm Credit Administration of St. Louis, the first district FCA to be established under the Emergency Farm Mortgage Act. Along with Production Credit Corporation and the Bank for Cooperatives, the group serves farmers in Missouri and Arkansas, reporting $19.7 million in loans since 1930 and noting benefits beyond money, including stopped foreclosures, lower credit costs, and renewed confidence in farming.
In Pigott Arkansas a 97 year old applicant seeks an old age pension. The applicant has three children over 70 and is among many citizens in the county applying for pensions. As of July 31, 257 people reported ages of 70 or over.
An authoritative source said fear of losing the 1936 Olympic Games due to Nazi attacks on Jews and political Catholicism motivated efforts to block foreign correspondents. A Games loss would be a major economic and political setback for the regime.
Washington announces two new federal efforts to aid the elderly and relocate families. The Census Bureau and Tugwell’s Resettlement Administration will employ 1200 white collar workers to identify pension eligibles and conduct a census of business while relocating 30,285 families from impoverished lands to fertile lands. Planned spending totals about 5.8819 million dollars, with Philadelphia and St. Louis serving as key hubs for studies and distribution.
Congress passes bills through conference in which House members pick conferees. Vice President Garner limits senate conferees to those aligned with the bill. Speaker Burns adds two Republicans who voted against the bill to the holding company conferees. Democratic conferees object to counsel for bill drafters. Continued on page three.
Wines totaling 190 dollars were assessed against twelve persons charged with drunkenness as the municipal court sat at noon. Fines ranged from 1 to 20 dollars, with several defendants pleading guilty or being found guilty. One man appealed to circuit court. A number of other minor offenses, including petit larceny and peddling, were addressed with modest penalties. Women jurors were to serve in several cases.
James A Comer a leader in Arkansas Republican circles and longtime Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan died Monday in Little Rock He was born in East St Louis September 1 1886 educated at Valparaiso University admitted to the bar in Arkansas practiced law and led state Klan activities He was married to Mrs Robbie Gill Comer survived by two sons Eben and Omar Comer a brother O J Comer and Filial Wives cluster of Klan roles noted in obituary
G A Lineker of Centerville reported the season's first open cotton ball at Hope on Monday. The Stoneville variety is estimated to yield 1 bale per acre. Route Two farmer Riley Lewallen followed with his own open ball the next day. Lewallen farms 10 acres of Mars Rose cotton and expects about 1 bale per acre.
Announcement made Tuesday appoints G T Cross as district manager of the U S Department of Labor Re Employment Service with headquarters at Hope He will oversee the re employment service in several southwestern Arkansas counties The Bell Jr remains as assistant Cross returned to Hope from Newport where he was secretary of the chamber of commerce and had been connected with the re employment service headquartered at Newport
Berlin reports indicate Nazi leaders plan a sweeping crackdown on Jews and political opponents. Propaganda chief Goebbels and editor Julius Streicher are named in the drive to centralize measures aimed at “salving” the Jewish problem.
Chicago- Missouri carpenter Zenge Mandeville Zenge pleaded not guilty to the murder of Dr. Waller J. Bauer in Kirksville Missouri. He was remanded to the sheriff after state officials failed to refute his claim of innocence.
Athens dispatch reports four thousand strikers in Crete ended their revolt and resumed work after General Bakapoulos secured a 15 per cent wage increase. In street fighting a day earlier six people were killed and 51 wounded. the unrest followed demonstrations against relief cuts. In Kansas City, protesters urged more relief funds as 1,000 Wyandotte county relief workers and unemployed occupied the county courthouse, threatening to stay until relief was increased.
Rome reports Premier Mussolini orders 75 000 additional men mobilized as Ethiopian pressures grow. The move adds to 195 000 Italian troops in Africa or in training for service, with fascists pushing the military program and nations debating mediation.
Washington report notes Congress sent to the White House a bill for federal regulation of interstate bus and truck transportation. Senate concurrence in house amendments exempting livestock and unprocessed farm products wraps up the measure, the first Roosevelt drive to place land transport regulation under an enlarged Interstate Commerce Commission. Water and air carrier bills are expected to await next session.
Washington reports Secretary Hull soothed a Japanese protest over a Vanity Fair caricature depicting Emperor Hirohito as divine. Ambassador Saito traveled from Connecticut to lodge a formal complaint on behalf of the Japanese government, calling the image a slur against imperial authority despite widespread U.S. reception of the magazine.
Senate Democrats blocked efforts to attach the bonus and other extraneous provisions to the Roosevelt tax bill while signaling preferred status for the legislation next session. Senate leaders said the move aimed to speed adjournment as critics argued the amendment would not win broad support when proposed separately next year.
Markets in New Orleans and New York opened with steady to firmer cotton futures as traders responded to cables from Liverpool. October futures traded around 11.43 to 11.45, December near 11.28, January 11.21, and May around 11.00, with prompt activity showing gains before midmorning. Liverpool quotes showed modest gains with spot and futures firm across the board and closing levels in the six-dollar range for several months.
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