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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1935
Page
4
Editorial argues federal aid for unemployables ends soon and Arkansas must fund relief with 2 percent sales tax and liquor levies. It praises state responsibility, warns against debt, and notes Arkansans will bear the burden as federal support ends. The piece condemns federal underfunding and urges prudent taxation to aid the aged and helpless within the state’s capacity.
Addis Ababa announced plans for an Ethiopian mission to Tokyo led by Daba Birron a former Foreign Office official. The purpose of the Ethiopian party would be kept secret and the mission would depart soon from Addis Ababa. In Rome a government official dismissed reports of outside help or cotton credits in relation to Italy's actions in Africa.
In Dallas four women were stripped and six others partly disrobed as rioters chased them through the streets. Eighty workers attacked near Leigh Manufacturing and Morton Day, with two women unaffiliated with the strike. Six persons, including four policemen, were injured in a six month old walkout flare up.
Lawson Smith former Hempstead and Nevada county man was back in Magnolia jail Thursday after capture Tuesday night at Chichester by a Nevada county deputy sheriff. He had escaped Magnolia jail with Bob Barnard by tying four blankets together to descend from the cell. Authorities say Smith, linked to cotton thefts in Columbia county, fled Hempstead county for several days and has relatives and friends in the area. Barnard, one of two men who held up J L Duras in Emerson Arkansas on June 4, remains at large.
Shanghai dispatch reports Tatsuichiro Funatsu of the Japanese Cotton Spinners Federation outlining Japan's plan for a 10-year raw cotton cultivation and manufacturing program in North China. He cites favorable political and economic deals, low wages, and ready labor in cities like Shanghai and Tsingtau, with Wuhan and other North China centers as likely mills sites. The piece also notes widespread criticism of President Roosevelt via a chain letter.
Planning Board for Hope announces first meeting to discuss WPA projects within the city and county. A four-man delegation from Emmet Beard’s Chapel seeks completion of 14 miles gravel end sections and 3 miles dirt middle of Chapel Road as a county project. WPA funds labor. sponsors cover most materials.
The U S Chamber of Commerce denounces the excess profits levy in the tax bill passed by the house at President Roosevelt’s request. Edsworth Alford testifies before the senate finance committee. critics call the policy equitable and certain. Senate votes on gold clause suits and coal bill face opposition amid Democratic polling doubts.
Hempstead and Pike county officers, after a six mile trek through the Little Missouri river bottoms, raided a whisky still in extreme northeast Hempstead County. Wallace Fulton and his son Burl were arrested and jailed in Washington awaiting a Friday hearing before U S Commissioner Phillips in Texarkana. The still was in operation, with six gallons of liquor seized and about 200 gallons of wash de-washed. Deputies Reginald Bearden and R Q O Robins, Hempstead, Sheriff Coker of Pike, and an unnamed deputy participated.
Conway Ark Expenditures for Civilian Conservation Corps work in Arkansas are projected to rise with a budget totaling well over $2.4 million for the year. Regional director Pred C Newport of the Soil Conservation Service outlined $280000 for equipment and supplies for 17 new camps and $3.5 million per month total for camp supervision and materials, plus $1.046 million for headquarters disbursement. Army payroll for 18000 CCC workers tops $1.44 million monthly, food costs about $350000 monthly, with clothing and maintenance pushing total annual CCC costs well above $5 million in Arkansas.
William Pipkin, 20, a Stamps youth, died Wednesday night at Join Chester hospital after a diving accident in a shallow creek near Stamps Monday. Hospitalized since Monday night, he sustained a broken neck causing paralysis. Body sent to his home in Stumps for burial. survived by his mother, Mrs. Ethel Pipkin.
Leslie Huddleston post at Hope city hall elected officers including J. K. Sale as post commander succeeding O. R. Williams. New officers include WM Ramsey senior vice commander B R Harn junior vice commander B C Hollis finance officer Robert Wilson service officer C B Cox chaplain Joe Reese and E S Franklin color bearers. Committee chaired by B R Hannn to study an American Legion hut. Delegates to state convention at Truth or Conse be elected. Also note: New York telephone directories publishing industry referenced.
The State Planning Board report shows Arkansas moving from dynamic to static growth. From 1920 to 1930 births exceeded deaths by 181,046, yet net population rose only 102,278, due to 78,168 leaving the state. Farm population declines and youth migration threaten future income and tax support.
Old Man Sammee raised the mercury to 104 degrees at 3 p.m. Thursday, the season’s hottest mark yet. Cotton did well while people wilted in the heat, marking a new peak for the spell. Neale notes when real was first used or fu ed.
W N Houser lay dead a week in the morgue and without funds to pay burial costs. A Los Angeles bank showed 2000 on deposit but attempts to release the money or secure assured payment have failed. Sheriff Bearden said 150 remained and most of the rest went to relatives and other expenses.
LITTLE ROCK state welfare officials announced the committee will assume care of unemployables if federal relief is not renewed by August 10. Governor Futrell said the state will use remaining funds to help, then they would be left to go without. In Washington, federal relief agencies said they would end direct relief by November 1 and cut off three states by September 1 with more state actions planned through October 1.
Two heavyweight watermelons weighing a combined 150 pounds were shipped Thursday to the W. O. W. sanitarium in San Antonio Texas as a gift from the local lodge. John Ridghill noted the lodge annually sends melons to patients at the hospital.
In a tight Democratic gubernatorial primary, Paul B. Johnson leads Hugh White as 300,000 votes counted with Johnson at 96,112 and White 95,057 from 1,595 of 1,638 precincts. Dennis Murphys trails by over 30,000. Two fatalities occurred amid the voting as an election box was stolen but later contents remained intact.
The Department of Agriculture issued its first 1935 cotton crop estimate at 11,798,000 bales of 500 pounds, 2,100,000 more than last year, with Wallace pledging facilities for orderly marketing. He cautioned no anxiety, citing potential demand if world consumption remains steady and noting Arkansas production at 864,000 bales with 69 percent of normal.
A Camden delegation led by the Highway committee of the Chamber of Commerce will visit Rostton and Waterloo in Nevada County on Thursday to press for completion of Highway No. 4 from the county line to Rostton. Mass meetings are set for 2:30 p.m. at Rostton and 4 p.m. at Waterloo. Only 12 miles remain unfinished on the Camden Hope highway.
Merchants in Rogers Arkansas prepared to begin collecting the 2 percent sales tax after a defiant stand. Some 36 stores previously refused in July while 34 collected. Merchants say the tax fight may continue and some plan to remit two percent of July gross sales to the state revenue commissioner.
The market opens with cotton futures mostly lower as traders warn of weak demand. October slips to 11.23 per bale, December down three points to 11.17, and January around 11.05, with May and July also lower. After initial trading, prices settle within a narrow range. A round of reports suggests total U.S. bale production near 11.48 million, with liquidity uncertain and a key announcement awaited. Liverpool steadies as New York opens barely steady amid liquidations and selling.
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