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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1937
Page
4
A chaotic Shanghai evacuation sees 200 women and children aboard the U S Taft as Japanese and Chinese bombardments rage. American refugees move toward safety with reinforcements, while the British and French organize similar evacuations amid tense Sino Japanese hostilities.
A 1937 NEA Service etiquette quiz tests office protocol on forms of address, letter identification, stenographer marks, appropriate footwear, and professional conduct. It includes questions about addressing superiors, initials on business letters, and proper practices when corresponding with executives.
In Baltimore Chief Judge Samuel K. Dennis notes Monday moves to formalize the merger of Allegheny and Chesapeake corporations, key holding firms of the Via Swerbigen system. Port Washington, Long Island reports the Nordmeer seaplane completing its initial survey flight across the Atlantic, landing at 5 37 p.m. after a 2.02 mile hop from the Azores. Hendaye notes Franco's troops pressing Janta toward Kelosa amid a retreat by government forces. Washington lists Ickes granting 300000 for topographic surveys in 11 states. Arkansas receives 9000. Rogers, Arkansas reports officers wounding a man in a residence raid near herve, with Sheriff Ausby seeking Norris on three robbery indictments in Fort Worth.
Cincinnati report details prosecutors calling the case the biggest in Morton County as they charged a woman with slaying George Gsellitin, 67, and Jacob Wagner, 78, amid a string of suspicious deaths. Police review numerous unexplained deaths, with four linked to friendly relations. Evidence includes alleged interstate tips and telephone messages.
In New Orleans on Monday the cotton market opened at 10 30 and closed near 10 28 29 with prices quoted steady to 12 points lower. UPI reports activity in the commodity scene amid a cautious trading session.
Sheriff Bearden calls a mass meeting at Hope city hall to endorse Miller for senator. Southwestern Arkansas leaders attend as Bearden accuses Atkins and Bailey supporters of mismanaging county party affairs. An ambulance committee may attend to press Atkins for attendance while Bearden promises to address the graft issue amid payroll connections.
Victor T. Cobb has purchased the radio department and stock from W. A. J. Mills and moved the business to the Auto Supply Company on South Bhi street. Cobb has operated in Hope for four years in radio repair, serving the community with parts and service.
Hugo LaFayette Black left medicine for law and politics in a bold career shift. From Clay County Alabama, he moved to Birmingham Medical College, then chose law, pursuing public service and a path toward the U.S. Supreme Court as Roosevelt’s nominee.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Black's nomination 14 to 4, as Democratic leaders aim to bring it to a Senate confirmation vote. The article recounts Black’s early struggles in Ashland and Birmingham, including financial hardship, a string of rejections, a pivotal early case, and his brief tenure as municipal court judge before the ongoing confirmation process.
The Hope Chamber of Commerce subscription drive reached 2213 by Monday with a goal of 6000. Secretary Lilly said the drive would continue this week as committees report progress and add new contributions from local merchants and supporters.
The Associated Press reports a deadly weekend on Atlantic coast roads with ten fatalities in New Jersey. Seven victims died on the White Horse Pike while en route from Atlantic City, and six of the killed were Philadelphians.
Washington report says the house appropriations committee recommended delaying the administration tenancy program for a year. The Agriculture Department request for 28 million dollars to start the program was not included in the third deficiency appropriation bill reported Monday.
In Prescott Arkansas a head on collision on the Prescott Magnolia highway about 10 p.m. Saturday killed Miss Myrle Mace 12 and seriously injured Cora Bonnedi and Ralph William 26 of near Reston. Williams was unconscious and hospitalized. Mackey, daughter of F Mackey of Prescott, is also mentioned in connection with the wreck.
In her first legislative speech since 1931 Senator Caraway of Arkansas said she was content despite President Roosevelt's veto of her resolution. The measure would have ordered the Army Engineers to prepare a flood control soil conservation and hydro power program. The president objects that the Army Engineers should not lead the plan and will send a full plan to Congress next January.
In Hot Springs Arkansas a woman arrested after a bank raid when officers fatally shot Alfred Lamb a 26 year old escaped Texas convict. State Ranger William Armstrong said the woman admitted she had been married to Lamb since August of last year.
Miss Kathryn Allen Stripling, 18, of Fort Worth, was killed instantly when a family car collided with a vehicle headed toward Hope, rolled over after striking a highway sign. Her parents, injured, were taken to Josephine hospital. The car was returning from a vacation when the crash occurred near Toll E Tex service station. The other vehicle’s occupants could not be identified immediately.
Soviet embassy in Washington said signals picked up from Irkutsk may be from Sibismund Levaneffsky’s transmitter as search teams from Alaska and California join Russians in a 4000 mile polar hop chase. Jimmie Mattern sped from Oakland to Fairbanks to join rescue efforts after his own rescue. Pilots from both sides converge, with polar bases and Rudolph Island noted as operations expand.
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