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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1936
Page
4
A memorandum criticizes heavy trucks blocking highways and calls for arrests of reckless drivers, noting 36 000 annual highway deaths. It then contrasts Spanish turmoil with American constitutional compromise, urging Americans to defend the American system as a safeguard of individual security and national peace.
Prescott residents joined a large turnout as Benedum Trees Oil Co began drilling in Grove Land & Timber Co No 1 to test for oil in Nevada County. The project, 170 feet north of the SE quarter of the NW quarter of Sec II, Tp 1 N R 20 W, marks the county’s first deep test, backed by a major air company. Local interest surges as road access improves and royalty trading heats up.
The FBI disclosed that agents continue tracking four infamous criminals as death and prison doors close on the government case. Thomas Hens Robinson, Alvin Karpis, Harry Campbell, and Raymond Wilson are named in the ongoing inquiry, with investigation extending beyond their careers.
Circuit Judge Dexter Bush issued four mandamus orders blocking four declared Nevada County Democratic committee members from certifying the primary vote. Mayor R T Hamby, county committee secretary, and others refused to certify, delaying the county convention to declare nominees and elect delegates. Final hearing scheduled September 28 as plaintiffs allege ineligible candidates prevailed in leading the committee.
Allegan Michigan reports say an Army pilot Lieutenant William Herding 25 and his mechanic Private Francis Maier died when a Selfridge Field pursuit plane crashed during western Michigan air maneuvers. Officials at the operations office noted the tragedy as the two servicemen were on a training flight.
The State Police Commission approved Sheriff Earl May of Prescott as a member of the Arkansas State Rangers to fill the vacancy from Hendrix Sewell's resignation. Superintendent Gray Albright announced May will resign as Nevada county sheriff effective September 1 after being appointed to the ranger post.
James Braddock manager Joe Gould said the scheduled heavyweight title bout with Max Schmeling is off. Braddock will enter a New York hospital Thursday for an operation on his left hand.
In San Francisco on Monday, testimony in the mayhem conspiracy case against two doctors for allegedly sterilizing heiress Ann Hewitt without consent was presented. Attorney R P Tyler urged that Hewitt had been used as an extortion pawn. cross-examination clashes and defense refusals marked the session as records show.
Eastern Arkansas landowners welcomed Governor Favell's proposal for a South wide conference on the share cropper issue. In Memphis Tennessee a revival at Rocky Mound Baptist church continues through Sunday with services at 10:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. led by pastor I C Silvey. Public invited.
A Southern Methodist University survey reports most campers near Dallas are local couples using cabins briefly, with some proprietors admitting the "couple trade" fuels their business. Observers note anonymity, urban ties, and weekend patronage, while authorities see a shifting attitude toward non marital intimacies and social limits. The study traces camp growth from simple sites to elaborate cabins and records high weekend patronage from Dallas County residents.
Chicago police pursued a black notebook and a laundry tag as key clues in the murder of Mrs. Mary Louise Trammell, 24, beaten to death in a third floor hotel room. James Gray, 26, a Negro gambler, surrendered, denying involvement but identifying laundry that matched his belongings. A burly prowler's entry and 24 named individuals surfaced in the investigation.
Edwin M. Shortess, a representative of Kiwanis International, will visit Hope on Wednesday and Thursday to assist in a membership drive for the local Kiwanis club as he tours the southern states. Shortess hails from Chicago.
Hardest 35 cents I ever made in one day was down in Little River County Arkansas dragging a cot ton sack between rows in the hot sun. The Rust brothers machine may hurt me but could push many professional cotton pickers along creek banks. The Rusts say the machine will be regulated, yet concerns about others copying the idea remain. A major new deal aims to spend ten million dollars on seed for drought zones. The need expressed is a cooling system and a giant sprinkler.
Berryville Arkansas police report former Mircka Springs resort manager R. L. Bowman age 42 was shot to death at his home Monday night. Bowman's wife surrendered to officers on Tuesday in connection with the case.
Rome reports Italy enacts sweeping anti air raid rules creating hundreds of thousands of nonpaid overseers. Fasciبلst capofabbri gato heads building safety, ensuring blackout readiness and ventilation controls in homes and apartments. A technical expert approves building changes as needed.
In Stuttgart Arkansas two elderly residents, John Papan a rice planter and Mrs. John Euler, were found shot near their home north of the city. Investigating officers described the event as a slaying and suicide with Deputy Sheriff Joe Harper stating the man apparently shot the woman then poisoned himself.
A heat wave across the Western plains and Midwest pushed temperatures to record levels in Oklahoma Nebraska Kansas and Missouri with Omaha Lincoln and Topeka posting new August highs as cash corn in Chicago hit 1.29 per bushel and futures reached 1.12 amid reports drought reversing normal supply patterns and a tropical disturbance moving toward Texas threatening more heat.
In Kentucky average spring garden output is under 2 percent of normal with fall prospects only fair and about 10 percent of usual canning completed by August 1 according to University of Kentucky. In Sydney a greyhound aboard a Brisbane to Sydney airliner escaped confinement and leaped from the plane, the crate bursting open.
Rebels claim control of more than two thirds of Spain as Gen Mola and Franco push toward Madrid. Government forces suffer heavy losses at Badajoz and Burgos while water supplies near Madrid are threatened. Roosevelt reconsiders extended travel as European tensions rise.
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