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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1935
Page
6
Reports on Capitol Hill indicate a broad probe into Louisiana politics is advancing. The House administration panel seeks to investigate campaign expenditures and the reach of Love's political machine, with dissenting members warning overreach and threats to state governance.
Funeral services for Dr C2 Wo Garpisin, 87, former state health officer, will be held at Healey & Rolly chapel. Born in Bastrop, Texas, he studied in Galveston and Memphis, served as city health officer in Lexington, and was director of the Rockefeller Hawk worn Commission. He died after illness in Lexington.
Washington March 22 The Reconstruction Finance Corporation backed a 3.85 million first mortgage on Crossett Lumber Company assets totaling 12 million including the town of Crossett Arkansas for a pulp and paper mill. RFC official Jones testified before Congress the project would create immediate and lasting employment as construction progresses and amortization begins by January 1945.
In Little Rock the WPA reclassification allows skilled workers like locomotive engineers or machinists to take lower paid laboring roles if no projects match their trade. Some veterans fear reduced wages while hoping for future calls to their regular trades. officials say workers can return to their skilled jobs if a project demands them.
Connecticut's State Traffic Commission on Tuesday established a flat speed limit of 45 miles per hour on state highways for the first time in years. The prior law required drivers to maintain a safe and reasonable speed per exiting road traditions.
A garbled early 20th century analysis discusses Townsend plans and leftist movements, noting limited Capitol support eight months before an election. It highlights Roosevelt’s potential leadership and Senator Carter Glass as a rising conservative bulwark against radicalism, and ponders implications for the coming campaign.
A United States Agricultural Department survey reports modest overall retail food price increases in urban areas for late summer. Meat costs surged with ham up 22 percent and pork chops around 74 percent. bacon and gong rose, lard jumped over 10 percent, while beef posted gains near 8 percent and fruit and vegetables held steadier.
A Sunday gathering at New Hope drew a group of attendees including Mr and Mrs LeRoy Santels and families of DeAun visiting Mr and Mrs WA Alford Standly plus Mr and Mrs Cluwewell Haully Grave with Ma and Mrs Fathey Shichell. Other guests included Mr and Mrs Rea Arrington and Mr Tullie Maite of Lineburg.
Mr Yeager and family from Hulls Grove visited Mrs Clarence Rush last Sunday. Glen Hatsfield called at Hope one afternoon this past week. Mrs Ida Gray visited several friends in her community this week.
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