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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1937
Page
5
Our Daily Bread reflects on the value of education as a path to security and citizenship. It compares costs of schooling and prison, notes Europe and Asia varied educational histories, and honors forefathers who mandated universal schooling as America starts a new school year.
The Guernsey district urges prompt distribution and return of free state issued textbooks for the fall term. E. B. Austin, Hempstead county examiner, instructs principals to collect and store books with the local custodian for reissue at the opening. Donations cover 30 percent of needs while 70 percent are funded by the state.
Washington reports an Interstate Commerce Commission examiner recommended approval on Tuesday of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company’s acquisition of the New York Chicago and St Louis Railroad Company and the Erie Railroad Company.
Arkansas employers must pay unemployment contributions by midnight Tuesday to avoid penalties. If not received in the Little Rock office by then, a penalty of one percent per month applies until paid under Act 155 of 1937.
A 1937 etiquette guide asks five questions on rushee conduct. Answers: No to sending flowers to a sorority house, yes to stating full name to a faculty member, not to assume a professor should be called Dr. Bright, and best response to a unknown upperclass helper is to answer briefly and thank her.
Ozan Public School prepares to open Monday September 6 marking changes since last term. Two teachers Mr and Mrs Sparks will handle eight grades while students access nearby Nashville and Itape High Schools for transportation and facilities. Building upgrades include electric lights dustless brickboards new furnishment and campus work under E Haselman.
United States authorities closed Shanghai port to all American shipping except naval vessels due to sea and air threats. About 2,000 Americans, including women and children, were stranded as cholera broke out in the French concession. Japanese forces reportedly seized Woosung with Chinese casualties and warnings of evacuation. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek urged foreign intervention as cholera and plague fears rose in the international settlement.
Detroit court report states 45 year old Joseph Jacoba, an automobile worker driven by personal tragedy, confessed to crushing 10 year old Evelyn Mack's skull with a car crank after leading police to her body hidden in weeds on Detroit's edge.
In Edinburg Indiana a wager of two hogs funded Miss Bradley’s pursuit of a college degree. By cleverly rearing and selling the sows and their offspring, she earned enough to attend Indiana University and earn an AB. Her Pi Beta Phi sisters testified she never smoked, framing the unusual bet as a path to education.
A concise note reflecting on prudence in approaching servants and relationships. It warns against being overly familiar, noting initial politeness may later invite unintended irritation or pride. The aphorism captures caution in social conduct and self restraint.
A 23 member Hope area delegation poses on city hall lawn for The Star's Back-to-School Edition. The group includes students from Ouachita Magnolia A. and M Arkansas Tech Henderson State Teachers Baylor Texas Christian University of Tennessee and others plus several first year students and a few fourth year or second year delegates.
J A Yeller a Little Rock lawyer will address Hempstead county representatives Wednesday afternoon at Hope city hall in support of The Arkans Childrens Home and Hospital. Rev Fred R Harrison county campaign chair and CG Hanby State Campaign director will attend.
Senator Caraway said the judiciary committee may create another federal judgeship or realign Arkansas two districts. She noted complaints about district geography and indicated a possible investigation into the matter.
A bomb blast and fire at a Belle Center Ohio plant damaged the J. E. Manahan operation that prints the Amer iving Raximiner weekly. Sheriff Charley said the paper ran special editions in several Ohio and Middle West cities and crusaded against alleged vice conditions.
An open-air London pool uses colored rubber wristbands by time of day to signal bathers’ length of stay. Attendants can quickly tell if a patron remains beyond allowed limits, helping enforce pool rules.
AAA spokesman said growers who already ginned and sold cotton this year cannot obtain loans. They will be eligible for subsidy payments if they retain sales receipts or evidence of sales and comply with 1438 program regulations.
The Moscow Volga canal opens with freight barges and luxury motorships gliding from Moscow toward the Volga, fulfilling a 200 year dream to join five seas. About 200000 workers dug 76 miles of ditch in five years, under band music and fast tempo labor, as convicts and free labor contributed to the project.
Hope and Hempstead county are invited as guests of the Fort Worth Exposition on Sunday September 5. The Hope delegation will bring several large watermelons not less than 15 pounds each to present to Anion G. Carter publisher of Fort Worth Star Telegram Billy Ruse and Paul Whiteman orchestra leader. Cars are to depart Friday night or Saturday morning. Those wishing to go and bring 4 cars should phone E. H. Lilly or Verrell Cornelius by Wednesday noon.
DES MOINES Iowa James C Davis 80 a Des Moines attorney and former director general of the United States Railroad Administration after World War I died Monday night of heart disease in Des Moines He served as war rail administrator during the postwar period.
New Orleans price report shows cotton opening Tuesday at 9.29 and closing 9.14 15 with spot activity quiet and a 33 point inwar movement. Trading commentary notes a riding level near 9.40.
Coroner J H Weaver says witnesses agreed the shooting of Jess Cornelius by Policeman Turner near the Dewdrop inn was justified after Turner fired two shots as Cornelius allegedly reached for a weapon. Cornelius, unarmed, died at about 11:30 p m. Survivors include four daughters and one son. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
Seven killed and thirty five injured in a collision between a Greyhound bus and a sedan near Goshen Indiana. Twenty were brought to local hospitals and about fifteen others were taken to nearby cities for treatment.
Governor Bailey and U S Representative John E Miller plan Labor Day appearances next Monday but on separate stages Bailey will address a Paris Logan County event while Miller attends a Pocahontas post office dedication Miller remains near Little Rock at campaign HQ and expects to start full campaigning after Bailey calls a special election. Mayor Joe Hulsey Mt Ida Montgomery county blasts Bailey and says gambling is running wide open in Hot Springs despite police efforts.
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