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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1936
Page
4
The Star will publish the delinquent personal tax list of Hempstead County for Saturday and the following Saturday. Sheriff Jim E. Bearden’s office completed the list Thursday night. The article argues public interest favors publishing personal tax delinquents to spur payment and government action.
The Rural Housing Service launched a 3,500 acre Lakeview resettlement south of Helena Ark with 15 laborers starting preliminary work. The plan includes 1, forty-scr farm steads for eligible Black families, community facilities, and a mix of houses from $1,180 to $1,575. Peak employment is expected at about 425 by spring next year, with roads, a center facing Old Town Lake, and various buildings to support farming and living.
The Cupid Opetos Date play by the Brookwood P T A will be repeated Friday night at the Hope High School building. The Hope Boys band provides music before and between acts and 11 local players appear in leading roles including Patsy Ann Campbell G B Martin Migna Tri Mayo Mary Augusta Urban Paul Jones Sara Lou Ledbetter Stephen Bader Pauline M Jones Tilman Burden Joy Ramsry Ruth Maria Keen and Winifred Huckabee. Curtain rises at 8 p.m.
Analyzed editorial excerpts discuss Germany's push for self sufficiency, propaganda on walls and in shops urging colonization, and parallels to colonial history. Refers to Liberia and Ethiopia depictions, then cites Hitler on colonies as raw materials in peacetime versus wartime strategy, noting the shift to domestic industries and auto raw materials.
Washington reports a flood of constitutional amendments planned by the new Congress. Senator Logan of Kentucky announced a proposal to grant Congress sole power to control production of goods moving in interstate commerce and a provision allowing voters to veto any decision to go to war.
El Dorado Ark reports completion of a drill stem test on Fincher No. 1 in 10-14-20 with a gas show of about 50,000 cubic feet daily. Glasco’s Ritchie No. 1 in 10-14-20 yielded 1 foot of saturated oil sand at 1,282 feet. casing to be set soon for final completion. Grover No. 2 in 10-14-20 produced 43,000,000 cubic feet daily gas. Grover No. 3 in 1-14-20 slated for pump with expected production of 400 to 3,000 barrels daily.
Deaf students from De Paul Institute invited conductor Antonio Modarelli to their concert. They formed MQ-pices rhythm and a 24 piece harmonica band performing Myst, sharing program notes from his concert. They felt music through vibrations in the floor cushions chairs and surroundings.
The text explains retirement benefit eligibility beginning at age 65 with five years of wages after 1936 and $2000 earned between 1997 and the 65th birthday. It covers obtaining an application blank for an account number, submission methods to the local postmaster by December 5, 1936, and notes on who can receive benefits if a spouse stops work and whether both spouses can receive old age benefits.
Royce K. Smith and K. J. Caplinger Jr were inducted as members at a Hope Rotary meeting held at the Barlow hotel. Guests heard brief talks on club service community service international service and vocational service. The club planned a Ladies Night and reported a November attendance of 93.4 percent. A separate note from Temple Texas reports plant pathologist C H Rogers detailing a root rot control method for shallow rooted ornamentals and a caution that copper sulfate mixtures must penetrate beyond surface depth.
Postmaster Robert Wilson announced that forms required by the new Social Security act must be filled out and filed at the post office by Saturday. Employed individuals who have not received a blank should visit the post office to obtain and complete the form with staff help.
Ginger Rogers has received threatening notes and is under Justice Department protection for two weeks. Her mother Leila Rogers says agents are near, plans to trap a suspect are under way, and threats demanded hush money. Unconfirmed letters reportedly came by mail. similar extortion followed a recent English actor case.
Oslo reports Oscar Wisting aging aide to Amundsen, 65, was found dead of a heart attack in his cabin aboard the Fram, the polar ship he helped install amid new expedition plans. A planned $35,000 memorial museum for Gen. Ian Houston in Huntsville, Texas advances amid ongoing construction.
The Hempstead county Red Cross roll call reaches 520.72 dollars, led by Foy H Hammons and Wayne H England. Patmos reports 195 dollars and becomes the county's fourth rural area to meet its quota, joining Oxon Belton and Blevins.
In Nashville Tennessee Uncle Sam is hard on small debts while France owes more and may get relief. France agrees to a compromise to cut interest and principal, with extra time and new charges during the next conflict to be resolved.
GIBRALTAR reports insurgent Spanish warship halted a Russian vessel near Europa Point and moved toward Ceuta in North Africa. In Madrid, air raids intensified as Thiity Pandhet bombers struck Rosales sector, ending a lull in the siege. Calcium deficiency issues threaten dairy cattle health in Kansas with a proposed mineral supplement. legume hays noted as good calcium sources. In Welch, West Virginia, Angelo Makris reports his lunch stand burglarized a dozen times in four years. $0 in canned goods stolen.
The Associated Press reports a sweeping Mexican law allowing seizure of property for public needs, raising fears in Washington amid talks of peace at a regional conference. The measure affects foreign investments in Mexico, with tax valuation and potential large-scale expropriations, including mines and oil fields, and could strain relations with the United States and others.
London reports reveal Prime Minister Baldwin flatly rejects any legislation to allow the king to wed Mrs. Simpson without affecting the line of succession. Baldwin asserts no compromise exists and warns the king may abdicate or fight to the end, while a Baltimore Sun piece says Edward is tired of the affair and predicts it will end.
Governor Carl Bailey announced Friday the appointment of Dr. H. B. Mobley of Morrilton as highway commissioner for the Fifth district. The report notes Berkley County West Virginia as the birthplace of American jurist Robert Obie, formerly his in Virginia.
New Orleans cotton opened Preday at 123d and closed at 12.24. Spot cotton closes steady with no major change. Middling price reported at £2.35.
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