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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1937
Page
4
Cairo braces against the Mississippi with 4,500 defenders behind 18 inch barricades while Ohio River surge tests top of 50 foot seawall. Cairo orders removal of women and children as flood fears rise. Memphis records 48.8 on gauge and Arkansas officials move toward relief measures.
A dramatic airview shows the Mississippi flood as it moves past Cairo with Ohio water swelling the river. About 4,500 workers race to reinforce the levee system while Memphis shelters 50,000 refugees on a high bluff away from rising waters. Engineers warn the flood could overwhelm levees designed for 2.4 million cubic feet per second, threatening multiple levees near Cairo and in the Memphis district.
The U S Supreme Court refused to hear Hawes Brothers Boston in a challenge to the federal Social Security Act and Massachusetts unemployment law. The Massachusetts high court had dismissed the case, ruling no constitutional violation, while Hawes Brothers argued the state law ineffective. A separate decision invalidated a Washington state railroad and public utility tax used for repairs. North Carolina leads in garden vegetables consumption.
A state education department survey shows only 9 percent of 160,736 homesteads exceed $1,000 valuation. The week end progress report notes 15.79 percent of total assessed valuation remains at or below $1,000, with more results expected on page three.
The Hope High Selesi Library club will sponsor a piehive charity event at the Saenger theater. Tickets go on sale Monday through Wednesday in downtown venues with proceeds aiding the library fund for new reading material. Tailpules are vegeterians but become varnivorous when grort.
Hempstead County Red Cross reports weekend flood relief gifts totaling 1428.65 dollars with donations from Fulton Patmos and Hope Rotary Club among many individuals. D B Thompson announces clothing and food appeals will wait until funds near completion. shipping instructions will trigger a clothing drive.
Abe Silverberg waived preliminary examination on a forgery charge in municipal court Monday morning and was ordered held for action of the Hempstead county grand jury. Bond was set at 2000. Silverberg arraigned on forging the name of F. Henderson to a 15 check drawn on First National Bank of NaQaren k. E. Partain of Miami Oklahoma pled guilty to drunkenness reckless driving and driving a car while drunk and was assessed a combined fine of 145. The fine for drunkenness was 10 suspended. Charges against Partain stemmed from an auto crash on the Hope Fulton road Saturday night with a car driven by Hugh Smith of Hope. Roosevelt Prater was fined 25 and sentenced to 10 days in jail for theft of an automobile casing owned by Henry Smith. Roy Hunt Ermon Lee and Ira Godwin pleaded guilty to drunkenness and were each fined 10. D. B. McCaskill forfeited 15 cash in bond on a drunkenness charge. Albert Jones and Herbert Whitten were fined 2.40 each on charges of fighting. Jake Stuart forfeited 10 on a drunkenness charge. Several cases were continued including a reckless driving charge against Jett Williams Jr which has been reset for February 15.
KNOXVILLE Tennessee residents joke about unusually warm weather and Florida envy as coal dealers suspect Supreme Court influence. A jovial tone notes busy refrigerator salesman and crowded tourist crowds while hitchhikers remain plentiful and travelers worry about the country.
Kiwanis rehearsals start this week for the minstrel revue Pirate Gold to be staged by the Hope Kiwanis club at Hope City hall auditorium on February 11 and 12 to aid underprivileged children. Local amateurs will perform as singers drivers comedians and actors as parts are assigned and finished under the director. A Kiwanis meeting called by president ROW. Herndon will be held Monday night at City hall auditorium to finalize staging arrangements.
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The Arkansas House rejected attempts to give priority to administration bills sponsored by Governor Bailey. A Christ of Pulaski resolution to subject administration bills to call failed amid a gag rule contention. Abington of White passed an old age pensions funding bill from sales tax revenues, with no dissenting votes. Debate on liquor repeal and welfare commissions indicated rising tempers and anticipated battles in both chambers.
A series of wrecks on Hope Fulton and Hope Lewisville highways left three blacks injured, one seriously, after a late Sunday crash near Lewisville. Tala Atkins, a black woman, sustained a fractured skull and deep facial injuries. others escaped with non life threatening harm. Partain, a Miami man, was fined 133 dollars for drunken driving after a separate crash near Texarkana. Deputy Bearden investigated.
Riddle Jones has purchased the Western Auto Supply Store from C. T. Thompson. The buyer formerly of Shreveport plans to move his family to Hope and to open a time-payment plan for accessories. He also expects to double the store’s stock.
L A Stanley Jr of Patmos Route Two has enlisted in the U S infantry and will be assigned to Fort Francis E Warren Wyoming according to a memorandum to The Star from Homer T Cummings head of the Army recruiting office at Texarkana.
New Orleans cotton prices show a modest opening at 12.82 with a six point quiet close. Spot cotton levels are reported as W274 with W334 noting a minor change in nearby futures. Trades continue amid cautious sessions, with market participants awaiting further guidance.
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