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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1937
Page
3
The nation weighs a long awaited move to reform the supreme court as ballots arrive and readers compare their views with neighbors and the country. Printed with ballots, the publication promises concise views of the court as it exists today and a review of its changes since the nation’s founding.
Homer Baker, 33, of Boughton near Dresenlt, walked all night with a bruised hoof cow he admitted as stolen. He tried to sell it to cattle buyer C K Wyatt in Prescott, was arrested by Turmer and Bearden, and held for questioning. Baker claimed poverty and said it was his first offense.
In Van Alstyne Texas firemen questioned the fire effort after a motor vehicle blaze. The call cost the department four dollars and a chemical mix while the antique car owner faced about 1150 dollars in damages though the vehicle was only lightly harmed.
A garbled note reflects on business amid floods and strikes, mentioning marriage licenses and forming letters. It suggests people will ride in any direction, even in freezing weather, as long as occasional warm stops at filing stations are possible. It hints Ex-King Edwards’s family facing a claim about a trade.
MEMPILIS Tenn Army engineers hailed a victory as the lower valley levees held back the Mississippi floodwaters moving toward the Gulf. In Washington Representative Driver urged Roosevelt to require local property owners to share the cost, proposing a yardstick to measure benefit and local participation.
LITTLE ROCK Governor Bailey explained provisions of the prepared highway refinancing measure at a joint revenue and taxation and banks committee meeting. He outlined refinancing aims to relieve bridge district debts, remove state bridge tolls, fund road maintenance and dustless roads, and adjust maturities to avoid large future payments, with attendance from Senator Hendrix Rowell and others.
New York dispatch profiles Joseph Stalin as a man of humor who shuns publicity and seeks work over image. The piece sketches his plain dress, pipe, temperance, pastimes like horse riding and boar hunting, and a fondness for chess and theater showing a boyish side amid ruthless authority. The article notes rumors of his death and his calm refusal to be publicized.
Ontario police reportedly doubled the Callander nursery guard after a bus traveler claimed two foreign looking men discussed kidnapping two of the Dionne quintuplets. Officials would not confirm the report, and guards were said to be heightened as a precaution though no official proof emerged.
ANDERSON Ind tensions rise as national guard takes bayonet rule after a bloody clash between union and non union automobile workers. at least 10 wounded and police arrest one man for vagrancy following a tavern clash. Curiosity Killed Cat: cat trapped in can. with mice found inside.
The Associated Press reports line of siege actions around Madrid as insurgent commanders say troops tightened a steel link three months into the blockade. Paris and London revive non-intervention moves while the French cabinet seeks efficient, prompt invasions regulation. The non intervention committee plans to press Portugal for consent to supervise its frontier against foreign troops and arms. In Osceola Nebraska an infant incident and a theater notice about a crying room for audiences are included.
Columbus won the opening game of the Hempstead county junior boys basketball tournament at Blevins on Saturday morning, defeating Patmos. The day featured forfeits by Saratoga and Piney Grove, with Blevins drawing a bye and Colum buy to play in the afternoon. The double elimination event advances with four games Saturday afternoon and three Saturday night, and officials Henry Yoopin and Dommand Wyle presiding. The senior girls tournament is set for next Friday and the senior boys event for February 20.
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