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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1937
Page
4
Here and There editor alleges the legislature may legalize Bank Night in cinemas to award cash prizes. The piece argues lotteries stay illegal and federal mail bans apply, urging defeat of the bill and noting local enforcement hinges on public sentiment in towns like Hope and Hempstead county.
Arkansas lawmakers consider a bill to end wholesale and retail liquor sales by private dealers, creating a three member Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission. The state would profit about two million dollars annually, fund welfare, and standardize prices across stores with a fixed 20 cent per pint margin. Drinking on premises would be prohibited, and licenses would regulate distilleries breweries and wholesalers.
The Huge Daamete chal aivetion scheduled for Monday at Hope city hall has been postponed indefinitely due to inclement weather and illness among several club members. Mrs. Claude Doyle Hempstead county WPA recreational supervisor announced the postponement.
A devotional note recalls that God is merciful to the land and will not forsake nor destroy, reaffirming the covenant sworn to them as described in Deuteronomy.
Soviet and Vatican related statements dominate the column as Moscow rejects unilateral Spain measures while cautioning about intervention. Russia declines full bans, arguing a European-wide ban is needed and unilateral moves would aid fascists. Vatican ties with Franco, Hitler, Mussolini draw Methodist critique in New York. The piece highlights tensions over Spain, Czechoslovakia, and broader European diplomacy.
Red River rose sharply Saturday into Sunday reaching about 224 feet at 7 am Sunday before cresting and declining by Monday morning. Fulton residents report 0.70 inch rainfall, January total 6.94 inches. Arkansas rivers in flood stages receded while officials prepared for possible refugees and reinforced levees. highways were closed in several counties.
Election of new officers will be held Monday night at 7:30 at Hope High School. All members are urged to attend. The meeting is for the Auxiliary of the Hope Boys band. Vondusky bearers handled the coffin of Claradene who died at Gul Vesta Pexus.
In Little Rock the House approved 82 to 3 an administration bill by Toney of Jefferson to abolish the State Game and Fish Commission and create a new department. An emergency clause passed with the same vote. Opposition by Cunningham and Vesey centered on civil service and governor dictation. Blair proposed taxing theaters with Bank Night prizes. Legal note: Speaker Bransford said 51 votes needed despite a member’s death.
In Little Rock, a United States District Court jury convicted S. R. Morgan and M. B. Morgan of criminal contempt over plans to take about $10,000 from the Cherokee Public Service and Municipal Gas assets in Muskogee Oklahoma. Judge Heartsill Ragon scheduled six months’ imprisonment and a $500 fine for each defendant, as the court expressed hesitation and emotion during sentencing. The government contends the Morgans profited via fraudulent and subterfuge arrangements involving trustees W. Dewoody Dickinson and gas contracts with a dummy Oklahoma Petroleum Products Company. The trial opened last Monday amid charges of elaborate schemes to profit from bankrupt utilities.
Market notes show New Orleans cotton futures opening near steady as traders weigh next price moves. Early activity hints at cautious interest with prices around 13.03 cents per pound and traders awaiting clearer signals for direction.
Arkansas Supreme Court voided and dismissed rulings that awarded the state in three test suits against fraternal insurance groups. The court halted judgments totaling about 230,738 dollars sought from Modern Woodmen of America the Maccabees and the Women's Benefit Association as part of back premium tax collection.
A bar of gold valued at $14,000 vanished from a shipment of 421 bars arriving in New York aboard the French liner Paris. Post office inspectors investigated while officials offered conflicting accounts, with theories ranging from in-ship removal during quarantine to misrouted handling at the pier. The bar was allegedly part of an insured consignment, though some sources claimed it came from a Swiss bank as an uninsured parcel post item. The case raised questions of jurisdiction and security as investigators pursued leads, including possible smugglers and tampering.
Nashville readers note aviation fears as many large airplanes crash recently. Airlines consider free drinks and free lunches to attract travelers. Despite the dangers, travel by air is described as comparably safe to driving, with weekend trips offering a sense of elation at high speeds and altitudes.
Hempstead circuit and chancery will meet in joint session at 4 Jeluck Tuesday morning in the Washington courthouse to hear memorials for Luke F. Monroe a pioneer Washington family member and former prosecuting attorney. Deputy Sheriff Reginald Bearden said petit jurors need not report until 9 a m Wednesday and there will be no jury trials until then.
Garland and Montgomery county officials and club operators testified in Little Rock after subpoenas from the state house committee probing lax law enforcement in the 18th district. The group had appeared the previous Saturday. A plan to deploy all metal multi engine flying boxcars is noted for fast freight and express aerial service. The Library of Congress reportedly holds 275000 volumes.
Detroit reports that United Automobile Workers president Homer Martin announced the conference with General Motors was off after talks failed to begin due to the two Fisher body plants in Flint remaining occupied by strikers. Thousands gathered outside the Flint plant heard the discussion on a sound truck as the strike crisis deepened.
Circuit Court Judge Dexter Bush ordered Hiram Hembree to the state hospital for an indefinite period for observation and treatment after his insanity plea and a hung jury at the first trial. The case followed testimony from Dr. A C Kolb that Hembree is insane and criminally dangerous at times and involved a last fall shooting of Van Derryberry on Hope Street.
The Associated Press reports at least 93 people died in auto accidents nationwide over the weekend. Two fatal crashes, one in Jersey City New Jersey and another in Lisbon Ohio, involved cars plunging from embankments or through a drawbridge guard, with uncertain occupant counts. Census figures show 313 deaths in 129 cities for the week ending January 1, and 178 fewer deaths in 131 cities for the year 1935, with state tallies led by Pennsylvania and Ohio among others.
Senator Min ton Indiana Democrat said after a White House conference that President Roosevelt would hold a meeting soon on possible legislation concerning the Supreme Court. The report also notes large Canadian banks control substantial portions of resources and mentions the complexity of publishing processes.
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