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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1938
Page
4
Road safety notice from the Stile Highway Department urges motorists to avoid parking on highways and to use U turns only where visibility is at least 500 feet. It requires clear 20 feet of roadway for passing, 300 feet view when off pavement, and visible lights after nightfall for 600 feet front and 500 feet rear.
Senator Mee Retlan defends the Tennessee Valley Authority in supplying power to five private companies under contracts described as temporary and aimed at revenue. McKellar says TVA contracts will not halt public power sales and argues Arkansas Power and Light Co. reduces rates for TVA customers.
The Rev Bennett said on Tuesday that he had a number of interesting books displayed at his home on North Hill Street. Some copies were over 200 years old and several were for sale.
A garbled reader puzzle asks about a glacier in the United States and which presidents’ faces are on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. It also queries the location of the Sandwich Islands and several arithmetic and spelling errors muddle the rest of the text.
The Chinese claimed a Chinese air raid on Yangtze river targets killed 300 Japanese troops and damaged a river post. Japan said its planes destroyed one Chinese aircraft and airfield gear at Tehang. The Chinese denied a June military donation at Iehang while Franco-Spanish frontier reports describe drone patrols and naval blockades near Barcelona amid ongoing aerial battles.
In Washington a Senate inquiry examined a 1933 purchase of two Packard automobiles costing 7240 for Secretary Jekes and an aide. Senator Steiner pressed questions at a committee hearing on whether bids were solicited. Barlow said funds came from the Public Works Administration with Roosevelt's approval, citing an emergency for a secretary’s car.
A fragmented etiquette quiz tests introducing people of different ages and relations with sample lines. It includes scenarios of greeting a daughter to a young man, a young girl to an older woman, a husband to a man, and an older woman introducing to a seated young woman, plus self introduction phrases.
The Senate confirmed Stipley F Reel as associate justice to succeed Justice George Sutherland. The confirmation was unanimous, paving Reel's expected swearing in when the court meets Monday. Sutherland retired January 18 at age 75.
HOT SPRINGS Ark Governor KW Marland of Oklahoma indicated Tuesday the petroleum conference here would fur any the groundwork for joint action by the states on conservation and central production and that a further meeting of the oil states would be assembled in the fall to make recommendations for consideration by their legislatures.
Memphis reports Rev. Israel H. Noe improved Tuesday morning as hospital staff note he drinks water and orange juice hourly. Doctors say a long rehabilitation lies ahead after 22 days of total abstinence, with recovery expected to take months and not guaranteed, as clergy peers debate his fasting decisions.
Washington reports intensified push to end bank holding companies with Senator Glass drafting legislation and Morgenthau seeking a conference to agree on eitherRezoning or prohibition. Officials including Gordon Glass and Morgenthau anticipate a plan within days to curb cross ownership.
In New Orleans grain and livestock notes traders reported Marek’s colt sold Tuesday at B67 with an 8 64 bid. Market watchers noted cattery operations steady with spot activity in middling grades around 72, reflecting unchanged bids and offers.
County chairman Mrs. Robert A. Campbell announced a committee to solicit funds for infantile paralysis. The drive runs Tuesday through Saturday with a $10 annal set. Funds stay local under a new foundation backed by President Roosevelt to fight paralysis wherever it appears, not at Warm Springs. The foundation will lead, educate, and support diagnosis, vaccines, serums, and hospital equipment nationwide, aiding authorities and doctors in care and prevention.
A $4000 100b combination K ray unit for radiographic and fluoroscopic diagnosis was installed at Josephine hospital. The device, purchased in Tennessee, marks a modern Meraty apparatus design with features aimed at higher quality X ray work and better patient diagnosis, announced by J. Gi. B. Cannan.
Lonoke County welfare case involves Florence Sanderlin linked to Earl F. Smith as alleged first cousin. Chancellor Dodge keeps temporary injunction blocking payments while Col T. Ketchum's December filing prompts a welfare act violation inquiry.
President Roosevelt sent to the senate the nomination of Mrs Elizabeth Horton for postmaster at Washington Arkansas. Mrs Horton is the widow of the late Inte 4k Horton. The announcement places her in a key federal position in Washington Arkansas.
Governor Bailey urged protection of lower pulpwood freight rates from Arkansas to Louisiana amid petitions by the Louisiana & Arkansas Railroad Munsey Lines Cotton Belt and others. He argued arterial pulpwood supply should stay in state for paper industry, warning against shifting mills to Louisiana and stressing the need for fair interstate rates. The Arkansas Commerce Commission prepared a protest to file with the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Vernon Whitten of the Arkansas State Police told the Hope Kiwanis club at New Capitol hotel that salaries and policing costs are covered by fines and damages from traffic violations and accidents. He cited three factors for safe driving Courtesy knowledge of traffic law and driving skill and urged the public to see State police as serving rather than arresting.
Flood warnings issued for Fulton with river at 27.7 feet. Lowland residents moved to higher ground as highways in southwest Arkansas closed or partially opened. The Ouachita river was forecast to reach 43 feet at Camden by Friday amid a broad cold snap ending midwinter floods in the East and Midwest.
The United States pressed the Soviet government for permission for a US embassy staff member to visit Ruth Marie Rubens in Moscow. Soviet foreign office had denied access on January 2 stating the inquiry into her espionage case was not finished.
First Baptist Church midweek service at 7 45 p m will consider a proposed Bible conference. All members urged to attend as the pastor offers a gospel talk on Mark and the scene screen shows about Baptist Student Union films. The Robin Hood reference dates to 1377 in a second edition.
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