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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1936
Page
3
Arkansas Supreme Court broadened a rule on contractual and statutory claims affecting county finances. The editorial laments court-ordered unpaid claims, highlights Sheriff Bearden's $43 last year, and calls for voter action and financial reform to save courts and ensure fair pay for public officials.
Mil ton Bronner NEA serviceman traces Edward as Prince of Wales globe trotter before his 1936 coronation. The article notes tours to Africa and South America and hints at the remaining installments in the six part series.
Edward Will, a former World War I traveler turned royal figure, is noted for extensive journeys across the globe and the British empire. The record highlights his 1919 U.S. visit, meetings with Wilson and Coolidge, and long stints in Canada, India, China, Japan, and Australia, shaping an enduring bond with North American and Commonwealth leaders.
A University of Chicago panel of 21 economists dismantles the Townsend Plan for a $200 monthly pension for everyone over 60. The report argues the plan cannot be funded, faces insoluble administrative issues, would depress business and living standards, and criticizes its tax and social security provisions as unsound. It refutes the plan in five sections, starting with the proposed transaction tax and its insufficient revenue.
Washington reports that Borah for President campaign headquarters chaired by Carl G. Bachan of Wheeling, Va. has quietly opened in anticipation of Borah’s Republican nomination bid. The move precedes his formal declaration and February 1 filing plans. Federal council for foreign trade studies farm cooperative campaigns with machinery experts and finances for farmers nationwide.
Miss Lill D. Jamison 52 South Main died at 1 p.m. Monday from burns after her dress caught fire near a gas heater in the kitchen. Her sister and sister-in-law Mrs. Heimy and Mrs. Cora Jamison were also burned trying to extinguish the flames. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at First Christian Church with Rev. Guy D. Holt in charge. Surviving are two sisters and a sister-in-law, plus other relatives.
Mrs. Anna A. Lykins died at 2 30 a m Sunday at the home of her daughter Mrs F J Pagditt two and a half miles south of Hope The day was sent at noon Sunday to Miami Oklahoma where burial was to be held Immediate survivors were not learned
Daisy Alexander Reet testifies she killed Brenton Root after years of alleged abuse and threats. She describes confrontations with a red-haired cigarette girl Lucille Underwood and a promise from Root to repent, while taking her four-year-old son George.
Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that circuit court costs cannot be paid when county revenues for the fiscal year are exhausted. The decision reverses Texarkana Circuit Judge Dexter Bush and upholds a $15,000 judgment by Glen Carmial of Hope against Hobbs Western for an arm amputation after a collision in Texarkana in 1934. The ruling endangers statutory claims tied to county overdrafts and may affect $4,500 to $5,000 in December 1935 creditors.
The mercury marked IT degrees on the Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station instruments, colder than 17 degrees last week. Daylight hours showed temperatures from 23 to 27 degrees, with fair conditions and continued cold for Monday night and Tuesday.
In Paragould Greene county Arkansas the town of about 11 000 residents showed a clear anti New Deal sentiment in the Literary Digest poll Eighty seven voters cast ballots and all favored Roosevelt politics while four opposed in 1934 now four paragould residents voiced support for the administration and nineteen opposed The Arkansas city figures list Blytheville Camden Conway El Dorado Fayetteville Fort Smith Helena Hot Springs Malvern Van Buren and others in the statewide tally
Washington reports a heated debate over Alfred E. Smith’s campaign stance. Democratic leaders prepare a counterattack as Smith weighs whether to walk out on party unity or stay aligned with the Democrats.
Governor Bibb Graves commends officers as having done their full duty after Captain Otter Smith’s report on the shooting of Dale Powell. In Arkansas, Dwight Blackwood and others receive an instructed verdict in a road funds case. In London, Britain's pilgrimage to the bier of King George VI sees a surge of 10,000 mourners per hour at Westminster Hall on the final day of lying in state.
Purchase of the entire stock and fixtures of the general mercantile store of Compton Bros. on East Second Street was announced. L M Boswell plans to consolidate his men s clothing shop with the Cumpton store under the Boswell and Higgason name and relocate the clothing operation to the Cumpton location on East Second.
Warrest High School basketball saw Hope suffer a double-header setback as Warren handed a 24 to 4 loss in the afternoon and the Lumberjacks followed with a 22 to 0 night win. Warren halted Hope’s surge, a notable victory as Warren remains a strong foe in the region.
Municipal Court Judge W K Lemley cleared a two week docket with 18 cases from drunkenness to assault with intent to kill. Janes Edwards Jr was fined 25 dollars and sentenced to a day in jail for petit larceny. Others pleaded guilty or were bound over for grand jury action. The state docket included a case of assault with intent to kill. The report notes a Hempstead county circuit court session and a Dorset England council debate over military preparations and rural preservation.
The Senate, with a strong majority, approved the president’s veto override 76 to 19, after the House had passed it 344 to 61. The measure funds payment of the 1945 maturity value of $50 bonds, cashed after June 15 or held nine years for three percent interest, totaling about 2.491 billion dollars in new Treasury outlays.
Margaret J. Wallace 66, mother of Mrs. J. F. O'Dell of Hope, died in Julia Chester Hospital from pneumonia after about a month ill. Formerly of Heber Springs, she had lately lived with her son J. T. Wallace of Malvern. Funeral planned 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at First Christian church in Searcy. Surviving: three sons J. T. Wallace of Malvern, Virgil P. Wallace of Dallas, William J. Wallace of Chicago. three daughters Mrs. J. F. O'Dell of Hope, Mrs. Jeff Thomas of Shreveport, Mrs. C. C. Bardow of Helena.
In Trenton New Jersey the legality of Bruno Richard Hauptmanns reprieve from execution may be challenged within a few days. A meeting of political foes was planned after the governor hinted enforcement agencies pressured the carpenter in the Lindbergh kidnap case. The form of any challenge was not disclosed, with impeachment considered as a possible path if the legislature urges it.
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