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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1936
Page
4
The Star declares it will sponsor a zero advertizing policy from liquor or prohibition factions. Editor Joun C Timberlake asserts financial independence, offering opposing sides full space, and pledges free, unbiased coverage of the prohibition issue as the public decides.
The Federal Reserve report for the Eighth District notes December activity and sales were noticeably above year-ago levels across most lines. Construction and heavy industries expanded, retail trade rose, and wholesale lines showed gains, though December employment held steady with mixed regional shifts.
Hope and Hempstead county workers await payday as Hope’s industrial group releases about 8000 silver dollars in weekly and semi monthly payrolls. Members of the Hempstead County Industrial Association include Hope Basket, Bruner Ivory Handie, Temple Cotton Oil, Cox Cassidy Foundry, Union Compress, J. L. Williams & Son Lumber, and Howe Tea. The survey estimates annual labor and materials outlay at over 757 thousand dollars, with most funds spent locally. one member plans next week’s payment.
Arkansas 4 H winner Ora F Jarvis, 18, of May Route 4, took the cotton prize offered by breeder Robert Bb Darteh for the highest lint yield per acre. Contest rules required 10 entrants and detailed records. Jarvis followed county agent guidance on soil preparation and fertilization to achieve the top yield.
The United Mine Workers executive council authorized leaving the American Federation of Labor amid bitter clashes between industrial and craft unions. Delegates set terms for interim dues and transitions, citing a long protracted dispute over organization methods and control within the federation.
The Bobcats head to Waldo Friday for a high school boys basketball game against Waldo. Previous meeting produced a tight result in January with Hope benefiting. Expected starters include Reeves, Gallwas, Rampey, Pures, Fone, Bright, Cargill Holly, and W Parsons as the team aims to avenge the loss.
MALVERN Ark Mrs Fi nlall 90 burned to death Thursday night when fire destroyed the house where she lived alone. Other briefs note Roosevelt says tax raise needed this session to fund farm program and bonus. Loch murder claim in Jovit prison case. Hudspeth habeas corpus delayed to Feb 26. deputy sheriff Adolph Anderson shot to death. naval conference plan annual naval construction disclosure. Lindbergh case reopen statement deemed lacking new evidence.
Winter’s coldest temperature was tied as the thermometer stood at 14 degrees at daylight Friday morning. The same reading occurred last week. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warming temperatures Friday night into Saturday.
Figures released by the Farm Credit Administration show farm sales by 12 Federal land banks rose sharply from 1933 to 1985 with nearly double the number of farms purchased in 1985 compared with 1934. Whole farms and partials sold at a combined value of about $6,000,000 and $4,179,000 respectively, reflecting stronger demand across districts and higher carrying values. The report notes higher prices relative to carrying values in later years, alongside increased liquidity in the farm real estate market.
In Scottsboro Alabama two Black convict prisoners were fatally burned when a gasoline drum on a transfer truck caught fire during a winter day incident. Two white guards sustained minor burns while trying to free the trapped inmates. A highway engineer attributed the blaze to an inmate attempting to start a fire.
A county judge in Hempstead cites long pledge to take $1800 salary with $300 annual expense, noting past tax league pledges and a 1934 salary bill aimed at cutting debt. He details his three years of service totaling $5425 and argues county debt stems from other claims. he implies future salary changes and expenses through upcoming Quorum Court actions.
Miss Willie Lawson, executive secretary of the Arkansas Educational Association, spoke at Hope Rotary Club on youth rebellion and parental understanding. She cited diary-watching as a tool and recalled cases of youths taking horses and cars, urging schools to serve as active community centers.
Prohibition forces announce a four meeting stump tour leading to the February 18 election. Speakers include Rev Guy D Holt N P O Neal O A Graves and Rev Fred Harrison. Rallies scheduled in DeAnn Columbus Bingen and Spring Hill with venues such as First Christian Hope Baptist Hope Methodist Hope and Spring Hill High School auditorium.
In 5 below zero cold rescue crews recovered casualties after an express train derailed from a Susquehanna River bridge into an abandoned canal bed near Sunbury Pennsylvania. At least three died including Dr Guy Rothfport and Washington Dansuaw. 25 to 35 injured. Witnesses reported a blast and glare suggesting a boiler explosion.
The Senate approved $7,369 for the munitions committee to finish its probe amid charges of coercion and disclosure of Lansing documents. Senate debates centered on alleged threats by Connally and remarks about a long inquiry that has cost over a million dollars, with party tensions and rumors of scandal surrounding the Lansing files. The report notes related domestic turmoil and a judgment in a separate case, linking the political uproar to ongoing investigations.
A.Lasley of the Arkansas Utilities Commission said a late Friday order would suspend reduced Hope telephone rates after a final investigation. Southwestern Bell will post a $10,000 bond for refunds as the Hope exchange faces a $3,000 annual loss from the rate cut. The ordinance lowers business line rates from 4 to 2.50 monthly and residence lines from 2.50 to 1.50, with Hope plant valued at 96,349 and last year's net income under 4,000.
Hilda Kim Spencer 10 daughter of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Spencer died Friday morning at home on Edgewood avenue. Funeral 2:20 Saturday from the residence with Rev Fred R Harrison officiating. Burial Rose Hill cemetery. Pallbearers Harry J Lemley W Kendall Lemley T S McDavitt B E McWillins Robert Wilson Robert Campbell R 16 McRae all of Hope and Howard East of Camden.
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