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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1937
Page
4
International dispatches report Spanish government planes battering insurgents on Madrid periphery. Non Intervention Committee members adjourn in London, deadlocked on arms and manpower controls for Spain. Chinese and Japanese forces withdraw after clashes near Peiping. Tokyo protests demand reparations and assurances.
A humorous etiquette piece asks how to handle backseat driving warnings and rude driving habits. It posits options for reacting to a passenger who points out traffic lights and signs and discusses appropriate conduct when sharing a two door car with a driver.
Cleveland police face renewed chaos as ten gruesome dismemberments across two years point to a single unknown killer. Victims, mostly unidentified, are found near Kingsbury Run and along the Cuyahoga river. Despite extensive detective work and tips, no suspect or final clue has emerged. Police reexamine the scene and note the killer’s calculated, medically precise method.
Ozan pioneer W. Mitchell, age 0, died at his Sulphur Springs home on Wednesday July 7. Funeral services were held in Sulphur Springs as his first wife and only daughter rest there. Relatives from Nashville and Ozan attended. Mitchell helped establish Ozan and served as postmaster and Sunday school superintendent. He married Ollie Goodlett Dildy, and the couple last visited Ozan for its annual homecoming in 1934. He is survived by his wife.
Washington reports Representative Fish of New York stated that Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt signed a 1935 radio contract with Sheboy Arch Preserver Shoe company. The deal allegedly taxed sponsors to pay 3100 dollars to the American Friends Service Committee after each program. Representative Vinson of Kentucky countered that the testimony was pure and unadulterated.
Washington four inch mayor George Crosley of El Dorado Arkansas told the Interstate Commerce Commission Friday El Dorado citizens opposed the acquisition of the Rock Island Arkansas Louisiana Valley.
Honolulu reports equatorial squalls hindered Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan as they continued a world flight chase. Navy planes from the Colorado and Lexington prepared for renewed aerial search near Howland and Phoenix Islands, with Isleta and Swan corrections following in the hunt. George Putnam and David Putnam remained in San Francisco monitoring the case as Coast Guard efforts intensified.
Chicago reports the heat wave has raised the death toll to 53 as the northern and midwestern states endure extreme temperatures. Readings peak at 99 in several locations with New York City recording 93.4 and Chicago near 89, while smoke and calm winds worsen the day’s heat.
The AP notes Amelia Earhart, at 49, has endured multiple crashes in a career spanning 19 years. From 1928 in Pittsburgh to 1931 Detroit, she suffered minor injuries but pressed on, pursuing a world flight with her husband in southern California as her plan to settle into a normal life unraveled amid the Pacific leg.
Washington reports show the cotton crop expected between 12.3 and 15.3 million bales this year, with average yields around 192 pounds per acre. Arkansas acreage is estimated at 3,096,000, a 12 percent rise, affecting prices and farmer participation in agricultural programs.
LITTLE ROCK Highway Director James R. Rhyne announced Friday bids would be called within days on eight grade crossing elimination projects costing nearly 410000. One project is in Hempstead county, featuring a signal protection device at the Louisiana and Arkansas railway crossing south of Hope on state highway 29 with an estimated cost of 3000.
In Nashville Arkansas more than 125 farmers voiced support for locating a state soil conservation camp in western Howard County. Officials from the soil conservation service spoke as 102 area farmers had signed a petition. The plan would cover about 33,000 acres and employ 11 men with work to start next fall if approved.
A fragmented report links Texas prison escapes to a Wells Fargo era bank robbery in Little Rock and Fort Smith. Names Chapman Lundy Charles and Pete appear amid a series of arrests and shootouts with sheriffs and state officers.
Arkansas fiscal year 3936-37 net highway revenues reached 12 065 040 dollars from gas taxes licenses tolls and drivers fees. The year saw an 11 percent gain of 1 920 872 dollars over 1935-36. Gasoline tax led with 8 542 264, up from 7 608 679. License fees rose to 2 696 752 from 2 604 504. Toll bridges totaled 551 635, up from 456 921. Drivers’ fees were 54 382 versus 54 064.
New York report states Amos and Andy will shift from Pepsodent sponsored network broadcasts after a contract signed for a new sponsor. Campbell Soup takes over in a deal reported by Nar iota Broadcasting, ending the long association with Pepsodent from 1929.
New Orleans cotton for October opened Friday at 12.43 and closed at 12.52 53, spot speed quiet, 16 points at 12.83.
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