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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1936
Page
4
A long editorial mix covers midwestern drought, Roosevelt era politics, and the 1936 campaign. The piece analyzes forecasting, bandwagon myths, and voter behavior, noting election uncertainty four months out and the impracticality of predicting outcomes amid changing public opinion. It also includes local notes on primary deadlines and political candidacy conduct.
Spokane Washington reports a strong earthquake rocking the Walla Walla valley and surrounding areas on Wednesday night. Buildings toppled and a corner of a Union Pacific depot collapsed. Utah Canning company estimated over $10 000 in damage as tremors felt across Washington Oregon and Idaho.
U S Senator from Iowa Louis Murphy was killed when the auto he rode in plunged off a highway after a front tire blew out near Chippewa Falls Wisconsin. The incident occurred Thursday and is described as a fatal auto accident involving a high profile political figure.
The Hempstead County WPA String Band led by Rud Oliver performs the third program at Hope City auditorium Friday at 8 pm. The show features ensemble numbers solos duets and quartets with costumed dancers from the Stamps WPA Recreation and Music Project. Harry Martin string band from Stamps and BE W Dorman band from Rosston also appear. Public invited with no admission charged.
In Obereisenreim Germany repairs to the village church steeple uncovered a hall under the weather vane containing historical documents and coins dating back nearly 900 years. Numismatists note medals from the hunger years 17 to 1773 record bread and grain prices. Pastor Sark hopes to attract coin collectors to the find.
The Hempstead County Democratic Central Committee plans a Friday meeting in Hope city hall to challenge eligibility of several candidates for county and township offices for missing the 30 day corrupt practices pledge deadline. At least two for representative and one or more justice of the peace aspirants are affected. The 30 day deadline expired July 11 at 6 pm. Some expect a waiver request to be considered, while opponents warn against relaxing rules. The committee will draw local candidate positions and set affairs for the biennial county stunt next week.
CHICAGO says the heat wave and aridity threaten crops far beyond 1934 levels with over 3000 deaths reported as the drought worsens. Arkansas relief aid totals 42 carloads coordinated by WPA RA Dyess Colony and Public Welfare. A Hot Springs death and a drowning hero are noted, while chemists tout Duralumin as key to modern transport advances.
Hope's newly appointed City Park Commission, in its first regular session at chairman Roy Andersons home, recommended to the city council a paid guard with police authority to patrol Fairpark. They cited WPA and city expenditures on a playground, pool, courts and grounds likely to suffer vandalism without night policing. Additional proposals include restrooms, lagoon fish to curb mosquitoes, tearing down an old building for a diving hall, a guard rail around recreation areas, beautification with flower beds, and eviction of dog kennels. Members named Roy Anderson chair. Arch Moore. Mrs. John P. Vesey. Mrs. H. Clyde Hill. C. B. Cassidy. Terrell Cornelius. A. H. Washburn.
Allen Burns, 29, died Wednesday night at his father's home 11 miles south of Hope near Highway 29 after a two year illness that worsened recently. Born and raised in Providence, he leaves a widow, two small children, his parents W A Burns and wife, three sisters Mrs. Quillen, Mrs. Arnold, Mrs. Stanley, and two brothers Cecil and Van Burns of Hempstead county. Funeral and burial are planned at Providence, likely Friday afternoon.
Archaeologists uncover a third Jury Roman bath cure near Dion in France. The site features a dedicated Sequana goddess shrine and shows Celtic Gaul tribes constructing the bath under Roman direction for healing diseases.
Nashville special column jokes about national debt and tax collectors while speculating on Mr Landon as a presidential candidate. It critiques balancing the budget with alphabet cash and wonders where the grasshoppers went.
A. B. Patten general agent of L. and A. railways spoke at the Hope Kiwanis luncheon on Railroad Week, July 13 to 18, highlighting safety gains, progress, and modernization including streamlined trains and air conditioning.
London police thwarted an attempted assassination of King Edward VIII when a man, George Andrew Mahon, and a gray woman confronted the monarch near Buckingham Palace. The would‑be assailant, claiming protest, was detained after a struggle during which a revolver was seized. he denied any death aim and faced unlawful possession charges.
Little Rock reports William Rogers Construction bid 49,462.82 for a concrete underpass on State Highway 55 near Fulton. J W Hecker submitted 44,262.50 for an overpass, with 11 bidders total. Completion times are six months and 240 days respectively.
A reader letter from Prescott Arkansas lauds The Stars Centennial Edition noting Section F on Nevada County history as standout. Mayor Randolph P. Hamby quips about his fireproof steel data barrel and jokes about delivering 25 000 newspaper sections amid the Centennial rollout.
Helena Derrik awakens in a lakefront scene in a white swimsuit as she dives then returns to shore. She frets over sudden love for Peter Henderson, a tall, handsome lodgelord, and wonders if such feelings can bloom so quickly. The dawn introduces a tense, unsure romance between the unnamed narrator and the man she has only just met.
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