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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1936
Page
4
In Southwest Arkansas a father speaks of his young son whose leg was crushed in a wreck. The boy suffers in hospital while mounts of unpaid bills threaten the farmer family. The piece argues drivers must bear moral responsibility for passengers and calls auto accidents a leading killer nationwide.
Rain and cool changes spread across the Corn Belt easing a weekend heat wave. Showers and winds cut temperatures, with reports of property damage in some areas and crop benefit predicted by early forecasts. The Public Weather service noted 28 inches of rain at the Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station as temperatures hovered around the forecast highs and lows.
Early weekend rain revived corn in Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Missouri Illinois Indiana Michigan with experts predicting most farmers would fare better than in the 1904 disaster. Weather Bureau and railroad agronomists say the drought’s damage is uneven but not catastrophic and a good corn era remains possible with steady rains. Wheat prospects appear less dire as WPA relief aids livelihoods for Dakota Montana Wyoming and Minnesota farmers.
Paramount Pictures filed a multi million dollar damage suit in Los Angeles against Samuel Goldwyn and his namesake company. The action claims Goldwyn induced star Gary Cooper to leave Paramount and sign with him, harming Paramount's contracts and business.
Smith and Mrs. Hugh Smith returned over the weekend from Strony SpringsArk., where funeral services were held last Friday afternoon for Mr. Smiths father M. C. Bud Smith who died Thursday at age 79 He was a prominent farmer in the Weddington Washington county area for more than 50 years Two of his five sons Lydley and Clarence T Smith are former University of Arkansas football stars and captains Eating Made Easy ROBERT LEE Texas Double deck dining tables are making a comeback with a lower stationary deck and an upper revolving level for serving.
Judge Bacon opened the Hempstead circuit term Monday in Washington with Chancery Judge Pratt Bacon presiding in the absence of Circuit Judge Dexter Bush, who is campaigning for governor. The grand jury was instructed and court recessed to 9 a.m. Tuesday. main case is S. D. Eason versus Union Compress & Warehouse Co for 2990 over injuries from a night watchman assault. A black man received 21-year penitentiary sentence. a black woman also convicted. Tuesday and Wednesday focus on civil suits. Thursday civil and arson cases expected.
The annual Farm Forum and third quarterly Council of Home Demonstration clubs meeting will be held Thursday July 23 at Shover Springs with the Shover Springs club hosting. Speakers include Dr Metaler University of Arkansas LL C Baker district agent Miss Elia Posey district home demonstrator Craig Roxborough of the Civil Conservation Service. WPA String Band will provide music under Ruel Oliver. County clothing contest featured. bring a basket lunch.
Nashville special column notes political talk during Rails Week and a joking remark on Don's Whisper Week campaign concept. Mentions Mr To Roosevelt and Mr Landon, the Townsend group demand for $24 monthly, and questions the fate of home brew outfits.
Revolt rages in Spain with Alfonso departing suddenly for an unannounced destination from a castle near the Czech border. Loyal government troops crush the Madrid uprising, imprisoning over 1,000 revolting officers while rebels still hold parts of southern provinces and Morroves.
A dynamite blast before daylight partly wrecked a Texarkana residence occupied by eight people including Mrs. Dorothy Adams her two children Mrs Ela McClure and her son and Mr and Mrs Hollis Pittman and their son Hollis none hurt police investigated but offered no comments pending inquiry the case remains under study.
A former Marinette pioneer, R A Swanke, and his son Art of Hope Arkansas, visited Mari nelle recently. Swanke left Marinette in 1906 and later became a meat dealer in Milwaukee before moving to Hope. His son Arthur, born in Marinette, now runs the largest goods house in Hope. The Hope Star Centennial edition, 1836 1996, was shared, highlighting the Red River stern wheel steamer Waukesha and regional history. The visitors spoke of Hope’s watermelon center status, a late June melon crop, and annual August festival.
H. T. Bennett 75 a retired L A railroad conductor died at his Hope home after 31 years as a resident. Funeral set for 4 p m Monday at First Methodist with Rev Fred Harrison officiating burial at Rose Hill. Survived by four daughters Marie Matthews Sacramento Glading Morris Hope Laseter Grace Coffee Shreveport, one brother C E Bennett Cincinnati and three grandchildren.
Asheville North Carolina sheriff Laurence Breen said he finished statements by Mark Wellner and his alibi woman Mildred Ward and would question the suspect in the hotel room killing of Helen Clevenger late Monday. Wellner is a violinist of international renown.
J P Hill, son in law of Lon and Mrs Sanders of Hope, was wounded Saturday while fishing and turtle shooting on Champagnelle Creek in Calhoun county. Officials said the shooting was accidental, bow-to-stern line in the boat showing the bullet entry. Hill, a former Henderson-Brown football star, is reported stable and expected to recover. Smith, a former Arkansas fullback, accompanied him.
Dr Edward S Merrill of Los Angeles claims ambition drives mental disorders and that unattainable goals ruin health. He cites ominous dangers of overreaching for stars. The report also notes Sylvia King of Marlin Texas claimed as oldest resident at 181, with details of her Civil War-era memory.
Wade Kitchens, Magnolia candidate and 1934 Democratic nominee for congress in the Seventh Arkansas district, tours Hempstead County with seven speaking engagements to face Neill C. Marsh. The attorney will open Wednesday at Washington at 1 a.m., then McCaskill at 2 p.m., Blevins at 8 p.m. He continues Thursday in Fulton at 10 a.m., Spring Hill at 1 p.m., Emmet at 4 p.m., and Hupe at 7 p.m.
Clayton Patterson, North Carolina's only licensed woman air pilot, says women must know their limits against men in aviation. She notes some tasks are possible for women while others are not, citing endurance tests and the need to model emergencies. The piece also mentions veteran blacksmith W. M. Criswell closing his shop after 47 years in Nowata, Oklahoma.
A U S Department of Labor preliminary bulletin to the State Labor Commission finds Arkansas women in industry averaging weekly earnings under ten dollars. Dolly Gann sister of the late Charles and hostess in his family spoke to Governor Landon Monday predicting a Republican victory. Clyde Pangborn, the aviator, said he split with the Texas Centennial Exposition over its sponsorship for a transatlantic flight project, saying the centennial offered only a name and publicity.
State press dispatches report two of the nine alternatorial candidates will tour Southwest Arkansas this week. Tom J. Terral and John C. Ashley plan stops in Blevins Ozan Washington Patmos and Hope on Monday with Terral speaking in Hope that night pending permit. Ashley schedules Prescott and Hope appearances on Wednesday with a 4 p.m. talk in Prescott.
The 18th annual session of the state negro vocational agricultural convention closed Saturday after 12 days with new officers elected. E. E. Kenison became president, B. T. W. Brimley vice president, Charles Jones secretary, A. E. Woode treasurer, F. C. Turner reporter.
In a late Saturday accident near a Pacific freight depot Charley Allen, 35, was injured after falling beneath a moving freight train. He suffered internal injuries, a severe head bruise, and a kidney injury. Police believe he attempted to catch the train and missed his hold.
Six persons were fined in municipal court on drunkenness charges with two others continued until July. Frank Carnes paid 20 dollars, Lester Lee 15, Walter Sites and Frank John each 10. Williams and Wills forfeited 10 dollar bonds for not appearing. Gen Waddle and W Stroud had drunkenness charges continued to July 2. A peace disturbance charge against Stroud was also continued.
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