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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1935
Page
3
Ford Motor Co reports 634,961 U S units sold in the first six months, nearly two thirds of annual output, not counting foreign sales. June sales reach 100,982 the best since 1930, marking the fourth straight month over 100,000. Wages total $83.7 million and raw materials spend at $374,368,873, much for other industries.
A Weather Bureau scientist notes July rain patterns vary. Daytime showers are more common than at night, though four nights recorded traces and two heavy nighttime rainfalls totaling 1.09 inches. Local readers question the old saying about July thunder showers, while global notes mention stamps, Nightingale phonograph efforts, seaweed leather substitutes, and colored snow reports from around the world.
In a report from New York German trade maneuvers emerge as indirect barter to source cotton. Germany uses marks exchangeable only for German goods to evade tariffs, with about 15 million marks or $4.5 million shifting for cotton to Bremen and German manufactures entering via the tariff wall.
Terre Haute Indiana. The general strike that halted business for two days was canceled Tuesday by Max Schaffer vice president of the Vigo County Central Labor Union. Labor Department conciliators met with union leaders but reported little progress. The Central Labor Union had withheld approval, calling the walkout a wildcat demonstration.
Blevins and Hope area residents hosted guests including Troy Wardle and Billy Wade with A. H. Wade, Rev. M. D. Williams preached at Marlbrook Presbyterian Church, a Peniel Nazarene College quartet performed at Bells Chapel with singers from Bethany and Dodge City, and local families visited relatives in Shreveport and Vernon Texas.
An article discusses rising unemployment among farmers and hired farm laborers as automation replaces seasonal crop work. It argues the country suffers, and urges farmers to unite to control buying and selling to counter powerful industrial and financial interests. It notes farmers currently enjoy high prices except in drought regions, and hints at upcoming coverage in Lafollette country.
Oak Grove reports social visits as Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Cumbie of Greg Laseter spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wondul. Mrs. Lloyd Jones spent Monday night with Mrs. Rob Jones of Hope. Mr. Alonzo Wise spent Sunday with Mr. Ernest Ross. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Collier of Hage spent Sunday with his son Mc. D. it Collier. Miss Jewell Ross spent Saturday with…
Coroner says Mrs. Cora Garret 29 fatally slashed the throats of her two children and attempted suicide at their Morriston area home. Grand jury action on murder charges ordered without inquest. Domestic difficulties cited as motive. Local names and social visits noted in surrounding paragraphing.
Syd Skinner joined Mr. Priest Ross and family and Mr. J. G. Colter of Hope along with Mrs. TB Wise Thursday afternoon at Fish Lake where they caught many fish. Mr. and Mrs. Monard Collier visited Tuesday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. ID. M. Collier.
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