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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1935
Page
3
Hope Specs School District residents will vote Wednesday afternoon on the board’s bond refunding plan to avoid court action and reduce interest costs. The plan keeps taxes steady at 18 mills, converts debt to cash basis over a decade, and allows the district to pay as it goes while promising to pay 1 of the 18 mills to bondholders in exchange for favorable terms.
William Green of the American Federation of Labor pressed the U S government to take action against Hitler Germany for brutal treatment of workers and ongoing persecution of Jews and Catholics. He urged a boycott of German goods and services, arguing the time has come for government measures. Meanwhile Berlin authorities jailed and suppressed Jews and Catholics as unrest and fear spread during the weekend.
The League of Nations report notes Ethiopia concedes to Italy in the restitution dispute while seeking arbitration scope. Emperor Haile Selassie signals readiness to pursue arbitration as Britain and France push for a peaceful resolution. A women’s protest in Addis Ababa and papal wish for peace accompany sparse details from Rome and London.
A blaze at 9 30 p m Saturday lightly damaged the home of C B Presley on West Sixth Street. The fire started in a clothes closet and caused the most damage to clothing hanging there. The item appears in a damaged OCR text with unrelated notes about a magazine feature.
The Senate defeated a Republican bid to adjourn on August 10 as House Ways and Means members prepared a new tax plan. The measure would tax incomes over 1 million dollars at 1 percent and hit rates up to 7 percent for higher brackets. Senator Vandenberg called the proposal a hoax and urged delaying adjournment to debate the budget.
Saenger will host CCC officers and men Monday at the theater. The feature will be Shanghai starring Charles Boyer and Loretta Young. Mr Swanke extended the invitation to the men last week.
Frasier Hunt, on his Listening to America tour, visits Northern Arkansas as part of a mountain story about farm owners protesting land prices and a government move to relocate residents. The piece notes the need to move more people out of town to return to rural life in the Ozarks.
In the Ozarks near a main Arkansas highway a damaged timber region shows erosion and poverty. Families cling to ruined yards as relief funds and government buyouts loom, offering new farms and homes on moving to better country while some resist leaving ancestral shacks and five-acre plots. The Sub-marginal Project would resettle 857 people across 137000 acres, with reclamation groups promising houses, equipment, and new farms for those who relocate.
A windstorm hit the Saratoga community northwest of Hope on Saturday afternoon injuring one person. It damaged outhouses and barns and uprooted trees with small crop damage. A falling limb struck Mrs Joe Bland as she walked to a storm cellar, leaving her unconscious but she was revived within minutes. Fulton reported 11.5 inches of rain on Saturday afternoon, life saving for local crops.
Monday sessions in municipal court resulted in several continuances and dismissals. Priv Measor Moerisot had a failure to support charge dismissed for lack of jurisdiction while a charge against aiel Witherspoon was dismissed. Alten Brown and others were fined $4 for unlawful liquor possession. Jewell Mall waived a burglary charge, while Gary Veeder posted a $40 bond. Dwight Ridghill and Lb. Mo Lile forfeited $10 cash bonds. Charges of drunkenness and liquor statute violations against multiple defendants were continued. A peddling without permit case against Pent Galloway continued. A graveyard working at Huckabee cemetery is planned for Friday August 2, with invitation to bring lunch and spend the day. The ruffed grouse notes describe how birds bury themselves under snow and sometimes perish when the crust breaks with temperature shifts.
Secretary Ickes announced that nearly 1.8 billion dollars of WPA projects are under construction and will furnish employment in the interim before the 2.0 billion dollar work relief program reaches its peak. Assistant Attorney General Guy Williams said poll tax assessments must be directed to the assessor or deputies by the party named in the receipt or by a authorized agent on a written order. Ben Laska, a Denver attorney, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for conspiracy in the Urscher kidnapping. The body of Jimmy Bradsteader, 19, was returned to Springfield Mo after a river search found him downstream from where he drowned last Thursday.
Senate inquiry probes profits and the disappearance of Associated Gas & Refining System head Hayy Hopson. Agents and witnesses including Wasser Magee and Dougherty testified on Monday amid calls for federal help. The committee pressed for details as the case expanded into stock market questions and potential federal action.
Completion of the barracks and mess hall at Camp Alton six miles south of Hope was announced by the camp officers. Construction on the administration building continues. An entrance road from the gravel highway is being cleared with CCC recruits aiding. Water now comes from a well at the camp site instead of the municipal plant. The 170 member company attended church services in Hope on Sunday.
Patronage light prompts Pines Swimming Pool to shut Sunday night. Owner Doulin announced he will leave for a tour through Tennessee and North Carolina, planning a possible August reopening. A new well and thorough cleaning are planned before resuming operations with a village crew and local residents assisting.
Flooding along the Hocking river valley swamped five houses in Lancaster on Monday, killing one man and injuring at least six others. Rescue crews battled rising waters as hundreds fled their homes. Emergency officials warned of further damage from the rising river and urged caution.
Hope School District voters are called to the polls Wednesday July 31 to approve a plan to refund bonded debt at a lower 4 percent interest by pledging seven mills of the eighteen mill tax. The board says the move would not raise taxes and would avoid federal receivership, with seven mills set aside to pay interest and principal over thirty years while eleven mills remain for school operations.
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