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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1937
Page
4
A weekend weather event lashed Hempstead County with rain and a electrical storm early Sunday evening, causing undetermined damage to barn on Patmos Road and Blevins Gin. No injuries or livestock losses reported. Louis Brumfield and spouse narrowly escaped injury when lightning struck near their bed, burning a rug.
A Michigan storm moved through causing overturned small fronts and damaged homes near Chicago roadways. Two people died, many injured, and trees and crops suffered as lightning struck a barn, destroying fodder and corn. Rain totals reached 1.52 inches overnight and 2.34 inches over the period, with crop damage noted by G. W. Ware. Spring Hill reports also include home and barn damage.
Severe weather struck the Cotton Belt area, causing roof damage, broken signs, and downed trees across Spring Hill and Hope. McDowell's family ties are noted with local residents as storms toppled trees on West Port and South Elm streets, with minor injuries and outages reported.
A German freighter Oliv was in Manila when a fire killed two crew members, Hans Kisslancer and another seaman, on Monday. The incident prompted emergency response by local authorities and ship personnel.
The Associated Press reports insurgents resume push toward besieged Bilbao Monday as Fascist powers backing the insurgent administration tighten their grip. Flying units near Bilbao reportedly numbered 43, with reports from Cendaye. Hitler awarded honors aboard Italian vessels off Naples as Mussolini’s regime supports the war effort.
Traffic experts urge driver education to cut deaths, citing four states with schooling programs. An American Auto mobile Association report notes 8,000 high school students were surveyed on the value of traffic safety courses in their curriculum.
In Orion Alabama a heavily loaded passenger bus collided with a truck on Monday. The bus burst into flames after the impact and its gasoline tank exploded. Maurice G Parks of Greenville Mississippi, truck driver, was thrown from the wreckage and killed. Eight or more others were injured in the crash.
Harley Baskin, ex Little Rock officer and State Revenue agent, confessed to holding up the Western Union telegraph office in Pine Bluff and admitted involvement in three additional robberies in Little Rock Texarkana and Fort Smith. He was arrested in Oklahoma and brought back for questioning by Little Rock police, who noted his casual remark about wearing the same clothes as the night of the hold-up.
A snowbound airliner wreckage is found in Alpine Utah, six months after it vanished, with five or seven occupants presumed dead. Four locals discover wreckage near Lake Hardy Ridge 25 miles south east of Salt Lake City, amid reports of a $1000 reward from Western Air Express. Officials caution on excavating remains, while a separate Oak Grove notice calls for a cemetery cleanup on June 1.
In Carrollton Ohio John T Maple 73 a retired rural mail carrier traveled over 175000 miles seven times around the world yet never left his hometown area. The wage hour bill faces scrutiny with advisers warning the wage board could set varying regional scales and wield life or death power over industries, while supporters promise safeguards and court review to prevent abuse.
Questions and answers from a 1937 NEA Service guide on bridge etiquette. Topics include guest price, entertaining stories, alibis for mistakes, unasked advice, signaling, high scores, partner dynamics, and bidding manners.
Labor unrest spreads as Lansing workers strike over arrests of sight pickets and 70,000 idle workers push for federal action. In Youngstown Roosevelt asked to end steel walkout amid gunfire and marches by CIO and Steel Workers. Girdler accused of war munitions possession as Canton and Indiana Harbor rallies unfold.
Atlantic City dispatch reports the Medical Society of the State of New York presenting a proposal to the American Medical Association delegates. The plan asks the federal government to contribute to medical care for the indigent.
New Orleans bycotton market opened and closed Monday at 12.28 cents per pound with spot prices quiet. Middling cotton reported at 22.01 cents with a 43 cent decline in aunits noted.
LONGVIEW Texas Texas has repealed the law allowing betting on horse races shifting taxes to book makers. The piece critiques tax shifts and gas use as a means to ease fiscal tension, suggesting lawmakers rely on spending money as an easy fix.
Los Angeles film star Jean Harlow died at 1 37 p m at Good Samaritan Hospital after a morning bulletin noted her condition was critical and not expected to improve. Dr E C Fishbaugh was her attending physician.
London posts a $34.72 per ounce bar gold price to curb metal leaving for the United States. The rise marks a 9.8 cent gain as traders react to supply concerns and shifting demand in the London market. Bond yields rise at the Treasury amid funding plans and market turmoil. The government aims to raise $800 million via notes due in 139 and 142, with a 1.4 percent four year and nine month rate, the highest since mid-2034.
A carbide explosion at the Carbon Corporation plant in Whiting Indiana killed one worker and injured four others. Officials warn future aircraft safety regulations will curb carbon monoxide poisoning in flight as air quality in cabins is scrutinized.
The Arkansas Public Service Commission allowed the City of Hope to supply electricity to rural customers within seven miles, after boundary terms with Arkansas Power & Light Co. were settled. Hope gains a six mile northward line option and will serve areas near Emmet in Nevada County, while Hempstead county limits were adjusted and Washington area was excluded from Hope’s expanded request.
Amelia Earhart departed Natal Brazil for Dakar Senegal as part of her intended around the world flight aiming to reach the African continent and continue eastward.
Marion Ark P Sheriff Howard Burlin and J J Dubard reported a hot tip to capture a hitchhiking highwayman who robbed and attempted to drown Cecil S Mosby a Memphis salesman near Joiner Friday. Government agricultural experts say crops grow best on slightly acidic soils.
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