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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1935
Page
3
The article argues democracy needs a universal meaning and urges including all political ideas in liberal education. It contends studying the Communist Manifesto alongside other governments is essential to understand democracy. It warns against silencing viewpoints and favors broad curriculum to form informed future citizens.
A petition for rehearing of the Arkansas Supreme Court ruling upholding the Hall sales tax was filed, aiming for a July 1 effective date if denied. The filing names Joe Isaacs and William Hundhausen as proponents, arguing parts of the record and law were overlooked. Opposing groups in Helena push for repeal or tax cuts, with merchants organizing petitions and meetings across Eastern Arkansas to protest the two percent levy.
Dr W L lawy president of Arkansas College welcomed students Tuesday night at the opening of the Arkansas Presbyterian Synodical Training School. The event was sponsored by the Women's Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church in America with L B Montgomery at Phy Tiluft as faculty director. A naval recruiting party will visit Hope Saturday afternoon June 22 to examine and enlist men for the U S Navy. J A Adrock at the U S Navy recruiting station of Little Rock coordinated the event.
The Associated Press reports repeated Sino-Japanese tension in North China with talks on a Changpei incident settlement. Japanese forces withdrew from Tientsin after a year of garrison duty as Chinese troops advanced south. New clashes, including a reported Manchoukuan border incident, and a raid on a gold field near Nungkuts are noted amid global protests of North China policy and League of Nations commitments.
LITTLE ROCK The State Highway Department asked State Treasurer to withhold the July distribution of the county turnback fund for Hot Spring Madigan Nevada Green Clay and Lincoln counties pending settlement of right of way costs. The law allows withholding any county share to pay for highway right of way if not obtainable otherwise at state expense. This is the first time the provision has been used. The distribution, about half of the April May and June gasoline taxes, will be due about July 10.
A Kansas prison riot at Lansing led to 347 inmates threatening to tear up the mine. Warden Lacey Simpson and guards used force and negotiators from Topeka to regain control after a 21 hour standoff. Fire damaged the mule barns and supply lines while hostages and guards were at risk in the coal mine.
The House approved amendments to the New Deal farm program by about a 3 to 1 margin after careful wording by Secretary Wallace and aides to satisfy Supreme Court standards. The measure moves to the Senate, with party lines split and a large majority for passage. The cotton processing tax debate drew opposition from New England textile interests and Wigglesworth sought direct Treasury benefits for producers. Some Republicans and a few Democrats doubted constitutionality of Wallace marketing orders, yet favored preserving core farm adjustment provisions.
Secretaries clash over Burlew power as Ickes battles leaks and control. Reports claim a bureaucratic machine under Burlew hinders progress and prompts demands for new limits. The saga features Ickes orders, staff clashes, and investigations, with implications for the New Deal machinery.
Liberal Senate Republicans and some Democrats plan new levies to raise federal revenue by targeting the $502,000,000 nuisance tax bill. figures include La Follette Connally and Long backing taxes, with President Roosevelt meeting Morgenthau and treasury officials. Harrison, chairman of the Finance Committee, will review in executive session the two year continuation of the nuisance series after House approval.
The House Banking and Currency Committee stated President Roosevelt approved in principle a Terry bill to let the Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan up to 10 million dollars to debt distressed school districts in 23 states. Senator Robinson and supporters urged quick action as hearing closes.
In Corning, Avk Heg an and Peter Raster, about 27, were convicted and sentenced to 15 years each for the December robbery of the Corning Bank and Frust Company. The jury deliberated an hour and a half before the verdict, with Raster testifying to prove they were not in Corning the day of the raid.
Citizens of Hope Arkansas pressed Governor Futrell and Senators Caraway and Robinson to keep a white CCC camp near Hope after a miscommunication led to a negro camp being assigned six miles south of town. Telegrams said white workers were promised and construction had progressed, with officials seeking to prevent removal of the white camp despite protests.
Washington saw a Senate vote on the administration social security bill postponed amid doubts over a Clark amendment to exempt private pension plans and Democratic questions about the measure’s constitutionality. Senate leaders planned to finish the bill Wednesday after debates, with a limited session to wrap delays. Senator Clark of Missouri argued many private plans were superior to the proposed public plan and sought broad exemptions from the six percent tax on employers and employees.
TACOMA reports evidence tying four persons to the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping is ready for presentation before a federal grand jury. United States District Attorney Desynis expects indictments soon against Warmon Waley, his wife Willa Muha, and two other suspects as the grand jury is convened. In Trenton, Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s attorneys prepare to counter his death sentence appeal. In Little Rock the state lending board approves a $750 club refunding road district number three in Hempstead county.
Erby F. Turner, 48, Hempstead county man, died at his Washington home Tuesday afternoon after months of illness from a heart ailment. Born in Spring Hill, he moved to Washington. Surviving: widow, two sons Webster Turner of Chicago and Harvey Lee Turner of Washington, two daughters Mrs. Horace A. Young of Chicago and Mrs. Harold J. Dowling of Oneida New York, one brother J. W. Turner of Spring Hill. Funeral at First Methodist Church Washington at 4 p.m. with Rev. H. H. Harrell officiating. Burial in Washington Cemetery. Active pallbearers named. honorary pallbearers listed.
Luke Lea seeks to dismiss charges of aiding and abetting J Basil Ramsey in a defunct bank case. Lea argues Ramsey's acquittal clears his case. prosecutors call the matter premature yet still prosecutable. A detainer in North Carolina awaits Lea if granted, while other notes reference unrelated local items.
Disastrous spring floods driven by heavy rains sweep across 11 mid western states with Nebraska reporting the highest losses and 106 deaths in the past week. FERA to deploy relief workers along Red River near Fulton as levees are reinforced and floodwaters rise. Arkansas braces as the Mississippi bound flood waters breach levees, threaten 30 000 acres of farmland, and trigger National Guard deployment amid more than three thousand displaced families.
Meridian Miss Fred and Al Key pressed through poor weather in their third attempt to surpass the world endurance flight prize. At 4 32 p m they reached the 40 hour mark in the air, aiming to beat the $34 hours 41 minutes 30 seconds record. Ward Returns From Little Rock Frank Ward came back Wednesday after attending a meeting of the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy examining board on Monday and Tuesday.
New Orleans cotton futures opened steady with July at 11.42 and October 11.20 while December at 11.25. Prices in New York showed little change as weather prospects offset by trade and river buying. Liverpool quotations list American grades with strict good middling around 7.29 pence and related values, futures closing quiet on July to May contracts.
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