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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1935
Page
4
A poem fragment questions whether government or state owns the river during flood and drought, arguing for unified ownership in all seasons. Community notes report births, visits, and travels. local society items highlight dahlia gardens, scouts, and gatherings.
The Home Clubs Balent The Bellon Mome Demonstration was held at Mrs Siddons home. Many members were absent due to illness but Miss Griffin gave a fine demonstration on vegetable slaw. The hostess served refreshments and plans for the next event are set for September 9 with a singing event slated.
Judge Lumley presided over a forfeiture case and a defeated trial scheduled for next Monday. Dispositions reported for March include A W Cobb fined 250 dollars for possession of signour. McBernett Bolin 40 for concealed weapons. Eunice Williams bound over to grand jury on $200. Clavange Hardman bound over on theft of a steel vice. Vani Thompson bound over to grand jury. others dismissed for insufficient evidence. Drunkenness convictions: James Wright ten dollars plus costs, Ike Wingfield ten dollars, Tru Cox ten dollars. Bond set for appeal. some cases dismissed for lack of evidence.
Starks, Basket Co. both lose in tight games at Waiy Park and Nashville. Starks failed to score despite three bases loaded chances as Red Falkersen yielded. Ray McDowell tossed two innings for relief. Nashville edged Starks in the eleventh with an early error. The Basket team also dropped a late extra inning decision, with Clay set to visit Fair Park next Sunday.
The Arkansas river flood worsened, with Pine Bluff seeing $21 losses and Little Rock area facing levee concerns. Red Cross relief teams moved to aid refugees as crews reinforce Woodson and Fourche areas, while other towns report river reversals and ongoing rescue work.
Lawrence Martin writes to The Star praising the Arliss film Richelieu and the impact of quality pictures on civic virtue. He argues Ait's leave a lasting, beneficial impression on youth and hopes theater managers show more works like this, thanking Mr Martin for public support of fine cinema.
Rescue workers recover two charred bodies after a freight train crash into a field on the city’s edge Sunday. One body has naturalization papers and a card directing notification to John Williams of Philadelphia, Pa., in case of accident. the other victim’s fate remains unrevealed in early reports.
The World's All Right revue previews at Saenger Theater with 50 songs and eight dancing choruses, featuring 40 girls. Young Business Men's Association sponsors, promising up-to-date costuming and one of the best oval shows here. Rehearsals set at city hall auditorium Monday through Wednesday with multiple cast sections and dress rehearsal after the last show.
A Missouri Pacific freight derailed after spikes on the rail, sending 17 boxcars into a flaming pile near the county hospital. One unidentified transient died. eight others were injured, including three transients. Four city firemen, among them Chief Charles A Burns, were burned fighting the blaze fed by crude oil from a crushed tank car. Railroad and county officials investigate possible vandalism as wreckage and bodies are recovered from the flames.
Debris piled five hours after the wreck as workmen investigated the site. Reports indicate possible other survivors and trespassers among the wreckage. Five crewmen were aboard. only Fireman John R Hagkett sustained serious injuries requiring hospital care at Missouri Pacific hospital. He injured his back and a wrist.
An ad-like note promotes Adlurika from John S. Gibson Drug Co claiming one dose releases poisons and relieves gas pressing on the heart to help sleep all night. The brief text urges avoiding sleeping on the left side due to side effects and markets a remedy.
The report lists 87 killed in a collision of two loaded automobiles near Roanoke Virginia. In Missouri United States Army Lieutenant Paul Harter aged 38 was killed and his wife seriously injured when a fire blew out and their car overturned. Two women died in Massachusetts when their car was struck by a trailer truck driven by a drunken operator. A Fordham student died in Lafayette Indiana as his motorcycle hit a truck. Three laborers were killed when their car crashed into a truck near Ketina Indiana. The trunk of the famous Arnoud Robert liveoak near Cecilia Louisiana measures 43 feet 4 inches in circumference.
A damaged snippet shows a widow speaking in a weary tone about a child or darling, with partial garbled lines indicating an interrupted dialogue and muffled sleep. The fragment hints at domestic concern and emotional tension in a stalled scene.
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