Soil Service Chief Bennett to Visit Hope for Inspection
H H. Bennett, head of the Soil Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture, will arrive in Hope on Saturday for an inspection tour of the demonstration area. He travels with Dr. N. E. Winters of Salina and regional conservators L. P. Merrill and others from Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, and Arkansas. The group will tour Hempstead county with local Ag leaders before heading to Baton Rouge for a conference and then Minden for a state field day.
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H. Bennett
Soil Conservation Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
Hope
Craig Rosborough
Soil Conservation Service Office
Bennett
N. E. Winters
Salina
Kansan
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
L. P. Merrill
Fort Worth
Texas
W. Sargent
Little Rock
Glenn E. Riddell
Guy Fletcher
Naticoches
PH. Walser
College Station
CCC
Flaca
Soil Conservation Office
Hempstead County
Mr. Bennett
Baton Rouge
Southwest Soil and Water Conservation Service
Mineden
Naccordoches
Tex
Auto Deaths Rise 17 Percent Across Five Months
The National Safety Council reports 14,270 traffic fatalities in the first five months of 1937, up 17 percent from the prior year. May totals show 3,000 deaths, with city-wide reductions in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and others, while Rochester leads among mid-sized cities with two deaths per 100,000 residents and Wichita tops in safety among smaller cities. Chicago remains the deadliest city with 321 deaths to June 1.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
San Francisco
Wichita
Kan
Maverick Presses $3 Million Cancer Study Bill
Texas figure Maury Maverick pushes a bill to appropriate three million dollars for a camel clinic. He distributes congressional records with a 100 word Maverick speech and a Hoffman study on cancer death rates, arguing the death toll rose to about 150,000 in 1936 despite ongoing research.
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Wasilington
Maury Maverick
Texas
Maverick
Congressional Record
Froderick J. Hoffman
Franklin Institute
Philadelphia
United States
Hoffman
Russian Gunboat Is Reported Sunk In Amur Border Clash
Japanese army and news agency reported Wednesday that a Soviet gunboat was sunk and another badly damaged near the Amur river border with Manchoukuo. A third vessel reportedly fled after being forged. The incident drew grave warnings from Japanese officials about the rising tensions in the region.
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Hisinking
Manchoukuo
Amur
Belton Community to Hold All Day Singing
The Belton community will host an all day singing event at Bell on tethevad Egnpstead county this Sunday July 4. The public is invited to bring basket lunches. A singing school directed by Karl Wonvick is in progress at Belton.
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Belton
Bellon Tethevad Egnpstead
Karl Wonvick
Progrras
Willie Noble Sentenced to Die by Electric Chair
Texarkana Ark. Circuit Judge Dexter Bush sentenced Willie Noble, a Black man, to die in the electric chair at Tucker Prison Farm on August 27 for the attempted holdup slaying of Joseph Hawkes, a merchant, in April.
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Texarkana
Ark
Dexter Bush
Willie Noble
Electrio
Tucker Prison Farm
Joseph Hawkes
Merchant
Cotton prices open and close lower in New Orleans bid
In New Orleans on Wednesday July cotton opened at 12.03 cents per pound and closed at 12.03 bid. The market showed a 1 point drop in spot activity with middling prices at 12.47 cents.
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New Orleans
Spot Cotton
National Jamboree Opens in Washington Camps Along Potomac
Boy Scouts from across the United States and foreign lands gather in Washington for the first national American Jamboree, June 30 to July 9. About 25,000 boys will camp in 25 villages along the Potomac with trading posts, medical staff, and post offices. Highlights include a White House visit, Hoover meeting, tours to Capitol and monuments, regional historic tableaux, and a July 4 mass at the Washington Monument.
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Washington, D. C
Union Station
National City
Capitol
NEA
United States
Potomac
East Potomac Park
Columbia Island
Abingdon
Arling
Washington
Arlington Cemetery
Lincoln Memorial
Washington Monument
Monument
White House
Amer- Eja’s
G-Men
J. Edgar Hoover
Scout-dom
Mount Vernm
George Washington
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum
San Antonis
California
Amenea Boyhood
Feu
Fourth of July Observed Monday With City Closures
The Fourth of July falls on Sunday and will be observed Monday July 5 with downtown stores banks and businesses closed Hope city hall and county offices health nurse city clerk treasurer municipal clerk and public library will stay shut There will be no mail delivery Monday Postmaster Robert Wilson said AM window service and rural delivery will be discontinued Incoming mail will be boxed and outgoing mail dispatched as usual The Hope Star will not publish Monday marking one of its three holidays There are no public celebrations planned beyond a double header baseball game between Williams Lumber company and Okay at Fairpark Sunday at 3 30 and Monday at 2 30
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Hope City
Tressurer
Robert Wilson
Wilson
Hope Star
Williams Lumber Company
Okay
Fairpark
New Cases of Tax Dodging Charged
Washington report on congressional testimony detailing tax dodging via incorporation of residences and personal talents. Names cited include Myron Taylor chair US Steel and Mrs Taylor, Alfred DuPont, Ed Wynn actor, Fritz Kreisler violinist, and Percy Crosby Skippy creator, with Arthur Kent of the treasury outlining the cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional Investigating Committee
Myron Taylor
United States Steel Corporation
Taylor
Alfred DuPont
Arthur Kent
The
Treasury
Ed Wynn
Fritz Kreisler
Percy Crosby
Skippy
Center Point Homecoming Planned for July 5
Howard County residents recall old ties at Center Point annual Homecoming on Monday July 5 with a picnic luncheon at the selver grounds under oak trees. Former citizens are invited to renew acquaintances and join in singing, with no formal program announced. A large crowd attended last year.
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Center Point
Howard County
Selver Grounds
Mind Your Manners Quiz Answers for Social Adherence
A reader quiz tests etiquette rules for headwear, clothing, and funeral attire. It covers traveling by train and plane, and seeking help when arriving in a new city. Correct answers emphasize appropriate headgear, uniformity in robes, subdued funeral dress, practical travel actions, and relying on officials or travel aides for guidance.
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Travelers’ Aid
Aunyone
Irwin Faces Court in Gedeon Murder Case
In New York a crowd of hundreds, many women and children, gathered at homicide court as Robert Irwin aged 23, sculptor, was named in three indictments as the Easter Sunday Beekman Hill killer. Attorney Samuel Leibowitz pleaded innocence and asked for time to file motions. Judge William Allen set July 15 for further action. Irwin is held for the triple Beekman Hill killings in the Gedeon case.
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York
Robert Irwin
Beekman Hill
Samuel Leibowitz
Irwin
Western States Grocery to Move in Hope Arkansas
Mack Edwards of Little Rock, sales manager for Western States Grocery Company, announced the local office and warehouse will relocate from 109 East Avenue B to 210-212 East Second Street in the former Clements Grocery building. Removal is set for Tuesday, July 6, with upgrades including an advertising room, a Frigidaire drinking fountain, and other modern conveniences to serve Hope retailers.
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Mack Edwards
Little Rock
Western States Grocery Company of Arkansas
East Avenue B
J.B. Walker, Sr
East Second Street
Clements Grocery
Western States Grocer Company
Texarkana
Magnolia
Camden
el Dorado
Pine Bluff
Russellville
Conway
Hot Springs
Hope
United States
Arkansas
Western
Edwards
Roosevelt Doubts Third Term Bid Amid Quieter Questions
Washington reports President Roosevelt dodged a third term query, offering a light response about the weather and retreating to his car. George H. Earle’s renewed talk of re election and a March 4 speech were touched on but not clarified, as aides pressed for clarity on his plans for January 20, 1941.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Gay
George H. Earle
Earle
White House
Parker and Son Sentenced in Lindbergh Kidnap Plot
Parker, Sr., Burlington County detective chief, drew six years in a federal pen. Ellis Parker, Jr., three years, both found guilty of conspiring to seize and torture former attorney Paul H. Wendel to force a false Lindbergh confession.
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Newark
N. J
Euis Parker
Burlington
Ellis Parker, Jr
Paul H. Wendel
Parkers
Wendel
Trenton, N. J
Chautemps Wins Full Financial Power Amid Crisis
In Paris the Chamber of Deputies granted Premier Camille Chautemps full financial power to counter France’s financial emergency. It rejected three amendments and awaits Senate approval. Finance Minister Georges Bonnet pledged to defend the franc with equalization funds and said no new loans would be sought before January 1, 1938, relying on Bank of France advances thereafter.
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Paris
France
Chamber of Deputies
Camille Chautemps
Chamber
Senate
Chautemps
Georges Bonnet
Bank of France
Ivans
Frank Vanderlip dies at 72 in New York hospital
Frank A. Vanderlip, 72, a veteran financier and former president of National City Bank of New York, died after weeks of illness in a New York hospital. A Aurora, NL native, he rose from a machinist apprentice to bank president before retiring in 1913 and later advised Wall Street and wrote on war debts. He fathered six children and traveled to study international finance, warning of financial collapse and commenting on reforms like the Federal Reserve system.
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New York
Frank A. Vanderlip
Aurora
Vanderlip
National City Bank of New York
Westhester County
National City Bank
Wall Street
Narcissa
Charlotte D
Frank A. du
Virginia J
Kelvin
John M. Vanderuip
United States
Federal Reserve
Roosevelt
Garment Riot Shuts Steel Plant Doors in Canton
In Canton Ohio the Republic Steel plant opened under Ohio National Guard protection after dynamite damaged water mains and lines. About 450 workers entered by 112 cars as 40 pickets were arrested while two National Guard planes watched from above. In Cleveland a clash erupted at Stone Knitting Mills with injuries and one CIO organizer arrested as AFL and CIO fought over access.
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Canton
Ohio
New
Public Steel Corporation
Ohio National Guard
National Guard
Republic Steel Corporation
Great Lakes Steel
Cleveland
AFL
CIO
Stone Knhting Mills Company
TVA's Power Sale Is Under Attack
Rep John E Rankin of Mississippi protested to President Roosevelt against TVA selling power to Arkansas Power and Light Co without a yardstick resale clause He warned it would ruin the federal power program and benefit private power interests Lillienthal TVA director testified private utilities cut rates but profit while government power grows across Georgia Tennessee Alabama.
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Washington
John E. Rankin
Tupelo
Miss
Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley Authority
Arkansas Power & Light Co
Rankin
TVA
HarveyEoush
Pine Bluff
Electric Bond & Share Co
Congress
David E. Lillienthal
Senate Agricultural
Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
Government debt claims dwarf budget balance concerns
Washington faces claims totaling about 4.15 billion dollars against the U S government, a potential budget issue if judged by the record. Over four years courts awarded only a fraction of claimed amounts, with 1935 totals around 8.64 million after counterclaims. The largest docketed case dates to 192k by the late Robert Lee Wright seeking 122.25 million for alleged patent infringement by the government.
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Washington
United States
Robert Lee Wright
Shelly
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Federal Fund For Cancer Study
Mavrick
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Sweetwater
Ken Williams
Midland
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Tell
Bush
DuPont
Wynn
Kreisler
Crosby
Wes
Heain
Gedeon
Western States Grocery
Des Moines
Iowa
American Animal Health Foundation
America
Amelia Farmer
Foundation
Aditi Peary Iron
Greenland
Tyslagéés
Nogistury
New York City
Parker
Prmier
Frank Vanderlip
Republic Steel Co
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