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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1936
Page
3
The piece cites William Feather to argue compound interest can bankrupt the world. It compares a Roman child's one penny at 3 percent to a hypothetical $24 sextillion debt, claiming debt vulnerability would drive economies toward crises and wars.
Ten candidates qualified for the gubernatorial race in Arkansas after the Wednesday filing deadline. Names include John C. Ashley, Carl B. Bulley, Marcus Bono, Lee Cazorl, R. A. Cook, Arthur J. Johnson, Ed F. McDonald Sheridan, Kali Partain, and Howard Reed, with Cook and Reed entering late. Ruthven also filed for lieutenant governor, while Humphrey and Parker clashed in a separate race.
The list presents a broad mix of names across state offices including United States Senate candidates W. E. Dein Cleveland Holland Joe T. Robinson J Rosser Venable and Governor John C. Ashley with battalion-style party figures such as Milard Afford C G Hall and C B Johnson. Also named are treasurer secretaries and district representatives along with noted party committees and district figures. The fragmentary roll hints at an upcoming election slate and associated party apparatus.
Howard Terrell and Barney Little, ages 24 and 26, were held here by Sheriff Jim Bearden on suspicion of cattle theft in Pike County. A suspect admitted stealing 15 cattle, allegedly sold to a Hot Springs livestock dealer. Little denied involvement, claimed to be from Florida and visiting Terrell. Sheriff Bearden said Pike County officials would arrive to take custody and return them for further proceedings.
The 1st district conference of the American Legion Auxiliary concluded a one day session with the re election of Mrs Robert E Powell of Texarkana as district president and with selecting Texarkana as next meeting place Mrs C L Bodenhamer of El Dorado was principal speaker stressing teaching Americanism in public schools The meeting noted about 60 World War veterans deaths and the Auxiliary duty to support widows and children A luncheon featured three musical numbers and Mrs Longseth of Hot Springs spoke on membership Guests included Mrs Jerome Thompson and others The event ended with a tour to Mrs Mary Leneys home to view relics
Texarkana will host a district meeting of maiden clubs from eight southwestern Arkansas counties at Hotel Grim. Mrs. K. G. McRae will lead the delegation from Hope in a program including a public welcome and a focus on the “garden of nations.” A garden exhibit featuring foreign country jars will be showcased, drawing interest to Tanganyika and British East Africa.
Resettlement Administration’s rural rehabilitation program eases 600,000 farmers with 94 million dollars in loans and over 15 million in emergency grants. A field force of 35,000 supervises loans, collections, and grants with aims to lift about 1.6 million from relief by July 1. Loans run 50 to 1000 dollars, repayable in two to five years. grants aid subsistence needs while loans mature.
Southwest Arkansas readers are invited to a Sunday landscape exhibit at the Frit and Truck Branch Experiment Station from 2 to 6. G W Ware assistant director in charge says the visit will be informal and in small groups without lectures. Attendants will answer questions and show ornamental trees shrubs and flowers. The Hope Garden Club and similar groups assist with the display.
The Chamber of Deputies ratified a bill forming an Italian empire under Premier Mussolini. He announced a decree creating the new empire based on conquest of Ethiopia without comment.
Former Governor George W. Donaghey told teachers at Arkansas State Teachers College Founders Day that Arkansans should evaluate themselves rather than chase national acclaim via Texas Centennial hype. He said relying on local resources is far more profitable than external advertising about other states' claims.
The annual Prescott district conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South held in Nashville elected John B. Vesey as district lay leader and Roy Stephenson as delegate to the Farha Rock annual conference. Attendees from Hope included W P Agee W H Olmstead HL Weaver Rey Stephenson and family. The Prescott conference will meet next year at Gurdaw.
The Boy Scout drive total reached 363.85 at noon Thursday, with Glenn Durham, chairman, urging more solicitors to finish the campaign quickly. Prescott chair Blake Scott says $100 was raised in two hours and the quota of 308 may be reached by Friday.
The Hindenburg completed its maiden return from the United States, landing in Frankfurt at 4:55 a.m. after 48 hours 272 minutes aloft, with 61 hours 54 minutes for the Lakehurst to Germany leg. It set new speed records for eastward and westward Atlantic crossings, surpassing marks from 1924 and 1929.
Five convicts escape from Oklahoma penitentiary after seizing a guard’s car and weapons during roll call. Powell, foreman, killed. guards wounded as fugitives flee toward Scipio after a bloody break led by aliased leaders. Police pursue across rural roads with reports of two rifles and two pistols in their possession.
Roy Anderson told Kiwanis Club members at Hotel Barlow that seventy percent of the US population holds life insurance. He argued fear drives investments and noted the first American insurer began in 1759 to protect Presbyterian ministers.
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