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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1937
Page
4
Arkansas WPA rolls must fall from 28 400 to 24 000 by June 15 and to 21 500 by July 15 under state administrator Floyd Sharp after Hopkins directive. With an expected 1 500 000 emergency relief bill, weekly cuts total about 250 000 in Arkansas.
RV McGinnis was elected secretary treasurer of the Independent Theater Owners of Arkansas at Little Rock. J Norman became president, O W McCutcheon of Blytheville named vice president. Board members include Henry Sanders, JM Mayor, W E Blume, G Carey, W K Martin, D E Fitton and Chucks Boaner. An Evanston hospital blood request drew a blunt reply from Police Chief Freeman. Early playing cards were two faced and used 400 years before the modern deck.
Hope Soil Conservation Service cooperators have sodded about 800 acres of steep eroding land into pasture. Contour ridging brush removal and mowing are used to improve permanent pastures and prepare land retired from cultivation. Farmers report strong benefits to farming practices and erosion control efforts.
The body of John D. Rockefeller Sr. was transported northward Tuesday in a special pullman car attached to the New York bound express from Ormond Beach Florida. The train was due in New York at 5 p.m. Simple funeral services will be held at the Pocantico Hills mansion Wednesday at 6 a.m. The ceremonies will be private.
Resumption of the Scottsboro case trials was ordered for July 6 by Circuit Judge W. W. Callahan. The article also notes a separate remark on the folding fan’s peak artistic development in France during Louis XV’s reign, highlighting its high demand and skilled carving.
A 1937 etiquette feature offers guidance on dating norms and fare responsibility. It asks if a young woman should meet a man at a hotel, whether she should pay her bus fare, if a man should give a girl jewelry, and who bears responsibility for a girl's reputation in questionable venues. Answers advise city-aware arrangements, engagement implications, and practical etiquette, concluding with a sample “What Would You Do” scenario for a group at a club dance on a Dutch treat basis.
SWOC official Bitter warned Tuesday that a strike is inevitable at Inland Steel, as the company denies a forthcoming collective bargaining pact. He could not specify a start date, stating the timing remains uncertain.
Harvey C Couch of Pine Bluff Arkansas rose to the chairmanship of the Kansas City Southern Railway board succeeding Kenneth D Steere. Couch had been named executive committee chair last February as directors met for organization. Union stockholders approved a bylaw change to widen the board to 11.
PINE BLUFF Ark 14 plant of no determined origin destroyed the Riley Feed Manufacturing plant here Tuesday with an estimated loss from 65 000 to 75 000.
W C Davis aged 78 of Pond Street died suddenly at 1140 am Tuesday at his son Henry Davis home. Heart disease caused death. A Melrose Baptist member he lived with his son, funeral at 9:30 am Wednesday from the Pond Street home, burial in Baldwin cemetery near Hope. He leaves Henry Davis, a step daughter Mrs Ruff Gentry of Hope, and several grandchildren.
Burward Albright aged 63 longtime United States diplomat, served as minister to Costa Rica and previously Finland, died Tuesday in Nassville after an extended illness. He had recently been transferred to Costa Rica but did not assume the post, remaining in Washington while preparing for the assignment.
Samuel S. Leibowit? discusses social problems behind youth crime in America. He recalls defending Scotts hawo boys and Vera Stretz, and recounts a Sing Sing death house session with a condemned 18 year old. The piece reflects on upbringing, law, and punishment as told to Charles Navin.
Preparations are under way by the Hope Soil Conservation Service Project to host 500 farmers from 15 adjoining counties for a tour of the Erosion Control Demonstrational Area on Thursday May 27. County agents will lead delegations of about 50 from Miller Sevier Little River Clark Ouachita and Columbia counties to view terrace outlets strip crops contour farming and other erosion control features. Visitors will tour farms and observe co operat ing practices including meadow strips terracing and planned woodland management.
NASHVILLE Ark A special grand jury indicted City Marshal I S Stockton of Delight for first degree murder in the slaying May 1 of Rex Gentry of Antoine Stockton said he shot Gentry when the Ankins man attacked him as he tried to place him in jail Relatives of Gentry hired J M Jackson to assist in the prosecution No trial date set Stockton free on bond under habeas corpus bearing
Elmer Brown, newly named Patmos High School principal, will lead his first Patmos year in 1937 38 after previously serving as Guernsey and Columbus principal. New faculty include Olander Thomas Beck and Paul W. King, with Beck earning an AB from Southeast Oklahoma Teachers College this week and King teaching English and science and serving as athletic coach. Remaining staff re-elected by the school board include Mrs. Homer Reeves, Miss Mary Middlebrooks, Miss Nora Gordon, Miss Ray Mayton, Mrs. Paul Hamilton, and Mrs. Owen Atkins across grades and music.
Washington debate centers on federal subsidies for schools. Alexander G. Ruthven warns politicians may seize control of education via subsidies. Harrison-Black bill would start with 100 million dollars, rising to 300 million, allocated by student population and eight months schooling. Projections touch race and regional lines amid Southern and Negro education concerns. Continued on page three.
Leaders in the Supreme Court hiring dispute vow no compromise while the quarrel threatens to cripple business and force bankruptcy. Congress may be forced to work nonstop to resolve the issue before the roasting car season ends. The piece notes British actions as they mock a duke over his kingdom.
In Washington on Tuesday the administration reiterated Franklin D. Roosevelt’s firm no compromise stance on the Supreme Court plan. The president signaled the bill would not be withdrawn or altered, even as the government reports twelve favorable rulings this year and no losses before the high court. Several observers in the capital still anticipate a possible settlement.
A mob of over 100 men seized Willie Reed, the 20 year old accused killer of two white women, from a negro undertaker in Bainbridge Georgia. They burned his body behind a car parade then at a negro baseball park. Reed was shot by deputies as they were taking him to Albany jail after confessing to the double murder in Dothan Alabama.
The Louisiana Supreme Court ruling upholds taxing chain stores by total national presence, targeting Atlantic & Pacific and favoring local rival H. G. Hill. The decision threatens nationwide chains, spurring potential reorganizations and more court battles as states probe broader taxing powers beyond in-state activity.
Insurgent leader Francisco Franco flatly refused a British offer for armistice and the withdrawal of foreign volunteers, demanding unconditional surrender. Government air raids in Salamanca and Palma cause hundreds of deaths and injuries as insurgents prep a double thrust toward Galdacana, a key Bilbao defense point. Mussolini’s paper calls on Italian Jews to publicly declare themselves enemies of Hebrewism and renounce Malian citizenship, amid broader racial tensions.
A Wednesday night systematic Bible study begins at First Baptist Church for beginners and seasoned learners. The 60 lessons cover Genesis to Revelation, in lectures and discussions led by Rev. William R. Hamilton, with vacation periods and optional field features.
Eleven persons were reported in Moscow to have been executed at Khabarovsk in the Far East. The executions bring the total in Siberia within the last days to 55 on charges of sabotage under direction of Japanese intelligence agents.
New Orleans market reports a steady close with July futures opening at 12.67 and ending at 12.55. Spot cotton eased, with middling prices down to 12.95 as buyers paused and sellers reined in quotes.
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