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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1937
Page
4
Arkansas requires a report on each and every auto mobile accident with 26 page bound forms. Instructions from H D Booth urge filing at district offices to avoid missing mishaps and encourage thorough reporting to deter careless driving and alibis.
A 1938 farm program proposal from the Agriculture Department offers farmers a quota based system to curb production. Farmers may join for benefits or opt out. those who exceed quotas face reduced payments and penalties tied to soil conservation and crop choices across corn and other staples.
Columbus High School selects class officers with seniors and juniors listed. Seniors Isobel Bayer is president, Dorothy Sip is vice president, Maury Woolsey secretary. Juniors Martha Griffin president, Allene Walker vice president, Webi Neal secretary.
A puzzling, archaic fragment speaks on forgiveness and the bridge between people. The text hints that one who cannot forgive blocks his own path to any future mercy or passage. The source appears to be a damaged quotation with garbled wording and unclear attribution.
Funeral services were held for H B Sanford 76 of Shover Springs east of Hope after he died suddenly at his home Saturday morning He had lived in the county since 1909 coming from Mingis He is survived by two sons Silas Sanford and H B Sanford Jr four daughters Willig Cobb Mrs G R Gray Mrs Dottie Bearden and Mrs Wade O Neal six grandchildren The burial was in Shower Springs community near Hope
In Lonoke Arkansas a deputy and a Black inmate Duncan Pique fought in the county jail after the deputy checked a cell. The inmate hurled the deputy from a veranda and later jumped, with doctors saying the inmate’s injuries could be fatal.
A mixed reader quiz shares vague questions about astronomy religion literature and geography. It notes Springfield Indiana Phoenix New Mexico Pierre North Dakota Madison Minnesota and Canberra New Hampshire as examples and asks about dates distances and family grandparents. Answers are promised on the Classified Page.
Hope scouts and the Hope Boys Band will ride two to three school buses to Texarkana Friday for the Tex-Ark council scout circus, with return trips Saturday after one show. Kiwanis and Rotary clubs will cover expenses. tickets cost 50 cents each.
New Orleans cotton market opened Tuesday at 8.99 and closed at 8.28. Speculators pushed bids lower with only two passes below middling at 6.24.
Mrs Edwin Dossett, president of the BATA city council, announced a membership campaign to enlist every parent and citizen. Committees canvass city sections, with a special push to recruit fathers. October 4 to 11 is State Parent-Teacher Week per Governor Carl B Bailey proclamation. Presidents listed for local P T A units and contact names provided for joining.
Rome article outlines social security taxes for Italian workers including eight percent for workplace accident insurance paid by the employee and four percent for family and sickness coverage. It notes wage deductions for incapacity, maternity, and infancy taxes, totaling about twenty percent of payroll, with the state providing family allowances for large families. The Seafarers Library and The Libraries are mentioned as reading resources.
In Rome Italy fascist aviation circles report Bruno Mussolini son of Premier Benito Mussolini aged 20 is in active service as a pilot with the Spanish insurgent armies. The move adds a grave new factor to the European peace problem. Harald Dahl an American joined the Spanish government air force and was shot down and court martialed awaiting verdict for Franco's approval or clemency. The article also notes the earth’s orbital speed of 18.52 miles per second.
A vintage etiquette quiz from 1937 covers social rules for invitations, attire, and RSVPs. It notes most balls are public, monograms are inappropriate on engraved invites, evening shoes should be black patent leather, ties with evening dress are white linen or pique bow ties, and RSVP stands for Respondez s il vous plait.
E H Lilly resigns as secretary of Hope Chamber of Commerce after a Monday night board meeting at city hall. He tendered his resignation September 27 and left September 30, with Miss Helen Bowden maintaining the office. A local man will be hired for two weeks to manage the Merchants and Farmers Fair set for October 21 to 23, and a new secretary will be announced soon.
NEA Service reports Carl Crow, the American who spent 25 years in Shanghai, predicts Japan will fall back 60 miles toward Soochow as Chinese resist with stiff defense. He says China can wage a defensive war for years and calls Shanghai a costly blunder for Japan. Continued on Page Six.
The coroner's jury investigating Ed Beatty's death met at Hope city hall at 3 30 pm Tuesday after moving from the undertaking rooms. First witness Hollis Calhoun 12 son of Albert Calhoun testified. he found Beatty's body in the creek Sunday morning near Emmet.
Geneva report by Sino-Japanese subcommittee states Japan violated treaties and invaded China. Nine-Power Treaty signatories including the United States should be invited soon to review the crisis. Shrapnel struck U S marines as Japanese ships bombed a major Chinese flour mill near Shanghai. US passports barred entry into China, says U S consul-general Cameron in Tokyo.
French boy Pierre Yvron at 14 accepts a working-class fate in Paris. Son of a mechanic earning 420 francs a month, he cannot aspire to high office in France's social system. After eight years of primary schooling, his path narrows to labor, as devaluations reduced his family income and tradition offers limited social mobility. Continuing.
Arkansas law makes failing to stop and aid in an accident a felony. Drivers must stop, render aid, and exchange information. If the incident injures someone, causes death, or damages property estimated at fifty thousand dollars or more, a report must be filed with the State Police. Reports are distributed to officials and kept confidential, not usable in court to condemn a driver unless the police choose to use them. It is a misdemeanor to fail to report when required.
Mrs Joseph Robinson widow of the late senate leader publicly endorses John E. Miller independent Democrat for the unexpired Robinson term in the October 18 special election. She cites Miller’s cooperation with her husband on state welfare, his Washington service, and says she will vote for him over Governor Carl Bailey.
Chicago crowd about 50 000 hears President Roosevelt urge concerted action to restore world peace. He denounces war inclined nations and stresses sanctity of treaties and sane international dealings while dedicating a highway bridge.
The Ozan community ginned over 1500 bales last Friday with both gins busy around the clock. Favorable picking weather sped picking and much of the early cotton is being ginned a second time. Prices have been low, yet most farmers sold. About 1198 bales weighed at the cotton platform, with prices near 18.00 a ton. Farmers also gathered corn and hay, noting the corn yield is not large but of high quality.
Ira F Twist 80, founder of a vast cotton farming operation spanning Cross and Crittenden counties, died Tuesday after a lengthy illness. The Wynne Ark native leaves behind a sizable landholding and a legacy in agriculture.
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