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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1937
Page
4
Washington faces a brief second session as Congress plans to tackle the farm problem and pass a five point program while contending with the anti lynching bill. The Senate agrees to exit a parliamentary tangle in August.
Parliamentarians said the agreement provides that the aftlc lynching measure becomes a special order of business immediately after a vote on fort legislation at the next session. The provision holds in the extra session called by President Roosevelt.
Carroll Thibauld of Little Rock Ark was elected governor of Missouri Kansans and Ar Kansas Kiwanians at the concluding session of the district annual convention. He was elected without opposition, succeeding Henry W Thiessen of Hutchinson Kan. BD. R. Alexander of Kansas City was re elected district treasurer. A district secretary will be selected by the new governor. Harald C Ingram of Lawrence Kan is retiring secretary. Lieutenant governors chosen include Theo F Huston Hot Springs Ark Division 7 Calvin M Keller Moberly Mo Division 8 Hubert L Minton Conway Ark Division 9 re elected
A Schuster produce truck from Shreveport struck a power pole behind Hope’s grocery on Walnut street Thursday morning at about 8 o clock. Two large transformers fell, a 2,500 volt line was knocked out, linemen repaired the break by noon, and service was restored after the transformer was replaced.
In Gelsenkirchen Germany a fire outbreak followed by explosions injured several workers. In Bangor Maine a cabin plane bound west carried James Dalhover an Al Brady gangster to an undisclosed destination as captors ferried him away.
POPLAR BLUFF Mo A 47 year old Quinn district farmer John W Craig ended his life by drinking poison Tuesday night Coroner Grover Greer said Craig had discussed the market price on cotton with his family and had refused to eat his evening meal after returning home from the sale of a load of cotton He died two hours after telling family members he had poisoned himself and was brought to a hospital here He is survived by his parents his wife and four children.
In Morrilton Arkansas a jury found J W Jones 74 former city marshal guilty of second degree murder for the July slaying of Charles Pickthorn 42 in a stock barn. The two had argued over an estate and the jury set a seven year penitentiary sentence after two and a half hours of deliberation.
In Lexington, a local evangelist Miller Olmon Johnson 47 confessed to shooting his wife Mrs. Willie Johnston 42 and auto salesman William Rue 37 at the Johnston home Wednesday night. Rue, employed in Georgetown, Ky., was visiting the Johnston home as part of a relationship with Leila Johnston 23, daughter of Mrs Johnston. Police booked Johnson for murder after he surrendered, stating he shot the pair and would go to the police. The couple had several children and Rue’s brothers disputed the motive, suggesting mistaken identity.
Pasadena Calif Tk reports that growth of giants in plants and animals hinges on a limiting factor. Experiments at Caltech show embryonic peas grown in sterile solution respond to vitamin B, vitamin C, folliculin, and pantothenic acid, yet combining them all yields no extra growth beyond a single nutrient. No limiting factor was found to stop growth before reaching normal size.
Tom Herridge of Tarklo, Missouri, reached Hope after 4100 miles of a 25000 mile journey riding an auto glider. The motorized cart with a tiny trailer travels 120 miles per gallon of gas and 500 miles per quart of oil. Herridge started from Tarkio six months ago and plans to finish in two years en route to New Orleans, Florida and Cuba. Ken Williams, former St. Louis Browns outfielder, now serves as a police officer in Grants Pass, Oregon.
Answers provided: 1 No address as widow letter should read Mrs Richard Long. 2 Sincerely yours is correct for both business and social notes. 3 In a friendly letter use a comma after the salutation. 4 An envelope to a small girl reads Miss Mary James. 5 Best approach is What Would You Do to apologize for typing a friendly letter with correct etiquette.
Harvard scientist S Pagliuen describes Mount Washington wind and rime ice tests for aircraft. The study details wind speeds from 40 to 200 mph, ice building on leading edges, and challenges of simulating outdoor conditions in wind tunnels for pilots' safety awareness.
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