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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1936
Page
3
The piece argues school debt stems from prior years and current mismanagement. It notes the district pays 2300 in annual interest, diverts funds from teachers, and asserts a sales tax was crucial to prevent school closure. The writer defends independence from the board while criticizing past and present fiscal choices.
Editor Morris Fishbein introduces a new health column The Family Doctor in the Journal of the American Medical Association Hygeia legacy. The note invites readers to Page 2 for the first installment and emphasizes early physician visits for better cures.
The passage traces medical progress from reliance on doctors five senses to the advent of instruments like the thermometer and early eye and throat inspection aids. It notes a shift from simple devices to an electrically lighted scope enabling interior viewing of eye, ear, nose and throat, signaling rapid technological growth in diagnosis.
Mase Straughter a 31 year old Black man was seriously injured Wednesday morning in an altercation with O B Graves at Hope Basket Company plant. Straughter required 15 stitches after a canthook blow to the head. Graves surrendered to Deputy Sheriff Reginald Bearden and is held as charges await Straughter condition. Foreman Emmet Whitten said cause of the fight is unknown. Straughter is expected to recover with no skull fracture reported.
Senator Norris, a veteran Nebraska Republican, filed Wednesday to seek re election. He submitted a petition with 40 304 signatures to the secretary of State office as part of the filing.
Police filed a list of 17 traffic violators on Wednesday after a Tuesday night check in downtown Hope. Most cars had no tail lights or only one front light. First offenses will not incur charges. a second offense could bring municipal court summons. Officers included Chief Ridghill and four city policemen, plus revenue agents and a state ranger.
The Hope Kiwanis club will hold a 9 p.m. reorganization meeting Thursday at Hope city hall. New officers and directors will be named. Twenty four people have signed applications to become members. Any interested person is invited to attend.
Cotton factors planters and traders clash over the September 1 Bureau of Crop Estimates report predicting 1996 Arkansas cotton of 917,000 bales, down 385,000 from August. Prices spiked $4 per bale. traders say losses were overstated by 20 to 40 percent. Many believe drought damage was misjudged, noting western counties suffer most while cistern camps, large cotton producers, fare better. Planters favor official estimates over traders, noting bottomland cotton is in poor condition but upland remains lightly affected. Some predict further declines from the August forecast, with up to 8 percent more cuts in the crop.
Oakland community school five miles northeast of Hope on the Repe Washington highway will open Monday December with Principal Brown and Mrs Rider overseeing elementary grades in the rural district.
About 400 supporters attended Hope High School football practice where Coach Foy Hammons split the Bobcats into two teams for a practice game and explained new rules. He introduced 4d players and announced weights for the probable starters for Friday’s opener against Ashdown High School.
Reidsville North Carolina reports a small fire damaged the roof of the W H Evans home on Fos Avenue after a kitchen stove sparked a roof fire. Firefighters responded to a second alarm and also extinguished a grass fire near a Catholic church on Third Street, with damage estimated at 25 dollars. A separate note mentions a judge proposing loudspeakers on witness chairs and a local baby show won by Richard Forrest, son of Forrest of Dallas, recalling a 22 year old event.
Arkansas attorney general and gubernatorial hopeful Carl Bailey said he would announce appointees to his administration gradually between now and January. He noted he has high regard for Dr. Ford of Fort Smith as a potential revenue commissioner but gave no final list of appointments.
Pulaski Chancery Court faced requests from Prosecuting Attorney Fred A. Dunham Deputy Prosecutor Henry E B Spitzberg and Shevitt Branch to close or tightly regulate six beer gardens and road houses Beverly Gardens Wimpy’s Sandwich Shop Moonlight Inn Buckhorne tavern Yarbrough’s place and an open air wrestling arena at Hot Springs road junctions amid concerns they threaten public order and safety.
Washington representative of Mayor LaGuardia argues public commissions have not reduced utility rates and calls for public competition with private power companies. The statement reflects ongoing debates on energy pricing and market structure involving state authorities and experts.
Hollywood idol Robert Taylor rose from near poverty to film stardom, yet his early life remains a blend of hard work and conflicting ambitions. This NEA Service profile traces his upbringing in Nebraska, medical studies abandoned for acting, and a lifelong detachment from his cello despite early musical leanings.
Nashville special report notes Mussolini and Japan may face insults as millions prepare for war, while rubber industry greed and glory are examined in a new book by Howard and Ralph Wolf. The reviewer suggests the work will spark strong talk and hints at broader social tensions.
Paris reports a nationwide wave of strikes paralyzing ports like Le Havre and textile hubs in Lille, with 30,000 workers joining. Communist pressure for support to Madrid’s republic clashes with Blum’s hands off Spain policy, prompting talk of an extraordinary Parliament session and a confidence vote amid fears of dual power in France.
Washington observers at the World Power Conference watched Dr. C. G. Abbot unveil a sun motor that concentrates sunlight with curved mirrors to heat a high boiling liquid. The device powered a small steam engine and, if scaled, could yield 40,000 horsepower daily per square mile of desert, competing with coal at about $4 a ton.
In Napoleon Ohio several red squirrels were seen stealing flags and flowers from grave markers at Purest Hills cemetery. Sexton Charles Coleman confronted the activity after weeks of reports and observed the animals climbing markers and pulling flags from sockets before fleeing.
Reports say 1,700 fascist rebels and militiamen clash as artillery and siege within the fortress walls continue. Some accounts claim rebel defenders may have surrendered. diplomacy seeks explanations for an aerial bombing incident off the coast and U S protest escalates toward official replies from Spain and the rebel command.
MEMPHIS Tenn officials of the Chamber of Commerce urged a temporary pause in federal relief work to aid planters in need of pickers. Opposing views surfaced as S Tate Pease WPA administrator for west Tennessee said he would not suspend any WPA project unless ordered, while seeking government cooperation.
Adolf Hitler addressed 800000 Nazis at the fourth annual convention promising a four year program to make Germany economically independent. Decrees reoriented the national economy and boosted production of industrial and agricultural goods amid a sweeping colonial demand.
John Cobb, the English racer, set four world automobile records at Bonneville Salt Flats Utah during a brief Wednesday run. He smiled after the speed bursts, driving his high-wheeled airplane-motored car to top marks in the challenge.
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