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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1937
Page
3
Kansas City report says William A Still shot a duck during a February Kansas test and appeared in federal court Wednesday to answer charges. The case concerns hunting migratory fowl in violation of a 1918 treaty between the AB authorities.
The article recounts Still being tried for violating a treaty by attempting to kill migratory ducks and possessing wild ducks. He fired from a car and used a repeating shotgun with more than three shells. The judge notes ignorance of the law, and Still pays a $25 fine.
Hyde Park reports the president asked John D. Biggers of Toledo Ohio to head the unemployment registration program authorized by Congress. Biggers said he would answer next Wednesday.
New York report cites astronomer William H. Pickering arguing there are signs of life on the moon. He notes color changes in craters and mountain-like formations resembling Earthly volcanic features. Tinges of red and green suggesting vegetation or bacteria may appear with the moon’s day cycle.
Harold Dahl of Champaign reports from Hurgos Spain that his son, an American airman, is promised release by insurgent leadership in Franco’s Spain as an exchange prisoner. Dahl said Prone had assured Mrs. Dahl of imminent freedom.
New research questions whether fish bowls can start fires by concentrating sunlight. An investigation by Karl van Dyke of Wesleyan University summarizes how water in jars blocks short rays but allows long rays to heat objects. A long-term lab test with a water jar burned wool at a window for ten years when sunlight angle aligned.
Jimmy Crawford hooks a big fish as a hawk dives from the air and snatches the line. The hawk and line drop into the water, Crawford recovers the snag and brings in the catch, praising the strange moment of the season.
A two hour program of aerial and automobile stunts begins at 2 Sunday at Hope Airport. Dixie Dare Devils perform with Side Slip Johnnie parachuting from two miles up. Lt Walter Hawkins and crew of skilled fliers join the aerial act. Captain Happy Warris will headline the automotive stunts using a Pontiac with dramatic high speed maneuvers. Fire Department sponsors. advance tickets at the fire station.
The Feast of the Three Kings marks Christmas in Spain on January 6. Census figures list 35 09 John Smiths in the United States.
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