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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1935
Page
3
ALEx. H. WASHBURN argues Tuesday canvass by OPE for a uniformed band to boost city image and drive local advertising. He compares cost to past festival expenses, urges business and individuals to invest as a civic promotion while keeping youths engaged and out of mischief.
The Hope Boys Band must ride to Camden 60 miles away to back up the Bobcats Friday night September 27. Citizens with available cars should call Mrs. Harry Segnar at 218-W for bandboy assignments. A rummage sale raised 536.57 toward uniforms. further city canvass funds are planned with five committees to be named by Mrs. Leon Bundy. A Thursday benefit baseball game between Hope Storks and Hope Basket/Company teams will sell tickets for band funds. The city council pledged 69 and The Star 25, bringing the total toward uniforms to 111.87.
At First Baptist church Sunday morning the revival led by Rev. Oscar Gibson was voted to move from the city hall to the church. A large Sunday night crowd and strong interest followed. Services will be held Monday at 7 30 pm at First Baptist with the subject “The First Resurrection What Shall Take Part In.” Several faiths were professed and many more are expected. The pastor thanked Mayor Albert Graves for cooperation in relocating from the city hall, praising civic interest in the religious improvement of the city.
Twenty cases were heard by W. K. Lemley in municipal court on Monday. Violations of liquor laws led the fines with Barton Bohannon, Bill Blakely, and Fannie Blakely each fined $50 plus costs. Appeals to circuit court set at $140 per defendant. Several others faced drunkenness charges with fines of $10 or cash bonds. Notable dispositions include Westerman cleared of assault and battery, Waddie pleading guilty, and Schirmer fined $40 for pistol use and another $40 for aggravated assault.
Fourteen Hope students are listed by Henderson State Teachers College Arkadelphia at the opening of the Tall semester. Names include Hanegan Ambrose Hanegen Jane Orton Claudia Louise Whitworth Alice Waller Mabel Orplis Barnum Marjorie Byers Auda Kathleen Porterfield Josephine Morris Ruth Estelle Atkins Robert ONeal Roy Kennedy Byron Brown Jack Turner John Wells Harper Porter Stamps and others.
Washington reports tentative progress in ending the soft coal strike as Edward F. McGrady mediates between miners and operators. About 7,000 Arkansas Oklahoma area miners join the national walkout while national orders keep 400,000 workers idle. The deadline passes with negotiations continuing and doubts about early coal recovery.
St Louis brims with more than 100,000 Legionnaires for the 17th annual convention as officials estimate four day costs and city officials prepare Monday events. Preconvention activities include committee reports and citywide arrangements while crowds fill hotels, traffic tightens, and celebrations spill into bars and streets.
A pie supper is planned for Tuesday October 1 at Spring Hill High School to raise funds for progress in the Hope district. The event features the Thy Johy Ridehill string band of Bearden and is supported by local residents in Waeligtot.
The Arkansas Supreme Court affirmed life sentences for Loy Dowell of Hot Spring County and a separate ruling upheld a murder conviction for RB Miller. The decision also affirmed a bond authority for the State Bank of Education revolving fund to issue bonds for school finance.
A violent weekend in New Orleans left three dead and two wounded as a shooting and murder spree unfolded. The murder of night club operator FrankBrunedd led the toll, his strangled body found in his car near City Park after a brutal beating.
Washington outlines a five year plan to transform the regular Army into a world model of speed, fighting power, and mechanized force. Chief of Staff MacArthur warns that peacetime arms must remain lean yet capable, while noting the need for efficiency and modernization amid rising global tensions. The speech stresses preparedness, defense capability, and the role of new weapons and mobility in deterence and potential conflict.
The Soviet government announced a revision of military titles for the Red Army, introducing ranks such as captain and colonel while omitting general. The new system aligns with allied practices, replacing earlier Bolshevik-era preferences. Women are noted as air personnel, and marshals remain separate from the general rank, with appointments to be government-led.
In New Orleans hotels old Long era factions shift as lesser known Long organization members are groomed. The scene centers on political intrigue and potential rivalries among ex parish bosses and emerging figures within Huey Longs empire as the 1930s power contest unfolds.
The Star prints Harrison articles received by mail with week-end telegraph comparisons. Wade Omer Martin emerges as a Long Senate candidate and political dark horse, facing rivals Gov. Allen, Justice Fournet, and Speaker Fender in a Cajun political clash.
Washington reports an executive order reducing 800 million dollars of WPA work relief expenditures for the campaign to employ by November 1. The move comes as the nation faces about 34 million unemployed. In El Dorado Arkansas the Union County grand jury indicted Clyde Culley for first degree murder in the Fourth of July shooting death of R. A. Pepper and Mrs. Cleo Moore Murphy.
Claude Phillips an Arkadelphia youth escaped serious injury Sunday night when his new sedan struck a concrete abutment near Luck's Tourist Court and overturned twice. He was returning from Dallas after picking up a boy and girl in Texarkana. The girl sustained slight facial abrasions and was treated at Josephine hospital then released. A second car driven by Charles Moxley of Hope swerved to avoid collision. his vehicle was only mildly damaged. Chief Ridg Gill investigated and would not assign blame.
The Associated Press reports that over 100 people died on U S highways during the weekend as traffic swelled. States tally multiple fatalities with efforts by cities and highway departments to stress highway safety. California saw eight deaths including in San Francisco and Los Angeles, while Oklahoma North Carolina Indiana Michigan New York Texas and Virginia each recorded six. Also noted: Lester Infant McCants Lester Jr., three days old, of Lewisville died at Josephine Hospital after birth.
Lt Gov James A Noe a gubernatorial candidate clashed in a hotel lobby with AK Rilpattiek and others after a memorial service for Mae Leng at Monroe. Witnesses said Noe struck Kilpatrick with his right fist knocking him down, then they left separately. Observers noted the incident reflected splits within the Allen faction over Noe running for governor on a share the wealth platform.
Geneva dispatches say Mussolini’s three point counter offer to Ethiopia requires vast territorial gains and disarmament, with Britain resisting a western Ethiopia corridor. The League of Nations committee may push for council decisions, while British stance hardens against ceding Sudan or Eritrea. French and British circles debate war risk and diplomacy as talks proceed.
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