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HOPE, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1931 of founded 1899) ContolidJttd Sttt, Jinwrr IS. 1929 PKICB 5c STUDY SCHOOL NEED Cigarette Tax Bill Signed in Texas By Governor Sterling Levy of Three Cents Per Package to Become Law in Texas BENEFIT TO SCHOOLS New Duty to Be Put Into Effect 90 Days After Adjournment three cents package cigarette tnx hurdled its last bnrrier Wednesday afternoon when Governor Sterling affixed his signature. The tnx will become operative 90- dayr after the adjourns, probably about August 10. The levy will be made against the person making the first immediate sale, the wholesaler in most cases. The bill was passed by the house Monday, 72 to 5G, after it had been approved by the senate.

It also proposed a two per cent gross production tax on natural gas. Senator Berkeley of Alpine was the of the cigarette tax. He was present to witness the bill's signing, as were Representatives Holder of Lancaster. Sanders of Nacogdochcs and McDougald of Beaumont, leaders in the fight for its passage. Proponents estimated the tax would bring in about $5,000,000 annually.

The LITTLE HOCK, April furloughs were granted by Governor Parnell today to Charles Clanton, Columbia county, and It. L. Hudgins, Union county. Clanton was serving a three- year sentence imposed last August for bigamy. Hudgins was sentenced last month to a year in prison for grand larceny.

Petitions for clemency were submitted in both cases, the governor said. Farmer Robbed By Two Masked Thugs George Laughlin Waylaid at Dawn and Forced to Give Up Savings CORNING Clay county officers Thursday had found no trace of two masked robbers, heavily armed, who held up George Laughlin, farmer at his home near Success at daybreak Wednesday, and got away with $631. The robbers, apparently familiar with Ltughlin's habits, halted him at natural gas producers ax.was csti- door a fcw minutes aftor hc mated to raise around $6.000,000 a had arjsen mld forccd him 0 rc cnler the house and surrender the key to a tool chest in which he kept his money and valuable papers. One robber covered Laughlin with pistol, while the other took the money from the chest. Members of Laughlin's family slept through the robbery.

One of the bandits appeared to be about .20, ycnr. First Tax Measure This Was the first revenue-raising measure enacted during the present session. Holder said he did not think any would be necessary to keep the nd valorem rate from being raised. However. a biUL.tq tax natural ens distributors approved by the' house and others were pending.

Texas had never tried a cigarette tax. The proposal had been offered every two years for some time and had always been killed. This year, the house rejected it three times. The law's constitutionality was questioned by some because the senate added the cigarette levy ns an amendment to the house gas tax. The constitution provides all revenue raising measures must originate in the house.

James V. Allrcd, attorney general and held, however, that the yenate had the power to amend by adding a new tax. Half of the cigarette tax returns will to tho schools and the remainder to the general revenue fund. The schools will get one-fourth of the gas tax and the general revenue three- fourths. Proponents said the taxes would enable flic per capita school apportionment to be kept at $17.50.

Russian Lumber Cargo Is Received Finnish Steamer Arrives With 400,000,000 Feet Thursday PROVIDENCE, R. A Finnish steamer, the Anversoise, arrived off quarantine here Thursday morning, carrying feet of lumber from the Soviet republic. This cargo expected to furnisl) a test case as to the validity of Russian lumber for import into this country. The treasury department decreed an embargo against such imports February 10, unless the shippers can prove thai the imports were not produced by convict labor. Two Children Hurt as Shrapnel Shell Blasts (A 1 Two children were; injured, one seriously and a Kcnre of others were endangered when a "one pounder" shrapnel shell exploded in the basement of the Pine- villo grammar school Wednesday.

The accidentally propped on the concrete floor by a youth, who thinking it a harmless trinket, had been carrying it about in his pockets. Aba Smith. 10, and Milnei- Clark, were struck in the legs by the flying shrapnel. A piece of the steel, both had blond hair. mere than an inch in length, was removed from the thigh of the Smith fered "most.

child. She was the more seriously injured of the two. Music Clubs to Meet at Conway Mrs. Margaret Wellborn of Hope Is Recording Secretary of Group 13th annual state convention of the Arkansas Federation of Music Clubs adjourned Wednesday following the selection of Conway as the city for 'the 1932 convention and the re-election of all officers for the new year. Other routine business matters such as reports of the various committee; and the completion of business, occupied the morning and final session.

This convention opened Monday and approximately 100 visitors and delegates have attended the sessions. Camden and its hospitality were praised highly by the convention visitors and delegates. Officers re-elected arc: Mrs. R. Phillips, Malvcrn, president; Mrs.

H. Jordon Monk, Pine Bluff, first vice president; Mrs. Goodc Renfro, Hot Springs, second vice president and chairman music week; Mrs. Margaret Wellborn, Hope, recording secretary; Mrs. J.

T. Alderson, Malvern, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Vcrnon E. Scott, Little Rock Mrs. R.

E. Farrell, Little Rock, auditor; Miss Earle Chambers, Little Rock, parliamentarian and chairman of legislation. Cotton and Corn Damaged By Frost Clark County Farmers Report Serious Injury; Some Replanting ARKADELPHIA Temperature as low as 28 degrees was reported in Clark county and farmers reported theri cotton and corn was damaged by Wednesday night's freeze. Some truck crops also suffered. Ice from an eighth to a quarter inch thick was found in Arkadelphia Wednesday mroning.

Corn is expected to survive the freeze, but some cotton was so badly damaged it will have to be replanted, farmers said. Crops in the lowland section suf- PIULADELPHIA, Francis X. Dercum, one of the fromost nervous disease experts In Hie country and president of the American -Philosophical Society died here suddenly Thursday. Unit- Last Session of Cooking Scohol at 1:30 PJL Friday Rada Sue Garrett Contirr ues Record-Breaking Week Here FRIDAY IS BIGGEST Housewives Are Urged to Come Early for Seats on Final Day The final session of The Star's third annual free Cooking School will open at 1:30 o'clock Friday afternoon in the Saenger theater. Notwithstanding reported (slow business in other lines the optimism of food merchandisers appears justified by the sensational increase in attendance at all sessions of the 1931 Cooking School, which day by day has run far ahead of the crowds at the 1930 School, which in turn was larger than the 1929 session.

An overcast sky with a threat of rain failed to hold down attendance Thursday, when Miss Rada Sue Garrett again addressed a crowd which i jit uuui tjQovu. ci 1,4 uwu 111.1* Slates justice department reacho back to the alst row of the Thursday laid plans for a general, main of the aenger. The Star's expetr talked Thursday on "Mother Hubbard's Cupboard," featuring 1931 model cakes, lemon and turnovers, molasses pie, and Investigation of the American Bond and Mortgage company, characterized "ns 5100,000,000 concern with activities In half a dozen of the country's largest cities. Last Household of a Proud Dynasty PARIS Infanta Isabella, aunt of Alfonso of Spain, died In a hospital here Thursday afternoon. She was .80 years of age.

LILLIE, persons were killed and twenty injured in a train and bus collision near Fromcllcs Thursday. The locomotive was reported (o have the collision. WASHINGTON Jameson, Thursday recommended to the Interstate Commerce Commission Hint the Missouri Pacific Railway company be permitted to acquire (hc Doniphan, Kcnsctt and Searcy Railway In "White county, Arkansas. Virginia's Oldest Officer I CH MO D. Patrick Boisscau of the Richmond Police force claims to be Virginia's oldest office holder.

He is 81. and is entering his Gist consecutive year of public service in Richmond. He was sheriff at Danville during the race riot there in the early nineties. Once, almost sint'ie-handed, he turned back a mob seeking to attack the jail to sci'iirr a nf'jru pri'ionrr. Epworth League Union Includes Four Towns of the Epworlh eueue organizations at.

Washington, Hope. Spring Hill and Nashville have formed an Epworth League Union, with the following ofiiccrs: Wright Massey, Hope, president; Ware Lindsey Nashville, vice president; Agatha Bull- urd. Washington, secretary; Jewell Martin, Spring Hill More than a hundred persons attended the organization meeting which was held Business Women to Open Convention Committees Meet Thursday to Plan Opening of Session EL fleers, directors and committee chairmen will meet here Thursday night- in advance of the opening Friday of the thirteenth annual convention of the Arkansas Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. The officers and directors, led by Miss Lcnora Wilson, president, will discuss the federation's and plan submission of idea for discussion to the- convention, which will open at 9:30 a. m.

Friday. The first day will be given over almost entirely to reception and discussion of following committee reports: Education, Mrs. Mollie Williams, of Fort Smith; legislation, by Miss Emma Rilcy, of Little Rock; emblem, by Mrs. Thercse Scott, of Fort Smith; health, Mrs. Edna McGough of El Dorado; njusic, Mrs.

Hazel Dabney, of Fayetlevill; research Miss Mary Atkinson, of Camden; public relations, Miss Frances Bcerstcchcr, tif Malvcrn; publicity, Mrs. Margaret Simms McDonald, of Hope; regional conference, Miss Lillian Newman, of Hot Springs. Vocational round table discussions to take place at noon Saturday are to be features of the program. During Saturday afternoon, the annual giro club conlc-st will be held. Mrs.

Dabney is chairman of the committee. Clubs having glco club.s expected to be entered are Little Rock, Fayetteville, Washington, Hope, Malvern. McGehee, Ozark. Van Burcn and El Dorado. The latter club won the contest last year.

A scrapbook composed of clippings of newspaper and magav.ine stories relating to the federation's work, compiled by Mrs. Simms, will be entered in the national conlctt for the publicity trophy. Mississippi Legislators Summoned For Meeting JACKSON, staid institutions and departments facing closure for lack of finances, members of the Mississippi legislature were summoned Wednesday night to meet, informally here Mcnday to devise means for keeping these Rovernmenlal t'ncics in operation the remainder of the year. The object of the conference will be to assure Governor T. G.

Bilbo that only finance measures will be considered and to urge him to call thu numbers into immediate extra session 'or enactment of necessary legislation to provide $5,500,000 needed by these raisin many other delightful recipes. Miss Garrett will close the five- day session FRriday. Housewives of the city and Southwest Arkansas are urged to come early, for the final session invariably draws the largest crowd of tfie': week, and seats on the main floor will be taken soon after the opening hour. Admission is free, and The Star repeats its invitation to the housewives of the territory adjacent to Hope, which has come to look upon the newspaper's Cooking School as the premier indoor event the year, i Diocese Accepts Bishops Release To Be Finally Acted on in Convention at Denver LITTLE convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas Thursday voted to accept the resignation of Bishop James R. Winchester, submitted Wednesday because of ill health and a special Diocese meeting to select a successor was called for October 14lh.

The house of Bishops has yet to approve the resignation, but they are expected to do this at a general convention next September in Colorado. Swept from their thrones by the growing tide of Republicanism, the members of the former royal family of Spain are shown here in the most recent photo taken of them together, at the Palace of Miramar in San Sebastian Their abdication ended 981 years of monarchial rule over Spain. Standing, left to right, are the Infante Don Jaime- Infante Don Alphonse of Orleans, son of Princess Eulalie; F'rince of the Asturias; King Alfonso XIII, who was born to the throne which he has had to relinquish; and the Infante Don Gonzala. Seated, left to right, are the Infanta Beatrice; Infanta Isabel Alfonsa; the Queen Mother Christina; the Infante Don Juan; Gueen Victoria; and Infanta Christina. Air Circus to Be Held at Conway Little Rock Pilots to Perform There Saturday Afternoon to 20 airplanes from Little Rock six or seven from the 154th Observation Squadron, Arkansas National Guard, will be flown from Little Rock to Conway to take part in an air circus at the Conway airport Saturday afternoon.

The show will be a rehearsal for the circus planned at the Little Rock airport May 3. Theodore Smith, head of Conway Airways, and W. H. Berry, local pilot flew to Little Rock Thursday to make final arrangements. Conway merchants are co-operating, and have provided funds to pay a parachute jumper.

The parachute jump will be the first in Conway, Lieuts. Ellis Fagon, Robert Baker and John D. Howe will give exhibitions of stunt flying. Dr. Robert Hunter will fly his Wright-Curtiss "pusher" type plane here for exhibition.

Lewis to Be Presented as Democratic Nominee FORT PIERCE, Anton J. Cermak of Chicago told the correspondent of the West Palm Beach Times here Wednesday that Illinois will present the name of United States Senator James Hamilton Lewis of that state for the presidential nomination the next Democratic national convention. Mississippi Has Plans to Meet Obligations JACKSON, Miss Attorney General George T. Mitchell announced Wednesday that a plan had been worked out under which the state of Mississippi will be able to meet its and credit" obligations maturing between now and January 1932, fn.l nmounling to approximately Plane Crash Fatal to Two in England Felton Vesey Holt, Air Marshal, One of the Men Killed SEA HURST PARK, Vice Marshal Felton Vesey Holt, commander of the air defense of Great Britain was killed Thursday in an air plane collision. His pilot, Lieutenant Henry Moody, was also killed but the occupant of the other plane escaped injury.

The Vice Marshal was one among" the pioneers of the air forces of Europe. Pupils Attend School Under Mosquito Nets Due to Buffalo Gnats CLARKSDALE, pils are going to school daily under', mosquito nets in the second' in- vasion of buffalo gnats in Southeast Arkansas just across the Mis-; sissippi from Friars Their mothers consider it unsafe to send them along without protection from the pests that, have been destroying livestock and stinging people into illness. Several teachers and pupils have become violently ill from the bites of the gnats, resembling the bum- bio bee sting. Much stock has been saved since the stock men began oiling the ajn- Imals" hides. Hope Girl to Give Recital on Friday Miss Pansy Wimberly Will Present Piano Program at Henderson Miss Pansy Wimberly, of Hope, will appear in a piano recital at 8 o'clock Friday night at Henderson State Teachers college, Arkadelphia, it was announced Thursday by Dr.

F. D. Harwood, dean of the conservatory of music of the college. Miss Wimberly, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

J. W. Wimberly, will be assisted by Miss Vera Rodgers, of Arkadelphia, an accomplished violinist. Miss Wimberly is to be graduated from Henderson State this spring with the degree of bachelor of music. Hawks Sets Two New Speed Marks Forced Down in Flight From Rome to don Wednesday HESTON, Frank M.

Hawks, with two new speed records under his belt climbed 6f his red monoplane here Thursday afternoon just 59 minutes after he had left Lebourget airport, outside of Paris. This feat bettered by 37 minutes Commander Glenn Kidson's record of 96 minutes from Lebourget to Croydon. In two days he halved two important flying records cutting the time from Rome to 5 hours and 20 minutes and leaving the European aviators in a daze over the channel crossing. His scheduled London to Rome and Rome to London flight expected to have been completed by tea time Wednesday was interrupted by lack of fuel near Paris, where he landed and spent the night. Governor Parnell Calls Commissioi To Meet Monday Body of Thirteen Men 8 Study the School Situation BODY Commission Authorized to Recommend Spe Legislation Seven Notices for Bids Reported by Road Body Editor Represents State NEWPORT NEWS, T.

Jester, local newspaper editor, has been appointed by Governor Pollard to represent Virginia at the Press Congress of the World to be held in Mexico City next August 10-15. New State Laws By HENRY N. DORK1S Associated Press Staff Writer. Editor's is the scvTiitli iii scries iu explanation of the Acts of the General Assembly of It deals with Act No. 297.

Act No. 297 of 1931 is one of a ''squirrel bills introduced in the and the only one to pass both houses. It provides a general open season from July 1 to January For the following counties, il linsils the season to a period from October 1 to January 1: Columbia. Dallas. Culhoun.

Clark, Cleveland, Ouachita. Union, Little River, Grant and Garland. Ashley. Chicot, Dosha. Drew, Lincoln and Nevada counties.

In the following counties, then; is no closed season on Baxter. Boone. Can-nil. Pillion. Izard.

Logan. Madison. Newton Searcy and Sharp counties. The squirrel season in Phillips and Yeli counties is from May 15 to Jannary Crawford county from May 20 to Januar yl; Arkansas county fiom June 1 to November Bradley county from June 1 to January and Franklin county from April 15 to December 31. In Montgomery county the open season was fixed at from May 15 to June 15, September I to the Saturday night From May 15 to June 15, and from I before the second Monday in Novem- October 1 to January 1.

in the folluv, her, and from the third Monday in November to Hi remlie" 111. LITTLE ROCK Seven notices for bids were advert isecl for by the state highway commission Wednesday, making a total of 22 projects to be contracted for at the commission's meeting April 29. Eighteen and a half miles of concrete pavement, 10 1-2 miles of gravel surfacing, three miles of and one bridge were among the projects advertised. Stuffed Pigeons Will Be Used as Bird Traps (U.R>— Stuffed barnyard pigeons, made to flutter in the breeze about IS above the ground, will be used in the Ogemaw foresl of northern Michigan this year as traps for predatory birds. The idea was advanced by Blaine Brannon, keeper of the Ogemaw refuge above Bay City.

Michigan, and endodsed by the conservation of the Izaak Walton League. It is the latesl move in the fight afiainst big horned owls and other predators which prey on valuable game and song An ordinary stuffed, barnyard pig- con, with its wings spread, is supported on a slim coil of wire. Brannon plained. A spring trap rests on the back and wings of the birds and is fastened to a stake in the ground with a connecting chain. Wind will cause the tethered bird to sway and tremble, catching the eye of the predator which swcomps to seize the stuffed pigeon and is caught when its claws are thrust into the bird and i pen trap.

Pine Bluff Library Building Dedicated Two Programs Held at the Opening of New $60,000 Structure PINE Bluff's new $60,000 public library building was dedicated and opened Wednesday with exercises in the afternoon at which William Johnson of Little Rock spoke, and another program at night when Glenn H. Hollaway, president of the Board of Control of the Concordia parish (La.) library, Clayton, was principal speaker. Rabbi Morris Clark introduced the afternoon speaker, and W. P. Keith, county superintendent of education, introduced the night speaker.

nell Thursday issued a call for a ing here next Mortday of the bers of the special commission named to investigate school needs of and make recommendations legJg islative enactment if necessary. tv A resolution creating the commisisori'' authorized it to recommend a 1 legislative session to enact proposed legislation necessary to carry ont'ifewf plans for the state schools. ibj The commisison will organize at the 1 Sjf meeting Monday when they begin study of the problems that them. Governor Parnell is ex-officlo chair-S man of the body. Hope High Honor, Roll Announced Two Rooms Tie For the Highest Average in Scholarship A Sixty students made the high honor roll for the fifth sbf period.

They are as follows: Clyde Bonnie George Reed Kirk, Julia Lemley, phine Morris, Ross Spillars, Lora Taylor. Sophomores Dale Camp, King Canon, Lois Dodsdn, Winnie Lee Floyd, Theressa Fritz, Carl Hart, Marjorie Luther Hollamon, Cornelia Mozelle Lewis, Ruby Owen, 1 Padgett, Robert Porter, Happy ard, Kathleen Rhodes, Lacie Rowe, Darleen Sanford, Willis Smith, Nina Thompson, Marilyn Ward, Mabel Weisenberger. Juniors Taylor Alexander, Bailey, Katharine Briant, Brown, Helen Bowden, Martha Cantley, Opal Garner, Otis Graves, Nell Helms, Margaret Kinser, Ed Effie McCulley, Mineola Owen, Alberta Robertson, Dale Frances Sue Williams, Avis Cecil Wyatt, Allen, Ivan Bright, Kathleen Campbell, Carrie Davis, Genevieve Dodds, Foster, Edna Earl Hall, Hazel i Naomi O'Stein, Agness Smith, Fays Ward, Gladys Watson, William Bundy. Two, home rooms. Miss WinburrjS 12A's and Mrs.

Stephensens HA's tieij for the highest average in scholarship. Both of these home rooms placed 13 students on the honor roll, Heler Iris Man Killed, 17 Hurt as Tenement House Burns NEW Flames that consumed a tenement house as if it were a matchbox kiled one man, injured 17 persons and left homeless just before dawn Wednesday. Passersby in upper Park avenue saw a wisp of smoke curling from a five- story building at street. In a few seconds, fire was belching from many windows. Policemen dashed through corridors aroused the sleeping people, some of whom leaped screaming from windows.

An unidentified man was found burned to death on the top floor. Carmine O'Farry. 22, and her sister. Is- Chairman Shouse Denies Fess Charge Charges of Distributing Magazine Article Copies Attacked WASHINGTON (JP) Chairman Shouse, of the Democratic National Executive Committee Thursday denied a charge by Chairman Fess of the Republican National Committee; He said in a California speech that the Republican organization purchased for distribution ten million copies of a magine article attacking John J. Saskob on his religious grounds.

Reformed Bandit Says All Outlaws Unsuccessful FRESNO. is no uch thing as the successful outlaw Einmett Dalton, only survivor of the famous Dalton gang of the '80s and 90s, made that remark while on a visit here. Dalton, who paid for his part in the Dalton gang outlawry with i4 years in prison, today is a succuss- bcl, 8. were trapped in their third Los Angeles real estate man. floor apartment and had to jump.

The former suffered a fractured pelvis and the child possible skull fracture. U. S. Holds Gold Rating NEW to the close of last year, the total value of gold mined in America, totaled $4,500,000, more than half of which has been recovered since the beginning of the century. Of the billion ounces of gold unearthed, 46 per cent has been used for general monetary stocks.

Since 1905 the United States has been the world's second largest producer. Dalton said he had made more out of a single real estate deal than was taken in all the robberies of the Dalton gang. Fisherman's Paradise PHOENIX, thai Arizona will soon be a paradise for trout fishermen is expressed by R. L. Bayless, state game warden, who predicts that all streams in the state v.iU be open every day in the year for trout fishing within two years.

Evcij stream is being stocked heavily with state raised baby trout..