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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1938
Page
4
A jumble of local happenings outlines church events, meetings, and social activities. Harriet Stary and Borodin Joy join a pageant, with Mrs VA Hamminests hosting a Tuesday afternoon program. Inquiries about new officers, prayers, and missionary society reports fill the schedule.
Fredric Mureh arrives as a megapaper reporter in this New York City set comedy. Carole Lonard co stars as Mayet, with a world of fashion and luxury depicted in glossy editorial surroundings. The film, filmed in color, follows a reporter’s chase through chic hotels and penthouses as it spoofs journalism and city life.
A review segment describes the Universal comedy drama That opens at Vic New theater Burclay. It features Edward G. Robinson and a plot about daughters trying to save their millionaire father from a fortune hunting marriage. The film includes Ruth Donnelly and Jane Bryan, with a lively dialogue and brisk pacing.
The article discusses Japanese raids and heavy bomber losses, fears of internal loyalty, and proposed concentration camps around Hawaii. It notes American residents and Army officers favor loyalty checks, with Kahoohire Island proposed as a camp site guarded by a strong inland defense, as the Navy and Army prepare for threats to paradise in the Pacific.
The Brace Chapel Home Demonstration Club met Monday afternoon April 4 with Mrs No Ponslin and Mrs M Smith presiding. New songs were taught, new members welcomed, minutes read, and a county council meeting report noted. Plans for yearbooks discussed and dress contest at the county council reviewed. A Better Homes program and April events were outlined. Mrs W T Bowler was named devotional chair for May. A social hour followed.
WPA recreation division sponsors a Sunday music and dramatic contest open to eligible applicants. The event features male and female vocal ensembles and plays, with a winner advancing to the State Dramatic Tournament in Little Rock on Friday, Aguil Mil, AL. Interested persons should contact Recreation Supervisor Brion and Myra Davie at the office.
The Sevendint seek to impose order on a sprawling array of government agencies. They warn against the president's influence and promise to scrutinize recommendations, with Democratic votes and university ties cited as context. The fragmentary text hints at power balances between representatives and executive branches.
Stagehand, the favorite, heads to Louisville for the Kentucky Derby after strong showings in Santa Anita and other prep races. Trainer Sande plans to run Stagehand in the Derby and later targets the Preakness and Belmont, with Fightin Fox and Netlayy among likely rivals at Churchill Downs.
American sportsmen travel across harsh desert terrain to reach the tutlavi fishing grounds along the Gulf of California. The totuava sea bass reportedly weighs from 60 to 300 pounds, with San Felipe serving as the expedition base for totuava hunts.
Voters in greater Germany were being worked into patriotic ecstasy to insure approval of Adolf Hitler's Austrian coup while France searched for a new government. Edouard Daladier promised a strong cabinet by Sunday as four People's Front governments faced crisis. In Spain insurgent planes bombed Tortosa to clear the way for Franco forces marching to the Mediterranean.
This article explains shooting against bright light to create striking silhouettes and glowing highlights. It covers using shadows, sun position, and inexpensive lens hoods or shade to prevent flare, plus techniques for informal portraits with sun behind the subject and sky as background.
A parolee Wells hid in a 75 mile trek near Gilmer and on the Camden Smackover road after robbing and kidnapping Dr Robins in July 1933 en route to St Louis. Robins lost over $300 and his car, while Wells faced a 15 year sentence in Arkansas prison for earlier crimes.
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