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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1939
Page
4
Bruce Catton notes government employment practices are finally exposed to public view. The move began when Senator Allen of Louisiana pushed a resolution to investigate the cloistered system and chaired a five-member senatorial committee to carry out the probe.
Senator Byrnes announced a State Department proposal to swap surplus U S cotton and wheat for rubber from England and others to absorb market depressions and stockpile strategic materials. The plan aims for a treaty framework, with restrictions on disposal for five years and safeguards against price dumping, while keeping reserves to guard against future shortages and emergencies.
Commissioner R H Wolfe oversaw a partition of the B W Tillar estate valued at about 15000 acres across Drew Hempstead and Pulaski counties. The partition, amid three heir sets, listed three lots and was finalized by drawing lots from a hat.
A puzzle style item explains a math fact yielding seven as the result. It references the burning of Rams under Nexotrom and the New York Yankees wins followed by a division by eleven, then a note about process in figures on page Tyg.
A brief aphorism noting that true wisdom often lies in the belief of one being last or humble. The quote attributes this insight to Boileau and frames wisdom as a matter of perspective rather than arrogance.
A puzzle asking how to respond to social etiquette questions. It presents five scenarios about hostessing, gift etiquette, and wedding wishes, with the provided answers indicating proper conduct such as guests acting as guests, not questioning gifts, and thanking friends for notes.
News from London and Athens report Italy warning Britain against using Corfu or Greek ports as tensions spike over Albania. Greek papers say Italy assured Greece of her territorial integrity while Britain and France consider naval guarantees off Corfu. British fleet movements and Maltese security measures reflect a widening Mediterranean crisis amid Italian occupation of Albania.
The Patmos High School senior class presents A Poor Married Man, a comedy drama, Friday night at 8 o clock in the Patmos high school auditorium. The play promises entertainment without time guarantees.
James Cox, 20, sustained leg injuries in a collision Monday at an intersection near the Community Ice Company. The other driver was Steve Atkins, who was driving south while Cox traveled west. Both cars were badly damaged.
Vermpsterd circuit court jury finds D. C. Wingfield guilty of manslaughter in the hammer slaying of Sterling Maxwell, with a seven year suspended sentence recommended after the charge was reduced from first degree murder. Also reports Mark Reed’s first degree murder trial for the shooting of Sharp Witherspoon and other cases, including Mot Trotter and Will Johnson on a cow theft, with deliberations and recessed proceedings described.
Reporters describe the first Frankfurter opinions as academic and muddy yet admire the task of translating dense words for quick newspaper reads. Chief Justice Hughes ends opinions clearly, Black’s opinions are easiest to handle, while Frankfurter and Reed pose the toughest, with Douglas likely next fall.
In San Rafael California, twelve Protestant ministers unite to aid marriages. They conduct conferences with couples and use questionnaires to assess compatibility as part of a new clinical procedure to guide unions.
Mrs. Edgar J. Lauer, 58, wife of a state supreme court justice, was denounced as a woman of insane vanity and sentenced to three months in jail after pleading guilty to smuggling and conspiracy. She received a $2,500 fine. Minutes later Albert N. Chaperau, a go-between in the smuggling bust, was sentenced by a different federal judge to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
A Washington discussion outlines that proposed changes to social security do not create unearned benefits. It notes the payroll tax would rise to about 12 percent over time, with employers and employees each contributing two percent initially, and explores financing the long term through reserves and interest. It highlights difficulties in balancing receipts with projected peak benefits and reveals unexpected expansion to about 80 percent of the payroll, justifying possible reliance on general revenue.
Reports indicate a planned visit by Britain's monarch to the United States could be canceled as diplomatic efforts stack against Axis powers. A crowd greeted the royal party before security and health concerns tied to waves of international strain amid Soviet, Polish, and Mediterranean alliances.
The Hope Softball association invites the 12 original sponsors and any prospective sponsors to meet Roy Anderson, chairman of the City Park Commission, at The Star office on South Walnut Street at 7:30 tonight to plan the 1939 playing season. Lyman Armstrong, secretary treasurer, has notified the sponsors and entry is open to others.
Carlsbad New Mexico photographers face a potential ban after Caverns superintendent Col. Thomas Boles warns that a planned annual photography day could be the last if crowds are unruly. Officials fear visitors will damage delicate underground formations while seeking special angle shots.
Tahiti residents, far from Europe, heed Paris and London broadcasts and fear global tension. In wartime, France would mobilize all able-bodied men of suitable age in the colony, reflecting widespread unease despite the distance.
A fragmentary social note from Richmond Heights describes breakfast style kidnap games where a group of women in cars abduct a participant for a breakfast party, with the mischief framed as a playful social sport and a demand to join or pay a fine.
Senator Wagner of New York challenged advocates of a revised labor relations act to prove their suggestions would aid the law rather than destroy it. He warned that any diminution of its effectiveness would be a national evil and its mutilation a national calamity before the Senate labor committee.
Belgrade reports archaeologists plan a spring effort to verify the peasants tale of a weed covered mound near Pettau as Attila the Hun's tomb. Decades of digs mainly in Hungary have sought his bones amid high hopes and frequent disappointments.
New Orleans market notes show May cotton opening and closing at 8.09 cents per pound with dull, unchanged trading. Middling price recorded at 9.43 cents, reflecting a flat session and minimal price movement.
New York The Ringling North circus chief John Ringling North shows how he finances the Great Show on a $12 000 daily cost. He took over the mortgage to run the show after his uncle John Ringling died. He risked hundreds of thousands on Gargantua Buck costumes and Le Maire designs, amid labor strikes and a June Ceranton halt.
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