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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1932
Page
3
Mrs Sid Henry Society notes reflect proverbs and social visits. Members of the Tuesday Bridge group urge living well as life passes, with guests listed including Analee and Alice Newton and many local travelers from Little Rock Dallas and Alexandria.
Fashion note from Dallas records Mrs Minnie Galster and Miss Van Galster hosted Rev K K Dodson and family including son K W Jr for a gathering. Attendees traveled from local Dallas area for the occasion.
Mrs C S Lowthorpe hosted the Wednesday Contract Bridge club with two extra tables at her South Elm home. Mrs E M McWilliams led the club and Mrs Lloyd Spencer the guests in high scoring. A salad course followed. Mary Elizabeth Reed visits the Dodsons in Minden. Mrs Charles Guinn hosted midweek bridge at Hervey Street with prizes to Mrs Calvin Cassidy and Mrs Lloyd Coop. Dinner guests included Mrs Lena Deen of Athens Texas and Mrs Ned Martin of Prescott.
Sheriff John L. Wilson departed Wednesday for a brief business trip to Little Rock. Arle Queen of DeQueen arrived the same day to visit friends and relatives in the city before accompanying officers to Camp Pike for National Guard duties.
The Chicago murder case centers on a brunet widow who shot her husband and faces court in a fashionably mournful dress. Crowds of onlookers, her hefty tears, and a theatre of accusation frame a sensational trial as she recounts jealousy and abuse and recalls the other woman at the mortuary chapel.
Dorothy Pollak describes years of jealousy and beatings by Joseph Pollak after their 1929 marriage, leading to her claim of self defense when she shot him with a paring knife. Court observers speculate on her guilt while noting a prior peace bond and missing knife. The report also notes ongoing market gains and crop conditions despite rain and boll weevil factors.
Cotton prices jumped to new movement and season highs with October futures up 316 points or $1.75. The advance followed Tuesday's close as the market extended gains amid unseasonal weather expectations and ongoing USDA weekly data.
Mona Moran plots to secure Barry's share of a mine by marrying John Barnett Townsend under a trust that she will remain his wife for one year then face divorce. Townsend dies, leaving Mona wealth but with a clause that she loses it if she remarries, while Mona schemes with Lottie to help Barry regain his claim and possibly join Steve Saccarelali in a South American mine venture.
New York reports a strong advance as cotton prices jump $2.75 to $2.95 a base amid heavy buying. Traders cited bullish implications from the weekly weather report and contracts moved well above the eight-cent level for the first time in the current rally.
Two four round amateur bouts on the Saenger Theatre stage at 9 pm with a regulation ring. Main event features J. F. McClanahan versus Parker Fulton while the preliminary pits J. F. McLanahan against Arthur Miller. Feature film is Red Headed Woman with Jean Harlow and Chester Morris. Paramount News and shorts shown.
New York reports a flood of rookie tryouts as clubs fear the Yankees will win the 1932 pennant. Boston adds hopefuls like Boerner after a suit and trial, while Chicago witnesses Bill Chamberlain’s solid debut with the White Sox. Tiny Tony Freitas shines for the Athletics, winning eight straight after moving from Sacramento.
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