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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1937
Page
5
A miscellany of poetry and social notes in a small town paper. The poem longs for a plain fair road of sympathy over boastful pride, while the social items list weekend guests and visits from Arkadelphia, Little Rock, Benton, Texarkana, and Nashville, plus a wedding tea in Malvern and a funeral near Leile.
A diplomatic note denounces attacks on noncombatants as absolutely prohibited in any hostilities zone. It states the assault on Sir Hughe's ambassador as illegitimate, emphasizes the attackers intended to strike civilians, and notes the absence of war declared by Japan on China. The note also mentions British actions toward Shanghai and the destroyer Divelethead to Fooghow.
The Chinese government announced a new nonbinding pact with the Soviet Union stating no pledge of military aid against Japan. It binds neither side to assist a third party in aggression, while noting potential indirect benefits for Far Eastern tensions. Officials stress it is a gesture of sympathy, not a guarantee of intervention.
On trial for a rightist plot to wreck collective farming in Leningrad region, seven face death sentences including a tractor-station manager. Defendants include district party secretary and district executive committee chair, school board manager, two collective farm chairmen, two agricultural experts, a veteran, and a store manager. They allegedly sought to undermine Soviet farming by depriving the city of vegetables, discrediting collective farming, and haying plans to ruin dairy and peasant support. They accuse them of crop mismanagement over two years leading to vegetable shortages in Leningrad.
Ozan Mos visited his mother and sister in Muskogee Oklahoma. Gallie Murphy returned for a visit with her relatives. Mrs. Walter Allen and Mr. Dale Parker with Miss Latahy joined visitors in Avant and Hope respectively. Mrs. J D Webb and her daughter joined Mrs. H Murphy for a weekend gathering. Mr and Mrs Sparks spent Sunday with the Shutfields. The week included visits to Hope and City relatives and other local households.
Donald V. Moore of Hope was appointed to the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance local staff in the First National Bank Building, announced by district manager Wayne H. Eng. Moore, formerly with Metropolitan Life in El Dorado, is a Hope High School graduate and longtime local resident active as superintendent of the First Christian Church Sunday school.
The Church of God revival meeting is under way on North Main Street near Rowe Grocery. Evangelist Rev. John M. Stephens leads nightly services at 7:30. Immigrant note and residence moves appear amid other local notices.
Hollywood describes a slapstick revival with stars like Leslie Howard Carole Lombard and Barbara Stanwyck in new comedies. Elliott Nugent directs Three-Cornered Moon and It s All Yours while producer B P Schulberg notes audience mood shifted after tough times made crowds seek laughter.
Cleveland report quotes Faith Bacon, the original fan dancer, praising burlesque cleanup and a cleaner minded public. She notes audiences once viewed the female form with curiosity but now seek the artistic side, adding that nudity remains unnatural and sex segregation could lessen interest.
Article notes several theories for the rise of a new wave of nutty film humor. Producers fear audience heckling and seek to trigger laughs first with unexpected gags. A new generation, post Fatty Arbuckle era, favors physical comedy paired with sharp dialogue and smart lines.
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