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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1937
Page
4
An editorial reprints an NYT piece criticizing a Middlesex Superior Court verdict in a fatal Lowell crash. It argues the judge's leniency shows drunkenness excuses murder and mocks legal standards, noting a six month suspended sentence and fines despite two deaths and one injury.
University of Arkansas coach Fred Thomsen told Hope High School boosters that education comes first, sharing a Nebraska story about meeting William Jennings Bryan from a manure spreader. He praised the school’s athletes and emphasized college study as essential, citing Arkansas’ high standards and NCC membership.
The user asks what city official was fatally wounded during an attack on President-elect Roosevelt and several questions about poison shines, the length of a nautical mile, and a nine day queen. The fragment suggests it is a classified page with garbled OCR. The readable items include PWA VA RA HALC FDIC REA and a reference to a city official fatally wounded in an assassination attempt on President-elect Roosevelt.
Washington reports the government plans a 23,000,000 monthly increase in WPA spending to ease unemployment, with Hopkins announcing 350,000 additional jobs. The move fuels speculation about Roosevelt’s budget goals amid a business slump and questions on further deficits.
Former Kansas governor Alf M Landon said he would not be a candidate for the Republican nomination in 1940 nor accept it if offered He stressed his statement did not mean a withdrawal from public life and noted it as his personal position amid party deliberations.
A sweeping winter storm dominates from the Pacific coast to Florida with dozens killed in highway crashes and record low temperatures as upstate New York faces near zero weather. Japanese forces press toward Nanking as 100000 troops breach the capital walls, while Purple Mountain rises as a symbol of China’s republic heritage.
The National Association of Manufacturers closed its annual convention with a call to revise the Wagner Labor Relations Act. The three day event titled Labor Day drew about 3,000 industrialists and featured remarks by Charles W. Fahy of the National Labor Relations Board opposing revisions. Ernest Weir of National Steel argued labor strife cost America billions in 1997 and criticized government attitudes.
The Crippled Children Fund Drive ends December 1 across Hernpstead and many Arkansas counties. Rev. Fredro Tharvison announces the drive led by C. Hamby with mite boxes collected by local committees. AR Children's Home and Hospital in Little Rock seeks relief from a $4200 mortgage through donations, with funds partly from the Legislature and Quorum Courts.
Three Arkansas men were injured Wednesday morning when a car with headlights set too low caused an accident. State officials said the beam height is fixed by law and tests show the lights were not properly adjusted. The injured, including Sisson and Lee, were treated at Hot Springs Army and Navy Hospital for several weeks.
Governor Bailey underwent a major operation lasting 1 hour 30 minutes to remove a stone from his left kidney. Two physicians said he is quite sick but expected rapid recovery and eventual return to duties, with the procedure described as tedious and longer than usual.
In Valenciennes police uncovered a plan to kill French Foreign Minister Yvon Delbos. They seized an ended letter laying out the scheme addressed to a Hungarian terrorist held in jail for firing a shot through the League of Nations building windows in Geneva in 1935.
University of Michigan co-eds decide men will better impersonate their own sex. For the first time in 25 years male students will appear this year in the junior girls' play in Ann Arbor.
In New Orleans the market opened Friday with cotton bids around 8.17 and asking around 8.19 as Spay Gottun closed steady. The day reflected a cautious session with producers watching for trends and nearby demand.
Secretary R P Bowen of Hope Chamber of Commerce told the Rotary club the majority of Helmpstead County residents favor moving the court house to Hope. He argued it reduces costs, noting Washington’s rising building expenses and Hope’s larger property base. He spoke as a chamber spokesman and cited economic reasons for relocation.
Quiz from 1932 asks about proper sign off on Christmas cards. It covers who signs first when couples and children are included, whether to sign with both names, and if closings like sincerely or loving are appropriate. The piece cites harmonizing answers: write last if you sign, order husband wife child, and best is to sign the writer’s name first with others following.
President Roosevelt urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to ensure the railroad system remains solvent and privately owned, arguing a quicker decision on higher freight rates would benefit all. He warned receiver ships cannot endure without financial action while rejecting government ownership. The Farm Bill faced House rejection of a GOP civil service amendment as lawmakers pressed toward a late Friday vote. The Securities Commission posts were announced, with N Frank to join and Hanes and Frank named as successors to vacant seats.
Moscow reports fourteen more death sentences in the Soviet purge targeting suspected internal enemies. Seven veterinarians in the Georgian republic are condemned for alleged spread of livestock epidemics, receiving the supreme penalty.
Hope Fire Department responded to two alarms Friday afternoon at Southern Grain & Produce and J. C. Penney Co. A short circuit in the electric wires caused a small fire at the grain company while a wooden box burned at the Penney store. No injuries or major damage reported.
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