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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1938
Page
3
readers query if a continuing policy of government borrowing is approved. The writer rejects claims that debt can be endlessly sustained by devaluation or spread among taxpayers. he argues public debt creates oppressive debt service, mostly benefits banks, and will constrain future government programs.
Rome reports Virginio Gayda urged Italy to share Suez Canal control citing Italian traffic figures second only to Britain. In Southampton Kennedy called for Hitler cooperation to solve Europe’s refugee issue while heading home. He warned a war debts deal may require US public-unfriendly terms.
A grass fire behind the Ozan Meihodiat church Tuesday afternoon damaged a rear exterior corner while interiors remained largely unharmed except for smoke. Nearby garages owned by J. H. Barrow and B. A. Barrow were endangered as grass fires continue to threaten the Ozan community with burned fences fields and meadows.
County soil conservationist MeeMua spoke to Ozan farmers at the Ozan Baptist Church at 10 a.m. Tuesday about the marketing quota on the ballot for Saturday December 10. Earl King named Mrs Chiara Citty J. K. Green and Jerome Smith to serve as election officials.
MENA Ark Baptist neighbors of Commonwealth College defend the labor school after it was denounced as communist and atheistic by the Arkansas State Baptist association. Center Point Community church requests a retraction and apology, the church located two miles from the college.
A short quiz lists statements about Princeton being oldest in the U S the papal election by cardinals Jane Addams as Calamity Jane Dempsey as a restaurant owner and Japanese gunpowder invention with a page reference to Answersay Page Twa.
The Arkansas Baptist state convention plans its 1939 session for December 5 with venue choices Monticello Forrest City or Little Rock. Elected preacher for the next sermon is Rev. A. M. Terrington. Various boards named with term expirations through 1941 including Ouachita college policy officers and several church and college trustees across Pine Bluff North Little Rock Hot Springs Arkadelphia Little Rock Wynne Fayetteville Conway Plummerville and other cities.
A Negro football game is scheduled for Sunday at Yerger High School athletic park between the Prescott and Hope all-stars. Part of the Yerger High School squad will represent Hope. The public is invited to attend.
The Hempstead County Fair reports a balanced finances, with all bills paid and a cash balance after this revival. Receipts totaled about 1,687.60 with expenses similar, leaving a modest bank balance and a few unclaimed checks.
The Goodfellow drive finance committee was announced on Saturday with Frank Johnson Carter Johnson G R Bayse Lloyd Spencer and Clifford Franks named. The committee will assign blocks for canvass next week, as T Roy Anderson urged donations next week to cover supplies and distribution. Donors may leave contributions at Hope Bank or Hope Star office in December 1940.
The item presents a manners quiz with five social etiquette questions and an embedded guidance on dress for cocktail events. It lists answers: women powder in public if discreet, men smoking with a woman is wrong, avoid wandering during bridge, do not snap cards on the table, there is a dinner ring concept, and choose between afternoon, dinner, or evening dress for a cocktail party with ambiguous guidance.
A $300 damage suit has been filed in Hempstead circuit court against Richard Lightman Theater Corporation over Cash Night at the Saenger in Hope. Plaintiff Elmore Dougan of near Emmet, represented by James H. Pilkinton and Royce Weisenberger, alleges weekly drawings began after a Hope theater campaign.
The fourth Home Demonstration Club council program, hosted by Melrose club, opens at 10 a.m. December 15 at Melrose church. President calls the meeting to order, with Christmas carols, devotions by Mrs. C. P. Zimmerly, welcome by Mrs. P. J. Holt, and a response by Mrs. J. Li Eley. Various readings, plays, and musical numbers follow from local clubs and members.
Hempstead county farmers are advised by Oliver L. Adams that cotton loans for the 1934 crop hinge on marketing quotas. If quotas are approved in the December 10 referendum, loans become mandatory under the law. Prices may fall at least one cent per pound in 1939 without jobs, with loans not below 52 percent of parity.
A shirt finishing and folding machine was installed at Cook's White Star Laundry. Kansas City representative Al Falcones spent two days installing and commissioning the unit. The upgrade aligns with the laundry’s policy to provide the best service. TE coffee constitutes 80 percent of Salvador exports.
Washington reports indicate the Social Security advisory council drafted sweeping recommendations to expand old age insurance. Key proposals push retirement payments to January 1 1940 and extend coverage by 1941 to about six million farm and domestic workers.
The Future Homemakers club met in the home economics cottage Thursday morning with Verle Rogers presiding. Members gave Christmas resolutions, approved a tree with inexpensive gifts, and a three girl committee led by Virginia Phillips to decorate. The next meeting is the third Thursday in January.
Clarksville Arkansas fire destroys the $60,000 high school building on Saturday. Fire origin undetermined officials say the blaze caused extensive damage to the structure and surrounding property.
A succinct quotation echoes the idea that humans act as vessels for destiny rather than architects of design, suggesting a tension between agency and larger fate guiding our actions and work.
A fragmented recap notes Chiang Kai shek rising in China as Supreme Court allows doctors to prescribe not more than three tablespoons of whisky daily. The piece mentions Albert B. Fall and Edward Doheny newly acquitted of conspiracy to defraud the government and references Christmas and a Silent Night radio tune.
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