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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1937
Page
4
The Gazette urges careful restraint after the Panay incident, arguing Americans should study the Japan-China issue without provoking a war. It warns patriotic sentiment and corporate interests risk driving the nation into a costly, sentimental conflict in Asia.
Tokyo diplomats express apologies to U S ambassador Grew after the Panay sinking. Japanese fear U S aid to China grows, while celebrations in Tokio falter amid warning signals from Tokyo officials.
Shanghai dispatches describe great fires in fallen Nanking as Japanese forces push deeper into China. Reports say fighting ended inside the city walls while offensives continued, a Panay sinking news brief sparked US concern and officials prepared for possible diplomatic shifts amid damaged naval ties.
A reader quiz asks if employees should give Christmas gifts to employers and if a wife should buy her husband an expensive gift. It also ponders sending cards to coworkers, and whether a man should give money or let his wife choose gifts. Answers suggest cautious, practical approaches.
Reports from Tokyo Washington and Shanghai detail Japanese promises of indemnification and measures to prevent repeats after the Panay gunboat sinking. Roosevelt demanded full satisfaction, while Admiral Yarnell warns U S ships in China waters will stay for nationals protection. Britain and the United States coordinate protests and discuss the grave Far Eastern situation as searches follow the ships destroyed on the Yangtze.
Former Arkansas governor George W. Donaghey, 81, was listed in critical condition at his Los Angeles home Tuesday after a heart attack Monday night. Doctors cited a weak heart and a clot in a blood vessel in his right leg. he remained in a coma at noon with condition described as very serious.
Chief of Police Ichi W Ridghill ordered officers to enforce the city ordinance against double parking as Christmas shopping crowds swell traffic in the downtown district. He warned fines for violators and noted that stopping briefly to discharge passengers is allowed but drivers should move on quickly to keep traffic flowing.
Associated Press reports wintry conditions spread across most regions Tuesday. Moisture fell as rain snow and sleet from the Appalachian region to the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, the Rockies and Great Plains while California saw fair weather despite swollen Sacramento River threatening levee dangers.
Ambassador to Great Britain Robert W. Bingham was operated on Tuesday to determine the cause of his illness. He had entered the hospital November 25 after arriving from Lyndon.
Federal judge J Poster Symes questioned four applicants whose citizenship claims were denied for a public pension in Denver. One man, 60 years US resident, learned only now he was not a citizen, remarking the timing fit Colorado’s $45 monthly pension decision. Citizenship is a pension requirement.
A Socratic reflection on how inner affections shape character and outward deeds, concluding that a person’s life mirrors their true loves and actions. The maxim emphasizes alignment between values and behavior.
A northern dissent group leads opposition to the wage and hour bill with four members backing stricter interstate commerce standards. The House will decide by Tuesday or Wednesday whether to run the program under a five man independent board or a single Labor Department official.
In Little Rock I L Ziebart a 45 year old ex soup salesman testified in the second trial of Ed F McDonald former secretary of state that he paid McDonald between 2000 and 3000 in 1932 36 to approve soap and janitor supply vouchers. He claimed many orders had no delivery and noted McDonald signed over 15 invoices after the 1933 pre audit law.
December cotton opened at 821 and closed at 4.27 in New Orleans. Spot market was steady with a 1 point gain. Middling price listed at 8.35.
Mayor Albert Graves announced Hope Water & Light offers awards to residents with the most attractive holiday displays. Prizes include a four piece electric percolator set and electric waffle maker among others, judged from the street by unnamed judges.
Paris dispatch reports police found the Louy of Janie Kestop, the sixth known victim of a murder for profit syndicate, at Brigand's Cavern in the Fontainebleau forest. The discovery followed Monday information from Eugene Weidmann, a confessed executioner for the ring.
Manila reports the steamer President McKinley nearing with 4543 passengers from the grounded Dollar Liner President Hoover as the city readies to aid wreck survivors.
In Cornwall Ontario the last of its era on the St Lawrence River completed its final run. The 72 year old paddle wheeler, built in Glasgow in 1800s from iron plates, has been sold for scrap after serving Kingston to Montreal routes for freight and passengers over 25 years.
M M Edgington 68 of South Walyt street died at 1 am Tuesday after a long illness. He was a longtime Missouri Pacific railroad employee. Funeral at 3 am Wednesday from the family home led by Rev W R Hamilton of First Baptist Church. Born in Columbus in 1874 he moved to Hope with MO Pacific. Surviving are his widow two sons Cecil of Horatio and Vernon of Camden one brother W M Edgington of Farmersville five grandchildren and other relatives.
A list of quiz questions appears on the classified page. Items include What is a watt and how did the United States acquire Alaska, plus questions about the two Philipines, Rome emperors during Cavisy’s life, and absolute zero. It is presented as a humor or trivia feature in the classifieds.
Mrs Florence Stone a Detroit widow about 50 died after an auto struck a concrete bridge rail five miles north of Hope on Highway 8 at 1am Tuesday Irv ing Denstaedt 20 of Highland Park Mich the chauffeur escaped with minor injuries was traveling with Mrs Stone toward Tucson Ariz They were en route to spend the winter There was claim of about 50 diamonds on her rings and a small amount of cash Her body was taken to the morgue and Denstaedt to Josephine hospital Officials said the car swerved as he tried to adjust his scarf and turned over on the highway resulting in the fatal impact
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