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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1938
Page
3
John T Flynn critiques a proposed bookkeeping method that labels government outlays for public works as investments rather than expenditures. He argues government and country differ, noting asset and liability distinctions, and warns that counting land value rises or returns from loans as investments misleads fiscal reality.
A dense review notes Adolf Hitler's growing power five years after the Reichstag fire, with depictions of dissent in churches and the army, shifts in diplomacy around Vienna and London, and rising global tensions. It covers Mussolini era events, naval expansions, economic policy debates, labor actions, notable crimes, and a dramatic Arctic rescue of Russian meteorologists trapped by ice.
The January cotton market opened Tuesday at 884 with closing at 4.45. Prices show quick movement in spot bids with middling grade quoted at 8.55.
A playful list questions which statements are fake. It mentions misattributions like Dean Valjean author of Ley Miserables, a yawl as a punch tool for Jeter, and a World War I Armistice signed in a railroad car, with a fencing fighter Billy Rose iga.
The Hone Ministerial Alliance and church representatives report the White Gift program distributed food and clothing to hundreds of people last week. Over 100 families will receive food baskets and clothing from church offerings, with supplements from Goodfellows Club and Your Men's Business Association. Committees are visiting listed families to prepare baskets for distribution the day before Christmas.
A compact quotation reflecting Rochefoucauld on the ease of deceiving oneself unseen and the difficulty of deceiving others without discovery. The classic maxim warns that self-deception is subtle while external deception carries risk of exposure.
Governor Carl E Bailey says a 3 percent sales tax could boost state revenue without costing taxpayers much more if millage tokens are used He notes he is not urging raising the tax or using tokens but the 52nd General Assembly should decide He also backs increasing the 35 cent driver's license fee used for State Police funding and seeks a $10000 appropriation to expand the Corporation Commission's railroad division.
London report says Goering invited American refugee office head George Rublee to Berlin to finalize German plans for moving Jews out of the country. Morgenthau renews China lending with a $25 million Ex-Im loan and undisclosed exchange amounts.
A compact Q and A about social etiquette covering gift replies timing, thanking, exchanges, gifting to employers, greetings among colleagues, and handling a broken insured Christmas gift with suggested actions and official advice.
During peak Christmas shopping, money handlers risk accepting counterfeit notes and coins. The United States Secret Service urges heightened vigilance, outlining features of genuine currency, counterfeit detection tips, and steps to take if a suspect presents false money.
In Rangoon a hundred students and children were hurt when police fired to disperse sit-down strikers protesting British imperialism. The group aimed a civil disobedience campaign against the Burmese government, blocking traffic and occupying government buildings.
The Goodfellow’s Christmas Cheer fund in the stretch drive reached 446.05 dollars with an additional 27 dollars in cash reported Tuesday. Hope Kiwanis held its Christmas party at Hotel Barlow, exchanging gifts later given to the Goodfellows Distribution committee. Canvassing ended with funds tallied, and donations remain welcome at the Hope bank or Hope Star office.
Washington reports say W M Thatcher national legislative representative of the Farmers Union warned Tuesday after a White House call that any budget cut of 24 or 3 billion dollars would provoke an army response. He argued that cutting current price supports and parity payments would destroy the administration and his party. The dispatch notes a test on cooperation by fifty four prominent industrialists and financiers.
NASHVILLE Ark A E Carter aged 76 died suddenly at his apartment in the city Saturday night from a heart attack Funeral services were held at Latimer Funeral Home Sunday at 4 pm conducted by Revs Arthur Terry Frank W Patterson and Cecil Gammill He was a well known Southwest Arkansas business man survived by his widow two sons Fred of California Roy of Houston and a daughter Mrs David A Price of Nashville formerly a Hope resident and sales clerk at Hope Hardware Co
New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia was punched and knocked down as he entered City Hall by James Haga, 48, a former WPA supervisor at Pelham Bay shops. Haga was beaten by bystanders, detained, and charged with simple assault. LaGuardia sustained a red welt beneath his right eye.
Long docket heard by Municipal Judge W. K. Lemley with cases including Frank Dean fined 40 dollars for intransit license violation. Dave Williams held for circuit court on murder. Jesse Cheatham held for circuit court on assault with intent to rob. Benney Jones bonded 300 for mortgaged property disposal. Henry McGill fined 10 with costs remitted. Pearl Cox fined 10 for disturbing the peace with appeal filed. Hervel Clayton fined 4 for driving without license. Barner jailed 25 for drunkenness and 25 for indecent exposure. Homer Malone fined 15 for operating without proper license. M. H. Webb held for circuit court on robbery. bond 200. Lucy Ann Moss fined 25 and jailed one day for petit larceny. Elwood Hatch fined 100 for carrying a concealed weapon. bond 250 and appeal noted. Continued.
The municipal Water & Light Plant offers rewards for best decorated homes in Hope. First place a Mix Master valued at $24.75, second a double waffle iron worth $17.50, third an electric iron worth $7.95. Entries must be lit and visible from the street by December 21 with judges to award before Christmas.
Charles Briant of Hope, 19, confessed to driving the car in a Sunday crash near Texarkana that killed Mrs. H. B. Monroe and Loraine Mallard and injured four others. He faces involuntary manslaughter and leaving the scene charges in municipal court with intent to transfer to Miller circuit court. Six others in the car included Douglas Westerman and Cecil Lamb. two Prescott girls were riding with them. The accident occurred four miles southwest of Fulton on Highway 67 as Briant attempted to pass.
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