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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1933
Page
4
Christmas reflections open the page with verses about the angels and the Star of Promise. Local families, visits to Dallas and Atlanta, library planning for shelves and funds, and requests for canning equipment mark holiday activity in Hope as residents prepare gifts and gatherings with kin and friends.
Hope Garden club and civic groups sponsored cedar trees at city hall entrances with multicolored lights. The display honors the Wise Men and Christ Child. Notables and residents listed as organizers and attendees include Miss Louise Knobel, the Garden club, B P W club, Rotarians, D A R chapter, Altar Girls, Mayor Boyett, and many local residents.
The piece traces U.S. wartime press control from Civil War censorship under Burnside to World War I measures. It cites the Espionage Act of 1917, the Committee on Public Information led by George Creel, and postwar efforts to remove censorship, noting prosecutions of Socialist editors and the Red Scare push against a new sedition bill, with Wilson defending freedom of expression.
Police disclosed that Paris chief Bercowitz acted as payoff man for a spy syndicate with maps of national defense and war ministry documents found in homes. Confidants operated through a contact, while other members traded instructions and items across countries. Arrests began with a Swiss seizure. families faced separate imprisonment as agencies reviewed charges of espionage and complicity.
Dr Don Smith returns to Hope with an eight point buck killed Monday in Zapata County Texas. He plans to preserve horns and hide and share meat with friends. He missed a second deer and expects no trip to Rio Grande valley this year. Hailey White recovers at home from influenza with slight pneumonia risk. officials report improvement. NRA and press comment on political pressures rising.
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton filed a cross complaint to divorce David L. Hutton in Los Angeles alleging mental cruelty and martial shortcomings. The nine page complaint, prepared by E A Adams, follows Huttons earlier divorce action. McPherson alleges nightly disturbances and threats over money connected to a $5000 Pasadena nurse judgment.
An OCR fragment suggests a legal filing where a party amended the complaint and connected actions hindered another person from working, with unclear context and names. The readable text points to internal disputes and possible obstruction but lacks verifiable details or decisive outcomes.
A child writes to Santa Claus describing toys like a fire truck and bicycle, asking not to forget other boys and girls, signed Jimmie Walker Benton with childlike spelling and festive capitalization.
A fragmented OCR note mentions forgetfulness concerning Jimmie Sr and an Ard Girls group. Details are unclear, with multiple unreadable parts suggesting names and affiliations without a clear event or outcome.
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