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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1937
Page
4
Two men, Richard Hoyer and Sam, abandon steady truck work for a diesel technician correspondence course. They pay $190 upfront then $225 more in installments, but struggle with costly books and slow progress. The scheme ends with failed study, mounting debt, contract claims, and eventual business closures for fraud.
The National Labor Relations Board ruled Ford Motor Company violated the Wagner Act and ordered rehire of 29 employees discharged for union activity. The board also found Ford unlawfully discouraged unionization and used intimidation via its Service Department and hired thugs. It cited anti union literature, a dummy organization, and River Rouge plant actions in its decision.
A reader query highlights four questions about naval uniforms helmeted collars coin collector terms Manx emigration and presidential inaugurations plus a church rule on second cousins marriage. It asks how such restrictions affect marriage of related offspring.
Land Commission er Oli Page issued a check for $6 17 17 Thursday to OG. W. Garvin of Little Rock special state's attorney as fees from sales of tax forfeited property on which confirmation suits were filed by Mr. Garvin and 70 attorneys appointed by Attorney General Jack Halt to assist with the suits in the counties it was the first remuneration Mr. Halt's appointees have received since the stepped work pay in 1937. The suits involved Jones forfeited to the state for non payment of 1933 property taxes. G. B. Oliver tax confirmation attorney appointed in 1935 by Carl B. Bailey then attorney general has received approximately $45,000 from the Land Office in fees for himself and local attorneys who assisted in the confirmation suits. Several other attorneys appointed by Mr. Bailey have received approximately $6,000 for filing confirmation suits.
Wosal White of Bodcaw and N. White of Bodcaw came to The Star office claiming two weeks earlier a municipal court item listed Joe White forfeiting a $10 cash bond for drunkenness. Police Chief John Ridghill said Mr. White was innocent and the man accused was a different Joe White, a Black man.
Sunday services at First Baptist Church will feature a morning sermon "Help at all Times" and a 7:30 p m Sunday night program led by Ouachita College student Carl Schooley. The 68 minute program includes music readings talks with participants from Baylor Choate Henderson State Ouachita State Teachers Arkansas Conway Arkansas Arkansas Fayetteville Arkansas Mississippi Whitworth.
Administration leaders aim to defeat the Ludlow war referendum in the House to bolster Roosevelt's hand in the Far East. They push petition signers to vote against it, seeking a united front to press a no vote. Landon's message endorsing a firm no is cited as backing, while Senate leaders doubt passage. The White House seeks a swift defeat to project national unity and pressure Japan diplomacy over Panay incidents.
Ashland college introduces winter sports into the degree program. Professor George H. Dunges, director of physical education, says the plan aims to provide equal graduation credit for winter activities.
Hope police, aided by Deputy Revenue Agent Allen Shipp and Police Chief John W. Ridgdill, conducted raids that confiscated fourteen gallons of moonshine liquor ranging from half pints to a five gallon jug of White Mule. The liquor is stored in the Arkansas Bank & Trust Co. building and will be poured in the Bullet after serving as evidence against those detained, mostly Black offenders.
Six persons perish in a fire that engulfed a 4 10 year old log cabin decorated for Christmas near Connellsville Pennsylvania. William Yothers 79 and sister Annis 70 died inside the cabin where they were born. Neighbors Wilmed Crow 9 Joan Crow 12 Annabelle Crow 10 were trapped. Melvin Crow 14 died later at Connellsville state hospital. Frank Crow 45 and his four step-sons Donald Snyder 16 were severely burned, Donald escaped with infant Alfred Crow. Katherine Crow 40 escaped from a second story via a ladder. Frank Crow said a kerosene fire exploded spraying hay and kerosene.
A garbled fragment reflects a musing on Emerson and a crowded scene where words fail to fit the moment, hinting at a literary or philosophical note lost in transcription. The sketch hints at themes of heart, room, and memory without clear names or events.
Communist bloc in the Chamber of Deputies supports stay-in strikes sweeping Paris. 13 food warehouses in the city are occupied as a political crisis deepens for Prime Minister Camille Chautemps. Workers occupy studios and plants including Goodrich, Gaumont, cable factory, and several departments stores.
In Copenhagen a husband and wife became possibly the first in Denmark or world to be fined for speeding with a baby carriage. Police stopped them traveling at 12 miles an hour, above the legal limit for a baby carriage. Two days later they paid a two dollar fine.
A fragmentary social etiquette quiz presents questions about introductions and manners. It argues on proper replies and introductions to elders, and asks how to present a father or child in mixed company. The text includes informal, garbled dialogue and exposes dated guidance.
The Star suspends publication for three holidays each year, Christmas Fourth of July and Thanksgiving. Friday and Saturday features appear in today’s edition. Publication resumes with the city edition Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning on the mall. The Star wishes a Mercy Christmas and a Happy New Year.
In Terruel, Spain a semi circle of Franco forces blocked 400 insurgents from escaping. The besieged group pressed a last stand with machine guns and rifles as ammunition dwindled, while Nationalist troops advanced to seize the provincial capital.
Shanghai reports show seven hundred fifty million dollars in property damage after six months of Japanese invasion. Destruction includes 70 percent loss of 1500 native factories in Hongkew Yangtzepao, over 4000 Shanghai Chapel District factories gone, and widespread ruin across Nantao Pootung and Nanking areas with foreign observers noting Japan’s plan to rebuild the city’s industry.
Jacksonville readers recount a Florida swamp tale where a nine foot alligator raided bootleg hog remains near a still. Federal Alcohol Tax Unit investigators disrupted the gators easy meal ticket as hogs nearby show remains, and the gator slipped back into the water.
TOKYO and Shanghai reports say the Japanese government acknowledged full responsibility for the Panay bombing by Japanese planes. A cabinet approved note to the United States stated that those responsible had been punished and that steps were taken to prevent a repeat incident. The note, handed to Ambassador Grew by Foreign Minister Hirota, followed December 12 attacks on the Panay and three Standard Oil vessels on the Yangtze.
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