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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1936
Page
4
Backstage at the Footlights Production debutante Priscilla St. George chats with fiance Angie Duke as Thornburg adds makeup for her Met debut. Society figures attend a dazzling spectacle of silk gowns and jewels marking the season’s opening.
A Christmas Day in Hope turns largely quiet with only three arrests for drunkenness. The only violent incident is the fatal shooting of Mennis Turner, 25, by Herman Cooper, 30, in the northern Hope area around 10:30 a.m. Turner died instantly. witnesses Johnson woman and Robert Straughter described the shooting and Cooper's subsequent actions. Police arrested Cooper. motive and statements remain undisclosed.
An autoist captured the tragic collision on the highway showing the burned bodies of Joseph TM Russell, an insurance executive, and his companion Mrs. Bruce O’Ware, a divorced mother of a two year old, as would-be rescuers watched. The wreck left two motorists imprisoned in a blistering coupe.
More than 2,000 people visited the New theater on Elm Street for its opening day. Manager V. McGinnis credited strong attendance to the feature program including the film Don't Gamble With Love starring Ann Sothern and Bruce Cabot. Additionally, a local obstetrician in Oklahoma City reported a curious calf-birthing anomaly after acquiring purebred Molsteins. The historical note recalls radio’s first practical demonstration in 1899 by Marconi, sending messages across the English Channel.
Nashville editorial notes odd events in Cuba where the president was fired for opposing taxes. The piece questions tax burdens, predicts widespread postwar spending, and comments on post office revenue and mail volumes during a holiday period.
In Massawa harbor on the Italian Eritrea coast an explosion aboard the steamship Cesare Battisti on December 27 killed 26 people and injured about 160, according to an official report issued Saturday.
The Rev. Paul C. Stephenson, executive secretary of the Board of Christian Education for the North Texas Conference, will preach at Sunday morning service at First Methodist in Dallas. He is well known in Hope, taught at Rocky Mound, and was born in Rashville Arkansas. Taher Hollamon Jr. will play organ prelude and offertory.
Ensign W J Lederer of Indianapolis debunks rumors about gobs as a term for sailors aboard ships. He notes peeling spuds by hand is obsolete with spud peeling machines, and insists crewmen are called sailors or fluejacket rather than gob.
From Arkansas to China the holiday chaos spilled into tragedy and politics. A Benton night crash killed Miss Helen Styers and others, while Little Rock youths lost friends in a fiery gas station blaze. In China Marshal Chang Hsueh Liang capitulated, offering to suffer death as Chiang Kai-Shek freed, restoring national leadership and signaling an end to the crisis.
New York report says Arthur Brisbane, 72, famed No 1 editor and Hearst columnist, died Christmas morning at 5:30 a.m. in his Fifth Avenue apartment after suffering a heart attack. He had just written his final Christmas edition column.
Paris officials on Saturday outlined a plan for Germany to participate in European disarmament and receive access to markets for raw materials. Britain and France demand a general disarmament pact and the departure of volunteers in Spain in exchange for cooperation and economic access for the Third Reich.
Franklin D Roosevelt remained resting quietly at the hospital where his son underwent an operation for a streptococcal infection after Thanksgiving. Mrs Roosevelt said her son is doing well and recovering as hoped while Miss du Po may visit later.
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