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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1937
Page
4
Late News Flashes report open battle likely between liberal and conservative Democrats as Congress convenes. The split drew mixed reactions at rallies and private talks, with some welcoming the shift to realign parties along ideological lines.
State Education Commissioner Phipps surveys 1937 as a landmark year for Arkansas schools. He highlights free textbooks, higher per capita funding, retirement benefits, district tuition aid, and expanded programs aided by WPA, with better attendance, teacher training, and school plants across rural districts.
Mrs Josephine Allard, 85, died at her home in Garden on Sunday December 2. Widow of Colonel L. Allard of Hot Springs, she was interred at Rose Hill Cemetery after services at 10 a m Monday at her niece Mrs W G Allison's home in Hope. Officiating minister was Rev W W Nelson of Mineral Savings. No immediate relatives survive.
A quiz on etiquette covers marks on the bride’s ring initials on the groom’s ring whether jewelry can be a wedding gift from groom to bride if juice at reception should honor the couple who hands clergy fee and who gives the best man a gift. It also asks what a fiancé should do about using a relative’s house for the honeymoon and who should offer payment rules reflected in 1937 guidance.
Hope residents celebrated Christmas with a lighting contest judged by out-of-town officials. Seven prizes were awarded to eight homes, with top honors funded by the Water and Light Plant and four by local merchants. Judges noted impressive displays, though some homes were ineligible due to city government corrections.
Huey Roberts 55 proprietor of a Lake Hamilton boat landing west of Hot Springs and former deputy estate warden drowned when his boat capsized during a sharp turn. Miss Frances Christy 26 and George Thou manager of a hotel were aboard. L H Henderson helped. Roberts found near his landing. He left Hope after living in Morris. Survived by his widow.
The deacons of First Baptist Church will dine at the home of the Rev and Mrs William Russell Pennit on Monday at 7 pm. A brief business session will follow the meal.
In San Francisco experts praise yellow and black as highly legible lead colors for auto licenses, noting California and ten states adopting yellow on black. The black and white combo, once most popular in 1997, is now used by only five states as a newer trend emerges.
Elgin 88 died Christmas morning at his Emmett home after years of illness. He helped survey town sites for Prescott Emmett and Boughton during the Cairo & Fulton line construction in 1873 and was Emmett’s first depot agent. Survived by wife Emma, one son Theodore Elgin of Magnolia Ark and daughter Mrs Minnie Howard of Ketchikan Alaska. Funeral Sunday at 1 pm, Snell Cemetery Emmett. Rev J Frank Tal ler officiated.
Marion Arkansas police increased jail security after two Black men were jailed on rape charges involving an 18 year old woman from Memphis. District Prosecutor Bruce Ivy planned to confer with minority leaders in Osceola to arrange a rapid arraignment and deal with the case.
A U S Department forecast cited by Roy Sellers from the University of Arkansas suggests lower vegetable prices in 1938 due to higher commercial production. The outlook notes expanded acreage for fresh market produce since 1921, with favorable conditions for potatoes and tomatoes, though canneries show a softer demand and tighter supplies.
A fragmentary OCR line mentions blessings and nature imagery with garbled terms. It lacks clear people, places, events, or dates but hints at a reflective or religious mood. The legible words include blessings, wall, deers, and a possible reference to Congress, though context is lost.
Weekend surveys show two highway accidents near Hope with no serious injuries. A Longview Texas party escaped minor injuries when their car rolled four times after being blinded by an approaching vehicle. A second crash near the Missouri Pacific viaduct Sunday night involved a stuck car and a lunge into the path of another but left no injuries. Police logged few drunkenness arrests and one shoplifting case.
A fragment prompts readers with questions on Bible capillary parsing subnormal ranges, gifted percentages in underground caves stalagmites and stalactites, three primary human variations, and a method to approximate a tree’s height without looking up.
Rainfall at the Fruit & Truck Branch Experiment station totaled about 3.5 inches since Thursday morning with 1.70 inches in the 24 hours to 7 am Monday. The heaviest rain occurred between 7 am and noon Monday. In Texarkana four inches of rain were reported from Sunday 9 am to Monday 7 am.
Mack's Tourist Court on Highway 67 two miles west of Hope was robbed Sunday afternoon by two young Negro bandits. One entered with a pistol and demanded the money box, escaping on foot after Mr. McIntosh handed over the cash. About $8 taken. search by officers unsuccessful. suspect described as a well dressed, mud-splattered man.
Violent deaths exceed four hundred nationwide as a heavy travel period ends. Traffic crashes drive most fatalities with Illinois and Pennsylvania atop lists, while distinct tragedies occur in Lynchburg Virginia and other states. Substantial regional totals and a Boston fall are noted among varied causes.
The State Department called the Panay incident closed though indemnity remains to be fixed. Japan announced occupation of Tsinan, capital of Shantung, and captured Weihsien a railway junction. New rules for occupied China threaten foreign rights, with death penalties for acts against Japan. Embassies say enforcement could curb extraterritorial privileges. US embassy defense in Nanking looms. High officials see a possible amicable settlement with the Panay matter unresolved.
In New Orleans on Monday cotton opened at 8.32 and closed at 8.29 with a 6.51 ask. The market posted a three point gain as Magnavi and Duling traded around 8.53.
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