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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1938
Page
4
The editor responds to O Neal who seeks $565 from the state claims process over a private car crash. The column defends the newspaper’s scrutiny of public funds, defends past claims on record, and argues O Neal’s actions undermine the Claims Commission.
Chicago report by the National Safety Council cites a record year for automobile fatalities in 1937 with 470 deaths in traffic. The council estimates 475 000 permanently injured and 530 000 temporarily hurt, totaling billions in costs and a toll of about 3.7 billion Isi.
A fragment traces Venus from being thought a war deity to later mythic roles, noting Hopi interpretation shifting toward Venus as a goddess of love.
Police Sergeant Marlon Dutton analyzed the Washburns home after Mrs. Washburn reported a $50,000 necklace missing. He observed her planting tulip bulbs beside the driveway and deduced the necklace had been buried in the flower bed, implying an inside theft and staged concealment.
LITTLE ROCK two Arkansans Senator Len Nyberg and Lee Nichols propose a 750000 building program for the state tuberculosis hospital to be taken up in a special legislative session. Governor Bailey would consider it if it does not block other main agenda items. Funds would come from a two cent per pint liquor tax increase and charity fund surplus divestment.
Hope Kiwanis club held its first meeting at Hotel Barlow to boost attendance with four captains leading the drive. About 18 members attended with two guests, Reginald Bearden, Jimmie Derris, Lea J Tauers, and Fonzie Moses named as team captains. The group voted to relocate to Hotel Barlow and approved a dues and luncheon upfront plan.
A lighthearted explainer refutes the idea of a fixed February 2 forecast. It notes Candlemas origins, the woodchuck’s true name, and scientific findings that groundhogs vary in emergence, with dates ranging from early February to March, and even summer hibernation.
The NEA feature explains why fake gains from multiple Social Security cards fail. It details how earnings stay with the original holder, and how inquiries for information are routinely refused except in specific cases. It also covers name changes and the bureau’s policy on updating records to keep a single account intact.
Nashville Arkansas dispatch says Mrs Bub Woodall and her brother in law Luther Woodall of Murfreesboro were reported kidnapped Monday night while riding with Bub Woodall to visit relatives in Oklahoma. Bub Woodall was forced to abandon the truck by three hitchhikers who then drove away toward Nashville.
The National Council of Methodist Youth executive committee in Chicago declares it will not support the government in a Far Eastern war. In a letter to President Roosevelt led by Thomas Pendell, the group states it will not fight in or back any such conflict and condemns the administration’s foreign policy and State Department. They also oppose the naval expansion program.
Questions test social usage for addressing servants. Answers include first name preferred for an older household servant, a maid called by Mrs Stevens in simple homes, and avoiding public sealing of a servant. The piece discusses appropriate terms and respectful treatment in 20th century domestic life.
D W Pyle forfeited a 49 dollar cash bond after failing to appear on a reckless driving charge. Ebbie Stewart, charged with assault with intent to kill E A Ferguson, waived preliminary exam, ordered held for Hemp Lead circuit court with bond set at 500 dollars. Dock Keith pleaded guilty to drunkenness, fined 15 dollars. Steve Atkins pleaded guilty to assault and battery, fined 2.50 dollars. The case stemmed from an attack on George Louis, a Checkered employee.
In Sacramento, Lily the cat of Miss Annie Hanshe, left $8000 by will, but alley cats around the Hanshe home risk starvation. Humane Officer Winters weighs options to remove and sterilize the neglected felines as a remedy.
United Automobile Workers officials urged President Roosevelt to back a 130 million dollar federal appropriation to hire and provide direct relief for unemployed automobile workers and families in Michigan. Homer Martin, union president, presented the request at a White House conference and said the president would discuss it with the WPA.
Senator Borah of Idaho warned that the current rhetoric of an Allied partnership with Britain to build navies risks echoing the lead up to the World War. British destroyers hunt a submarine that sank the Endymion off Spain. Eleven drowned as the Endymion, carrying a Swedish nonintervention officer and coal for Cartagena, went down near Cape Tinose. The defense held in the Pennaroya sector amid a broader Spain war stalemate. In the Orient, Japanese and Chinese forces clash along the corridor’s southern border with heavy casualties reported. In Geneva, Poland and Peru oppose being treated as rubber stamps as a League of Nations China aid resolution stalls.
A black youth named Ernie Seluage delivered a huge preserved tusk found in a Wilkinson County Mississippi creek bottom to Professor Reinhard A. Steinmayer, curator of Tulane University Museum, who acquired the fossil. The piece is described as the largest toof ever seen. Across the Atlantic, over 1,000 people die and about 50,000 are injured yearly on London streets.
New Orleans March cotton opens at 58 dollars and closes at 58.34 with spot cotton steady down one point. Middling grade quoted near 58.50 as market shows a small dip and mixed early demand in the trading session.
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