13 Feb 1939
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1939
Page
4
A nostalgic piece extols the value of a cheerful smile, praising its universal worth and impact on mood. It notes social warmth and kindness as priceless, then shifts to local society items including visits, births, club meetings, and social hosting among residents and families in the community.
The Rialto will screen the Czech produced English talking film Ecstasy starting Tuesday through Thursday. Hedy Kiesler stars in a controversial work praised by Max Reinhardt as the loveliest girl in Europe.
Miss Talley’s lawyers seek relief in a petition filed in New City seeking guardianship or support for a four year old child. The hearing was postponed at White Plains as Eckstrom’s attorney accused process servers of being dodged.
A meeting is set for 8 o clock Tuesday night at Capital to organize a rifle team in Hope. Hattie Ann Feild announced the plans Monday and urged all interested persons to attend and join as members.
George Joss reports Eleanor Holm is set to be the star of the fair with Grover Whalen opposing other female acts. Holm will headline Billy Rose’s Aquagade in the New York State Pavilion Amphitheater, a 10,000 seat outdoor spectacle featuring 200 dancers and 100 swimmers, signaling a peak in her career while she balances training and Broadway glamour.
Witnesses describe the scene near the liquor store in Fulton where a shooting left Ward mortally wounded. Widow Otis Ward testified tearfully denying the open knife was her husband’s. Others recalled threats, conversations, and a package Ward allegedly intended to cut Wilson’s head off over.
Important Week opens with discussion of a biennial appropriation for the State Revenue Department and a 47 new employees plan costing about 80,600 dollars annually. Senate amendments to the welfare pension bill face possible passage Tuesday after a federal warning that the bill could bar federal aid. House considers Coleman-Higginbotham bid to strip departmental attorneys and move legal work to the attorney general with two new assistants at 3600 dollars each. The two-year Arkansas Corporation Commission appropriation, funding the Tax Supervision Division, stalls over a proposed 8000 dollar supplemental, with John F. Wells among the lawmakers involved.
Testimony places Wilson and Ward near a tent show and liquor store rear before a gunshot. Kermit Reed and George O Dell recount arguing, a command to buy a ticket, and Ward later found dead after Wilson and Ward moved to the back area.
Jeff Bowman investigates five applicants for Harkers. Susie Lambert, a plain waffles shop worker, is chosen after a fraught campaign by John Harker. Susie resigns, packs, and prepares for a Chicago journey and a dawn office conference.
Washington report outlines a Justice Department initiative under Attorney General Frank Murphy to purge federal courts of unhealthy practices. Focus lies on receiverships, with concerns over political influence and supervision of federal attorneys, marshals, and court officers following Judge Martin T. Manton's resignation amid loan allegations.
The monthly meeting of the Presbyterian Men of the Church will be held at 7 oclock Tuesday night. The Rev Thomas Brewster announced the guest speaker will be Rev Hearn don McCain, pastor of First Presbyterian church of Arkadelphia.
Rev A C Bates preached to a packed Gospel Tabernacle with a sermon titled Taste urging call responses at the base of the message. The week featured nightly topics The Value of the Baptis Holy Spirit Will the Circle Be Unbroken and The Three are vivals Prevalent In the World with public attendance invited through next Sunday night.
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