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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1938
Page
3
A World-Wide Aluminum Company representative enlists Mrs. Laang to host a friendly dinner to showcase aluminum cookware. He postpones selling during the demo, then pushes for orders, and a weekly delivery plan commits Mrs. Laang to pay for a full set she failed to read before signing.
Hope High School Bobcats defeated the Blevins Hornets 31 to 20 in Hempstead county action at Patmos. Baker led Hope with early field goals, while Leonard Bearden sparked a third-quarter surge as Hope pulled away. Final score 31 20.
The New Orleans market opened Saturday at 23 and closed at 9.26, with price at 1.38 for middling. Traders reported quiet activity and no change in sentiment as the market held steady throughout the session.
Professor Aldington exposes a forged parchment claiming 15th century Genoese voyage to America. The document described a Florida coast landing and native encounter, but ink and script reveal the forgery, ending the museum’s discovery effort.
Red River at Fulton dropped below the old levees after an overnight fall of over one foot. At 7 a.m. Saturday the reading was 95 feet. the record high is 36.5 feet. WPA workers were demobilized. Mrs. George O Dell of Fulton contracted pneumonia and was hospitalized at Hope. A Red Cross camp was set a mile east of Fulton to shelter about 100 refugee families. Two youths, Erinan Van Cantessel and Hillary Andrews, drowned when a boat capsized in the White River near Searcy.
Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs Ark prepares for a 30 day meet with a $1000 inaugural handicap for three year olds and up. About 26 horses were nominated for the event and weights will be announced after declarations Saturday. The program features seven claiming races and one handicap with several notable contenders listed. Photo finish camera team Glen Laird and Jack B. Phillips tested their device and plan to best a 37 second record, using a grandstand screen to show finishes within four minutes.
A short aphorism notes that the manner of giving reveals character more than the gift itself, attributing the idea to Lavater.
The record traces U S naval aviation from early seaplanes like Glenn Curtiss experiments in 190L at San Diego Bay to the 35,000 pound Sikorsky amphibian, the world’s largest bomber. The aerial arm’s growth has widened naval influence and international relations.
In Little Rock Governor Bailey commuted Jim Crabtree’s life sentence to one year and granted a six month parole for the Miller County slaying of two deputy sheriffs on a country road while he was transporting liquor. The clemency followed a jury recommendation and involvement by Sheriff R W Turquette and Sheriff T al Sewell, with support from 278 Miller County residents and the state pardons board. Crabtree claimed rivals shot at his house before the killings.
Leon Buddy Richardson, a LaFayette County negro, pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the February slaying of Willie Ray near Lewisville. The jury fixed a two-year penitentiary term. His sister Annabelle Anderson and John Reed face separate trials.
A lengthy exploration by Willis Thornton on how Congress and the President shape Navy power, the limits of American territory, and the reach of the Monroe Doctrine. The piece questions what counts as U S territory and how far the fleet should operate, noting the circular influence between budget, foreign policy, and defense obligations.
Intense excitement surrounded General John J. Pershing's hospital room in Tucson after a new crisis. A medical bulletin said he was gradually weakening and unable to take nourishment or drink as his kidneys ceased to function.
A vintage etiquette quiz asks if guests should follow hosts to the kitchen, whether leaving early is rude, if single guests should bring small gifts, whether hosts should serve good liquor, and how to steer conversation away from self. The guide answers: only help if asked, yes to staying, gifts appreciated, quality liquor preferred, and steer talk to others.
Paris officials said France would negotiate for Ethiopian recognition and support peace with Britain. Delbos warned Germany to keep hands off France as Mussolini presses Austria independence amid Axis tensions. Schuschnigg asserts Austria’s freedom, while whispers say Mussolini consulted Italy’s premier before speaking.
Anthony Eden warned that the policy toward dictators would fail and resigned as foreign secretary. He spoke to Midlands constituents at Leamington, stating he would not aid Liberal or Labour efforts to topple the cabinet while distancing himself from the battle over government foreign policy.
LITTLE ROCK Ark Governor Bailey postponed a clemency hearing for Dr Andrew J Bass a Columbia Mo dentist serving a life sentence for murder It was to be held at a convenient time to accommodate his attorney Boyle G Clark who could not attend Friday Bass pleaded guilty in Benton County in May 1930 to a first degree murder charge in an insurance plot slaying of William Robert Pearman Columbia business man
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