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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1938
Page
3
Mrs Boyd meets a young man posing as a department store representative offering a same week repair service for electrical appliances. He quotes low prices and claims delivery, but the store denies any such program and investigators suspect a swindler used a forged company card to access Mrs Boyd’s property.
The Hope High School Bobcats opened the season with a 38 to 34 victory over Warren High School Lumberjacks. Hugh Reese led Hope with 18 points while Nichols scored 20 for Warren in a season opener noted for a late rally by the visitors. The Bobcats host Warren again Jan 13 in Warren.
Razorbacks led by Don Lockard scored 28 points as Arkansas beat Texas A. M. 48 to 2, opening a big mid first period run and fending off a late Aggie push. Lockard paced Arkansas with eight quick points to quell the rally, while Willisville prep scorers and local high school matchups fill the remainder of a busy Friday night sports page.
In Little Rock Arkansas twenty four white convicts and several others were granted ten day Christmas probationary leaves from the state penitentiary but many had not yet returned by Friday. Secretary to Governor Bailey James L Bland reported delays and unreturned convicts as the holiday leave period continued.
The piece asks how to handle invitations and etiquette at a bridge party. Answers given: 1 No apology. 2 Yes. 3 Yes with caution. 4 No, do not repay with an invitation. It also suggests refusing difficult competition and practicing at home for beginners.
NEA report recounts 16 expedition members stranded near Moosonee Ontario for 89 days with scant food. Flight Lt. G R Spradbrow rescued them after locating a distress cache. leader Lt. Col. J Romeo Guenet and others endured extreme cold, starvation, and emaciation before airlifted to safety.
Prescott Arkansas reports Willie and Joenne Richard Wilson, known as the Negro brothers, were found guilty by a circuit court jury of assault with intent to kill Deputy Sheriff Johnny Pruitt. Willie Wilson received ten years. his brother received a lesser term. The brothers claimed self defense, saying Pruitt opened fire and Willie shot him after deputies restrained one brother. They fled to Texas before being captured.
In Los Angeles the University of California has acquired a group of moving pictures showing Spanish and Chinese cities before the outbreak of war. The civilian group preserves the prewar glory of these great places despite recent devastation.
In New Orleans on Saturday rough trading left prices steady with limited activity. Buyers and sellers provided modest bids as indicators showed middling demand and several lot sizes unchanged from the prior period.
The Nevada case concerns an attempt to compel certification of a vote on a proposal to replace township road overseers with a county highway commission. Circuit court denial of mandamus was upheld. ballot omission and petition timing are key issues. Other items include a land dispute over 38 acres after tax forfeiture and a note on the term cometers as a sleeping place.
LITTLE ROCK The attorney general ruled that used cars on lots do not require inspection until placed in operation on highways. The opinion, directed to police, treats inspection as a safety measure for active use. It notes about 12 000 used cars in the state and argues dealer hardship if inspections are forced.
Frank Douglas and Howard Byers have purchased the Crescent drugstore on South Main Street. Douglas, the former manager of the Crescent store for two years, came to Hope from Arkadelphia. Byers is known locally for six years with Ward & Son.
Three persons were hurt when an automobile struck a wagon on the Hope Fulton road eight miles west of Hope. Lawrence Hatfield, 25, sustained a leg injury, facial wounds and possible skull fracture. Mrs. Cody Mae Brown, 26, and Mrs. Pat Glover, 25, both of Texarkana, suffered a sprained ankle, nose gash and head wound. The injured were treated at Julia Chester and Michael Meagher hospitals and later dismissed. Deputy R C Robbins reported two Hope men, Ab Hervey and Woodard Breed, escaped injury as their car hit the wagon. the scene yielded a damaged Ford sedan and a severely damaged wagon.
In Marion Arkansas Theo Thomas and Frank Carter, both Memphis residents, were convicted of raping a young Memphis girl on a Christmas night highway incident. They were escorted by Sheriff Cur and deputies to the Turkey foray, with execution date set for February 8 after Judge Neil Killough sentenced them. An appeal is expected, likely delaying the date.
A scanned page presents a set of brainteasers and trivia items. Questions ask about Bas. thes divas, the United States fishing grounds, a Hindu widow’s ritual, and a will allocating 18 dogs among three sons with one dog dying. a lawyer adapts to satisfy the terms. This item invites readers to check the classified page for answers.
In Shanghai's French concession Japanese guns trained on French troops for an hour Saturday as an American municipal council official protested assaults on the settlement. A French concession police officer of Russian nationality was struck while intervening to stop a Japanese soldier from beating a Chinese woman escaping into the concession for water. The council lodged protests with Japanese consul-general Suemasa Okamoto, via Carnell Franklin, its American chair.
Three electrification cooperatives asked the state utilities commission to build lines across 13 counties. Southwest Arkansas Co operative, Arkansas Valley Co Operative and Craighead Co Operative seek initial lines totaling 156, 187 and 207 miles respectively with future expansions. Read more for service areas and projected annual revenues.
Southern lawmakers who influenced the stalled wage and hour bill disclosed on Saturday they were drafting their own labor standards measure. Representative McReynolds said the bill could let most industry operators decide if fed eral regulation is needed. The note includes a line about the United States Geological Survey estimating the world’s developed water supply at 454 million horsepower.
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