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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1939
Page
5
John T Flynn analyzes the President's address to Congress arguing it shifts from domestic defense to global intervention. He contends the defense plan risks economic sanctions as a step toward war, urging caution over arming allies and redefining national defense.
China reports nearly one hundred Japanese warplanes attacked Chungking the provisional capital with heavy damage to military targets. A Japanese communique claims Chinese defenses offered little resistance as the raids continued.
Arkansas Farm Bureau plans its own legislative program for the current General Assembly with active support from 25 229 farm families across the state. The group will sponsor a rural school management bill compatible with urban systems and seek laws to protect dairy products and fresh produce from market and price discrimination.
An aphoristic note quotes M. Henry stating that peace among the public domain relies on maintaining purity. The remark frames moral integrity as the foundation of social harmony and order.
A fragment from a puzzle column presents several statements for truth assessment. It mentions nautical terms, population claims, Vassar College founder, U S passport authority, and a garbled line about night flight plus stray words. It reads as a playful test with incomplete, uncertain items.
More than 5,000 Hempstead county farmers have signed payment applications for the 193B farm program, with about 5,000 signatures still needed. As of now 1,749 applications are complete, 822 complete with missing croppers. Sign-up meetings were held across communities by Wednesday January 11, with sign-ins at DeAnn and Leving. County residents are urged to sign early, as payments require audited forms sent to the pay office.
Pobyces Viet Falls PEIPING reports new cigarette factories opening in North China as Japan cuts back due to ongoing hostilities. North China yield now about ten percent of normal, affecting tobacco leaf supply returning to America for processing.
Mrs. D. Citty Warner, 54, of Ozan, was found dead at 5 pm by her husband and a neighbor. Coroner J. H. Weaver ruled death by own action, noting a suicide device of paper cone, cotton, and chloroform. Funeral at St. Paul church near Qtan, with burial at St. Paul cemetery. she leaves four sons, two daughters, a sister, and several relatives.
Hope High School travels to Hot Springs for a conference contest Tuesday night before heading to Prescott for the second annual tri county tournament. The event runs Wednesday through Saturday with teams from Hempstead Nevalli Clark counties. First round matches include Emmet Bodeaux Prescott Gurdon Rosston Willisville Laneburg Hope. Bodlean 1998 champions are favorites with Hope Prescott and Willisville.
Missouri Pacific Boosters plan a 7:30 p.m. meeting Tuesday in the Capital Hotel dining room. C. P. Longstreth, special representative, says a moving picture will be shown and invites the public. Officials expected include Joe Davis, H. E B. Hanna, A. M. Harris, Ed Stanley, and C. J. Jeschke. River Severn water project eyed for Coventry England.
Walter Gray McDonald 56 of El Dorado died in a Little Rock hospital Monday night. He was a longtime traveling freight agent for the Missouri Pacific Railroad and based in Hope. Survived by widow Margaret Simms and three brothers Paul, Roy, and Guy. Funeral at St Mark's Episcopal in Hope at 2 30 p.m. Wednesday. Burial in Rose Hill cemetery. Death blamed on heart disease after weeks in hospital.
In Chicago Judge Austin McCarthy hears Thomas Thomas explain he gave the name Frank Thompson when asked by police. A social security card titled Thomas Thomas proves the misidentification, leading to dismissal. In Louisiana, fourteen poultry hatcheries join a four-brooded effort to curb poultry diseases.
A reader quiz on etiquette tests proper serial usage and personal questions. It asks if asking about a disability or age is good manners, whether to press about divorce, and how to respond when hurt by a remark, offering best practices and a sample solution.
New Madrid Missouri croppers facing eviction began setting up camps on the U S Highway 61 right of way between Sikeston and New Madrid early Tuesday. About 100 people moved belongings to the highway positions within an hour after sunrise to stage a peaceful demonstration led by Owen Whitfield, a Negro Baptist preacher.
Miss Melva Bullington heads a county Better Homes Committee to plan a local observance. The nationwide program, sponsored by Better Homes in America from Purdue University, promotes home improvement, education, and community betterment through demonstrations, tours, literature, and events.
In Little Rock Senator Luther J. Wilkes of Helena refused the Senate budget committee chairmanship, charging four constitutional officers blocked his appointment. He vowed to follow the American flag, not Swastikas, as seven bills moved through a brief session, including a civil service reform measure. Sheriff Virgil C. Kolb of Johnson County resigned, with Governor Bailey set to appoint a replacement.
NEW YORK. Jack Benny, radio comedian, indicted by a federal grand jury for transporting possessing and smuggling 2100 dollars worth of jewelry. Weeks earlier George Burns faced federal charges of jewelry smuggling.
Cleveland College has added a behavior research photopolygraph to its faculty as a voluntary counseling tool. Vocational guidance director Dr. Jay Otis says the device reveals students true attitudes and helps place them on the right track.
New bills introduced in the Arkansas legislature include House Bill No. 3 to repeal the Thorn liquor legalization act of 1935 sent to the temperance committee. House Bill No. 8 to repeal the 1937 tax tag theater Buck Nights sent to education. House Bill No. 13 to repeal the auto testing law sent to roads and highways. House Bill No. 18 to allow higher prosecutor expenses sent to judiciary. Pilkinton named to key senate committees with public roads chair and multiple assignments.
In a secret conference, members of the house and senate military committees heard Joseph P. Kennedy of the Tangland mission and William C. Bullitt of France describe a gloomier European scene. The joint session quoted top diplomats outlining the broader foreign situation.
The Hope district Boy Scouts of America held its annual meeting at city hall. BP McFaddin presided as retiring district chairman. A. W. Stubbeman was elected district chairman and appointed committees for Finance, Camping and Training, Court of Honor, Activities, and Cubbing. The meeting nominated K. F. McFaddin for scout commissioner.
Seattle retirees John Scott and Edward Osborn joked about punching out a colossal eight foot thirty day round trip ticket. They imagined their dream run across cities like Spokane Fargo St Paul Chicago San Francisco New Orleans Atlanta Philadelphia ending at Grand Central New York.
Governor Carl E Bailey, starting his second term, urges the General Assembly to expand the Tax Commission's division for fair ad valorem assessments and tax equalization. He cites $200 million in past assessments, backs higher taxes to cover a projected $4 million deficit, and defends civil service while urging retention of compulsory auto inspection.
New Orleans bid 8.38 to open and 8.94 to close on Tuesday for January Cotton. Spot cotton ends quiet two points higher at middling 8.50 with an asking price of 36 dollars.
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