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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1939
Page
3
John T Flynn argues the balance between budget discipline and government investment. He critiques labeling expenditures as investments, urges funding low cost housing via bonds while counting subsidies as outlays, and insists non recapturable costs be paid from tax revenues to avoid debt.
John Wendell Owen, 29, died at 12:45 am Friday in Julian Chester hospital from injuries from a 20 foot fall on Shower Street. He sustained a fractured skull and other serious injuries while repairing an electric line for the Hope water and light plant. Funeral set for 10 am Saturday at First Baptist with burial in Rose Hill. He leaves a widow, a daughter, his parents and three sisters.
An Independent Basketball League organizing meeting is set for Sunday at 2 PM in the High School Gym. Earl W. Evion announced plans for at least a four team league. WPA recreation division runs a statewide tourney, with county and district rounds leading to Little Rock. Last year’s district was in Ashdown. this year it’s planned for Hope. Eligibility excludes current school varsity players. all others may join.
Coroner J H Weaver reports Booker Morrison, a year old African American, died by self-inflicted gunshot at his fireside Friday noon in Columbus. Witness notes indicate a suicide by heart shot from a single barrel shotgun, instantaneous death. Morrison left notes for family and had suffered ill health for three years, with heavy meat diet cited.
Two bowling alleys with pins and balls were delivered to the Fair Park Recreation Building in Hope. Courtesy of R H Bowen of the Chamber of Commerce, the setup aims to boost popular recreation. hours are 2 pm to 1 am on Mon Tue Thu, and 2 pm to 6 pm Wed Fri Sat. Public invited to use the alleys.
A 1939 NEA Service etiquette piece tests readers on tipping norms for lunch counters, night clubs, bars, and restaurants. It asks how to handle a friend who doesn’t tip and provides answers: no tip at lunch counters, 15 to 25 cents for a girl at a night club, 15 percent of the bill at restaurants, and tipping at a bar if buying a drink.
In Little Rock Governor Bailey said he would not sign the Digles bill repealing the 1957 auto testing law of 937. The senate completed the repeal by 27 to 6 and sent the measure to the governor. House debate touched on term limits for officials and a constitutional amendment for a four year term. Civil service repeal passed 64 to 28 as lawmakers moved to end Arkansas merit system. House and Senate backed repeal of the two year auto test law. Senate predicted quick passage of the Riales bill.
Prescott Ark Perry Willisville and Curly Wolves beat Bodcaw 35 to 28 to reach the final. Willisville then defeated Hope 34 to 27 to advance to the championship as the Wolves face Willisville in the title game Saturday. Consolation action had Laneburg and Rosston leading at half before Gurdon moved toward the consolation final.
Frank Gannett and Secretary Ickes argued over press freedom in America's town meeting of the air. Ickes charged subsidized propaganda and financial manipulation, while Gannett defended minimal government control and warned against censorship. The discussion touched on Roosevelt era reforms and court-packing.
Congressman Ben Cravens of Arkansas died in Washington from pneumonia. A Democrat, he served in the House 1933 onward after earlier terms 1907 to 1913. Cravens resided in Fort Smith and was a practicing attorney and former district attorney.
Ex general Saturning Cedillo, longtime San Luis Potosi dictator and leader of an uprising against President Lutero Cardenas, was killed in a 35 minute clash with federal troops in the La Ventana mountains. His relative Mlodio Cedillo also died. Cedillo, once agriculture secretary, led a peasant army from Las Patornas ranch before breaking with the president over land distribution.
Ward Hanna, a 37 year old Negro driver in Columbus Ohio, claimed he heard angels flapping their wings as his car shot over a 40 foot viaduct. He opened eyes to find the vehicle suspended mid air with rear wheels on the edge and front wheels pressed against a telephone pole eight feet from the viaduct, holding the auto horizontal.
The essence of true holiness lies in conformity to the nature and will of God as expressed by Lucas.
A NEA service analysis notes a broad shift as radical and leftist movements gain traction across South America. It highlights Peru, Chile, Mexico, and Cuba links, with April de la Torre’s Aprista movement, oil expropriation rhetoric, and efforts by Mexico to influence regional revolutions while advocating a middle way amid rising dictatorial pressures.
Washington reports the Roosevelt administration faced a rebuff as the House refused to approve the 375 million dollars requested to fund the WPA through June. The initial test in the new Congress ended with a defeat for the president as lawmakers blocked the funding proposal.
Desperate prisoners attempted to escape Alcatraz Friday by sawing their way from a cell. Five men were involved. guards shot two, others wounded, and three captured. Prison officials confirmed the escape attempt near fog-bound water and noted one inmate Stamphill, 27, is serving life for kidnapping in Oklahoma.
Approximately 75 percent of the Arkansas Bank and Trust Co property insolvent was rejected at a December 7 public auction. W S Atkins said the majority of the remaining 25 percent may also be rejected, as private sales could raise value. The bank building, first-mortgage held by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, was rejected. Depositors had received 86 percent of their money. private sales could boost remaining asset dividends.
A scrambled quiz item presents five statements with mixed truth values. It asks which are true or false, noting errors in terms like opera cloak and Scottish home, and attributing wireless telegraphy to an American. The page fragment shows the format of a truth quiz in a newspaper insert.
C C Spragins of Citizens National Bank spoke at the Rotary club detailing banking history from Venice in 1587 to Sweden 1661 and the Bank of North America in 1782. He traced Arkansas Real Estate Bank of 1902 and the 1933 moratorium leading to the FDIC insuring deposits up to 5000 dollars. Guests included Harrison Shepard of Hot Springs and S H Cadehead of Prescott Chamber of Commerce.
President Roosevelt said on Friday that sufficient plant exists to build new planes for national defense. Some factories may run five or three shifts, but the challenge lies in securing enough skilled plane factory workers to meet the demand.
New Orleans cotton market opened at 8.39 bid and finished at 9.39 bid with 8.41 asked. Spot prices held steady at middling 8.58, reflecting a unchanged overall tone for Friday trading.
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