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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1939
Page
3
John T. Flynn argues Congress must reform and recast the Social Security Act. He laments initial missteps, notes expert knowledge was excluded, and urges careful study by the nation’s top authorities before any further action. He warns against hasty, politically driven changes and calls for a deliberate overhaul.
Hope High School’s Bobcats defeated Hot Springs Trojans 54 to 36 to notch their second conference victory and fifth win of the season. Norman Green and J. L. Jones led with 16 points each, while Hot Springs’ Godwin had 14. Upcoming: at El Dorado Tuesday, then Jonesboro Friday.
H Mobley a director of the Arkansas Farm Bureau will speak at 1:30 Monday afternoon at the Christian church in Pat pmes and again at 7:00 Monday night at Bingen school. He will discuss farm organization activities with emphasis on the farm bulloot, the leading Hempstead County group with about 1500 members. The public is invited.
Hollywood credits Toland chief cinematographer Samuel Toland with calculating higher costs for lighting blonde stars. He claims a blonde requires roughly 30 to 80 percent more lights and about $20,000 extra to shoot a full length film than a brunette, as he works on Wuthering Heights starring Merle Oberon.
A quiz prompts selecting correct forms for terms and places. Answers point to conduit, Oklahoma, brain, Detroit, and a musical instrument store for a gluckenspiel.
Vivien Leigh, born in India to a British stockbroker father and London lawyer husband, is cast as Scarlett O Hara in Gone With the Wind. Leigh, mother of a five year old daughter, rises from Darjeeling to stardom, aided by producer David Selenick and support from family helping her career.
The piece traces Vivien Leigh’s rise from relative obscurity in London theatre to star status, highlighting her English background, early stage success in The Mask of Virtue, royal training, marriage to Holman, and eventual casting for the role of Scarlett O’Hara in a high-profile American production amid Hollywood hype and bidding.
Hugh Brown a 60 year old farmer living four miles east of Ozan was found shot to death in his barn around 7 am Saturday. The coroner, J H Weaver, pursued the case with limited progress as investigators looked into the death. Surviving are his widow, a brother Eulin Brown of Ozan, five children, two sisters including Mrs Yell Yarborough formerly of Hope.
A reader quiz lists five questions on introductions and manners. It covers how to present a young woman to a man, introducing a father to a young woman, socially introducing oneself, addressing a very important person, and whether to share background when two people begin a conversation. It includes the suggested responses: No, Miss Burns my father, I’m Mary Black, No, and best to answer the host with thanks after a dinner.
Arkansas lawmakers introduced a bill to end the private leasing of misdemeanor prisoners. The proposal allows counties to use county farms or public works or contract with other jurisdictions for inmate maintenance and work. Violators face fines up to 35,000 and up to 80 days in jail. Governor Bailey and a state survey cited abuses and 14 counties currently leasing prisoners to private contractors.
A drunken man walked into Janesville police saying he could not locate his car after alcohol left him forgetful. He confessed to drinking and reported losing the vehicle, and police aided in locating the car later.
Foster J. Blakeley Base, 27, charged with grand larceny for stealing a $660 diamond bracelet from Mrs Muriel Johnson Berlin at Col Henry Huddleston Rogers estate in Southampton. Bracelet recovered from a pawn shop after police, state keepers and inquiries into other robberies totaling 100000. Suspect held in Suffolk County jail in default of $15000. no family or local counsel present.
Des Moines reports that egrets once hunted for plumes are again threatened as Mississippi river fish hatcheries urge shooting the birds for eating small fish. Conservation officials counter that egrets mainly feed on carp and other undesirable fish, aiding the ecosystem.
A fragment contemplates ingratitude and the harm it causes to those in need. The aphorism references Publius Syrus and echoes moral warnings about harming the vulnerable through neglect or contempt.
Walter W. Head of St Louis, president of the Boy Scouts of America, visited Hope on Saturday. He lunched at Hotel Barlow and met Hope district leaders before proceeding to Texarkana for the Caddo Council annual meeting. District officials including A. W. Stubbeman, W. A. Hammond, E. F. McFaddin, George W. Ware, Sid Bundy, Robert Wilson, Roy Anderson, Thomas Brewster and Fred Cook greeted him. At Texarkana, Head will be introduced by E. F. McFaddin at the Hotel Grim banquet.
In Birmingham a 70-year-old woman tackled an intruder while her son fetched help. The coroner’s inquest found William G. Hart, 36, died from tetanus after being shot in the leg. Hart struck the woman with a poker and she broke his staff. Her son aided her, was struck, and finally a shot ended the threat. The jury returned a verdict of justifiable homicide.
Amid the Catalonia fight, Spanish Loyalists recaptured Igualda as Francoist forces retreat after a violent clash. Berlin reports Hitler to push military reform, abolishing unemployment and forcing most males into Storm Troop training, with few exemptions. Negotiations with American refugee adviser George Robles continue, though halted briefly during Reichsbank reorganization.
In a parliamentary speech, a Japanese official warned that those who fail to stand firm against Japan face extermination. A foreign office official confirmed the translation when questioned if the remark targeted China.
The state utilities commission on Friday authorized Southwest Electric Co operative to extend its lines in Polk Sevier Howard and Hempstead counties. The REA approved a $257 000 grant for the project.
A new racket grows from Japanese methods of street searches for guns and evidence of crime. Chinese gangsters posing as police hall merchants lure victims into dark alleys and deprive them of valuables.
New Orleans cotton prices held firm with Saturday’s close at 2.69 cents per pound for middling, while the market remained dull and unchanged, spot activity quiet and unchanged from prior sessions.
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