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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1937
Page
3
In Tokyo, premier Hirota's cabinet faces collapse as military and political factions clash over dissolution of the anti militarist House of Representatives. Ministers and army leaders debate seeking Emperor Hirohito's intervention while dissolution looms and the Diet remains in suspension.
A brief reflection on aid that does not empower the weak, noting that mere relief is inadequate to lift one to steadiness. It suggests true help must foster strength and independence rather than temporary mercy.
Howard Hughes, famed aviator and film producer, breaks his own Los Angeles to New York speed record in 7 hours 28 minutes, 25 seconds, adding to his growing fame as a transcontinental flyer and the era’s enigmatic young bachelor. He rose from wealth to blend aviation prowess with Hollywood ventures, shaping a daring public persona.
Robison's Buyers will leave Hope Nashville and Prescott stores Sunday for spring buying trips to the Dallas and Fort Worth markets. Mrs Maribelte King Burnsides will purchase ladies ready to wear for the Hope store. University of Virginia physicists report photographic studies showing lightning often strikes the same place multiple times in series of flashes about 11,000th of a second apart.
Cary T. Grayson, chairman of the American Red Cross office in St. Louis, wired an urgent appeal to Hempstead county residents Saturday asking for emergency flood relief funds. The message urged swift donations to aid flooded families and relief efforts in the county.
In Moscow the government prosecutor announced that 17 accused anti-Communist plotters confessed to conspiring to supply oil from Sakhalin to Japan in case of war with the United States. The trial opened with an indictment accusing saboteur acts aimed at overthrowing the Communist regime, supported by Germany and Japan, in the presence of U S Ambassador Davis.
Washington reports the United States Army Corps of Engineers ready to study and build a Nicaraguan canal to supplement the Panama Canal. A treaty granting U S rights has been completed, with negotiations needed for Costa Rica Salvador and Honduras interests. Estimated cost 122 million dollars. the project would rival the Panama undertaking.
Knoxville Tennessee shifts fishing season operations closer to Norris Dam with Arkansas help cited by the Knoxville Journal. The piece notes Knoxville as a dry, affordable city with weather quirks causing slippery streets and unusual misadventures.
The Associated Press reports that nationwide flood zones expanded with water invading new areas and homeless totals exceeding 280000. Red Cross and rescue workers rush supplies to 12 states as freezing cold worsens suffering and disease threats while deaths rise.
Negotiations over major U S labor strikes including General Motors and maritime actions ended without progress Saturday. Federal officials urged a settlement while strike leaders showed no signs of concession. The report notes the high ceiling at Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico, at 30 feet.
A deep freeze and heavy rain shattered January records at multiple stations. The Stag correspondent reported Redrive rose slightly as rainfall pushed January totals to 12.34 inches, a new 10 year high. Government forecasters warned conditions would improve slowly while a broad Pacific storm eased in parts of the West. Three deaths from burns in the citrus belt were linked to failing oil heaters used to protect trees.
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