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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1939
Page
8
Bruce Catton prints farmers letters on tractors dindlords and WPA as rural life in 1930s America. Complaints span vacancy on farms relief labor costs and government aid while some praise persistence and contentment amid hardship.
A violent WPA strike triggered police clashes in Minneapolis and nationwide as protesters disobeyed a new wage rule. Patrolman Frank Gentry died after a beating, fueling calls to repeal the wage provisions and restore previous prevailing wage rules for WPA workers.
Six children from famous tales are assigned roles from Tom Brown Oliver Twist Peter Pan Tom Sawyer William Tell and other figures. Each child performs one action such as asking for more going to Rugby living in Never Never Land saying a blessing an apple shot from the head bothering Aunt Polly. Determine which did which.
Thieves pried off ice bars, smashed the rear window of the Ozan store and entered the post office behind it. They pried out a safe and damaged it, took a small amount of change, bananas, and drinks. Damages about 250 dollars. No clues. Sheriff C E Baker investigated with a deputy. Safe owned by FB? Citty.
Cleveland prosecutors said Frank Dolezal, linked to the city’s torso murders, was declared sane after two county psychiatric examinations. Sheriff Marin O'Donnel reported Dolezal confessed Monday night to the hiding place of Mrs. Florence Paliblo’s head and would be asked to sign a new confession.
Washington officials disclosed that the administration will press ahead with its program despite a senate committee vote postponing neutrality law revisions. Secretary Hull spoke with President Roosevelt after the 12-11 committee decision, signaling potential new legislation before adjournment if a majority can be found in the Senate. In Rome, Italy expelled 15 French and 4 British citizens from Bolzano province amid a broader forced removal of foreigners near the German frontier, with 25–30 Britons in mountain villages expected to receive similar orders.
WEATHERFORD Gxta shows a Pioneer Homesteader, A M Kecek, keeps venomous rattlesnakes at Vi0-nere farm to control pests. He moves snakes from other lands to his grove, insisting only non venomous snakes are taboo and that reptiles help with farming.
A vintage etiquette piece gives guidance on dining manners. It states: cut thick sandwiches into small portions with a knife, eat gravy with a fork, a woman may rest a small purse on the table, wiping silver on a napkin is improper, the woman should follow the head waiter, and when dining with another couple the wife sits opposite the husband.
A wartime analysis by Thomas M. Johnson outlines Panama Canal defenses amid sea and air threats. It notes existing gun emplacements, ammunition stocks, and a central Navy depot, but warns that fire control, mobility, and all weather road access need strengthening. The piece discusses potential invasion routes along the Pacific rear and the need to expand the mobile force from 500 to about 10,000 troops to deter and counter an assault.
President Roosevelt nominated Paul V. McNutt of Indiana to be Federal Security Administrator. McNutt, then American flight commissioner to the Philippines, would keep his present post for a time to settle details. His nomination, if confirmed, would add a Democrat with potential 1940 presidential backing to the administration.
Washington notes say Representative Sam McReynolds of Tennessee died at 6 19 a m Tuesday at age 67. He chaired the House Foreign Relations Committee and was a prominent figure in Democratic circles. Capitol physicians cited a heart attack as the cause. The rest of the text mentions an East Indies animal with suction cups on its toes.
Dr Hugh Hammond Bennett chief of the Soil Conservation Service will speak at a soil conservation field day near Hope July 25. He is recognized as a world authority on erosion causation and control with 34 years in soils work. About 5,000 farmers and business people are expected. a free noon barbecue will be served.
Three prominent Little Rock attorneys were named to represent the State Bar association in drafting proposed legislation for Governor Bailey's 140 million highway bond refinancing. J Merrick Moore chairs with Charles T. Coleman Grover T. Owens on the committee. Coleman opposed Bailey's prior refinancing. David M. Wood of Thompson Wood Hoffmen joined the group arriving Tuesday.
A six year old boy, Eugene Bonner, died from burns after a gasoline explosion at a farm near Texarkana Tuesday. The incident occurred Monday night and involved the Bonner family, with details limited in the report. A separate note mentions North America having 22,000 pure blooded bison.
In Ashdown Arkansas Earl Jarvis attorney buyer of the burned Ashdown hotel testified two hours against Woodard Breed in the Little River circuit court arson case. Jarvis said he bought the hotel for 10000 with 15000 insurance and 2500 furnishings, and paid Breed 500 and Wheaton 100 for the plan. He admitted advancing Breed 63 and Wheaton 45 and planned further payments after insurance collection. The trial continued with Breed's defense to follow.
New Orleans market reports July cotton opening at 9.76 and closing at 9.75. Spot cotton remains quiet with middling at 10,10.
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