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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1938
Page
5
A garbled MSS lists numerous social items including visits, arrivals, guests, and family notices from varied locations. It mentions Nora Shapley, Rasa Polk Shipley, Mrs. Corbin Foined, Mr. Foster, and many others, with several place names and dates partially visible. The piece reads as a community society column filled with personal notices and then shifts to brief reports of visitors and gatherings at local churches and households.
The article reports on presidential actions drawing critique for federal judicial appointments from outside districts, with Texas figures Allred and Morris Shop, and notes Roosevelt’s Wichita Falls and Amarillo appearances under a hot sun. It mentions crowd turnout, a film “Happy Hotel Tee,” and early-century wage patterns for women and men.
A fragmented film note profiles Lloyd Nolan, praising his screen charm and favored character roles. It traces Nolan’s path from Stanford dropout to a globe trotter aboard tramp steamers, early stage work, and eventual Hollywood move where he preferred nuanced parts over star turns.
The report details Hughes and crew’s long overland route from Paris across Europe toward Moscow after departure from Bourget Field. It notes weather prospects, repairs, refueling, and a two hour arrival in Moscow, with subsequent legs toward Madrid and beyond. It compares the feat to Lindbergh’s May 1927 solo flight and mentions equipment damage and a final distance around 600 miles post takeoff.
Price Stabilization lecture at the University of Arkansas stressed that farm production has advanced but prices and credit terms lag. The speaker warned that individual farmers cannot fix this and urged national cooperative action backed by farm bureaus. Morning program featured songs and talks by farm bureau leaders R. E. Short and H. S. Mohbley.
In Washington amid New York politics President Roosevelt faces a headache from Copeland’s death. Jim Farley and Roosevelt cooperate to push New Deal influence in the state. Lehman is tipped for the Democratic governor nomination, with Wagner as a potential tie to the ticket. Mead appears a strong Democratic bet for governor, while Jackson is seen by some as a sturdier foe to Dewey. Dewey’s drafting by Republicans could reshape the race, aided by LaGuardia’s stance. Martin of Massachusetts looms as a steady Republican floor leader.
Popular Republican congressman from Massachusetts, known as Jee, lives in a capital hotel bachelor apartment. Born in North Attleboro to a machinist, he rose from reporter to publisher, served six years in the state legislature, and has headed the Republican campaign committee since 1925. He claims a London victory hope but forecasts up to 15 House gains, has opposed New Deal most of his career, and supported wage hour reform with North-South differential concerns.
Potsdam plans a summer music festival revived under patronage of General Field Marshal Hermann Goering. The article notes Potsdam’s long musical heritage dating to Frederick the Great and mentions various bat species feeding on insects fruit fish blood and meat.
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