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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1937
Page
5
A prose poem recalls memory's lane and nature's scenes before shifting to a roundup of local social events. The piece leads into a community diary of visits, guests, and gatherings across Texarkan and Hope, featuring Dr. Etta Champlin, Miss Mary Hope McCannnon, and Mrs. D. H. Lipscomb among others, noting travel, hospitality, and family reminiscences.
A vintage menu heavy with potato soup recipes and dairy emphasis outlines breakfast luncheon and dinner items. It includes Savory Potato Soup Green Pea and Potato Soup and notes on vitamin C content. The text also briefly mentions compulsory diphtheria and scarlet fever tests for Mexican governmental schools.
Surging with sea passion the last slaver voyage unfolds in Slave Ship at the Saenger theater. Warner Baxter Wallace Beery Elizabeth Allan and Mickey Rooney lead a strong cast under Tay Garnett as mutiny and fiery drama play out amid fleets hunting the slave trade. Also at the Rialto Gloria Stuart and Michael Whalen star in The Lady Escapes through Thursday.
Mrs. Granville Darwin of Little Troek visits her parents Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Gentry. Eva Jean Shuffield spends weekend with relatives in Nashville. Numerous relatives from Hartinger Texas Hobbs N My Ozan El Dorado Benton Little Rock join local families for weekend gatherings.
The Rev. Alfred Carpenter pastor of Blytheville and former Panama missions supervisor was re elected president of the Arkansas Baptist Assembly in Siloam Springs. Four vice presidents were chosen Ira Patishad O J Chastain Joe Shaver and Keith Sherman. J Frank Mowry was re elected secretary treasurer and Edgar Williamson became general director succeeding J P Edmunds. Williamson has served as director since March.
Emmett Dalton, last survivor of the Dalton gang, died at his Los Angeles home after a long life tied to the Coffeyville gun battle of October 5, 1892 in which 24 bullets were fired at him. He had been imprisoned for bank robbery, served part of a life sentence, and later moved to California to join a campaign for prison reform.
The Highland District Peach Festival in Nashville on July 21 features booths and exhibits on Main Street with bicycle races and a baby contest. Governor Carl E. Bailey and other officials will speak at the courthouse as part of a full day of events including a rodeo, band concerts, a queen crowning, old fiddlers contest, street dance, and the queen’s ball at the Legion Hut.
New York auditors closed the New York State Temporary Emergency Relief Administration books showing a 1933 gift of 3300 from Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt. The donation, made as payment for broadcasts, was the only private contribution to the agency before its July 1 transfer to the state Department of Social Welfare.
A quirky column riffs on unlikely incentives for bankers offering coffee on the house after every third check, motor connections through telephone booths, marriage as a fifty fifty bet until anniversaries arrive, and the French Academy’s count of 2790 languages. It recalls a Kentuckian over a century old who never saw a motor car and the puzzling question behind his longevity.
The League of Women Shoppers promotes a pamphlet titled Consider the Laundry Worker, highlighting harsh conditions in wholesale laundry and urging regimentation and higher wages. It notes the shift from personal initiative to collective bargaining, contrasts past laundry tasks with modern machines, and argues for modest price increases to improve wages for about 50,000 workers.
The Willys-Overland new coupe priced at 490 dollars in Toledo is showcased with redesigned sedan styling and increased luggage capacity. Features include hinged rear deck, 37 inch headroom, wide seat, and extra room for parcels. sales start with early plant delivery and payments through a booklet.
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