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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1939
Page
5
Evangelist Swafford delivered a powerful gospel message at Unity Baptist Church on Wednesday night. The sermon explored the cost of sin, God’s attitude toward sin, and the price paid to redeem man from sin, sparking strong interest in the revival.
A column of social notes from Springdale recounts visits, parties, and relatives in Little Rock and Fort Worth. Mrs. Sid Henry, Mrs. Chas C. Spraggins, and Mrs. McFaddin are among those mentioned. Birthday celebrations, guest visits, and travels to California and Texas are noted along with a travel stop in San Antonio and local poetry excerpts.
The church announces elective services with morning worship at nine and a song service at 7 45 p m The sermon is at 8 15 p m A casty welcome is extended to all who attend and hear Brother Swafford
Hastings England article notes a parish scheme where sleeping in church costs five shillings. A woman sent five shillings as conscience money to Rev. C. C. Dobson of St Mary In The Castle, prompting the vicar to invite others to sleep for the same price in his parish and advertise: next time you nap send along a pound. The piece mentions population center shifting west from Maryland to Indiana.
Mayor William H Feiler of Northampton Massachusetts says working wives would rather keep their jobs than bear children. He orders all married women on the city payroll to resign. Also noted is Murray D Lincoln’s remark that half the farm problem lies in the city and half the city workers’ problem lies in the country urging mass purchasing power to absorb full farm and factory products.
In a lighthearted scene Barbara introduces Roy Herring to twins Ron and Wilfrid, as Roy learns the brothers’ tense dynamic over golf, deception and a shady plan to outwit each other. Roy contemplates a risky offer from Ron involving teaching Wilfrid a trick to win a match, for money.
Paul Harrison reports on staged on set brawls in Reno for The Women with Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, Joan Fontaine, Norma Shearer and Mary Boland among stars. Real punches and stunts headline a lively fight sequence across rooms as cast and crew manage the chaos before filming wraps.
R L Broach of Cox Drug Co announces the store has installed the Liquid Roto Glass Washer at its soda fountain. He says the machine provides absolutely clean safe glassware, removes film from glasses, and cleans every surface with high speed brushes. Purchased from Liquid Carbonic Corporation of Chicago, a firm with fifty years of experience. Public invited to view the washer in operation.
In Long Beach California a British steamer named Sheaf Crown hoists the Russian fireboat Dozorniy onto its deck during a voyage from New York to Vladivostok. The Dozorniy rests atop the Sheaf Crown for a distance of 9,850 nautical miles as observers note the odd sight. Loading the captured craft with heavy cranes cost about $5,600.
A novelty locomotive uses a pair of jointed iron logs to simulate motion like a jack rabbit. The device runs on the fair’s railway court, before any concept of linking legs to wheels as driving rods.
A garbled report from London describes a German scheme to evade currency rules and a British lawyer’s involvement with a client presenting sworn testimony. The piece hints at falsified details and tests of duplicate notes as part of the scheme.
New York officials report foreign government expenditures totaling about 31 million dollars on buildings and exhibits at the York World's Fair, reflecting international investment in the event and its display spaces.
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