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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1939
Page
4
A collection of verse fragments on poetry and imagery appears alongside society notices. The page records weddings, arrivals, club meetings, hostesses, and member updates from Mrs. Sid Henry Jr. to local families, with event details, guests, and brief social observations across the community.
Sickness and bad weather hinder Sunday school attendance, with Busy Bees and Service class leading the drive to surpass 100 in attendance. Morning worship at 11 includes communion. The pastor promotes a church revival in April and urges evangelism as the church’s mission to bring people to Jesus Christ. Evening service explores "He Went a Little Farther" at 7.
The Clini notes ongoing youth slaying coverage with critique of student conduct. It cites about 3000 residents in orderly fraternities and recalls past editorials crusading against local vices. Parents are reassured the community remains normal and decent overall.
Bruce Catton notes that some foods ripen only to rot and prices fall so low that farmers abandon picking or shipping produce. He observes that growers may refrain from cultivating certain foodstuffs under these conditions.
Secretary Wallace floated a plan to boost buying power for relief groups to expand the farmer market while avoiding government buying, licensing, or price controls. A March Washington conference will refine the concept with retail and wholesale leaders, testing the approach in about a dozen cities before possible expansion to cotton. The plan could serve up to 20 million recipients, with an estimated monthly cost around 45 million dollars.
The opinion notes no constitutional barrier to returning the eighth cent to cities. Judge Franks Ridey states Hempstead county got about 15000 dollars from last year's six-eighths turnback. If Governor Bailey signs HB No 95 Hempstead would gain over 4000 more yearly to be shared by county, Hope, and towns. The Cats day tradition began in Baldwin VI era with cats hurled from towers to ward off evil.
Navy officials and lawmakers clash over Guam as a proposed base in a major Caribbean and Pacific defense plan. The House approved a broad naval building program while Republicans argued Guam shifted defense focus beyond hemispheric needs, shaping policy amid wartime style urgency.
The session discussed 1253 bills with tax tweaks and education funding plans. Governor Bailey faced choices on ad valorem taxes, state police expansion funding, highway speed limits, license fees, and workers compensation options. Local bills, new commissions, and welfare reforms also shaped the session’s outcomes.
The GOP Democrat coalition pressured the administration to show international connivance with France in the aircraft agreement. After proving their point they withdrew Oppestlay and signaled support for the hawk’s position on the deal.
In Baton Rouge LSU coeds increasingly rely on in dorm kitchens to supplement home economics. They embrace skillet use and practical cooking as a path to appeal, reflecting a campus trend toward self sufficiency and domestic knowledge.
A set of etiquette questions and authorities on manners. Answers discuss returning favors with thoughtful gifts or help, gracefully declining invitations, introducing a husband using the spouse’s name, and handling informal business introductions. It also considers continuing polite acquaintance with difficult guests and practical guidance on addressing a husband in business contexts.
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