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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1938
Page
5
Fragmented OCR recalls a flurry of local names and events in Hope including meetings of the American Legion Auxiliary and the Bay View Reading Club, visits by relatives and residents traveling to events, twin birth announcements, and seniors attending district events.
The Negro Amateur Show will be staged here featuring Nanni Vernor origins of oval SIUREO GUNILOU contests. It will present an Intistiadl showing WU COPLOSS in the nerve dnied school on Wednesday night March 23. Awards will be given to the winner and interested persons are urged to see her about the program.
Miss Melvyn Bullington accepts chairmanship of the Better Homes in America Committee for Fempsteind county for the 1938 campaign, running April 24 to 30. The nationwide effort promotes better homes, remodeling, and home life through non commercial, educational demonstrations and volunteer county committees assisted by government agencies and civic groups.
Dick Huie, active Democrat and district chairman of the Young Democratic Clubs of Arkansas, announces his platform including strict law enforcement and court economy. He aims to be attorney for any county in litigation and plans to mobilize party allies for cost-saving court measures. The piece notes regional political friction and a related article on forestry in Europe.
A fragment discusses how a motorist should steer toward a skid and how dangers rise from poor conditions. It notes general guidance on handling skids and cites driving conditions that increase slippery surfaces. The source uses archaic phrasing and garbled words but preserves the core safety instruction and warning.
Jap Patterson of Morriton, director of religious education for the Presbyterian synod, will be principal speaker Tuesday night at the Presbyterian Men of the Church. The group will assemble at 7:15 p.m. and dinner will be served at 7:30 p.m.
In Columbia County a newly completed Darrels well shows 500 barrel flow through a half inch choke and may reach production in two to three days as it cleans. A second producer from Jones Kabel was completed by Lion Gin Revining Co at Shider field. Four new Standard Oil well sites appear around Buckbee as location tests progress with multiple targets in Township 16, Range 22. Drilling incidents include a broke drill stem at Bodean No. 1 and ongoing efforts to loosen it. Raids and excavations are underway in preparatory stages for future tests.
Secrecy cloaks U S Navy drill as 105 fighting ships depart Pacific bases for a two week coast war game. The White fleet led by Vice Admiral Tarrant will defend the Pacific from an invading Black fleet under Admiral Kalbfus. Admiral Bloch hosts the exercise with a postwar goal of a simulated capture of Oahu by Rear Admiral Murfin’s forces. Over 160 surface vessels, 500 airplanes, 2,600 officers and 5,000 men take part in the near-war scenario across Hawaii and the Pacific.
Eight year old Billy Toe Cooper, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Cooper, died instantly Sunday when he accidentally hanged himself while playing in a tree. A rope around his neck caused a broken circle fall. a physician who examined him noted an inquest was unnecessary.
Batesville Ark Ira J Matheny 65 a former Independence County legislator died Sunday afternoon at his home He appeared to have died from a heart attack or stroke while eating lunch Neighbors said he showed no prior illness He was married to a clerk in the current legislature and is survived by a wife a stepdaughter Mrs Ruthell Gossett of Tisse Okla and brothers Harmon Metheny of Maxville and a sister-in-law.
Sheriff Griffin reported a unidentified, about 35 year old Black woman found in Badeaw Creek, 14 miles south of Lewisville Arkansas. She had been shot through the head, likely thrown from a bridge, and drifted a quarter mile downstream. She wore tan shoes with long tongues and had a gold tooth. The death is attributed to weeks ago.
Porterville Calif in a new vocational program white instructors teach Indian boys to make buckskin shirts and do bead work at Tale Indian festivating.
The Hartford Quartet will present sacred music Tuesday night at 7 45 at the Hope Gospel Tabernacle. The group features a noted bass singer and a full blond pianist Thelin, with praise for their quality comparable to the Stamps quartet. The public is invited and many out of town attendees are expected.
Blevins and nearby towns saw a weekend of family visits with Eng land and Texarkana guests. Weddings occurred as Grace Thomas and John Powell wed in El Dorado and Lucille Watson and Jack Foster tied in Nashville.
Jon Liebhaber, 61, who disappeared Saturday, was found in the Current River near Poca. Coroner H G McNabb reported no foul play. Liebhaber had been in ill health and stayed with a sister-in-law, Mrs Jake Liebhaber, near Current River six miles north of here.
Sunday wedding records reveal that Miss Mary Sue Sage of Prescott and Gordon Powell of Gurdon wed with the couple to reside in Gurdon. Also listed are Mrs. C. W. Leverett and Mrs. J. A. Ware with other local mentions of shopping trips and business in Texarkana, Prescott, and Hope.
General Millard Alford announced the count would be held in abeyance after adjournment due to potential legislation affecting litigation status. Forehand said a bill to repeal the law enabling the Index bridge district would be introduced, with a follow up to designate a trustee to disburse funds held by district commissioners.
Clarence Darrow pursued a major Honolulu trial involving Lieutenant Themis Massie and three others, including Massie’s mother in law. They were convicted of manslaughter in the death of a native who allegedly assaulted Massie’s wife Thalia. Sentences were reduced to one hour in sheriff custody. Darrow then worked to secure clemency for Russell Williams Rockford, a boy in Rockford, Illinois, twice sentenced to die. After the verdict was upheld, he urged leniency and the youth’s sentence was commuted to five years.
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