16 Mar 1939
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1939
Page
1
A crossword style prompt lists horizontal and vertical clues with answers like U S national champion and sun related terms. The item merges puzzle content with scattered definitions for a historical newspaper mini puzzle page.
The Star disclaims responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts and reserves rights for republication of AP and NEA news. Tributes, resolutions, or memorials for the departed will incur charges. Commercial news may be limited to protect readers from space-taking memorials.
A reflective piece surveys shifts in English speech and slang, citing figures like S. Marham and the First Commissioner of Works. It ponders whether slang survives future scrutiny, noting phrases such as sausage sandwich and hotdog as examples of evolving language amid cultural debate.
A columnist answers reader questions about blood type classifications, Wassermann test results, and their relation to fertility and syphilis. It notes three plus and four plus results and emphasizes treatment before pregnancy, plus warnings about potential risks to unborn children and blood transfusion compatibility. The piece also mentions new emergency landing zones being set along South African Airways routes for safer air travel.
Relatives and friends are listed visiting in Hope Pine Bluff and El Dorado. Names include McCaskill Cheney Henry Wortham Scott Yokant and Anthony with several families traveling to Nashville Desha Fort Sill and Birmingham. The item also notes attendees at the Mat Springs races and a Birmingham iron casting output update.
The article notes confusion in Hollywood as actors discuss wealth duty, with references to a child supporting a parent and a rising insurance angle. It cites Senator O Mahoney summing hearings on the insurance industry built on escapist film, and mentions Walter Walter, a Hollywood producer, amid changing tides.
A garbled OCR fragment references a magistrate ruling on first place, hydrogen peroxide sales, a boxer's stomach remark, and a traffic incident in Ohio with insurance. It also mentions New York schoolgirls and a small budget figure, plus typhoid death counts from 1585 and 143 in 1987, yielding an unclear, incomplete news snapshot.
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