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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1938
Page
3
A couple following a window chair leads them to a wholesale dealer using a discount card. They buy a chair, end table, and bedroom suite after a bid for wholesale prices. They realize they could have spent less at reputable stores. The card numbered 175 exposed the scam and inflated costs.
The Association of American Railroads asked 140 Class One lines to have 21 brotherhoods representing 950,000 to 1,000,000 workers consider wage reductions. A conference planned for next week in Chicago aims to discuss remedies after the Antitrust rate case, with talk of possible concessions and contract reopeners.
In a Cranium Cracker style case, Kassly pulled a nose hair causing injury and subsequent death from infection. His widow seeks double indemnity under a policy requiring death by external and accidental means. Insurance company argues the act was deliberate, not accidental, and the suit hinges on classification of death. Classified page reports the dispute.
A corrected notice clarifies Saengoy Theater admission for Saturday the 15th with a revised price of 25e. The Friday listing previously stated an erroneous rate and must be adjusted to reflect the proper admission.
Bishop James Cannon Jr will address a Sunday union meeting at First Methodist Church at 3 pm, an interdenominational event open to the public. He tours southwest Arkansas and will also speak in Arkadelphia Sunday night about the liquor issue, praised by the Pacific Annual Conference for his public service.
The Communications Commission voted to investigate the extent of network cancelations in the radio industry. Chairman Frank R. McNines proposed a substitute inquiry, aiming for a public hearing on monopolistic trends. Commissioner George Henry Payne opposed the substitute but supported a probe in principle.
A 1938 NEA service quiz reviews polite business writing. Use plain words and simple apologies. Address envelopes with titles like Mr or Dr as appropriate. Avoid contractions in formal letters and proper salutations with full names.
A terse anecdote describes a man declaring his church as supreme and another replying with a pointed, surreal prescription about bathing in salt water and uttering a cryptic phrase. The fragment names Gipsy Smvith and hints at cultural or religious tension without clear context.
Milton Bronner surveys Czechoslovakia’s 3,500,000 ethnic Germans as a potential fifth column ready to back Hitler. He argues Austria fell first via a Nazi party influence and warns that Sudeten Germans, with support from Nazi propaganda and neighbors in France and the Soviet Union, threaten Czechoslovakia and Europe’s balance.
In Ashdown Ark Columbus defeated Walkerville and Lewisville to reach the District 10 senior girls basketball quarterfinals. Bradley led by strong offense swept its Friday games 61 to 2 and 42 to 20, while Mineral Springs and Taylor advanced by byes and big wins. Quarterfinal matchups scheduled include Bradley vs Magnetis, Taylor vs Bright Star, Mineral Springs vs Gillany, and Stamps vs Columbus.
Three Black Fulton residents, including Ray and Floyd Ponapio, await a Monday hearing before J P Logan justice of the peace on charges of stealing three head of cattle from Jessie Smith. Arrests were made by Reginald Bearden and Ed Walsart.
The University of Arkansas College of Agriculture may set up a 160 acre cotton experiment station in Crittenden County Delta area if land is secured. Dr Bartholomew reported site inspection and noted soils suited for testing cotton varieties and farming methods. Judge J C Johnson of West Memphis suggested a subscription fund to buy land if approved.
Mexico City President Lazaro Cardenas announced expropriation of 17 British and American oil firms, valued at 400 million, ending a two year dispute with oil workers. The move followed a planned national strike and shifts in labor capital tensions.
In Kaunas Lithuania bowed to Poland’s army backed ultimatum to restore diplomatic ties and end the Wilno dispute. Lithuania accepted Poland’s demand while Poland threatened invasion, with Germany watching plans to seize Danzig and Memel as possible war outcomes.
DEWITT Ark The body of Earl Jones 23 farmer who drowned January 22 was recovered from White River by two fishermen Friday Glen Horton a neighbor believed drowned at the same time remains missing. The two men left DeWitt to hunt and were thought to be in a small boat that capsized. The boat was found days later. Sheriff Lloyd Lafargue and Coroner Russell McCollum found no marks on the body indicating foul play. Jones and Horton lived in the Ethel community about two miles southeast of DeWitt Funeral services for Jones will be held at Ethel Saturday. He is survived by his wife.
New Orleans cotton opened Saturday at .80 and closed at .87 and eight to three eighths. Epot Cotton closed quietly with moderate gains led by middling at 93.
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