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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1940
Page
5
The Hope area social calendar lists a Thursday May 4 high school event with a state convention report and officer installations, plus a Friday May 10 music club garden party. Library adds titles by Bristow and Cornish, plus The Brontes biography, and local W M S and church group meetings cover devotional lessons and race relations discussions.
The Missouri Supreme Court assumed complete jurisdiction Tuesday over the St. Louis Post-Dispatch contempt case arising from editorials and cartoons criticizing Circuit Judge Thomas J. Rowe. The court granted a writ of certiorari and ordered the full record to be brought to the high court by a specified date. The press association was admitted as a friend of the court, with right to file a brief, while Judge Rowe rejected the association. Previously, Coghlan and Fitzpatrick were found guilty and jailed, with fines posted on bond. The article also notes unrelated church meeting details.
In a Derby season at Churchill Downs Sherry Bond navigates entry prep for Pepper Boy with trainer Willie Bond. Jockey Madden to ride, but rival Shep Grant pressures with his own Monitor, even buying it to threaten Pepper Boy’s Derby bid. The tense buildup hints at high stakes and a climactic race.
Miss Mary Nell Carter, Logan High School faculty member, visits parents before summer classes at Henderson State Teachers College. Miss Claudia Whitworth, Sparkman High School commercial teacher, home for summer with her parents. John Clyde Hill of Little Rock spends Sunday with his mother and sister Nancy Hill. Dr. F. I. D. Hedges and Mrs. Hedges of the University of Arkansas visit Hotel Henry. Dr. Hedges works on the County Land Youds's Planting Unit. Miss Lil Bryan spends Tuesday in Texarkana. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Card host weekend guests. Mrs. Card's sister Mrs. G. G. Fulmer and Mr. Fulmer of Little Rock, and Mr. Barney Doyne of Nashville, Tenn. Little Miss Norma Jay Chaney ill at home. Mrs. D. M. Finley hosts her uncle Mr. Leo Andrews of Pine Bluff, who will attend Washington Homecoming this week.
The passage contrasts Rome’s fall from excess with a balanced life combining work, hobbies, and family. It claims moderation sustains good humor, rest, perspective, and healthier recreation, then links Budweiser as a social companion for relaxing moments with family and guests.
A fragmented report notes Switzerland weighing subsidies to build food warehouses. Due to a four month supply window and storage limits of 40 000, most space would be in frontier regions. The proposal aims to stock central locations, requiring crossing mountain ranges by any invading force.
An advertisement quotes Verna 8 praising Adlerika for clearing pimples and blemishes. The copy asserts the product cleanses both skin and bowels and relieves temporary constipation, attributed to improved health and a glowing complexion.
Pope Pius told 4000 pilgrims at the Vatican on Wednesday that he shares broad fears of invasion among nations. He said the world is poisoned with lies and disloyalty and has lost spiritual health and peace.Virginio Guidi, Mussolini’s ally, asserted Italy intends to remain in peace and cooperate with the Ballan countries.
Magnolia Oilers of Texarkana travel to Hope for a revenge game Friday May 10 at 7 30 pm after a tight 1 1 draw with Bruner. City Bakery upset Bruner 12 to 5 Tuesday, Snow White Grocery beat American Legion 34 to 5, CCC faces City Bakery, Brookwood Grocery, and others.
Two staff editorials and a cartoon critique dismissal of an extortion charge against state Representative Edward M. Brady. The article notes Edward Brady and John P. Nick faced an extortion count connected to theater owners allegedly paying $100,000 to block a wage increase. Nick was freed on a demurrer, Brady’s case later dropped.
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