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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1938
Page
6
The Bay View Reading club met at Mrs. R. M. Briant’s home to study “Historical Trains of the United States” and discuss the Oregon Trail with insights from Mrs. J. A. Henry and Mrs. C. M. Agee. Mrs. Moore closed with “The Donner Party” excerpts, ties to family lore, and an informative roll call on current events.
The voyage along the Inside Passage features higher mountains, fresh snow on summits, and a near midnight sunset at 9 33 as passengers crowd the decks. Early mornings are chilly with 3 30 sunrise and 5 00 rising, while the ship nears Douglas Island and Juneau. The port lies between Mt Juneau and Mt Roberts, with timbered slopes visible across the channel.
Bob Tait races to the Belvedere to rescue Myrna Dombey after Weeks taunts Rogers and plans a crime. In a basement room Myrna lies doped as Tait finds her weak, lifting her in his arms. Weeks enters with a gun, setting up a tense confrontation.
The narrator describes arriving in Juneau by ship, meeting locals including Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hurst, and visiting Mendenhall Glacier and the Territorial Museum. He notes Juneau's cosmopolitan vibe, hot weather in wool clothing, and celebrates Alaska’s striking scenery as the ship sails through Lynn Canal and Icy Straits, with foghorns signaling cautious navigation at night.
A coastal ascent from water level to seven to ten thousand feet passes Glacier Bay National Reservation. Active glaciers discharge into icy straits, fed by a vast central ice cap. A National Geographic Harvard sponsored aeronautical expedition found a common inland source behind the coastal mountains.
Fayetteville. Russell Hughes of Joiner who withdrew after resigning as student social chairman faced allegations in the student senate that he attempted to extort money from campus social organizations in return for permission to hold dances. Philip Alston, leader of the independents, said Hughes demanded funds from groups including the Commerce Guild, with a $5 check allegedly given for dance permission. Alston claimed similar demands were made on at least three other groups. The senate blocked Frans Rogers, Hughes’s proposed successor and Hughes’ fraternity roommate, from appointment. All three officials are linked to the opposing New Deal party.
Not more than 10 percent of a farm’s 4 farm flue cured tobacco marketing quota may be transferred under a recent AAA ruling. The decision outlines transfer caps affecting growers and market allocations.
A sequence of judge and clerk listings appears for multiple districts including Washington Fuey Grove Juka Jones and Beards Chapel. Names such as Bob Levins J P Byers Sherman Cox Joe Jackson Mack Parsons Gip Martin John Velvin Paul Rowe and others are shown alongside sheriffs and clerks. The fragmentary text reads as a roster or appointment list with multiple locations and repeated roles. The source presents no narrative beyond enumerating officials.
Treasury figures show a four month deficit of 1.14 billion dollars on expenditures totaling 2.99 billion, with WPA relief payments rising from 434 million to 766 million and PWA disbursements modest at 26 million. Receipts from July to October were 1.84 billion, debt at 34.43 billion, financed partly by cash from sterilized gold and a 300 million dollar securities sale.
In Shreveport Louisiana a group of city firefighters used a fire engine ladder to reach the bank front and sell tickets for their annual ball. One firefighter tapped on office windows to peddle the tickets.
Southern mothers blame biliousness and malaria for school problems and behavior. Nash's C. and L. Tonic, a safe, drug free remedy, claims to remove malaria traces, boost appetite and vitality, and improve study performance. Sold in Hope by Ward & Son and other drug stores with money back guarantee if no improvement in a week.
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