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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1937
Page
4
A traffic safety campaign announced by the State Highway Department echoes long advocated reform: integrate driving training into public schools to curb motor fatalities. The writer argues youth offer the best chance for lasting, foolproof driving habits, while older drivers resist change.
First report of Hempstead County Red Cross canvass shows $98 donated as authorized agents target Hempstead County’s 750 membership quota. Campaign chairmen are Rev Bert Webb for city, Reginald Bearden and A J Wade for rural areas, with Wayne England as general chair. Donations may be left at First National Bank or Citizens National Bank. 50 cents per member goes to national HQ, the rest local.
Southern California will battle Jack Frost this winter under new rules as smoke and frost protection shift from oil heaters to new devices. Los Angeles County and several other communities plan measures to combat frost damage to walls curtains carpets and clothing as the season approaches.
Italy has joined the Mediterranean anti piracy patrol, contributing 30 to 40 warships to counter unidentified ships and aircraft attacking merchant shipping. In Franco-Spanish frontier news, Catalan militiamen reportedly broke through insurgent lines in northern Aragon in guerrilla warfare.
New York report quotes Treasury Secretary Morgenthau vowing to balance the budget by cutting expenditures. The Roosevelt administration signals tax relief may follow after budget reductions aim to spur business recovery amid the current slump. He mentions a reduction on a $95,000,000 item and hints more tax changes.
New York discusses rising costs and per capita government spending. Burden argues total government expenditures per person rose from 30 dollars in 1913 to 434 dollars by 1938, representing eight to twenty eight percent of national income over time. Public debt per capita grew from 59 dollars in 1919 to 430 by 1936. The tax plan shifts a portion of Social Security revenues to ordinary expenses, aiming to reduce the deficit by earmarking funds for old age security.
A report notes a call for reduced federal expenditures across relief, highways, public works, and agriculture. The stance appears to challenge farm aid proposals planned for consideration, signaling a shift in funding priorities and possible political friction.
Photos from 1914 by Elmer Murph show Hope Ark during a state convention with traveling salesmen in fashion. The scene includes Hotel Barlow facade, Harry Barlow by an automobile, and Hope’s first fire-wagon bought second hand from Texarkana with Fire Chief Webb Laseter Sr. guiding the horses.
Weather record notes four inches of rain in a three day period ending Wednesday night. Rain began Monday and continued through Wednesday night with subsequent sunshine on Thursday. Forecast calls for continued dry conditions Friday across the area.
Three youths and a missing boy from Texarkana are detained as authorities investigate an auto theft and a wreck near Seventh Street on the Texarkana city line. Officers identify two companions who fled the scene, while 18 year old George Worwek of Type surrenders and names link others. The two remaining youths, Herbert O'Brien of West Virginia and John, are detained after a pursuit and identification at Olive Street area.
Air raids spark fighting along the western coast of Japan as Chinese and Japanese forces clash near Shanghai. A London observer, Pembroke Stephens, was killed by machine gun fire amid the siege. Allied leaders from the United States Britain France and China convene in Brussels to discuss responses if Japan refuses talks with China.
A quirky classified page item questions what an observer on another planet could see from Earth. It ponders coastline age and figures of persons and references the NRA stamp while mixing nonsensical lines.
Washington reports an extraordinary crop yield in cotton corn wheat and more may push next year's stabilization program costs into large figures. Dublin Castle wrecked by blast in Ireland injures occupied fortifications and signals unrest. Typhoon Mauits hits Manila flooding streets and toppling lines. Mrs Walter D. Lamar elected president general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy at Richmond. River disaster near Pulga with 150 passengers uninjured but search for missing crew. Japan copper miners believed trapped after a landslide on Kanwanashi mountain.
Washington reports a 9 000t worth gold shipment to England as part of a total export of 15 250 000. The move, alongside a 16 250 000 shipment to France earlier, aims to stabilize currencies against the dollar. The gold comes from Treasury’s 1 272 000 000 fund.
Questions test correct social usage with answers on etiquette in dining. Topics include Au gratin meaning, tipping when food is undercooked, finger bowls, tipping in restaurants, who orders when a couple sings, and handling a bridge party with a cold. The piece presents a best “What Would You Do” solution from 1997.
Armistice day commemorations spread through Arlington National Cemetery where President Roosevelt observed two minutes of silence at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Across London and Paris, disturbances and royal protocol highlighted the day, with an asylum escape and a curtailed appearance by the Duke of Windsor, while smoke from history notes credit for cigarette introduction to English society in 1870.
A concise maxim urging restraint and virtue. It extols obtaining only what is just, using it soberly, sharing cheerfully, and leaving contentedly. The aphorism frames prudent living as a steady, ethical guide for personal conduct.
George Coutint Associated Press report notes the Methodist Conference elected all five lay delegates and four of five clerical delegates to the quadrennial meeting. Names include J. S. M. Cannon Little Rock and C. A. Overstreet Magnolia among lay delegates. clerical delegates J. D. Hammons Little Rock and Camden’s E. C. Rule.
Engineers of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics predict air cooled bonnets will boost speed. They say the new cowling will raise practical speed limits from five miles per minute to seven to fifteen miles per hour, improving airflow by directing intake around the cylinders then venting through rear slots.
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