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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1937
Page
3
In a tense exchange, Danbury pitches George a high risk corn exchange involving a $700 stake and a $400 potential profit on a potato shipment. George provides $350 as a partial investment while Danbury promises rapid payoff after delivery. The plan hinges on a bill of lading and immediate shipment with repayment after railroad delivery.
Local Hope churches will host Methodist ministers from the Litt le Rock annual conference in session at Hope. Bishop John M. Moore will preach at First Methodist Hope. Rev H Bascom Watts will preach at First Baptist Little Rock. Rev Gaston Foote will speak at First Christian Hope. The Love Feast and testimony meeting will be at 9 30 Sunday morning. Dr James Thomas to lead. The conference approved a plan to raise ministers' salaries to a minimum of 300 with funds from a 1 key percent of salaries volunteered by preachers. Seven members were ordained as elders and several others as deacons in a related ceremony.
A 1937 NEA feature quizzes readers on proper dining and bridge habits. It asks how to pour wine, handling of wine glasses, tapping cards, and accepting a party invitation when facing bad hands. The piece includes the expected best action and notes the published answer.
Russellville led 3 0 after a first period fumble recovery but Hope Bobcats used a rushing burst with five touchdowns and a standout field goal by Leonard Ellis to surge ahead. Keaton Salmon and Freeman Stone starred as Hope dominated in the second half to claim their seventh win.
Haile Selassie the First, former Ethiopian king, now frail and shadowed, seeks aid in England as reports claim his treasure is gone. The exiled monarch, once a symbol of power, appears as a notable victim of the League of Nations amid tense financial uncertainty.
MEMPHIS Tenn Governor Bailey of Arkansas hinted he may quit politics in a remarks during an Arkansas Mississippi game visit. He questioned his future in public life saying he may not run for the United States Senate again and was unsure about seeking re election as governor.
Hempstead County Red Cross roll call fund rose to 322 dollars Saturday with reports from committees. Bruner-Ivory Handle Company employees contributed 55 dollars, the first from Hope’s industrial plants, with many local individuals listed among donors. The article notes the Scorpions are born fully developed and liberated from the egg membrane.
A reader quiz asks four questions about geography citizenship and history. It inquires the highest point on earth the dual father son president and the US population while noting a paradox about voting rights and the location of the soul. Answers appear on the Classified Page.
Roosevelt confronts a reassembled Congress with the same program minus the court plan. Expect stormy weather as centralization of power, expanded federal control, and presidential powers dominate debates amid primaries and 1998 elections. The wage hour bill, surplus crop controls, TVA extension, government reorganization, and anti monopoly efforts loom, with little chance of major legislation before Christmas.
Washington reports Congress will meet Monday in a special session to address unfinished farm and labor legislation. The business outlook looms over the session as some members favor crop control and others seek steps to improve the economy. President Roosevelt plans to address Congress upon meeting.
MEMPHIS Tennessee Gov Carl E Bailey announced Friday night that C I Palmer of Texarkana Arkansas will chair an honorary commission to study farm tenancy. He said substantial contributions have been made to the study of the farm labor problem and group action is needed for permanent progress. Bailey noted federal leadership in correcting conditions and said states should cooperate, appointing Palmer as chairman with additional legislators to be invited later. Palmer will take steps to convene the commission.
The reflection notes Augustine on faith rooted in God’s word. Believing in unseen truths grants the soul spiritual sight and future reward, centering faith as trust beyond visible evidence.
Bundy and Sons Service Station at Third and Shower streets was robbed between 1:30 a.m. and daylight Saturday. More than 150 quarts of oil, 10 boxes of candy, items from the show window, a file of pagers, a handful of pennies, a roll of 1 cent stamps, a set of keys and several show window articles were taken. Three shotguns in the corner were left untouched. Police are investigating. no arrests by noon Saturday.
Mrs Earl O Neal of Hope appeals for help locating her 10 year old brother Jim Powell who disappeared Monday November 8 from his Conway home. Powell is about five feet three inches tall, 130 pounds with light brown hair and grey eyes. He is deaf and bears scalp scars behind both ears from an operation. Police have been notified and are broadcasting his description. information may be emailed to Mrs O Neal at 741.
Bedbugs forced Kentucky's Court of Appeals to move a regular Friday session to a conference room after infestation claimed the capitol. Officials said flood refugees helped bring the vermin in last winter. The incident halted use of the regular chamber as workers fought the invasion.
The post office will distribute unemployment census report cards Tuesday November 16 at residences and general delivery. Postmaster Robert Wilson explains who should fill and who must not. Cards require no postage and must be returned promptly via mail carrier.
At the Brussels conference on ending the Chinese-Japanese war China's demand for sanctions against Japan drew Italy’s opposition. The Italian delegate Count Luigi Aldevaricie Marescotti objected to withholding war materials and credits from Japan as urged by Chinese delegate Dr. V K Wellington Koo. Meanwhile in Shanghai a Japanese gunboat crossed a broken boom on the Wangpoo river and launches swept mines, signaling preparations to move military supplies toward Nanking.
Members of the American Legion Auxiliary thank the public through Mrs. Arthur Swanke for support of the flag button sale held last Saturday November 6. Local contributions totaled 30.46 with 65 percent staying within the local jurisdiction to aid veterans' families.
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