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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1939
Page
3
The board of directors urges continued effort as the Red Cross fund climbs to 436.25. Workers are urged not to slacken the campaign and maintain momentum in this community drive.
Texarkana Texas junior squad faces Hope at 7 30 Thursday with a six win year. Clarksville prepares a veteran lineup for Friday night at home with key players like Scarborough Demonego and Garren listed. The local juniors play Thursday night at Welock in a ten minute quarter contest.
PRORIA, TR, P Lonis de Tabor, Master of the National Grange, told the organization’s convention Wednesday that we have not yet solved the farm problem. Gh remains one of their unanswered steps toward recovery.
A cryptic notice from a historical column references a duel or confrontation in Silk City. The fragment mentions wrath, a slayer, and an ominous time marked Daly 5. Details are sparse but indicate impending clash or vigil. The item reads like a period-voice teaser with named entities hinted but unclear.
Puzzle clues describe five U S presidential figures with garbled biographical hints. Graduate of Princeton who helped draft Virginia constitution married Dolly Payne served under Jefferson. Heeler and chancellor of William and Mary college became Virginia governor and U S senator married twice. Unclear 3rd entry references an Olio newspaper editor and ArmaUncAk guitar inference with death. 5th clue mentions a vice president under Zachary Taylor, university chancellor, New York state comptroller and failed New York governor bid. Also a detail about being shot by Mil waukee police commissioner, Harvard graduate and gang suppression figure.
This photo shows Hope’s first football team known as the Town Team circa 1906. Players include Harold Oastler Arthur Barlow Percy G Cross coach Otis Brazel Young Foster Frank Ethridge and others with Will Green in the back row and Will Van Houser Everts Yates Fred Wright Lee Atkins Ernest Wingfield Dick Swicegoods in the front. They practiced on South Hervey street and played games near the L A Y by the Hope Basket company site. The cross era team helped inspire the current Hope High School colors red and white. No record of their 1906 season is available.
Washington reports that Democratic party leaders said President Roosevelt would not seek or endorse delegates in the preferential primaries next spring. They believe he would not authorize his name on primary ballots in states requiring constitutional consent, even if running for a third term.
Three men arrested near Malvern face federal charges after pleading guilty on a November 9 Sparkman Bank robbery. Vanloot of Church Point Otis Ewin of Port Arthur Texas and Berl Tramel of Beaumont Texas were held on a $40,000 bond as the case moved to trial in Little Rock.
Governor Bailey said he will invite Arkansas seven congressmen to a November 23 conference in Little Rock. The meeting will discuss the Social Security Board's request to establish a merit personnel system in state agencies funded with federal money.
M. Guggenheim, a copper magnate and member of a famed mining family, died at 81 after a brief illness at his Fifth Avenue home in New York. He was long associated with philanthropic work in the city.
California report states Mayor Louis F Edwards was shot and killed and his bodyguard Patrolman James Walsh was wounded on the steps of the mayor s home. Patrolman Alvin Dooley then surrendered to police for questioning. Dooley had been defeated last week for president of the Patrolman s Benevolent Association by Walsh whom the mayor favored. Witnesses say the mayor and bodyguard exited the house when Dooley opened fire.
Prescott notices report Mrs Armine Cummings aged 20 wife of Elton Cyn e Inings of Blevins died Tuesday morning at Cora Donnell Hospital. Funeral service set for Marlbrool Lecturely at 2 glelek Weekoscly afterwood conducted by Rev John White. Survived by her mother and father Mr and Mrs Merlon White and one brother Merlon White of Hevings venti.
Governor Bailey received a petition to commute Joel Carson's death sentence to life for the slaying of State Hospital official J. B. Keller. Carson's execution was scheduled for December. advocates argue for mercy amid the high profile case in Little Rock.
LuZerne Switzerland reports farmers complain of bold red deer roaming Alpine pastures and fields as the Saviss army mobilizes in September causing a clash between hunting bans and wildlife—deer threaten crops and livestock.
Readable segments describe a gold strike about three miles south of Calhoun, Georgia and mention a local Main Street site for gridiron tuition. The report merges scattered details about the strike and a football drill interruption, with chaotic notes on Elred and a Swiss frontier licensing issue.
The Weather Bureau said on Wednesday that rainfall last week relieved drouth conditions across much of the Midwest. Benefits included healthier fall seeded grains and revived pastures, with the strongest gains in eastern Texas Louisiana Arkansas Missouri and eastern Kansas.
In Chicago a federal court heard that the nationwide Yae News Service and Trail Information Network will suspend operations Wednesday. Attorney Weymouth Kirkland said Opera and M L Annenberg decided to dissolve the system due to government opposition to its operations.
New York opened December cotton at 58 and closed 50 to 51. Middling spot closed at 9.71 nominal.
The Hope Band Auxiliary reports net earnings of $22.12 from sponsoring The Great Virgil, a magician, at Hope city hall Tuesday night. The spokesman said the bottom floor was filled and the act and his crew performed two good shows.
The chapter opens with Benthorne fearing a killer tonight and naming five potential enemies: his wife Helen Benthorne, partner Willing Alston, father in law, gangster Joey di Torio, a woman named Arn, and an old prospector known as Big Red. He holds a list for the police, recalling past power and a looming threat. The scene hints at a dangerous game as Benthorne contemplates payback and control beyond death.
Two thousand Czech students protested on Wednesday against the government and clashed with police while trying to escort a student’s body. In Asia, Japanese landings near Pakhoi began a drive to bolster control on the South China coast, signaling early wartime momentum.
8 E McGregor spoke on the life history of the bee at the Hope Kiwanis club meeting held Wednesday noon. He detailed the bee’s skill and devotion, and the history of bees at the Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station. New officers elected were Paul Tolleson president Ched Hall vice president J F Peterson secretary treasurer. Board members announced included Byron Evans Olin Lewis James Pilkinson Cliff Stewart Johnnie Wade Charles Tarpley and A W Stubbeman. A E Stonequist will handle next week’s program. Band Director Thomas Cannon attended as a guest.
A Moscow scientist reports that exhaled breath raises positive ions in crowded rooms, slowing gas exchange in the lungs and making breathing harder. Experiments show that air rich in negative ions speeds breathing. Also noted are 25 chinchilla pelts garments, mostly owned by royalty, valued at 80 000 to 150 000 dollars.
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