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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1937
Page
4
The second annual Scout Circus in Texarkana will feature Hope area performers including trick ropers horse back riders and clowns. The piece urges wider public support noting scouting helps redirect boys energy toward constructive goals in an increasingly industrial era.
President Roosevelt on a train near Fort Peck met with Montana crowds and signaled a special session to pace his program, insisting on a balanced budget while praising water projects and cheaper electricity. He did not name Wheeler but cited Murray OConnor and other Montana Democrats supporting his policy.
A misread OCR fragment appears to mix lyrics and phrases about dogs and places with stray lines. It mentions Old Polks at Hoe, Black Joe, Kentucky Home, and West Virginia, plus a question about the calendar. The readable content is patchy and lacks a clear story or event.
I M Osbern of Hope chairs Hempstead county farm debt adjustment committee inviting farmers with debt or foreclosure concerns to present cases Friday at 10 am at the FSA office in Hope. Debtor or creditor may seek free, confidential adjustment help as arbitration aims to craft new agreements benefiting all, with regional committees in Arkansas Mississippi Louisiana having aided over 10 000 farmers and a 71 percent success rate. The Fair Security Administration coordinates the effort.
Shanghai experts assess Japanese strength amid warfare reports and American bomber capacity. Analysts state Japan no longer warrants first class power status with aviation and military projections debated by observers in Shanghai.
In Little Rock the Arkansas Democratic suit claims county election boards will not list Governor Bailey on the October 18 special Senate ballot with an independent designation. Secretaries and officials dispute the party nomination labels as boards debate the proper designation while Bailey headquarters considers litigation. Congressman Terry announces support for Miller, calling the race a political crisis in Arkansas and reiterating the people should nominate their elected leaders.
Milton Florida sheriff said four men abducted a black man near Fort Dalton and shot him to death on the highway. The man identified as C. Evins, 30, was to stand trial Monday on charges of robbing a firing station and criminally assaulting a one year old white boy.
Robert Column a Daily Mirror critic praised Mary Drayton formerly Hope Girl Mary Hortense McCorkle for her promising stage presence in On Location at the Ritz New York opening September 27. He noted her delight to the fa and that her performance left nothing to be desired. The piece also mentions Gwiee as an example of aging American motorists.
The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld the use of transcribed testimony from wire service preliminary hearings in a criminal trial. It affirmed a three year robbery sentence for Altus Wills and Roy Mitchell for the April 18 robbery of Betty Lou Bryant in Spartanburg D C. The court criticized pool halls as injurious to public peace and morals and ruled Malvern jury erred in acquitting W H May on pool hall for hire charges.
In Little Rock Attorney General Halt ruled that Welfare Commissioner Gussie Haynes exceeded her authority last June by discharging county welfare board employees statewide just before July 1 the civil service effective date.
Hempstead County's local option liquor election reached the Supreme Court on appeal by N P O Neal and others seeking to bar liquor sales. In Hempstead County, 896 votes favored legal sales and 887 opposed on February 15 1936. Dry faction contests alleged illegal votes. county court ruled for the drys, circuit court favored the wets. An automotive dive note references aviation mechanics narrowing to specialized work.
The U S Supreme Court postponed ruling Monday on a motion by Albert Levitt to compel Justice Hugo L Black to show cause why he should sit on the high court. Black, appointed by Roosevelt amid controversy over Ku Klux Klan ties, entered the chamber with the other justices after noon. In Hope, BeBe Memorial Colored Methodist church at 414 North Hazel Street drives a campaign to finish its incomplete brick building begun in 1935 after razing the old frame structure. Regular services have been held for about a year. the new facility includes a main auditorium, basement, and fourteen classrooms, and more than 2000 dollars in donated labor and material. The church aims to complete the project to honor the community and reflect Hope’s pride.
Geneva League of Nations finance committee approves expenses of about 60,000 dollars to aid China amid wartime epidemics. Subcommittee members signal readiness to report China as the focus of tensions in Asia, with implications for Europe and the United States as a tense European situation develops.
New York and New Orleans reports show cotton futures tumbling past eight cents a pound to four year lows amid the government's nine cent per pound proposal. October cotton opened at 8.39 and closed at 8.28, spot prices steady at middling 8.26.
Hempstead October term convened in Washington with civil and criminal dockets set. Rufus Green pled guilty to grand larceny for stealing a watch from E. L. Neal and received one year in the penitentiary. Other defendants pleaded not guilty. trials resume next week. Brannon faces murder charges connected to Ysanah Walker’s death. Louis Stamps to be tried for murder of Richard Johnson. Municipal court not in session. next session likely October 18.
Coroner J H Weaver reports Ed Beatty 68 year old Emmet farmer found dead Sunday morning in a shallow creek west of Emmet. Two head wounds from a sharp instrument suggest assault and killing. a ten cent piece and missing watch noted. Inquest set for Tuesday afternoon. Sheriff Bearden terms it part of a chain of mysterious killings in the area. Beatty survived by his widow and a brother, Joe Beatty.
An ice cream supper will be held Tuesday night at the Fair View school house. The building will be lighted with electric lights. The public is invited.
A saying attributed to Buddha declares that hatred cannot be cured by hatred or retribution but by love. This timeless rule emphasizes boundless compassion as the path to lasting peace beyond anger and conflict.
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