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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1938
Page
5
Local notes capture poetic lines about autumn fires, pumpkins, corn, and harvest moon imagery. A mix of verses and community mentions follow, including visits and celebrations in Little Rock and Texarkana, plus church and social activities in Hope.
Sir Harold MacMichael proclaimed martial law across the Holy Land to quell an Arab uprising as about 20 000 British troops, supported by planes and tanks, moved to seize control fromJerusalem’s Moslem district where rebels held positions. Royal Air Force patrols flew over to deter attacks without striking sacred sites.
Varl May and Harry Gambert of Bodcaw received consent judgments in circuit court Wednesday in a personal injury suit against Jol W Teelford. The auto crash on Highway 4 southeast of Hope prompted two awards, $250 to Mayo and $500 to Lambert. Ja L Mitchell of Prescott and EF McFaddin of Hope acted for May and Lambert. Edwards of Texarkana represented Tedford.
Bruce Catton notes a historical misreading of Pacific conquest and Oregon’s rise. Melvin C. Jacobs, Whitman College professor, argues Winning Oregon corrects glorified myths and shows how fur traders and missions opened the region to American settlement.
Halifax police chase a strange burglar dubbed The Lone Wolf who breaks in but steals nothing. Twice officers found his signature at the premises he visited. The tale frames Oregon history as a broader saga beyond famous pioneers and missionaries.
WALDEN Colo a nature dry ice plant exists five miles north but the oily odor blocks usage. An air company drilling for oil struck a carbon dioxide field flowing 25,000,000 cubic feet daily, creating dry ice from the gas. Engineers say the odor prevents commercial use despite attempts to remove it.
Movie Scrapbook notes Ty Bill Porter George Scarbo Arthi Treacher called the perfect screen butler born in Brighton served in the World War as a captain. He toured England Scotland and Wales for eight years in straight roles before moving to New York. He faced joblessness for 23 months at one point after American managers labeled him as a silly or crease plant head on the microphone in his first film.
Joint ceremonies in Fairpark saw 17 leaders honored for completing the Boy Scout leaders' training school. Certificates crowned tenderfoot to first class ranks, merit badges earned, and two star scouts recognized. Final exams required patrol songs, yells, and stunts as each unit performed.
A witness described plans to fool Colonel Tigin into believing a staff conference in a New York hotel would discuss mobilization. He claimed a weapon would incapacitate the commander with a gas from a fountain pen. The testimony cited a $2,000 payment at Curtiss-Wright’s Buffalo plant for aviation device plans and named Sonia de Wanger.
A source recounts that Schlueter sought an eyewitness identified as Miss de Wanger, claiming she knew him and his superiors from a 1935 incident that forced her to flee to Canada. He said her address was requested and that she lived in officers quarters at Mitchell Field, Long Island, having fled to Canada years earlier due to trouble with an aviation officer.
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