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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1939
Page
3
Nashville discusses a special train to Hope for the Friday night gridiron renewal between Scrappers and Bot Cats. The article notes Hope’s strong defense, Nashville’s light squad, and plans for the band and fans to travel with costs for round trip seen as low as five cents per person if enough ride.
In Houston Texas Marion Deierzinowski a farmer who died four years ago dreamed of oil wealth and left a homestead with no black gold found. His heirs plan to divide income from a practice diailed on the DmnuWski place. The Bremen, the largest ocean liner to pass the Panama Canal, is 940 feet long with a beam of 101 feet and a loaded draft of 26 feet 10.
Fragmentary lines describe a thought box and fuel wisdom, hinting at inner growth. The obscure text mentions increasing knowledge and the idea of divine or internal insight. Phrases resemble archaic or stylized meditation with unreadable portions.
Gurdon Go-Devils topple Prescott Curly Wolves 13 to 0 as a sharp passing attack produced both touchdowns. Barnes caught a first quarter TD then joined a second score on a close goal-line reception. A crowd brawled after a disputed TD call but order was restored and play continued. Prescott threatened near the end but stalled at the one-yard line twice.
Mrs Mabel Gnatt McMahon of Buckner died at home from injuries suffered in a wreck near Buckner last Sunday. The second death from the crash also claimed 60 year old Tarl Alien a Cotton Belt depot agent at Buckner who died in Texarkana hospital. McMahon drove the car Allen rode in. She leaves three daughters Nell McMahon Orrin Henbest and Thurman Jones four brothers J E Gantt and two grandchildren. Funeral at Buckner Methodist church with Buckner cemetery burial.
Miss Faye Samuel daughter of Mr and Mrs D M Samuel of DeAnn has returned from Little Rock to join Kate's Beauty and Gift Shop staff. She is a Hope High School and Eaton's beauty college graduate who spent two years at Tanner Clara beauty shop in Little Rock. She comes to Hope highly recommended by Little Rock employees and customers.
A new framework organizes soldiers under universal military service and democratic control. The troops are instructed to salute at their own discretion rather than as an automatic duty.
Former Sheriff Jim Bearden announces he will not run for any county office in the 1940 primary election. He says rumors of his candidacy for sheriff are false and that he will not be involved in Hempstead county politics in 1940. He notes prior remarks that the Beardens would be all right in Clark and Hempstead counties.
Providence district patrons urge merger and oppose transporting Providence pupils to Hope schools The Star notes a Hope School Board decision to stop bussing, a proposed four grade school option, local tax concerns, and community leaders proposing dialogue to resolve the dispute A letter cites 5000 dollar church building pledge and compares tax costs under Providence versus Hope schooling plans with continuation of the dispute to page four
In Willis Thornton's piece the 1914 onset of World War I and U.S. arms embargo debates are examined. It recalls Hitchcock's 1914 proposal, British protests, and Germany's stance as munitions supply shifted. The article contrasts past neutrality standards with current pressure to repeal embargoes amid allied and German responses and the evolving legality of munitions exports.
New York cotton futures opened at 9.00 with closing activity reported in late edition trade. Prices and margins pegged to December delivery amid market nerves and speculative interest in the cotton market.
LITTLE ROCK Attorney Guns Jack Holt held Thursday that purchase of 1946 automobile licenses during the regular November December 31 purchase period will not exempt automobile owners from buying 1439 quarterly licenses if they have not previously bought 1939 licenses or their cars. Quarterly licenses were placed on sale October 1. The question raised by Revenue Department officials is whether persons buying 1940 models before January 1 could operate them the last two months of this year in 1940. The tags will be placed on sale November 1 under a 1939 net changing the time for buying auto licenses without penalty from January 28 to November 1. Mr Holt said the 1939 net did not repeal a 1920 net providing that auto license taxes should be paid for a calendar year. Authorities at Akron absorb about two-fifths of the world's production of ude rubber.
Geography lesson prompts readers to answer questions about Europe and its borders. It asks about the largest non Russia European country by area, the nine water straits on a route from Odessa to Leningrad, and whether Paris is closer to the French German border, with answers promised on the second page.
Otha Frierson, 25, was shot in a dispute with Clarence Noble, a service station employee. Frierson suffered multiple intestinal punctures and was listed in critical condition after being taken to Josephine Hospital. Noble was arrested and jailed following the incident on South Liberty Street Thursday afternoon.
Hope Woodmen Circle Grove No. 196 sent members to a district convention in Texarkana on Wednesday. National and state leaders attended, with new district officers installed and a memorial service held for departed members. A large class of candidates was motivated and a banquet followed the formal ceremonies.
The Federal Power Commission extended the completion deadline for Louisiana-Nevada Transit to lay a natural gas pipeline from the Cotton Valley field in Webster Parish Louisiana to Okay Arkansas and the city of Hope Arkansas by an additional 90 days. The extension stems from construction delays blamed on wartime conditions in Europe and steel mill disruptions, with pipe rolling not starting until the week of October 22 1939 and first deliveries unlikely before November 1939.
Mexico City taxi drivers combine superstition with sharp humor to ward off misfortune. Small talismans hang from windshields including baby shoes, hair, a lady's compact, baseball gloves, and even a basin of holy water on the dashboard.
Reports from Washington and London show varied opinions on Britain's seizure of American mail to Germany and the Turkish pact with Britain and France. Hull noted possible representations over mail stoppages while post offices route mail via Italy to dodge blockades.
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