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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1939
Page
4
A jumble of names and travels appears, listing visitors and departures in St. Louis, Missouri, and nearby areas. Included are Virginia, Arkansas, Texas, and Mississippi connections, with residents and relatives visiting kin, attending services, or planning trips to Magnolia A. and M. college, Springfield, cities in Texas, and George Town.
We thank friends and loved ones for prayers kind words and flowers during our mother’s illness and death. Special thanks to Dr. Jim Martindale and the nurses and to the funeral home. Blessings to all from Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Brinnage Mr. and Mrs. Joe Osbourn Mr. and Mrs. James Kelly Miss Clea Lois and Ruby Gene Kelly.
Senior home economics girls are asked to meet Miss Ruth Taylor at the home ec cottage at Hope High School from 9 to 10 o'clock Wednesday morning September 6 to discuss home projects and the new year’s work.
Milt Davis and N P O'Neal, Hope Brick Works proprietor, were in a Sunday collision on South Walnut street near The Star offices. Davis was easing from the curb as O Neal’s car advanced. both vehicles moved slowly, no injuries, both damaged. A second note reports a Palm Beach model air plane builder arming a gas-powered craft with a trapdoor parachutes system timed to deploy after engine stop.
Business leaders expect expansion and higher prices as Europe’s war impacts US economy. Increased hiring and rising income offset some living costs while banks prepared for wartime demand. steel, ferroalloys, and raw materials flow tighten with price jumps and some suppliers halting quotations.
Excerpt from Bellamy Partridge's Country Lawyer narrates how a 19th century Phelps NY community prayed for rain. Minister Dun can McLeod organized a town wide kneeling rally at noon on a Saturday in August, drawing in saloons and villagers. A sudden storm followed, hay barn burned, and landowner Phineas Dodd sued for damages. nonsuit with costs noted by Judge Rumsey.
Birds often shed the power of flight when it no longer aids survival. Penguins are a prime example of this evolutionary change.
Stamp news outlines a possible mid-September launch for a United States to New Zealand airmail service via Los Angeles, Honolulu, Canton Island, and Noumea with a Pan American route and 49 hour travel time. Congress approved a 9000000 mail contract. Civil Aeronautics Authority action expected soon.
Bruce Catton writes from Washington that America must avoid Europe’s catastrophe to prevent a global war. He praises American wealth, industry, and diverse people while urging inward focus and unity to meet domestic and economic challenges. He notes labor disputes and government investigations into Hollywood figures as signs of internal strain.
Special Assistant Attorney General Charles H. Carr arrives in Hollywood to investigate a $100,800 alleged payoff to a union official. The probe risks widening to Sherman Act, anti-racketeering, and Wagner Act violations with potential co-defendants among major studios, unions, and industry groups amid ongoing inter-union conflict and labor board maneuvering.
President Roosevelt urged national unity to face Europe’s turmoil and promised maximal effort to prevent conflict. He said a neutrality proclamation is being prepared under international law and will be followed by invoking the neutrality law banning shipments of articles of war.
The ex-kaiser, aging and active at Doorn, studies maps and news, speculation about a succession bill to restore the Hohenzollerns to power. He pores over atlases with a reading glass while following the Spanish Civil War and the Japanese campaign in China. His wife notes his difficulty adjusting to inactive life as he remains engaged in daily routines.
British sources denied any seizure of the Bremen after reports suggested its capture by customs. Two British warships seen near U S waters vanished Wednesday night, fueling fears of a parallel to the Vaterland incident. The Guropa remained in German port. Germany faces anxiety over delays while the Normandie and other ships loom large as prices and wartime memories shift.
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