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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1931
Page
2
In Forest City a tense scene centers on Ellen Wallace and Aunt Ellen as townsfolk discuss a photograph and a young woman. Neighbors debate propriety and curiosity while a girl named Jay, nicknamed Aunt Ellen, contemplates staying with relatives.
Gypsy and Abbie attend a Willis garden party where Marcia Phillips appears, drawing interest with her beauty and fortune. Gypsy notes Marcia’s poised, guarded demeanor while gossip swirls about a $500,000 life policy and family ties. A next meeting with Jim Wallace hints at further drama as Marcia asks to speak.
British millionaires face extinction due to heavy taxation and declining income. Inland Revenue reports 487 millionaires in Britain and Northern Ireland last year, down 24 from the year before, with forecasts suggesting no millionaires by 1950 if trends continue. A millionaire requires at least 250000 dollars annually. 130 people earned over 100000 dollars, while 4 years ago there were 144. The report notes a 50,000 rise in taxpayers in 1923-30 and taxes hitting incomes of 750000 dollars at 48 percent.
Berlin reports President von Hindenburg sent his photograph to the Japanese embassy interpreter Sakeshuro Misawa in Tokio this year. The gesture marks the interpreter’s 30th anniversary of service at the embassy and his 25th year of service under nine German ministers. The interpreter was awarded the Order of the Prussian Crown.
The Duke of Gloucester, son of King George, returns to military service as Staff Captain. He joins fellow officers at Tidworth and resumes life as an ordinary officer after serving as an active officer with the Tenth Hussars until August 3, 1925, when he retired.
Europeans will consume at least five carloads of Nebraska eggs weekly under a contract with a New York produce house for export. Fremont producers will supply the eggs as Nebraska hens lay well. Nebraska annually produces about 67,000,000 dozen eggs, with a crop value near $15,600,000.
Philadelphia officials announce that the Pennsylvania railroad system required nearly 400,000 locomotives passenger cars freight and work cars to run in 1930. The figure reflects the scope of the vast network and its operational needs.
A cat has become a foster mother to five fox cubs on Sheriff Daniel Hendrickson’s Glassboro area farm after the cubs’ mother died at birth. Hendrickson called on neighbors for a suitable nursing cat to care for the litter.
Eau Claire Wisconsin chief James P. Welsh warned he will remove all five police call boxes unless the epidemic of false alarms is halted. He noted that about half of last year’s alarms from call boxes were false, prompting the-driven move.
Detroit readies to host a historic mass migration of Legion members and auxiliaries after the national convention. National Commander Ralph O'Neil says about 100000 Argonaires will visit Detroit for the September 21 gathering. Transport chairman Mark McKee outlines rail, water, and bus plans to move former soldiers to Detroit and Windsor.
In Philadelphia the orchestra staged Stravinsky Oedipus Rex at the Opera House using Olympian labels as stage elements, suggesting the opera's mechanical themes through design choices.
In Hempstead County Arkansas a chancery court sale is scheduled May 2 1941 at the Citizens National Bank Building Hope Arkansas to the highest bidder for developed real estate described as Lot Eleven and Twelve with the south fifty feet of Lot Sixteen and Two in Block Nineteen in the City of Hope. The sale requires a bond with security at nine percent interest with a lien on the property until paid. Commissioner notes the order and decree date April 1931.
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