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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1932
Page
2
The Star outlines an 1882 platform urging improved sanitary conditions, Chamber of Commerce backing, and a county highway program to build an all weather road yearly. It promotes scientific agricultural programs and cooperative farming support in Hempstead County, plus state highway progress and tax reform to streamline government.
The piece argues the nation nears an end to depression with steady gains ahead. It criticizes the lack of a coordinated unemployment and old age insurance system and questions private charity's effectiveness in sustaining self reliance. It warns against dismissing state programs as socialistic and urges considering a national plan.
A midwest trunk highway faces widening through a four mile stretch bordered by a row of large maples and elms. Engineers demand tree removal to widen the road while villagers defend the trees, hoping to retain the tree lined avenue for the compensating shade and scenery. The piece argues against sacrificing too many trees for speed.
The city plans a self supporting grand opera using vaudeville style pricing and box office take rather than lavish subsidies or wealthy patronage. It would cut costly trimmings and appeal to the public, aiming to become a permanent institution by inviting broader audiences.
A compilation of remarks links silk stocking buying to peace with Japan by Dr Ignazo Nitrobe of the Japanese House of Peers and labels Communists as anarchists in disguise. Verne Reynolds, Socialist Labor candidate, mocks communist aims as simple appetites.
Major league attendance shows rare strength with Cleveland 90284 at the lakefront opening and $20000 plus for teams, while minor leagues face layoffs. The Sporting News urges pooled resources to ride out the downturn as Cubs draw 46200 and 35000 in back-to-back Sundays, signaling public support despite farm-system tensions.
A 1827 governor appointed commission selects the lake name Lake Chargoggagoggman chauggagoggchaubunagungamaug for the Webster area lake formed by three connected ponds. The Indians chose the name when the three lakes merged into one.
A proposed adjustable propeller aims to raise aircraft speed by regulating pitch. The inventor claims this tech would improve flight performance while reducing fuel and oil consumption, signaling a major advance in aviation.
New York reports former Virginia governor Harry F. Byrd is chosen to head the executive committee of the Roosevelt Garner campaign. James A. Farley, Democratic National Committee chairman, announced the selection on Wednesday.
ST PETERSBURG FL Charles W Eldridge is reportedly eligible to claim a vote in 20 presidential elections at age 101 He serves as president of the National Three Quarters Century Club and is pitcher for the club's baseball team.
The remark questions whether city pride in baseball should be assumed when fiscal concerns are at stake. Local leaders weigh economic impact against tradition as funding and resources are debated.
The town Angel, once funding baseball deficits, rises as a golf club benefactor and traveler. He may drive to a major league city for higher quality ball, with St Louis as a southern majors outpost and many high class league teams spread across the South. The presence of major league players' scores suggests changing sports prominence.
Night baseball failed to attract crowds as the novelty wore off and few teams play under flood lights this year. Minor leagues once seen as financially strong have folded, paralleled by banks closing darkly. Maybe both leagues and banks will rebound someday.
Mona Moran, a Wall Street law firm receptionist, loves Barry Townsend, an affluent mine owner. Steve Sacca Relli, her former sweetheart, returns to New York and teams with Barry to run a mine once deemed worthless, now profitable with Steve owning a famed diamond The Empress of Peru. Mona grapples with romance, impending engagement rumors, and a need to finance her father's radium cancer treatment, while a passing conversation hints at mob interest in the diamond and Mona's growing reliance on her employer Mr Garretson.
This 1921 explainer notes a 5 percent tax on manufacturers sale price for radio sets phonograph records and modern refrigerators. It covers built in components as furniture and extends to radio accessories and battery purchases. Dealers may absorb or pass taxes to buyers. future items include chewing gum candy soft drinks and matches.
United Air Lines announces faster New York to Los Angeles air schedule reducing trip to 28 hours. Passengers can breakfast in New York and reach the Pacific coast by the next day with meals in Cleveland Detroit or Chicago along the way.
Washington reports a typhus fever breakthrough as Surgeon General H S Cumming of the Public Health Service notes a serum vaccine under development. Early tests in guinea pigs showed promising responses to the fever, indicating potential factory-scale results.
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