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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1932
Page
2
The Star's Platform urges using revenues from the municipal power plant to boost Hope's industrial and social resources. Proposals include more pavement in 1522, improved alley sanitation, a county highway program to build all weather roads yearly, and support for scientific agricultural teams.
The piece contrasts a high speed 110 mile per hour army tank tested at Linden New Jersey with a memorial unveiling in Thiepval France for 73000 English soldiers who died at the Somme. It argues nations push rearmament while the memorial should spur efforts to prevent such warfare again.
Newton D. Baker leads a national welfare drive warning that $300,000,000 in federal funds for unemployment relief this fall and winter will not replace private charity. He urges communities to bolster local funds, noting tax money will cover much yet urging old-fashioned fundraising to supplement public aid.
The Delaware & Hudson Railroad with the big four brotherhoods adopts a plan ensuring every regular employee receives 240 hours of work a month for the next year. The measure aims to bolster confidence and stimulate buying by stabilizing earnings and reducing fear of cutbacks.
Quotes from William Green and ex Governor Jim Ferguson echo labor and political stances on employment. The text cites promises of millions of jobs and a two-governor gimmick, with others urging trust in leadership as agents of change.
O L Bodenhamer congratulates Mrs Hattie Caraway on her Senate renomination while Kirby and Brough condemn Huey Long's influence and the cotton exchange funding. Dr Charles H Brough cautions Long plans to spread similar tactics to other Southern races amid Time magazine alarm about dictatorship.
The Saenger screens Death by Own Action Fleet as the weekend feature, a romance adventure with navy war scenes and a strong cast led by Bill Boyd Robert Armstrong James Gleason Ginger Rogers and Harry Bannister. The Navy cooperated on the production. Friday also marks the final showing of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm with Marian Nixon and Ralph Bellamy.
A revival meeting begins Thursday night August 18 at Zion Church led by Rev. W. A. Freeman and Rev. James H. Bennett. All Christians urged to cooperate and attend. Morning services at 9 30 and evening services at 7 30.
Five fighting bulls shipped from Agua Caliente to Hollywood for a toreador comedy proved too vicious for weighing in the box cars. It took 75 cowboys to crate them, each valued at 1000 pesos.
The Caraway campaign argues that its path to nomination is clear yet alleges $400000 was allocated to Senator Long for campaigning, $178000 spent on mailed literature from New Orleans, and hundreds of thousands of pieces sent under Senator Longs franking privilege.
Mona Moran, a receptionist in a Wall Street law firm, seeks a $500 cash advance from Mr. Garretson to help her ill father. He offers the loan but presses for a clarification of Mona's love life, hinting at a potential personal interest while affirming the loan with no conditions.
Mona is approached by R Garretson with a offer from a wealthy client to marry her for a year and gain a fortune. He promises independence, a car, money, and a home while the arrangement lasts. The client is identified as Barry Townsend, awaiting Mona's decision by 3 pm.
A 1932 federal tax explainer notes small levies on gum candy soft drinks and matches. It says gums face 2 percent tax, candy 2 percent, drinks taxes total about 7 million, beer 1 percent, juices and syrups taxed, matches 2 cents per box, and retailers often absorb these costs with minor price shifts.
The Rev. R. A. Brigham, pastor of the First Christian church of Poteau Oklahoma, will preach at Hope church Sunday at 11 a m. He will also teach Every Man's Bible class at 9 45. The pulpit committee urges every member to attend and visitors are welcome. His sermon title is Christ the Remedy For the Ill of Life.
The U S Bureau of Standards lists possible rubber sources including Penang rubber from a Malay fig tree, gaboon ball ru from African vines, guayule from a California plant, devaru from the Amazon, and Madagascar rubber vine as potential supplies.
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