15 Aug 1931
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1931
Page
1
A 1931 frontier tale recalls Mr. and Mrs. R S Daly who saved their three children during a wildfire near Priest River. They sheltered the youngsters in a creek pit, kept them under water, then warmed them with creek water through the day as flames raged, a stark reminder of pioneer heroism in the Pacific Northwest.
Hot Springs Sentinel Record reports Hirst, Arkansas education leader, urging a special legislature to raise taxes to fund schools. It questions governor Parnell’s stance, notes resistance over property taxes, and analyzes how educational decision makers have grown beyond direct voter control. It cites wage cuts for teachers and calls out perceived budget overreach by education leaders.
A reformulation by Chairman Stone prompts warnings that the Farm Board aims to pull back from supporting cotton in the South. The piece argues the Board’s proposal to destroy a third of the crop is impractical and politically charged, triggering potential agrarian tensions before 1982 campaigns, with notable criticism of past Wheat and cotton handling.
A quirky fable riffs on Al Capone and Germany as crimes and enforcement flare in a Western city. It recalls a manager with nothing to do and a handful of suspects fingerprinted and released, tying to Prohibition era memory of saloons closing on election day.
Washington dispatch notes a volatile mood as Democrats face gloom while Republicans trumpet cautious optimism. The piece links party strategies, Hoover era relief talk, and stock market fears to a broader forecast of continued political tension and skeptical voter sentiment into 1930s. It cites committee notes praising contrarian buying and the idea that adversity spurs opportunity, while warning that Democratic restraint limits firm statements about relief and policy.
LAKELAND Florida b The sole American woman in the Pankhurst window breaking and house burning campaign now pursues grapefruit orchards She is Miss Zeke Emerson Prominently linked with the Pankhursts for a year and a half she was imprisoned in London and hunger struck Now manages large citrus groves in Florida and California while aiding the Lakeland Business and Professional Women's Club Wichita Kansas cited for Western League standings as well Southern writers predict rising prominence for welterweight Sam Crosby of Waycross Georgia after beating Sammy Baker
Hinton area residents report busy haying and harvest tasks with cutting tops. Attendance at a Patmos meeting noted, and plans for a gathering at Hinton next Sunday the 16th. Local residents Sam and Pauline Stiles shopped in Hope while Mrs Vittle Jones visits her parents, W Evans Simmons. Dwight Odum on the sick list. Several area cord producers attended Patmos event Tuesday night. Grandpa Smith visits John T. Smith’s family for vacation. Tommy Gibson and others mentioned in Patmos and Hope attendance.
Timber shipments head to Hope market as neighbors share news on visits to the J B Templeton place route two. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Fred Petree on a new baby. Uncle Sammy Hadnett to Julia Chester hospital for treatment. Protracted meeting at Oak Grove continues. Dinner guests at Horta Sanford’s include Hamp Huett family and Mrs Vase and Preston family with Martha. Nellie Elms and baby return home near Hot Springs after weeks with Mrs George Karber. Jett Rogers’s new home under construction. Harman Sanford visits Brookie Nell Rogers in Hope. Rogers attending singing school at Bodeaw.
Italian brawn will help American brains build apartment houses in Moscow under labor contracts Fee signed with the Soviet government. A first group of 40 building trades workers has arrived in Moscow and more will depart soon. They work under American engineers and stem from a recent visit by Italian bankers and industrial experts to Moscow to advise Russia.
Perth Australia report notes Lord Sherard twelfth baron of an ancient line died in state hospital penniless and friendless, while the barony of Sherard of Leitrim founded 1627 may have ended with him. The sixth Earl's line declined after 1884. Robert Costel Sherard, twelfth baron, had lived as a gold prospector in Australia. Detroit Tigers buy 19 year old Al McSliveath from Joplin Western Association. Women at Topeka wrestling bouts required paying escorts due to crowding.
In Magnolia Ark Calhoun school district approves 12 to 7 request for state revolving fund to support maintenance on prior schedules. White children attend eight months while black students had six months, reflecting segregated school terms in effect.
London notes royal memories span fifty years since King George laid the cornerstone of St Thomas Church in Sydney. In jubilees year the monarch sent congratulations to the parish. Jor Knight from Caro Georgia is matched with Carl Knowles for a bout in Savannah.
Andy Anderson writes from Houston Texas on the Texas League half season, noting Houston Beaumont and other cities profit from road games while Beaumont and Wichita Falls face red ink. He praises Uncle Rube Stuart for Beaumont’s new stadium, cites player moves and salaries, and mentions attendance and a soup kitchen run by Jake.
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