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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1932
Page
2
The Hope Star issues a policy on tributes and memorials with charges for cards and memorials. It notes reader protection in news columns and disclaims responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts. Subscription rates are listed for various counties and locations.
The Star's Platform endorses a county program to build all weather roads each year, reducing dirt road decay. It supports scientific agriculture, cooperative farmer efforts, and funding for tar reform and a streamlined budget to improve local government efficiency.
A Hope editorial discusses commodity price swings and political speculation during a three year panic. It notes gains in stocks and crops, contrasts cotton and wheat, cites government reports, and warns against overreliance on slogans while urging cautious buying as markets recover.
A Chicago rag picker who died left more than a million in cash and government bonds unseen by others. The piece argues wealth is a means to a better life and laments the old man who hoarded riches yet lived in poverty.
Senator William Borah of Idaho calls the Lausanne conference on reparations the bright spot of world affairs for the past two years, praising its influence and outlook.
Chicago society icon Edith Rockefeller McCormick, once known as the world’s richest woman, lies seriously ill with doubtful prospects for recovery. Her financial woes reportedly deepen her condition, and she may be unable to resume her cultural and real estate leadership.
The film Merrily We Go to Hell stars Sylvia Sydney and Frederic March in a Paramount production directed by Dorothy Arner. It follows the modern disordered married life and features a two day engagement at the Saenger with additional Paramount News and a Pitts-Todd comedy.
Two statements dated Monday condemn the Sunday Stork Guards game at Fairpark. Sid Bundy apologizes to Hope baseball fans and pledges no further games played that way. Umpire Ralph Cornelius vows such incident will not recur while he is umpiring, citing players pressuring him to forfeit.
Mona Moran, a Wall Street receptionist, loves Barry Townsend while Steve Saccarelli’s diamond mine scheme fuels a wedding bargain. Mona must borrow $500 for her father and ends with a lavish arrangement offering wealth, an apartment, and access to accounts for one year before possible marriage or divorce. Lottie Carr helps plan the wedding as Steve’s roadster hints at his presence. The plot thickens with a gift of a necklace intended for the wedding.
Mona Moran enters a hospital wedding scene as Mr Garretson and Miss Lottie prepare to witness a ceremony for Barry Townsend whose illness shifts possibilities. Mona realizes the groom is Barry’s uncle, not Barry, and notes the nep hew left for South America. The scene ends with a cliffhanger about the planned marriage.
A 1932 NEA Service briefing explains how the federal budget bill taxes cabarets and night clubs via an admission charge tied to a 20 percent of the total bill, with exemptions for meals and private dining rooms, and notes the rule that tax applies when the bill exceeds 2.50 dollars.
London dispatch says the British Admiralty claims an infallible submarine locating method. Six subs on roving runs were tracked by destroyers with new devices, locating all within six hours after sea release. El Paso report notes Melvin Bryan sought divorce from Mary Estelle Bryan citing threats, pistol use, and books thrown during court action.
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