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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1937
Page
3
Preston Grover-Washington notes public calls for harmony amid party tensions. The column critiques expectations of unity, arguing that wartime disillusion and current politics show a persistent urge for efficiency in government and a wary public mood.
Advertisement for Sorbol-Quadruple liniment to treat goitre with twice daily application. Claims to supply thyroid needs without hindering work or pleasure. Includes name Lula McFadden of Hope Arkansas as a testimonial and notes pharmacy checker and physician approval.
The piece envisions a three-way division of the two major parties into ultra-conservatives, national progressives, and middle-of-the-roaders. It questions who will emerge with influence and whether the pivotal, balance-holding voters will accept leadership or retreat into war-generation skepticism.
In the Andes explorers overcame transport hurdles by using a tri engine plane to move mining gear from a lake bed near Huamachuco and a gravel river beach near the mine. Two runways and aircraft converted from passenger cabins enabled daily 3080 pound loads and 350 tons moved within two months.
The speaker questions a group’s influence and notes that pompous harmony seen at large political dinners and pep rallies may not reveal the best in people. The remark hints at tensions within public appeals and the impact on civic virtue.
Report notes Baijlers once used by moonshiners are repurposed for war machines as part of a broader wartime supply shift. Authorities suggest bottling up the enemy will complete this new cycle amid global conflict.
Henry Krauss reports rye on Pine Ridge reservation finally sprouting in 1937 after two dry years. He harvested about seven bushels per acre despite hail in 1935 and drought in 1936, signaling a breakthrough for local crop growth.
In 1913 Russia celebrated Nicholas II on a Romanoff centennial stamp while the dynasty’s fate soon fell to the Bolsheviks. The last czar abdicated four years later, and on July 7, 1918, Nicholas II and family were murdered in Yekaterinburg. The piece notes Russia’s rise as a global power despite the dynasty’s end.
Kronenburg Germany hosts a new art school backed by Hitler era leaders. General Goering promotes a German art style by founding a painting academy. Professor Werner Peiner named director as statutes set selection by Goering. The aim is to fuse past masterworks with a future German school for generations. There are more than 30,000 lakes in Florida.
Paris reports French experts adapt television for military use. General Andre Niessel says TV will let aviators relay hour by hour views to the general staff from behind enemy lines and flash maps from headquarters to firing posts. Instant written orders reduce transmission time and aid secrecy while hindering enemy location via direction finding.
Washington nine members of the Presbyterian Auxiliary met with the Auxiliary of the First Presbyterian church at Hope Monday afternoon. Mrs D W McMillian of Arkadelphia recently appointed chairman of the Women’s Advisory Committee gave a discussion of the event at Montreat. After the program guests were invited to the church parlor for a social hour. Next meeting set for Monday afternoon Aug 23 at the church for a historical program led by Mrs Lee Holt who asks all to bring pictures of persons places and events tied to the church’s past years.
A compilation of remarks and incidents from 1937 includes Mrs. Hauptmann defending Bruno Hauptmann, King George VI advising a photographer, a New York notice about drunken party consequences, Miss Mildred Chapman’s ice cream note, a panic caused by a deer in Charlevoix Michigan, and Princeton’s 1937 graduating class earning 89 varsity letters.
James Mattern plans a projected transpolar air trip to Moscow next year and will carry a Childress penny in his shoe amid a tale of a fortune teller and a local coin with curses. Old motion pictures are sold for their recoverable silver.
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