The Beauty of Grace and Local Honors in Arkansas
A medley of poetic lines on beauty and charity followed by local notes. Mrs. Elle Bright returns from Atlanta visit. Howard Stuart back at J C Penney in Tuscaloosa Alabama. Mary Presley visits Little Rock. Miss Verna Winston and Mrs Mittie Montgomery attend lunch. Royal Legion Auxiliary meets at Fair Park. Joe Rider recovers from appendicitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elle Bright
Atlanta
Onc
Claude Stuart
Howard Stuart
J. C. Penney Co
Tuscatoosa
Ala
American Legion Auxiliary
Fair Park
B. R. Hamm
Frank Russell
Dale Jones
Mary Sut Anderson
Little Rock
Saenger opens with Wee Willie Winkie stars Lang and Whalen
At the Saenger the romantic team June Lang and Michael Whalen reunite in Kipling's Wee Willie Winkie. Shirley Temple and Victor McLaglen lead, Lang plays the young widowed mother, Whalen is an officer guarding the Khyber Pass in India. This marks their first on screen pairing since The Country Doctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saenger
June Lang
Michael Whalen
Rudyard Kipling
Wee Willie Winkie
Saenger Theater
Shirley Temple
Victor McLaglen
Miss Lang
Shirley
Kipling
Whalen
Khyber Pass
India
Watermelon party and social notes in St Paul League
The column records a watermelon party hosted by Mr and Mrs C H Locke for the St Paul League last Thursday. Additional social items note visits by Geo S Crews and family of Hope to Ed May, an ice cream supper hosted by Mrs Kate Goodlett, and a Texarkana weekend for Cecil A Walker. Cincinnati Reds outfielders Cayter Hafey and Davis average 35 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur D. Jones
Nunshville
C. H. Locke
St. Paul League
Geo. S. Crews
Family of Hope
Ed May
Kate Goodlett
St Paul League
Cecil A. Walker
Texarkana
Cincinnati
Kiki Cayter
Chick Hafey
George Davis
Cincinnati Reds
Stampede Inn Opens As Platinum Grows In Alaska
A one room cabin eatery run by Bill Hurst and his wife brings meals and hot pies to Platinum. Beds cost 1 a night with a newly opened hostelry filling a long unmet need. Alice Forsgren, a famed female barber, becomes Platinum’s first white barber, after moving from Bethel via North Dakota. She shares duties with her sister in the family lunchroom and does laundry for locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stampede Inn
Bill Hurst
Bethel
Hursts
Platinum
Lady Harbor
Alaska
Alice Forsgren
Ime
Alice
North Dakota
Barberine
Barber College
Fargo
Florence Hirst
Mel
Mme Harwood
Captain Wold
Phitinum
Carl V
Color Movies of Melons Planned
Color moving pictures will be made of four Hempstead county water melons shipped to the Woodmen of the World Memorial hospital in San Antonio. Medical superintendent C. J. Koerth notes the melons were sent by the local W O W lodge, a decade old custom, and the films will be shown at Texas camp meetings and publicized in the W O W magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead County
Woodmen of the World Memorial Hospital
San Antonio
C. J. Koerth
W. O. W. Lodge
Compromise Ends Bradley Lumber Dispute in New Orleans
National Labor Relations Board hearing ended in a compromise at Bradley Lumber Company Warren Ark. Four of seven discharged workers are to be reinstated immediately, with back pay. Two others to be reinstated within six months after surgery. A supervised election will decide if workers are represented by Bradley County Employes Association or United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Local 2645. Company president Fullerton signed a pledge not to hinder union activity. The dispute involved alleged discrimination and labor spying during a three day hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
National Labor Relations Board
Bradley Lumber Company
Warren, Ark
R. W. Fullerton
Lee Temple
Herman Clanton
Fred Wilkerson
Floyd Russell
Hall
Fonzel Gibbon
Fullerton
J. R. Baker
Bradley County Employes’ Association
Alaska mining town life in 153 era described by locals
The passage portrays a roadhouse run by Berg and her husband and notes Mrs. Bill O Neill as wife of a test drill supervisor while Mrs. Walter Culver’s husband drills two miles down the beach. It names Margaret Culver and Frances Berg as teen social figures and recalls Frances’ sister once winning Miss Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berg
Bill O'Neill
Walter Culver
Margaret Culver
Frances Berg
Frances
Alaska
Adams Family Reunion Sets Annual Event at Adams Home
Relatives including the Gee Sam Adams Purtle Harmon Adams Robert Adams and Cannon clans attended a dinner under an oak near the Adams home. W J Cannon gave a brief history of Mr and Mrs William Adams and their nine children. The gathering was the first of its kind and was unanimously voted to become an annual affair. The next reunion will be held at the same site on the third Sunday in August 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adamns
Adams
Gee
Sam Adams
Purtle
Harmon Adams
Robert Adams
Cannon
W. J. Cannon
William Adams
Hollywood anecdotes lift from a breezy gossip column
A vivid parade of stars and industry players from Paul Norrison to Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, Spencer Tracy and others. It surveys quirks and backstage details from agents, directors, writers, and crew across studios, with cheeky anecdotes about Beery, Mayo, Garbo, and Bennett, revealing Hollywood lore and temperament in a lively column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Cooper
Greta Garbo
Loretta Young
Loretta
Miss Young
Spencer Tracy
Eddie Cantor
Mischa Auer
Lionel Atwill
Joan
Syphilis book argues for prevention and control
A Book a Day review of Dr. Morris Fishbein’s Syphilis argues the U S has the worst social disease record among civilized nations. The book explains causes, transmission, prevention and treatment, urging widespread testing before marriage and for expectant mothers. It cites large preventable losses, stresses national campaigns, and notes Sweden and Britain show progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the
American Medical Association
NEA Service
Hope Star
Fishbein
New York State
Scandinavian
Sweden
Great Britain
Local Woman Poisoning Incident Reports Recovery
Miss Nellie Neal, 17, of Hope, was reported recovering after ingesting a red precipitate poison. Police said she swallowed the powder near a hamburger stand on East Third Street Tuesday night. Officers Baker and Turner moved her to a sister’s home. a physician treated her with an antidote. Neal, estranged from her husband, faced a recognized poisoning attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Neal
Hope
East Third Street
Baker and Turner
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Mittie Montgomery
Verna Winston
R. QO. Bridewell
C. EB. Bell
Chicago
Evelyn Giifiity
Idabel and
Durant
Okla
Wichita Falls
Texas
Ellen Carrigan
Stuttgart
Bert Webb
Fay Williamson
James Jessup
Oklahoma City
Joe Rider
Hope Warner Baxter
Gloria Stewart
Shark Island
Cox Drug Co
Ozan
Fred MacMurray
Lloyd Nolan
Frances Farmer —and
Chas. Ruggles el
Richard Dix
Rialto
Hou Gibson
Ward & Son
Terese Rudolph
Shanghai
Miss. Rudolph
Woodmen's Lodge
Warren Lumber Concern
Flapper Fanny
Ing,t.m.f
By Sylvia
Fanny
Bucher
Gypsy Rose
Hollywood
Louise Hovick
Gypsy Rose Lee
New York
Movieland
Gypsy
Chert Mizzy
California
Paul Norrison
Chester Morris
Jerome Cowan
Isabel Jewel
Carole Lombard
den Ameche
W. C. Fields
Lionel Stander
Marlene Dietrich
Harry Cohn
Columbia
Colin
Metro
William Anthony McGuire
Beery
Archie Mayo
Mayo
Wallace Beery
William Powell
Janet Gaynor
Kay Francis
Miss Francis
Victor Jiory
Joan Bennett
Love
Miss Bennett
Cliff Edwards
Maya
Bruce Catton
Dr. Fishhen
McKay
Philadelphia
Orville On
Herndon-Cornelius Burial Association
Hope Furniture Company
Hope, Ark
Bernice Shepherd
Vna
Dodge
B. R. Hamm Motor CO
Cox’s
Walgreen's
Phillip Morris
Kodaks
Baby Brownie
John. P. Cox Drug Co
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