Local People and Socials Across Hope Revealed
Rites and engagements stir Hope society as families host guests from Texarkana and St. Louis. R.8 left for Lebanon after weeks seeking business. Wilson Higginbotham visits Fordyce. weddings, trips to California and Los Angeles noted. club events and bridge gathering at Elm Street home with prize to Miss Loraine Whitehurst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Hanegan
Vacation Bridge Club
Elm Street
Loraine Whitehurst
Bac, Sr
Helen McRae
Ances Wisie
Virginia God
Inter-American Trade Conference Opens in California
The first unofficial inter-American trade conference opens in Sacramento with 20 nations and leaders from business and government. Delegates discuss nine topics including tariffs, standards, and financing to remove trade barriers and prepare resolutions for action by legislative bodies. Final action expected August 29.
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Cal
United States
Sacramento Municipal
California
Sacramento Region Citizens Council
Tiiday
Committee On Resolutions
Longtime Washington teacher honored for 35 years service
Miss Margaret M. Purves has served as a primary teacher at Washington Missouri for thirty five years. An intimate theater has been installed in the home of A W Peterson of St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret M. Purves
Washington, Mo
Intime
A. W. Peterson
St. Louis
Tiny 20-foot speed plane to race in Chicago
The Unique plane, 20 feet long with a 10-foot wingspan and 750 pounds, will be flown by Captain John A. MacReady in the Chicago national air races. Powered by a 130 horsepower engine, it has no struts or wires and was built by six unemployed San Francisco mechanics who pursued their own design ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. MacRenady
Chicago
MacReady
San Francisco
Shreveport Plans For Big State Fair
Shreveport gears up for the 1930 Louisiana State Fair running October 25 to November 2. Rodeo and a Broadway style Winter Garden Revue highlight the amusements alongside a Grandway daily program, football clashes, and a strong exhibitor interest with livestock, agriculture, poultry, and textiles on display.
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Shreveport
Sun Bath Costly Indecent Exposure Fine
Evanston police arrested 25 year old Thomas Anda at Calvary Beach as he sunbathed in bathing trunks. He was fined five dollars on a charge of indecent exposure.
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Evanston
Thomas Anda
Calvary Beach
Anda
Aimee Semple McPherson Secluded Amid Family dispute
Mrs Minnie Kennedy, Aimee Semple McPherson’s mother, shows a broken nose from a fist fight with her daughter as Aimee remains secluded at a cottage near Los Angeles. The incident fuels rumors about McPherson’s health and possible breakdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aimee Semple McPherson
Aimee
Fire Works Show For County Fair in Hope Arkansas
A spectacular fireworks show has been engaged for the Southwer Arkansas Fair in Hope Arkansas from September 22 to 27. Secretary W Home Pigg said the display will feature bomb shells sky rockets Roman candles star shells and other effects staged by top experts to ensure public safety. The program includes new stunts and a major fireworks company will supply the display alongside supplementary entertainment such as horse races band music free acts and a large educational program. The piece notes a river pollution incident where New York boys turned green after swimming in polluted water from a nearby factory.
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Hope
Arkansas
W. Home Pigg
Veterans to get talking motion pictures in hospitals
Washington Aug 27 Veterans carried on the rolls of government hospitals soon will enjoy talkies instead of silent movies. The first hospital talkie shown at Mount Alto Diagnostic Center, as Gen. Frank T. Hines, administrator of veterans affairs, said all hospitals with recreation halls would be equipped by Christmas and eventually all institutions would have the machines.
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Washington
Veterans’ Hospital
Mt. Alta Diagnosticenter
Frank T. Hines
Veterans’ Affairs
Scotland Sees 72 Percent of Land Under Cultivation
Agricultural surveys in Scotland reveal 14,372,000 acres of farmland, about 72 percent of total land area. Arable land totals 3,132,430 acres with 1,592,082 acres permanent grass. oats and oats sown on over 800,000 acres. turnips and swedes total around 400,000 acres. rye grasses cover 1,500,000 acres. Potatoes on about 145,000 acres. barley on 111,924. wheat under 50,000 acres. rye sowing near 3,200 acres. small fruit and arable textures noted.
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Fdinburgh
Scotland
Ministry of Agriculture
Robbery on Chicago Streetcar Involves Insurance Broker
On a Chicago streetcar an assailant loomed up beside insurance broker Harry E. Bradley and pressed a gun against his side. Bradley surrendered $9 before the robber departed at the next stop. The incident underscores the boldness of the thief and the risks on city transit.
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Chicago
Harry E. Bradley
Bradley
Cradleys
Elks Dance to Benefit Building Fund on Labor Day
The Elks plan a German Labor Day dance starting September 1 at 2:01 a.m. and running until dawn. The DeLuxxe orchestra from Shreveport will provide music as attendees from Hope and nearby towns join in the season’s first dance. The home opens August 31 at 10:30 p.m. for visitors with a maid and porter on hand.
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The
Elks
DeLuxxe Orchestra
Shreveport
Hope
Elk's Building Fund
Piano Organ Classes Offered by Mrs Kenneth McRee
Piano and organ classes announced for the first with instruction on Leschetizky principles and Stainer method forming the basis of study. Mrs McRee can be reached by phone at 7 for enrollment and details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth McRee
McRae
Stainer
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Mr. McRae
Frank Miles
Texarkana
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Texas A. and M. College
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