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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1932
Page
2
The text states that The Associated Press news dispatches credited to AP are for publication in this paper and that local news published herein is likewise credited. It reserves all rights of reproduction of AP dispatches and special dispatches.
The Star's Platform endorses a county plan to build annual all weather roads to cut dirt mileage. It backs support for scientific agricultural programs benefiting Hempstead county and asks for farmer cooperation. It urges continued state highway progress and fiscal reform through a budget system for efficiency.
In Butte Montana two daily papers paused for days over a wage dispute with printers. Rumors filled the void from murder to assassination as editors defended press freedom and warned censorship harms communities. Truth needs light to thrive, editors insist.
Eddie Conn of Chicago turned a night club music complaint into a songwriting career. She wrote a better song on a menu card, sold it to a publisher, and it became a hit under her pen name. Conn now has several hits and credits her bold act as the lesson for aspiring writers.
The article notes Prof Auguste Piccard learned little about cosmic rays on a 10 mile ascent yet proved scant knowledge exists about high altitude. He painted his gondola white to cope with heat on a prior trip and nearly froze this time, suggesting stratosphere planes would need both heaters and cooling until science explains more.
The passage quotes President Hoover urging world peace, Senator Couzens praising a tax on profits and incomes, Roy Capin predicting grandchildren’s view of future conveniences, Judge Westropp criticizing bootleggers, and Adolf Hitler condemning world economic conferences as failures. The remarks reflect varied political and economic opinions of the era.
Blevins area notes list visiting and returning residents from Hot Springs Arkadelphia and Tucson Arizona. Names include Rev William Whiteside and family Melvin White Mrs Sweeney Copeland and son James Miss Esther Stephens Joyce Stephens Ora Gorham Eva Gorham Catherine Brown and others. Several headed to Tucson El Dorado Junction City and Patmos for visits and winters away.
Tokio residents report a series of weekend visits from relatives and friends. Nashville guests include Mr. and Mrs. Francis McLaughlin and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cooley, who called on local families. Visitors from Corinth, Marysville, Belton, Mt. Pleasant, and Nashville were seen throughout town.
Fercy Burton visits the area while John Arnold returns from a farm stay. S B Reed and wife spend time in St. Louis. Hope streets fill with Knights of the Ku Klux Klan arriving from all directions for a barbecue and initiation at the Union Fair grounds. Myrtle Middlebrooks returns from a summer trip to Colorado and California.
L. S. Sanford visited Hope on Friday. Glair Nance stopped by Emmet Wednesday night. Mrs. Clinton Kelley of Murfreesboro spent the weekend with sister Mrs. Elbert Warren. Howard Cooley family shopped in Nashville Friday. E. L. Warren family visited Nashville Saturday. Several attended the singing at Bingen Sunday. Kathryn Morris visits Nashville this week with Miss Lula Jones. Willie and Bessie May Daniels spent weekend with relatives at Bingen. M. L. Steuart left Sunday for a business trip to Oklahoma. Mrs. Elmer Hilton of Sardis visits relatives here. Ruby Youngblood of Thackersville Okla visiting relatives here. Mrs. John R. Cooley, Jim Cooley, and Kelley Duncan visiting relatives at Weaver Texas.
Bodcaw No 1 Health is good in the community. Attendees at Bodcaw No 2 heard sermons. Mrs Minda Fuller returned home after visiting Stamps. Mr and Mrs Joe England and daughter spent Sunday with Mrs and Mrs QO Mitchell. Mr and Mrs L J Bryson of Prescott visited Gilbert Fuller. Hollis Galloway of Stamps is mentioned.
Mona Townsend a widow who has inherited her husband's fortune travels with her friend Lottie and nephew Barry Townsend’s partner Steve Saccarelli aboard the Miranda. Mona hopes to reconcile with Barry in South America while securing his share and aiding him financially. The group navigates crowded decks and deluxe staterooms as they depart from New York, headed toward South America.
Otis Elevator Company is installing a second self leveling passenger elevator in Carlsbad Caverns New Mexico to replace the earlier stalled unit. The new lift will run from the cavern depths to the surface reaching 700 feet per minute with a 2000 pound capacity and can carry twelve passengers plus an operator. When in operation September first it will rank among the longest single lifts outside the Empire State Building.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Mitchell of Prescott visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Mitchell on Saturday. Gilbert Fuller and family with Tom Collier stayed with H. R. Petre in Stamps on Sunday. Marion Pool Bodcan No 2 and Dorothy Galloway Sutton visited Monday for a horseback ride. Obie Fuller and son O. B. Jr. returned home after a week with Marion Fuller of Stamps. C. A. Fuller family A. J. Fuller and Hollis Galloway spent Monday with G. E. Fuller and S. L. Fuller. Audra Fuller visited relatives in Stamps last week.
In Memphis Tennessee two men named John Wallace and Will Byers are slowly choked by Ludwig's Angina a rare disease affecting the lower jaw area. Doctors battle to arrest the illness with cases reported at the U S Marine Hospital last week.
Medical science struggles to halt the disease with no immediate cure. Victims have been saved by tubes and constant disinfection of infected parts. Records indicate fatality in 50 to 60 percent of known cases.
Arkansas ranks 29th among states in gasoline tax revenue and in motor vehicle license fee revenue, per a study in American Highways. California tops gasoline tax revenue and is 12th in license fees, while Nevada, with motor vehicle registrations at 32 168 in 1931, ranks 48th in both categories.
Washington scientists at the Carnegie Institution report a historic achievement as high speed protons have their paths photographed for the first time. Researchers M A Tuve L R Hafstad and O Dahl led the work.
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