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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1932
Page
2
The Star outlines a county highway program to build an all weather road each year reducing dirt roads. It urges support for scientific agricultural programs and farmer organizations, plus cooperative effort. It calls for continued progress on state highways, tar reform, and a more efficient government via a budget system.
Railroads pressed higher freight rates with ICC approval but truck haulage rose rapidly. As losses mount, rails aim to recapture business by cutting livestock rates in Minnesota and lowering cotton rates to southern ports New England and Canada to offset truck and barge competition.
The article notes a strong rise in cotton prices from a 50 year low, with middling up land selling around five cents and net returns near fifteen cents per pound after costs. It emphasizes a potential move to ten cents, adds over 180 million dollars in crop value from price gains, and highlights improved bank conditions and farm income in Union County and El Dorado Nevis as the cotton season progresses.
A Kansas wheat queen who cultivated five thousand acres declares she will "kick the hell out of the Federal Farm Board." The piece jokes about a powerful Kansas woman delivering a forceful rebuke, comparing it to historic acts by Carrie Nation and Arthur Capper, and imagines drastic Farm Board changes after the impact.
The article urges Arkansas farmers to sow hairy vetch as a winter cover crop between cotton to improve fertility. It outlines timing, benefits equal to 200 to 400 pounds of nitrate per acre when plowed under, and applicability to corn land, plus seed-saving, diversification, and fall grain emphasis.
The list includes Grover Cleveland Martin Van Buren Jans K Polk and Woodrow Kilson as referenced figures associated with New York State.
The Aga Khan, revered spiritual leader in Bombay, performs a yearly ritual bath. Reportedly, the ritual water is sold to devotees and claimed to cure any disease, drawing wide attention from followers.
At Inspiration Point in Ark there, Dr. Charles Reign Scoville’s estate hosts a ten day Bible conference held in a unique Sepplein tabernacle built by Osyma Mowers. The structure, 80 feet long with an oval roof and oak rafters, seats many attendees from the Church of Christ and visiting evangelists. The event, planned as an annual affair, draws ministers, families, and camp spectators to Castle Home on a hill overlooking the valley.
About 2,891,000 foreigners live in France with around 500,000 settling in Paris. The figures highlight Paris as the primary hub for foreign residents in the country.
A novel device on the market is a cake bottom base with connections for electric lights to be placed on the cake. It allows illumination from beneath the cake, creating a glow for birthday celebrations.
Hope Storks defeated Garland City 5 to 2 before a large crowd. Andy Price pitched for Garland City, allowing only three Hope hits while Price struggled with control. John Yelvin held Garland City to two infield hits as Hope took the lead with early scoring and errors by Garland led to the final margin.
Two Yale University medical experts develop carbogen a gas blending oxygen and carbon dioxide aimed at saving lives of pneumonia patients. The device or method is described as a new therapeutic gas with potential to improve oxygen delivery during treatment.
Australia now hosts more than 23,000 factories employing about 0,000 people across diverse sectors, reflecting a sizable industrial base and labor force.
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