24 Dec 1930
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1930
Page
1
A 1930s voice laments national gloom and excess, urging faith over materialism. It warns that America has money but little living, cites breadlines and unemployment, and calls for self-examination rooted in Christmas spirit and religious teaching. The piece cites biblical insight about God as the living, not the dead.
Dr Richard G Cox of Gulf Park College Miss has been elected president of the American Association of Junior Colleges, uniting more than 400 member institutions. The item notes ongoing debates over dope cures and hints at sports writers’ continued focus on amateur detectives and pharmacists pursuing solutions.
The Star outlines a platform supporting a powerful new chem energy project and a gradual transition to a high efficiency government program. The article argues for stronger state oversight to build a modern power plant and curb slow progress, emphasizing reform, accountability, and economic growth.
Local officials press for an emergency reduction in gas rates for the next 90 days to ease the winter burden on residents and businesses. Arkansas Natural Gas Corp. argues municipally owned utilities must lead, noting other sectors have already lowered prices during the downturn. The move aims to test state power over temporary pricing, with broad regional impact.
A discussion argues that urban crime affects all citizens beyond New York and Chicago. It cites a Kansas City case of a 17 year old gang leader linked to murders, gasoline station holdups, and imitation of big-city mobsters. The piece warns escalating youth crime echoes national patterns and jeopardizes honesty and citizenship.
The Emergency Committee on Employment has mobilized across the nation to relieve unemployment. Fourteen members oversee a vast effort involving governors, mayors, and regional agents. The drive focuses on removing red tape, advancing federal building projects, and securing accurate figures to guide relief, with leaders like Colonel Woods maintaining a behind the scenes yet decisive role.
A lighthearted column notes a spelling quarrel over using X in Christmas and mentions a scientist making a molecule film. It references the six day bicycle race prize of 10000 dollars and Cornell scientists, while the Barnyard Club plans to elect its own Saint Nick in a playful gag about dimensions and a Roosler mascot.
Sarah Ann To jlan, aged 14 from Sangamon county Illinois, won the national junior champion title in baby beef at the International Livestock Show. She raised a Black Angus calf named Chocolate, defeating top entrants from other states and ending Iowa's two year run. Her father, a veteran breeder, also won a grand championship for a carload of fat cattle the same day.
ISTANBUL reports emancipation of women in Turkey granting them a divorce right previously reserved for men. Divorce suits are rising with many filed by wives, averaging about 25 daily as women eagerly exercise new legal freedoms amid social change.
The illustrated piece shows a swimming rooster named Swiftwater living with ducks in a house near Capt. BE. Luke Union. Swiftwater watches his flock, then jumps into the water for a daily dip, proving courage and adaptability despite confusion with training and hereditary factors.
A terse account traces the influence of the Southden Resolution on the fledgling baseball circuit. The piece highlights key players who shaped leagues, drafting reforms and guiding the sport through transitional years. Notable figures emerge as catalysts for change.
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