The Stars Platform for Hempstead County
The Star's Platform calls for using revenues from the municipal power plant to improve city streets and alleys in 1933, backing sanitary upgrades and backing the Chamber of Commerce. It proposes a county highway program for annual all weather road construction and supports cooperative farmer organizations. It endorses state highway progress, tax reform, and a more efficient government through a budgeting system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Hempstead
Heroism at Sea Elevates Ordinary Seamen to Divine Regard
Bruce Catton argues seafaring heroism in a mid Atlantic rescue by the American Merchant. Captain Stedman risks lifeboat loss and 12 hours of peril to save 22 Exeter City sailors as they head to New York. He notes such acts are routine among seamen and reflect a deeper humanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exeter City
mid-Atlantic
Stedman
New York
Tin Pan Alley Death Sparks Hawaiian Song Reflections
Albert R. Cunha, 68, a Yale alumnus and former football tackle, wrote the hit On the Beach at Waikiki and helped spark a wave of Hawaiian songs. He studied at Yale, wrote songs early, and then moved to Hawaii to write with authentic insight, unlike many composers who never left New York.
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Honolulu
Albert R. Cunha
Cunha
Yale
Waikiki
Hawaii
Tin Pan Alley
Alabama
Tennessee
Kentucky
Mississippi
Brooklyn
Hudson River
Cruelty of Hit and Run Driver Shocks Suburban Community
An unknown New York driver struck a 10 year old boy on a suburban street then hid the unconscious victim in bushes to avoid arrest. The boy was found in a dying condition, prompting calls for harsh punishment and highway bans for hit and run offenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
They Say Taxes May Be a Painless Tax
A U S Senator Thomas P Gore warns that sales tax is deceptive and dangerous, acting like creeping paresis and toxic gas, leaving taxpayers unaware they are paying taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Thomas P. Gore
Okla
Obituary and Local Visits Near Shower Springs
Jets Around Shower Wm. Rogers ill at son Ralph home with family by his bedside from Texas to Kansas City. Many relatives visit and travel between Shower Springs Inman Kan and Louisiana. Telegraph line work noted along city limits to Ella Hodnetts.
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Wm. Rogers
Ralph
Steve
Texas
John
el Dorado
Isabelle
Kansas City
Jewell
Earl
Roy
Buddie
Mable Rogers
Mary Rogers
Adell Sanford
H. B. Sanford
Troy Aslin
Mavis
Glorian
Geo. Jordan
J. R. Gray
Henry Bearden
H. B. Sanfords
Sidney Clampitt
Inman
Kan
Louisiana
Kansas
Sanfords
Cobbs
Fort Smith
Womack
Hope
Troy Aslins
Nellie Leach
Elmer Anderson
Aslins
Harold Sanford
S. E. Huff
Emma Eblin
Geo McWilliams
A. A. Rogers
Shower Springs
Joe Dorothy
Jessie
George Karber
Centerville
Jim
Ophie Karber
Ella Hodnetts
Banana oil truth from coal tar origins
Banana oil is not derived from bananas or any fruit. It is among the many products obtained from coal tar, illustrating how a misleading name masks a chemical provenance.
Local Society Notes from Spring Hill Gather for Visits
Battlefield Misses Bullard and Swan Garner from Spring Hill spent Tuesday night with Mrs. Ben Wilson. Mrs. Ann and Irma Smith attended church at Spring Hill Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Brown spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Kennie Atkins. Mrs. M. E. Atkins and granddaughter Dorothy June Wilson visited Mrs. J. A. Smith last Wednesday. Mrs. Ralph Roberts spent Thursday night with Mrs. Robert Martin at Spring Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wilson and daughter were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Tarpley last Sunday. Mrs. Willie Tarpley from Spring Hill is visiting her children here.
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Misses Bullard
Swan Garner
Spring Hill
Ben Wilson
Ann
Irma Smith
Guy Brown
Kennie Atkins
M. E. Atkins
Dorothy June Wilson
J. A. Smith
Ralph Roberts
Robert Martin
Elbert Tarpley
Willie Tarpley
Emmet Visitors Note Pasadena College Sufferings
New Liberty B W Price of Emmet visited Dock Hamilton area Sunday morning. The Hamiltons learned their son Herman Hamilton a Pasadena College senior had a skull fracture in a January 17 accident and has recovered enough to write home. Ned Purtle of Emmet, also a Pasadena College student, was in a January 17 car wreck and lost his sight. Mr and Mrs Langston visited Hamilton and Munn families. Hamric visited Langston’s daughter.
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B. W. Price
Emmet
Dock Hamilton
Herman Hamilton
Pasadena
Calif
Ned Purtle
Pasadena College
Lenard Langston
Bernice Munn
Luther Hamric
Reeder Langston
Pirates Treasure Hunt On Cocos Island By Sea Search
A party of 25 treasure hunters on Cocos Island use a metalphone to locate buried riches once claimed by buccaneers. The group acts as a military style operation with Leckie and Robert Cross directing dig sites 400 miles west of Colombia and 250 miles north of the equator in the Pacific.
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William Warne
Associated Press
San Diego
Cal
Cocos Island
Columbia
Pacific Ocean
Graham
Great Britain
J. E. Leckie
Robert Cross
Vancouver
B. C
Leckie
Costa Rica
Public Radio Sets for the Filipinos
Governor General Roosevelt launches a radio plan in the Philippines after legislature approves funds to buy receiving sets for small municipalities. Receivers to be installed in town halls. license fees from 60,000 radio owners fund the project. Broadcasts will include weather, typhoon warnings, agriculture, taxes and related topics.
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Manila
Philippine Islands
Roosevelt
Philippines
Oldest Man Office Boy Returns to Istanbul City Hall
Zaro Agha, reputed 157 years old, returns to work as office boy at Istanbul city hall after persuading former bosses to rehire him. City officials say he is now deaf and retrenchment looms, but he wins back his brass buttons, cap, and 25 a month salary.
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Istanbul
Zaro Agha
Zara
America
England
Belgo Congo Actors Shine In M Voula Play Night
Genia Walu and Faul Fabo, two Congo actors, led the cast in M Voula the first drama about life in Belgium’s African colony to be staged in Brussels. King Albert Prince Leopold and Princess Astrid attended opening night as critics praised the actors. The play was written by explorer Chalux. Tucson, Arizona claims the nation’s only walled city status.
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Brussels
Belgian Congo
Genia Walu
Faul Fabo
M’voula
Belgium
Albert
Prince Leopold
Astrid
Chalux
You Can Have a Lovely Skin Ad for MELLO GLO Powder
An advertisement promotes MELLO GLO face powder claiming long wear hides lines and pores and prevents shine. It emphasizes a delicate skin friendly formula from a new French process and a pleasant fragrance with a one dollar price.
Grocery Ad Highlights Frugal Weekend Buys
A&P offers 8 O'clock coffee 19c per pound Red Circle Bokar coffee 19c per pound Grandmother's Bread 16 oz loaf Plain or sliced Pan Rolls 5c a dozen Raisin Bread Loaf Shredded Wheat Post Bran Flakes Raisin Bran Oats 3 lb Palmolive or Lux soap 3 cakes 11c each.
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Star Publishing Co., Inc
E. Pacheer
Alex. H. Washburn
Star Building
South Street
Hope, Arkansas
C. E. Palmer
Alex. BH. Washburn
Arkansas
Col
R. R. McCormick
Cimages
Star
Asociated Press
Nevada
Howard
Miller
LaFayette
Bruce Catton
NER
TS Hole
U.S
New Liberty
Ethel
Coutiern Frieze
George Clark
Tucson
Ariz
United States
Rajah Ijah
A&p
Bokar
White House
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