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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1935
Page
1
A retrospective study shows tuberculosis causes higher mortality among girls aged 15 to 25, with social pressures and altered bodies cited as factors. It notes that over half of deaths involved direct contact with TB cases and urges doctors to trace both sources and targets of infection.
A century old Cornwall village romance features a high strung heiress and a dragoons officer who fails to woo with passion. A retired admiral father heads local anti smuggling efforts but is lax. The tale hints at love and adventure, cut short before peak.
A refined heroine fumbles for excitement until a gaunt Methodist evangelist by day and smuggling king by night appears. She falls for him, muddying loyalties and driving a tense climax. The author Talbot struggles to convince the match, but the yarn remains engaging. Published by Harpers for $2.
A light parenting piece argues that gentle fun and positive reinforcement ease the troubles of raising a young child. It emphasizes self respect grown through goodwill, praises neighborhood helper Mrs. Busby, and advises avoiding overreliance on fear or coaxing. Peter the boy illustrates balancing guidance and allowance for mischief.
In a curio from a theater page, performers spar over joke authorship. One asks if all jokes were written by another, who replies with a witty compliment about aging and appearance, implying far older writerly roots.
In Little Rock Arkansas Vincent Addy 38 a former Franklin County circuit clerk and state comptroller office auditor was found dying on the Conway highway near Little Rock early Sunday. He died later in an automobile en route to city hospital from a blow to the head. Police and a deputy coroner called it a possible homicide though the assailant remains at large. Addy had been with friends at Heidelberg Inn near North Little Rock Saturday night and disappeared about 1:30 a.m. Sunday. A group later recalled removing his hat and driving toward Little Rock where his death was reported around 5 a.m. at the hospital.
Gen Jan Smuts urged united U S and Britain to act in concert to deter Japan in the Pacific as the safest path to world peace. He spoke at the South African Institute of International Affairs in Cafetown, South Africa, stressing close Anglo American cooperation regardless of formal treaties. He warned Asiatic nations require patience and charity from Europe and America amid rising tensions. The piece also notes an aviation event, the Gordon Bennett trophy balloon race.
A famous actress says if stranded on a desert island for a year she would take several cases of toilet soap. The bit highlights her practical reply to surviving heat and lack of amenities, suggesting soap as essential even in glamorous life.
A column extols soap and water for cleansing followed by cleansing cream for most women. It notes sensitive skins may need finer creams and lotions while asserting soap acts as a mild disinfectant. The piece promises a beauty routine that purifies and heals, then hints at self assurance and beauty.
Gale Henderson, a mill worker, navigates a tense scene at the plant's personnel office where Miss Graves explains union organizing concerns. Gale contemplates family worries and the risk of repression as she is urged to report any radical activity. The chapter shows Mill life, supervision, and cautious loyalty within the workers' community.
February 15 features the Young Businessmen's Association play Yea Coach at City Hall followed by a Dante performance at Ellie Club. February 17 to 22 hosts a Bible conference at First Presbyterian church under Dr F Crossley Morgan. March 12 and 13 hold the District Ten senior boys basketball tournament at Hope High Gym. March 17 presents the Epworth Tongue play at First Methodist Church.
Senator Hwy F. Long called for a sweeping inquiry into Postmaster General Farley accusing mis conduct and corruption. He claimed Farley influenced rail and lending actions to aid West Virginia politics, including a Baltimore and Ohio loan tie to Clem Shaver and the RFC. Party leaders clashed as Robinson defended Farley while Long pressed for action.
An efficiency expert mocked for common sense argues a boy can pick six quarts and a girl five, totaling eleven quarts, yet a farmer knows together they will not pick a daily amount. The quip plays on combined work versus individual rates and humorous misapplication of logic.
The Star declares candidates for Hope City February 20 elections. Alderman Ward One: J. BR. WILLIAMS. Alderman Ward Three: ROY JOHNSON.
Socialist party leader Normin Thomas urged President Roosevelt and Arkansas Governor J M Furrell to intervene in a tense Southern sharecropper dispute. He spoke at several engagements and alleged efforts by eastern Arkansas plantation owners to crush tenant farmers through evictions and arrests of organizers. He emphasized AAA policy and called for justice and prayer to avert tragedy.
An old advertisement touts a vegetable laxative, claiming it relieves poor appetite coated tongue and headaches from sluggish bowels. Mr AL Gray of Cusseta, Alabama endorses it after twenty years of use and praises its effectiveness. Thousands more call it their family laxative.
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