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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1933
Page
2
The Star outlines using municipal power plant profits to fund local and social development in Hope, support Chamber of Commerce aims, and advance sanitary upgrades and paved streets in 1933. It also backs county and state highway programs, tax reform, and efficient government to aid Hempstead County.
The article notes bison numbers rose from near extinction to over 1400 killed on reservations in a year, with hides and meat funding conservation. It recalls how tribes depended on the animal for food and clothing, and that white arrival and extermination, not just conflict, disrupted Indigenous life on the plains.
Arkansas residents oppose a proposed 1 percent tax on five cent soft drinks and soda fountain drinks to fund agricultural extension work. Voters rejected a general sales tax last November, and critics warn the bill would raise prices to about six cents per drink and add stamp penalties. They urge reducing government expenses to match revenue needs.
A quote from U S Senator David A Reed of Pennsylvania states he can only use the brains the Lord gave him, and if they are poor it is not his fault. The remark reflects his blunt view on intellectual capacity in public debate.
In Evansville Indiana Mrs R H Scick faced a man with a black eye patch and a gun who turned out to be an electric pencil salesman displaying a revolver that was actually a pencil. Police were called to the scene.
Centerville residents share weekend visits as Omer Bennett of Commerce Texas visits his sister the Mariners. Earl Erwin returns home after visiting Cecil Crear in the Rio Grande Valley. A daughter Betty Jo was born to Mamie Sanders. Jim Gleghorn spends weekend with sisters Clyde Arnold and Fred Bell in Fulton. Will Erwin and son, John Alton family visit Earl Erwin. Glen Anders calls on Vera and Otis Gleghorn. Gordon Mariner Omer Charley Bennett spend Sunday with Jack and wife Foster.
Sheila Shayne, a Broadway hopeful, rebuffs Dick Stanley and meets Jerry Wyman during tours. After a failed romance with Jerry, she returns to New York and meets Dick’s cousin Dorothy Trevor. In Dick’s apartment, Sheila faces social tension, cooks with Dick, and hints at a deeper dilemma as Dorothy plans to intervene.
A criticism notes Pocahontas succeeds in prose and insight more than in pace. The narrator praises Garnett for bringing Pocahontas to life late, and for the contrast between Indian and white cultures. Published by Harcourt Brace at $2.50.
Sherman L. Willard, Arkansas flyer famed for flood relief drops in 1927, returns to familiar skies with American Airways. He now flies the Dallas Texarkana Little Rock Cleveland route after twelve years in aviation. Willard began in Aly and Flainview, formerly with Arkansas Aircraft and Trump Airways, logging about 600000 miles without accident or injury.
Rita Ross, former dancer in Los Angeles, takes up cat collecting as a hobby. She carries bags to rescue cats from locked houses and drain pipes and hands them to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals which maintains a list of people who want cats.
Health advertising touts Creomulsion as a proven creosote based treatment for coughs colds and bronchitis. The ad claims rapid relief with seven key medicinal elements and a money back guarantee if not relieved. It warns of lingering coughs and urges keeping Creomulsion on hand for immediate use.
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