18 Feb 1931
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1931
Page
1
The Star outlines municipal power plant revenues to develop the incel eme area of Home, improve pavement, and sanitary conditions with Chamber of Commerce support. A county highway program funds annual all weather road projects to reduce mileage over time, backing agricultural groups and farmer organizations in Hempstead County.
The Hope area considers a noon to 4 pm motor train service to boost shopper traffic and connect McNab Powers Foreman dawn Idabel in Arkansas and Oklahoma towns. Proponents cite cheaper fares and higher post‑route passenger flow, urging Frisco to test a noon to 4 pm schedule and use co‑op efforts with local merchants.
Dr. Lee De Forest, retiring president of the Institute of Radio Engineers, blasts scattershot advertising on air and urges four to five hours daily of fine entertainment to save radio. He notes a drop in listening hours yet growth for broadcasters and criticizes current sales talk. A Georgia bill proposal to tax men for red neckties and loud stockings is mentioned, with a quip about its fate.
Washington reports Sen. Robert J. Bulkley, favored for repeal of Prohibition, has spoken little on the issue and concentrates on banking and currency. As a member of the Glass subcommittee, he probes national banking laws, the Federal Reserve, and the currency controller to uncover causes of bank failures and the Wall Street crash, calling for possible reforms. Bulkley, a well-liked, plain-speaking Republican, balances committee work with public interest, living with his wife and daughter on lower 26th Street, active in society and music.
Local notes report families moving in and out of McNab. Ted Hatsfield of Doddridge visited Gertrude Smedley. Brazella Cannan stayed with grandmother Mrs John Haley. Sam Weaver of Fulton attended a Sunday singing. Chester Lester of Nope was a business visitor. G D Weaver and Manton Clayton of Fulton attended Helen Jones's party. Claude Smedley stayed with Noel Willis of Haye. Bailey Cannon and family welcomed to the community. Helen Jones hosted a large birthday party with games and refreshments. Minnie Lou Parker is ill with flu. Nick Huddleston of Homan visiting relatives.
Horace H. Raymond there developed an electric photo electric eye that grades industrial production parts and detects variations as small as one ten thousandth of an inch. The device reduces errors caused by inspector fatigue or eye strain and prevents false grading.
A group from North Patmos met with the agricultural agent of the L and A Railroad to discuss growing truck crops. J T Hampton is seriously ill at his home near Patmos. Numerous locals including Huckabee Hamiter Hunt Hamiter, Bell Holis and others visited relatives, with a large crowd attending the marsh event.
Penn president Gates ordered major football shifts at the University of Pennsylvania, stirring debate about brains versus athletic prowess. A sports writer hints that brains may not aid athletes, touching on college men moving into professional wrestling and a paradoxical assessment of Adam as a Chinaman. Other items note a social gathering at Henry Hunt’s and Mrs. Henry Reasons visiting Mrs. Hamiter, with attendees including Reed Thrter and the Hollis family.
Mrs. Howard Fincher of Union and Bernice Cumbie, a Shreveport graduate, visit family here. Henry Chatel and Myron Francis of Rocky Mound feature in weekly social notes. People include Faye and Alice Purtle, Bertie East of Bluff Springs, Doris Tomlin, Ethel Fincher, and the Fincher and Ellis families. Myrtle and Mabel Bearden have mumps. Shiley recovered.
Reverend Hanna, the regular Methodist preacher, filled his monthly appointment on Sunday with a sermon titled Be Sure you make the Coupling. The Young Peoples program drew many participants, and visitors Mrs. Roy Foster of Believing, Mrs. Spears and her daughters, and Miss Gertrude Delaney attended church services and visited Mrs. Ethel Stone’s home Sunday afternoon.
In Waterville the Chamber of Commerce inaugurated a new unemployment relief plan. All residents with a steady income are asked to contribute one dollar weekly for ten weeks to an employment fund. No funds will be distributed except to those who work for it. Numerous firms have contributed full membership support.
Cal De J White has spent more than 50 years serving as a dentist in Elizabeth City Minnesota. His long career reflects steady patient care and community presence across decades.
The obituary notes years in the practice of dentistry in Elizabeth City and mentions the individual as a former vice president of the State Dental Society.
Winnie Lightner stars in The Life of the Party a Warner Brothers Vitaphone color film about a music shop girl who chases wealth in Havana and dodges trouble after a race horse ride close to victory. Irene Delray co stars with Jack Whiting Charles Judels and Butterworth in the cast.
The City Democratic Central committee will meet at City Hall tonight Wednesday at 7:00 PM to decide the order names of candidates will appear on the ballot for the City Primary election. Aukins is chairman and W Homer Pigg is secretary.
A notice states that the undersigned will not be responsible for debts incurred by their employer on State Highway 316 unless a written authorization signed by Superintendent Clyde Wallen is provided. The document emphasizes reliance on written authorization and names Clyde Wallen as the key official.
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