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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1930
Page
1
The Star's Platform emphasizes improved sanitation in Joanne backyards and highway construction to reduce mileage and boost farm programs. It advocates state high road progress, economy, and efficient government through reform and cooperative effort, highlighting cattle tick relief and agricultural support in Hempstead County.
An article recalls Texarkana's smallpox outbreak highlighting the clash over compulsory vaccination. Authorities note higher vaccination rates on the Arkansas side and urge civic duty, while critics warn against risking public health. The piece frames refusal as a dangerous liberty intrusion and cites a tragic lesson from last week.
The piece argues strong enforcement of laws hinges on police on the beat. It cites a midwestern city with 5000 striking workers and many patrolmen near a speakeasy who dropped by daily for drinks, forcing closure and revealing lax enforcement unless explicitly ordered. It urges persuading police to uphold the dry law.
The Stuttgart city council weighs an occupation tax to raise immediate revenue and stabilize finances. The move mirrors Arkansas towns using taxes to balance budgets while planning to cut street light and hydrant costs and retire city scrip within two to three years.
Washington Outlook notes President Hoover confronts political, economic, and international challenges. Prohibition, tariff, and naval policy loom large amid a Senate opposition and a London naval talks hurdle. The piece weighs his resilience, potential setbacks, and the risk of a major policy flop abroad.
Government reports show annual mail guarding costs of 140000 while mass mailings promote new remedies. In 1920 there were 1500000 adults in the United States who could not speak English. Over ten years ending 1926 the nation added 230000 laws, including one frequently broken. Crime and media face the camera, as does Gene Tunney.
B G Cox of Fulton registered at the Hotel Barlow last Monday Senator T C Jobe came from Little Rock and spent Sunday at home Miss Gus Ball of Nashville visited Hope during the past week See Winter a merchant at Nashville visited Saturday Mrs T J King entertained sixteen lady friends at flinch Tuesday afternoon
S Jones of Prescott and Chas H Goodlett visited Hope today. Erle C Turner of Patmos stayed overnight at the Capital Hotel. J C Stephenson of Nashville was here yesterday. Mr and Mrs John Collins of the New Grand Theatre were in Texarkana today. Frank E Howson couple visiting Texarkana. Mr and Mrs R B Mitchell of Edinburgh arrived in Hope to settle here. Mitchell takes pastorate at First Christian Church and will be welcomed by locals.
In Ithaca on January 15 the barrier to deeper natural knowledge is attributed to light itself. Prof. G F Thompson of Aberdeen and Cornell discusses that microscopes reach atoms yet light imposes a fundamental limit on what man can observe, a remark by the noted physicist.
In Council Bluffs George B Wright of a local traction company unveils a ten year endowment policy that funds a pre Volstead wake or a celebratory feast if he dies or lives the decade. A trust clause prompted insurer concern but was narrowed to a single phrase indicating the wake's scope.
Washington reports that radio vision faces delays as the Federal Radio Commission doubts television should broadcast on current sound wavelengths. Engineers note crude TV transmission and debates on channel width and interference. Also updates on FP Hill’s post op recovery and local cattle business chatter.
A historical note explains why seeing inside an atom is blocked by a probe's impact. Light, gentle on large scales, injures tiny atoms, causing disturbance and motion. X rays pierce more deeply but still perturb electrons, creating blurred, nonnormal atoms under observation.
Anthony Dorn, once a prominent musical figure, is now an elevator operator in Los Angeles City Hall. He recalls failures in film and poverty forcing a career pause, but he remains confident his heart stays with music and aims to rebuild his stage career with municipal support for an orchestra of city employees.
Tuesday callers included Mrs. Lige Singard and Mrs. Earl Brown visiting Mrs. Will Smith who has been ill for two weeks. Guests at Me. and Mrs. Bill Momen during the weekend included Mike Foley Sr., Mr. John Momen and family of Stamps, and Mrs. Della Garner of Hope. School progress noted despite bad weather and terrible roads for two weeks. Grandmother Tarpley mentioned among the town’s happenings.
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