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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1931
Page
2
The column discusses football figures and amateur status in golf, noting Bobby Jones and others. It mentions Jim Bottomley, Branch Rickey, and names like Jack Curley and Knute Rockne. It reflects 1939 sports chatter and Mayo Brothers clinic rest orders for Rockne.
In San Francisco UPI reports California officers begin the new year by inspecting motor vehicles for defective brakes. The standard requires a car at 10 mph to stop within 9.9 feet and at high speed to stop within 83.3 feet, reflecting stringent safety checks for motorists.
In a dialogue from a bygone column a wife tells Mrs Brown the family should be grateful, while the husband questions the point of visiting when they feel out of place. The exchange hints at domestic tension and social observation.
A confused customer mentions a comisolo oy at casserole and a January time phrase. The clerk responds with unclear terms about a codeleag or olive, yielding a garbled, nonsensical dialogue with no concrete facts or identifiable entities.
A Montana official aided a gas tax cut effort by showing how residents could offset higher taxes. James H. Rowe, highway commissioner, helped promote a five-cent tax per gallon and encouraged lowering prices at community stations, driving price reductions by major operators. The campaign, linked to Butte activity, influenced stations elsewhere.
The article notes Paul Revere was born on January 1 1735 making him a New Year’s baby. A small group of historically minded residents marks his birth anniversary each year in Boston.
Crown Prince Olav of Norway may attend the third Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid in February 1932, per a cable to the Third Winter Olympics Committee. Olav is noted as an enthusiastic winter sportsman.
The veteran National League umpire is pictured after a winter in Miami Beach. The shot highlights a lean, sun kissed physique as he mimics a golf swing in a playful moment. A baseball season ahead sparks curiosity about his conditioning.
Mizue Hiasa carried his four year old child on his back for 200 miles from Tokyo to Osaka IUP where he found work. A newspaper published his picture and his brother, unseen for eight years, recognized him. The brother’s employer offered Hiasa a job.
BINGLEY Yorks. Experiments at St Ives Golf Research Station over 15 months seek weed control in greens fairways and tees. Supported by 1300 clubs in UK unions and 200 private subscribers. A velvet bent grass Agrostis Canina is seen as ideal for putting surfaces and may be planted at Prince of Wales Club Sunningdale. Good greens could raise British putting standards and reduce strokes to win.
ST LOUIS Mo Dizzy Dean a lanky rookie from Houston joins the St Louis Cardinals after eight wins and one loss for Houston. Dean claims an arm in top shape and expects to report to training camp around February 15. He predicts four wins for the Cardinals and a pennant run, recalling a victory over Earnshaw in a barnstorming tour.
The Texas State Board of Education survey of free textbooks in public schools shows that Black children take better care of study books than white students, with arithmetic pages torn from over 1,100,000 copies during the school year.
Salt Lake City authorities teach residents and industry to burn soft coal cleaner as smoke blankets the basin. Air routes monitor puff origins and officials share tips to reduce emissions during a smoky winter period in the Utah capital.
A bundle of addressed Christmas cards stolen from a parked car was found later in a mailbox. The thief discarded the items after realizing the cards were of no use to him.
Washington based UPI reports jewelry manufacturers posted a 1 percent rise in product values in 1929 versus 1927. The Lavataire jewelry output reached 161,09,134 dollars in 1929 compared with 156,270,442 dollars in 1927, according to the Census Bureau data.
A carillon of 18 Russian bells weighing 27 tons was installed in the tower of Lowell House at Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts. The first concert is planned for February with the instrument expected to enhance campus musical life.
In Buffalo area reports indicate petty liquor smugglers returning from Canada face fines totaling about 400 dollars each weekend. Customs figures show around 100 bottles of unspecified liquor are confiscated weekly. Local notes include unrelated personal excerpts about couples and a husband.
Community volunteers urge residents with extra clothing to donate to United Charity Aid. Donors are asked to drop garments at designated centers to support families facing hardship this winter. Facilitators emphasize reuse and direct aid to local residents in need.
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