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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1933
Page
2
The Star advocates city revenues to develop Hope’s municipal power and social resources and backing for Chamber of Commerce. It calls for a county highway program building all weather roads yearly, reducing rural poverty and fostering cooperative farming, plus state highway, tax reform, and streamlined government.
A major city grapples with accusations that jail food spending is misused and overabundant while public officials claim economy. The piece criticizes indifference to prison conditions, arguing reform is blocked by bias that prisoners deserve harsh treatment.
As the new administration nears, reports say the Soviet government may be its first move. Some fear apoplexy among patriots, but most Americans shrug. Washington questions the official existence of a firmly established regime and notes the impact on American industry.
Admiral W T Cluverius of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station urges unemployed men be drafted into the navy for four months. He estimates the cost to the government at just under 300 dollars per man, arguing fed housing pay and trained nucleus could bolster wartime readiness. He notes foreign powers might view the idea with suspicion and potential pacific war implications.
The piece recounts Chien-lung’s grand creation of Jehol and the Potala, the Kalmyk flight from Russia toward China, and the deadly winter that doomed thousands as Russian troops pursued the revolt. It frames a vast imperial project against a backdrop of nomadic upheaval.
A scattered remnant of fighters remains in the Jehol area as hundreds of thousands of people are displaced. The guerilla force persists, forming a core of resistance described in recent dispatches from the current battle zone.
The piece contrasts old Jehol with a modern republic, noting sub zero winds and bandit danger, the Manchu era glitter and expeditions, and how today an enemy army replaces grand processions. It frames Jehol as a crossroads of past splendor and present conflict, a history’s eye view.
Ret . W. H. and R. M. Briant spent yesterday on their farm near Shelton. Born to Mr. and Mrs. I. Steinberg a son on Tuesday January 14. W. W. Brown of Camden was in the city Monday. Mrs. Walter Wright spent yesterday in Little Rock. Whitfield Davis of Prescott is visiting his cousin Lamar Cox. Dr. Alice Barlow-Brown of Chicago, visiting relatives, left yesterday for Port Arthur Texas with her sister Mrs. Lawrence Boyd.
A historical note argues the state owes 299000 to county road funds, far above the estimated 92000 shortage, with payments due by the tenth of the month. The speaker condemns law violations and argues rural areas should not bear the costs of broader highway financing errors.
The film version of Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms opened at the Saenger theater and impressed as much as the book. The audience praised Helen Hayes Catherine, Gary Cooper Lieutenant Frederic Henry, Adolphe Menjou Rinaldi, and Mary Philips Ferguson for unforgettable brilliance and power.
A playful note on a Russian dancer performing a challenging step, with a clever puzzle to cut out seven pieces and rearrange them into the dancer’s silhouette. The caption hints the performance could rank among great screen turns. A quip about a patient’s heart action and a nurse’s reply follows Tit-Bits style.
Monts Seed Store at 111 E. 2nd St. advertises onion plants cabbage plants onion sets and Alaska peas and radishes as a timely garden planting guide. The notice emphasizes best onion and cabbage varieties and urges shoppers to visit the store for seeds and planting ideas.
Notice of sale under the chancery court decretal order of Hempstead County in case No 2574 between The Federal Land Bank of St Louis and others. Sale pursued per court directions dated Sunday in December 1932.
Sheila Shayne, a nineteen year old dancer, rises from a substitute role to star potential in a Broadway production. Tensions mount as Marion Randolph clashes over Shayne in Atlantic City tryouts, while producer Gordon Mandra ke and financier influence shape the cast. Dick Stanley rekindles contact with Shayne, signaling a new plot turn and tea meeting to discuss a possible break.
Commissioner Willie Harris will sell at public vendue the land described as the south half of the south quarter of section 17 township 11 range 24 west, excluding 2 acres at northeast corner, totaling 78 acres in Hempstead County Arkansas. Sale on January 26, 1933 with three month credit and 8 percent interest. bond with security required.
The Chancery Court of Hempstead County will auction the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter and northwest quarter of the north quarter in section 24, township 13 south, range 26 west, containing eighty acres, Arkansas. Sale Jan 26, 1933, at the courthouse front door in Washington. Terms: credit bond with 8 percent interest, secured by lien on the property. Commissioner notice dated December 4.
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