Platform Proposes Municipal Plant and Road Upgrades
The Star outlines measures to improve Hope’s municipal potter plant and develop local resources, plus pavement upgrades and sanitary improvements in business backyards. It supports a state program for annual all weather road construction, aims to reduce travel time, and backs cooperative farming, tax reform, and efficient budgeting. The note mentions Hempstead County farming groups and Arkansas cattle tick concerns.
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Hempstead County
Arkansas
Banking bonds won’t make banks “bust-proof” in Arkansas
A 1931 measure proposed by Senator Quarles would require banks to hold deposits with surety bonds from three companies and repay depositors within 20 days if a bank failed. Critics say such a law would be prohibitive, shrink lending, and force banks to rely on capital alone, while the real remedy lies in prudent banking by owners and the people, not state mandates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Oes
Arkansas
R. Quarles
Phillips County
Yale Study of Industry Aims to Unite Sciences
Yale University will collaborate with leading industrialists and engineers to study human problems in American industry. Professor Elliott D. Smith says unemployment reflects deeper systemic disorders and the project will integrate engineering, economics, and human sciences to examine labor-saving machinery and related issues like layoffs, occupational diseases, and labor unrest. The effort addresses a long overdue need to understand industry centered human relations.
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Yale University
Elliott D. Smith
Yale
Smith
Backward States in Battle Over Alien Reapportionment
NEA writer notes a partisan split between agricultural and industrial states in Congress over alien reapportionment. He highlights Senator Grundy of Pennsylvania and Senator Capper of Kansas arguing for a constitutional amendment to base House representation on citizen count, affecting states with large alien populations. The piece discusses potential shifts in seats and electoral college impact.
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Rodney Dutcher
NEA
Washington
Joe Grundy
Pennsylvania
Gregolux
Tatler
Grundy
Mississinpi
Mason-Dixon Line
Nebraska
Montana
Idaho
Nevada
Towa
New York
Arthur Capper
Kane $As
Senate
House of Representatives
Electoral College
Capper
Tansaz
New York State
United States
Fashion wisdom and quirky quips from a playful era
A fashion expert urges grace and dignity to wear new frocks well. A California golf club awards turkeys as prizes, hinting at playful prize ideas. A gang leader’s erratic employee prompts a harsh layoff rather than a firing. A world tour skeptic faces back taxes, learning what it feels to be flat. The wrestler notes a hidden catch in a boastful claim.
Drouth Reduces Spinach Acreage Across the Nation
The drought last summer cut spinach acreage for canning in California to about 7,027 acres, a 16 percent drop from 8,370. Maryland's canning area depends on market prices, with a near normal 1,500 acres possible if weather stays favorable.
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Washington
UUP
California
Maryland
Sue II Daughter's Day Out Turns Into Missing Wine Tale
In Omaha, a four year old girl named Sue is part of a puzzling domestic incident after returning home and reportedly disposing of or consuming a bottle of wine. Her mother discovered the bottle gone, prompting concern and a curious, unclear sequence of events surrounding the child’s lunch and mood.
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Sue II
Omaha, Neb
Sue
Fragmented Crossword Puzzle Fragments Include Names and Clues
A garbled collection of crossword fragments lists scattered names, places, and terms such as Siberia river, Saint/Vale style clues, and several author-like phrases. The text reads as a damaged puzzle page with stray words, incomplete entries, and incomplete puzzle metadata.
Political Announcements for Democratic Primary Candidates
The Star announces candidate filings and withdrawals subject to Democratic primary action. The notices identify eligible contenders and the dates of the forthcoming primary election as they affect party nominees.
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The
Star
Mother Discovers Sue Drunk. Doctor Orders Coffee And Fresh Air
Sue's mother phones the family doctor after smelling Sue's breath. Sue is found to be intoxicated, with a quart of hidden wine gone. The doctor prescribes black coffee and a fresh air treatment. Two other teenage girls in the neighborhood are similarly treated once their intoxication is discovered.
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Sue
Sheriff Seeks College Spirit in Bootlegger Crackdown
Birmingham Alabama sheriff James F Hawkins addressed 77 deputies in a pep meeting before taking office urging them to adopt a "dear old Jefferson" college spirit to combat Jefferson County bootleggers. He said such spirit would help chase the distiller and liquor handler out of the county.
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Birmingham
Ala
James F. Hawkins
Jefferson County
Jefferson
National Guard Blows $74,000 Worth of Brass
Washington notes a congressional hearing on War Department needs for 1932 reveals the National Guard spent about 74,000 in musical instruments and sheet music. Waldron, executive officer, explains the brass is used by the guard. the committee chairman asks how they are employed.
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National Guard
Henry E. Barhelle
House
Washington
Waldron
County Removes Phones in Davis County Offices
In Washington Indiana UPI report county officials remove all telephones except one in the hall and one at the poor farm due to lack of funds. The Washington city government claims no debts, a rarity among nearby towns.
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Washington, Ind
UPI
Davis County
Club plans a coming of age for Red Theoxh youths
In a jittery tale set in Red Theoxh Fawn Ginger Brooks leads an improvised youth club proposal to escape boredom. The group drafts rules selects a honorary founder and plots fundraising and weekly activities amid chaotic, vivid dialogue and scattered plans.
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Red
Elias
Ackyon
Wesley Meeker
Mier
Wity the Donnister
van Boorn
Jean Vert
Ginger
Endy Jackson
Jackson
Potty
Iowa
Westey
Ghiger
Sriee Ot
Aid
Schow
Beis Brooks
Hvek Gon
Ty Hickana
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