Postage Increases Take Effect Wednesday
The article notes a 3 cent to 2 cent change for letter mail and 8 cent airmail and second class for newspapers. It mentions Hope Star readers in Hempstead and surrounding counties will continue using current return envelopes, with stamps added at Hope post office and the newspaper covering the extra postal cost. The memo reflects broader federal post office rate hikes set to begin July 6.
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Postage Rates Rise Under Federal Increase
Postmaster J A Davis announces that first class letters rise from 2 to 3 cents this Wednesday with corresponding increases in other postal services Airmail and second class rates also go up affecting Hope Star circulation in Nevada Lafayette and Howard counties about 400 copies out of 2500 total The government continues free newspaper carriage on rural routes in home counties
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LaFayette
Howard
Cotton Prices Edge Up Amid Light Southern Demand
U S Department of Agriculture reports the period June 25 to July 1 saw cotton prices rise about 45 points while futures stay active and spot trading remains light in the south. Grades targeted ranged from strict low middling to strict middling, with longer staples showing fair inquiry. a 6 percent acreage reduction estimate accompanies the government’s July 8 report.
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Weather Bureau
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Seven Men Kill Bystander in Bank Robbery at San Pierre
Seven heavily armed men killed a bystander during a robbery at the State Bank in San Pierre Indiana shortly after opening. The victim, Thomas Dailey, was a deaf mute. In Washington Senator Bingham said he would push to vote on legalizing 3.2 percent beer.
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Thomas Dailey
Washington
Itnator Bingham
240 Killed During 4th Celebration
National tally by the Associated Press reports about 240 deaths during the Fourth of July festivities, marking the nation’s 156th birthday. The toll is roughly half of the 1931 figure.
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America
Thme
Debt talks between Britain and Germany end in deadlock
In Lausanne Switzerland a four hour session between British Prime Minister MacDonald and German Chancellor von Papen failed to reach a compromise on war debts and reparations.
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Smith May Again Run in New York
The Evening Post reports a Tammany movement favors nominating former Governor Alfred E. Smith for a fifth term as New York state chief executive.
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New York
the Evening Post
Alfred E. Smith
Australian Dairymen Halt Milk Supplies Over Price
Perth dairymen refuse to sell milk at 22 cents a gallon while demanding 28 cents. They announce they will turn excess milk into butter and reserve enough for hospitals invalids and infants.
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Perth
Australia
Hoover's Veto Anticipated On Two Billion Relief Bill
Washington reports indicate Senator Watson expects President Hoover to veto the 2.1 billion unemployment relief bill and urge Congress to stay in session until a new measure passes. Officials say Hoover opposes the loans to states and the public works provisions, with a veto likely focused on that section.
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Rapidan
Virginia
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Rainey
Hydrogen Fuel Breakthrough Proposed by Engineers
Berlin based engineer Garl Erren revived hydrogen fuel ideas with a designed motor. He suggests using idle city power plants to electrolyze water during off-peak hours, selling hydrogen as motor fuel while capturing oxygen as a by product. He also claims nitrogen from exhaust and reduced gasoline use with hydrogen blends. Erren served as a World War I flyer.
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Erren
Veterans march on Washington for March bonus payment
About 5000 veterans marched down Pennsylvania avenue to press Congress for immediate cash payment of the bonus. The procession was mostly silent except for a drum and bugles, with the marchers dispersing on the capitol steps.
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Three Way Barter Without Cash in Marion North Carolina
A three way barter connected an insurance agent, a farmer and a livestock raiser. Biggerstaff sold his corn for an insurance policy to Klutz who paid Washburn with a note. Washburn exchanged the note for 30 bushels of corn and marked it paid.
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N. C
W. G. Biggerstaff
T. L. Klutz
G. H. Washburn
Washburn
Henry First to Par Local Golf Course
Henry Tully, a well known Hope golfer, parred the Hope Golf Club course south of the city on the Fourth of July for the first time. He shot the nine holes in par 33, a feat never achieved in the nine years the course has challenged players.
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Tully Henry
Hope
Hope Golf Club
Mr. Henry
France Embraces Basketball Popularity Surges
Paris reports basketball has surpassed rugby in player numbers due to YMCA PE directors with American forces during WWI. Gaston Francois, then in Paris, promoted the sport at Methodist Memorial, helping France lead Europe and begin international matches. France faced Switzerland Belgium and Portugal last season.
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Roosevelt Promises New Deal and Liberal Reform
Franklin D. Roosevelt in Chicago accepts the Democratic nomination pledging a clear stance on major issues. He calls for a workable reconstruction program, attacks Republican leadership, and urges tax cuts through government consolidation and reduced excess offices.
New Round World Flight Begins From New York
James Mattern a former jazz drummer and Bennett Griffin an WWI air veteran started a round the world flight from New York on Tuesday aiming for six days total. They planned a harbor stop at Harbor Grace Newfoundland before crossing to the British Isles. Harold Gatty and Wiley Post had previously circled the globe in 8 days 15 hours.
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Wiley Post
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Voting Tuesday on City's Ice Plant
Hope residents vote Tuesday in a special election to decide if a municipal ice plant should be built after a $15 000 appropriation by the city council in a contest with Southern Ice & Utilities Co for lower rates. One polling place at city hall. polls close at sundown and results expected within about an hour.
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City of Hope
Southern Ice & Utilities Co
McFaddin Returns Home From Rotary International Trip
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. McFaddin returned Monday night from Seattle where Mr. McFaddin served as delegate of the Arkansas district and the Hope club at the Rotary International convention. Mr. McFaddin is governor of the Arkansas district.
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Wash
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Arkansas
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Circumnavigate Continent by South America Sailboat Try
Forto Alegre Brazil yachtsmen Alfonso Homberg and Joaquim Bor mann set out in a small sloop to sail around South America via the Panama Canal. They aim to complete the voyage in two years.
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Brazil
Alfonso Homberg
Joaquim Bormann
South America
Fianama Canal
Chopin Body to Return for Polish National Burial
The Chopin committee of Poland secured consent from Chopin’s descendants to move the composer’s body from France to Poland for a national burial in his native land.
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Chopin Committee of
Poland
Frederic Chopin
France
White and Black Suspects Arrested in Holiday Beer Raids
Martin Guthrie, Joe Morgan field, and Jim Newton—white man and two negroes—were jailed after raids in three city sections found 300 bottles of beer and corn liquor marked for a Fourth of July sale. Newton fined $50 and costs. other cases delayed.
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Joe Morganfield
Jim Newton
Chicago Office Opened for Republican Campaign
National campaign headquarters of the Republican party will be opened in Chicago on Wednesday. Everett Sanders, RNC chairman, announced the move as part of a broader plan with eastern headquarters to be set up in Washington and New York.
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Chicago
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Washington
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East Texas Leads With 6000 Oil Wells
East Texas has completed more than 6000 gushers in a year and a half, a claimed world record for a single field. Over a third of these wells are near Longview, amid the boom that followed the field’s discovery. Cumulative crude moved to market exceeds 160 million barrels, with recent daily production around 350000 barrels.
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Movie Scenario Wins Degree Architecture in Ohio
Ruth Morris wrote a movie scenario and won the degree of professional architect at Ohio State University in Columbus. After earning a bachelor of architecture in 1924 she went to Hollywood to assist art staff on film sets and later returned to write a thesis titled Catherine the Great with 17000 words including sketches of dramatic incidents.
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Ohio
Ruth Morris
Ohio State University
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