Hope city plans reforms for 1932 and beyond
The city aims to use revenues from the municipal power plant to boost Hope's industrial and social resources and improve sanitary conditions in alleys and back yards. Chamber of Commerce support is urged, with a county highway program to build all weather roads yearly and expand cooperative agricultural efforts for practical benefits. Statewide goals include highway progress, tax reform, and a budgeting system for efficient government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Chamber of Commerce
Thempstead
Town
Bureaucratic Burden Critique of Arkansas Statistics Office
A columnist denounces state and federal bureaus for duplicative payroll and tax data demands. He cites waste, calls for consolidation, and argues Roosevelt urged merging government functions to curb excesses. He views Arkansas as bloated with redundant agencies and endless forms.
They Say There is Something Ridiculous About a Woman Writer
Dorothy Parker cites ridicule of women writers while New York Mayor James J. Walker defends standing firm for public moments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Parker
James J. Walker
New York
Webb Laseter buys Hamilton interest in local firm
Thirty years ago Webb Laseter purchases John Hamilton's share in Hamilton and Laseter. Hamilton becomes Deputy Pappy. Edwin Ward drills with a surveying party on the L and A this week and walked sixteen miles Wednesday. Mrs. R M Patterson hosts her mother Mrs. Hunter from Arkadelphia on a visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb Laseter
John Hamilton
Hamilton and Laseter
John
Edwin Ward
R. M. Patterson
Hunter
Arkadelphia
Family visits noted in weekend health column
The report lists J. W. Ray and his family hosting Ily over the weekend while J. T. Townemaker visited his daughter Mrs. Vernon Schooley in New Hope. Frank Simons spent Saturday night and Sunday with friends and relatives of Green Laseter.
Local Family Visits and Weekend Gatherings Across Town
Green Laseter Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Gentry and children visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. Reece of Evening Shade. Several residents, including Miss Bernice Cumbie and Miss Alberta Robertson, visit Shreveport and Blevins. The Green Laseter baseball team defeats Ebenezer 9 to 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe. B. Gentry
Reece
Evening Shade
Bernice Cumbie
Shreveport
Emma Robertson
Ear Ros
Deward Collier
J. T. Cumbie
T. E. Ross
Emma Bearden
Faye Turr
Minnie Collier
Earl Booth
Little Rock
Raymond Ross
Earl Ross
Gilbert Fuller
B. N. Jones
Faye Turner
Mary Lou Collier
New Orleans
Green Laseter
Ebenezer Boys
Ebenezer
Hospital Notes Reflect Local Surgeries and Admissions
Marjorie Biddle of Patmos had an operation at Julia Chester hospital Wednesday afternoon. Kelley Turner of Fulton was admitted Thursday for treatment at Julia Chester hospital. Augusta Miller returned home on Lewisville road Wednesday after an operation at Josephine hospital. Mrs. James Fahy of Nashville Tenn left Josephine hospital Wednesday after several days as a patient while en route from Dallas to home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Biddle
Patmos
Julia Chester Hospital
Kelley Turner
Fulton
Augusta Miller
Lewisville Road
Josephine Hospital
James Fahy
Nashville, Tenn
Dallas
Visiting social roundup in Little Rock and area
Mr and Mrs Earl Turner visit TH Lewisville with Miss Emgenia Chamberlain as guest Miss Pearl Kemper from Moulton Town joins. Miss Gertrude Ware and her brother Jim Ware spent yesterday in Little Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Turner
Lewisville
Emgenia Chamberlain
Pearl Kemper
Moulton
Gertrude Ware
Jim Ware
Little Rock
Local Social Notes From New Hope and Nearby
Providence residents Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Schooley and son Blake visited friends in New Hope. Mrs. A F Simmons and Zan Bateman were seen visiting Monday. Miss Sarah Louise Ray joined Miss Anna Lee Campbell for Sunday dinner. Milton Simmons family and Charlie Covingtons visited relatives on Sunday. Johnnie Clark and baby from Hope spent Monday with his parents. Emmett Moore and daughter Berta Mae of Hugo Oklahoma visited Zan Bateman’s family over the weekend. Scudder Bateman and baby also visited her parents R S Watson. Carl Thornton and family were mentioned in the portion shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Schooley
Blake
New Hope
Dale Townemaker
A. F. Simmons
Zanmab nehMshrdylu Shrdlu Etaoin Zan Bateman
Sarah Louise Ray
Anna Lee Campbell
Milton Simmons
Charlie Covington
W. D. Morrow
Johnnie Clark
Baby
Hope
Bob Clark
Emmett Moore
Berta Mae
Hugo, Okla
Zan
Naeta
Scudder Bateman
R. S. Watson
Carl Thorton
Must Have Alibi Inspires Unusual Speeding Plea
Houston police court judge Fred Turner heard a speeding case in which the defendant claimed guilt but offered a peculiar reason. He said he was trying to avoid an accident because his brakes were bad and he needed to get the car off the street quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Fred Turner
Personal Mention Hee Bensberg Visits Parents
Hee Bensberg of Lemaie is visiting his parents Mr and Mrs G J Bensberg. Takhé Bensberg Music Company on South Main Street is noted in the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hee Bensberg
Lemaie
Iis
G. J. Bensberg
Takhé' Bensberg Music Company
South Main Street
Snake temps rise when irritated per Carnegie tests
Carnegie scientists report snakes show several degrees higher temperatures when irritated, challenging the cold blooded assumption. The piece also includes a light gag about a golfer and his caddie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carnegie Institute
Nevada County Singing Convention Holds July Session
The Nevada County Singing Convention met July 1 at Holly Springs with J. W. Holloway presiding. Delegates from multiple classes were credentialed and elected to the state convention in Camden, with officers chosen for the coming year and an afternoon of business and songs followed by a Sunday program of singing and special numbers from visiting guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada County
Holly Springs
J. W. Holloway
Rosston
P. W. Taylor
J. B. Silvey
Lora Marler
Camden
Lora Marlar
C. E. Stuart
W. N. Crain
J. M. Winberry
C. D. Green
Vivian Moore
J. P B. Fincher
Holloway
Little Rock
Magnolia
Hope
Tadpole-shaped diving machine reaches 10008 feet depth
A Cologne inventor perfects a tadpole shaped diving machine built to withstand ocean pressure at 10008 feet below the surface. Weighing about two and a half tons it reaches any depth through its own propulsion, unlike other devices lowered by cables. Pressure in the diving bell is regulated by evaporation of liquid air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cologne
Judge Turner Fines Man as He Fails to Pay
In Houston Police Court Judge Fred Turner faces a traffic case where the violator, with only one dollar on hand, confesses he cannot pay the three dollar fine. The judge responds with a quip about character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
Fred Turner
Turner
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Hope, Aransas
Associated Press
Col
R. R. McCormick
Star
Hempstead
Nevada
iMoward
Moller
LaFayette
Arkansas Bureau of Labor and Statistics
Federal Department of Commerce
Arkansas
W. A. Rooksberg
Crawford & Moses
Bureau of Labor and Statistics
Department of Commerce
Federal
Departments of Commerce
Aber
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Railroad Commission
State Bureau of Labor and Statistics
Franklin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Green
Laseter
Providence
Nevada Co. Singing Convention
Holly Creek
Sam Waters
Joe Whitehead
Jessie Mae Taylor
B. J. Caldwell
Mira
Norma East
Pauline Martin
Dora Taylor
Lile Easterling
Friendship
W. N. Craine
Joe Fincher
Perry MacCargo
Bodcaw
Thomas Silvey
Lee Waters
W. E. Mitchell
Hazel Crain
A. J. Marler
Harold Martin
Corinth
Mrs. C D. Green
Fern Cook
Tom Hoot
Minerva Smith
Lon Edwards
Emmit
Newfoundland
Ozark Mountains
South Seas
NEA
U.S
C. L. Bodenhamer
Hempstead County
Simon MN
Suttor
H. M. Stephens
Frank Ward
C. F. Routon
Dale C. Jones
Lillie Middlebrooks
Emory A. Thompson
Key Road
Bodcan Township
D. M
Monroe
Kent D. D. Middlebrooks
DeRoan Township
C. A
ALLEN
Shipp
J. L. Williams & Sod Phone Se
Burr
L. Burr & Co
Burr’s
L. C. Burr & Ca
Goodyear Speedway
Goodyear
Arkansas Machine Specialty Co
North Walnut Street
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