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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1937
Page
3
A boiler explosion at the W Bber Co mill injures workers including Baker a 45 owner and operator. Four injured in hospital with cuts and bruises. Names include 48 laborer and 42 worker as details emerge from the scene in Fayetteville.
Arkansas Municipal League schedules its third annual convention in Little Rock from July 14 to 18 with sessions on vehicle testing under Act 300 of 1937, state police cooperation, and legal queries. Officials will tour Little Rock testing station, hear demonstrations, and discuss clerks duties, budgets, and firemen training under planned ten day course in October.
Tokio visitors include Mr and Mrs Lloyd Whitmarsh and Mie aon Thomas of Prescott. Mr and Mrs Harry Higgins and baby from Hot Springs visited their parents here. Mr and Mrs A M McLarty visited relatives in Nashville, H R Molt was in Nashville. Dock Stanton of Saratoga, a war hero, was in town on business Saturday. Mr and Mrs Vernon McLaughlin also noted.
A catastrophic blast at a plant near Heber Springs destroys the Baker planing mill and Bruner Ivory handle factory. Workers sustain injuries including a man cut on the neck and debris tearing clothing and socks. A brick and rock shattering explosion damages a railroad switch engine and shatters nearby warehouse rock, with about 30 holes formed by debris. Both mills will be rebuilt.
Twelve United States Army bombing planes reached Albrook Field Panama from Brownsville Texas at 4:45 p m Wednesday under the command of Lieutenant Colonel B G Weir.
Senator Wagner says President Roosevelt will use his influence to push the Wagner low cost housing bill through the Senate Labor Committee. The plan would authorize 1 billion dollars in low interest loans and 50 million in subsidies over four years for local housing authorities. Treasury officials caution the bill must be trimmed to protect the federal budget.
Arkansas revenue commissioner refused to reissue liquor licenses to stores operated by Mrs Tony White and Mrs Thelma Walker at Fort Smith. The action led to denial of permits for the Fort Smith enterprises and followed prior license actions in Little Rock.
The article warns that Liechtenstein may slide toward dictatorship as Daniel Hoog leads a secret police style regime under Administrator Dr Joseph Hoog while Prince Francis I remains nominal head. Opponents demand resignation amid liberal reforms and public works taxes.
Miss Melva Bullington and Miss Gertrude Conant of the University of Arkansas urge supervised dieting and adequate protein, calcium, and vitamins. They present a one day meal plan with lean meats, dairy, vegetables, fruit, and minimal fats to burn fat as fuel and meet energy needs.
Mrs. Gertrude Temple is named as the child whose future will be decided by herself. Br. James Rowland Angell of Yale comments that current government emergency programs could lead to a long, hard winter of authoritarian rule. The note references Great Britain and France and their strategic positions.
Dr. David Popper warns of Mediterranean conflicts expanding if Spain destabilizes Europe while Roger Babson calls for cautious finance. Dr. Harold W. Dodds stresses that a narrow security focus can erode a nation’s soul and threaten both economic and spiritual security.
The excerpt notes two foot spread, mountain updrafts aiding soaring birds, and statistics showing 1,650,000 married couples in England with no children and 3,000,000 with one child. It also describes banana tree leaves about six inches wide and 12 feet long.
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