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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1932
Page
2
The text notes Star in C. E. Palmer as president and Alex. Washburn as editor and publisher. It also marks the item as second class matter at the Hope Arkansas post office under the March 3, 1897 act.
The Star's Platform urges channeling municipal power plant revenues to pavement and sanitary upgrades, backing the Chamber of Commerce. It calls for an annual all weather road project reducing dirt mileage, support for scientific agricultural programs, and encouragement of farmer cooperatives. It endorses state highway progress, tax reform, and a reform budget system.
The Hogan Construction refund of 90 000 dollars from the Arkadelphia Hot Springs highway tied to an overpayment claim and a Supreme Court ruling on a bidding technicality. Senator Norfleet and Dwight Blackwood defend actions as audits probe legality of cost plus contracts amid campaign-season accusations. The dispute pits Highway Department critics against attorney general contenders as private citizens weigh in.
New Jersey’s Quartermaster General E Edward Murdoy receives a nominal one dollar yearly salary, replacing six thousand dollars. Law requires semi monthly pay, prompting auditors to figure how to divide one dollar into 24 equal parts without underpaying or overpaying the official. The payroll puzzle may be the state’s smallest difficulty amid broader budget strains.
Dr. Millikan laments mechanization reducing labor for leisure while Bishop Smith calls for pruning society. Italian Foreign Minister Brandi links reparations with war debts as a natural consequence, noting interdependence between the two issues.
Miss Lois Bennett of Arkadelphia will spend the summer here and organize a music class. Miss Mabel Dilahunty of Washington visits Mrs. W. W. Duckett. Miss Maude Haynes took her Sunday school class on a picnic Thursday.
Miss Stella Whiteside of McCaskill was in Hope yesterday. Miss Thelma and Miss Mary Belle Schooley drove to Highland yesterday and spent the day. Mrs L A Keith and her three daughters Louise Zilpha and Wanda returned this week from a visit with relatives at Magnolia.
The text states that tri meter ships average about 50 cents per mile or roughly $52 per hour. It also notes that the average for all planes in use is about $6.38 per mile or $73 per hour in the air.
In a light exchange, Joan asks about wishes. She says she would want a husband as one wish and would save the second to observe how the husband turns out, prompting auntie to suggest another option.
Mrs. Doyle McCoy of Sheridan visits her parents the Garlands while Mrs. P C Stephens of Blevins stays with friends. Mr and Mrs Lee of Vivian LA travel en route to Detroit. Edmund Snell returns from Longview. Several others visit family in Texas and Louisiana, including the Beauclairs and Hamiltons.
Canal Zone port Washington announces Albrook Field in Panama Canal Zone officially opened as headquarters of the 44th Observation Squadron from France Field. Work expected to continue about a year and a half with surfaced runways planned for rainy season operation.
Washington report shows the U S Post Office Department has computed operating expenses for several aircraft after extensive research. The study outlines cost comparisons and efficiency considerations for mail transport by air.
Dad Hundley, 29, pleaded with three men who found him not to call the police after a hit-and-run. He was taken to police headquarters and booked for investigation, while claiming a Montana arrest warrant for beating a man. Siberia’s evergreen forest contains the world’s largest conifer mass.
Cherry Dixon marries Dan Phillips in a Leap Year arrangement. Tensions rise as Cherry meets Max Pearson and Brenda Vail. a story of mistaken credit, professional ambition, and jealous quarrels unfolds with a planned New York trip and a Hollywood breakthrough looming.
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