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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1931
Page
1
Fragmentary remark suggests discussion of duty or manners by Samuel Johnson. The readable text hints at social conduct as he departs from houses, reflecting on respect and courtesy. No clear event date or location is available in the surviving lines.
The article laments roadside billboards marring scenic routes from Mount Shasta to far states. It notes 14 signs in a mile and calls for laws to curb advertising clutter along highways. Public sentiment favors protecting routes from distracting, ugly displays and urges regulatory action.
An Institute of Public Administration analysis warns of a broader debt crisis in Arkansas. It critiques bonds, pension scandals, and spending while urging a constitutional amendment to empower the people to decide how much to tax and spend on roads, schools, and pensions.
The Arkansas Gazette urges immediate conference with Governor Rav Chikliman and Highway Chairman Blackwood to secure a binding audit of the state highway program. The piece argues four years of spending, totaling about 80 million dollars, demands independent scrutiny to protect public funds and possible liability concerns for current officials. The editorial frames the audit as essential to the 1932 gubernatorial contest and warns of public anger without an audit.
Communistic textile organization led a strike at General Fabrics with police guarding factory properties after three mob attacks last week. Authorities report continued guarding to prevent further unrest and protect operations at the facility.
Miss Mary Irene Adkins a 22 year old senior at the University of Arkansas is featured as the Ozark Smile Girl. She resides in Joplin Missouri and is highlighted for charm and campus presence in a local society note.
W. P. Ages and family plan a trip to Mineral Wells Texas Sevier Conday and Luther Smith visited Hope from Ozan Mrs W Duckett and children visiting friends at Blevins Lex E Wolff the forthcoming county clerk came from Washington Fr. Amnnette merchant and planter of Yancy attended to business in Hope Frances Arnold and G G G Club hosted a rock social with many guests including Snow McLarty Lonina Sanders Hautine Fray Sybil Watson and others
The text notes changing the Winnie Mae plane name to Winnie Has, mentions surplus onions fed to sheep in Colorado, and jokes about wool over eyes. New York plans looser cosmetics regulation, with cryptic quips about hunger and price, plus a campus phrase about a student missing class due to professor’s urgency.
Det Nix, 44, of Poinsett Grender and Manufacturing died in a Jonesboro hospital from sun stroke suffered Tuesday. His condition worsened Wednesday after initial treatment and he died minutes after arrival.
Ann Burlak, a young labor organizer linked to recent mob excesses in Central Falls, R I, was arrested Wednesday and taken to Boston for a preliminary hearing before the U S immigration board. She faces charges as an alien and for involvement with an organization advocating overthrow by force of the U S government.
Reports from 104 Southern pine mills show orders up 20.52 percent from the prior week while shipments rise 6.46 percent and production increases 2.99 percent. The mills report 30,240,000 feet ordered 28,161,000 feet shipped and 22,831,000 feet produced with on hand orders totaling 77,605,000 feet at week end.
The railroad commission authorized the Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas to discontinue passenger trains 31 and 32 between Greenville and Waskom. Mixed trains 3 and 39 will replace them, carrying a passenger coach and a combination mail, baggage and express car.
A health-boosting ad urges cleansing the body with Calotabs, claiming perfect purification of the system strengthens health. It promotes a thorough course taken weekly for several weeks, asserting Celotabs purify blood by activating liver, kidneys, stomach, and bowels. Available in 1 and 35 cent packages.
The piece profiles Mr. Marsh and his long career as a reformer pushing progressive measures and petitions to Congress. It notes his strong backing from notable supporters, his clashes with conservatives, and his call for a federal jobs program and unemployment relief amid 6 million unemployed Americans.
Goodman Missouri was named winner of the 1931 Ozark Smile Girl contest sponsored by the Ozark Playgrounds Association. Miss Adkins’ photo was chosen from 143 pictures representing 37 communities in southwest Missouri and northwest Arkansas. As Smile Girl for a year, Adkins will be feted at many events and her image used to promote the slogan The Lay of a Million Smiles. County funds paid off their federal farm loans with proceeds from a strawberry crop.
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