Platform Sprfacing Hope Improve Municipal Power Plant 1931
The Star outlines Hope municipal power plant expansion to aid industrial resources and improved sanitation in Gudiness back-pards. The Chamber of Commerce backs a highway program to build an all weather road yearly, lowering dirt-road mileage and boosting Hempstead County economic support for scientific agriculture. State highway program reform aims for efficient government and budget discipline amid cattle tick concerns.
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Hope
Chamber of Commerce
Hempstead
The Right to Make a Living and the Farm Future
Col Elgan C. Marianna argues the bank’s policy should aid farmers for seed and crop production unless drought or other hindrance blocks crops. He notes the depression’s impact on workers and city desirability, emphasizing farming as the backbone. He predicts weather rights and improved farm profits by 1982 if farmers plan now.
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Paris Express
Col
Marianna
Robert
An Acting Governor and Pardons
The Arkansas Gazette argues the pardon power should be restricted when used by an acting governor. It notes longstanding pardon scandals and asserts acting governors wield the same legal authority as elected governors. The piece questions public inaction and urges citizen action from Camden News.
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People of
Arkansas
Arkansas Gazette
The
Gazette
Camden News
Washington Letter outlines vast wartime mobilization plan
Rodney Dutcher reports a detailed War Department blueprint for future war mobilization. Drafts of 4,000,000 men with 7,000,000 more aged 21 to 30, a strong Advisory War Council, compulsory orders for 15,000 plants, and low profit contracts for supplies. Plans expect quick congressional passage and create a Director of Selective Service to run a nationwide, decentralized draft with four deferment classes and a lot-based call system.
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Rodney Dutcher
NEA
Washington
War Department
War Policies Commission
Congress
Bureau of Marine ‘War ‘Risk Insurance
War Trade Board
War Finance Corporation
Douglas MacArthur
Army
Claga
Ste
MacArthur
Inga
Malson
Navy
Saparas Industriat
News Of Other Days In The Star Of Hope Column
Twenty five years ago Prof W J Hammond of Pine Bluff was elected Hope High School principal for the next term and attended a Teachers Institute in the city last week. Eva Barlow returned home from Chicago. Pauline Eakin of Washington visits Lena Jagersfeld. Miriam Carlton hosted a rock party. Allie Hanegan heads to Little Rock to visit Evelyn Wilson. Vera Hipp travels to Conway for summer State Normal attendance. Jesse B Brown of Spring Hill and others mentioned in Memphis paper column.
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W. J. Hammond
Pine Bluff
the Hope High School
City
Eva Barlow
Chicago
Pauline Eakin
Washington
Lena Jagersfeld
Miriam Carlton
Allie Hanegan
Evelyn Wilson
Little Rock
Vera Hipp
Conway
Jesse EB. Brown
Spring Hill
Balloon ascents and city chatter across a busy day
A quirk filled column notes balloon fever and a ticker tape tale by a Chicago schoolboy, while Mayor Walker sheds blue serge, and a fruit fly scare supposedly calms. The piece blends light satire on theatre, sports, and local headlines with a wary eye on daily city life.
High Hatted Miners Expenditures Jump in March
Expenditures by miners rose sharply, reaching an estimated 167 percent above the March 1930 figure. The increase reflects heightened activity and costs during the month, signaling a busy period for miners and related industries.
Debutantes at London Court Impress Curious Crowds
Curious crowds gathered around automobiles as two English schoolgirls climbed a running board for a closer look at two debutantes. The scene captures the nerve wracking wait and festive atmosphere outside the Court in London as debutantes prepare for their presentation.
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London
Television Pictures in Black and White Show in Chicago
The article notes a Chicago showcasing television pictures in black and white with unusual clarity on square screens in two sizes. Demonstrated by young Chicago engineer U A Sumbria, the event used wired transmission from transmitter to receiver rather than radio, following his prior 10-foot screen demonstrations.
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Chicago
U A. Sumbria
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