Poem and local notes mix in Hope column drama
A fragmentary column blends a playful verse about a seeker for fortune with community tidbits. Readers meet June social notes, birthday wishes, club reports, visiting relatives, church auxiliary plans, and local residents like J W Phillips and families in Texarkana, Baton Rouge, and El Dorado, all amid bustling daily life and Emancipation Day reflections.
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O. McIntyre
Hope
South Walnut Street
J. W. Phillips
Mr. Phillips
Missouri
Arkansas
Timon
It Lucks Ike a Bill The DeLand Mystery
Mrs DeLand questions a spree of purchases showing packages with no return addresses. A clock, dictionary and pipe set arrive at $19.95 $17.50 and $18.25 as suspicion grows. The note hints racketeers used obituaries to target bereaved homes with unclaimed bills.
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Mary Delland
Ann
Cannes First Presbyterian Services and Meetings
The Cannes First Presbyterian invites worshipers to Sunday school at 3:45 for all ages, morning service at 10 55, Young Peoples Vesper at 6 45, Evening Service at 7 30, and a monthly Auxiliary meeting Monday. Mid week service at 7 20.
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Young Peoples
Evangelistic Effort Month At First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church led by William R. Hamilton reports high Sunday school attendance in April and designates May for enlisting pupils in Christian interest. June focuses on evangelistic effort with no visiting evangelist or special meetings. Services listed: 8:45 am Sunday school, 10 am morning worship on "God Man Salvation," 7 pm Baptist Training Union, 7 pm study in values. Everyone is invited.
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Christ
Kingdom of God
God
Baptist Training Union
Serlwice
Tered
Mulching as a Sail-Saver for Erosion Control
The Soil Conservation Service promotes mulching as an easy cheap erosion control method. Farmers use manure straw and reed waste to mulch gullies and bare patches, improving pasture growth, retaining moisture, and protecting young vegetation. Mulching enriches soil and, with fertilizer, helps restore fertility in eroded areas.
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Sail Conservation Service
Rgd
George Weahingteh
Vernon
Soil Conservation Service
Autrey Wilson
Hope Soil- Conservation ‘Project
Bermuda
Wilson
Varmera
County 4-H Club Dress Contest Winners Named
The county wide 4-H dress contest held in Hope listed winners across divisions with Melba Bennett Patmos 4-H club and Willie Mac Johnson Hope 4-H club taking top spots in Best Dress and Wash Sport Dress. First place winners qualify for the state contest at Fayetteville in August. clubs represented include Hope Rocky Mound Blevins Spring Hill Patmos Guernsey.
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Hal
Hope
Ohlock
Miss Bullington
Laura Dodnedt
Melba Bennett
Patmos
Willie Mac Johnson
Naomi Derryberry
Blevins
Fay Griffin
Guernsey
Norma Wiggins
Frances” Huett
Fayetteville
Rocky Mound
Spring Hill
Camels Introduced to Southwest Desert in Early Test
A monumental Quartzite Ari commemorates the camels' introduction into the southwestern desert for use. The experiment proved unsuccessful and did not meet expectations.
Shall We Dance at Saenger Rialto and Way Out West at Rialto
The Saenger shows Shall We Dance with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers as top stars backed by Harriet Hector and Eric Blore, promising spectacular dance numbers. The Rialto features Laurel and Hardy in Way Out West, touted as their funniest feature, running Sunday through Tuesday.
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Saenger - Rialto
Ginger Rogers
The
Saenger
Astaire
Miss Rogers
Harriet Hector
America
Edward Evert Horton
Eric Blore
Laurel and Hardy
Way Out West
Rialto
Quoted Leaders Warn of War and Tax Evasion Trends
A collection of quotes reflects fears over European conflict and government policy. Senator William Boral cautions dictators view people as fuel for war, while Chamberlain predicts critical years ahead in Europe. Roosevelt discusses tax dodges by the rich prompting broader evasion, and E H Wilking advocates college leadership. Dr Hugo Evkener claims Germans do not want war.
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U. S
William B. Boral
Idaho
Europe
Buehint
Chamberain
Roosevelt
E. H. Wilking
Oberlin College
Hugo Evkener
Foolish? All This Actually Possible Foolish?
Preston Grover reports a satirical future history arguing a drift toward isolationism and protectionism in the United States, tracing echoes of 19th and 20th century policy shifts. It imagines Admiral Perry Moto and a reversal of Perry’s past, with strict neutrality and censorship shaping world affairs and domestic prosperity.
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Preston Grover
Washington
Perry
United States
Europe
League of National
United Staten
Far East
Roosevelt
Russia
America
Admiral Perry-Moto
San Francisco
Admiral Perry
Traffic deaths and injuries in California rise
The California motor vehicle department estimates that in the last few years 23,010 persons have been killed and a quarter million injured in traffic accidents within the state.
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California Motor Vehicle Department
Fragmentary China education notes in wartime dispatches
Disjointed excerpts describe map experts, weather, and civilian education amid China Kuomintang leadership and wartime concerns. References touch on Alaska, a radio station, and universities being reorganized under a Ministry of Education plan, with aim to train competent staff.
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East Gilade
Alaska
Fis
Nanking
China
Ministry of Education
Est
Newspal
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