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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1931
Page
2
The Star notes a 1931 platform emphasizing improved sanitary conditions and economic support through scientific agriculture. It highlights cooperation between rural and urban areas, urging state highway program efficiency and better government administration to boost local development.
The piece argues the large federal deficit stems from a decade or two of rising costs, noting federal outlays near 4.5 billion dollars amid WWI-era comparisons. It stresses states benefit from federal highway and guard funding, and asserts state lines are porous, urging no easy cuts to federal expenditures despite protests. It highlights evolving views of government and interdependence among states in defense and infrastructure.
An editorial argues the car shifts welfare dilemmas from simple theft to subsistence needs. It notes a Cleveland man siphoned gas from another car, prompting questions if poverty justifies auto theft. It discusses welfare limits on aid to auto owners and the car as a modern necessity and leisure, urging nuanced view of those clinging to their vehicles amid destitution.
A Washington column critiques public health warnings on meat consumption in heat, noting political pushback by meat interests and press coverage. It lampoons censorship, Mussolini and Butler disputes, Nye’s expenses, and Prohibition raids near the White House area, ending with a jab at Amos Pinchot and unemployment remarks.
Two noted church leaders, Rev. Charles Emilson Burton and Rev. Franke G Coffin, will play key roles in an expected union of Congregational and Christian denominations at a national convention in Seattle Washington from June 25 to July 3. Burton serves as executive secretary of the National Council of the Congregational Church and Coffin as president of the General Convention of the Christian Church. A constitutional draft has been prepared.
A fragmented local column notes weather influences on crops and social visits. Sightings include the Hodwella and Vines at New Hope Church, Hamp Huett and family visiting Sanford in Hamp, Harold Sanford at Centerville Lodge, Nelile Leach and son Leo in Hope, Rogéta of Hope visiting Mary Rogers, Sidney BE Hurt spending days in Hope Milton Otwell with P P Otwell at Harmody heat Sutton, Grady Reece Milton Caudle families visiting, and a potato crop surge reported as sweet potatoes are being planted widely.
Perth based reports indicate Avatridl yields refined gold from the Gwella mine. Production in Biase shows a gain of ten percent year over year, with Hoover's oversight credited for the progress and continued recovery of valuable ore.
Miss Edna LaGrone hosted the Monday afternoon meeting with the group known as the Sterling Girls. Hugh Yates, a popular Foster Hardware salesman from Little Rock, attended from the local area, and Sterling Godfrey joined from Fulerton for the event.
Ten years ago Miss Maude Hamilton left yesterday to spend the summer with the Ivey sister Mrs C F Holmes at Batesville. Mrs W M Hart Glenn Hart and Geraldine Murphy have returned from a visit with relatives in Little Rock and Pine Bluff. Miss Leta Moses has returned home after an extended stay at Marshall Texas. Ed Shepperson of Columbus was here on business yesterday.
A playful note warns that the boa constrictor may digest a golf ball. It cites a golfer who should watch the ball closely to avoid losing an eye and to keep focus on the game.
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