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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1938
Page
3
A retired public official appeals for broader aid reform, urging lawmakers to address gaps in funding and oversight. He warns that current policies may fail to sustain vulnerable communities and calls for targeted allocations and accountability measures.
Governor Bailey plans to leave Arkansas for a week to attend a national emergency council conference on the South's economic problems in Washington. He faces opposition from R. A. Cook and Walter S. McNutt and had pledged a different, restrained campaign. Bailey’s staff indicates formal campaign headquarters may open next week in a downtown hotel.
An old newspaper ad touts Calotabs as a pleasant calomel laxative and diuretic. It claims Calotabs clean the system by morning, refresh the head and spirit, and restore appetite, urging readers to buy the checker-board package for twenty five cents or ten cents trial.
The text notes Rhode Island fitted out two sloops two days before the Battle of Bunker Hill, marking them as the first armed American vessels commissioned by any public authority. It also mentions speculation about governor campaign managers, naming Joe K. Mahoney, Thomas Fitzhugh, J. Paul Ward, and Bailey Bland among others in recent days.
LITTLE ROCK Board of Law Examiners announced that 23 candidates who took the bar examination earlier this week passed. James E Embree of Hope is named among those qualified to practice law.
A geologic overview proposes that continents shifted into contact with Asia and Europe billions of years ago, aligning North America with nearby landmasses at multiple historical intervals. The piece discusses plate tectonics and the long arc of Earth's continental assembly.
Chicago reports the National Safety Council notes a large drop in traffic deaths with May showing a seven month decline. Statisticians credit 378 lives saved as May fatalities total 2280 versus 3120 in 1937. First five months show 11,100 deaths, down from 14,090, with travel not reduced.
Deaths dropped 20 percent, then actually rose 3 percent. Most states improved with Vermont posting the sharpest five month decline at 11 percent. Pennsylvania fell 38 percent, saving 361 lives. Leading cities by population reported per capita death rates through May, Milwaukee 5.2, St Louis 4.4, Boston 9.8, Evanston Illinois, the largest community without a traffic death.
The article notes early use of fireflies in hollowed-nut dishes as “batteries” before electricity was discovered. It also states nearly 1000 miles of standard gauge railroad track were laid in France during World War I, with materials shipped from America.
In Dallas hearings the five s of opposition from shipping and cooperative farm interests faced Texas railroads seeking about 250000 dollars in extra revenue for cotton transport this season. Rates would rise by 1 cent per pound for short hauls, 2 cents for mid ranges, and 4 cents over long distances to offset raises since 1937. L E B Estes of the American Town Cotton Co operative Association testified he represents 100000 producers and noted tolls reduce farm prices. Examiner C R McNamben or Texas Railroad Commission led the hearing.
Tokyo reports twenty one dead and fifteen missing as record rains hit Japan's main islands. Weather officials warn of ongoing danger as rivers burst banks and floods threaten homes, farmland, and transportation across the country.
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