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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1938
Page
11
A guide from a Manhattan vacationer offers manners for both women and men at seaside and mountain retreats. Advice covers avoiding gushing, cattiness, or squawking, staying tactful about bills, and not overestimating chances for lasting romances.
In Paris a widow won a case overturning the old rule that pedestrians struck outside safety zones could not claim damages. The ruling recognizes pedestrians as human and not fair game for motorists in such cross street incidents.
Hutchinson Kansas reports county population drop from 56 217 to 55 587 reducing pay for county court clerks below required levels. The census affects clerk salaries and county budgets.
Movie scrapbook notes Cary Grant in Oscar Hammerstein works at operas and in The Ste loliE Municipal Opera Company. During filming of Holiday he did nip ups and acrobatic turns on the Hippodrome stage New York. Grant is a former trick-walker with a baritone voice and handy hobbies. He plays piano on set and builds inventions including a seven foot long bed with radio bookcase lamp and smoking stand.
A tribute to Bruner Ivory Handle Company on its fiftieth anniversary frames industry as the town’s backbone. The piece argues Hope’s economic life hinges on diversified local manufacturing, payrolls, material flows, and consumer spending. It notes industry strengthens living standards and supports civic vitality through local jobs and prosperity.
Hollywood critic Robbin Coons calls Blockade a significant milestone amid month of films. Henry Fonda stars as a farmer defender amid Spanish conflict intrigue with Madeline Carroll and John Halliday. Dieterle’s direction hinted as lacking polish but score by Werner Jensen praised. cast includes Leo Carillo Reginald Denny and Vladimir Sokoloff.
Melva Bullington notes kitchen table height may affect doctor bills as homemakers adjust work surfaces. Mrs. A. W. Martin of Hopewell replaces old tables with built in cabinets tailored to her height. Ida A. Fenton of the University of Arkansas cites firms studying posture and job tools to fit individual workers.
Arkansas home demonstration club women study working surface height and posture, noting adjustable ironing boards for mixed statures and low kitchen tables for young helpers. Extension nutritionist Miss Gertrude Conant stresses peaches' vitamin loss when cooked, shares fresh serving ideas and several peach recipes.
Seattle reports Washington Sugar Week marking revival of the sugar beet industry. From 1910 experimental planting in Yakima Valley to 1929 losses from whiteflies, federal research led by Dr. Eubanks Carshet produced a beet variety resistant to pests, enabling 1934 commercial growth. Now about 18 000 acres under 1 000 growers worth an estimated 1.5 million dollars, employing thousands in Yakima and Whatcom counties. The nursery rhyme Three Blind Mice note ends the piece.
A traditional method to make peach ice cream using milk eggs sugar salt peach pulp and cream. Scald milk and whisk with sugar and salt then add to eggs in a double boiler until coat. Strain, chill, then fold in peach pulp and whipped cream before freezing with ice and salt.
AP feature profiles J Henry Smythe Jr who resembles Franklin D Roosevelt in height weight and age. A Republican known as Teddy Roosevelt’s cheerleader in 1904 and a famed slogan writer, Smythe discusses fame and his role in promoting the Franklin memorial movement while noting he earns attention from being a Roosevelt double. He cites past Fifth Avenue parades and compares himself to George M. Cohan. He says his looks are his own but appreciates the spotlight and the nation’s memory of patriotic causes. He hints at potential earnings from slogans but focuses on patriotism and public service.
In Rawlins Wyoming a rancher recalls that his old license plates were valid in 1934 1935 1996 and 1937 until a highway patrolman questioned them He believed any old set would do if driven only on country roads and asked why they were not valid in 1934.
Durban report states John Lewis aged 50 another Titanic survivor from 1912 died when a fishing coat capsized in Durban bay. The incident is described as an accidental drowning with no indication of foul play.
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