The Star's Platform for Hope City Progress 1930
The Star outlines Hope City's plan to finance a municipal power plant and improve sanitary conditions, with Chamber of Commerce support for all weather roads and reduced dirt mileage. It promotes cooperative effort, highway progress, tax reform, and efficient government to aid Hempstead county farmers and cattle tick control.
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Hope Ity
Rand
The
Chamber of Commerce
Hempstead
Price That Was Paid for American Heritage
Excerpted diary entries from a wagon train pioneer dated November 18, 1847 describe brutal travel conditions. A woman recounts hunger, cold, and fatigue as she marches with a baby while tending sick husband and exhausted children. The piece exhorts readers to honor pioneers by striving to be worthy of their sacrifice.
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America
National Education Association
Oregon
Welch’s
A Pilot’s Skill Lets Mail Plane Land On Tiny Park
Pilot Robert P. Hopkins, flying a heavy mail load to Cleveland for National Air Transport, circled in dense fog for 90 minutes before landing on a small lakeside park patch. The landing was precise and no one was hurt, but wings had to be removed next day to extract the plane between the trees.
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Air Mail
Robert P. Hopkins
Cleveland
National Air Transport
Good News on Dennett Case Reversal by Federal Court
The federal circuit court of appeals reversed the conviction of Mary Ware Dennett, the Brooklyn grandmother jailed for mailing a pamphlet of sex instructions. The pamphlet, written for her sons, was endorsed by medical groups and supported by church organizations, making the prior conviction seem a perversion of justice.
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Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Mary Ware Dennett
Brooklyn
Businessmen as Diplomats: Willys Named Ambassador to Poland
The article argues for using business leaders as diplomats and cites Dwight Morrow’s Mexico post as a precedent. It notes John N. Willys, the auto magnate, has been named ambassador to Poland and suggests his success would validate the policy. It praises drawing on industry brains to represent the nation abroad.
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Dwight Morrow
Mexico
John N. Willys
Poland
Willys
Mr. Morrow
Supreme Court Justices React To Hughes Chief Justice Debate
A Washington letter recalls the Senate fight over Judge Hughes to become chief justice. Conservative justices reportedly fumed at attacks on economic practices and ethics while liberals Holmes Brandeis and Stone seemed amused. Anecdotes of Hughes at Brown University include a German beer hall recital session and a desk obit he wrote for a professor. The piece notes public fascination with Rudy Vallee’s Capitol entry and the War Department social scene as wives and officials reacted.
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Rodney Dutcher
NBA Service
Washington
Supreme Court
Senate
Hughes
Holmes
Brandeis
Stone
Epeaa Supreme Court
Jody
Rudy Vallee
War Department
Rudy
National Press Club
Schamann Weink Told She Could Not Sing in Vienna
The famed grand opera and convert singer Schamann Weink was told in Vienna by her first instructor that she would never sing. He suggested she seek help from friends who helped her reach Vienna to buy a sewing machine.
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Schamann Weink
Vienna
Mississippi wife writes rhymed confession poem wins praise
A Mississippi woman who authored a rhymed confession of murdering her husband is celebrated as a spring poet after her verse was printed.
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Mississippi
Bovine Banter Over Air Travel Sparks City Guffaws
A playful column riffs on naval parleys and fake claims while joking about a cow milked midflight in St. Louis. The writer recalls neighbor Dease Dorsthy touting Bossy Gillis as a prize bovine, mixing humor with urban imagery.
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St. Louis
Dease Dorsthy
Gillis
Cardui praised by Greenswood resident for health boost
Mrs W D Taylor of 1313 Carrollton Ave Greenswood recounts severe long term pains and nervous illness. After using Cardui cordials she reports rapid improvement after three bottles and urges others to try the medicinal herb remedy.
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Greenswood
W. D. Taylor
Carrollton Avenue
News of Other Days from Star section
Earl Gibson and Jack Hervey spent Thursday in Stamps. Ben Nolan of Ashdown was in Hope Wednesday. George Rosenburg of Fulton spent Wednesday in Hope.
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Earl Gibson
Jack Hervey
Ben Nolan
Ashdown
Hope
George Rosenburg
Fulton
Local social news and visits from Texarkana to Nashville
Hany Henry met Abin Waals ington Thursday afternoon. Dr. M. Citty of Ozan was in town. Mrs. R. T. White visited Texarkana this week. After a pleasant visit with relatives and friends, Miss Daisy Morris of Chicago returns to Nashville for a long stay. Mrs. R. J. Duke of Texarkana visits her parents, Floyd Duke and family, in the city. Mrs. D. H. Lipscomb leaves for Brownstown to visit her mother. Miss Mable Ethridge hosted a Woman’s Christian Temperance Union meeting on North Main street. Misses Abie Shelton Kate McLarty Tara Anders Halcyon Polk visit Little Rock, guests of Miss Mozelle Thompson.
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R.T. White
Texarkana
Dent Esatos
W. We Joliassis
Daisy Morris
Chicago
Nashville
R. J. Duke
Texarkahin
J. C. McKay
Floyd Duke
D. H. Lipscomb
Coulter
Brownstown
Mable Ethridge
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
North Main Street
Abie Shelton
Kate McLarty
Tara Anders
Halcyon Polk
Little Rock
Mozelle Thompson
Centerville Weekend Churchgoers and Visits
A Centerville note card records a large Oak Grove crowd for Sunday church services led by Brothers Baker and Harrison. Social visits include Miss Carrie Collier and Lizzy Collier with young folks, Memie McElroy from Deloys Gaynes, Joe Campbell family gatherings, and Emmett visitors Fred Richards and family with Carl Richard family.
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Oak Grove
Baker
Harrison
Carrie
Lizzy Collier
Harlen Saniers
Memie McElroy
H. Skinner
Texarkana
Deloys Gaynes
Vida Anders
John Ames
Joe Campbell
Fred Richards
Emmett
Carl Richard
C. E. Sanders
This Place
Lester Mullins
Pearl Sanders
Coatis Andrews
Dorothy Jear Gaynes
Ruby Dell Skinner
Hempstead County Sheriff and Collector Candidate Pledges
A Hempstead County candidate outlines a platform for Sheriff and Collector promising annual in-person tax collection, expanded precinct access, strict parole enforcement, cooperation with federal authorities for prohibition, and a commitment to enforce all laws while welcoming review of his record. he appeals for support in the upcoming primary.
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Hempstead
Hope
Washington
Bar of Justice
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Edicines
Hope, Atkinses
Aa Wee Star Publishing Company
South Main Street
Howe, Askangad
Almer
Presidentvata
AL Eee Haurn
Publicker
Howard
Miller
LaFayette
Associated Press
Hutton
Col. McCormick
MY Tui ME
Alma
Brown University
Providence
A. J
Garraan
Berlin
Goethe
Princeton
Plunkett
Cardus
the Star
Hany Henry
Abin Waalsington
DR. M. Citty
Ozan
Centerville News
Hempstead County
J. E. Jim Bearden
Consolidated Net Earnings Sites Service CO and Subsidariee Ee Oar
Crties Service NG
Cities Service Company
Consolidated Statement Cities Service Company and Subsidiaries
Cities Service Preferred
Cities Service Securities
Arkansas Natural Gas Corporation
Arkansas-Louisiana Pipeline Company
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