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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1931
Page
4
At Wallingford lumber schooner MOM N POP berthed to discharge cargo two armed men boarded and forced chief engineer W J Allicks to yield ham and bacon. In Pullman Washington rabies vaccination for dogs urged nationwide by Dr S I Wegner. In Saugus Massachusetts car theft reported as starting with a stalled auto and missing tire.
An elegiac verse honors William L Barton of Amarillo and a series of social notices from Amarillo describe visits, illnesses, gatherings, and events. People from Gordon to Little Rock are noted along with church and club activities, including a Friday bridge club gathering and a Presbyterian banquet reminder.
London reports the death of the famed war pigeon Lightning at age 17. The bird, a red chequer cock, carried intelligence for the navy during early North Sea campaigns and earned every service medal yet could not wear them. Only one survivor remains from wartime carrier pigeons, Old Bill, after the loss of Rupert to a prowling cat.
SAN PEDRO CAL A report from the port describes piracy at sea taking a new turn as a lumber schooner bound for market was targeted by an organized scheme. No injuries reported. Investigations underway by maritime authorities and local police.
A testimonial claims Mrs. A Connor reduced stomach gas and food fears after using Adlavika. The ad asserts rapid relief and a full bowels cleaning, contrasting with medicines that supposedly cleanse only part of the bowel. Gibson Drug Co. advertises the product.
Life saver Mary Jane Carter, a 1-year-old athletic teacher at Louisiana State University, rescued a man and a girl in the Gulf of Mexico at Biloxi Mississippi, and a week later saved a woman at a pool in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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