05 May 1931
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1931
Page
1
The article outlines a city led effort to build and modernize the municipal power plant and expand sanitary improvements in business districts and backyards. It highlights Chamber of Commerce support for a yearly all weather road program and a state highway initiative to promote efficiency and lower expenditures.
The state was served notice that a referendum petition on the 90 day divorce bill would be filed by June 10. Opponents argue the change costs taxpayers, citing $57,000 spent last fall on publication and election expenses. The Star urges careful use of public funds, noting the grounds for divorce remain unchanged and urging voters to consider legislative reform at the polls.
The Empire State Building is hailed as the tallest man made structure on the island and the world. Construction began May 17 last year and finished in just over a year, showcasing rapid building methods and remarkable engineering.
Mr and Mera Eimer Notlon and sor Doyle from Witk Texas visit relatives at Spring II Sunday. Edel Turner and family spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs John Mofgat at Evening Shade. Mr and Mrs Jeasta Atkins and children from Holly Grove spent time with Ben Wilson and family. Mora Lee, daughter, returned home after spending the week with Doorthy June Wilson. Mr and Mrs EB Marvel and Mr and Mrs John Harvel visited Finis Harvel and Lee Violentine at Hope. Ben McBoy of Sheppard joined Miss Marie Reid for a Sunday visit. Alph and Floyd Smith attended Epworth League in Washington Tuesday night.
Government experts weighed Nicaragua and Panama routes noting a second canal could save time for Gulf to Pacific transit, while military value arguments fade. Officials project Panama usage steady but declining, with 1940s capacity plans and a possible third lock system or full new canal costing up to 800 million dollars under study.
Twenty five years ago Van Ware and Len Sanders recounted a fishing trip to Vaughn Lake on Saturday. Pebe McRae Ed Stewart and A M Key visited Vaughn's Lake on Thursday. Jules A Aubert recently arrived from Fullerton California left for that place Thursday and bought valuable property he will not claim until fall.
Delegates from Arkansas Inter-School Contest Association and Arkansas Athletic Association arrive in Hope for the fourteenth annual gathering. Mrs. W. C. Cresison of Hot Springs returns home after visiting Miss Lenna Leaner at the Parks home. Mrs. Judith Briggs Craig leaves Rocky Mound country home for California after months with her parents.
A humorous note suggests the newborn from an airplane birth will boast of his descent while a Paris hotel charges high rates for Alfonso. Observers view him as a novelty tourist as film era talkies influence actors and producers.
Lester Vail emerges as a rising screen personality after a bright stage career. A Stanford graduate of 1922, he toured Asia with a dramatic troupe, returned home, then moved to San Francisco and New York. Herbert Brennen secured his long term deal as hero lead for a major talking picture Beau Ideal mirrored the path that brought Ralph Forbes into Brenen's silent Beau Geste.
Green Lase tra and Mrs C F Baker were inner guests of Mr and Mrs Miller Btwart Bundhy. Mrs G P Putman of Oak Grove spent a few hours with Mrs J Cumbia Friday afternoon.
Sizable cast includes Ralph Forbes and Lareds Young for the Beau Geste sequel Beau Ideal at the Swenger Theatre. Vail, a Denver native who moved to California as a youth, rose at Stanford in drama and athletics and stands six feet tall with a vigorous, forceful presence.
Mrs. John Dodd of Charleston West Virginia describes a two year struggle with dull headaches and bilious symptoms. She credits Thedford's Black Draught with relief from constipation and increased energy after using the vegetable medicine. A second testimonial from Mrs. B F Ogughy of Sherman Texas extols its efficacy for biliousness and cleansing the system.
Sunday visits marked a weekend in Texarkana with Mr. and Mrs Andy Jordan and Mire JForrent, while SinreEllis of Rocky Mound stayed with sister and Mr. and Mrs Bart Fincher. Bearden family spent Sunday with Mrs Hugh Heard and children of Hope. Beardens traveled to Little Rock by bus. Abils Ellis and children of Bluff Springs and Ralph Hunt joined Miss Beardens to DeAnn Sunday. Vesta Johnson of Hope remains with home folks this week.
Rey Fincher was guest of Mr. and Mrs. J F Cumbie Sunday. Ray Cumbie of Hope spent Wednesday night with relatives. Mrs. Earl Ross of Quick Grove called on Mrs. J T Cumbie. Edna Stuart and Betilee Cumbie spent weekends with friends and family in Rocky Mound and with grandparents Mr and Mrs J H Woodue of Hope.
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