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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1937
Page
3
Washington reports Congress moving slowly in the president’s absence as wage and hour bills, new farm measures, and court controversy compromises await Roosevelt’s return from a Gulf trip. The Senate wasn’t in session and the House handled mainly private bills.
Mary Delia Carrigan daughter of Mr and Mrs Steve Carrigan was chosen publicity committee chair for the May Day Mother's Day celebration at Hendrix College on May 8 and 3. She has led campus roles including maid in the homecoming and Mayday courts and held offices in Theta Mu Alpha Chi and Hendrix Players.
The ad lauds the Dictator as the strongest safest and quietest steel structured six with spacious interior and large trunks. It highlights fram oil cleaner gas saving overdrive non slam doors and Helen Dryden styling urging readers to secure low time payment terms.
Miss Fan nie Hatch and Tokio Miss Ruby Wisdom visited in Nashville during the last days of last week. Several local residents, including A. C. Holt and Harshel Wiscom, were business visitors in Nashville Saturday. A son was born Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Pete Maroon. Saturday hosts included Mr. and Mrs. Noah Cletner with their children and Lewis Gatcher, both visiting Nashville or nearby Bingen. Miss Mavis Warren and Roy Wisdom, both of this place, wed Saturday night. Various visits occurred among the McLarty, Furnatter, Higgins, Warren, and Woods families in Nashville, Mt Pleasant, and Prescott areas.
Los Angeles records show no fatal accidents at the Welshire Boulevard and Western Avenue intersection for seven and a half years. City Council President Robert L. Burns notes about 200 million cars and 10 million people have passed through without a fatality.
A Machinery Institute pamphlet reports 20 common machine-made goods cost far less in buying power than in 1914. Wages rose from 1914 to 1937, lowering the time needed to earn purchases. Hat prices, shoes, bulbs, tobacco, and other items show substantial wage gains outpacing price changes.
The Midamerica Corp led by George A Bull of Munck Ind sold Var Sweringen railroad and real estate assets in an estimated 8 million dollar deal. One purchaser was Frank F P Kolbe a New York investment broker age 44 with partner Robert R Young and Allan P Kirby of Wilkes Barre Pa in the transaction.
Basque government defenders of Bilbao charged that an Italian destroyer and seven insurgent fighting ships massed off the Basque port to prevent the evacuation of 2,300 women, children, and old men. They vowed to carry out the refugee evacuation Wednesday night in Spanish ships protected outside the three mile line, with France as the destination.
Arkansas Governor Bailey announced the state will close on the sale of Tucker prison farm properties within the next few months after completing an appraisal. The administration aims to liquidate the assets and finalize the sale promptly.
In Lincoln county the Tucker farm sale plan would shift all prison activities to Cummins farm and the governor met with RA and prison industry officials in Washington on his prison program. Nate Korehmer of the Oklahoma Waste Trade Dealers' Association notes junk and scrap items are being gathered to be sold abroad for armaments in Beaumont Texas.
Mae Gazette filed suit in United District Court alleging piracy and infringement by Paramount Pictures and others over Klondike. The motion picture co front Mac West's magazine allegedly used a masthead in 1935 and depicted an actress reading a copy of the zine.
A dated health advisory urges women to quote Cardus and try Cardui for functional pains and malnutrition related weakness. It claims Cardui increases appetite, aids digestion, and boosts resistance, while advising consultation with a physician or pharmacist if Cardui fails or for pronunciation guidance.
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