20 May 1930
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1930
Page
1
Genevieve Buchanan, a pretty co ed at the University of Mawati, is elected Lei queen to rule over Del Day in a San Francisco area beauty contest. The set she wears on her chair and around her neck is noted.
A scanned page presents a dense, garbled crossword puzzle section with scattered clues, numbers, and hints. It includes mixed fragments like Lover at Helet, Mineral andne Beonoun, Munige, and various obscure terms, suggesting a late 19th or early 20th century puzzle page with stylized spellings and stray marginal notes.
The Star outlines a platform to develop Hope’s municipal power plant, improve sanitation and air conditions, support scientific agricultural progress in Hempstead County, and boost cooperative farming. It advocates state highway progress, tax reform, and efficient government through expenditure reform, highlighting Arkansas cattle tick concerns.
Weather and flood conditions hit western Arkansas as a storm swirls over Murfreesboro to Hot Springs. Editors report rough rainfall, river high water, and the fragile condition of roads like No. 27 and No. 67, with officials noting the need to rebuild flood-prone mountain highways.
The North Pole expedition led by Sir Hubert Wilkins seeks the Navy to charter the submarine C-12 to drill through 60 foot ice, add a balloon observation system and a bow observation chamber with bright lights. The plan echoes Verne’s submarine in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, though not as luxurious as his fictional craft.
Rodney Dutcher highlights a rising crisis in the machine age where automation displaces workers faster than new jobs appear. He cites AFL data, German and American plants, and examples from textiles, glass, steel, and railroads to show how mechanization erodes employment while output soars, urging attention to the social costs.
Mr Garner proposes splitting Texas into five states to boost southern influence. He notes Texas at 53,175 square miles per state if divided equally, about Arkansas size, with 1.2 million people per state, ranking with Maryland and Colorado in population but larger than Delaware or Wyoming. He says he does not expect to seek a new senator seat.
Washington May 20 Representative John Garner Democrat Texas minority leader of the House outlined a plan to boost the South in the Senate and in national elections by dividing Texas into up to five states. He argued this would yield eight more senators and electoral votes, claiming the North Atlantic bloc has long held sway in federal policy. The speech touched on regional power and cited Fordney and McFadden era bills as examples of policies that could favor the South with more votes. The rest of the text mentions a $779,500 Texas revenue figure and a separate anecdote about a negro porter given moonshine, ending with a Splinters comment about the joke.
An assorted op ed fragment cites Edison misquoting poetry and odd regional quirks. It references Em poria Kansas residents with few dress suits, Mussolini campaigns for “more Malian babies,” and a missionary claim about America corrupting India. The piece ends with a mock inquiry about the Naval treaty.
The column notes ongoing Kiddies Club activities after rain with calls to submit room captain names by Saturday. It highlights an upcoming singing novelty and a funny comedy, plus the feature story Young Man of Manhattan with camelly and dancing. Birthday list for the week will be published tomorrow.
A tense scene on the Senate floor ends with Senator Overman misreading a personal letter as the official memo during the Parker appointment debate. The misread caused laughter as he corrected himself and sent the proper note to the desk while gallery spectators roared.
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