Poem Seeks Joyful Path and Local Weekend News
A reflective lyric opens the page as Miss Mollie Hatch plans a weekend visit to Ozan with Mrs. Ben Goodlett. Local social notes report a surprise going away shower for Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Whitten as they move to Longview, plus multiple visits, travel plans, and faculty movements of Hope area residents including teachers and relatives across Arkansas and nearby states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie Hatch
Ben Goodlett
Ozan
Elizabeth Bernier
Little Rock
New York
Boston
East
Oe Ao
Emmet Whitten
South Grady Street
Curtis Urrey
Grady Beard
Hope Basket Factory
Whitten
Longview
Graha
Labor Policy Aim Sparks House Budget Clash
The House faced a heated debate over an amendment to labor relief funding. Proponents argued the amendment would target rural schools and dwellers unreachable by REA while critics warned of a veto and harmful cuts to Works Progress Administration rolls. Administration leaders urged against earmarking funds, fearing reduced emergency capacity.
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Lwuse
Boland
Pennsylvania
PWA
Works Progress Administration
Rayburn
Representative Cannons
Dem
Appropriations Committee
Rockefeller’s move to create the Standard Oil Company
The text discusses early oil industry struggles to curb production and raise prices through agreements or codes. It highlights Rockefeller’s shift from trade pacts to forming a single corporation, uniting refineries under Standard Oil, and converting plants and stock into a centralized system to control the refining industry. Smaller producers resisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Rockefeller
Tittle
Unat
Standard Oil Company
Tadce Standard Oil
Cui
Strip Cropping and Contour Cultivation Methods Erosion Control
Farmers with the Soil Conservation Service report drip cropping combined with contour cultivation greatly reduces soil loss, with erosion resistant bands of dense vegetation slowing water flow. Oats sorghum peas clovers are effective strips, forming part of a coordinated erosion program.
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Soil Conservation Service
Quilts Build Roads in Texas Concrete Paving
In Austin Texas officials report cotton quilts used as curing mats for new pavement. The moist cotton mats kept surface temperature steady and prevented cracking, proving more efficient than indian hemp stems. About 20 000 mats have been used and the same mat reused multiple times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
India
Rockefeller and the rise of the holding company tactics
The article reviews John D. Rockefeller's career, noting his restraint in stock market manipulation and focus on producing the best product at fair prices. It explains his use of trusts and holding companies, his ruthless suppression of rivals, and the social and economic misreadings of his era. It highlights his retirement wealth and the shift to kerosene and gasoline markets.
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Rockefeller
W. C. T. Dadil
New Jersey
Low
Rockefeler
Setive
Standard Oil
Hempstead County Forms Charity Committee Meeting
County chairmen and civic groups join the Sick and Crippled Childrens committee of Hempstead County as the Arkansas Children’s Home and Hospital of Little Rock collaborates. A county meeting is set for 10 o’clock Saturday morning May 2 in the Hope city hall council chamber to plan outreach and assist sick and crippled children up to age 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Su Fteth
Rider Hag
R. Harrison
Hope
Sick and
Judge Rider
Harrison
Hempstead County
C.S. Hanby
Hempstead
Kiwanis Club
Bingen
Bright Star
Presbyterian Church
Green Laseter
Rotary Club
Blegins Home
Hanby
Bargain Day At Rialto And Saenger Features Shirley Temple
On bargain days Rialto presents Shirley Temple in Little Miss Marker with Adolphe Menjou and two short subjects. Saenger displays Warren William and Karen Morley in Outcast, plus Errol Flynn in The Prince and the Pauper with complete Paramount News Coronation pictures and a full news reel.
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Rialto Saenger
Saenger
Rialto
Shirley Temple
Adolphe Menjou
Miss Marker
Swanke
Warren William
Karen Morley
Errol Flynn
Mark Twain
Cake Walk at Patmos High School Saturday Night
A public entertainment featuring a cake walk will be held at Patmos High School Saturday night. The program was postponed from last week due to rain.
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Patmos
Patmos High School
Meeting speaker scheduled for 10 Saturday in Hope City Hall
A meeting at Hope City Hall will feature a speaker at 10 on Saturday morning. The event is organized to address local concerns and invites residents to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Fifth Sunday Meet at Garrett Memorial Baptist Church Hope
The Hempstead-Miller association holds its regular fifth Sunday meeting at Garrett Memorial Baptist Church in Hope on May 39. Programs include a Starday devotional at 9:45 a.m., Sunday school rally at 10 a.m., preaching at 11 a.m., lunch at noon, associational mission work at 1:30 p.m., and a discussion on the spiritual condition of the churches at 2 p.m. The event involves multiple church messengers and clergy.
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Hempstead-Miller Association
Garrett Memorial Baptist Church
Hope
Homer Henry
L. E. Haney
D. N. Jackson
W. H. Stingly
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J. C. Shults
Fulton
City
Cabinet On
White House
Henry Gabeovk
Doris Moses
Charles Yontz
Mirton Carlton
Helen Perdue
Louw
Taunt
Chas Briant
Pardue
Louann High School
Williamsburg
William & Mary College
James Li Jamison
Prescott
Etta Champlin
Nashville
Maury Williger
Enid
Oklo
J. J. Jones
Emmet
J. W. Burrows
Springfield
E. C. Robertson
Mr. Robertson
South Main Street
She
Sunda
Saenger Toni
Sasinger
Janet Gaynor
Pam
Jae Srevast
Simon James TH
Teaven
Leo Carillo
Louise Fazenda
M-Gem
June Travis Craig Reynolds
Stephin Fetcher
Hope Basket Company
Emmett Whitten
Earth
Hercules Star System
Eaipdines
Ark
A. C. Erwin
Hope Star
THE
Shipley Studio
Walnut Street
Garrett Baptist
University of
Naples
Italy
Roy Anderson
Fornade
F. D. Henry
A. J. Neighbours
W. R Alexander
Ford
Universal
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