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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1931
Page
3
London pubs largely passed the ha penny tax on beer in the revised budget to customers but some serve milder ales at the old price. Brewers create a special brand selling at six cents a half pint, maintaining the prior cost in spite of the levy.
Behind the scenes at Temple Cotton Oil in Hope a 24 hour operation employs 55 men to process cottonseed into numerous byproducts. The plant produces hulls, livestock feed, lint for bedding and rayon, meal or cake, and crude oil for dressings and shortenings. At Hope the process moves seed through gins, hullers, crackers, and presses, with daily weighing records and a shift-driven labor force.
Representative Granfield of Massachusetts lodges protest with the Post Office Department over replacing jute twine with cotton. He notes Ludlow’s 2,000,000 pounds annual supply and warns that bidding without jute favors cotton, risking eight Ludlow workers out of jobs if cotton twine is adopted.
Restoration work on the Hartenfels chapel in Torgau Germany aims to return the site to its 1545 condition when Martin Luther dedicated it. Major efforts focus on rebuilding and improving the organ and other key features to reflect the original Protestant church.
Washington reports Gov. Pinchot of Pennsylvania pressed Republican Independents and several senators including Brookhart Frazier Borah and Couzens on unemployment relief. He hinted at possible future conferences, while facing some opposition from Senator Couzens.
Nashville reports the Howard County Red Cross roll call aims to exceed its member quota with opening day on Armistice Day November 11 and a drive through Thanksgiving. Arkansas seeks a favorable report to counter national opinion about recovery from last year’s drought. Last year the Red Cross raised 10,894,5 in drought relief, with Arkansas receiving the largest share.
The navy approved a contract to build the ZRS-5 sister ship of the Akron at Goodyear Zeppelin with 11 months from the Akron’s departure. It will cost 2.45 million dollars and be armed and commissioned at Lakehurst after delivery. A separate 18-plane contract and a Sunnyvale hangar foundation contract were issued, with completion targets by March 1932.
Speed! Spent! Speed! drivers will dash around the mille oval at the Louisiana State Fair in Shreveport. Races sanctioned by the International Motor Contest Association run October 24 to November 1 with finals on October 25 and November 1. Noted drivers will vie for records and thrills for auto race fans.
Charlottesville observes the first Free Press Day with a dedication of a room at Monticello to the Freedom of the Press. Editors legislators and educators attend. Claude G. Bowers and Colonel Robert McCormick are among speakers and organizers.
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