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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1932
Page
2
A clipped archival note discusses post office mailing status at Hope under the 1897 act. The passage situates newspapers as an institution supporting commerce and industry and providing a check on government, reflecting Col R. R. McCormick’s familiar line about the press.
The Star Platform calls for using municipal power plant revenues to fund growth in Italy and Pe Tes Ferman telat, while supporting Hempstead county’s farmer organizations. It favors cooperative effort and progress on the state highway program, plus peerless tax reform and more efficient government through disciplined expenditures.
The article notes Edith Rockefeller McCormick, daughter of a fortune, paid two private detectives $744 monthly to guard her during a long period. It uses her situation to illustrate that wealth brings its own loneliness and that money cannot guarantee happiness or inner peace.
An unspecified Michigan upper peninsula iron firm says on November 1 it will recall 1200 miners not for new demand but to fulfill its duty to workers. Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company reports idle mines and 3,250,000 tons of ore in stock with shipments at 175,000 tons, risking worker hardship if idle longer.
The Ottawa conference yields plans for a British led economic unit with lower Canada England cod tariffs and higher duties on imports from other nations. American exports may fall by millions, though early assessments see it as encouraging news for American exporters.
A set of remarks including Richard, chairman of the National Economy League, urging a second independence moment, and Bertrand Shaw criticizing patriotism as a dangerous force. Also a note on the modern youth avoiding idealism by Alexander Nairn of Cambridge University.
From an itinerant medicine show George M. Cohan becomes Doc Varney and impersonates financier Theodore K. Blair to win the presidency in The Phantom President. Claudette Colbert co stars as Felicia Hammond. Jimmy Durante and others headline in Paramount comedy. Varney discovers a political hoax by the Big Four and plans to expose them at the cost of his own election.
W H England and Frank Hicks returned from Texarkana where they attended a two day meeting of Gordon H Campbell agency reps. Texarkana district won first place in business for the year, defeating Fort Smith, and earned a loving cup for the second year in a row, with former Hope citizen W A Pate in charge.
Wil White long a Hope merchant now living in Nevada county near Prescott visited town on Saturday. J H McCollum resigned as superintendent of the Methodist Sunday school after ten to twelve years in charge. John A Arnold was appointed to replace him.
Miss Hazel Hendrix, a Henderson-Brown College student, returned home for a short visit with her parents. Mrs. Charles O'Neal went to Shreveport to attend the Tri-State Fair. Miss Virginia Ellis left for Stamps for a brief visit this afternoon.
The community reports pleasant weather with rain needed soon and generally good health aside from a few colds. Visits include Miss Emma Honea and Marion Erwin with Cornelia Bates, Elizabeth Hamilton with friends, and Rev. J. W. Erwin and family. Creola Bennett of Shreveport visits her parents, while Edna Lambert stays with Lucille Ghormley. Wednesday prayer meeting continues and invites attendance.
New Hope resident Mr. Clay Ross from San Antonio has returned home after visiting his parents. A surprise party for Mr. and Mrs. Reece Arrington drew a large crowd and good spirits. Roxie and Jettie Watkins with Clay Ross and Clarence Ross visited Jessie and Isabelle Schooley on Tuesday. Singing and Sunday gatherings drew attendees, with plans afoot to support a community event. Most residents finished harvesting crops, and Sherman Cox of Washington attended Sunday school.
In this Western installment Dona defies danger to aid Ball after a staged capture, while Asper and Swergin clash over how to handle the rogue timber boss. Dona and Dudley pursue marriage and escape plans as Ball fights to flee with his captive, Dona.
The 1932 race features whispering campaigns about Roosevelt Garner and Hoover. Rumors allege Klan backing of Garner and other attacks on Roosevelt’s health, with denials issued by party officials. Demands for loyalty spur tales of plots and conspicuous rumors across parties.
The passage recalls historical whispering campaigns by factions against many presidents including Jefferson Adams Jackson Van Buren Harrison Garfield Cleveland Roosevelt and Harding. It notes rumors centered on drunkenness immorality or alleged racial contamination, with Cleveland also accused of wife beating in the White House.
Berlin reports Germany hosts its first children’s hotel to care for young guests while parents travel. The four story building offers play rooms, reading rooms with fairy tales, a nursery, garden, theater, and trained nurses. Prices run 15 cents to $1.25 daily. Young women with yellow armlets staff stations. kindergarten teachers supervise activities and buses offer sightseeing for older children.
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