05 Sep 1931
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1931
Page
1
A Boston medical tribute recalls a United Press dispatch about a World War II soldier who died after shrapnel wounds. His quiet courage and selflessness, buying a ticket home, exemplify how private bravery can triumph over fear and mortality.
West Point Times Leader notes that W H Coin Harvey, famed for Coin’s Financial School, has launched a new political movement from Monte Ne Arkansas with the aim of saving the country. The aged economist, now about 80, seeks to pyramid a plan to reform the financial system and renew hope as Bryan defeats fade from memory.
The Arkansas Highway Commission awarded the contract for 1982 automobile license plates to a St Louis firm. Each set will cost 67 cents, with 260 000 tags printed. The styles change, featuring new black backgrounds with orange god figures in Italic Gothic designs.
Rodney Dutcher reports Washington escaped heavy unemployment and price drops. District retail, rents, and wages held steady, with only isolated declines. Census and show business layoffs loom, 400 actors out of work and 600 census card punchers likely to lose jobs by year end.
Father Matthew Canning of Chicago declares get out and stay out to hoodlums after a boy in his parish district was killed. Canning, a boxing instructor who rose through college, enforces his order with his fists and his stance.
John Finley arrived from his plantation near Sheppard on Thursday. Miss Lillian Leslie left to teach in Texarkana public schools. Capt and Mrs D M Goodlett of Ozan were shopping in Hop Thursday. Miss Nora Dudley will leave Monday for Arkadelphia to attend Quadhup College during the gaming year.
Ben Kelly sails for Magrolla on business. Captain Fred W. Fucker returns to the city after weeks in the northwest Arkansas mountains. Joel Sprugins heads to Arkansas College at Batenville. Robert LaGrone starts a second year at Hendrix College Conway. Robert and Dwight Wilson depart by automobile for Little Rock. Jamey Henry Bud O Neal and Leonard Zimmerly join others bound for Hendrix College in Conway.
The column jests about Rudy Vallee and radio stores, hints at TV and theater stars like Jack Dempsey and Estelle Taylor, and imagines a 200 mile wheel barrow race in Wisconsin. It mentions Franklin D Roosevelt and Tammany, plus a Youngstown society girl abroad.
The Lion Oil Sales Company grows from a local El Dorado refinery into a major producing, refining and marketing group. It controls wells, refinery, tankage, and distribution through company owned and contracted stations in Arkansas and beyond. Colonel T. J. Barton leads the enterprise as it emphasizes the “Southern Made for Southern Trade” slogan and boosts Lion gasoline mileage and anti knock.
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