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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1932
Page
2
The Star's Platform urges using Ki Pcop nang ta mn toate revenues for 1932 city pavement and improved alley and back yard sanitation. It supports county highway work to build all weather roads yearly, boosts agricultural programs, farmer co operation, and state highway progress with tar reform and budget efficiency.
An Ohio widow with two hungry boys is sentenced to five months in the workhouse after failing to locate work and facing neglect charges. She volunteered to jail to feed and clothe her children, aided by a probation officer. Advocates urge unemployment relief and pensions as humane solutions rather than prison.
A Chicago police veteran arrested for 2000 thefts laments the drop in pickpocketing as attrition, aging culprits die, and new thieves fail to replace them. He notes fewer people carry cash and valuables, improving personal security though industry woes persist.
A 1922 feature notes the doll market remains strong with over 25 million dollars in annual sales in the United States. Demand spans dolls, doll houses, furniture and accessories as girls continue to play with dolls, while new lifelike baby dolls with flexible limbs prompt extended production schedules.
Rene Carroll quotes on hat check signaling tips and a 1930 shift in ink demand. Memphis ink dealer Tool Brown notes rising red ink purchases as firms new to the item start stocking up.
Mrs Fannie Heckensmith returns from Kentucky visit. The Plunkett Jarrell Grocer Co of Little Rock plans a new wholesale branch in the city in a brick building to be erected. R G McRae will manage the wholesale house.
Chicago visitor C S Clopton spends time with his brother J L Clopton in Hope as local society anticipates two weddings. Miss Mary Williams will wed Albert Connelly Tuesday at Aunt J T Hicks home, while Miss Willie Parkins and Edward Woodford Jr of Little Rock marry Thursday at the First Methodist church.
Coach Teddy Jones uses new training ideas for the 1932 Bobcat football squad. All students undergo physicals after Monday testing, with an average height of 68 inches and average weight of 1444 pounds. The examining physician notes good physical condition, checking eyes teeth throat lungs and blood pressure.
Tok io area residents including Mr and Mrs M L Steuart and Miss Helen Ruth Steuart visit Arkadelphia and nearby towns. The Sweet Home camp meeting closes with preaching by Bro Williams and visits from K Sullivan Austin Arnold and others. Various locals from Sardis Bingen Mineral Springs and Nashville attend. Registered attendees include John L Bryant Bud Chandler and Homer Smith among others.
The drouth this summer and fall has made fall potato planting impractical in many areas. University of Arkansas experts note fall Irish potatoes can still be planted late into September with proper conditions. Digging should wait for killing frosts as tuber development can continue after light frosts.
Visitors named include Mrs Henry Edminston of Bingen and Mrs Will Stevens with Miss Gertrude of Murfreesboro. The Nashville district schools will open September 19 for an eight month term. Other local visits are listed among residents and relatives in the area.
Dr and Mrs J E Gentry and family visited their daughter Mrs Gran to discuss her plans as the McCaskill News School prepares to begin next Monday September 12.
A string of visiting relatives and travelers is reported, including Darwin of Houston Mrs Will McCaskill Texarkana Essie Hampton Gordon Virgie Wortham Prescott Wilton Wardlow Louisiana J D Eley Chester Shreveport Mrs John Gaines Helena H B Eley Delight Maggie Leslie Oscar Daniels Belton and Gussie Bryant Nashville. Bananas noted as ancient Egyptian Greek and Roman eatables.
Federal Land Bank of St. Louis sues G W Blankenship and wife G W Blankenship in Hempstead County Arkansas. Defendants must appear within thirty days and answer the complaint. Clerk Willie Harris seals the order dated September 5, 1932.
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