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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1931
Page
1
A fragmentary remark reflects tensions around reform in New York politics. It references Seabury, Tammany Hall, and police contracts, suggesting disputes over governance and party influence in the city and state, with emphasis on differing viewpoints on government.
A Little Rock man sues a railroad in Little Rock for damages. The case raises questions on venue rules and costs in Pulaski County courts. The piece cites state law shifting some civil suits to other counties and notes strains on circuit court budgets, with discussion on juries and potential docket delays.
A survey of Census Bureau data shows 66 percent of men and 24 percent of women in five California and seven New York cities are gainfully employed, with San Francisco 74 and 29 percent and New York 67 and 25 percent. The Interior Justice and Agriculture departments report education reforms in prisons, rising butter exports, and record student caravans to Yosemite, while building permits fall.
Miss Ella Malone and her father left for Dallas to enter school. Edna LaGrone departed for Searcy to attend Galloway College. Pakridge Knighton returned from Nashville. J Ford Johnson of Columbus bowled a bridge game in town. Dell McRae will host a bridge for Helen Williams ahead of her marriage to K G McRae Jr. Charles Dana Gibson returns from Hot Springs visit with uncle R L Giles.
In Ottumwa Iowa Herbert C Wells 33 of Omaha was killed when the plane he piloted went into a spin and dropped 300 feet. Spectator Floyd Cliff 18 of Ottumwa suffered a fractured leg after being struck by the aircraft.
Scrambled OCR style notes reference unemployment relief Al Capone free soup kitchens explorers North Pole Eskimos Chamber of Commerce Otto Von Porat heavyweight title victory in Scandinavia oddball lines about cross country air races and dresses returning with garbled scientific and numeric phrases.
ST LOUIS Mrs Roxie Brundidge wife of a Star staff reporter was killed in a Saturday automobile collision near St Louis She was in the car and suffered cuts and bruises from the wreck
One of the first experiments with land terracing in central Kansas is under way southwest of Lindsborg on a 15 acre tract owned by Alvin Hawkinson in the Smoky Valley. Terraces have been constructed with a drop of four inches to each 100 feet to prevent soil erosion and save grain production.
The article argues that drivers of commercial vehicles influence highway safety and cites National Safety Council data showing varying accident involvement by vehicle type. It highlights how ownership, incentives, and speed pressures affect risk, especially for small delivery trucks, and proposes uniform drivers license laws as a remedy to deter reckless driving.
The passage discusses an unnamed labor leader and connections to President Hoover, Walter S. Gifford, and George Washington University. It mentions unemployment relief efforts, the department of labor, and statistics work with the immigration service. The fragment references Columbus and Cleveland administrative contexts, and debates over labor and capital during economic hardship.
National Conference on Street and Highway Safety backs Part 3 of the Uniform Vehicle Code for driver licensing with mandatory examinations. The measure has reduced fatalities by up to thirty percent in states and DC, while early film and psychology research relate to measurement methods. Joseph H. Tiffin and Dr. Car E. Seashore contributed to camera work underlying related experimentation.
The University of Iowa develops a piano camera to photograph the hammer action. A paper tab with a slit on each hammer is read by a moving film as the hammer strikes the string, producing a record of the instrument’s exact response.
An Atlanta experiment shows spraying a slightly sloped roof with water lowers the top floor temperature by six degrees. W T Weekley, manager of the building, explains a three quarter inch perforated pipe sprays water across the roof all day.
Norma Travers, secretary, and Mark Travers wed hastily amid social circles at Blue Springs. Their marriage faces money worries and family tensions as Norma probes Mark about his past and parents while rumors swirl of former lovers and a strained wedding night.
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