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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1938
Page
1
A Veterans of Foreign Wars proposal urges Congress to tax wartime income at 10 percent after exemptions, with additional surtaxes up to 93 percent for individuals and tiered rates for corporations. The plan aims to prevent war profiteering, fund defense, and keep peace by making war financially unattractive.
British scientists react to a South African fossil described as an anthronoid by Sir Arthur Keith. Tests could reveal whether it is human or ape like by chest expansion when struck, hand grip, forehead indentations, rounded shoulders, and marks on toe fronts from kicks.
Dr Fishbein argues housing directly affects health through plumbing sanitation light and overcrowding. He cites polluted water faulty plumbing and crowded homes as spreaders of colds diphtheria measles and other childhood diseases. Overcrowding elevates infant mortality and raises fire and mental stress hazards in dense dwellings.
The piece weighs school’s role in shaping a child’s character beyond academics. It contrasts school hours with free time, noting teachers’ broad duties and limited student experiences, and questions maternal guidance amid liberty and discipline. It emphasizes honesty, industry, and cleanliness as ideals to be admired.
Linda Gordon, a keen newspaper woman, lands exclusive access to the Man o' War story after outsmarting rivals and securing a major scoop. A surprise photo session fuels her ego and a front page yarn follows, drawing praise from Moss and United Press while setting up future assignments and a tense meeting with Bruce Radford.
In Louisville, many still bathe on Saturday nights per George C. Keller of the Louisville Water Company reservoir. He notes water levels drop around 9 to 10 PM, with gauges showing two to three feet lower by 10 to 11 PM, and each foot represents about 1.5 million gallons. He remarks baths keep the demand high.
Chicago city council approves changes allowing women to swim without bloomers and with hair down to six inches or longer. The ordinance updates also legalize liquor sales in drug stores and private movie screenings without a license, and permit parading across bridges for promenading.
Bruce Catton reviews Randolph Leighs Conscript Europe a provocative study of world politics. Leigh argues Europe is doomed to perpetual conflict as powers exploit others and that America should avoid entanglement. The review notes uneven pacing but finds value in its challenging perspectives on democracy and global conflict.
The speaker argues that responsibility for a child’s moral fibre lies with both home and school. Teachers must set standards and guide from the start, while parents must support and question conditions to prevent emotional manipulation and ensure proper guidance.
Paul Harrison profiles Irene and Vernon Castle, pioneers of early ballroom styles, their ragtime era shifts, and how The Castles drew audiences to watch evolving dance forms. Mrs Castle recalls dances, fashion remarks, silent films, and her later work with a dog refuge in Deerfield Illinois.
In Weslaco Texas the Rio Grande Valley experiment station grows a plant named Caurapita Guinunensis bearing pods called cannonballs. The pods resemble cannonballs in size and shape and explode when ripe to scatter seeds.
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