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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1932
Page
5
The column opens with a poem about neglect and judgment as a rose tree withers and harvest yields fail. It frames a moral of lost love and missed effort. The Hope Library Association sponsors a 2 PM musical tea on Sept 28 at Mrs. J. T. West’s home with an announced program.
Miss Marian Cheney models a coiffure at the American Beauty Styles Exposition in New York. The style favors complete femininity in dress and curls that reveal the ears with clusters at the neck.
The card describes Mrs. Long a wealthy Memphis socialite and mother of a 2 month old who left a bridge party at 5 PM on January 4 1931. Her car later found on the Harahan bridge approach with no sign of struggle and her purse containing 7.57. Police suspect a self inflicted act within proximity to the river.
Robison Company expands merchandise for Geo. W. Robison & Co. stores in Sioux City Prescott and Nashville. C. C. Lewis notes large fall volume expected, with many staple items contracted before cotton-price surge. Heavy shipments arrived since September, with new styles chosen by Mrs. George W. Robison in St Louis.
Louisiana lawmakers enacted a sweeping transportation regulation to curb travel bureaus offering share expense rides. The act imposes driver licensing and for hire plates, with agents required to verify licenses, and imposes fines from 100 to 500 dollars and jail terms of 30 to 90 days for violations.
In NaLes Italy two young Italian engineers have invented a device to attach to field gun muzzles that greatly reduces sound and smoke. In trials before war department officials the discharged sound carried only a few hundred yards and only a light puff of smoke rose, quickly vanishing.
Berlin reports the government mandates motorists burn ten percent alcohol with gasoline up from six percent. The move follows pressure from the alcohol monopoly seeking to protect revenue as demand for spirits declines.
Footprints found near the river indicate a woman left the bridge area and returned to a car. Investigators note no motive or ransom, while Inspector Griffin believes she may still be alive. family and public interest remain high as reports spread nationwide.
Stan Louis Missouri Pacific traffic last week reached a 1932 record of 22 517 cars with two new daily highs of 3 767 cars. President L W Baldwin noted the weekly gain over 21 615 cars and a 111 percent rise from the prior Saturday. Month to date averages rose to 3 427 cars daily versus 2 968 last month.
Magnolia A. and M. College reports a one acre plot planted with twelve cotton varieties for seed testing. The project, supervised by farm superintendent Lee Bearden, anticipates about 1,200 pounds yield. About 100 bushels of peas have been harvested and 35 tons of pea hay produced. Fall grain planned to be sown around October 1.
A Sunday at Bells Chapel featured a lively young peoples program led by Miss Opal Honea and a morning sermon by Rev. John White. A strong crowd attended as friends and neighbors visited over the weekend.
Mrs Mae West of St Louis Missouri reports dropping from 170 to 150 pounds in four weeks after using Kruschen Sal. the ad touts a half teaspoon in hot water each morning for weight loss and claims a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Sunday and Saturday visits involve Sheppard residents including Miss Lillie Maud McBay Mr Ben McBay and families in Battle Field. The Holiness meeting will continue this week in Sheppard.
Essolube, a hydrogenation product from New Chemistry, touted as a Nobel prize result, is described as a safety fuel for aircraft and boats, non explosive when exposed to flames, with potential to convert Baton Rouge plant for emergency production. The piece lists applications in ammonia and explosives, nitrate fertilizers, dyes, and a new motor oil meeting all lubrication needs.
A two place low wing monoplane claimed as the first fully designed and built in South America underwent a test flight covering over 6000 miles in Argentina. The plane’s maximum cruising speed is 130 miles per hour.
Antioch residents hosted visitors from Boughton Cole and Pleasant Ridge over the weekend. Rev J W York led Sunday services to open the meeting as Irene and Fern Cook visited Mrs C D Green.
A tobacco firm extols the critical steps before rolling cigarett es, focusing on selecting ageing and curing tobaccos and blending. The message highlights the 750 per minute production and claims Chesterfields are milder and taste better, inviting readers to try a package.
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