Hope's municipal plant brings electric light to farmers
The Hope municipal plant launches electric service to rural households in Hempstead county and is hailed as a milestone in rural electrification. The piece argues for shared progress, noting better farm access to power, the need for all-weather roads, and cooperation between town and country to spread electricity.
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Hempstead
Hope
United States
America
Holland
Germany
Sweden
Sweder
Ostterlo
Ontario
Hydro-Electric Power Commission
Critics Say That Greenbelt Houses Cost $16,000 Each
Critics attack Greenbelt as wasteful and impractical, and claim it pushes communism by subsidizing a small national group. The $14,227,000 project covers 885 families, averaging over $16,000 per home, with ongoing costs cited as a major concern.
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Alfred Friendly
NEA
Washington
America
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Uncle Sams
Woman Killed in Prescott Wreck Near Garland Creek Bridge
Mrs Grace Maroney of Akron Ohio was killed when a car with a trailer skidded on wet pavement near Prescott Arkansas and overturned just outside the city limits near Garland creek bridge. Her companion J Harstock of San Antonio Texas was uninjured and relatives were notified by Sheriff Brad Bright.
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Prescott
Ark
Grace Maroney
Maroney
Akron
Ohio
Highway 67
J. ¥. Harstock
San Antonio
Texas
Harstock
Garland Creek Bridge
Brad Bright
Death on Highways Across Nations Weekly Toll
AP reports 46 people died on roads over the weekend. A speeding bus struck a truck near Montgomery WV, killing seven including a couple with four children. State counts list Ohio 13 and Michigan 12 leading a long casualty roll across many states.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
W. Va
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Bllinis
Adiana
Lows
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Massachusetts
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Nebraska
New York
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Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyaming
Chicagoan Taken by Kidnapper Gang
Chicago police and federal agents investigated the abduction of Charles C. Ross 71 a retired greeting card manufacturer carried off Saturday night after a dinner with his former secretary Florence Freihaga 45. Capt Daniel Gilbert pursued leads while fearing shock may have killed Ross as hours passed without word from abductors.
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Chicago
Chares Ross
Daniel Gilbert
Shite
Charles C. Ross
Florence Freihaga
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Freihaga
Thought Weeras reflect on fleas and fruit of sense
A fragment riffing on Pope philosophy, noting that thoughts and abundance of sense are rare. The line hints at wit and wisdom beneath surface abundance, framed as a reflective quip rather than a full essay.
Rural power project near Hope expands to Spring Hill area
The Hope city council authorized up to 15000 dollars to extend municipal power lines within a seven mile radius covering about 200 square miles. The rural residence rate is 1.10 dollars monthly for 500 watts plus 5.8 cents per KWH, with commercial rates structured by tier usage. Cooperation includes Spring Hill school board members H E Phillips, R A Johnson, J A Smith, W E B Monste, and Rufus Anderson.
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Spring Hill
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Hope
Hope City
Stat
Promi
Emmet
Hempstead
Nevada County
Shover Springs
Arkansas Power & Light Co
DeAnn Southy
H E. E. Phillips
R. A. Johnson
J. A. Smith
W. EB
Monste
Rufus Anderson
Supreme Court upholds new prosecution procedure
Arkansas Supreme Court upholds the 1936 amendment allowing prosecution by information without a grand jury indictment and upholds the repeal of the jury service limit. Justices affirm two cases Foster Penton and Ran Deatheridge with sentences tied to December slayings.
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Little Rock
Arkangan Supreme Court
Griffin Smith
Foster Penton
Nexro
Miller Circuit
Charlie Block
Garland City
Ran Deatheridge
Norfolk
Emory Cunningham
City Budgets for Balance of Year
Hope city proposes a fiscal year 1939 budget led by Mayor Albert Graves. Total expenses appear around 40 000 with salaries about 28 000 and revenues forecast at 39 400. Key departments include Administrative Police Fire Street and Street Equipment with various line items and anticipated tax and fee income.
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City of Hope
Albert Graves
Russia Sharpens Tone Toward Japs
MOSCOW the Soviet government warned Japan against lawless bombardment of Nanking in reply to a Chinese appeal for aid. HONG KONG ten survivors said 300 people were killed when four Japanese submarines sank Chinese fishing junks off Cheelongkau Point on the South China coast. British base authorities launched an investigation.
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Russia
Japan
Nanking
Hong Kong
Cheelongkau Point
China
Cranim Crackers Fun Quiz From Classified Page
Five trivia questions test Europe pre Columbian foods, travel from Manila, a strange description of Togu, numbers of Congress members, and a math age problem about a mother and daughter.
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Philippine Islands
Zeatle
San Francisco
Lima
Peru
Los Angeles
Mexico City
Mexico
Congress
Ansters
Isbell Rumored to Oppose Milwee for Ninth Circuit Seat
De Queen Arkansas reports former Circuit Judge B J Isbell said he was being solicited to run against Minor Milwee for the Ninth circuit judgeship. He stated he had no statement to make about his plans at this time.
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DE Queen
Ark
B. Jo. Isbell
Ninth Circuit
Minor Milwee
Court Issue Holds Eyes of the Bar
Kansas City dispatch reports the Supreme Court fight dominating the American Bar Association meeting as Frederick H. Stinchfield warns Roosevelt aims to destroy the court while former Senator James A. Reed cautions that harming the court imperils constitutional liberty. The exchange signals a looming clash between the president and the legal profession.
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Kansas City
Supreme Court
American Bar Association
James A. Reed
Frederick Stinchfield
Minneapolis
United States
Frederick H. Stinchfield
American Vialion
Roosevelt
Supreme Court of the
United
Dedication Program at Spring Hill School House
Wednesday 5 30 p m free barbecue on school grounds 6 concert by Hope Boys Band. Band boys meet at First Baptist Hope and ride to Spring Hill by Hope buses. Invocation by Rev R A Crain Spring Hill. Introduction of Mayor Albert Graves of Hope by Rev Crain. Community singing led by John Kent. History of Spring Hill by Frank J Hill. Municipal Plant and Rural Electrification by Mayor Graves. Speeches by State Utilities Commission members Tom Fitzhugh H W Blalock Max A Mehlburger. Westinghouse GE lecturers to be announced. Speech by County Judge Frank Rider. Conclusion.
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Hope
First Baptist
Church, Hope
Spring Hill
Hope School
R. A. Crain
Albert Graves
Mr. Crain
Frank J. Hill
Mayor Graves
Jim Taylor
State Utilities Commission
Tom Fitzhugh
H. W. Blalock
Max A. Mehlburger
General Electric
Frank Rider
Texan Seeks Long Lost Aunt in Hope
Mrs. Charles S. Uhl of Dallas appeals to The Star for information about her aunt Mrs. Georgia Ann Roby Humble formerly Miss Georgia Ann Balch born in Mansfield Texas. She last heard from Mrs. Humble in 1904 after the couple lived near Hope since 1830. Any information should be sent to Route One Box 527 Dallas Texas.
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Charles S. Uhl
Dallas
Texas
Star
Georgia Ann Roby Humble
Hope
Uhl
Mrs. Humble
Humble
Opening of New Orleans Cotton Market Monday
Fragment reads as a cotton market opening in New Orleans with prices or quantities noted for October and a sale event. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
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