Hope Star (Newspaper) - January 17, 1942, Hope, Arkansas News Coverage Given Impartially by Associated Press Hope Star The Weather Warmer in the east and south por tion Saturday with occasional light rains in the northwest 43 NUMBER 81 Star of 1899 Consolidated January JANUARY Associated Press Newspaper Enterprise PRICE 5c COPY Push on Baton Begun Our Daily Bread By NEA Commentator WILLIS THORNTON Bombing and Boredom Private Barrow What sounds like a flippant remark about a grave sub ject is not really so flippant when you stop to think about remark is that the worst thing about war is that it is such terrible That doesnt mean that one grows bored with war as a debutante grows bored with receiving white It means that there is one terrible and dangerous aspect of war that is concerned with an immense and overwhelming g Prime Minister Shows Up in England British Leader Expected to Address on j Conferences Minister Win ston Churchill stepped fro ma train Saturday home from a historic visit to the United and Canada after having flown Atlantic from Burmuda Minister and four of his chief lieutenants made the long jump from the western hemisphere in u flying boat of the Brit ish Is was expected that Churchill would broadcast a report to the Em pire Sunday He had readied Washington on December 22 after a secret trip from Backward China Comes of Age Graduates This Week as Full Fledged Power By JOHN GROVER AP Feature Service Writer the backward kid from across the international tracks who had to fight for education and graduated lit the top of the 1942 class this week as a world The alliance acknowledged Chinas power when Generalissimo Chiang was named com of allied operations hi the China Events of the past fortnight justify the China massed veteran forces in and Yunnan a menace to the Japanese in Indo They routed the Japs at Changsha with Chi forces reported in creasing help to the defense of Singa Welcome Aid This was concrete and welcome wid for the That still had aid to give after tak ing Japans Sunday punches since 1937 attests the power and resources of the Chinese Schoolbooks always stress the rapid rise of Japan from feudal country to world power from 1853 to Chinas Hate of progress makes the Japanese look strictly minor China did it in 30 Japan had the cooperation of all the other pow ers except for the brief anese China has had to resist Japanese aggression from without and warlords from within al most from the day Sun Vat Sen over threw the October Carved Up China The war of them had Jap up China until file second revolution threw them out in The Japanese seized Man and razed the native quarter of Shanghai in They came back The United Slates has been at war only little over six so this aspect of war doesnt concern us But it and it is just as well to understand it in When a war has just or even in its more active there is a tremendous wave of patriotic But all Ihc waging of war does not consist of a series of dashing Waging war consists in grinding in doing a thousand little things and in doing them over and over again as long as it may be And the country that can keep doing them longest is the country that You probably got a great kick out of buying that first defense But the second week it was less thrilling the sixth still less and by the time the sixtieth week and the hundredth an two hundredth have the whole thing tends to drop into a Thus we are authentically told that in Germany even repealed victory had by the time of the fall of to be a bit of a bore in They may be less bored there For Noel British economic envoy to the United says that the cumulative effect of the petty annoyances of the temporary loss of a large variety of small things I have been much mare serious to the morale of heavily bombed pop than would have been a larg er number of deaths and series in People rise to the mark in lar and even bad news is not too hard to take when you feel you are striking It is Uic long periods of the petty annoyances and the constant and relentless that drag peoples spirits other words they induce Peoples like the Japanese and have been living in a state of things for 10 years and more which the United States is just ap Do things like standing in line for a use tax stamp for your car bore remember that if we have to do it for three or four thats still 10 years less than the other fellow lias been doing Nothing inthe professional of Joseph H became him like the leaving of Joe Louise has been a clean fighter in the and a self respecting citizen outside Not only those of his but all Ameri have reason to be proud of his a pride heightened by his an unparalleled cham career by giving his entire share of the proceeds of his last fight to Navy relief and then enlisting us a private in the He has set an example to Americans of his and to all We wish him as good luck in his new career as Private Barrow as he has had in his long car eer as Joe heavyweight cham British Forces in Libya Take Pass Italian Troops Surrender Unconditionally Axis stronghold on the desert fell to the British troops Saturday with unconditional surrender of more than of its Thus the British smashed German and Italian attempts to parallel the British stronghold stand at and thus too the British won access to the main coastal route of supply to their advance assault forces which has pursued the main hotly of Axis forces 300 miles farther Axis of the sleep sided pass which Britain dubbed Hellfire had forced the British to move their rein forcements and supplies over a tor desert detour almost 100 miles to the The British bypassed last November 18 when they drove into Libya for a second test of strength with Axis desert The Axis garrison fortified the pass with ar trenches and dugouts and withstood a battering for almost two Outline of Japanese Plans for Conquering the Pacific Continued on Page Three Cranium Crackers Farm Supposedly theres nothing greener in the country than a city but even if you hail from the light sector you should know the answers to these Americas greatest ducing region is in New the deep or the middle The boll weevil is an insect which attacks or apple trees Name three pro ducts made from Is or Iowa the state where the tall corn grows Straighten out these state Pilch corn chop wheal plow hay sow rs uu Opposition in One City Race Ross Edwin Stewart Seek Ward 3 Post The six oclock deadline for filing Friday found candidates in four of five city races unopposed in the city election winch will be held here on February The only race with opposition is for alderman of Ward three with Ross incumbent opposed by Ed win Stewart for the Other races include city seeking reelection city seeking reelection Dale alderman Ward and Jessie Ward Hemisphere Has Plenty of Food All Staple Products Can Be Grown in Americas for consumers in the theres no staple food and practically no food delicacy that cannot be grown somewhere in this says Mis Mary Claude county home demonstration For Miss Fletcher we have counted on the countries of South Central and the islands of the Caribbean to sup ply us with many tropical or ical now with the Eastern Hemisphere is we look southward to these neighbors for increasing amounts of other As you munch you can remember that supplies of cocoa in this hemisphere are Tropical the Dominican Ecua and Venezuela are leading pro We in the United States who drink nearly half the coffee consumed in the are right next door to the countries Dial supply the Most coffee is grown in South Central and the islands of the with Brazil way out ahead in only to coffee in value of exports fro other Western Hemisphere republic to the United States is Ordinarily we in the continental United States grow about onethird of our own depend upon our insular areas and the Latin American the Of the tropical the banana is a These come to us the year round from sources in this hem Coconuts arc grown most ex on islands in the but we have producers in the Caribbean and in Central another favorite grows in this hemisphere mainly in Cuba and Mex From our neighbor we im port also varying quantities of tapio cashew dry mel and other flavor ing As part of a longtime program to develop trade between the the United States Department of Agri culture in cooperation with the co ordinator of InterAmerican affairs has taken steps to stimulate production of many foods in the These are foods we can not grow successfully here because of climatic conditions or other reas foods that we cannot grow in sufficient quantities for our own Miss Fletcher 1 Surprise attack Pearl Har bar during peace negotia tions scattered raids and cap turo of vital areas in periods of time SOVIET RUSSIA More scattered a include Panama and small Pacific islands with object of dispersing and crip pling fleet then allout attack on Hawaii in with Oahu to fall in a 2 Japan to allow an exhaust stunned America to sue for or face allout in of Panama and S west coast KAMCHATKA Galapagos Ecuador CANAL PACIFIC OCEAN H United Nations pi Jopon ono Occupied Areas AUSTRALIA Defenders Right Flank Attacked by Jap Forces Enemy Troops Advance in Start Drive Inside Burma War De announced Saturday that a heavy Japanese attack was in progress against the right flank of American and Philippine troops in the Batan Peninsula in the A communique said the enemy was well supported by aircraft and artil lery and greatly outnumbered General Douglas troops but the defenders are stubbornly contesting the attempted right flank is anchored on Manila Bay and defends the long highway extending southward down the rugged Batan peninsula to Cor regidor entrance to Manila Japans plans for a quick contest in the Pacific to bring the United States to its knees within a are described m a book which a tells Washington he stole from Nipponese officials in the United States last Map spots successive moves which the book outlines Train Collision Fatal to Five Many Others Hurt in Wreck Late Friday LITTLE headon col between a switch engine and a passenger train on the Missouri Pa main at 40 miles southwest of Little killed five persons and injured 27 others late Four of the dead and 21 of the in jured were The dead Otis James 130 East Second Alfred James 2010 Douglas Little di vision road foreman of engines for the Missouri Major Dwight executive officer at the army and navy general Hot who gave out the official list of dead and said next of kin of the soldiers had been Thirteen of lie injured soldiers were in the Hot Springs eight were taken to the station hospital at Camp Joseph Robinson near Little five of the injured trainmen were in the Missouri Pacific hospital at Little Rock and one trainman in the hospital at Thu official list ot soldiers in the Hot Springs hospital was William Clarence Edward Norman Glenn James Olive Barry Robinson Harry Cyril Glen Charles Major Lawson said the extent of their injuries had not been determin The injured all residents of Little who were taken to the Missouri Pacific hospital were Con ductor Sid Slack Brakeman Pat Mc and Matt Ellis Speaks at Teachers Meet Matt president of Hen derson State Teachers college was principal speaker at a meeting of the county teachers at the courthouse 10 oclock Saturday morn The group discussed ways wluch tlie county teachers might take part jji Charles Haynes to Give Fashion Show A fashion show featuring Martha Manning dresses in half sizes and reg ular sizes will be given at the Charles Haynes Monday afternoon from 3 to 4 The which is will be open to the All day Monday the stylist will be at the department store to confer with local women and to aid in selecting styles appropriate for their lar Two Hope Policemen New Positions The Hope Police Department an Saturday that two members of the local force had resigned to ac cept positions Donald Gunter is now employed as a guard the railroad and Elbert May has ac position with the proof di vision of the of the Southwestern Proving License Deadline Again Extended Final Date for City Tag Purchase Is February 2 LITTLE Gov ernor Bob Bailey granted motorists a second extension of time late Fri day for purchase of 1942 license Several hours before the deadline under the first extension granted by Governor Bailey issued a proclamation giving motorists 14 ad or until midnight Jan uary to purchase tags without payment of a The action increased the total exten sion period to the 30day maximum allowed by the 1939 license In granting the second serving as chief executive while Adkins is in said he was upon recommendation of Revenue Commissioner Joe Hard Contracts Let Shipping 632 Merchant Marine Vessels to Be Built by 1943 WASHINGTON The Marine commission announced Saturday it had negotiated contracts for construc tion of 632 additional merchant ves it would bring the Marine program up to President request for 8 million dead weight tons of shipping this year and 10 million next Captain Howard a mem ber of the commission said all ves sels will be completed by the end of City Tng Deadline February 2 City Treasurer Charles Reynerson said Saturday that only 250 city auto mobile tags had been sold to leaving some BOO to be sold within the next two The deadline is Feb ruary at Reynerson urged to pur chase tags now and avoid the last min Continued on page three Cotton By the Associated Press NEW YORK Close March May July October December 1882 NEW YORK March July December Free French Seize 3 Ships Allies Raid Spanish Take Axis Vessels 17 by Three Axis merchantmen have been siezed by Free French destroyers in a raid on the harbor of Santa Isabel in non Spanish Island of Fernan do Poo off the west coast of the newspaper Arrida asserted Sat the official organ of the sole political party of indicated Spain already may have the a diplomatic Emmet Defeats Prescott 4131 Scores 16 Points for Nevada Eleven The Emmet high school basketball team defeated the Prescott team 41 to 31 Friday night in the Curley Wol The game was hard fought all the Osborn of Emmet was high scorer with 1G points followed by of with 13 Willis of and Arnett of Emmet were third with 12 points Carol 21 Others Feared Lost LOS loving Car ole wife of Clark and 21 other passengers including her mother and 15 army fliers apparently perished Friday night in a crash of a TWA luxury liner near Los Trojans Take Hope 25 to 23 Bobcats in 3Minute Over time Period The Hot Springs Trojans outscored the Hope Bobcats 53 in a 3minute overtime period here Friday night to score a hard fought 25 to 23 victory over the local basketball 10 to at the halftime per iod the Trojans pulled into a 20 to 14 lead in the last period but the Hope boys evened the count as the whistle making an extra period nec essary By the Associated Press By ROGER GREENE AP War Editor An official Tokyo broadcast said Saturday that Japanese invasion armies had broken through Australian defense lines in the Batu Taha sec only 50 miles northwest of Singa and apparently the crisis was near on the fate of Britains 400 Tail lion dollar Another Tokyo dispatch datelined with the Japanese forces on Luzon Island declared that army defenders of the Philip pines were in general retreat toward the coast of Manila apparently hoping to find shelter on Corregidor j The radio said Japanese ob servation planes reported and Philippine artillerymen ing battery positions and large joining in the general retreat toward Manila Bay on the west British headquarters in Singapore acknowledged that Japanese troops had footholds on the south bank of the strategic 90 miles north of strait which separates Singapore Island the Singapore dispatches said a major battle was developing in the Malayan jungles to the official Japanese news declared that Japanese troops had reached Batu Taha sector at To the north other Japanese columns were reported striking into British by mixed forces of American aviators and Chi nese and British Imperial an attempt to cut off Chinas back door route of war Dispatches from the Bur mese said contact had been In the overtime period the Bobcats went in front on a free throw but icoc sam naa peen Hot Springs took the lead seconds made with the Japanese at in fu a broad valley 12 miles inside later with a field Hope looped the basket to again pull in from but a field goal and a free throw in the waning seconds gave the game to Hot The heated contest left the fairly large crowd It was nip and tuck all the way with both teams about evenly McCullough was high point man with 12 followed by of Hot Springs with All players on both teams turned in excellent fighting hard from start to Looks Like Still Best Policy plea by John Lewis won him leniency on a nonsupporting Asked what plea he wished to Lewis told Judge Baumann if I pleads Ill have to go to and if 1 pleads not I wouldnt exactly be telling the Judge Baumann gave Lewis time to think it and the defendant later was discharged when he reach ed settlement terms with California poppies are not native to California nor to but came from the old Daily Drilling Report of Arkansas By OIL GAS COMMISSION acre spacing Carter Hanes coring lime 9285 Atlantic CSE 17 Macedonia 80 acre spacing Atlantic SW Snider Unit 8910 8472 Holly 40 acre spacing Atlantic Davis Drilling cement Big Creek 160 acre spacing Love Stager Cut out pipe and gone in lo wash Midway 40 acre spacing Bond running flow On produc 40 acre spacing Atlantic Moving in equipment and Testing Cotton Valley shows from Wildcats Local Negroes to Aid Defense Youths to Take Training Courses All negro youth over 16 years old in the community who desire to register for vocational train ing in National Defense courses are asked to meet at Henry Yerger high school Sunday afternoon at It is possible to continue vocational courses in the Hope community assign trainees to other defense train ing Twentyone young men have com from 120 to 250 hours of practice and study in defense course in Elec and mechanics Cer from the Federal Security Office of Education and the War Department have been issued to the following Ellis James Tyce Vernon Earle John Elvin Mechanic Lloyd Lin zie Junius Chester Joseph Aubry Mc Brice George Har John Benjamin Brad Melvin The school National De fense and the Citizens of Hope have cooperated with the voca tional department of Yerger High School in making possible this defense I Peter in building the Tom first steam locomotive to haul a passenger train in the United in used musket barrels for boiler 1 I I The masse shot is used in ards and is a stroke made by hitting the cue ball w newly
