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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1942
Page
3
A contemporary paragrapher notes money comes from practical labor and carpentry, not books. The piece argues education and culture aren’t measured by salary, yet skill with hands remains vital in hunger or danger, guiding nations and individuals in emergencies.
The War Department said Corregidor batteries silenced several enemy guns on Bataan. Japanese siege fire persisted Friday with limited damage as Cebu fell and fighting raged on Cebu island and Panay. American and Philippine forces vigorously opposed the invasion forces on Panay.
Marines train assault specialists akin to British Commandos with amphibious, rapid-attack tactics. The force includes Atlantic and Pacific Amphibious Corps, para troop units, and paramarines trained at Parris Island, Lakehurst, and New River. They use modern blitz warfare gear, smoke screens, and specialized demolition skills to seize beaches and open the path to Tokyo.
The piece argues the U S Department of Justice under Attorney General Biddle will crack down on antiwar fifth columnists and disloyal Americans. It praises firm action against Crusader and Silver Shirts figures and warns against civil liberties protests as dangerous to democracy.
A faulty valve on an overflow pipeline reversed flow and drained about 4000 gallons from a storage tank onto the ground in Salisbury Maryland. An official said the valve “just started working the wrong way” before the error was found amid a fuel shortage and sales restrictions.
Special Correspondent reports Hempstead county test drilled by Hygrade Producing Company at Copeland No 1 in 92-14-24 with Smackover depth around 6300 feet and outcome due next week. Midway field gains include Barnsdall Creek No 1 at 6420 feet porosity and storage tanks under construction as multiple tests progress across the region.
The Victoria Cross will no longer be cast from cannons captured at Sevastopol after supply exhausted. The Maltese crosses will be made from mint metal, ending a long tradition tied to 1854 and early awards to Brave British sailors and soldiers. The jeweler holds ledgers of about 1,190 recipients.
London reports the RAF mounted its longest daylight raid of the war, using fresh fighter waves to strike Germany and occupied territory. A Augsburg submarine engine factory was heavily damaged at dusk Friday with RAF losses. Lancaster bombers, four motors, supported the offensive amid high expectations for the new bomber’s role. Spitfires and Hurricanes fought across the English Channel for sweeps over Pas de Calais.
Twelve Hempstead county egg producers buyers and farm leaders attended the District Egg Grading School at Nashville under the Arkansas Extension Service and the Agricultural Marketing Service. The session reviewed low egg quality due to handling and marketing and urged education to keep local eggs selling at satisfactory parity prices. Attendees from Hempstead County included T. P. Beard Gip Martin Earl Allen F B Millie Pink Boyd and others.
Royalty deeds and oil and gas lease assignments dated April 1942 filed April 16 list numerous 1/256 and 1/192 interests, 10 to 15 year terms, involving J A Fletcher, L E Tennyson Jr, R C Casey, A O Smith, Dorothy Jennings, W B Wright, Carl J O’Hornett, and others across sections 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, and 25 in Townships 14 and 16 South, Range 23 West, with extensive land descriptions and right-of-way exceptions.
Pueblo officials dispatch mascots to military youth and crews. A local boy, Lieut. Robert Edimiston, receives a young lion for the aviation class at Coleton Texas, while Lieut. Fred Dunham at Fort Warren Wyoming gets a cub bear mascot from Pueblo.
A Hydro Oklahoma man who tried to join the Coast Guard was sent home to obtain his wife's consent. He never returned home but was later reported to have joined the home guard in Hydro, resolving the mystery of his fate.
Robert A Campbell 48 died at his South Main home Friday night after an extended illness. A native of Foreman, Mississippi, he moved to Hope in 1923 to enter the cotton business. Funeral at Saint Mark's Episcopal Church Sunday 10:30 am, burial in Foreman at 2 pm. Survived by widow Ann, two daughters Patsy Ann, mother Mrs E G Campbell Sr of Goldsboro, sisters Mrs Leland Edmonson and Mrs Clifton Daniels of Goldsboro, brother EB Campbell Jr of Philadelphia. He was a World War veteran, former Vestryman of Saint Mark's, and a Mason. Paulbearers listed.
Sgt Pete Oliver, son of Mr and Mrs Rue Oliver of Nashville formerly of Hope, has been transferred from Nome Alaska to Fort Benning Georgia where he has entered an officers training school. The change was learned here Saturday.
A special Hempstead County teachers meeting is set for Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the Hope courthouse. County examiner E. E. Austin says the gathering will organize the Sugar Rationing Program and draft for military service, urging all teachers to attend as this call comes from national government agencies.
Clarksburg West Virginia report about Dominico Antonio Baccari weighing 306 pounds returning home unhappy that the army could not use him as a super heavyweight. He notes two brothers, James and Frank, are U S army sergeants and a third, Joe, is a private. Baccari stands five feet ten and a half inches tall with a 54 inch waist.
American planes bearing U S insignia bombed Tokyo and three major Japanese cities in daylight raids, dropping incendiary and explosive bombs on industrial suburbs. Tokyo claimed limited damage to schools hospitals and residences, while Japanese reports noted fires and theater matinees canceled.
Joe Berberick, 73, a native of Germany, died at his North Hamilton Street home Friday night after living in Hope for many years. Funeral services will be held at the home at 2:30 Saturday afternoon with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. He is survived by his widow.
The funeral of Mrs. Vincent Noes seur, who died in Phoenix Arizona, will be held at Harmony church in Nevada county on Sunday at 2 30.
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