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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1940
Page
2
Community exhibitions run May 1 to May 2 at city halls with several local organizers named as speakers. The Better Homes agenda spans April through May with preachers urged to participate, while London notes return to daylight saving time amid a global mix of reports.
Bruce Catton reports that Germany's invasion of Denmark disrupted Jewish refugee relief organized by the Danish section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Nazis seized the movement's files, endangering Jews who had been aided by a cooperative, with leaders in Denmark vanishing and many refugees on the way to concentration camps.
Charles F. Allen as administrator for the McKibben estate filed a federal suit seeking 404,200 from Dr John R Brinkley alleging death from peritonitis after an operation at his Saline county hospital. The action seeks 18,000 for McKibben’s children, 10,005 exemplary damages, 51,200 for the estate and 25,000 punitive damages.
Ered A. Guck, seeking Hempstead County judge, argues long C W A. road and bridge experience, pledges careful finances and impartial service. He invites voters to examine his private affairs and discuss issues, promising to cooperate with federal aid and to serve all sections with courtesy and discretion.
Dr Anna Palmer leads the Cured Cancer Club under the American Society for the Control of Cancer to break silence and fear about cancer. The group, formed two years ago, urges openness about cure and supports early diagnosis, with members certified as having had cancer and five years disease-free.
In a radio address on Hitler’s birthday eve, Propaganda Minister Paul Goebbels argued the unity between the Fuehrer and the German people is the Reichs greatest strength and derided British war policy as a foolish phase. Netherlands Premier De Geer vows to resist foreign protective steps with martial law in large areas and across the country, rejecting outside protection for homeland and colonies.
McDuffie Stewart & Co., Little Rock CPAs, have started the annual audit of city records and the municipal water and light plant. A report will be submitted to the city council by mid May.
The Hempstead County Singing Convention will meet at Mt. Nebo church three miles south of Patmos on Sunday April 21. Clifford Franks, president, announced invitations to outstanding directors and quartets and urged Hempstead county singers to attend this session.
Lieutenant Governor Bob Bailey acting as chief executive said he developed a new plan to refund Arkansas 128 million dollar highway debt. He will outline details at a Charleston rural mail carriers convention next Thursday and favors callable bonds with an interest rate ceiling. He reiterated plans to run for state office and has received pledges on corrupt practices from the secretary of state.
Senator Caraway testified that her opposition to Irene Bodenhamer’s postmaster nomination for El Dorado Arkansas was not based on the 1932 Arkansas Senate race. She stressed her position had no connection to her 1932 opponents and called the appointment personally obnoxious.
Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Gentry were Hope visitors on Wednesday. Miss Ruth Miller and Miss Arline Wortham of Cora Donnell Hospital Prescot visited Mrs. D. Wortham Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Eley were Prescot visitors Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Carroll and Mr. and Mrs. Horace Anthony were also noted visitors.
Washington reports Britain and France tentatively agreed Thursday to purchase more than 1500 U S warplanes at an estimated minimum of 120 million dollars. Arthur Purvis said the large orders reflect a new export policy with the United States supplying Curtis and Douglas models and other types including Lockheed P 38 and P 39 craft. Additional contracts with unidentified third models were anticipated. Local notes mention Alice Ann Murfreesboro and B W Culpepper visiting Nashville.
An invitation to farm families to attend a special meeting on freezer lockers in Hempstead County Court House Hall next Tuesday at 2:00 PM. Oliver L. Adams, Mary Claude Fletcher, and University of Arkansas experts Muldrow Warner and Miss Loughead will outline storage and meat quality plans. A. W. Stubbeman invites attendees to visit the new East Third Street freezer locker plant under Warner’s guidance.
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