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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1942
Page
3
Local concerns rise as Arkansas bridges reportedly lack security measures raising questions about maintenance and safety. Officials scrutinize inspection protocols and funding while residents call for immediate action to ensure safe crossings across the state.
A Providence columnist notes multiple interruptions in Hope infrastructure due to power plant issues and stresses the need for on-site standby connections. The piece then shifts to World War II dispatches from Smolensk, Volkhov Front, and Caucasus, reporting Russian and German movements, air offensives, and troop advances as both sides trade blows and strategic positions near Moscow and Leningrad. The writer also critiques bridge security in Arkansas and analyzes a controversial move by L. L. Lewis to organize farmers, arguing it favors owners over workers.
Hiram Meeks aged 25 will move from Russellville to Hope to take over the Saenger and Hialtn theaters replacing Rommel Young who leaves to enlist in the Army. Meeks has a decade with Malco Theaters and comes with wife and daughter Mary Linda. He is a Jackson Tenn native who has managed in Hot Springs Fulton Morriston and Russellville. Young is a native Hope boy who began at the Saenger and rose to manager years ago.
Allied airmen in Australia reported through tropical rainstorms that 40 Japanese planes were shot down in two raids on Rabaul New Britain over the weekend. The raids involved bombing and fighting in the Fergund area as U.S. Army forces continued operations in New Guinea theater.
British tanks and Chinese infantry recaptured Yenangyaung in the Burma oil fields from Japan after a fierce two day battle. An RAF sweep along the Avrakan coast damaged Bassein airfields and allied ships, with motor launches and vessels attacked. Chinese infantry led a headlong assault near the Irrawaddy signaling the start of a renewed counter offensive to blunt Japanese advances.
The Hope Kiwanis Club and Hope Chamber of Commerce established a travel bureau to conserve automobiles and tires during the war. Citizens should call 940 with destination, departure and return times, and passenger capacity to coordinate rides. Bowen of the Chamber will connect riders. the office is a contact point, not a waiting room. Citizens are urged to cooperate, share rides, and save rubber for the war effort.
An automobile driven by Mire Robert O'Neal collided with another driven by J K Stanley of Neas Hope at Sixth and Main streets Saturday afternoon. No one was injured seriously though the O'Neal car was considerably damaged. Police investigated and charged Stanley with reckless driving.
The War Department reports a heavy Japanese artillery push on Corregidor from Bataan Peninsula and Manila Bay approaches. Dive bombing raids followed for the first time since Bataan fell, with five raids on the fortress and several by light bombers. Defenders silenced three batteries and disrupted truck and troop concentrations. Near Mindanao, an American Filipino patrol halted two Japanese busloads, inflicting casualties.
Hope experienced its first blackout on Saturday from 8 p m to shortly after 10 p m when a boiler tube at the municipal water and light plant blew out. A second boiler was fired to restore power downtown as stores closed and residents used candles and flashlights while theaters closed with return tickets issued. police reported no disorders or arrests.
Berlin reports from Adolf Hiller's headquarters that 18 enemy ships totaling 141000 tons were sunk in the Caribbean and off the American coast. German raiders, in coordination with the Nazi air force, attacked an enemy convoy in the Arctic, sinking two ships and damaging three others while sinking escorts. A submarine operable in the Mediterranean penetrated Bicrut harbor and torpedoed a merchant ship, and another U boat shelled electric works at Jeffa causing heavy damage.
The Navy on orders from President Roosevelt seized the Brewster Aeronautical Corp plants at Long Island City Newark and Johnsville due to dissatisfaction with management.
Boston reports a medium sized merchant ship was rammed and sunk Sunday night near the east end of the Cape Cod Canal. All crew members on the sunken vessel were saved. The other vessel continued under its own power.
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled unlawful the padding of school warrants to divert funds for a gymnasium, upholding a judgment ordering Jim Quattlebaum and others to repay 2035 dollars to the district treasury. Directors, bus drivers, and some teachers were named in the scheme.
The French Popular Party said an attack occurred Sunday night aiming to kill Jacques Doriot, its collaborationist leader, during a speech at a theater in Rennes Brittany.
Oil and Gas filings in Lafayette County dated April 18 1942 include royalty deeds leases and mineral deeds involving numerous parties. Transactions show transfers of royalty interests in sections 26 14 11 12 4 7 and others across townships 15 16 19 and 23 West and East in the 25 22 24 West ranges with names such as M E Wakefield Hazel Griffith R S Randolph L E Tennyson J C Garrett Hunt Oil Co Texas Co Minnie Laws James Dugan and others.
Pat Robinson Lewisville attorney and World War I sailor will address the Hope Kiwanis Club at its Tuesday noon luncheon at the Hotel Henry. Royce Weisenberger, program chair, says the talk on Pacific fleet problems will be one of the year’s standout programs. Royalty Peed and related real estate notes appear in the item with dated filings and transatlantic navigation mention.
General G C Marshall army chief of staff and Harry Hopkins lend lease advisor were brought to President Roosevelt and reported on war conferences in Great Britain. The two officials who returned from London Sunday were guests of the president. Secretary of State Mall and John G Winant also joined the conference after returning from Florida and serving in England respectively.
AP notes Tokyo broadcast a Monday account claiming Japanese raids arose from U S aircraft and that some planes dashed to safety after losing bombs. Chungking dispatches say U S planes hit but did not strike Chinese soil. Details on fighter routes and carrier attacks remain unclear.
Hempstead county and Arkansas state agencies join the nationwide Food Victory Campaign. The Hope office of United States Employment Service coordinates a survey of farm labor needs with Hempstead Clark Nevada Howard and Laws counties. Farm workers and farm owners urged to work with County Agricultural committees. Hope office serves as clearinghouse for labor data.
Hempstead Rifles and Pistol Club calls a meeting at Hope city hall Thursday at eight o'clock. All members and interested citizens urged to attend as the club aligns with National Rifle Association guidance to shift from competitive matches to general marksmanship training for defense and armed forces support.
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