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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1940
Page
3
The rule banning living in a trailer for more than 90 days in a 12 month period would shut down trailer camps if strictly enforced. A $10 annual license per trailer space adds cost. The National Trailer Coach Association sought relief but municipal court dismissed their petition. Police, directed by Health Department, began enforcement after a grace period.
Yerger High School won first place in the district judging and singing contest at McCaskill on Friday with 12 Negro vocational schools competing. Yerger’s four top scorers set a new district record, totaling 1463 points, earning the district team berth to Pine Bluff for state judging. Hope and Prescott followed in the standings with notable individual scorers from each school. The quartet also won the singing contest, with Hope first and McCaskill third in that division, while Arkadelphia’s horseshoe team took first place.
The British Potato Marketing Board and Government officials released an 80 entry potato cookbook to guide households on wartime eating. It covers soups salads stews and other preparations to stretch supplies and boost nourishment.
A group of trailer owners, led by Mrs Betty Robbins and Mrs Aletha Wilkinson, resist eviction tactics and plan a federal test case in Cincinnati to keep their camps. They insist they cause no harm and report personal health improvements from trailering. Police seek practical ideas to restore mobility for over 5000 trailers and restart wheel action.
In Memphis, the Travelers defeated the Memphis Chicks in a Sunday doubleheader. Scores were 6-4 in the first game and 4-1 in the second, with Lew Krausse earning the win in both contests. Hall Sieling and Stan Fyack delivered decisive hits for Little Rock, while Alpha Brazie held Memphis to scattered hits in game one.
In Washington the Navy press room buzzes over Allied Nazi naval battles in the North Sea while civilian clerks discuss strategy. The Thomas Jefferson Memorial design by Lee Lawrie is under review. the commission rejected many options but favored a revised Lawrie sketch, with $60,000 set for the bronze statue as the bicentennial near. Protests over site at the Tidal Basin featured suffragette imagery and tree protests near the White House, yet plans proceed toward completion in 1943 barring more trouble.
The Vatican plans two pavilions at the 1942 Rome Universal Exposition. One will display icons and graphic works about Apostles Peter and Paul. The other pavilion will illustrate church expansion and key events from nearly two millennia of history.
The passage mocks a theory of valued time in the Capitol and notes a capricious scene downtown with a senator receiving a dirty look. It cites Commerce Department data showing U S investors hold 221,000,000 stakes in Sweden Denmark and Norway to cover next year’s farm payments. The National Geographic Society released a million new 14 color Europe and Near East maps amid mapmakers’ edits if Germany absorbs seized land, colors may shift.
The piece notes a comprehensive collection of Jehlee add by people in all parts of the world where Catholic missionaries are stationed. It mentions church articles on display and a survey update from the Bureau of Biological Survey estimating about 250 head of longhorn cattle and 27,000,000 chicks expected across hatcheries and affiliated associations.
Chicago expert H Shevnan will visit the Grant Hotel Texarkana on Thursday April 25 from 9 A M to 6 P M to demonstrate the Zoetle Shield. The method claims immediate results, strengthens weakened parts, and closes openings in ten days on average without medicines. Ad on Richmond Street Chicago offers large incidental rupture after surgery solicited.
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