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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1940
Page
1
A fragment reports 192,000,000 from January last year and a March income drop of 601,000. It cites government loans and consumer demand as factors. The note mentions farm output and market timing affecting income, with February similar to March.
District embalmers from 29 counties in south Arkansas gather at Hotel Barlow Thursday afternoon for lectures and demonstrations on motorized injection restorative art and embalming by Mr Denniston. A banquet ends the session at 6 pm with Calloway presiding.
Wednesday results show Birmingham 3 Little Rock 1 Knoxville 6 Atlanta 5 Chattanooga Nashville 4 New Orleans 4 Memphis 0 Brooklyn 9 Boston 4 New York 4 Philadelphia 2 Chicago 9 Pittsburgh 4 St Louis 0 Cincinnati 0. Thursday schedule lists Cincinnati at Chicago Boston at New York Brooklyn at Philadelphia St Louis at Pittsburgh New York 9 Philadelphia 4 Washington 9 Boston 6 Chicago 1 Cleveland 0 Detroit 2 St Louis 4 Chicago at Cleveland Detroit at St Louis Philadelphia at Washington.
Sherry Bond, a penniless socialite owner, needs money fast to save her stable. Pepper Boy may race the Derby entry and a six furlong claiming race to raise funds as rival trainer Paul Wharton weighs a last minute claim to snare him.
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Albert Lewis Fletcher was named auxiliary bishop of Little Rock by papal decree. The 43 year old seminary scholar and Arkansas native becomes the first from the state elevated to this position, with the ceremony at St. Andrews Cathedral conducted in Latin and English.
The bowling roundup reports results from a Wednesday session dated April 24 with standings and scores from league play. Top performers include standout scores and notable string breaks, reflecting a competitive card from the bowling alley.
Cincinnati residents watched the Ohio River stall near a crest of about 80 feet as a forecast predicted fair weather would ease fear. The river measured 50.95 feet, 7.95 feet above flood stage, with meteorologist W. B. Schlomer noting the crest was near. California Kentucky faced drinking-water shortages and wagon teams ferried supplies while upriver communities continued cleanup efforts despite relief in weather.
Washington P Evers Chase testified before the Dies committee that he had been an organizer for the Communist party in Los Angeles and claimed the party planned to plunge the country into civil war by calling a general strike in basic industries. The witness described alleged Communist activity and discussed party aims.
A fragmented report describes a robbery at a East Street shop where a man seized about $16 from a pocket and then flees with $100 in cash from the J C Penney store. A further $5 is alleged to be taken from Mrs Mek ae's pocketbook, with suspect linked to Otha Barcies as manager.
NEA recalls Lord Nelsons daring Trafalgar in 1805 as British forces clash with Villeneuve off Cadiz. The British fleet breaks the French line, Nelson wounded yet guiding victory as the French rear is overwhelmed and the battle ends with many French ships captured or driven off.
By the Associated Press four people were killed and eight injured in Arkansas in the past 48 hours. Victims named include Imogene Calloway ten, William Keathley ninety two, Murray Cooper fourteen, and Henry Dudley fifty eight. Incidents ranged from an auto train rollover near Amity Clark County to a motorcycle crash near Desi Arc and a horse accident near Brookland.
In Jefferson County a motorcar crash injured Dudley and four others including Stan Cox, a white foreman, and three workers. They were taken to a Texarkana hospital with non life threatening injuries. The incident prompted relief costs to be borne by state governments.
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