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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1942
Page
3
The column praises Pearl Buck's Dragon Seed as a vivid wartime novel and highlights Ling Tan, a compelling Chinese farmer figure. It contrasts Chinese resilience with American hardships, urging sacrifice, rationing, and lasting commitment to democracy as war looms and supplies tighten.
London reports continued Allied air onslaughts over Germany and Norway. British bombers struck Trondheim naval base and Rhine land targets including Cologne, with mines laid off France and Belgium. Eighteen planes were lost. a vast attack aimed at Calais was launched. In Trondheim, battleships Mrpitzwith and others sheltered after earlier engagements. Norwegian labor used in base construction noted by informed sources.
Senator Spencer of Arkansas accused the president of missing a golden opportunity to rally all classes to an income limitation program and urged legislative wage controls. He said farmers would accept limits if every other class faced the same restraint.
River towns report Red River rising overnight to 20 feet with forecasts reaching 34 feet within 12 hours. Fulton flood stage is 5 feet and Boltonlands residents move to higher ground amid rising waters.
A fragment notes that joining up and seeing mat bouts is a free pass to wrestling events in Colorado Springs. Inductees are treated as guests of honor in a reserved section, while a stray line mentions the horned poppy and plant kingdom.
Kingston resident Don Toomay rolled his on the rum car from a burning garage but forgot to grab five dresses hanging on the wall. The fire squad saved the vehicle and prevented further damage.
Roosevelt to speak at 9 p.m. on a seven point anti inflation program while the Office of Price Administration prepares sweeping price ceilings. The plan would set caps across retail, wholesale and manufacturing levels to curb living costs and support war effort.
The Federal Employment bureau issues an immediate call for log cutters. Experienced workers are wanted for on site labor. Apply at the Federal Employment Bureau located on Second and Walnut streets in Hope.
Pryor Oklahoma endured a devastating tornado that wrecked Main Street, leaving about two million dollars in property damage and 68 dead. Searchers plowed through rubble as relief teams aided injured residents, with hospital victims reported between 150 and 300. Authorities warned tolls could rise toward one hundred in the area. Mayor Thomas J. Harrison vowed immediate rebuilding as materials were scarce in the defense district.
WASIINGTON Sen Conrad Connally of Texas withdrew a motion to bring up a war seizure plant bill, postponing labor legislation indefinitely in the Senate. Sen Byrd failed to secure any delay agreement, signaling the possible death of the measure and of further labor bills amid a confrontation with President Roosevelt.
El Dorado resident G Keating filed his party pledge and ballot fee with the Democratic State Committee as a candidate for state treasurer opposing Earl Fage who seeks re election. R C Beltrammer of Arkansas City filed a corrupt practices pledge against C G Hall seeking reelection as secretary of state. E D Woolburn of Paragould submitted a pledge as a candidate for land commissioner.
Mrs. John Talmer calls her hens a flock of victory chickens. The 88 hens laid eggs in a single day amid news from the Sierra Madre mountains in Mexico.
London reports the Russians have seized Borok and surrounding territory around Lake Ilmen, advancing north and south of the lake and threatening German rear communications. Isolated pockets remain near Novgorod and Staraya Rus sa as Moscow radio confirms victory. The Smolensk front wedge near Moscow was repulsed.
County war effort includes home demonstration groups soliciting pledges for Defense Stamps and Bonds. Rural canvass led by War Board and Mr B E McMahon targets men 45 to 60 on April 27 at local schools while 43 county clubs distribute pledge books to members and households. Food Stamp Office will close Tuesday and Wednesday for inventory.
Police Tuesday arrested Dave Stewart on a charge of terminating the scene of an automobile accident. Two negro men, George Lewis and Roger Page, were seriously injured when Stewart's car rammed into the wagon they rode in two miles east of Hope on old Highway 67. Lewis suffered internal injuries, a hip injury, and a broken rib, while Page had a broken leg and bruises. Both were taken to Julia Chester hospital by a Herndon-Cornelius ambulance. Stewart's identity was established by his car’s license plate, knocked off in the collision. He admitted striking the wagon.
ROSETTE HARGROVE reports that wartime Britain introduces Joint Workers Councils giving workers a voice in shop management. Regulations restrict firing for gross negligence and forbid quitting, aligning government, employers and unions to push industrial reform as firms expand beyond small enterprises. The system grows from need for maximum production and the erosion of direct management contact in large firms.
Roosevelt urged a wartime limit on individual incomes to 25000 a year and on business profits, but congressional Ways and Means Committee members signaled likely rejection of the blanket taxation clause. Dissent appeared among committee members as public discussion remained cautious and uncertain.
Robert Jewell of Hope has been chosen to escort Miss Ruth Murphy of El Dorado in the Hendrix College May Day coronation on May 10. The celebration, shortened due to war, will fit a condensed one day program. Jewell, a Hendrix senior and intramural leader, also serves as Wigwam president and ex-president of the Hendrix Christian Association.
Mrs Jessie Baird and her daughter Margarett as residents near the city south corporation line report to the sheriff and The Stay that hunters shooting birds near their home are so careless shots have hit the house and narrowly missed them. They say standing in the yard is unsafe when hunters are nearby.
The Nevada County singing convention meets at the Baptist Church of Rosston on Sunday May 10. The public is invited to attend and bring song books and baskets filled with lunches, announced J W Hollaway on Tuesday.
Public notice lists multiple oil and gas leases filed April 27 1942 in Nevada County. Transactions name Lile Hunt Roc kett Sutton and others to M. E. Wakefield, covering sections 4 and 5 in Township 13 Range 22, with dates ranging from March 16 to April 20 1942.
Japanese forces and reinforcements were reported near Mandalay and Lashio in northern Burma as Chinese reports warned of advances from Malaya. Allied reconnaissance noted Japanese shipping toward Burma coast ports. The Burma government evacuated Maymyo as fires and native unrest affected the region amid rain bogging roads.
The Peruvian president Manuel Prado, invited by President Roosevelt, will land in Miami then visit Washington New York Boston and Detroit. Born in Lima on April 2 1889 Prado rose from student to army officer and politician and has led Peru since October 1939 after exile and imprisonment.
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