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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1941
Page
4
A Hempstead county letter and wartime commentary discuss job hunger near construction sites and the Second Army maneuvers, noting Hope losing headquarters to Prescott. The piece weighs Europe’s war prospects, Churchill’s possible outcomes, and postwar German fate, ending with a Monroe presidency note referencing New Hampshire votes.
Dr Gus W Dyer longtime Vanderbilt economist and economic adviser to the Southern States Industrial Council will be the principal speaker at the Hope Chamber of Commerce annual meeting at the Experiment Farm on Monday night August 11. Other program notes include a chicken barbecue, public meeting, music by Tod Jones quartet and remarks by Guy E Basye. Scientists say spiders have inhabited Earth for about ten million years with about 40 000 known species today.
The Hope city council enacted three ordinances in a lengthy session on Tuesday night including water and electric cutoff at Hempstead courthouse if Aug 18 bills are unpaid. The body approved trailer camp permits, a master electrician post, and an increased clerk of municipal court salary. John P. Cox replaced E. B. Greening as street improvement district assessor.
A meeting of the Civilian Military Council was held at the Court House Tuesday night to hear reports from 13 committees. Chairman Talbot Feild presided. minutes were read by secretary Mrs. Morsani. Committees reported on securing space for a Soldiers Service Center, with showers for soldiers and tentative use of Stock Building, Dairy Building, and Exhibit Building at the park. Volunteers to coordinate with Mayor Graves and city officials for plumbing and space cleanup were named. An American Legion information booth was planned at the Hope Furniture Store corner of Main and 3rd Street.
A New York plan to ration gasoline for potential September use was drawn up as a model for eastern states. The proposal suggests a 13 gallon per week limit for pleasure cars to conserve scarce supplies amid tanker shortages, advised by Mayor Vehicle Commissioner Garrall E. Mealsy at the request of Interior Secretary Ickes.
A truck caught fire on north Hazel street Wednesday morning but was put out before causing any damage. The blaze was believed to have started from a fuel spill from the engine.
The War Department awarded Bruner-Ivory Handle Co of Hope Arkansas a contract worth 88600050 for tool handles. Delivery date was not announced. The piece notes early table polishing practices with grease and wooden surfaces as a contrast to modern methods.
Kermit Dillard aged 26 from Rosston died instantly and three others were injured when two trucks sideswiped about 4 miles southeast of Hope on highway 4 Tuesday night. Injured include Harlan Grissom and Norman Jarvis of Rosston and Mrs Grissom, all taken to Hope and Prescott hospitals. Dillard’s body sent to Stamps. State Police investigated. Funeral for Dillard set at Bluff Springs near Rosston on Wednesday. He leaves a widow, a son, parents, four brothers Hicks Lewis Bunk Dillard of Rosston and Algie of Camden, four sisters and a sister in Louisiana.
In a quiet race at the city track Miles Collins led from the start, his mind-focused pace driving a dramatic win. Spectators say the standout performance showcased strategic pacing and determination from the young athlete.
The Army Air Corps opens pilot training to enlisted men and high school graduates. Training starts after July 1. Qualified graduates with 12 math units can enter without exam. Trainees will be paid during schooling and may become Flight Sergeants with pay during flight duty.
German high command claimed vast destruction of Soviet forces with reports of tens of thousands of prisoners and thousands of tanks guns and planes as Berlin said it reached the gates of Kiev and pressed a southward breakthrough beyond the Stalin line amid counter claims and conflicting reports from Moscow.
London Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Parliament that Japanese intervention in Thailand would threaten Britain and Singapore. Amb. Robert Leslie Craigie warned Japan on July 31, and Eden noted similar language in Japanese press. Hull in Washington called Thai moves a danger to U.S. security, raising fears of broader Pacific war.
A comic panel poses five questions about presidential oaths and where they were taken. It asks which president was sworn in by his father in a Vermont homestead, who inaugurated in Washington DC, which two term president had different cities for each term, whether Washington was sworn in by a chief justice at his first inauguration, and which chief justice was sworn in in a Colorado cabin.
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