This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1940
Page
4
The piece critiques party balters in southern primary politics and warns against machine methods in the Democratic Party. It recalls past bolter incidents in Arkansas and stresses that voters, not officeholders, judge. A sheriff candidate anecdote ends with a joke about armed friends and politics.
In Hope and Blevins and Hempstead County crowds heard 15 candidates call for office. Ex attorney general Jack Holt urged re election while Jim Bearden defended his record and confronted a whispering campaign about drinking. The events highlighted local political fervor as candidates pressed their cases before midnight.
A concise quotation attributed to Moore notes that earthly grief finds remedy in divine healing, reflecting a comforting religious sentiment without additional context.
Robert Koch is famed for identifying the tuberculosis bacillus and pioneering bacterial pathology. Louis Pasteur is known for pasteurization and germ theory contributions. Edward Jenner created the smallpox vaccine. Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered X rays. Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec developed the stethoscope and auscultation methods.
LITTLE ROCK The State Utilities Commission and the Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company failed to reach a preliminary consensus on a reduced gas rate schedule. Chairman Thomas Fitzhugh said a telephone conference with J. C. Hamilton indicated the company is not yet willing to accept a lower rate base. He noted hopes for a later compromise and said further conferences would be scheduled, with August 14 proposed as an earliest possible date. Hamilton said the company staff had not finished reviewing Commission figures and differed on several major points, including construction costs and general overhead estimates.
The New York cotton market opened at 923, finished at 921, with Middling spot price reported at 122. The session reflected a dip from the opening level as trading concluded.
The Hope Chamber of Commerce announced that E. Smith Reed, Todustrial Engineer of the Arkansas Agricultural and Industrial Commission, visited Tuesday to survey Hempstead county industries for possible use in the government rearmament program. Reed said the mission is to provide Washington with product types, locations, and capacities, and that his department aims to secure war orders for local industries.
Missouri news notes Gov. Stark ahead in the Democratic U S Senate race as returns from early precincts trickle in. Mills and Truman figure in the field with 479 of 41447 precincts reported. Governor contenders and other races mix with details on nominal gubernatorial results and a seven way Republican Senate field. National Gallery cost cited as $15 million in Washington.
Dr Don Smith spoke at the Kiwanis Club in Hotel Barlow detailing a Gulf coast fishing trip shared by local men last week. He described landing a heavy shark and the tale of the one that got away while Rev Ha mill announced the Kiwanis Milk Bottle Fund raised 5.40 in two weeks for crippled children.
Little Rock Arkansas the Pulaski County Democratic Committee ordered election judges by resolution to bar from voting in the Democratic primary anyone who has aided or supported non Democratic nominees. The measure targets members of the Pulaski County Willis Democratic Club and condemns use of the word Democratic by groups backing the Republican nominee. It applies to those not aligned with party nominees and to voters who scratched a Democratic ticket within two years.
Paris report notes the French Academy resumed Thursday meetings after the fall of Paris with the roll cut from forty immortals to four. Present July 1 were Andre Bellessort, Cardinal Baudrillart, Abel Bonnard, and Abel Hermant, who has written for Paris Soir. The others departed for the provinces.
Hope Chamber of Commerce announced Wednesday that Saenger and Rialto theaters have donated 7.50 to a Hempstead county Free Fair this fall. Theaters run a local reel urging patrons to support hometown merchants, illustrating civic spirit versus self benefit.
Oren Harris, candidate for Congress in the Seventh Arkansas district, will speak at 3 o'clock Thursday night August 8 at Hope City Hall instead of the courthouse due to a conflict in arrangements. The World War draft law covered men between 18 and 45.
Wayne Jarvis reports Nevada county candidates Bryson and Mitchell launch their state senate tour with speeches in Willisville and planned stops in Falcon Bluff City Rosston and Prescott. Local turnout is high, roads crowded as voters await sharp exchanges, while clerk candidates Hodie Buller Brad Dewoody Jesse Baker Buck Young and sheriff hopefuls Barton Saunders Ed Cottingham declare their qualifications ahead of August 13 and the second primary on August 27.
At the August Hope council meeting Alderman E P Young reported on the Gas Consumers Committee’s progress with the State Utilities Commission in Little Rock. The council approved a $500 advance to defray expenses, heard reports from city departments, and set plans for storm sewers and lighting upgrades. A $75 donation request from the Cemetery association was approved with contracts to be handled by the city attorney. Salaries for oil distributors were raised to 65 cents for August and September, and funding for the syphilis campaign through December 31, 1940 was continued. Additional lighting and sidewalk projects were authorized, and four stop and go signals were purchased for city use.
Fragmented OCR prose reports Mussolini aiming to risk a battle in Africa as Italian forces threaten British positions in Egypt and Somaliland. Britain reinforces Libya border and Haifa area while U S warns not to escalate. News notes Berlin’s purge talk, Paris bombing, and Hull's denial of Western hemisphere aggression.
NEW ORLEANS Port Arthur Beaumont in Texas faced the season’s first severe tropical storm as winds reached up to 90 miles per hour and inland movement loomed. The weather bureau warned residents to brace for hurricane force winds and possible damage along the Gulf Coast.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.