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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1942
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR text references films and offices but lacks coherent events or identifiable names. Summary highlights include references to documentaries and entertainment content, but no clear date, place, or organization to anchor a news item.
A veteran critic argues that cinema fuels American morale during wartime. Films from propaganda shorts to Mrs Miniver style features shape views of home, labor, and national identity. The author asserts cinema embodies Americanism, depicting the home and aspiration, while offering viewers the right to walk out if dissatisfied.
The Arkansas Corporation Commission today sustained a $9,940,825 tax assessment on St. Louis Southwestern railway property. Tax Chief E. W. Brown said the company protested a higher figure but did not indicate an appeal, with formal appeal possible during September.
An army spokesman said intelligence sighted Japanese transports with over 20,000 troops in the Gulf of Tonkin on Aug 7. No origin or destination given. US planes bombed Haiphong last Sunday. Chinese forces withdrew from Hunan as battles near Linchwan continued. Ta Kung Pao marks Shanghai battle start’s fifth anniversary with a vow to counterattack.
Washington reports the House passed a bill to authorize immediate payments to dependents of service members under the allowance acts. The measure, supported by Rep Rankin, aims to aid needy cases now, with no opposition from about 40 members present despite prior blocking and war department noted opposition.
Washington reports the War Production Board halted all construction of electric power and light projects including 15 REA farm projects due to demand for copper and steel by the armed services. REA borrowers were told to stop unfinished work ahead of a likely takeover of copper by the Army, with sale to any priority holder if needed.
Unsuccessful supreme court candidate Lel ter Gentry will return to his post as attorney for the State Revenue Department on Sept. 15, as announced by Commissioner Joc ardin. Land commissioner hopeful Taylor has resumed his former duties in the state auditor's offices in Baton Rouge. A separate incident describes Mrs. James Zeimer's home being burglarized after a mysterious door creak and a menacing laugh, resolved by police who noted she had left the radio on and the intruder fled through a window.
Baseball star Stuffy McInnis reflects on a 19 year major league career with the Athletics Pirates and others. He ranks Hal Chase as the greatest fielder and recalls teammates Connie Mack era infielders Barry and Baker. McInnis cites personal thrill from Baker’s 1911 World Series homer and his own 1925 World Series bench entry.
Newport August 13 Arthur Simons of near Tuckerman was killed today when a timber broke and dropped him about 43 feet from a rice elevator under construction. J C Henderson, a fellow worker, was injured in the same accident. The men were assisting in the construction at the rice mill site.
In a rain soaked field at Country Squire Moscow Mission edged Walter Johnson 7 to 0 to stay alive in the ties. Melonis tends a garden and plays golf near a sea fringe course while coaching baseball at Brooks School for Boys in North Andover Massachusetts. Previously he coached 12 years at Norwich before baseball was nationed this spring six miles from his native Gloucester.
Ambiguous text describes a barber shop incident and a reference to military service. It notes 4000 American communities with 1.8 million people relying on motor trucks for freight. The fragment mentions a man named Walt or Robert related to Navy enlistment.
The article recalls Stuffy McInnis repeatedly saying That's the stuff when playing among men and shares his view on managing. He says he would not return to a big league club, citing sleepless nights in 1927 and an unsuitable fit for his wife and daughter.
Toledo reports rapid mobilization of the country’s medical men to serve the armed forces, with Byron Nelson undefeated in major golf playoff history. A new machine performs 87 operations on bomber center wing sections, previously done by hand, including 66 operations on the bottom.
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