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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1940
Page
3
Fragmentary text notes a Harvard School alumnus who left long ago and lived mostly abroad. Mentions Philadelphia family wealth and possible diplomatic roles. Context limited, but implies a person tied to Wilson era advisory circles.
Biographies reveal William C. Bullitt as a restless envoy who helped reshape U.S. policy toward Versailles and the Soviet Union. He opposed entangling alliances, supported strong defenses, and balanced a vivid private life with public duty. He survived a near miss when a bomb exploded during a Paris lunch with aviation minister.
A Kansas City region feature notes a 100-year-old Black resident who sleeps under three blankets in midsummer heat. He says what keeps out cold will keep out heat. Officials say they do not object to his method.
In Findlay Herman Lesser spent two and a half hours thawing out a soda fountain malfunction as residents sweltered. The report notes extreme heat with the 99 degree reading and mentions a paused cooling system and related disruption.
Daily standings show Memphis, Nashville, New Orleans and other teams with mixed results. Tuesday night scores include Boston 4 New York 4 and Cincinnati 4 Pittsburgh 3 in seven innings while St Louis beat Chicago 5. Philadelphia hosts Brooklyn as Cincinnati visits Chicago on Wednesday.
The county tilted toward candidates like Bob Bailey for lieutenant governor and J. Lester Backey for county official roles, with substantial support for associate justice and other local positions. Across the Atlantic, reports describe heavy Allied and German air activity, noting German raids, ship engagements in the English Channel, and substantial British losses amid intensified combat.
The morning darkness broke to widespread bombfire across the south coast Wales and Scotland. Houses were hit in a Scottish town, huts set ablaze elsewhere, and many bombs fell in fields. One casualty reported, with minor civilian injuries. Fires and new casualties followed the large Luftwaffe raid on Tuesday, acknowledged by the Air Ministry as five dead and a few more casualties.
A garbled report cites Dr H A Sverdrup of Scripps Institution arguing sea water evaporates fastest in late fall and early winter due to air cooling. The text also notes skeletal elephant remains found in every county of the Texas panhandle, a claim presented without clear sourcing or context.
In Miller County the three candidate race for circuit clerk produced 4385 total votes. Faye Thorpe led with 1982, Scoggins 1247, Goodson 745, giving Thorpe a plurality and sending Scoggins to the runoff. Homer Adkins won the governor’s nomination by a wide Miller County margin with 2649 to Bailey’s 1713.
A damaged OCR style quiz asks about correct social usage for spouses and hosting etiquette. It presents questions about telephone introductions, wedding party roles, party invitations, and responses to invitations. Answers hint that formal phrasing and clear acknowledgments are preferred in etiquette.
A review highlights Vin Paul Vidor's Rose of the Sea from Corpick and Evans. It portrays a man on a sea voyage with stark beauty. The French reception is noted as favorable.
The article notes that Antarctica once shared a climate with California about 100 million years in the past, implying warm conditions far from the icy continent today. It also mentions the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah as a historic site for speed records.
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