15 Aug 1940
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1940
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a bus driver associated with a school and boys, aiming to arrange a camp and vocational advisory chapter activities. Details are garbled, but imply planning for a future encampment and leadership remarks by chapter president.
By Nobbin Coons Hollywood brings a double feature with John Lee Mahin story James Edward Grant direction Jack Conway. Principal cast includes Clark Gable Claudette Colbert Hedy Lamarr Frank Morgan Lionel Atwill Trim Wills Marian Martin Minna Gombell. A lusty melodrama of wildcatters chasing oil across landscapes with humor and hokum.
The report notes the meeting was convened and confirms the company’s return home without incident on August 6, with a payment of 45 dollars per person.
A lively 1940s era review blends Burkburnett oil boom town chaos with a star studded film plot. It traces two friends through saloon brawls and staking attempts into a sprawling Paris murder trial frame. The cast includes Rita Hayworth Brian Aherne Irene Rich George Coutouris Evelyn Keyes Edward Norris Curt Bois.
Ruth Millet urges widows to stand alone after bereavement, arguing self-reliance benefits mothers and children. She advises keeping a separate home or sharing with another, maintaining friends, and avoiding self pity to build a happier future without depending on a son or daughter.
A review extols Ben Lucien Burman’s Big River to Cross as a rich Mississippi portrait rivaling Mark Twain. It recalls vivid river characters such as Captain Leathers and Captain Burney with colorful anecdotes and sharp humor about steamboat life, superstition, and the drinking era on the river.
The Board of Assessors of Street Improvement District No 9 and the Board of Assessors of Curb and Gutter District No in Hope Arkansas will meet at 10 A M on Friday December 1 1939 in the City Hall Council Room to revise and readjust assessments of benefits on real property. Any person may appear to seek revision or change in value and the boards may act on their own motion. Dated October 25.
The narrator demands a complete list of tasks for the rest of the day before drinking begins. He vows to remember and execute each order with precision, a behavior that could astonish a psychologist examining his methods and mental depths.
Report notes that young Lycosa spiders remain with their mothers for up to eight months following hatching, a sheltering behavior observed in their early development and communal habits.
A reader recalls a club luncheon talk by c i Sprecs on advertising. He cites the lecturer's anti advertising stance but recalls his own view that advertising boosts business, noting personal examples from family and products to argue ads are a normal selling tool since 1930.
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