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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1941
Page
5
London report notes continued demand for stockings and smart dress among women despite rationing. Parliament urges employers to ease work attire rules as shortages prompt patriotic bare legs trends. Additional items discuss Export-Import loans to Brazil and Cuba, and Washington congestion plans.
Allied and German dispatches report Tallinn besieged with Soviet forces retreating by sea amid heavy bombardment. Berlin claims major German advances including Velikye Luki with massive Russian casualties and 30,000 prisoners. In Hope, a military proving ground project outlines a vast facility with extensive infrastructure to support testing.
The week features contracts events at the home of Mes. Gorin and Mes. McNeil at 3 o clock. Tuesday hosts Miss Dorothy Branting of Bauxite with a Cokes party and pink decorations. Guests include Mrs. Roy Stephenson and several local society names. Others plan Texarkana visits and cross town social happenings through Wednesday.
Personal mentions note Mrs Werbert Lewalloi and daughter Carnion along with Mrs Buford Poll visiting Texarkana. Mrs Clyde Yarbrough and daughter Katy Lou of Richmond, Va., guests of Mrs Yarbrough's mother Mrs Weqq. Warren, Me., Mrs Yarbrough expected to join later. Mrs A C Whitehurst and daughter are also listed as visitors.
A Washington analysis traces Warren Lee Pierson’s push to use Export-Import Bank loans to counter German blocked marks with U S backed credits in Latin America. It highlights a Brazil canning venture, foreign ownership, and a growing program aimed at boosting production and trade while ensuring loans stay productive and paid.
German technicians to be replaced by British or Russians as allies gain access to Persian Gulf routes to the Caspian sea. British forces push 40 miles north of Abadan to seize Marid and advance from Iraq toward Gilan and Sar-I-Pul, statefrontier towns. Bandar Shahpur occupied. six Iranian aircraft destroyed with no RAF losses.
Rep Patbot Faild Jr. and the civilian Military Council report more than 25,000 soldiers used showers at Fair Park from 10 AM to 1:30 PM. Over 400 soldiers bathed at Hope Prie station as Curran J. Conway arrives to inspect activities and recreation centers in Hope Arkansas.
Secretary Stimson argues the need for a well trained large army to deter and withstand any invasion. He contrasts Germany's seven million professional force with America’s million and a half, noting that only a significantly larger, well equipped army can defend homeland outposts and deter foreign entanglements.
Major Strecker described the Euclid dump wagons each moving over thirteen cubic yards of earth per load. He likened the operators to monotony busters due to rough driving. He said large capacity equipment will hasten the project, noting the Proving Ground will span 49500 acres and 774 square miles with 8 buildings and 63 structures. A 13 mile railroad is planned including a Dolph spur from the Missouri Pacific Line.
Army units prepare for a two-phase Arkansas operation with the 33rd Division defending the rail line at Camden while 7th Army Corps aims to seize it. Major General Lawton commands 19,000 troops facing the 27th and 85th brigades along Cypress Creek. Regulars from Fort Custer and Fort Leonard Wood shift toward Ouachita positions as the plan moves toward Louisiana by September 1.
Dewey Hendrix Hempstead County tax assessor asked Attorney General Jack Holt for help adjusting county assessments amid defense boom and the Southwest Proving Ground development at Hope. He says influx of new residents and businesses is altering the tax base and requires readjustment.
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