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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1940
Page
2
The Star explains charges for tributes cards memorials and bank resolutions as a policy to protect readers from page-occupying memorials. It disclaims responsibility for solicited manuscripts and their safekeeping or return.
The Dutch government in exile in England sails a lean second half 1940 budget of 96 million guilders with 91 million for the fleet maintenance. It plans to raise funds via voluntary taxes and possibly drawing on gold reserves to support postwar needs while maintaining morale and asserting Dutch resilience. The article notes Germany's conquest of Holland, the royal family and ministers continuing in exile, and ends with the quip that one might need to revise the old saying You can't beat the Dutch.
Courtesy McRae Mill and Feed Co presents a market overview covering heavy H Leghorns and broilers with eggs geese and ducks. Film studios can save about 120000 dollars annually by reclaiming silver from film-fixing baths.
More than 40 committeemen plus Extension Service leaders gathered at the courthouse Monday to urge farmers to vote in the December 7 cotton marketing referendum. Oliver L. Adams emphasized informing farmers of the true cotton situation and the need to express wishes on quotas. B. E. McMahon outlined voting details and the 26 percent conservation requirement to avoid penalties, clarifying differences from sailbuilding practices and stressing consistency with county guidance.
December 3, 1920 notes from Hope area residents. Little Louise Pilkinton visiting grandmother in Washington. Miss J. H. Betts and Mrs. J. M. Houston shopped in Texarkana. Inez Goodlett of Ozan visiting the Dildy home. Myrtle Knotts of Sheppard shopped in Hope. J. A. Biggs and F. M. Schumaker of Stamps visit Hope. R. R. Gillispie departs for New York City to study eastern markets.
The Republicans carried Maine Vermont Michigan Indiana North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Iowa Kansas and Colorado. The electoral college vote was 449 for Roosevelt to 82 for Willkie. Total vote in the presidential contest was slightly under 50 000 000, highest in the nation’s history. Roosevelt carried New York Willkie carried Indiana Wallace failed to carry Town N McNary failed to carry Oregon. Only one inauguration that in 1936 has been held on January 20.
A fragmented column notes the English Ministry of Economic Warfare remarks on Italian public enthusiasm for war as not remarkable. It also cites Produce arguing nudity in theater is art, framing it as the art of packing the house, with a closing remark attributed to Dr Waller.
Fort Marion at St Augustine has never been captured despite flying four national banners. The fort is described as the oldest standing fort in the United States, having borne the flags of Spain Swain England the Confederacy and the United States. Government workers are noted for patenting discoveries as public patents for free use.
Washington coverage notes Vultee aircraft plant labor dispute in Downey California fuels talk of legalized compulsory arbitration in defense industries. The piece traces political maneuvering by Hillman and leftist factions, anti labor forces, and union strategies amid GM and United Mine Workers ties, illustrating the broader fight over labor influence in national defense programs.
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