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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1942
Page
5
Local groups announce meetings from P T A and Girl Scouts to music club and Baptist dinner. Activities include carols, guest speakers on conservation, lingerie shower for Nedra Gibson, a Marionette show, and a Christmas program.
In a tense naval action off Guadalcanal, American ships raked a Japanese cruiser and battleship with heavy gunfire while pursuing submerged threats. Survivors drifted in lifejackets as multiple vessels burned or sank, and one Japanese sailor refused a life jacket from a rescuer. The crew stayed on battle stations, wary of subs and air attacks, before finally drawing clear.
Mrs. Clara Koonce of Hempstead County and Lite Rock volunteers many hours weekly. An active Business and Social Service Club member in Little Rock, she has chaired the Little Rock Orphanage committee and served as program chairman. She also works ten to twelve hours weekly with the State Health Department and volunteers in the Office of Civilian Defense, aiding soldiers at the USO Information Desk.
A Christmas pageant will be presented by students of Blevins High School at the monthly Parents Teacher Meeting Thursday night December 10 at 7 45 o clock. The program promises to be very interesting with a large crowd encouraged to attend.
Mrs H C Whitworth of Lille Rock visits friends in the city. Mrs Briant Billingsley and daughter Mary Frances arrive to spend Christmas with Mr and Mrs T R Billingsley. Capt and Mrs H Holliday and children moved from the Southwestern Proving Ground to South Hervey street. Mr and Mrs J R Floyd moved from the city to the Southwestern Proving Ground. Miss Erma Jean Andrews of Houston visits relatives with Miss Jean Kirkland of Texarkana.
Mrs George W Duke Jn of McGregor Texas formerly of Hope announces the birth of a daughter. A brief family birth notice from the local paper records the event with names and places connected to the parents.
New Orleans officials and Sugar Bowl sponsors move to confine gates and tickets to locals. Eastman orders recall of tickets from competing teams, but gaps remain as Tulsa reports unsold tickets and no records kept. Advance bases for new residents and late buyers threaten to inflate access to the ninth annual clash on December 1. University of Arkansas Concert Band's Thomas Kinser Jr. and the group performed Sunday at the Field House.
A U S heavy cruiser helped halt a major Japanese thrust near Guadalcanal on November 12 13 1942. Officers recalled firing at night destroying a destroyer and damaging a battleship while avoiding enemy torpedo bombers and Zeros. The ship moved under blackout conditions and engaged after dawn pursuit. 33 Japanese ships were reported sunk or damaged as the battle unfolded.
In a tense scene Gunnar and companions deduce a submarine attack on an unarmed ship. The English submarine is suspected after no signal or torch when planes return. They plan a covert night landing to transport guns, with six to go aboard and others aiding the operation.
Evrybody was happy when midnight of Friday the thirteenth arrived and it became Saturday the fourteenth, marking a festive transition as night turned to weekend.
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