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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1940
Page
2
A column by Rutie Millett urges middle aged women to cultivate sympathy and selfless concern. It argues charm comes from understanding others, not youth, and notes outward aging cannot erase warmth and influence. The piece reflects personal tone and guidance for mature women.
Six months into the defense buildup the United States shows progress toward a capable military without miracles. By next June production should rise, housing and essentials ready for recruits, while heavier weapons lag. Training and morale are strong, industry and labor cooperate, and shipbuilding expands, demanding continued effort and unity.
The passage contrasts women who seem alive and sympathetic with those who never learned to think of others. It contrasts soft eyes and genuine warmth with women who fake vivacity to appear young and demand attention, aging poorly while clinging to youth.
Legal notice states Hope School District No 1 A Hempstead County Arkansas will offer for sale to the highest cash bidder 229 500 funding bonds dated December 1 1940 at 2 PM December 12 1940 at the County Examiner office Hope Arkansas. Bonds pay interest at a fixed rate with maturity January 1 1968 and are callable from 1956. Sealed bids must include a 5 000 cashier s check and deposits by December 31 1940. The Commercial National Bank Little Rock will act as trustee and payment site. The district may reject all bids.
A garbled OCR style entry lists several book titles and authors, then adds an incoherent line about animals in Australia that can fly. The fragment mentions Moby Dick, A Tale of Two Cities, The Grapes of Wrath, Candide, Don Quixote and includes a stray comment about flying animals and species.
For sale all or such part of said bonds as the district sees fit. The hands are to be secured by a continuous tax of six mills vated for the purpose of renting this proposed issue. The bidder will be required to pay accrued interest on the new hands from December 1, to date of delivery. The bidder will also be required to pay all of the expense of the issue. This, the 20th day of November, 1940. Hope School District No. 1-A of Mempstrad.
Washington reports show Arnold's anti trust division crippled by lack of staff and funds for a broad food cost investigation. Officials say Congress must demand funding or President may divert emergency funds to advance the probe, while agencies clash over price policy and enforcement strategy. Farmers show interest as public reaction remains mixed and worth monitoring.
The report notes rising prices for broilers and turkeys while eggs milk and cheese show unusual surplus. The Justice Department aims to reverse the surplus with agricultural policy to boost whole production and stabilize prices for farmers.
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