21 Dec 1940
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1940
Page
1
Rates are listed for city caterer subscriptions paid in advance by week month and year with regional mail prices. The piece notes AP recognition for republication rights and disclaims responsibility for tributes and unsolicited manuscripts, explaining memorials and letters cost space and are charged.
A historical piece notes that on December 16 electors in state capitals debated abolishing the Electoral College. It reports differing actions like Texas proposing abolition, New York donating travel expenses, and Indiana misnaming a favorite son. Norris Lea proposals urged direct presidential voting and possible constitutional reform.
A scrambled quiz lists Henry Kens Leghorns Broilers Pegs in Geese Ducks Turkeys as Cranium Cracker answers. It pairs John Gielgud as an actor with three orchestra conductors, William Saroyan as a writer among three artists, Sir Thomas Beecham as a conductor with three playwrights, Alfred Gant as an actor with three novelists, and Franz Wertel as a novelist with three verse writers.
A wartime time-travel romance where John Hallard wakes as Pelias in fifth century Britain. He leads resistance against Saxon invaders while Meena, daughter of a Roman patrician, becomes his ally and love. The tale contrasts invasion eras and merges romance with historical conflict.
Social etiquette quiz asks about baby gifts thank you notes godparent refusals and polite letter etiquette. It examines proper manners in personal and business contexts with authoritatively toned guidance.
A fragmented column notes a checkered career and fashion shifts as Farbhoy rationing looms for Eric Jtons after holidays, while the Duke and Duchess trigger excitement over lost tooth and crown. Col. Leonard P. Ayres predicts boom and slump in 1941. a lengthy Ontario California state fair table scene is described along a tree-lined street.
Bruce Catton recounts a transcontinental telephonic conference that ended a weeks long northwest lumber strike. A four way call among industry leaders, labor officials, and government officials produced a 3 cent wage raise plus paid vacations tradeoff, with future wage studies planned to align lumber prices with workers’ shares amid broader peace in the industry. The deal reopened the Tacoma mills and set a framework for ongoing wage negotiations and industry stabilization.
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