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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1940
Page
7
The tale states hyacinths rose from Nyacinthus blood after Apollo slew him, a mythic origin linking flowers to divine tragedy and love in ancient legend.
At Russell Sage College in Troy New York young women registered for a defense program on October 16 and are engaged in home front preparation. Courses include plumbing electrical work ambulance driving and emergency nursing alongside forums on world events and propaganda. Students donate to British war relief and practices encompass language study, physical fitness, and practical skills to strengthen national defense.
Speculation grows in U S military quarters that Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding will visit on an unspecified mission after Dowding was relieved of his RAF command. Rumors claim he may assist in speeding British aircraft production and advise American manufacturers, highlighting his WWI and WWII leadership and innovations.
Army trains hostesses for camps with high standards, ages 30 to 50 for senior and 25 to 45 for junior posts. Senior hostess earns 2100 yearly, juniors 1620. Roles include running clubs, social activities, and child care arrangements. Army shifts to direct control of hostess program, barring private groups from camps but allowed near towns. Morale division plans % motion pictures, libraries, guest houses, and large-scale libraries. aims to foster games, music, and amateur shows among draftees.
Freda and Ida Leibowitz, 22, both artists from Philadelphia, celebrate a first joint exhibition at the city's ace gallery. Watercolors, charcoal and ink drawings created in Mexico last summer are featured, including oil portraits by one sister of the other. Their story follows years of early talent, Graphic Sketch Club training, and prize wins at Carnegie Institute events.
Chicago judge Joseph Sabbath weighs in on draft marriages noting increased rates as men wed to avoid serving. He cites experience from 31 years on the Cook County Superior Court and argues new laws allow time to reflect before marriage. He warns those who wed to evade the draft should face consequences.
Judge Sabbath notes fewer divorces among the young, suggesting fear of forced separation due to conscription keeps couples together. He laments divorces as a sad end caused by indifference and misunderstanding, yet proud that he has effected 4500 reconciliations.
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