Community Chest debated for Hope city needs
Rotary luncheon discusses whether a single Community Chest could replace multiple local campaigns. Gates on population thresholds and paid managers are weighed, with El Dorado cited as contrast. An informal, coordinated pledge system is proposed to unite charities without a central office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Hope
Linus Walker
Ncw
Goodfellows Fund
Goodfellows
Boy Scouts
The
Red Cross
Christmas Seal Fund
E. B
McFaddin
el Dorado
Oil City
Community Chest
Community Chest Chest
Satie Seagun
Chariy
Community Chest Plan
Spencer Bids $23,000 for Bank Assets at Hempstead Court
Lloyd Spencer president of First National Bank tops bids with $23,000 for all assets of the old Arkansas Bank and Trust Co at Hempstead courthouse. Vincent Foster of Hope offered $22,000. Sale subject to Hempstead Chancery Court approval. Assets include bank building, real estate, and several hundred dollars in judgments. Auction conducted by W. S Atkins for state bank commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Spencer
First National Bank
Old Arkansas Bank and Trust Company
Hempsteal
Vincent Foster
Hope
Hempstead Chauncery Court
Arkansas Bank & Trust Co
Second and Main Streets
Hempstead County
Arkansas
Sey
Nevada County
Interpreted Move Toward Balkans War
Budapest reports total mobilization to January 15 seen as one more move toward German war in the Balkans. Hungary may bolster the Nazi flank against Russia while Germany strikes south toward Greece or Turkey amid renewed Russian activity on routes through Polish and Slovak borders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Hungary
Balkans
Russia
Greece
Turkey
Russian
Poland
British Bomb Naples In Raid Kills Several
British planes raided Naples dropping bombs and propaganda leaflets. The attack damaged buildings and killed several people, with reports indicating the raid occurred two days earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Rome
Frane
A Thought One Life Waymarking Time Between Eternities
The note reflects Carlyle on time as a brief gleam between two eternities with no second chance. It presents a philosophical observation on mortality and the fleeting nature of existence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle
Modification of Regulation Essential to Production
Modification of Regulation Essential to Production reviews 1941 business trends by Joun T Flynn NEA Service Financial Writer. It discusses government relations with business, hopes for relaxed hostility, and anticipated shifts in regulatory agencies including the Securities and Exchange Commission toward friendlier action with Wall Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joun T. Flynn
NEA Service
Securities and Exchange Commission
Wall Street
Supreme court weighs Hempstead county judge contest
The Arkansas Supreme Court reconvened after a holiday recess to hear an appeal from Hempstead County regarding last summer’s Democratic primary. The case, filed by John L. Wilson of Hope, challenged the nomination of Pred A. Luck and was dismissed by Circuit Judge Dexter Bush due to the poll tax list’s insufficiency. Attorneys George Steel and Steve Carigan argued, with John P. Vesey representing Luck.
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Little Rock
Supreme Court
Hempstead Circuit Court
John L. Wilson
Vwope
Pred A. Luck
Dexter Bush
George Steel
Nashville
Steve Carigan
Hope
Bush
John P. Vesey
Cranium Crackers 1940 Quiz Questions on Big News Stories
A quiz page presents questions about the era's major news. It asks about population figures, the rule of a defense program, a figure named Marc de Tristan, a selective service lottery number, and Roosevelt’s 1940 election states and popular majority, with answers on another page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marc de Tristan
Washington
Roosevelt
Hope National Guard Eves Patriotic Program at City Hall
A patriotic program at Hope city hall on Thursday night January 4 honors the Hope National Guard units departing for federal camp. Circuit Judge Duval L. Parkins of Warren will speak. the American Legion will read rosters of Hempstead county units and invite veterans, auxiliary groups, and the public to attend before early Friday morning departures.
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Hope
National Guard
Tynclock
Hope City Hall
E. F. McPadlin
American Legion
City Hall
Duval L. Parkins
Warren
Hempstead County
Hempstead
Hope Constructs 36 Building Permits in 1940
City recorder TR Billingsley announced on Monday that 36 building permits were issued to Hope citizens in the past year, with an estimated building cost of 40 560 dollars. The note adds a term toy salt describing timber preservation method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TR. Billingsley
City Recorder
Mondey
Citizens of Hope
Guthrie Leaves Hope Basket Co for Planters Mfg Portsmouth Va
John Guthrie, plant manager of Hope Basket Co for seven years, resigns to become plant manager of Planters Manufacturing Co in Portsmouth Virginia. He left Hope for the Virginia plant last Saturday. his wife and two sons remain in Hope for the school year. Guthrie has been active in civic work, directing Hope Chamber of Commerce. Walter Verhalen, owner of Hope Basket, moves from Dallas to manage the plant and sales division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Guthrie
Hope Basket Company
Planters Manufacturing Company
Portsmouth
Walter Verhalen
Guthrie
Hope
Theirginia
John
Alastair
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Verhaten
Dallas
Texas
L&A Underpass Contract Bids Set for January 8
The State Highway Department announced bids for the L A underpass on Highway 29 at the L and A crossing south of Hope will be opened January 8 with contract expected January 13. Right of way clearance is progressing locally as County Judge Frank Rider works the issue. The project, costing about 200000 dollars and funded with federal monies, would be Hope's first federal recognition for Highway 23 and links Hope with Shreveport and south Texas.
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Hope
State Highway Department
The
Star
Frank Rider
South Main Street
Corporation
Shreveport
South Texas
Speech Moves U S Toward State Short of War Says Gayda
The Associated Press report notes London welcomed President Roosevelt's address, Berlin studied silence, and Rome charged he is waging undeclared war against the Axis. Virginio Gayda calls the speech not new yet confirms a shift from neutrality to non belligerence toward a state short of war. German and Tokyo reactions vary, while Vichy officials call the address sensational.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
London
Berlin
Rome
United States
Virginio Gayda
Gayda
U. S
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Tokyo
China
Vichy
Roosevelt Pleased By Defense Address Response
President Roosevelt was described as tremendously pleased by the defense address. Stephen Early said leaders from both parties praised the speech and that it called for national unity to wage a great war-like effort. Early noted the reaction was exceptionally strong and discussed followup meetings with British and State Department officials.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Stephen Early
Early
Britain
Arthur Purvis
Morgenthau
Allen Kirk
London
Sumner Wells
Final Rites for G B Wise. long War Vet
Funeral services for Thomas B Wise 67 a Spanish American War veteran who died in a government hospital in Memphis after a short illness were held at Shover Springs Thursday. Wise lived most of his life in Rape now Blytheville home with a son. Survived by four children Ray Hollywood Jewell Blytheville Ruby Beckworth Gladwater Leonard Los Angeles stepmother Mrs F Wise Hope and five brothers, all of Hope.
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Thomas B. Wise
Memphis
Shover Springs
Wise
Foor
Blytheville
Ho Ig
Ray
Hollywood
Calif
Jewell
Ruby Beckworth
Gladwater
Texas
Leonard
Los Angeles
F. Wise
Hope
Roosevelt Urges U S as Great Arsenal of Democracy
President Roosevelt, in a White House broadcast, urged America to become the great arsenal of democracy. He warned Axis powers would dominate if Britain falls, and emphasized no peace while Nazi aggression continues. He framed the war as a global fight for liberty with the Americas at risk of a Nazi gun pointed at freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Washington
United States
White House
Great Britain
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
High Seas
Americas
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Alex. H. Washburn
Gore
Dominion of Canada
Spencer
Arkanel
Lange
Wempstead County
LaFayette County
New Orleans
Slovak
Athens
Chimura
Valony
Klisura
Tepeleni-Klisura
Laf Vaona
Durazzo
Church of St Lawrence Jewry
Christopher Wren
Dick Whitlington
Royal Air Force
Savig Lowelen
Mills
Ywite Ter
RAF
Empire
Flynn
Conue
Hope Basket Co
L&a
U.S
G.B. Wise
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