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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1941
Page
4
Our Daily Bread argues for revising the Initiative and Referendum law to reduce confusion and costs. Rep Royce Weisenberger sponsors the bill amid Arkansas Press association splits. He notes two weeks publication lowers newspaper payments, cites $109,000 annual publication costs, and says current law wastes public attention and state funds.
Livestock breeders of Southwest Arkansas will host their first breeding school in the courthouse at Hope Friday February 7. All breeders and teachers interested in livestock development are invited to attend the all day session conducted by the Extension Service with aid from the University of Arkansas Department of Animal Industry. Dr Warren Gifford and Mr M W Muldrow will lead. Leading breeders from Howard Pike Clark Dallas Sevier Little River Miller Hempstead Union Lafayette Nevada Ouachita Columbia and Calhoun counties are expected to attend.
A community meeting to discuss the cotton improvement plan will be held Monday afternoon at 2 and farmers are invited. Mrs Earlie McWilliams chairs the meeting with Oliver L Adams county agent present to discuss the plan.
A short puzzle item listing job titles and multiple choice definitions. It asks readers to match Onvirologist Longshoreman Pediatrician Compositor Calligrapher with correct duties from options, ending noting answers on the comic page.
Washington reports Arkansas' delegation faces a Democratic senatorial primary. Rep. W. F. Norrell of Monticello, David Terry of Little Rock, and Clyde Ellis of Bentonville are named as possible full-term candidates. No one would comment amid apportionment issues from the 1960 census.
Bishop Charles C Selevman of Oklahoma City and Arkansas Oklahoma conference will address a public gathering at the First Methodist church in Hope on Thursday afternoon and night. He will be joined by Rev Leland Clegg and Rev J D Baker district superintendents. Attendees expected from Gordon Prescott Waterloo Spring Hill Washington Blevins Fulton Columbus and other nearby towns. Program begins at 1 30 p m.
A fragment quotes Horace Bushnell urging trust in God for great things. The line evokes religious guidance and personal faith, reflecting 19th century era phrasing and moral tone associated with Bushnell.
Howe city council defers land purchase for airport site while authorizes C O Thomas plant manager to travel to Fort Worth to present a topo graphical map to the Civil Aeronautics Authority for approval. CA A defect cites a default in an abstract tied to Hempstead county affidavits. fed stamp plan gains favor with merchants. County judges note administrative costs. land sale ordinance for 1.63 acres between Fair Park and Highway 67 approved for county warehouse storage. Moses to succeed Wray Perry as city meat inspector. salary adjustments for lighting plant staff. police report lauds best month in years with 45 convictions and 28 arrests, fines total 597.75 with 220.75 collected.
In a heated exchange Senator Wheeler of Montana accused the Roosevelt administration of weakening U.S. aerial defenses to aid Britain, while the President countered that Wheeler is cozying with Adolf Hitler. Support for lend-lease aid to Britain gained momentum as Rep. Wadsworth backed the measure and Gen. Robert E. Wood opposed the bill before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
London reports a large daylight raid over the French coast following a major night offensive. RAF bombers and fighters targeted Cherbourg Brest Bordeaux Dieppe and other Nazi held ports while Brest's naval base and nearby docks were struck. Four British planes failed to return.
LITTLE ROCK Governor Adkins hopes the state's 137 million highway bond refunding sale authorized by Act No 4 of 1941 can be held February 25 or 26 after talks in Washington with Reconstruction Finance Corporation officials describing the RF C as a guard for favorable interest rates. Sale timing and rate depend on market changes with advertising planned in New York Chicago and St Louis. More than 66 000 signatures were filed for a referendum on Act No 4 and additional fees will be sent to the Secretary of State Hull.
Singapore freighter article notes Malaya as the world’s leading tin producer with vast exports to the United States. It explains tin control schemes, European and Chinese mining methods, and tensions over price and production affecting war resources and industrial capacity. The piece weighs Malaya’s role in smelting and supply, plus British and Dutch influence on governance.
Three committees of Hope residents depart Wednesday for Little Rock to meet state officials and groups on key issues. They aim to spur a Hempstead food stamp plan, discuss a Hope city armory, and attend a second hearing on the state wage and hour law.
The Woodmen Circle will hold a pit supper at the hall Wednesday night at 7 30. The Sutton Collier quarter wall appears on the program and the public is invited.
Three men died in a two car crash on a curve one mile south of Burdette. Cal Goseth, 35, a Burdett auto salesman drove alone. Nelson Catalina, 25, Osceola grocery employee, and Von Price, 20, Osceola service station assistant, were in the other car. State Patrolman E B Davis arrived shortly after and said all were killed instantly when the cars side swiped in the road center.
London report states Lord Lloyd aged 61, British colonial secretary and government leader in the Lords, died midnight Tuesday after a three week illness. He took the colonial post last May at Churchill's request and later became government leader in the Lords when Lord Halifax moved to the U S envoy post.
A New Haven fire swept a three story brick building killing eleven workers on the third floor of the New Haven Quilt and Pad plant. Three youths were critically injured while escaping the flames, and officials fear more may be missing. The blaze started in a department handling cotton products likely from a friction spark or static electricity.
Wendell Willkie boarded a plane from Lisbon to resume his U S duties after a London transit. In Bristol he pledged to aid U S freedom and praised local courage as he prepared to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He slept briefly on the train that brought him from London.
Private Hershal Ward 22 of Bragg City Missouri, a member of Company B, 140th Infantry, stationed at Camp Robinson, is found dead on the Missouri Pacific Railway east of North Little Rock. Authorities say he was walking the track and struck by a rain.
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