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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1942
Page
4
The piece discusses how 17 to 20 year olds face a conflict between enlisting in military service and pursuing education or work. It mentions veterans, employers wary of untrained hires, and a National Education Association proposal to create a Selective Service Reserve for those who have passed 17.
McCaskill Mrs Warmen Rhodes and others shopped in Nashville Saturday afternoon. D B McCaskill attended Federal Scout in Texarkana recently. Aluis Stokes of Delift spent the weekend with H B Eley and family. Tylo Wortham of Prescott visited her mother Dora Wortham. Nel Hood spent the weekend with Balin Mac Montgomery of Blevins. J W Hood and children of Aldorado visited H B Eley and family. W W Curtis and John Turner planned a trip to Texarkana. Misses Jean Sheffield and Leta Rhodey of Magnolia toured here with Mrs Homer Hawkins and her child. May visited relatives in Murfreesboro. J A Sewdge and H B Eley took a trip to Texarkana on Thursday. Luther Honeycutt and Barbie Lively visited Texarkana. Miss Mary Young spent Sunday with relatives in Hoy.
New York fashion brief details the 1942 spring style clinic watched by the New York Retail Men's Wear Council. Vests fall from favor with two-piece suits favored to save wool. Models in foulard ties and maple-colored outfits showcase a future of lighter, cuffless looks and golf-ready footwear.
A quiz on proper etiquette covers mail privacy with a wife opening her husband s letters and family letters left open, whether a young man should show his girlfriend s letters, how to thank a gift from a couple, and whether to sign replies to invitations. It ends with a humorous misadventure at a bus stop about color blindness and a coy reply.
Social calendar lists events for February including a desert-ridge compliment for Mrs T G Rivers, a noon luncheon by the Women's Missionary Union, a book study on Fellow Nelps to the Truth, and a Wandman Circle drill. Also upcoming American Legion Auxiliary meeting, rehabitation chair donations, and J A Founders Day program at Hope High School with PTA activities and silver offerings.
Miss Willie A Lawson education chairwoman hosts a tea at the home economics college after a program on Youth After the Emergency linking PTA aims with civic, educational, and conservation goals. Yellow jasmine and jonquils decorate the cottage with a Ve shaped blue and yellow centerpiece and nine lighted vipers extend from the flower. Mrs Ross Gillespie and Mrs K G McRae preside at the tea table.
Barbs comments critique European nations and gender roles, suggesting less sugar intake could reduce demand for girdles and implying women chose poorly in marriage. The piece hints at defense spending urgency and political stances, while noting a Venus flytrap experiment in Carolina showing rapid reopening after being triggered.
A listing of oil and gas leases royalties and deeds filed on February 12 to 13 1942 across townships 12 to 15 and ranges 2 to 23 detailing assigns including Magnolia Petroleum Co Lion Oil and G F McLeod with sections 2 10 27 34 and 33 and royalty deeds among others with multiple grantees and severals in Reed Oklahoma and surrounding areas.
The director outlines from February 168 that inmates upon leaving must register the day of departure. Registrants must answer all questions, describe residence in detail, and provide a concrete mailing address. They may choose one residence for recording, with no transient addresses allowed and no interference by registrars. A registered person on an RFD route through two states should indicate residence location. After answering, they receive a registration certificate to carry at all times. Failure to possess or show it constitutes a violation. Questionnaires are not given at registration. A questionnaire follows after order number determination. physical exams occur only after the local board assesses qualifications and deferrals.
Tydings argues that youths under 20 should be eligible for pre training and civilian duties during war. He proposes assigning those studying science and professional fields to useful roles, with farm labor and harvest help as needed. He warns against the worst wartime sentiment: feeling useless or excluded from national effort.
In a spring tale through Parris and Renee, a secret pond, church scenes, and social ties unfold. Parris, grandson of Madame von Eln, navigates friendships with Drake McHugh while pondering freedom from strict guardianship. The chapter ends with plans to visit the depot and explore Elroy’s icehouse with friends.
Tydings argued that sending troops elsewhere would be preferable to sacrificing both the Philippines and its forces. He said MacArthur should have abandoned the Philippines and been moved to Singapore to save what matters most rather than risk losing both by a lack of reinforcements.
The article notes that the song did not become the official national anthem of the United States until March 3, 1991, when President Hoover signed the Act of Congress designating it as such. This marks a historic federal endorsement by a named executive and legislative action.
For the past several months the Hempstead county library has compiled requests and issued technical books to workers at Southwestern Proving Grounds and to those enforcing fines. Subjects include aeronautics, automobile construction and repair, blueprint reading, carpentry, chemical warfare, civil engineering.
Daily drilling summary listing multiple wells and operators in Arkansas and surrounding areas. Notes include hole sizes 9 5/8 inch, casing and drill depths, production figures, flowing oil estimates at various sites, and references to sweet oil, sulfur content, and gas ratios. Names include Carter Cornelius, T. F. P., Atlantic Bodcan No. 9, J. I. Roberts, Frankel, Magnolia, Dorcheat, Pinewoods, Bas-oil ratio, Midway, Barnsdall, Edgar Bond, McAlester. Production notes mention 200 bbls per day potential and several drillings with elevations and drillings numbers.
In Bali within the Dutch East Indies, locals react to the birth of boy and girl twins by purifying the site. They destroy the parents' house and sequester the mother and infants for 42 days amid rites for cleansing and protection.
The Hempstead County Library offers diverse topics from service and defense to home economics and nursing nutrition to support wartime needs. It emphasizes maintaining a steady supply of recreational reading for men, women, and especially children, to relieve wartime strain.
Notice announces the annual school election on Saturday March 21 1942 from 2:00 to 6:30 PM in designated county voting places. Voters decide on millage for general school purposes and debt service. Districts with under 150 school-age residents elect one director for three or five year terms. Hope district elects two for three years. County Board Zone No. 1 and county-wide seat also on ballot. Election notices list dates Feb 14 21 28.
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