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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1942
Page
3
London correspondent Paul Manning reports on a perilous escape narrative set in Norway. Knute and Lars, after months of gathering fuel and aiding German airfields, flee a snowbound valley to a rocky promontory overlooking a fjord for a perilous breakout toward freedom.
Oaklawn Park prepares for a thirty day spring meet starting February 23 with Crosby stables bringing major West Coast horses. Jockey Eddie Tucker rides LaZonga as a possible Arkansas Derby nominee while El Ozuna eyes the Santa Anita Derby and both target the Arkansas classic on March 28. Wartime travel morale boosts crowd expectations as Hollywood figures and top turfmen join the season.
Two Norwegians, Lars and Knute, prepare a covert takeoff in a barn using a dismantled sport plane. They fuel, check maps, and rehearse their cold night escape from Nazi surveillance, flying over gun emplacements and into the North Sea toward England amid the crack of .50 caliber guns.
A historical notice extols the Hope Brick Company in Hope for its durable building brick and tile. It highlights longevity, fire resistance, and lower freight costs, noting sales across Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The firm ships to Texarkana and supports local economy through wages and trade channels. It invites continued patronage.
A map of Alaska drawn to the same scale as the United States, with Point Errow at Duluth, Minnesota, would place the Aleutian islands against Los Angeles, California and the southeastern reaches of Alaska on Savannah, Georgia.
Mme Litvinoff, the new First Lady of the Soviet Embassy, blends charm with sharp intellect as she translates her husband Maxim Litvinoff's speeches and steers education and correspondence. She studies Russian, educates young children, and plans to observe American schools while translating and drafting letters, all while maintaining a poised, practical role at the embassy.
Washington reports a surge of new material sources that could reshape supply chains during wartime. Abaca rope from Panama and the Philippines replaces hemp, kapok wild in Brazil and the Andes fuels insulation and life preservers, tung oil substitutes emerge from Brazil, annatto dyes enter U S commerce from the Dominican Republic and Ecuador, carnauba wax expands in daily use, and quebracho extracts aid tanning and medicines.
East Texas Motor Freight Line offers express service with daily trips from Hope to Houston Dallas Port Worth Chicago St Louis Memphis and other Texas cites. G S Pen Willis local agent notes rapid flexible delivery with free pick up and dispatch and connections anywhere in the United States. Bonds insured shipments and prompt loss or damage claims, under Arkansas Corporation Commission and Interstate Commerce Commission authority.
A middle aged woman lost her balance and fell from a window into a garbage can. A passerby commented on American wastefulness. A worker recalled being warned to wipe a grin off her face and return to work as she faced trouble.
Savannah was the first settlement in Georgia, founded in 1733 by General Oglethorpe. The historical note highlights the city’s colonial origins and connection to its founder.
Autrey Wilson, owner of Red Ball Dairy, advertises modern equipment and daily delivery of fresh Grade A milk and cream. The notice touts sanitation, on-site milking and bottling, tuberculin tested cattle, and full control over product quality. It invites continued customer patronage.
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