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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1940
Page
3
A companion of a woman killed in Louisiana has been traced to Arkansas City. Police seek the suspect’s close associate believed to help the slayer evade capture and may hold key details about the case. Authorities emphasize vigilance as they pursue all leads.
Authorities disclosed a car linked to the slaying of J J Calloway a Houston Texas salesman was found and identified through telephone checks with Louisiana and Texas. A woman Annie Beatrice McQuision Henry faced murder charges for aiding a man in a deadly confrontation during a robbery plan in Arkansas and Louisiana authorities pursued leads on a missing male accomplice described as a yellow rat.
Governor Wiley said no special session of the General Assembly will be called despite reports from the Department of Education noting no widespread distress. He also rejected a special session of the State Board of Education before its May meeting, citing no urgent need for action.
Fragmentary text notes about yields and coffee plants, mentioning bearing state in their second or third year. No clear persons, places, or events readable.
A fragmented puzzle lists missing Senate names drawing national attention. It asks readers to fill blanks for Marvel M. Logan, Harry S. Truman, Ward Davis, John B. Miller, James Davis, and others from Kentucky Missouri Pennsylvania Arkansas Texas. The item mirrors a light civic trivia feature from the era.
The Finnish relief fund here rose to 111 dollars with donations reported from five persons, including E. Brown and Mrs. J. F. Gaelg, via Mrs. T. A. Middlebrooks Benton Huddleston Stroud. Total donations reached 108 dollars.
John F Peterson, 49, manager of the Hope Office of the Arkansas State Employment Service, died Monday night at Hot Springs Army and Navy Hospital after more than two months illness. Survivors include his widow, two sons Jack and Danny, a daughter Betty, his mother in New York, a sister in France, and a brother in Detroit. Funeral arrangements are pending with Owen Funeral Home in Little Rock and burial at Little Rock National Cemetery.
Hope High School hosts Arkadelphia High School in a 7 p m game Tuesday night. The Hope Juniors meet Washington in a 6 45 p m prelim. Coach Foy Hanni plans reshaping Beebe for a late week contest with one of the state’s top teams.
Three persons were fined 25 each in municipal court Monday for possessing and selling whisky. Names listed include Prank Divis Enos Rive and Mattiow Mortisett. Judge W K Lemley presided over 14 cases with other results for drunkenness, disturbing the peace and unlawful detainer. several cases were dismissed or set for grand jury.
A brick Mena High School building in MENA was destroyed by a Monday morning fire. Discovered just before 1 a.m., the blaze had advanced so far the fire department could not stop it. Continued on page four.
Officials of the Louisiana-Nevada Transit Co turn on gas at the Okay Cement plant in Ada Oklahoma marking the first use of gas from the new 73 mile pipeline from Coion Valley Louisiana to Okay with a spur serving Hope. The line will connect Fulton for a Hope link and serve municipal water light and brick works plants with completion of the 12 mile spur by late February. J F Kaufman, superintendent, oversees the Okay Cement plant as gas flows to the furnace at 2700 degrees.
British officials indicate acceptance of using the letter W in wartime terminology to refer to Nazi aggression. The move follows debates over terminology and wartime reporting.
Oslo voiced a wary stance after a rescue of 300 British prisoners from the German ship Altmark. Norway warned it might bring the matter before the League of Nations or another tribunal, signaling potential international tension over neutral waters and wartime conduct. The report notes Sweden's stance on Finnish aid and ongoing fighting in the region, with various nations adjusting positions amid the crisis.
Cotton New York opened Tuesday at 10.74 and closed at W711 Middlesing spot 11.19 with Massetton figures noted.
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