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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1941
Page
2
British warships protected merchant convoys in the eastern Mediterranean near the port of Derna. German forces repeatedly attacked with aircraft and bombarded ships, claiming to sink a 10,000 observation unit and a small unidentified vessel. The British fleet conducted a post engagement sweep to locate any further threats.
The Loup Fire Department reports a Monday blaze at a hamburger stand fed by George Northcutt in the P. J. Drake Aquor building on East Third Street, believed caused by an oil burner. The structure and fixtures were destroyed. A separate Sunday morning fire on North Spruce Street destroyed a housing unit with 200 baby chicks, with no estimate of losses available.
Twenty two Hempstead county Negroes will depart on Hope Tuesday March 4 for Camp Robinson Little Rock to be inducted under the compulsory service law. Draftees listed include Brown Maynard Brown Williams Bruce Mack Betsall Frierson Robbert Frierson Howard Ellis Smith Johnson Douglas Blair Hill Scriggins Adams Frierson Daniels Cox Gamble Holston Williams Witherspoon Cooper Hayes Ferguson Jamison Smith Porter Carey and several alternates.
The South Arkansas District AAU Basketball tournament will be held in Arkadelphia on Saturday March 1. Earl Erion, District AAU Commissioner, announces it will qualify two independent teams for the State AAU meet March 3 4 and 5 at the Duachitg Gym. W Bill Walton Quachita coach is in charge and teams may enter by noon February 27.
Washington notes the neutrality act has kept U S shipping and nationals out of danger, citing two DOJ cases under the act. Capt Vanderdonck, a Belgian-born U S citizen, sailed a ship under Belgian flag through the zone and awaits trial. engineer MecElherron faced a light sentence after misnaming confusion. Penalties for violations remain steep, up to 50 000 dollars and five years for ship masters, or 10 000 dollars and two years for individuals.
The Rev. Leland Clegg district superintendent of Camden Methodist will address a Hope meeting at First Methodist Church. He will discuss religious home training for parents of Methodist school children. The program starts at 7:30 p.m. with Sunday school, and Clegg’s address in the auditorium begins at 4 p.m.
CAIRO reported the British said their east of the Juba river drive was developing successfully as Margherita and the port of Gellb north of Chisimaio fell. Prisoners and war material were captured. British forces also advanced in Eritrea toward Cubeub and into Ethiopia near Amanit with Senegalese reinforcements aiding the campaign.
Local committee member L A Carleson reported over 160 dollars sent for Greek relief but emphasized ongoing needs for food and medical supplies. Donations encouraged through a mite-box at Hope confectionery or via treasurer Syd Be McMath, with thanks for the support.
The Emmet district considers a $12 006 bond for a new high school to be built near the current site, which would become a grade school. The proposal includes a combined auditorium and gymnasium and mentions D E Wev.
The article discusses pilots ferrying planes to England via two routes, Newfoundland or Bermuda, and the legal ambiguity of special passports under the neutrality act. It notes potential prosecutions, or lack thereof, if a pilot is shot down, and questions how public opinion would react to further involvement as the drift toward participation continues day by day.
New juvenile titles join the Hope and Hempstead County Library shelves announced by librarian Miss Elsie Weisenberger. Notable titles include The Saucy Sailor and other drumazed ballads, Saturday Magic, From Bobby to Jones, Peter Peppercorn, Wings for World s, and Emmet architect. Emmet school board lists A. Be Magness as president F. G. Holton secretary W. M. Thompson Murray Hood Hermon Reyenga directors. A new building question may reach voters amid unfinished gym construction damaged in recent storms prompting possible abandonment or major repair.
Fragmentary text discusses replacing limbs with expendable fast legs claws and paddles and notes the ability to lose eight to ten appendages and grow new ones, implying a speculative or science concept about regeneration.
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