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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1942
Page
2
Hempstead county and state cotton producers voted heavily in favor of 1942 marketing quotas. Official returns show 83 714 state voters with 81 227 in favor and 2 477 opposed. Hempstead county totals were 1 737 with 1 100 for quotas and 37 against, reflecting strong support for Triple-A aims to stabilize prices, conserve soils, and aid war needs.
Mrs Earl Rumbaugh struck a tree on the No 6 hole at Twin Hills golf course and could not locate her ball. Her caddy climbed the tree and recovered the ball from a robin's nest. The moment was described by the caddy as looking perfectly happy. A separate note mentions the Spaniards establishing the first permanent colony in New Mexico in 1698 at San Gabriel.
Allied Australians and Dutch troops seized the Portuguese half of Timor, a move with wide implications for Lisbon, Salazar, and U.S. war goals. The piece analyzes how German pressure, control of Atlantic routes, and ports in Angloa, Mozambique, and the Azores could threaten Allied shipping and American safety, with Timor as a potential flashpoint in the wider strategy.
Washington dispatch profiles Maxim Litvinov, the Soviet ambassador and Deputy Commissar for Foreign Affairs, as a popular, smiling figure in the capital. He impresses reporters with frank, sometimes evasive answers and quietly stabilizes U S Soviet diplomacy, signaling a shift from the former envoy’s largely social role.
In a rare scene Churchill handles a packed press conference with flair, matching Roosevelt's mastery as reporters volley sharp questions. Churchill's poise and quick replies win broad applause while Roosevelt appears keenly observant, noting Churchill's deft command of the room.
The new world capital of allied resistance to the Axis powers keeps social life at the Russian embassy minimal as Ambassador Litvinov and staff pursue urgent duties. Madame Litvinov, formerly Ivy Low of England, has been ill since arriving in the United States.
The sun’s distance from Earth is now measured at 93,005,000 miles, 100,000 to 200,000 miles farther than prior estimates. Dr H Spencer Jamies notes the 10 year international study involved 43 nations and uses a small phineteros as a measuring rod near 16,000,000 miles. The margin of uncertainty is about 100,000 miles. Three secretaries of state served under Wilson from Bryan to Calhoun.
The two world figures exchange warm remarks as Churchill jokes about feeling at home and compares the moment to a House of Commons session. Reporters shift to telephones and typewriters as the conference ends, amused by the cordial exchange.
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