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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1942
Page
3
A discussion of competing citizen rights in modern life, citing the Virginia Electric Power Co. case and U S Supreme Court reasoning on free speech versus organized labor, plus remarks on how conflict between rights creates a gray area without clear black and white lines.
A Singapore communique reports British forces repelling three Japanese land attacks and repelling a sea assault in northwest Malaya while coastal skirmishes near Kuantan threaten Singapore. Japanese casualties cited at 400 to 500 on Ferak front. attack on Perak thwarted with ships set ablaze. aerial raids on Singapore caused seven casualties.
Betty Clarke reports on wartime leg slimming methods suggested by fitness experts. Raburia Mashurgi and Miss Eins burgh share chair step exercises and a leg circle drill to tone legs, stressing daily practice and consistency for slimmer legs.
In Agawam, Oklahoma, W. W. Duke learned from the state health department that a birth certificate lists him as female. Duke seeks to correct the record noting a son born to the Duke family 28 years ago. He is also dealing with rumors as the news spreads.
The Oil and Gas Commission granted six permits in Lafayette and Hempstead counties as Barnsdall Oil’s No 1 Edgar Bond well near Hope Lafayette county produced 10 000 to 15 000 barrels daily. Officials described the discovery as the biggest Arkansas find this year and predicted wider drilling across south Arkansas.
The Associated Press reports Soviet troops 65 miles southwest of Moscow as Hitler’s forces endure bitter winter. A bulletin cites continued defensive fighting in the central sector while Germans retreat toward Sevastopol. Soviet recapture claims rise as Kerch and Feodosiya areas fall back in pursuit.
More than 400 men have been taken from the WPA rolls in Arkansas to train in trade schools and paint jobs for defense contracts. About 850 more are in schools to be assigned to industries producing war materials. Access roads and airports receive priority, with secrecy on road capacity and airport details to prevent aiding the enemy.
A naturalist and an engineer recorded beavers at Bear Mountain New York by placing a microphone in the roof of a beaver lodge and connecting it to portable recording gear outside Braggadoccio is the name of a Mis soul Lawn.
True/false quiz asks about Red Skelton Hollywood ghost writer Clark Gable with Lana Turner and Rosalind Russell D C French sculptor Roosevelt bust 1941 Paderewski death Tchaikovsky parade John Steinbeck For Whom the Bell Tolls film. answers appear on comic page.
The county saw its first snow of the season with 3 inches recorded at 7:30 am by the University of Arkansas Experiment Station in Hempstead and Hope. Snow measured 4 inches by noon as snowfall continued, the largest in years, with a cold week including a 17 degree low and 49 degree high, and 23 degrees at 7:30 am Saturday.
The article urges support for the American Red Cross to match its wartime role from 1918 to 1918 and calls ministers to mobilize congregations for urgent funding. It notes per capita soap use in the Netherlands before invasion and compares consumption in British India and China.
A devotional line cites Romans 4 15 warning that absence of law implies no transgression and reflects on moral constraint and religious interpretation.
More than 6,000 employees of the W. E. Callahan Construction Company will receive slightly over $186,000 in pay this weekend for the past week. Officials cite the Christmas holidays and bad weather as the main reasons for the payroll and personnel drop.
Marine Corps recruiters Sergeants Boyd and Fullerton will interview prospective Leathernecks in Hope January 7 through 12. Eligible men 17 to 30 who are white and unmarried may apply. accepted applicants go to San Diego for basic training before serving in the United States or abroad. Captain Thomas P. Jackson urges interested Hope youths to contact the sergeants for details.
ENSA plans to stage 2000 professional shows weekly by mid winter to bolster morale for troops and industrial workers. Stage and music hall performers join a drive to speed induction in factories and other industrial sites.
Bodcaw resident L. M. May reported that the Bodcaw high steel gymnasium burned to the ground early Saturday. The fire, believed to have started from a nearby trashpile being burned, caused a loss estimated in the thousands.
Blizzard conditions piled deep snow across Arkansas on Saturday with sub freezing temperatures statewide. Central Arkansas saw heavy snow with freezing rain as Texarkana reported five inches, Hope four inches, and De Queen three inches after two days of below freezing weather.
During an assembly on December 31 1943 eleven Blevins High School boys received maroon sweaters with a gray B for outstanding football work. Recipients include Ralph Todd captain Lee Roland SIN co captain Kenneth Wood Merlon White Dalton Stone Chase Stephens David Edwards A D Brown Jim Bostick Boyce Nolen Jewel Denton Young and Guy Stewl. Todd Nolen and Edwards will graduate this year.
Associated Press dispatch reports a five hour Japanese bombing raid on Corregidor Island at Manila Bay entrance. Sixty planes took part with three shot down. the fortifications suffered no material damage. American casualties listed as 13 killed and 35 wounded. Japanese forces also reported to have landed at Mindanao with Davao garrison involved. General MacArthur’s forces remain under heavy attack on Luzon as they fight a delaying action to mobilize Allied power.
A compact etiquette guide answers five scenarios. Women are introduced first unless the man is very old and distinguished. Say This is my brother when Brown is your brother. Introduce your mother before your father. Yes, provide enough about each person to start a conversation. For officers use the rank and name, Lieutenant Smith. If reintroduced to someone who forgot you, acknowledge the intro or say you have met before.
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