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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1942
Page
4
Dorothy Rob Ap Pishton reports on blackout fashion from American designers. New coats with hooded blackout functionality, dark flannel or camel hair options, and pockets for flashlights and rations lead a lineup of luminous hats bags shoes and accessories designed for night raids.
Hollywood industry voices warn pictures must serve public morale and wartime needs. Garson Kunin urges films be as effective as shells, while previews and gossip mix with war slang, songwriters, contracts, and blackout economics shaping Tinseltown.
Washington struggles with chaotic civilian defense efforts here as rumors and pranks, dubbed fifth columnists by officials, overwhelm radio and advisory networks. FBI investigations follow widespread miscommunication from city OCD, police, and schools, with wardens distracted by unclear orders and fear of delays to defense.
A string of social events honors Miss Lenora Routon across January. Invitations go out for teas and luncheons at homes of Mrs. Ralph Reuton and Mrs. Roy Anderson, with gatherings at Andersons and Carlton homes. The Pat Claiburne chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy meets for a luncheon in First Christian Church, noting tributes to Lee, Jackson, and Maury.
An AP feature reports on Fort Hall Idaho residents, noting Friday and Saturday night dances among Shoshone Bannocks with traditional and occasional fox trots, while many youths mingle at nearby towns. The piece contrasts native gatherings with modern jitterbug style in surrounding areas.
In a rugged frontier scene, a con man’s talk and a bold advertising wagon clash with Jane Ann Judson’s wary gaze. A Greek worker named Angel Todd shows up, trading flirtation for tickets, while bets on a moonlit scheme and a Busy Corner hint at more trouble brewing in the town.
Spiders may serve as natural barometers as they spin long threads in fair weather and tighten webs and shorten lines when rain approaches, signaling changes in humidity and wind conditions.
An instrument developed in London detects water pipe leaks and reveals water flow direction. Citizens abroad report 4000 Americans reside in Great Britain and 12 000 others, mainly travelers, returned home at the war outbreak.
A historical note recounts early submarine origins from 1622 with Cornelius van Drehel and a six oared vessel beneath the Tham River, the later Turtle by David Bushner in 1800s attempts, and Dutch wartime use in the Netherlands East Indies during the Nazi invasion, highlighting Dutch submarine history.
Duc de Sully, once secretary to King Henry IV of France, proposed a scheme to unite Europe into a single federation more than 300 years past. His ambitious vision aimed at a continental union spanning diverse nations, foreshadowing later ideas of shared governance.
A brief note describes drinking tea in Paraguay using a straw or hombilla, the latter a decorated metal tube that is flattened and perforated at the end for sipping hot tea.
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