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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1942
Page
2
Kenton farmer Sherman Wolf reports cows giving birth to twins recently while defending dairy efforts with a poster on cattle care. He notes a calf birth anomaly, attributing it to a young cow's inexperience. Also, a volcanic lake warmer at one end and colder at the other was found on Unimak Island, Alaska.
Grim mementos from Japanese planes and submarines lost at Pearl Harbor are being kept by Honolulu residents. A Pan American Airways worker salvaged a complete 900x200 tire from a submerged plane stamped 14 9 1. A photographer shows a submarine officer’s shoe, and clothing from a downed pilot is kept by curious locals. Children hoard shrapnel and bombs. Wahiawa youth owns a plane wing with Rising Sun insignia. The city, now a wartime hub, endures blackouts with glow-in-the-dark bells and safety measures. Families plan bomb shelters, food conservation, and civil defense, as army officials urge proper shelter placement.
Prescott Star plans a daily Prescott news column to serve Nevada county after the main paper suspended. Reader input welcomed. Fire losses at $5,000 for N. E. Ward home outside Prescott. insurance partial. Auto stolen on Main Street recovered. Pine Bluff suspect arrested. Red Cross fund nears $972 toward $3,000 Nevada county goal. Library notes report 15 new books including This Above Us and Saratoga Trunk. Boswell Bargain Store Arkadelphia to close. Prescott store retained. Local residents traveling, birthdays, club events listed. subscriptions urged.
The article details improvised civil defense shelters from shallow trenches to cave-like havens in Honolulu neighborhoods. It cites local planning by the disaster council, with quotes from Edouard Doty urging immediate cover to reduce civilian casualties during air raids and noting limitations when bombs drop near horses.
January calendar for Home Demonstration clubs lists meetings at Shover Springs Centerville Hickory Shade Centville County wide meeting of community leaders Minu temen 4 H leaders Supt of schools preachers merchants bankers and Agriculture Agencies planning Food for Freedom Campaign several meetings at McCaskill Belton Mt Pleasant Bingen Old Liberty Evening Shade Guernsey Patmos Bat efield Hopewell Rocky Mound Doyle Mary Fletcher County Hempstead County joint meeting with Home Demonstration clubs officers and hostess lists due. A luncheon and officer elections are planned with a Farm Families Food for Victory enlistment drive to aid the war effort.
In New York a reader found a $500 bill and later reclaimed it after a newspaper story prompted the claim. Countess Humann Guileminot learned of the tale and registered her claim, then rewarded the finder, 13 year old June Millard, with half of the amount.
New York City Chief City Magistrate Henry H. Curran ordered strict enforcement of parking rules. In Greenwich Village double fines ended congestion, with 1,062 violators paying 4840 to the city treasury over three days.
New York report portrays a compact Dutch naval force backed by American aircraft as a rising power against Japanese forces in the East Indies. It highlights the Dutch sea tradition, the Beggars of the Sea nickname, and the drive to reclaim homeland while detailing training, aircraft support, and colonial manpower in the Indies.
Wilmington N Y14 The ancient war between the farmer and the crow over corn, it is predicted, will come to an end in the Southern States. With the shift to livestock and dairying, corn is displaced by grasses that provide year round grazing. The crow feeds on destructive insects.
NEA Service reports on the U S Army relying on trucks as mobile power in modern warfare. It notes Fort Knoxs First Armored Division and lists thousands of trucks and various support vehicles including 558 scout cars and 2017 trucks. It highlights run flat tires and bullet sealing tech from Goodrich and the use of private carriers for food transport, plus mobile medical units and other services built on 2 1/2 ton trucks.
The Hong Kong harbor on the island, once a pirate hideout, evolved under British rule into a major global port. The stamp issued to mark a century of British possession highlights its sheltered, strategic harbor of ten square miles with east and west entrances. Before occupation it was desolate, a smuggling hub, then became pivotal for opium trade routes, passenger services, and tin markets, shaping regional commerce and later wartime dynamics.
The piece recalls Dr Nunn pushing a pro Pan Americanism project amid Buenos Aires press tendences. He sought funding in recent months to launch a new publication stressing unity of the Americas despite ill health.
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