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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1942
Page
4
Dorothy Roe summarizes child psychology guidance during wartime. Parents should stay calm, maintain routine, involve children in discussions without panic, and assign age appropriate duties. Older kids may have air raid roles, younger ones can play war games to soften shock.
The Hope Business and Professional Women's Club hosts a supper at 7 p.m. at the Experiment Station club house with Misa Ruby McKee and Mrs Thelma Moore as hostesses. The American Legion Auxiliary meets at 2:30 p.m. at Mrs M McCloughan's home with Mesdames Edmans ton Thrash Luck and Marsoni as associate hostesses. A new book The Timeless Land by Renae Dark is at the library. it recounts the early years of English settlement in Australia, focusing on Captain Phillip and the convict Andrew Prentice, with a cautionary tale of Bennilong and native life. Mr Woodall Eugene Woodall departs for El Dorado then New Orleans to join the Navy and was named honor guest at a party Saturday evening hosted at the Lida.
A Texarkana nightclub event drew numerous couples and individuals including Miss Hattie Anne Feild and Mr Woodall and Senator and Mrs James Pilkinton. Bill Rowe was named honor guest at a dinner hosted by his parents with covers for L Hamilton Lacie Rowe C J Rowe W H Prescott and Jack Rowe. Presbyterian Auxiliary met for an all day mission study at First Presbyterian with fourty members attending and a luncheon at 1 pm.
The item lists local people visiting relatives and friends in various cities, noting PFC Steven Bader in Silk, Oklahoma, David Waddle heading to Houston to visit John and Mrs. Waddle, Mrs. Albert Graves and Mrs. W. J. Jones in Texarkana, Mrs. Le Wo Young’s Dallas trip to visit the Cox family, Rev L. B. Tyrone’s Terrell visit, Evelyn Shofhouser guest of the Wimberlys, Dick Forster visiting relatives in the city, H. G. Hairston family weekend in Dallas, the Wagner family announcing a baby girl named Marydrene, and a Punjab climate note stating May highs near 120 and December lows near 20.
Multiple county clubs meet during January and February 1942 to discuss the Food-for-Victory Campaign, elect sponsors and leaders, and plan activities. Members pledge cooperation, vocalize devotionals, and learn practical handling of clothing and apparel amid National Defense Program shortages.
In this dramatic game chapter, Angel Todd stars for Tambay as Ramsdell counters, Scallinger is injured, and a Magnates scout hints at a pro future. Juddy argues Angel’s prowess while Maurie Sears faces a town bully with threats and a warning from Dr Starrow.
A composite U S wartime advisory compiles guidance on tire identification to deter thefts and extensive garment care rules. It covers cleaning wool rayon and cotton, fabric fibers, and labels, plus advising on egg and chick production timing for farm defense programs and optimal hatching schedules by breed. It cites Miss Fletcher and University of Arkansas experts specifying washing temperatures, handling, and ironing, with brood timing and market price considerations for broilers and layers.
Hollywood plans for an Academy Awards dinner warped by war, with talk of a special Best Performance of the Year to the Marines of Wake Island. Studios may convert major lots into troop hubs, while Durbin, Lupino, and others face career shifts and suspensions. A new musical cycle emerges as films, songs, and club scenes adjust to wartime priorities.
An expert uses salmon scales to determine the fish age when it went to sea and whether it has spawned. In a separate note, U S newspapers’ ad revenue trails gasoline tax expenditures by motorists, as advertising income is less than half the fuel levy total.
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