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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1942
Page
5
In Baltimore the new air raid alarm atop City Hall failed to be audible during a noon test. Workmen in the City Hall basement reported they could not hear it, while residents a block away heard only a kettle-like whistle. Hundreds phoned in to inquire if the test was in progress.
Civilian Defense officials said the test was called off due to winds blowing too hard. They plan further research into noise making apparatus to understand the issue and potential improvements.
Social calendar lists Thursday events for January 20 at 2:30 p.m. Contract Bridge at Mrs. T. S. McDavitt’s home and another host on Friday, January 20 at 2:30 p.m. Service prayer group meets at Mrs. Edwin Dossett’s home at 3 p.m. A. C. Kalb to address mothers and friends of service members. Saturday features an informal dance at Hope Country club for Girls Cotillion club members and dates.
Invited guests were welcomed at 9 o clock with Circle No 1 of the Women Society of Christian Service meeting February 2 at Mrs J W Strickland home and cohostess Mrs W T Franks. Circle No 4 met at Mrs Earl O Neal home with Mrs Garrett Story and Mrs George Brown. The Wednesday Contract club gathered for a weekly afternoon at Mrs Jin Henry residence with modern spring flower arrangements and two tables of play. Helen McRae and Pearl Holloway won high scores and the hostess served two delicious desserts.
A literary note frames Edna Ferber’s Saratoga Trunk as a vivid portrait of 19th century America. It follows Clint Maroon, a Texan railroad magnate, and Clio Dulaine, a New Orleans aristocrat seeking revenge and wealth. The work contrasts glamour with ruthless progress shaping a growing nation.
Mrs T G Rivers mentored to Dallas Thursday morning. Miss Elsie Weisbirper returns from Memphis after a week away. Tommy Keeler leaves for Little Rock this weekend to be inducted into the U S Army. Mr and Mrs George Robison return from a trip to Dallas. Mr and Mrs J W Chandler and son Billy spend the weekend in Seneca, Ma.
In 1939 Louisiana recorded a tuberculosis death rate of 64.2 per 100000 people. The figure reflects a high disease burden in the state during that era and provides a snapshot of public health challenges of the period.
Alaska expects ample food this winter after last summer’s purchases by merchants. George Sundborg, government investigator, says no shortage is likely as there is more food in the territory than ever before. Sundborg spoke after Gov. Gruening requested the study amid wartime concerns. Card of thanks expresses gratitude for kindness and floral offerings after a death. The note ends with: The postal rate in Vichy, France, was increased by 50 percent the first of the year.
Le Roy Oden of Mountain View wrote his name and address on an egg in a store. Weeks later the egg returned hard boiled from a girl in Texas. The piece mentions Elizabethan England carriages called whirlicotes.
Easton Maryland report notes war work empties a Talbot County town once home to 200 residents now down to three men as others move to defense jobs. The exodus mirrors wartime labor shifts reducing local populations and shaping community life.
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