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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1941
Page
3
Large crowds fill Hope Gospel Tabernacle auditorium for a revival led by evangelists LeRoy and Raymond Sanders with the Edwards Family of Taft California and Mrs J E Hamill. Services run nightly through Sunday with special meetings midweek and youth night.
Notice of a July 18, 1941 special election in Guernsey School District No 20 Hempstead County Arkansas to vote a six mill tax for a building fund to retire a $16,000 bond issue. Court orders the election for 2:00 PM to 6:30 PM at Guernsey High School and directs publication in a county newspaper.
Washington reports Congress completed the fiscal year with all appropriation bills passed and about 40 trillion in cash expenditures or contract authorizations since January. The day and evening alone saw bills for over 4.5 billion, including 1.94 billion for Agriculture, 1.196 billion for Labor and SSA, 10 million for relief, 1.03 billion for miscellaneous deficiencies, 354.795 million for the District of Columbia, and 24.567 million for Congress itself.
Representative Talbot Feild Jr spoke at the Hope Kiwanis lunch about aluminum needs for national defense. He said 800 million pounds would be required to build 50 000 bombers, with U S usage split from Dutch Guiana and Arkansas sources. He noted aluminum helps planes and announced plans to collect aluminum items locally for defense. Other guests included the Sanders Brothers Evangelistic party and Dr. Kirk Mosley of the state Board of Health.
July 4 designated National Unity Day with community observance across the United States. In Hempstead County a parade will start at 8:30 a.m. with Hope band Boy Scouts Girl Scouts American Legion Red Cross DAR and other civic and religious groups participating. The parade forms at the courthouse and proceeds to the business district.
In municipal court at city hall on Monday Judge W K Lemley handled 23 cases. Defendants faced penalties and cash bonds for no city license, no driver's license, failing to signal, gaming, drunkenness, speeding, and related offenses with fines generally around 2.50 to 10 dollars and bonds ranging from 1 to 10 dollars.
The final map for the Proving Ground boundaries will be released by the War Department and republished with white-marked borders. Local utilities will supply electricity and water for initial construction, with the possibility of the Proving Ground sinking wells later. Arkansas Employment Service reports high demand for projevting jobs, prioritizing residents within the five-county Hope district and then those in the Hope area, per Senator Spencer.
In Spain wine is transported in leather bottles made from pikskin. The cured skins form sturdy bottles sometimes holding up to 40 gallons.
A town event will start at the City Hall and end with a pledge of allegiance to a named gay person after a five minute address. Private and public agencies and institutions are invited to participate in this public display of loyalty and Americanism. A program will be announced later.
Lita Danao, married to Jerry Lane, is drawn into an affair with Ken Richards at a luxe penthouse party. Amid champagne and music, Ken promises a life in a quiet southern town, conflicting with Lita's dizzying lure of city excess and Jo to be continued.
A garageman told a Spartanburg officer that new tires on a car were not properly balanced but would be fine at high speeds. Moments later a state patrol stopped the vehicle driven by Mikey Teter. The driver warned the other to balance tires next time.
Governor Adkins says Blakely Mountain dam on the Quachila near Hot Springs is mainly a federal flood control project and the state should not pursue it as a power venture. He doubts bonds to fund state costs and notes a possible federal plan to build power plants could render a state plant unprofitable.
Secretary Knox warns of grave risk in delaying aid to Britain and calls for the Navy to clear the Atlantic for war material deliveries. He accuses Hitler of contempt in attacking Soviet Russia and urges a decisive, aggressive response. He notes 1,198,000 tons of shipping sunk in earlier periods as a sign of urgency.
A chaotic OCR fragment describes a break in at a residence, a boy’s clothing left behind, and an intruder fleeing out the back door. The text drips with garbled phrases and stray references, including stray lines about attire and unrelated imperial figures.
A Russian military communique describes Russian troops counterattacking German efforts in Minsk and Breisk directions and delaying German thrusts along the coast. It also notes aerial and armor deployments toward areas near Leningrad and along the front, with claims of repelling Red air force counterclaims.
Pine Bluff boxer Bob Sikes defeats Irish Mickey Hayes in a southern heavyweight bout in North Little Rock. Sikes 190 pounds and Hayes 185. Hayes floored Sikes in the third. Sikes knockouts Hayes with a right to the temple in the first minute of the fifth round. In the semi final, Paul Ladd edged El P. Murdock in eight rounds.
On Tuesday H. P. Robertson to Qean brought in the second bloom of the year, following the first bloom displayed here on Monday. These are the first two blooms to be shown locally as far as is known.
A wartime speaker warns that an annual loss of 5,275,000 tons, plus supply deficits, threatens Allied goals. He notes three ships sunk for every new one built, with its planes guns ammunition and food lost. argues this sinking rate must end in Allied victory to deny dominance to Aller.
The Southern Association shows Birmingham at Atlanta postponed as the only game. Detroit 6, Chicago 7. Cleveland 6, St. Louis 12. Other results: New York 4, Boston 0 in 12 innings. Philadelphia 2, Brooklyn 3. Chicago 11, Cincinnati 7. St. Louis 3, Pittsburgh 4. An unrelated line notes aluminum is the most abundant metal in the earth's crust.
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