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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1942
Page
3
A partial Arkansas tax report notes franchise taxes on domestic and foreign corporations, banks, loan companies and railroads. Domestic firms face revised levies, foreign corporations rise slightly, with total revenue around 505 dollars more than 1941. The piece also references an Indian pageant at the American Exposition in Anadarko, Oklahoma.
Allied bombers attacked Japanese bases in New Britain and New Guinea before dawn Tuesday. They hit Rabaul with fires in the wharf area and bombed Lukanai near Rabaul while Lae runways were targeted. Heavy clouds and haze limited observation of results.
David Martin and his 20 month old son Wayne were at their El Paso home when a car struck Martin in the driveway fracturing three tibias. The child Wayne escaped with only scratches in the collision.
A bulb horn from a London taxicab, with an inscription listing drinking orders, is found aboard a Canadian destroyer on Atlantic service. The plate reads likker beer one toot gin two toots whisky three toots, reflecting a wartime banter or morale item among officers.
Washington column argues the WAAC should adopt Deborah Sampson as patron saint. It details Sampson’s 1781 disguise as Robert Shurtliff to serve in the Continental Army, her later discharge, marriage, and Congress granting pensions, framed as precedent for female military heroism in U.S. history.
In Portland Oregon AP reports ground-based army prohibitions on civilian flight within a military district. A robin couple built a nest on a cylinder and hatched three fledglings. The text notes Colorado as the second oldest oil producer, with an 1862 discovery near Canon City as the United States second oil find, three years after Pennsylvania's first well.
Japanese forces have completed the occupation of the Chekiang-Kiangsi railroad as vanguard units converged from east and west at Hengfeng. Domei and news agencies report Hengfeng fell at 10:40 am, ending a Chekiang Kiangsi campaign begun just over a month ago.
Corporal Donald Welch of Berlin New Hampshire described how an American bomber forced down in the Coral Sea due to fuel reached an Allied base with a wounded comrade and a Japanese pilot as prisoners. The crew paddled three miles to an island then walked to the mainland with natives ferrying them to safety.
A fragmented Hollywood column recalls candid moments from film sets during wartime. Scenes show Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart at a Paris cafe, Curtiz correcting extras, and a tearful wedding take amid a tense atmosphere. Pierlot to visit the United States.
A truck carrying 4 200 gallons overturned near an oil company plant in Richmond Virginia, causing road disruption for motorists. No injuries reported in the brief incident as cleanup and traffic re routing proceeded.
Dr. Fred Keller of Conway, running for governor, urged repeal of a 1941 act requiring merchant operating licenses as a sales tax enforcement move. He charged the governor and commissions misuse of licensing powers to reward supporters and punish opponents, citing past actions as precedent.
The AP notes three Killens born to artists at the NYA center titled De Re and Mi in a playful piano piece. The piece, part of Kittens on the Keys, features Arkinsas ral and Kas.
Towson Maryland AP reports Police Lieutenant George Johman and Sgt Fred Peters captured a thief and returned with a stolen mobile to Harrisville West Virginia. The jinx began with a flat tire on the ancient jalopy, fixed before the officers and the prisoner crowded back in.
A train tour departed with West Virginia officials and an escorted prisoner, but two seconds and ten feet later the vehicle stalled. The delay caused limited joy for the prisoner. On the return trip a truck sideswiped the vehicle, causing about $100 in damage.
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