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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1942
Page
3
A home economics guide stresses practical steps to repair and preserve furniture amid material shortages. Miss Lewis advises quick repairs, careful cleaning, and patching using turpentine, linseed oil, soap, water and glue, with pressure and drying techniques to restore dented surfaces, cracks and warped pieces.
Private Curus Kirkpatrick of Pierre South Dakota, stationed at a U S Army camp, earned the nickname tough-break champion from the Public Relations Department. A widely circulated story claims he received an all expenses paid invitation to Mollywood as a guest of Prestyn Foster after surviving a broken arm, torn ligaments, a furnace explosion, and a nine inch cut, all said to occur in his service record in Northern Ireland.
Great quantities of painted cotton cloth are used in military camouflage to conceal airfield sections roads factories machine gun emplacements and similar military objectives.
The state equalizing fund for the year ending June 30 distributed 1,248,108.57 to school districts across 74 counties, including Hempstead County with 53,078.11. Other southwest counties listed include Howard 30,778.265, Lafayette 9,101.11, and Nevada 30,747.78, per Education Commissioner Ralph B. Jones.
Judith Kingsly is abducted by two men including Karl while en route with a government agent. In a guarded car she discovers Tom Burke alive and learns the plan targets the bomber secrets. She tells Burke she is followed and vows not to betray the mission as they start to coerce her.
Waldo Grasser of the Arkansas Farm Bureau warns that legislation to permit selling government wheat and corn below parity will lower livestock prices and impact cotton. He notes wheat would compete with corn as feed, pressuring prices across farming sectors. The Senate approved the 85 percent parity measure. the House balked and a joint committee weighs it amid consumer pressure claims.
Jack Lyons, 63, a veteran Hollywood employee, holds one of two master keys that open every door on the studio lot. A Lancashire native who rose from carpenter to locksmith, he’s worked 21 years in pictures and 15 as a locksmith, losing only six months to illness. Married 87 years, with a son, three grandchildren, and a Navy grandson at Pearl Harbor, Lyons lives 17 miles from the studio in Los Angeles, earning $72 a week and cherishing rest, gardening, and regular exercise.
Prescott youth Robert A. Turner was killed yesterday in an accident at Long Beach, California. The Ferry Command notified his parents Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Turner. He was a Prescott High School graduate who attended Magnolia A. M. College. National Holiday notices show banks and merchants staying open July 4 and closing July 6 for employees to observe the holiday. Luncheon honors Mrs. Whitaker, a recent bride, with Mrs. T. C. McRae Jr and Mrs. L. McRae Sr hosting.
In Washington on July 1 the District of Columbia rationing list shows 47 senators who applied for unlimited gasoline. The X card holders include Spencer of Arkansas and others, with notes on suburban or home-district card issuance not captured. The era mentions 1940 oil production figures and casual remarks on moviegoing and public life.
Gas masks used in warfare since World War I are shown as improved defensive gear issued by the War Department. The pictured mask costs about $9.25, with a transparent headgear not fogging from breath, and two masks can be bought for $18.75 via War Bonds. Citizens are urged to donate at least ten percent of income each payday and purchase through banks or post offices.
The U S Grazing Service aims to reseed a million acres of western range lands this year. They will plant varied species including wild grasses, brush, sweet clover, and crested wheat grass, using power equipment where possible. Where terrain prevents machinery, a horseback rider with sheep disperses seeds as they graze.
More than 125,000,000 American farmers have just tieir best topsail through erosion, according to esti mates.
H M Shevnan, a Chicago rupture shield expert, will demonstrate the Zodiac Shield at the Barlow Hotel Hope on Saturday July 4 from 9 AM to 5 PM. He claims the method instantly reinforces weakened parts, closes openings in ten days on average, with no straps or medicines, and will offer a free demonstration.
County home demonstration agent Mary Claudie Fieteher outlines summer storage and cleaning methods for hats to preserve winter wear. Following University of Arkansas guidance, hats should be cleaned, spots treated with appropriate powders, suede hats reguled with suede cleaner and polish, and stored upright in a box with tissue inside, moth crystals used, and kept in a cool dry place.
In Canton Ohio the Republic Steel Corp reclamation program turns vast slag heaps into usable material. An experiment last fall failed to yield enough scraps but now about 6000 tons monthly are being reclaimed since December, following initial 2700 tons in three months.
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