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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1941
Page
3
An editorial argues Hempstead county farmers face emigration as the Prov ing Ground condemnation displaces 50 000 acres. It urges a local homeland land promotion to offer available farms at attractive prices and prevent loss of farmland value amid national worries over communism and fascism.
Moscow dispatches say the German offensive stalls as the Red Army claims a counter thrust less than 120 miles from Leningrad. British observers describe the Soviet air force as strong while fighting rages along the Stalin line near Pskov and Dnepr front. Moscow reports indicate limited German progress and continuing fierce Russian counterattacks, with Allied notes noting the airwar remains contested.
The Farm Security Administration moved into the Southwestern Proving Ground area with plans to aid hundreds of farm families evacuated from 50 000 acres of the war plant reservation. A special relocation office was set up at Hempstead county courthouse with Hershel Hardin leading operations assisted by Hugh Parker Craig Ashdown and Mrs Inez Bratton. The County Relocation Committee headed by Oliver L Adams cooperates with FSA officials. about 125 families require immediate assistance as southern end evacuation proceeds for building needs.
Admiral Ernest J. King, 62, leads U.S. forces guarding Atlantic routes to Iceland. The long-time naval aviator and submarine service veteran is described as a demanding but capable commander who drives his men at a hard pace and is seen as a tough but loyal leader in crisis.
City officials and Proving Ground leaders discussed water and power service during construction. Hope plans to submit a water rate and may lay an eight inch line. a new boiler could cost about 25000 dollars. Officials also weigh a sixty mile gas and electric line from Okay and a quick city council vote is expected.
Hempstead County farmers facing debt and possible foreclosure may use the Hempstead County Farm Debt Adjusting Committee and FSA District Debt Adjustment Specialist C. P. Boyd. A meeting will be held at 9 o clock on Friday July 18 1941 at the Farm Security Administration office to discuss debt restructuring, extensions, and voluntary settlements with creditors. Services are open to all farmers and their creditors seeking amicable solutions.
Lt. Dave F. PonTell, adjutant of the quartermaster corps, has been assigned as assistant to the constructing quartermaster of the Proving Ground and will take over duties here Wednesday, the commandant's office announced. He will remain here for the duration of the construction period.
McComb Mississippi editor Oliver Emmerich reports a man once fleeing debts promised to live upright and repay what he owes. A notice appeared in the Daily Enterprise stating his intent to settle his accounts, though the outcome remains unclear.
Rep Norrells said Arkansas will receive over 100 million dollars in defense aluminum construction. The plan includes a plant to convert bauxite to alumina and a facility near bauxite deposits operated by Aluminum Company of America to produce 400 million pounds of alumina.
A Lay Advisory Council for health work in Hempstead County was organized Tuesday by Dr. W. B. Protho. The group aims to coordinate health units with state city and county departments and elected officers include Chairman Talbot Feild and Secretary C. W. Tarpley with multiple directors from medical, civic, and welfare groups.
NORWALK Conn. Arlene Francis owns a upstate farm where she raises prize cows. After naming the first twenty cows she needed help from friends to continue naming them. The anecdote ties her to the program Whats My Name.
Little Rock announces the appointment of five psychiatrists to serve on the state selective service medical advisory boards. Included is Dr. George B. Fletcher of Hot Springs assigned to districts 8, 9, 18, 20, 22 with headquarters at DeQueen, Hope, Hot Springs, Texarkana and Prescott.
Washington reports indicate extended military service for selectees, guardsmen, and reserve officers is gaining senate support after President Roosevelt’s backing. Assistant War Secretary Patterson said demobilizing about two thirds of the armed forces soon would invite disaster. Some opponents acknowledge enough votes exist to pass the measure.
County and local police announced the arrest of three local men Emmett Hill Marvin Honea and Jess Blackwood on a robbery charge tied to an assault on a negro man last Monday night They were lodged in Hempstead Equity jail awaiting further investigation Descriptions led to the arrests and an investigation by Allen Shipp and Deputy Tom Middlebrooks Follow up reports note a Hot Springs couple were arrested on a separate auto theft charge in Texarkana and turned over to Texarkana police The narcotic problem has been known for decades.
Hope Chamber of Commerce mails ballots to members for directors year starting August 4. Thirty three nominees compete for eleven seats. ballots due for canvass Friday July 18. Nominees include Roy Anderson Lyman Armstrong Guy Basye R L Gosnell Albert Graves Warren Gunter Ched Hall Henry Haynes and others.
CLEAR LAKE IOWA artist Grant Wood works alone at an abandoned railway station on the lake shore during a year’s leave from the University of Iowa. He enters by the freight door with a stepladder, then draws the ladder in, closes the door, and begins his work. Six thousand tons of paper are used to print London’s telephone directory.
Readers are invited to test jobs with quirky titles in a humor panel. Questions ask where to find a Brandy cancer an agitator bush Monkey juicer smutter and more with answers on the comic page.
Tokyo reports Prince Konoye’s cabinet resigns to strengthen domestic policy amid war issues. The move follows criticism of two conflicting accords and Germany Rome alliance ties. Foreign Minister Matsuoka, linked to the Moscow neutrality pact, faces pressure as a new government may shift toward or away from Europe.
A general meeting of medical directors and sanitarians from the Second Army maneuvers area convened in Hope to discuss duties during maneuvers. Attendees included L L Hassell Conway J W Redman Mt Ida J W Ringgold Ashdown M G Lawson Texarkana R E Wessington Batesville W B Pros bhro Arkadelphia James C F Peters Benton A W Thompson Bentonville Neil Compton Warren A S J Clarke Monticello B M Stevenson Marion R C Kennerly R E Smallwood Hot Springs W B Grayson state health officer and T T Ross from Little Rock. Sanitarians present included Werner Clerget Harrison Cree Jones Mt Ida H H Winchell Morristown Coy Dildy Ashdown Thomas Avirett Texarkana George Shamlin Blytheville Gomer E Jones Arkadelphia Joe Hill Benton W C Bengel Camden M G Patton Fordyce D L Witherington Warren T W Stacy Monticello Ho L Woodward El Dorado.
Livingston Montana reports the forest service uses aerial photography as a fighting tool. Images show fire scene and typography of nearby lands. Photos are parachute dropped to the fire boss within minutes to guide suppression efforts. Nearby Bath is noted as the oldest town in North Carolina.
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