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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1941
Page
3
Beverly Hills California Lew Fields veteran vaudeville comic died Monday of pneumonia at age 74 after an illness that began Thursday His longtime partner Webber called him a right arm and said they were inseparable performers on the national circuit for six decades
A compilation of reader questions and brief notes from editors on wartime policy and government roles. Topics include Stalin's stance on conflict, Hull versus Welles in foreign policy management, and the formation of economic warfare machinery. Also notes on army air corps citizenship requirements and the origin of the phrase Keep Em Flying.
The dean of your medical school will handle your application. Acceptance in the MACR relieves you from immediate call up for selective service unless you fail out of medical school.
Chicago manager Jimmy Dykes faced a four playing day suspension after a string of clashes with umpires at Comiskey Park. NEA Service notes Harridge's stance angered fans as more than 50,000 attended the Yankee doubleheader. Dykes defends his actions while signaling he will continue barraging calls and urging scrutiny of umpiring.
Rep. Ross Collins of Mississippi urged rapid US buildup of a mechanized army with armored units at the Arkansas American Legion convention in Little Rock. He said full mass army equipage is financially impossible and favored expanding the air force with gliders autogyros and mass production of tanks to reach at least 25 divisions.
The Centerpoint Club gathered for its regular June meeting at the Crank school house with Mrs. Maggie Livingston as hostess assisted by Mrs. Bess Galloway and Mrs. Clara Mull. The session opened with a song and Bible reading, a prayer, and discussion on Foulky. The program featured several cotton articles including a tufted bedspread made from fertilizer sacks.
In Mineola New York a gang of blitz pirates uses a fast boat to approach anchored yachts at night. They cut motors jump aboard steal chronometers compasses and other quick targets then return to their craft and flee, leaving owners alarmed.
More than 300 American consular officials and families, ordered out of Axis-ruled Europe, moved to a city for sail to New York aboard the West Point. The group left through France and Belgium routes, with travel into Portugal and expected arrival alongside the West Point in Lisbon.
Ray Hall of Little Rock was stabbed in his truck on Gastin Street early Monday by an unidentified attacker who tried robbery. Hall suffered a serious arm wound. police reported no motive and a man was arrested on suspicion but Hall could not identify him.
Lt General Ben Lear of the Second Army reviewed the Yoo-Hoo battalion of the 110th Quartermaster Regiment after disciplining them two weeks earlier for yelling at short-clad girls on a golf course. He praised the regiment as the best supply unit in the Second Army.
E L Compere, Arkansas selective service director, said induction of the first group of 21 year olds registered July will start about August 15 following Washington’s no master list of order numbers based on the July 17 lottery. Questionnaires would go to local boards Monday and Tuesday, then boards would begin sending them to the new group midweek.
Megan was sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary on an automobile theft charge in Hempstead circuit court Monday morning with Judge Dexter Bush of Texarkana presiding. The court heard the one case and adjourned until the October session.
The office of production management announced creation of two large regional power networks in the south central and northeastern United States to power a new aluminum plant. J A Keny will head the OFM power unit. The plan envisions interconnecting grids delivering about one million kilowatts and boosting aluminum output for defense by 600 million pounds annually. One pool will serve Arkansas Oklahoma Louisiana northern Texas and southern Kansas Missouri including private and public utilities.
A profile of Soviet defense leaders led by Marshal Semen Timoshenko and Marshal Kliment Voroshilov, detailing reforms, wartime roles, and backgrounds in the Finnish campaign and early World War II. Includes Semyon Budyonny and notes on their careers, ages, and sectors including Ukraine.
New York police outline methods to count large crowds from transit turnstiles and parking lots. Chief Inspector Louis F. Costuma explains estimating crowd size by car occupancy and marching rate, then applying area-based density to spectators along sidewalks and curbs.
Washington report notes World War II will not curb the Dust Bowl risk in the wheat plains. Officials cite abundant global and American wheat, favorable weather, and government programs aimed to prevent soil erosion and avoid a repeat of the Dust Bowl era. Canada holds surplus stocks, while U S policy focuses on livestock, dairy, eggs, and vegetables over expanding wheat acreage.
The article extols recent global efforts reshaping liberty and independence. It lauds Allied resolve against Nazism, revived British resilience, and a pan American unity. It notes expanded imperial autonomy, diverse European cooperation, and a shift away from old colonialism toward a free, non Communist, non Fascist 20th century civilization.
In New York a 109 year old Thoias Wildstein retrieved $1875 from a worn purse after a child bond appeal by Postmaster Galbman. The first of two residents at the Home of Uhre Sons and Daughters of Israel responded to Goldsman's appeal by tutoring boys for the bond, earning the funds.
The McCleary Clinic in Excelsior Springs Missouri offers a free 122 page booklet on piles hemorrhoids fistula and colon disorders. Request a copy by postcard to the Elm Boulevard address at no charge.
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