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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1940
Page
5
A Hope city note criticizes motorcycle noise and open exhausts. The author, once a rider, argues motorcyclists deserve equal rights but must obey laws prohibiting open exhausts. He recalls muffler cuts were removed to reduce noise and urges voluntary restraint before police action.
A $5,000 tourist home planned by R. E. Cain on West Third Street was halted after a city complaint objecting to the construction. The house would have five bedrooms a office a porch and several garages. A special council meeting was called for Thursday night for Cain to present plans and for a hearing on the complaints.
SHANGHAI reports that the Central Chinese Government in Nanking demanded that all European belligerent troops and warships in China be withdrawn. In Hong Kong, the Japanese Army in French Indo China blamed authorities there for aiding Chung Kai-shek and warned France against recognizing East Asia's new state of affairs.
WAHLINGTON A Hot Springs division of the Western Arkansas Federal Court District was established when President Roosevelt signed a bill into law making the report city court headquarters for Pike Garland Hot Spring Clark and Montgomery counties.
A feature titled Cranium Crackers challenges readers with five questions about geysers. It asks for the origin of the world geyser, the greatest geyser area, other volcanic regions with geysers, the force behind spouts, and what is unusual about Old Faithful. Readers are invited to answer on page two.
Hempstead County Public Welfare opens CCC applicant register at the New Courthouse Moose Arkansas. County selecting agent Mrs. Sally M Broning announced the July quota will be nearly as large as April. Boys and families urged to apply immediately to Hempstead County DPW for camp consideration.
Chief of Detectives O H Martin said two suspects Maurice Steed and Maud King aged 24 and 28 confessed to more than 30 burglaries in the Little Rock area and about 70 other similar offenses across Arkansas in three months. Charges held while they tour cities including Camden Hope Arkadelphia and Hope to recover loot and aid investigations in Texas and Louisiana.
The State Board of Education allocated 1,435,163.28 to common schools based on 2.26 per enrolled child. Hempstead County’s share totals 23,870.00 while neighboring counties received funds such as Arkansas 17,972.02 and Ouachita 33,459.36. The report also lists Hot Spring 14,195.56, Pope 30,282.02, and Columbia 19,676.82.
State Revenue Commissioner Z. M. McCarroll and eight co defendants pleaded innocent in U S district court. Judge Heartsill Ragan overruled demurrers in the indictment. Trial tentatively set for July.
BUENOS AIRES Brazil’s dictator Grtulio Vargas faces a delicate balance as democracy and authoritarianism tug his regime. Observers note his long tenure and growing army influence after the 1932 Sao Paulo uprising, with Gen Pedro Aurelia Goes Monteiro playing a key role and a controversial U.S. visit. Nazi invasion rumors surface as comments praise Germany and Italy.
Acme photographer Charles Baulard recounts a 200 mile dash from Nancy to Paris amid Nancy bombing and refugee trains. He describes waiting rooms crowded with families, planes and anti-aircraft fire, crowded trains, hospitals of refugees, and the rush to file images for Paris by five.
Quote by Confucius and a Biblical verse contrasts humility with sacrifice. The message links humility to virtue, citing a paradox where saving life may require relinquishing ego and worldly gains, aligning moral restraint with spiritual salvation.
NEA Service notes Flag Day on June 14 while historians debate the flag’s origin. Questions linger about Betsy Ross, Congress approval, and the flag’s first flight between the Revolution and the War of 1812, with the 1812 battle inspiring the Star Spangled Banner but the anthem only later official.
The Terre Rouge Bocean Soil Conservation District will set up a sub office in Prescott Arkansas starting July 1 to locate planning near Hampstead County farms. Officials say the move will reduce travel by 17 miles and save about 290 dollars in rent while enabling closer execution of work in northern and eastern parts of the district.
In Hugh D. Clark's recent legislature bid a typographical error appeared in plank No 4. The phrasing should read burdened by WING TAX, seeking relief for property owners. The Star yesterday reported the intended wording to reflect the campaign's tax relief focus.
Safety Committee Reports Progress in May show the fewest accidents since the program began four months ago. Across six cooperating plants only three accidents occurred with 231 man-hours lost, three plants had no accidents, and a year with no accidents earns an employee a button. Gunter Lumber Company wins first quarter honors for zero hours lost and will award a fish to the honored worker. May’s record details follow.
Donations for European refugees topped $1000 in DeRuane Township as the Red Cross drive neared completion on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Weisenberger and E. M. Osborne were among contributors, with totals accumulated to finish the campaign.
Paris declares an open city as French defenses fight to delay the German onslaught. Allied leaders pledge more material support and the dispatch of an American expeditionary force if needed, while Britain rushes troops and supplies to aid Paris and Beau region counterattacks occur near Reims and Chalons-sur-Mars.
Reading shows July cot ton trading with an opening around 10.08 and closing near 10.86, with quoted prices in the late 1920s style note. The fragment records a price spread from 0.88 to 10.86 for the commodity in a brief market snippet.
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