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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1940
Page
3
The Hope area rumor mill swirls around a supposed Fifth Columnist arrest. police and federal offices deny any arrest, with The Star telephoning agencies in Little Rock and Texarkana to confirm. No spy was found, and no flood materializes on the Red River.
Two tenant farmers near Oran and Hope in Hempstead County under the Bankhead Jones Tenant Purchase Act will own farms after loans arranged by Karl King and W M Sparks. Tom Stuart will buy a 80 acre D M Ditty estate east of Ozan and Orden L Darby will purchase 75 acres on the Bunkley farm near Hope. Loans run four years at variable interest with plans for home production, soil conservation and crop diversification.
Whitfield Masonic Lodge number 299 will meet Tuesday night at 7 30 o clock at the Masonic hall. The purpose is to elect officers for the coming year and all members are requested to be present.
A reader note lists frequent foreign terms found in English usage. Items include persona non grata chili con carne laissez faire and several garbled phrases. The page promises answers on the following page.
Washington report states Admiral Stare urged Congress to authorize a four billion dollar expansion of the navy. The proposal aims to create the greatest fleet the nation has ever seen, reflecting a major shift in defense spending and naval capacity.
In Little Rock a federal suit accuses Arkadelphia attorneys J. H. Luckadoo and G. W. Luckadoo and associates of conspiring to defraud Missouri Pacific of 15000. J. B. George of Clark County, a former client, seeks an injunction to halt collection of a Clark circuit court judgment. The claim says they pressured to withdraw new evidence to win the case.
Fulton reports Red River in the Fulton area was at a stand Tuesday with no immediate danger. Local residents said most of the streams were calm, while rain upstream could raise the river and flood Fulton.
Governor Bailey triggered a party pledge as the Democratic State Committee pledged Arkansas IB votes for Roosevelt at the national convention. Bailey was named delegate-at-large and possibly chairman of the state delegation, while U S Senators Hattie Caraway and John E Miller were not named. The committee also rejected Walter Scott McNutt’s gubernatorial candidacy petition for the August primaries.
Lt Weisenberger reports about 25 Hempstead County youths have applied for enlistment in the U S Army in the past three weeks. Recruiters urge all interested aged 18 to 95, single citizens, to report to Texarkana recruiting station or contact the officer. Early applications allow choice of vacancies. cadets require two years college. The slogan Defend your country is promoted.
Hempstead County Wildlife Association will host a fish-fry at Fair Park Tuesday night at 7:30. All members should attend as officers will be elected for the coming year. Refreshments will be served.
Powers and Ralph Bailey announce purchase of the Diamond cafe at Third and Elm streets. They plan to remodel the kitchen and take charge July 1 with Powers as manager and Bailey to remain as circuit clerk until December. Donations to European war refugees reach $980 total, with Fulton and local contributors adding surplus funds. A report notes eight Oklahoma prison officers’ arrival in Hope regarding escapee Charles Draper, with no confirmed location.
A brief quotation note cites Milton describing a thought of revenge that begins sweet but turns bitter and backfires on itself, highlighting the poet’s view of revenge as self-defeating and morally corrosive.
A community singing event at Unity Missionary Baptist Church begins at 7 45 p m Tuesday. All singers and music lovers are invited. Several quartets will perform including the Henshaw quartet the Orphans Home girls quartet and the Elkins quartet from Miller county with additional out of town groups from Hempstead county.
Joseph Author Nippon is reported improved Tuesday at Nippon hospital after an auto accident Sunday in which his arm was amputated below the shoulder. Ira McFarland and wife, Houston residents, suffered minor injuries when their car ran off a highway embankment near Hope. they continued to New York by train Monday night. Otto Smith, injured in a Fairpark fall Sunday, showed marked improvement Tuesday. A note adds horses tolerate heat better with free access to common salt.
Cotton futures in New York opened at 10.03 with late bids around 10.20. The Mid-Glng spot stood near 11.03 as traders evaluated price levels and demand.
A brief dispatch states that all French soldiers were ordered to prepare for an air alert on Tuesday night. Details on units, locations, and exact time remain unclear in the fragment.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a claim that Britain would plunge the United States into a new Dark Age. It notes she has over 1,250,000 men in arms and dominions armies ready to meet an invasion.
Associated Press reports Hitler rode through Munich to meet Mussolini and outline an unconditional surrender offer to France. France, with 350000 troops defending a new line near the Soone and Daubs rivers, vows to keep fighting for an honorable peace. Berlin claims France’s fleet may be spirited away by Britain to prevent capture.
In Bordeaux France the French cabinet met again with Premier Marshal Petain awaiting a response to his Sunday night appeal for peace with honor. French armies are described as exhausted and still said to be fighting a losing battle as no official communique was released by Tuesday afternoon.
A Rome dispatch cites Stefani warning France that Germany and Italy will mobilize from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean for a final assault if peace terms from Hitler and Mussolini are rejected. Mussolini meets Hitler at Munich to decide demands on the defeated French, while Berlin signals France must accept or reject Axis terms before disclosure. An adjacent note mentions a roadside market helping farmers cut distribution costs and boost income amid U.S. land transfer warnings.
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