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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1940
Page
5
Warner and Universal studios report covert sabotage rumors in Los Angeles area as actors spar with industry officials over war work. Boris Karloff boasts of a new weapon while Disney guards thwart a suspected infiltration at the studio, with Hollywood figures debating production amid national tension.
Social calendar notes several bridge club meetings at various homes including Miss Evelyn Benn and Mrs. Henry Sommerville with afternoon sessions and evening gatherings. Hempstead County Welfare Board steak fry at Fair Park drew attendees from public welfare and local organizations. Legion Auxiliary and Christian Church Circle activities feature meetings, leadership selections, and a missionary society annual party.
Personal notice of Captain A H Robinson and his family arriving in Hope after three years stationed in Ancon Canal Zone. They are visiting Captain Robinson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wi.
Washington report tracing a 1893 speech by Maj. J. D. Fullerton on aerial warfare and technological leaps. The piece links early prophecies of air combat to contemporary military thought, noting parallels to Wright brothers era and broader naval land actions, with local notices interwoven about residents and visitors across Arkansas towns.
A Hollywood report claims Paramount captured Jean Arthur for a talent card, labeled as absurd in Columbia’s latest communique. The piece also denies Cary Grant being rushed to the cutting room for an urgent sequence.
Partial text describes Red Cross handling thousands of internees and relatives, mentions Switzerland as a transit or shelter route, and references wartime prisoner exchanges or internments. details are garbled and names or dates are unreadable.
The first US sterilization law was passed in Indiana in 1907, the first European law in 1928 in the Swiss Canton of Vaud. About 28 states in the Union now have laws for compulsory or voluntary sterilization of mentally deficient persons.
The report lists visiting relatives and guests in town. Names include Mrs Chas I Brook and family, W P Brunsoh, Mrs Horrida Blythe of Texarkana, Mr and Mrs Lie Stephens, Mrs Calvin Honea and sons from Alo, Ariz, and Zachery Sentihe as a guest.
A fragmentary notice references books and a pipe in a garden setting. The text is unreadable or damaged, offering only sparse clues without clear names, dates, or events.
AP reports from Geneva that Red Cross inspectors say they found no cases of mistreatment or violations of international rules in German, British, French, and Belgian prisoner camps. Neutral sources in Switzerland estimate Germany would still have thousands of prisoners if exchanges occurred and note a large overall advantage for Germany in prisoners.
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