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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1941
Page
4
Our Daily Bread notes Memphis and Little Rock have adopted an anti noise ordinance banning car horns within city limits. The piece urges strict enforcement, recalling past auto muffler cut outs and argues urban centers like New York prove traffic can be managed without horns.
Washington announces President Roosevelt will not issue a neutrality proclamation. Undersecretary Sumner Wells says American ships may sail to the Russian port of Vladivostok as in prior undeclared hostilities. The move mirrors the Japan China conflict policy and keeps Vladivostok open to U.S. vessels.
Rev. Leroy Sanders led a Tuesday night revival at Hope Gospel Tabernacle using Samson as a warning against sin. He urged youth to surrender to Christ, explained a downward path of spiritual blindness, habit bondage, and destruction, and praised congregational singing by Raymond Sanders and the Sanders Brothers as a weekly feature. Services run nightly except Saturday at 7 o'clock.
Logan, W. Va. On Monior Junction barber Lannie Butcher chalks debtors’ names on his shop window stating he won’t shave his budget too close. He muses how the system will work out but believes he is justified in doing so.
Michael Edelstein, New York congressman, died suddenly of a heart attack in the House cloakroom after an impassioned speech. Tributes recalled his final words on equality and liberty. The author critiques anti Semitic charges about international bankers, noting lack of evidence and urging restraint.
The item presents a humorous quiz about hats including Uncle Sam’s hat and Roosevelt’s campaign hat. It asks about color and design, types of headgear, and differences between red and white caps. The teaser notes answers will appear on the coming page.
Veterans and landowners in Hempstead Pike and Montgomery counties face Army maneuvers in August and September. Local figures urge quick signed permits allowing Second Army troops to cross private land with government compensation for any damages. Senator Lloyd Spencer and others press citizens to cooperate to support national defense and allow sufficient access for training.
The quote suggests fear of a higher power inspires obedience among people. It reflects religious or moral discipline themes and notes how belief in supreme authority governs conduct. The line centers on contemplation of divine authority shaping human behavior.
OMAHA Neb. The Seventh Corps Area Zone of the quartermasters office announced the assignment of Maj. Werner C Strecker of the quartermaster corps as acting construction quartermaster at the Hope Arkansas Proving Ground Major Strecker has been serving as assistant to the construction quartermaster at St Louis Mo ordnance plant
The Second Army announced delays and changes to large scale maneuvers involving about 313,000 soldiers. Troop concentration moved from August 1 to August 17 as units finish home-post training. Forces will move from Arkansas into Louisiana, then oppose the Third Army in September war games with roughly 425,001 trained troops. Units include 19,009 in each of three square divisions the 35th 33rd and 27th, 15,000 in each of two triangular groups of the 5th division, 5,000 from the 6th cavalry, 5,000 from the 75th field artillery brigade, and 14,000 from Fort Knox participation.
Hempstead county plans second registration for selective military service set for July 1. Chairman H. B. Barr says 250 to 800 local youths may sign up, with nationwide totals over a million. Registration sites in Hope at courthouse city hall and draft board HQ open 7 AM to 9 PM. Teachers will aid, and all 21 year olds since October 16 1940 must register by midnight July 1 failures warned.
Russian raids hit Constanta Sulinas and Galati but caused little damage, per a Bucharest communique via German Romanian front. Romanian air losses tallied 12 with 30 Soviet planes shot down and 40 more aircraft damaged on the ground. Ground operations on the southern flank of the east front reportedly progressed as scheduled.
London reports describe fleets of RAF bombers striking the French coast across two waves on Wednesday as part of a 14 day series of air raids on German targets. British losses listed at two planes with claims of 121 German planes shot down in three days, with Boulogne and Calais named targets and dense fighter escort.
Large crowds attend the revival at First Baptist Church led by Br. Leo Eddleman missionary to Palestine. Young People stage the event with music and ushers guiding activities. Evening services run 10 a.m, 9 p.m, and 8 p.m through the week with Q and A and Christian living for youths only.
Hope merchants and citizens donate to lift a 1000 dollar premium fund for Hempstead county fair. By Wednesday M 8 Bates, financial chairman, says donations total 417 dollars with hopes to reach the quota in days. Divisions list local supporters including Hope Auto Co Waynes Brothers Rotel Barlow Plunkett Jarrell Grocer Co Hotel Snyker Duffie Hardware Briant Crow Burlingame Ritchie Grocer Magnolia Service Station Saenger Rialto Reed Co office.
Lt. Col. George R. McElroy of the Land Rents Headquarters at Gordon will discuss local maneuvers in a radio address Thursday at 6 30 p m from El Dorado. The talk is expected to be of interest to land owners in the area. Diamonds and platinum worth thousands are purchased yearly by fuel companies for industrial use, with about sixteen thousand dollars in platinum cited.
The bulletin reports Soviet air strikes against Helsinki and southern Finland in retaliation for the war with Germany. Finland is said to have burned Lappeenranta and faced fires as German reports suggest aerial successes. Pravda warned of world reaction while Moscow claimed provocation.
John W. Pollard of Hope, son of Mrs. Max Cox and grandson of Dr. and Mrs. W. G. Allison, reportedly headed to England from Singapore as a member of a Canadian tank corps. He joined the Canadian army in Windsor on October 17 and trained six months in Toronto, plus weeks with the ski corps. Relatives say he was last heard en route to England and believe he could be sent to Singapore.
Moscow confirms Turkey will stay neutral. Sweden grants passage for up to one German division traveling by rail from Norway to Finland after a parliamentary meeting. Reports say German troops crossed borders from Lithuania and Latvia into the old Russian frontier. In Damascus, air raids by planes killed 20 and wounded many as Free French and British forces hold the city.
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