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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1940
Page
2
In a disrupted Rogers game the Butterflies seized the lead late as Seas and the batteries steadied the offense. Struggles with turnovers plagued both sides yet the Butterflies pulled ahead and held on as Sefty and Patterson anchored the defense.
In Papeete Tahiti crowds gathered to view the U S Navy submarine Pompano as it put into port, drawing visitors from across the French colony to see a craft many had only read about. The event marked a rare sighting of a submarine in local waters.
ARKADELPHIA Ark Coach Tom Murphy issued football equipment to 25 men and spring practice on Hay good field got under way Monday afternoon. The work was light and there will be no scrimmage until the men get into condition. Backfield veterans present were Ralph James Fred Handke Fletcher Rizzia Bradley Davis Buddy Parker Dan Nall and Hodger Phillips. Coach Murphy announced that he had ordered Percy Ramsey veteran end to work out in the backfield with a view of taking him a blocking back. Graydon Parham 185 pounder from Thornton who has never played football was given an outfit and will try for the backfield. Other new men for the backfield are Dale Wood of McCroy and Vernon Files of Sheridan. Veteran ends include Hugh Reece and Tymon Stephens while the following are new candidates for the end positions Rick Royal W C Bacon and J Thomas all transfers from Northeast Oklahoma Junior College Ned Bennett New Jersey boy Ray Stiles and Joe Chambers of Bauxite and Emmett Farham of Thornton. The tackle positions have the veterans Dick Moore Ed Confer and Hugh Miller and novices George Green of EL Doratin Speck Carey of Northeast Oklahoma Junior College and John McDonald of Miami Florida. Harold Maciejewski CR Snapp and CGamel are the veteran guards while new men working for guard positions are Douglas Woodell from George Military College a transfer Thomas Quimby of Hope and Dayne Rich of Hot Springs. Raymond Trussell veteran center has an understudy in Jackie Pope of Wynne.
New York report shows a one half of one percent rise in U S living costs from January. Food costs climbed to near October levels after months of decline, while February costs were up 13 percent from February 1939 and 30.6 percent above March 1933, yet 23.6 percent below February 1925. rents stayed unchanged since December.
Bowling results listed for Monday March 11 with upcoming schedule through March 18. Events include City Bakery Rotary Club American Legion Court House Feeders Supply S C S&S and Bruner Ivory B-Rotary Club with dates and pairings across three venues.
A compact analysis tracing the wave of history from Golden Ages to decadent ends. The author cites ancient Greece, noting how prosperity often precedes autocratic shifts, with Periclean Athens collapsing into dictatorship as democracy strains under external and internal pressures. He parallels Hitler and Stalin’s claims to chosen leadership as modern echoes.
The readable text cites clothing price changes from January to February 1939 and discusses price levels, purchase value, and dollar ramping. It mentions women's clothing, percentage shifts, and comparisons to February 1939, with references to 1939 economic terms and a 3922 year label.
Yerger High School students and teachers heard Miss Beryl Henry, Hope public schools superintendent, closing Good Citizenship Week. She praised national leadership, noted Booker T. Washington stamps, and highlighted Black youth achievements. An honor roll listed top scholars with all grades A or B in six weeks.
Look Magazine poll conducted for Look by Columbia Survey of Washington DC among 1,003 Republican and 1,700 Democratic delegates who named Roosevelt and Garner in 1936 shows 68 percent expect Roosevelt to win the Democratic nomination. Garner 12 percent, Hull 1 percent, Farley and McNutt 4 percent. On the Republican side Dewey 42 percent across 28 states, Vandenberg 32 percent across 16 states, Taft 12 percent across 6 states, Bridges 2 percent.
Jim McKennie states the removal of his office from Josephine Hospital to 310 South Elm Street. The notice specifies the new location for patients staff and visitors to use starting immediately.
HOT SPRINGS Ark SAH T P Marks El Dorado was elected president of the Arkansas Automobile Dealers Association succeeding Rudd Ross Fort Smith Other officers named were Henry Thomas Little Rock secretary Ross named executive vice president and vice presidents named Louis Eisenmann Little Rock Tom Lite Blytheville Joe Griffin Little Rock L C Cargile Texarkana Louis McDaniels Forrest City Clyde Randall Fort Smith and H T Trotter Pine Bluff The meeting heard D B Castles of St Louis treasurer of the National Automobile Dealers Association urge a price code enforcement and oppose pending federal legislation Castles noted opposition from manufacturers and controlled press The State Corporation Commissioner John F Wells urged support for canalizing tax assessments across the state
Kathrene Pinkerton recalls caring for a sick husband and writing Wilderness Wife, now sharing Three's a Crew. The book details seven years aboard a boat exploring Alaskan and British Columbian coasts, meeting sourdoughs and Indians, fishing, writing, and a whale encounter with three humpbacks amid a playful, danger-filled voyage.
Eyewitness describes a spectacle as spray shoots high and whales whip the sea into foam. Theories about lobstering becoming a contest are questioned by scientists who call it play, noting a dramatic display where creatures stop together and depart, leaving onlookers exhausted by the thrill.
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