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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1940
Page
2
A wartime analysis notes British resistance to German bombing as long as Nazi cities stay unbombed. It cites Goering’s boast and Hitler’s stance, arguing that neither parliamentary pressure nor propaganda changes Britain’s policy while such threats persist.
A trio of New York businessmen vacationing in Maine recount a fishing mishap. One Scot remarks on a wager that the catcher would pay for dinners as both men claim bites while laughing at a failed pull. The Scotsman notes a hooked line never baited and the tale ends with disbelief.
Chicago singer Mary McCormic, famed for multiple marriages, bets on a new group One Husband Inc pledging one husband per person. She praises marriage as companionship while musing which man she might wed next, after expressing plans for her final union.
The piece notes difficulty finding people to run spinning wheels as modernization presses on. It jokes about progress and political tensions with the United States over China policy. It mentions the cherry blossom season in Washington and seasonal back beer celebrations. It also cites England’s forests sustaining 1100 fires causing $200,000 in damage, with the public responsible for about one third of preventable blazes.
Washington Daybook reports a chaotic Senate committee session where inventor Lester Barrow described a powerful weapon, drawing stunned reactions from Nye, Gillette, and Church. Barrow claimed his bomb could destroy the world, prompting tense questions as officials sought to verify his testimony.
A Lexington man intervened when a drunken stranger clung between two freight cars on a moving train. John McQuown spotted the danger, climbed alongside and pulled the man from the gap, who walked away afterward without thanks. The peculiar recital appears in The Valley Settler from the Matanuska district. A separate notice asks for the return of a stovepipe and coffee pot to the Hilltop Clubhouse on the Carl Berry tract.
Colorado Springs firemen called to a bank building fire discover a huge pile of trash burning in the boiler room. They scoop the burning heap into the firebox using shoe jelsy to smother the flames and prevent spread.
Major J. W. Powell undertook the first boat expedition down the Calorailo River through the Grand Canyon in 1865, pioneering a pivotal river reconnaissance.
Washington brief notes the Prohibition party exploring Roger Babson as a potential presidential candidate. It cites Babson as an economist at Wellesley Mass and a possible winner of over 300000 votes, leveraging his status as a Congregationalist moderator to boost recognition. The item links Kennedy and Woodring to possible cabinet changes and mentions War Secretary Woodring. It also describes a census of desert bighorn sheep and a visit to the Lincoln tomb at the Capitol with notes on George and Martha Washington's tomb.
Hopkinsville Ky deputy sheriff Jack Gamble pursued a highway forgery case by posing as a hitch hiker. A passenger offered a ride then produced forged documents and was taken into custody. The incident highlights ongoing local investigations into fraudulent travel schemes.
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