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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1941
Page
3
The editor argues the food stamp plan will curb private trade of surplus food, align government aid with private commerce, and reduce disruptions from selling free food. It suggests stamps exchangeable at stores will integrate relief with existing businesses, hoping the plan works satisfactorily.
Berlin reports German battleships, Luftwaffe, and submarines have sunk 224000 tons of enemy shipping in extensive North Atlantic raids. The bulletin cites 22 merchantmen totaling about 11600 registered tons sunk by battleships, with 800 survivors saved. Additional losses include 307000 tons sunk by submarines and air attacks on a convoy off West Africa, a Malta bomb hit on a destroyer, and a 6000 ton vessel set afire near Crete.
Local officers released to federal authorities Friday afternoon two ex convicts arrested earlier on charges of stealing an automobile. The men, Howard Cole of Alvan Onin and Richard Carey of Newark, allegedly tried to sell car parts at a filling station. The attendant alerted police, and the ex convicts confessed. Police Officer Ward and Parole Officer Durham of DeQueen led the arrest.
The Federal Power Commission denied Arkansas Power and Light’s request to indefinitely postpone Blakely dam on the Ouachita river. The order notes license conditions not met, construction in good faith, and no clear start date. Carpenter and Remmel developments are completed and operating.
Revivalist Rev. Wm. F. McPherson of Sanford, Florida, will start the series with a 1:00 a.m. sermon on Sunday and a 7:30 p.m. evangelistic message. Nightly services follow all week except Saturday. S. A. Mays directs congregational singing with special music emphasized.
Hartford editor John H. Van Deventer warned at the Hartford County Employers Association meeting that a coordinated move to raise wages 10 to 25 percent could erode U S buying power and force higher prices. He said such inflation would shrink aid to England and require more defense spending, and he suggested the administration may soon back broad price rises under government controls.
The Arkansas highway department closed U S 70 at Camden after an overloaded oil hauler damaged the Camden Bridge. Director W W Mitchell said the 45 000 pound load bent I beams and caused panels to sag four to five inches. Police stopped the driver at Fordyce and charged him with overloading. The truck weighed 32 810 pounds overweight en route from Smack to New Madrid Missouri.
Chester Alvi Gordon were called by the local Selective Service Board Friday for induction into the armed services at Camp Robinson. Replacements were gained as Willie Willard West and Sam Odas McCauley. Spanish railways are not standard European gauge.
In occupied France and North Africa renaming of streets to honor Marshal Petain accelerates at Lyons where Bellesour Square was proposed as Petain Square. Names tied to the Republic or Jean Jaures face erasure while major towns add routes honoring the United States and Wilson. Nice retains Promenade des Anglais as a remaining landmark.
An intensified state police drive on bootleggers led to five arrests on charges of transporting and possessing illegal liquor. Officers seized thirteen and a half gallons of illicit liquor and detained Troy Johnson and Roy Harvey of Prescott, Fred Kiel and Toney Hopkins of Texarkana, and John Lewis at a neuro beer hall near McNab. Bennie Green faced still possession charges after a raid south of Hope while Tom Jones was arrested in nearby Tuesday raids.
Louis Bromfield reflects on Patrick Henry's 1775 speech written for NEA Service. He contrasts the spoken power with modern writing and recalls the scene in the Continental Congress benches. The author highlights Henry's final vow, "Give me liberty or give me death," as a guiding American ideal. Continued on Page Four.
Arkansas lawmakers wrapped up a 1941 session with 522 measures, some already laws, others awaiting the governor’s signature or pigeonhole. The AP summary outlines tax shifts, estate taxes, liquor and fuel levies, school funding changes, highway moves, and state board reorganizations impacting counties, schools, and state agencies.
An American in a Finnish restaurant notes how diners carry sugar and butter in fattened containers resembling snuff boxes. Rationing spurred makers to market various small boxes and vials for pocket sugar and butter, a fashion seen as proper table manners and usability during meals.
Plymouth, Eng. German night raids blasted the southwest port for six hours Saturday, causing many casualties and leaving hundreds homeless after a shelter housing 250 people was hit. Rescue crews searched wreckage as fire watchers battled fires. Friday night’s raid was described as the worst in the city’s long history.
In Detroit at Olympia, Louis defends his world heavyweight crown for the 15th time by stopping Abe Simon of New York in 13 rounds before about 19,000. Louis weighed 202, Simon 25444. Simon fought hard through 12 rounds but was floored twice in the 13th and the referee halted the bout with 1:20 left.
Question asks for the names by which wives of famous actors are best known. List includes Mrs Alfred Lunt, Mrs James Jordan and Mrs Fyant Cranit, Mrs Robert Taylor and Mrs Clark Gable, Mrs Charles Chaplin, and Mrs Jack Benny and Mrs Fred Allen. Answers are on Conic Page.
Rumors say a wave of resignations hits the Yugoslav government as ministers and senators quit amid disputes over an alliance with Germany. Reports claim Prime Minister Cvetković seeks substitutes while Vienna and Belgrade exchange warnings. Russia’s stance on aid to Yugoslavia and Turkish neutrality add to the tense regional balance as German officials press for a prompt pact.
Kansas City dispatch reports Johnny Adams led Arkansas to a 52 to 40 win over Wyoming in the Western N C A A playoffs. Adams scored 26 total, with 13 in the first half as Arkansas pulled away to a 29 to 18 lead. Wyoming struggled with height and faced a comeback bid led by Adams late in the game.
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