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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1942
Page
1
A whimsical AP dispatch from Orange New Jersey details a city commission campaign using jukeboxes to play four minute campaign speeches by Frank A. Palmieri. The piece riffs on wartime shortages and public fatigue with rationing, sugar and fuel, while mocking bureaucrats and urging realism in a satirical voice.
Consumers across the United States must apply for War Ration Stamp Books for sugar at local elementary schools and designated high schools May 4 to 7. Family units may apply together. books contain 28 stamps with fixed purchase limits and periods. Bring height, weight, eye color, hair color, age, and current sugar ownership to registration.
Hope's Summer playground is now open to the public for tennis and outdoor sports under the recreation council and Garden clubs. Grounds are being improved with flowers, shrubs, and fresh paint on equipment. more participants are expected due to wartime shortages with WPA supervision.
A modern hotel feature highlights the popularity of in room dining with breakfast in bed. Guests value the service and receive a complimentary morning newspaper delivery, a close second perk shaping guest satisfaction.
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini held a two day conference at Salzburg Austria ending Thursday to keep the Axis aligned as the war against the United States continues. British reports say the meeting aimed to preserve unity and morale. no Japan participation noted. The talks produced accord on wartime conduct and political strategy amid Axis victories.
In Arkadelphia the state seeks the death penalty against Kirby Jones 37 former NYA supervisor for the death of his former secretary Mary Dell Furlow 19. Prosecutor Tackett says Jones killed to cover an affair and unborn child, while defense seeks manslaughter arguing lack of proof for first or second degree murder. Jury deliberation began after the case was given to them.
Due to failure to certify payment of personal taxes May 1, salary warrants for more than 80 state employees are being held. The auditor disclosed numbers by institution: Arkansas State College Jonesboro 28, A M College of Magnolis 34, Henderson State Teachers College Arkadelphia 1. Our time clock note about the spinning earth adds a stray line.
A compiled record of O and G leases and deeds dated April 1942 filed through April 30 1942. Listings include Matlie Foster Brown Blanche Foster Fisher Emma Foster Flowers and Henry Foster to The Carter Oil Co and numerous assignments to Atlantic Refining Co Hunt Oil Co Winston S Couch and others across Sec 12 13 14 19 27 28 32 39 in Townships 12 14 15 and 18 Rye 22 23 24 and 25 along with related Royalty Deeds and Assents detailing locations sections and parties involved.
A chemical plant in the northern Belgian industrial district near Pessenderloo was destroyed in an explosion. German radio claimed 250 killed and 1,000 injured, with the plant producing fertilizer and washings. Free Belgium News Agency disputed this, saying it produced acids for explosives. Sabotage by the White Brigade is noted, with seven members sentenced to death a week earlier.
Ouachita College will observe homecoming May 23 to 25 with senior day events, a baccalaureate sermon by Rev. EF Resmond Westmoreland, a band concert, and a parade honoring ROTC officers who will receive reserve commissions as second lieutenants in the U. S. Army. Dr. Robert G. Lee will speak at commencement. Summer term runs June 1 to August 8 with twelve semester hours possible for both terms. War conditions prompt extended summer study.
Spring Hill church hosts a singing program Sunday night May 3 announced by Ta H Mitchell, chairman. Several quartets are expected and the public is invited to attend.
Washington reports the Ways and Means Committee, chaired by Doughton of North Carolina, moved to a new corporation tax program aimed at raising three billion dollars. The plan suggests a 90 percent levy as a substitute for the existing graduated 35 to 60 percent rate, targets the largest companies, and would tax excess profits separately from normal income.
Red River rose about 14 percent overnight to 33 feet, swelled further by Friday night. Frond stage at Fulton reaches 24 feet. Officials expect the river to climb toward 34 feet as the cur rent rise continues. Highway 55 from Fulton to Saratoga and Okay is partly flooded but passable. No major levee breaks reported yet, though residents fear it may not hold.
PV Pa C. DpINeTS of NOPE graduated from the U.S. Army Air Corps Training Detachment operated by Brayton Flying Service at Cuero Texas. He will be assigned to basic training next, then advanced training before earning his Air Corps wings.
An Army board of inquiry in Orlando, Florida, probes a mid air collision that killed seven Army airmen. Pvt. William Eugene Wimp Holland of Missouri, formerly from Jonesborough, Arkansas, one of six aboard a bomber attached to MacDill Field, died in the crash along with the pursuing crew from Orlando. Wreckage fell into an orange grove. the bomber occupants were cremated and no bodies recovered. Wimp had taught school in Maynard, Arkansas, and lived with his brother in Jonesboro.
Stuart 25 of Shreveport died early Thursday morning at a local hospital. Funeral services were held at the County Line church west of Mineral Springs Friday afternoon. He is survived by his widow and infant child, his mother and father Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Stuart of Mineral Springs, two brothers and four sisters.
Pulaski County Chancery Judge Dodge Friday upheld the Revenue Department’s right to collect a 2 percent state sales tax from three Arkansas industries on electric power and natural gas consumption. A total of $118,304 has been paid into court registry since 1935 to guarantee payment if the levy is ultimately due.
The report lists multiple wells and statuses across Arkansas and nearby fields. Entries include Barnsdale and Roberts wells with references to high water, building, and bottom targets. McClaine, Powell, Creig, Gaff, and others show various depths, brig numbers, spacing like 80 acre and 160 acre, elevations and porosity, with several notes on rig movements, testing, and location labels such as Southwood Hadwell, Macedonia, McAlester Atlantic, Magnolia, and Van Tidewater.
The Associated Press reports British forces retreating toward the India route after Japanese attacks threaten the Burma front. Lashio is said to have fallen, severing the overland link to China while alternative routes via India and China are touted by Chinese dispatches.
Commended on the effort by Rev. JE, president of the Hope Kiwanis, and in cooperation with the Hope Chamber of Commerce. The Travel Bureau urges citizens to cooperate by using automobile travel to preserve tires and gasoline during wartime. Call the chamber at 940 or offer transportation through the program. President Roosevelt urges private transport to and from work to ease the rubber shortage. President asks state and municipal groups to promote similar programs nationwide. Talbot Feild Jr., Hempstead County Defense Council chair, notes Alaska post office operations.
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