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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1942
Page
4
Daisy Heard editor reports a busy social calendar with garden club meetings at various homes, church circles, and YWCA gatherings. Red Cross efforts at the Elks hall progress, with sewing and knitting for war relief, plus a Thursday bridge club event and high scores for Mrs Horton and Mrs Hawthorne.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert TiGrone and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nolen will week in Shreveport with Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Jones. Helen Hays stars in Candle in the Wie. Albert Graves attends state bar meeting in Hot Springs. Vincent Foster, Gus Bernier, Tod Barlow head to Louisville for the derby. Janet Temley, student at the University of Arkansas, joins Alpha Lambda Delta. The soviet was installed at the university April 07. Mr. and Mrs. Worry Wawthorne host guests including Ed. C. Rimdolph’s family from Ft Worth and Mrs. David Washburn of Fayetteville, N.C. Mrs. Washburn’s husband travels Monday to Hawthorne home.
A USO produced glossary captures over 1000 new American military terms and slang drawn from Allied and enemy sources as soldiers face battle and relocation. The compiled guide, prepared by USO staff and scouts, will be distributed in May to aid civilian understanding of soldiers speech and to support morale.
Geographers may decide which neologisms enter the English lexicon as wartime slang spreads. The piece surveys new terms from aircraft and ground forces, explaining phrases for gear, roles, and devices, from blimps to bomb sights, with colorful examples like sky winders and green houses.
In Washington, readers hear a fragmentary discussion linking Pierre Leval to German industry and wartime loyalties as a backdrop to a looming gas rationing plan. By May 15 about 11 million vehicles in 37 states and D C face limited fuel, with teachers registering owners and seven-unit minimums shaping early allotments.
Peggy schemes to keep Fay away from Baldy while Baldy frets over his efforts for Fay. Michael, Nigel, and the Mark family intrude on a tense, comic island afternoon as plans shift and new schemes form to influence the concert party and future moves.
Eleanor Ragsdale reports from Washington on how Wilsons Teachers College trains 25 student teachers and now volunteers from the public to handle children during air raids. The program emphasizes practical lessons with children and minimal theory, building calm and happy behavior in tense times.
The piece discusses wartime rationing shifts affecting motorists workers and teachers, pep talks for production, and concerns over patent law tied to German-controlled patents. It notes the impact of strikes, slowdowns, and management tactics, plus historical scrutiny of Wheeler and Byrnes related to patent freedom and defense needs.
Hollywood columnist Paul Harrison surveys Diana Barrymore’s surprising lead role in Eagle Squadron and her looming parts in Love and Kisses Caroline and future projects. He notes industry shock, censor clashes, and a mix of hopefuls like Gene Tierney amid wartime film tactics and new teaching shifts for youth audiences during air raid drills.
Memorial Baptist Church Silvey led by Pastor Silvey invites attendance at Sunday School morning service at 11 daily classes. Evening services at 8. Ladies Auxiliary meets Wednesday afternoon, teachers meeting Tuesday at 7:30. Prayer service Friday at 7. We invite all to worship. A driver admits he was loaded.
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