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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1940
Page
2
Fragmentary notes recount a Reds game where a pinch hit van and a pitching error led to a late inning rally. Vito Tama and others are mentioned as contributing hits as Cincinnati trailed after a seventh inning miscue.
Fragmented scores show St Louis 2 Pittsburgh 4 and Cincinnati 8 Chicago 4. Weather cold and rain affected games with Philadelphia Washington games listed for Saturday including Cleveland at Washington and St Louis at Boston.
Eugene Blevins and Stephens return to home here Friday after a week in Fres Prescott with daughter Mrs Webb Nelson and son of Jack Houser. The group notes slight head injuries after confinement several days. Thelma Bruce and Master Kym Bruce Jr of Smackover were guests of Mr G G Bruce. Ethel Gayle Page Stubbs of Little Rock visited home folks. Mrs Stubbs remembered. Dorless Houser and Edith Wilson of Oklahoma visit Tallian’s sister.
An incomplete OCR fragment mentions a baseball game or play paused, with references to a pitcher Ferruton and a 6 to 1 score, then notes the action will resume at the park Monday night. Names and details are garbled, but the event appears to be a resumed game at a park on Monday night.
Mrs Edith Graham Mayo widow of a famed surgeon receives the Golden Rule Foundation medal as a symbol of American motherhood. Telegrams from eight children and many relatives pour in while Mayo, linked to Rochester’s Mayo Clinic, recalls her nurse beginnings and influence on St Mary’s Hospital and the clinic. She downplays personal praise and notes modern mothers balance outside interests with family duties.
A Farm Bureau meeting pressed for parity payments to ensure fair prices and national income share for farmers. Explanations by Waldo Frasier and Arnold stressed economic security, rural education, health, and tenancy linked to farm income. Oliver Ly Adams and Mary Claude Fletcher spoke briefly as many attendees joined, with a second meeting tentatively set for Friday May 10 at 2 p.m.
President Roosevelt indicated he would likely appoint Robert Hinckley to the post. Hinckley, then head of the Civil Aeronautics Authority, would replace Munroe Johnson who had just been named to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The Hope Chamber of Commerce led an industry wide safety program boosting welfare and public image. A contest among factories tracked monthly safety reports, reducing disabling accidents and increasing safety instruction among employees. The initiative earned praise from the Arkansas Department of Labor and highlighted economic benefits of safer workplaces.
A reader asks if a woman should ever sign a business letter "Respectfully yours" and whether there is a definite rule about the sequence of writing on the page, seeking guidance on etiquette and proper letter format.
Article details Frank Lloyd Wrights camouflaged desert home Tumung at Taliesin West near the McDowell Mountains 23 miles northeast of Phoenix. Built by Wright and his students over years, the structure blends with the landscape using canvas, local stone, and native materials. The complex includes living quarters for Wright and apprentices and expands toward additional desert aligned buildings.
A fragmented 1937 English note mentions consumption figures, currency amounts, and a line about the normal weight of hen seed being slightly more than two ounces. The text is garbled but indicates cost figures and measurements for agricultural terms.
A damaged legal land description fragment from 1940 outlines a survey starting at a southwest corner in Section 27 Township 12 South Range 24 West. It details bearings and distances to follow a route including Missouri Pacific Railway right of way, with multiple east, north, and south legs ending at the point of beginning, witnessed and sealed by Ralph Bailey on April 19, 1940.
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