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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1942
Page
3
Our Daily Bread reflects on Dr. Frank Crane's 1919 view of universal military training as a national university in the army. It argues training equips youth with handicraft skills and readiness, and notes the piece, cited in 1942, as prophetic and relevant to postwar America.
A publicity flap unfolds after Senator Reynolds of North Carolina was revealed to have authored praise for a controversial magazine piece. The editorial and its fascist associations draw scrutiny from lawmakers including Representative Roy Woodruff as the Congressional Record shows an inserted editorial. Continued on Page Two.
Brooklyn chemist Samuel B. Sklar said two men lured him into a car claiming to take him to police headquarters for questioning. He escaped as the vehicle sped away with his synthetic rubber process missing. Detectives arrested Samuel Paris Bradly Beach New Jersey and Julius Suhoke Patterson New Jersey after hours of questioning.
LITTLE ROCK Rowland M. Shelton will remain director of the state Employment Security Division until a formal judgment directs reinstatement of Eli W. Collins. Judge Auten may allow an appeal to the Supreme Court. Shelton had been acting director after Collins was suspended October 8 and then dismissed.
David R. Cornelius, 74, a Vermo Stead county pioneer and well driller, died Saturday afternoon after an extended illness in Nis eme. Funeral and burial services were held Sunday. He is survived by a son Reagan Corneling of Ssl Dorado, daughters Mrs. H. D. Pritchett of Lope, Mrs. Nettie Halcomb and Mrs. W. A. Upchurch of Little Rock, along with 10 grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
In observance of National Music Week the Hope High Sahel band will give a concert Thursday night at 7 30 on the city hall lawn If weather is bad the concert will move to the City Hall auditorium The program includes Friendship and Fidelity March Florida Overature and several marches and overtures Conducted by Kenneth Crank the program features Southern Melodies My Hero from Chocolate Soldier and The Star Spangled Banner
Sellas Atkins aged about 36 from Saratoga was killed when run over by a Frisco freight near McNab about 1 AM Saturday. His body found Sunday morning, taken to Nashville for burial, then returned to Hope for a coroner inquest. Jury ruled accidental death, amid suspicions of foul play. He leaves a widow and three children and a brother in Saratoga.
Texarkana real estate dealers dropped plans to send a delegation to Washington to seek an October 1 change to the July 1 rent freezing order. John C. Zeller, reporting from Chicago, said OPA officials see no chance for relief, noting defense plant locations keep the July 1 effect. Realtors met at Hotel Grim where Zeller urged lower rents to comply now. Life insurance average $24 per person in July, far below national averages.
The RAF resumed offensive operations over occupied France after Hamburg heavy raid. Night raids by German bombers struck Exeter and targets in France. British night fighters shot down five German aircraft and two over French airfields. Large fires blackened Hamburg and submarines base at St Nazaire suffered explosives. Coastal Command reported two enemy ships damaged off Norway. Five RAF bombers were reported missing.
Las Vegas native L C Kent 33.7 died in a car accident near Las Vegas Nevada last Friday relatives said he was a Patmos community native and brother of A J Kent and John H Kent He is survived by another brother Oscar Kent and three sisters Mrs J L Light Mrs Oliver Rider Mrs Lillian Rider and a niece Burial is planned at Macedonia cemetery with arrangements pending arrival of the body from Nevada The tentative date is Wednesday.
The annual 4 H club camp at the University of Arkansas Fayetteville, scheduled for August 3, has been cancelled. Assistant Director Aubrey Gates of the Extension service said the cancellation is due to needs to sustain wartime production goals, plus tire shortages and transportation difficulties.
Russellville sits without a local munitions plant yet thrives as war production and services surge. A new creamery and a vegetable canning plant operate around the clock to supply the armed forces and England. Trucks haul lumber for army camps, first aid classes, sewing groups, and daily military drills fill community life as residents mobilize for victory.
Talbot Feild Jr, Hempstead County Defense Council chairman, urges Hope residents to volunteer by registering at the city hall Volunteer Office. He cites civilian defense under national orders, warns that registerd members are essential as inland air raids remain possible, and promotes first aid, fire, and gas defense training as valuable, free, and urgent for family protection.
Paul M. Simms of Hope announces his run for Hempstead county seat in the state legislature. A 53 year old native of Washington with 50 years in Hope he cites extensive House experience including journal clerk and chief clerk roles. He pledges a brief efficient session during wartime.
The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld a five year sentence for Harald C. Rice, former Ashley county treasurer, on an $8,668 embezzlement conviction. The ruling found no grounds to reverse, while the court also addressed riparian rights near Grand Mere Lake in a separate Union County case concerning a dock and houseboat disputes with Crossett Lumber Company.
Rivers swollen by the spring thaw flood the Don and other waterways along the 2,000 mile front. The Don, normally a mile wide, reportedly spreads to about 30 miles in some areas as Russian and German forces clash across the vast battleline.
Detroit police and state forces battled a large mob estimated at 2000 as bricks flew injuring three officers while a white owned restaurant was looted and burned. The disorder followed a prior white resident protest at a federal housing project.
Kansas City district records show George W. Welsh charged with first degree murder after an indictment was dismissed over the slaying of his sister Leila Welsh. The 24 year old former University of Kansas City beauty queen was found battered in her room March 9, 1941, with throat cut and flesh removed.
Hope Kiwanis Club will meet at Motel Henry on Tuesday for a noonday luncheon. Jimmie Chandler Hope High school band director and Kiwanis music committee chair arranged a program featuring Dolphos Whitten Jr. on music, plus performances by the High School saxophone quartet and Kiwanis mate quartet. The club aims for 100 percent attendance and lauded the program as outstanding for spring.
Allied reports say Japan pushes toward China and India from Burma as Chinese forces defend near Lashio and Kutkai while Mandalay burns. British troops fall back to defend Bengal as Lae and Salamaua retreat in New Guinea and Port Moresby remains strategic.
Berlin says a multi day clash above and below Arctic seas saw Nazi forces sink a 10,000 ton British cruiser and six convoyed ships totaling 37,500 tons. German destroyers submarines and bombers damaged vessels and planes, with several Allied ships and convoys attacked near Murmansk.
A 48 minute blackout across most of the San Francisco Bay area began at 12 02 a m Monday and ended after three quarters of an hour. Fourth Army headquarters said the alarm was ordered by the Fourth Interceptor command. The fragment also mentions agronomy as a field of study.
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