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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1940
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR shows a baseball lineup including pitchers and fielders such as Ford Messer A D Russell Fountain Herne Fred Robertson and others. It hints at a Thursday game in the Southwest Arkansas area but many names are garbled and unreadable.
Standings show Birmingham 6 Knoxville 2 and Atlanta 9 Little Rock 5 with Memphis 9 and Chattanooga 7. Other scores include Pittsburgh 9 Philadelphia 1 Chicago 0 Cincinnati 1 New York 11 Louis 18 Brooklyn 2. Upcoming games list Philadelphia at Chicago and Boston at Pittsburgh among others.
German air raids were reported as successful on Allied marching columns near Narvik and on two British cruisers. A Washington source said German columns were advancing toward the Netherlands from Bremen and Düsseldorf, aiming at Leeuwarden and Arnhem, with plans to reach England via Channel bases.
The piece notes economists and candidates disagree on Roosevelt NRA policies and wartime production controls. It discusses social security options, pay-as-you-go versus large reserve plans, and Republicans uniting against SEC and NLRB. It mentions soil conservation and hints at McNary-Haugen price proposal as GOP farm policy, with Democrats and Republicans showing new alignment.
The city police and fire departments summarize April activity. One arrest and fines totaling 484.50 are noted along with 30.59 for trash hauling. A single alarm was reported and deemed unnecessary from a crash on East Second Street. Firemen attended an April fire school hosted by the Arkansas State Fire College.
In Little Rock newspapers a phono-mat likeness of Governor Bailey circulated with no identification. Postmarks show it mailed from Little Rock the day before, fueling speculation of a planned third term. The Governor denied knowledge of any material distribution and remained silent on political plans.
Atlanta Crackers defeated the Travelers 9 to 5 in a Tuesday night game, staking a 300 season total and moving ahead of Little Rock in the Southern Association standings. Lew Krausse opened the attack, Wilfried LeFebvre debuted for the Travelers, and Lew Carpenter controlled the early innings before Little Rock rallied.
The Chamber of Commerce helped promote the Soil Conservation Service in Hempstead County leading to the Terre-Rouge Bodean Soil Conservation district creation in 189 with offices in Hope. The effort saved the CCC camp and drew many technical staff to Hope while aiding 700 farmers in soil protection and improvements.
Local leaders emphasize the value of the Soil Conservation Service to farmers, business and professionals as the CCC camp’s loss would hit the community. Oystermen describe bed planting and shell layers, while Lebanon’s biblical symbolics note long life and prosperity at high elevations.
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