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Newspaper

Hope Star

Location

Hope, Arkansas, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1940

Page

5

Graduates Face World With Simple Fundamentals

The Hope High School class of 83 seniors prepares to graduate as editors reflect on timeless basics. They stress expressive ability, a trade or profession, and expanding cultural knowledge to become informed civic leaders amid a world of complexity. A personal reminiscence recalls naval days on the Great Lakes and lessons learned aboard a freighter lightening the grind of youth.

Hope High School Hope Gratuile Europe Persamwio

Hoover Roosevelts plans defended by Terry tax stance

Little Rock congressman David D Terry endorses Roosevelt defense program and calls for a special tax to fund national defense instead of borrowing. He backs rapid expansion of aircraft, argues for faster pilot training and notes World War II demand as context. He also cites warplane goals and committee discussions shaping funding.

Paty Terry Washington House Ways and Means Will Cominii Litte Rock House War Department Appropriations Amy Air Corps Roosevelt Congress War Navy Departments Army National Guard Autheulmmittee Holland

Cotton New York Market Opening and Spot Prices

Cotton New York opened at 944 with October at 8 80 81 and spot price around 4.72 per unit, showing initial trading levels and price range.

New York Colton

Garden Program Draws 400 at Local Station

More than 400 people from 21 counties attended a landscape and home garden meeting at the Fruit and Truck Experiment Station. The day featured lectures with models, a Q&A session, and tours of station grounds led by staff from the University of Arkansas College of Agriculture and Extension.

Fruit & Touch Experiment Station Ella Josey University of Arkansas College of Agriculture Eart I. Allen C. Rt. Pinckley Connie J. Bonslagel W. “Ware Homer Carpenter Texarkina Joe R. Cox

German dentists study artificial resin for teeth use

In Lower Saxony meeting, Reich dentist Fritz Blumenstein advocates resin as a fully German material to replace gold in artificial teeth. He cites tests over a year and predicts training will expand resin usage after dentists are taught its use, citing metal shortages in Germany. A separate note states an Italian woman gave birth to five children, twins in June and triplets soon after.

Berlin Reich Jeacer Fritz Blumenstein Lower Saxony Blumenstein Germany

A Thought And If He Smite Him With An Instrument Of Iron

A religious line from Numbers dys states that if one strikes another with iron and the victim dies, the killer is a murderer and shall surely be put to death.

U S to Overhaul 30 Old Destroyers

Washington reports President Burgevelt disclosed a plan to commission 35 World War II destroyers not yet in service and to study funding for expanded defense material production. The War Department also asked Congress to lift the army air force aircraft limit to accelerate a 50 000 gun fighting machines target.

Washington Burgevelt Deringe Congress War Department Roosevelt

Plan New Camps to Train Pilots

CHICAGO 88 Cal. Franc Knox said Friday he had been authorized by President Roosevelt to announce Project by a group of patriotic Americans for the establishment of camps for advanced training pilots. Tentative plans provided for the opening of camps by July 1 in nine army corps areas with a goal of enrolling up to 10,000 young men aged 14 to 35.

Chicago Knox Roosevelt

Cotton Week Featured by 4-H Club at Sweet Home

County council plans Cotton Week from May 17 to 25 with window displays of cotton garments by 4-H girls and home demonstration women. Mattress making progresses in five communities with 117 completed. farm families with income under 400 dollars urged to apply.

Sweet Home

Postmaster Began As Express Rider at 12

Redfield started as postmaster here after a 45 year tenure. He began postal work at age 12 as a gS pony express rider in Arizona. Appointed postmaster by President Grover Cleveland on March 17, 1894, he recalls his boyhood ride from Tres Alamos to Riverside over 213 miles, twice weekly, amid dangerous, primitive trails.

Redfield Gs & Pony Express Grover Cleveland Redington Pima County Ariz Tres Almos Riverside Roodfield Uice Benson j—Leonard D

Germans Close In On Paris After Maginot Line Breach

The stock market slump deepened as World War II events shifted worry to Europe. Analysts say American investors overwhelmingly sold, not foreign buyers, hammering prices after the September invasion of Poland and subsequent European developments. The piece notes the drop began with the war scare and continued through May, with no large foreign exodus cited. Page Eight continues the discussion.

John T. Flynn NER Service Financial Wester New York Hitler Poland Times America Europe Holland Belgium France

Traffic Survey Highlights Underpass Need in Hope

A Hope Rotary Club briefing cited 1 008 vehicles and 888 pedestrians crossing Hazel Street at the Missouri Pacific site between noon and 6 pm, with fewer crossings on the L and A track south of Hope. The city seeks funding or project transfer to build a grade separation, aiming to relieve congestion near the rail line downtown.

Hope Chamber of Commérce Missouri Pacific Railroad Hazel Street Roy Anderson Howey Rotary Club Barlow Hope Anderson Missouri Pacific Terrell Cornelius Fred Cook Albert Patton Aarm Winnparish Huty Long L. & A. Railway Royce Stith Cass County Texas Allanta Texsarlana Hope Store Elwood Meadows Hope Boy Shreveport F. P. Albright Dallas John Greene Hop Man Litte Rock Dick Emerson Little Rock Jack Garnett Alton

Cranium Crackers: Where Are They

Quiz on world geography cites places like the Faeroes Batwn Magett Strait of len Sumatra Buffin Bay with answers on page Two.

The Faeroes Magett Strait of Len Sumatra Buffin Bay Auswers

Mile from Antwerp and Sedan cited in public mirror attacks

Fragmentary OCR notes mention Antwerp and Sedan in a public mirror context with references to attacks. Details are unclear but imply an incident or public remark related to security or defacement. No named individuals or organizations are confirmed in legible text.

Antwerp

Berlin radio report on Paris and Louvain collapse

A fragment notes that Berlin radio claimed a British and French position had been moved to the capital after Louvain fell. The garbled passage references the collapse of Louvain and mentions a shift in strategic posture. The text is incomplete with unclear dates or actors.

Berlin Louvain

Allies Driven From Antwerp as Germany Breaks Through

Berlin reports say Allied forces have been routed from Antwerp to the Belgian coast as German troops pierced the Maginot line near Maubeuge and Sedan, with Berlin officials calling the crisis a domestic matter in the United States while Paris reports German armored units reaching near Rethel and threatening Paris. Three major battles rage: toward Paris, near Sedan, and in Belgium toward Brussels.

Britain Berlin Antwerp Germi Alli Germany Belgium Brussels Aia France Maubeuge Sedan Callignan Paris Adolf Hitler Rethel Brusssels Longain Fox

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