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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1940
Page
3
A sketched reflection on a village plan to counter a nuisance of whisky bottle dumping. The piece cites thinkers on predatory capitalism and politics, warning that wealth and power shift from financiers to public officials as governance grows more taxing and centralized.
The Baccalaureate sermon will be given at 11:15 Sunday in the Saenger theater by Rev. John Keith Osregory of First Christian Church. The 83 graduates will be joined by 91 juniors. city churches are invited. Program includes processional, scripture, solo, anthem, sermon Visions, and doxology.
Jack Stinnett reports Roosevelt’s visit to Yorktown’s Ship Museum where three British cannon from 1781 were on display. Despite training the guides for firing, Secret Service barred the President from entering a single-exit building, due to a odd rule.
Akron story reports four year old Frankie Vance delaying dinner with a strange plea about a fire upstairs. Firemen uncover the blaze and the boy confesses to taking matches from his father's Sunday pants. Nearby Jeanelle Pa mushroom grows large enough to feed the whole community.
After laying the concrete foundations for the New Clyde Center Building the contractor found gold in the gravel. The gold is about 25 cents per ton in value and was too fine to recover, but about seven dollars worth remains in the foundations.
A cryptic report cites a murder case labeled Thought Ong, naming four suspected villains and a single hero, with millions as a cited motive. Authorities confirm no definitive suspects yet, while the public awaits clarifying details and the crime’s financial connections.
The page asks readers questions about postage stamps including when the first stamp was printed what collectors are called what a cover is and what constitutes an error It invites readers to answer on Page Two referencing a stamp feature in the newspaper.
Elijah Turner who fled after a January grocery store robbery and a police shooting was recaptured on Saturday in the Fordyce area by Dallas County and Fordyce officers. Turner, wounded and hospitalized, escaped from a hospital cot on February 4, 1933, and evaded authorities for two years before being jailed to return to Hope.
James F Grady reforms government correspondence to remove pompous phrasing and wasted words improving tone and clarity across agencies. His program reduces costly, repetitive letter templates and trains staff to craft direct messages. Contlayed on Page Four.
Johnson analyzes the national defense needs amid a widening war threat to the United States. He calls for a stronger army navy and air force, faster mobilization, and increased budgets to equip forces, defend seas and coasts, and protect outlying points including the Philippines and Panama Canal.
In Hempstead circuit court Friday a 5000 personal injury suit by Lurline Rogers against Max Cox Hempstead Motor Co ended in a voluntary non-suit on motion by plaintiff lawyer John P Vesey. Rogers alleged injuries from a car wreck involving a Hempstead Motor Co vehicle. Court adjourned to Monday for criminal cases including Melvin Weston vs Missouri Pacific Railway Co.
Betty Clark profiles Auburn born Randy Rice a top outdoor model who champions natural hair and a tomboy image. She describes brushing routines, natural up dos, and a sporty lifestyle including horseback riding tennis swimming and motherhood as she works assignments from John Power’s on Park Avenue.
The PTA of area elementary schools announced a summer canning kitchen at Brookwood School under PTA direction. WPA labor will be provided, but materials must be donated by the PTA to prepare canned goods for underprivileged students next year. Jars and supplies should be donated via Mrs. Seeya Gibson or Mrs. Bernard O'Dwyer.
The week of May 20 through May 25 is designated as a special recreation work period by Negro WPA officials. Beginning Monday a special program will run all week, and Hope’s Negro teachers will also observe Know your Project Week. The public is invited to inspect work at various centers.
The Hope High School Band Auxiliary will hold its final meeting of the school year at 9:30 Tuesday afternoon in the high school auditorium. Officers for the new year will be elected and final business transacted, announced by Mrs. C. Cook, president.
B C Hollis announced that Jollopy races will be held at Fair Park again this Sunday afternoon under American Legion sponsorship. The events have drawn large crowds in the past and another big turnout is expected.
Hominy town boosters announce a substantial feed for 500 farmers with 2400 buns, 1600 slices of meat, 600 cheese slices, 80 doughnuts, 50 pounds onions, mustard, 20 pounds coffee, and two boxes of toothpicks to serve the gathering.
German news agency reported a lightning stab through fortifications, Antwerp seen as a double edged threat to the Allies. German offensive in northern France grows, with tanks and armor warplanes. Paris line 80 miles away, German sources claim the front serious but not worse. Retreat in Belgium admitted as Allies adjust to the situation. Germany claims 2,000 Dutch and Belgian soldiers captured in Holland. BERLIN reports minefield off Cape Agulhas as South Africa mines. Ankara says US embassy advises Americans to leave Turkey soon.
In Trenton Missouri officers explain the city jail window sign reads Keep Out This Means You but locals say it does not convey the exact intent. The sign targets loiterers who might try talking to prisoners through the bars as passersby frequent the jail.
California eases travel by removing non resident permit requirements and abolishing state checking stations. Incoming drivers still face plant quarantine inspection to prevent introduction of farm insect pests.
The report shows an October opening at 8.53 while middling spot closes at 9.45 with a decline noted. Market activity hints at tighter price movement and potential adjustments in futures sentiment for the day.
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