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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1940
Page
3
In Hope the debate about advertising versus Consumers Union unfolds. The editorial argues advertising broadened car choices and lowered prices, while Consumers Union claims impartial, technical ratings. It contends mass branding would shrink to one model if their influence dominates.
In 1940 Western Europe follows Clausewitz pattern of a solar plexus strike, with France relying on Maginot lines while Britain joins, valuing offense over total surprise. The Allied command sees the shift as a return to Napoleonic strategy, though innovations like long range artillery, aircraft, and parachute troops change the dynamic.
Quiz questions mix World War I and II topics with nursery rhymes and authors. It asks about the Jutland waters, a dual-claimed World War I battle, odd one out among classic rhymes, several book titles and authors, and commonalities between S. Van Dine and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with answers on Page Two.
In Basin Wyoming the Morris family records indicate leap year marriages with four family members tying the knot this year. Their mother and another relative were also wed in a Leon Year, highlighting a string of weddings tied to the leap year cycle.
Hempstead county joins a national Red Cross fund drive seeking 10 million dollars for Europe’s relief. County chair Mrs Kline Snyder announces the drive with a 1 140 dollar local quota and invites donations via banks or The Star office, while Roosevelt lauds the effort as the official national relief agency.
Hope city hall hosts an Owen house event Friday night from 7 to 9 to announce the unification of Hope Public Library and Hempstead County Library. The merged library will house about 9,000 books costing over 5,000 dollars and serve the whole county with WPA assistance noted but not a WPA project. The board expects state funding of 2,500 dollars after July 1 for new books, with hours 9 am to 6 pm Monday through Saturday.
John Calvin Sutton 73 died about 4 o clock Sunday at his Dr Royston farm home near Blevins. The Hempstead county resident was found in bed about 5 am. Coroner J H Weaver said heart attack caused death and no inquest was needed. Survived by widow and several children.
A fragmentary biblical verse excerpt quotes wise men to take understanding and make judgments, echoing Deuteronomy 1 14 about rulers over the people. The wording blends archaic scripture with modern phrasing to emphasize guidance and authority.
On Mother's Day May 12 Mrs. Dora King of Texarkana Ark attended a family reunion at her daughter Mrs Melvin Powell near Spring Hill Ark. Four generations were present as mothers and grandmothers received surprise gifts while great grandmothers Dora King and Lou Harge were honored with baskets of gifts. A picnic luncheon followed on the shaded lawn then younger relatives toured favorite childhood spots and posed for photos. Relatives planned to meet again in two years.
Elijah Turner pleaded guilty before Circuit Judge Dexter Bush in Hempstead circuit court and was sentenced to two years in prison for robbery at the N A Cassidy grocery in 1938. Turner was captured last Saturday at Fordyce after a two year flight from a local hospital where a police bullet had placed him.
A WPA program at Fair Park will be held Monday night at 7:30 with songs tap dancing and piano solos. A radio will relay Col Harrington’s speech on This Work Pays Your Community at 7:00 inviting P S workers sponsors and all interested persons to attend and hear the remarks by Senator Pilkinton Albert Graves Miss Beryl Henry and others.
Mrs. Jim Wilson of Columbus shows slight improvement while Mrs. W. R. Abbott of Gordon after a minor operation is much improved. Roy Bock, doctor, is reported to be recovering rapidly.
Prescott High School will graduate 47 seniors Friday night at o'clock in the city park amphitheater. If weather turns foul, exercises move to the school gym. Baccalaureate services were Sunday at First Baptist Church. Senior class day program planned for Friday afternoon at the junior high auditorium.
The Dramatic Leaders of the Hope Recreation Project will present a musical program at City Hall Tuesday night at 7 45. The event is free to the public and a large crowd is expected.
Russellville Arkansas W M Gordon fire engineer from Atlanta Ga transferred to succeed Ben F Vaughn as improvement superintendent of the Ozark National Forest Vaughn retired and moved to a farm near Mulberry Gordon a native of Hope is son of Mr and Mrs W S Gordon moving into the post after four years in the regional forest service office in Atlanta Georgia
The Senate Appropriations Committee fast tracks a two billion dollar Army bill as military leaders push for speed in Roosevelt's plan for an air armada of 50,000 planes. Debate set to begin Tuesday with possible House passage by midweek.
More than a hundred business leaders from Little Rock and Gov. Carl Bailey, arranged by the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce, arrive by special train in Hope Tuesday for a two day goodwill tour through southwest Arkansas and northwest Louisiana. They stop at 10:50 a.m. for 30 minutes with welcome by State Senator James H Pilkington. Eilis M. Fagan of the Fagan Electric Co will speak for the visitors. Schools are not dismissed. residents are urged to greet and entertain the guests during their brief stay.
Carrie Toland, 71, died at her Emmet home after a long illness. Funeral services were held at 10 o'clock Sunday morning from Ephesus Baptist Church in Ermet, conducted by Rev. John Everette. She is survived by three brothers Will, Wic and Ed.
Earl Page announces his candidacy in Little Rock for an unopposed seat amid a field of supporters. The late campaign ramped up with pledges of service to the community and focus on local issues.
Mrs W E White of Hope suffered a broken shoulder and Mr White a dislocated shoulder when the car overturned about 15 miles south of Camden. Miss Martha White and Eugene White Jr had only minor bruises. The car was driven by Mr parently strick for causing it to avert motorist took them c treatment.
Mrs. Cecil Weaver announces Poppy Day on May 25, the Saturday before Memorial Day, urging Americans to wear memorial poppies to honor World War dead and aid living victims. She notes renewed warfare in Europe heightens the day’s meaning and recalls veterans who died twenty two years ago. The piece mentions the Australian Red Cross sending blood tanks for battlefield transfusions.
The mayor W S Atkins proclaims May 20 25 1940 as This Work Pays Your Community Week in Hope. The proclamation invites inspection of all WPA Professional and Service projects and thanks the Work Projects Administration for years of employment and public benefit.
Reports from Switzerland and London describe German mechanized divisions breaking toward the French capital and English Channel ports, with St Quentin captured and Somme battlefield proximity admitted. British destroyer Whitely damaged by bombs, four casualties. Italian Ciano to Albania as Mussolini-backed moves loom. Americans advised to leave Egypt as tensions rise.
October collar opened at 8.56 and closed at 8.80 with Middling Rok noted.
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