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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1942
Page
4
The piece reflects on decades of road improvements from gravel to pavement, noting No. 29 toward Hope will soon rival Texarkana via a new blacktop link to T Lewisville and Stamps. It recounts a Hope family’s bout with contagious illnesses and a humorous aside about spelling bees and correct wording in the press.
In a wartime surge, democracy proves it can supply the material needs of total war. Delayed entry gave way to decisive action as Japan’s treachery sharpened resolve, turning billions into ships, tanks, planes, guns, and trucks. The piece notes daily wartime spending around 192 million and the rapid buildup since 1939.
DETROIT Ford Motor announces Willow Run plant has produced the first bomber based on auto mass production methods. The spokesman says the line will turn out about one bomber per hour with three shifts. The achievement shows airplanes can be built using Henry Ford’s mass production approach.
A Stockholm dispatch relayed by a news agency says Heinrich Himmler now commands Dutch Nazi storm troops alongside German forces. Germany reportedly plans to make the Netherlands an autonomous province named Niedermark under Dutch Nazi leader Anton Mussert.
The revival meeting at Unity Baptist Church ends with a Thursday night service led by Rev. Lavélady. Large crowds attended and 11 new members will be admitted after the closing preaching services.
Washington The War Production Board ruled that women who stand five feet eight and a half inches or taller in stocking feet are considered unusually tall and are exempt from skirt and coat length restrictions. An exception was also made for judges' robes.
Beaumont Texas report describes a peculiar case where a hardware buyer ordered many left handed catcher's mitts long ago. The store still has a few lefties in stock while right handed mitts are scarce, and a clubhouse mitt remains a constant reminder of the error. Scrap metal from the 1918 German fleet salvage contributed to building the British ships Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth.
State Highway 20 from Hope to Lewisville begins blacktopping after 10 days of base reshaping. Primer coating starts as Kent Brown reports the project spans Hempstead and Lafayette counties. Two sections will pave 21 miles, finishing unpaved stretches and boosting Hope’s bid for Lafayette County trade against Texarkana.
Handsome 26 year old furniture store collector Hargrove was convicted Thursday of killing his estranged wife in a beauty shop in Blytheville and given life imprisonment. Prosecution offered no decision on trying him for the murder of policeman Dick Porter. He accepted the verdict calmly as his parents wept. the state sought death or acquittal.
G W Gilbert Sr 63 Hempstead county farmer died at his Fulton Route One home early Thursday Funeral services set for 2 30 Friday at Liberty Hill church with burial in Westmoreland Cemetery He is survived by his wife and several children U S Marines were called out in 1866 to prevent looting in Portland Maine after a major fire
Soviet dispatches report heavy fighting as red forces push six miles beyond Kharkov, capture six villages, and claim destruction of a Nazi stronghold after a 40 minute assault. Guerrilla activity in White Russia recaptures a city, while separate actions set pressure on Kerch Peninsula and Crimea.
Governor Adkins said he would ask the State Highway Commission to lower Arkansas speed limit from 50 to 40 mph at its meeting next Thursday. The move follows an appeal to neighboring state governors to reduce limits to curb gasoline rationing, with AP canvass showing definite sentiment for 40 mph limits in the region.
British planes bombed and probably torpedoed an Axis destroyer and a merchant ship in the Mediterranean on Tuesday night, as RAF headquarters reported. In Libya the aerial operation was reduced due to bad weather and one British plane was listed as lost.
On May 1 1842 filings report multiple O G leases with Donald Frankel as trustee and varying coowners including George Elizabeth Pearl and Harding Frankel. Leases cover sections in townships 15 south range 24 west and adjacent areas, detailing fractional interests in SEY SEY of NWK etc and NEV SE% across several sections.
Legal notices document O G leases and royalty deeds dated in March and May 1942. Walter Keith and spouses transfer parcels in sections 3 4 9 14 15 across townships 13 18 and ranges 22 23, with Wakefield and Martineau named as grantees or grantors. Filings recorded May 20 1942 by Assyn O G Leases and related royal deeds.
Herbert Hoover urged granting President Roosevelt dictatorial economic powers to win total war. He spoke at the National Industrial Conference Board on limiting freedom in war and warned against permanent fascist measures, while defending civil liberties and cautioning about postwar economic controls.
Axis and Axis dominated radios claimed U S troops had arrived at Gibraltar with conflicting details. Vichy radio spoke of a transport with 5,000 troops following an aircraft carrier and two cruisers into Gibraltar on Wednesday night. German DNB cited 5,000 soldiers with three British destroyers, saying they had not debarked yet.
Citizens are urged to attend a Sunday rally at the city auditorium at 2 30 pm with a Hope High School band concert community singing led by E P Young and a patriotic address by E F McFadden The program, moved from last Sunday due to a Civilian Defense Council conflict, honors President Roosevelt's I Am an American Day and urges participation to show American patriotism and support for the war effort.
Cleveland India pitcher Clint Brown shut his 4000 chicken farm this year after failing to find anyone to feed the flock in his absence.
In Miami Dr. Manuel Prado of Peru concluded a landmark state visit to the United States with a forecast that democracies will triumph. After touring war production planes and military sites he sent a farewell telegram to President Roosevelt. Prado, a banker scientist and political chieftain, left the White House after a 50 minute interview and departed aboard a Havana Clipper.
The Hope High School senior class will stage He Was a Gay Senorita on Wednesday June 3 at the high school auditorium with matinee and evening showings. The three act comedy features a Spanish senorita impersonated by four young men with a Dutch housekeeper and Fritz among the cast. Cast includes Daniel Benjamin William Routon Arnold Benjamin Fay Hammons Larry Moore Gordon Damion Vera Stewart Gladys Weisner Gene Gale Rosalyn Hall Carolyn Trim ic Fritz Lutzenheim J. W. Robertson Mrs Spangler Martha Ann Alexander Senorita Costa De La Varnieta Dorothy Henry Patsy Forest Kenneth Crank Doctor Forsythe Billy Moses Senorita Carlotta Ferrer Mary Jo Monroe.
Howard Waddle resigns as district engineer for the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission in Magnolia and accepts a new post as engineer in charge of construction and operation at the Mechanile Gas Cleaning company. The firm is building a desulphurizing and gasoline plant near McKuanne near the Lafayette county line. Waddle has served with the commission since 1939.
Gamble of Shreveport has been named manager of the King Kash Furniture store on South Elm Street. W. C. Thomas, general manager of the company with locations in Hope and Texarkana, announced the appointment. Gamble has 16 years in the trade and will move to Hope with his family at the end of the current school year.
The War Manpower Commission directed local boards to consult Federal Employment Offices before drafting anyone still in critical war occupations. The action, announced by manpower chief Paul V. McNutt, aims to coordinate draft deferments for workers irreplaceable in war industries and maximize manpower use.
Senator Spencer and Rep Harris of Arkansas say the War Production Board will approve a 50 bed expansion for Julia Chester hospital in Hope. They note Defense Public Works Agency and Public Health Service have approved, but WPB delay stems from an executive order requiring WPB approval. Final action may take several days as the expansion aims to meet demands from new war projects in Hope.
Three Hope students from Hendrix College join campus committees for 1942-43 as the student association senate elects Edward Lester as social committee chairman, James Ward as a member of the committee, and Marilyn McRae as a member of the women's initiation committee. Lester is a Hendrix junior, while Ward and McRae are freshmen.
Revival services at the First Pentecostal church continue to draw large crowds. Rev. W P Gaves, pastor, announced a special illustrated sermon by Rev. A L Clanton of Houston, Texas. The meeting will continue through next week and the public is invited.
The treasurer's office at Hempsferd courthouse will be closed Thursday due to illness, as announced by Newt Pentecost. The office will reopen as soon as possible.
Japanese forces landed south of Foochow near the Min river advancing toward the city, a key port and former provisional capital. Chinese officials reported heavy fighting along a 150 mile Chekiang front as a four spearhead drive pressed to disrupt support bases near Shanghai and Hong Kong.
A letter from Colonel F E H Robinson of the Army Air Corps at Barksdale Field Louisiana dated May 18 1942 consoles Lewis McJunkins of Saratoga after Corporal Rudolph McJunkins lost his life on a combat mission. The message honors his sacrifice during a bomber flight and affirms comradeship and readiness to assist the bereaved family.
Port Louis reports the Madagascar commander stated on Tananarive radio that he will fight any aggressor and that no negotiations with Britain are taking place. The broadcast came from the island colony’s capital and was heard on Mauritius.
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