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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1942
Page
6
Two armies battle in Newfoundland camps. One army guards Europe’s edge, the other builds modern cities. Harry Smith, 38, North Carolina carpenter foreman, leads a builders battalion shaping rugged terrain into infrastructure.
North winds sweep over a Newfoundland construction camp that resembles a small city. Foreman Harry Smith, a veteran of New York and New Jersey work, lives in a semi private two bed barrack while most men occupy shared wards at about nine to ten dollars weekly. The temporary camp includes a mess hall, theatre, recreation hall, bowling lanes, hospital, and safety record noted by workers.
News items from Prescott include Dr. W Maxfield Garratt's internment in Japan and remarks by Dr Charles Maddry, plus a feature on Newfoundland labor practices and pay. Also covered is a Prescott Woman's Military Auxiliary Corps formation with plans for training in First Aid and Civilian Defense boasted by Mrs Sun O Logan and Miss Helen Scott.
Prescott Garden club held its May meeting at Mrs. Cc. P. Arnold home with Mrs. Wal W. White as program chair. Mrs. Ernest Cox spoke on Birds Our Garden Friends and Mrs. White closed with an original poem Little Red Bird Husband. New officers were installed and committees named. Travel vase awarded to Mrs. Arnold. New member welcomed, refreshments served.
Society items mention Miss Helen Marie Cummings of Little Rock visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Warren Cummings. New York City visitors Charles K Moffly Gere C Nelai thi and Charles Mentzel called on Prescott business Tuesday. Mrs Lewis Sawyer returns to Lynchburg Tea after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs A A Gordon. Mrs Sam Logan returns from Dallas where she visited her daughter Mrs Steel Moore and Mr Moore.
A Northwestern National Life Insurance Company study reports rapidly expanding employment for physically handicapped men and women in skilled and unskilled roles. The 1941 placement rose nearly 400 percent from 1940, with Ohio up over 50 percent and Illinois up more than 100 percent. The report also notes U S exports of 112 VW rubber bottles and syringes and 11 807 dozen bathing caps in the first quarter of 1941.
Hollywood designers embrace food inspired motifs as spring style. Bananas flood the front of outfits worn by Treve Dunne while Deanna Durbin debuts prints featuring peas corn radishes and blossoms. Barbara Stanwyck Virginia Bruce Judy Garland and others showcase fruit and vegetable themed dresses hats and accessories in vivid colors and bold patterns.
Otis Douglas, University of Akron athletic director, handles spring football drills and coaches baseball and track as two assistant coaches go to the armed forces. The piece notes his busy schedule and hints at campus athletic rebuilding during wartime.
A coach outlines plans for next year and says he must recruit two or three assistant coaches to handle the workload. The remarks hint at adjustments for incoming players and improved training, with no announced names or dates.
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