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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1942
Page
1
Frankenstein monster appears on stage at the Saenger theater with Dr. Silkint for a Saturday night seance show. An audience witness part spiritualist routine as spirits reportedly manifest with instruments and eerie phenomena during the performance.
Fragmentary page text notes a warning from experts that German war material production could enable a formidable Nazi fortification effort across Europe. It mentions Harry Hopkins and General George C. Marshall and references Allied views voiced with clarity and tenacity, aiding Pershing’s leadership.
A historical newspaper item contemplates Allied grand strategy and possible summer offensives in Western Europe. It weighs time guiding decisions, potential landings, commando raids, and the role of Free forces, RAF air power, and submarine threats in shaping a future cross-channel operation. The piece also notes Japanese rail capacity and strategic outlook amid looming global conflict.
About 88 Patmos residents gathered May 16 at the school house to learn how farmers, 4 H clubs, PFA and Home Demonstration members can boost essential war production. The meeting featured firms Farmers and Defense, Women in Defense, Homes for Defense and plans from Grady Rogers for 11 acres of mamloxi soybeans for vegetable oil and a 250 bird laying-hen flock. Leaders urged support for defense stamps, bonds, and scrap iron drives under Hempstead County Defense Council.
Hollywood reporters note manpower tightness in the movie town as producers rely on yes men while one rebel quits to join the Army. Constance Bennett probes unauthorized deductions from her Metro check and later bills the studio for a dress rental of 750 dollars. Cecil B. DeMille and W C Fields live nearby with DeMille serving as district air raid warden as sirens sound.
In Sapulpa Oklahoma a failing horse scene turns curious after the animal uproots an old iron watering trough and leaves it among scrap metal intended for bullet production.
The United States seeks to condemn land in Hempstead County Arkansas for federal uses. Defendants J J Tyson, Mrs J J Tyson, John B Jameson and Mrs Jameson, and others must plead by June 22 1942. Publication of this order runs weekly for four weeks in the Hope Star.
The Parents Teachers Association will sponsor a free clinic for children entering school this fall. The session at the Legion Hut runs Wednesday afternoon May 27 from 1 to 2. Local physicians perform physicals with assistance from the County Health Nurse. Committee chair C A Robison and members J W Bradley and W H Rowland lead the event.
Riley Lewallen, chairman of the Rote-Badean Soil Conservation District, urges timely mowing of sericea lespedeza to boost livestock feed for the Food-for-Freedom program. He advises 12 inch plant height, three to four inches stubble, morning cutting, and same day raking and baling to minimize loss.
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