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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1940
Page
3
An American speaker warns against demagogues and urges alertness to fascist tactics. He highlights the lure of strong personalities, business leaders' roles, and the need for truthful public discourse to keep the United States from joining European conflict.
Bruce Catton analyzes England's Abani law proposal and America's mobilization plan. He contrasts potential confiscations and labor drafts under wartime powers, noting existing statutes grant the president broad authority to requisition, fix prices, close exchanges, and commandeer factories for war needs.
Washington notes discuss the poultry industry’s push to donate unsold turkey stock to the Federal Surplus Commodities Corp. with 60,000 100 pounds of turkey in the Pacific Northwest. The piece also covers congressional sessions timing, Mayday origin, FCC warnings on misuse, and various radio amateur notices.
Lin Oil Refining Company president I H Barlow says he accepted an invitation to join the Southern Governors Conference in Atlanta on June 10. He was invited by Governor Rivers of Georgia and will also join a statewide committee meeting with Governor Cart and others in Little Rock at 10 am Friday.
President Roosevelt at a press conference said women need not forgo cosmetics lipsticks or ice cream under the defense program. He argued the plan should disturb normal life as little as possible and noted Alaska theater patrons pay one smoked salmon for admission in a barter style entertainment exchange.
NEA Sofie correspondent Paul Harrison reports on Wallace's shift away from whimsy toward direct emotional appeal in Captain Kidd era productions. The piece contrasts The Onder Pup with the current project, noting dialogue reliance on simple love lines and audience reception to old fashioned romance.
A garbled column threads boxing names like Tony Zale and Ken Overlin with Hollywood talk on Captain Caution and War era films. The piece riffs on talent, luck, and public sentiment, noting conflicts between screen legends, critics, and the shifting wartime film market while peppering in scattered anecdotes about actors and directors.
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