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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1940
Page
3
South Main Street tents at 7 30 promise completion for the Golden Jubilee. The 30th anniversary exercises will be held at Fair Thursday June and are organized by Popular Hope with speakers from Woodmen Arkansas Hot Springs Arkana and other towns. B B Ragland of Little Rock is in charge as managing editor.
A reported reliable note from Beiping says the Soviet Hussid decided to take action dawn which would leave the consulate general without consular or diplomatic representation in the parts of China occupied by Japan.
A continuation of the Red Cross Fund page lists numerous individual donors and households including EB Cox Louie Jones Dr. Frankis Bobby Franklin Chester Hunt Mrs. Hendrix Mrs. Whitlow Olin England James Pardue Mrs. Dave Finley Mrs. L. P Thomas Mrs. Acker Claude Wedaie Jimmy Derris Mrs. Jim Cole Mrs. T. J. Fincher Mrs. E. P. Young Tom McLarty Miss Van Gallaster Mrs. W. W. Johnson Mrs. John Arnold Mrs. Nick Jewell Mrs. S. H. Briant Mrs. C. G. Coffee Miss Lynda Jewell Mr. and Mrs. Dale Wilson Crit Stuart Ward Clifford Franks Tom Middlebrooks Ralph Baile Ruth Baker Dewey Hendrix B E McMahon Mrs. J C Cheatham Thellophy Louise Hanegan Mrs. Hugh Reese Marianna Hutson Lucille Hutson Mary Claude Fletcher and others.
The Arkansas national guard of 480 enlisted men and 219 officers and warrant officers received orders to participate in the fourth army maneuvers at Camp Ripley Minnesota from August 4 to 24. Units from Kansas Iowa Missouri South Dakota North Dakota and Minnesota will join. This will be the first time since World War I that the entire Arkansas guard trains together.
Washington report argues Nazi fifth column proved the most valuable weapon in modern warfare. It highlights blitz tactics, parachute drops near Rotterdam, hurried air defenses, and Dutch civil disruption. The piece recalls Belgium 1914 parallels with hidden fortifications and asserts the fifth column remains core to Nazi strategy.
The biggest problem for U S parachutist clubs is lack of target material. Until a suitable subject appears, Orson might try to drum up Martian targets to keep shooters sharp.
Berlin museums shield priceless works with sandbags and improvised shelters. Officials scatter paintings sculptures and ceramics to endure air raids while maintaining open doors and rotating exhibits. In Halle musicians Louvre pieces and Vienna shows adapt as galleries display historic German art.
Spectators in bright clothes and elaborate hats lit Belmont Park as racing returned. Notable fashion drew praise from fashion models sent by Fifth Avenue stores and a stylish crowd including Brenda Frazier and escorts.
Texarkana report says one foot of a core salvaged from 9422 to 9437 feet at the Sturgis well near Fouke gave an oil and gas odor. Fourteen feet of core was lost. H H Temple, interested in J and J Oil Company Barnes No 1, reports gas saturation at 865 feet and ongoing Paluxy search, with a shallow 12 to 15 barrel daily oil potential if developed.
Missouri Pacific announced orders totaling about 1.2 million dollars for new equipment including a three unit streamlined passenger train for Memphis Tennessee to Tallulah Louisiana route. Diesel switch locomotives 11 30 hopper cars 200 stock cars were ordered.
The piece notes attendees including Mrs Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and Patricia Murs Ye ee yy Mesc Al Davis. It describes wide brim hats with lace frills, starched eyelet batiste bands, and stave-pipe crowns, plus younger guests wearing tweed suits. Vanderbilt's wife wears a light wool jacket matching her husband’s coat and a black skirt with a flower hat.
Fragmentary account recalls Allied retreat from Dunkerque as German forces tightened grip on northern France. Belgian units resisted alongside British and French, while the Allied defense centered on delaying actions to protect a southern line along the Somme and Alne rivers. Vice Admiral Abrial commanded the Dunkerque port defense amid heavy fire as ships and troops withdrew.
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