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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1940
Page
3
The Foxhunters State Meet opened at Lackland Springs drawing about 500 dogs and many campers. Reporter Brummett notes the crowd's fervor, the local history chatter, and the spectacle of a foxhunt parade as morning light nears.
Three warplanes of undetermined nationality bombed Bitolj near the Greece Albania front on Tuesday, killing two and wounding five. Attacks hit the railway station, a military building, and the airport while Greece and Yugoslavia deny responsibility. Churchill pledges aid to Greece as Britain notes civilian and military casualties from Axis air raids.
Members of Les sie Huddleston Post No 12 attended the Adkins Dinner in Little Rock with Linus Walker Dewey Hendrix and Terrell S Cornelius. The post reports 63 memberships toward a 174 quota and plans a special city hall meeting Thursday at 7. A Armistice Day program is planned for Sunday November 10 at Sweet Home church with full details to come. Leslie Huddleston Post No 12 Hope has secured a new American fing for the Selective Service Hoard Office in the Arkansas Bank building at Main and Second streets. The text notes a steam locomotive with about 7500 parts.
The American Red Cross serves many roles from aiding European war refugees to supporting eight million American youth through education and service. It provides doctors for army work and inspires broader outlooks while promoting national defense efforts.
J. S. Justice about 55 of Memphis was killed in an automobile collision near Benton. Three Hope residents were injured and taken to a Little Rock hospital, including Mrs. Thomas Brewster and Mrs. K. G. McRae, who were seriously hurt. Brewster’s husband, pastor of First Presbyterian Church at Hope, escaped with minor injuries. The crash involved Mrs Brewster and Mrs McRae en route to a church meeting. Justice was in a car loaded with crockery and utensils going the opposite direction.
Lawrence Marlin will be guest speaker at the Hope Kiwanis Club gathering at Hotel Barlow on Wednesday. All members are urged to be present.
In Chillicothe Missouri P Jacobs aged 91 has decided to take one airplane ride each year until he reaches 100. He is set on a personal goal that blends age with a simple aviation dream.
Five notable figures named include John Quincy Adams Elizabeth Barrett Browning Tra Gershwin Pierre Curie Gentile Bellini. The prompt asks to name another family member and why each was famous, with the answer on Page Two.
The Star carries the seventh installment in American publishers' weekly ad series on Page 3. It explains how a free press supports representative government and civic accountability. The piece frames press freedom as essential to democratic participation and oversight.
State Patrolman J. H. Porterfield of Hope, 33, part of a 14 officer detachment sent to Searcy County to preserve order, was treated at a hospital for a gunshot wound to the foot after a shotgun discharged while unloading. The Searcy County election proceeded peacefully.
LITTLE ROCK Dr. F Crow of Hopor will not be removed as secretary of the state Board of Chiropratic Examiners. Governor Bailey said he cannot remove Dr Crow because statutes permit removal only for malpractice or failure to duty. The move by the Arkansas Basic Science Board was disclosed after Louis B Gebauer charged the governor in a letter.
Five hundred fox hounds and a thousand sportsmen gathered at Lackland Springs east of Prescott for the sixth annual Arkansas Fox Hunters association hunt. Leon Williams of Fort Smith owned 22 dogs in a trailer. The state meet opened with a formal program and a dawn hunt began Tuesday, rain delaying the start. Homer Gentry of Prescott oversaw the opening, with Rev. E P Garrett giving the invocation and Dr. Joe F Suffield of Little Rock delivering the main address.
A Washington dispatch describes Army intelligence testing for draftees at reception centers. About 1 in 100 reach very superior, 24 in 100 superior, 38 average, 24 inferior, and 7 very inferior. Testing uses printed sheets, automated scoring, and language aids. results guide branch assignments and potential discharge decisions.
The Revival at West 4th Street and Ferguto began with strong attendance Sunday night as Evangelist Rev Sweatt spoke on "God's Rivers" and more topics are planned for the next night. Pastor Rev Graves and the church invite the public to attend.
Burr Blodgett, district field representative, reports on a year of service with Hempstead County Boy Scouts of America. The formal review addresses progress under Chairman Frank G. Ward and local scouting activities through Tuesday.
Associated Press report notes rainfall moving east across central states while millions cast ballots. Wendell Willkie, a lawyer among voters at a public school in New York City, affirmed intent to vote straight Republican amid election day bustle.
Early unofficial returns show President Roosevelt leading in New England and the South with Hart's Location and a little town among first reports. Missouri sees Willkie take an early edge, while Alabama reports 660 Roosevelt votes to five for Willkie in county absentee ballots. (Continued on Page Four)
Winners in the female pup class at the opening of the sixth Arkansas State Fox Hunters association hunt were Skippe r s Blaze owned by B A Skipper Encino Texas Lena Maes Master Lynn owned by Leon Hope Star Photo Williams Fort Smith Allen s Freda owned by C A Darling Pearcy Ark Daisy owned by 8 year old Ramona Sewell daughter of Mr and Mrs Cecil Sewell Blevins photographed by The Star at 8 p m Monday at Lackland Springs seven miles east of Prescott
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