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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1940
Page
2
A wartime style update discusses citizen army uniforms and officer tailoring. It notes wool fabrics, washable shirts, and standardized gear, with changes from older knicker and puttee styles to modern trousers and leggings, plus packing lists for camp and a note on shaving kit and pocket money.
Six barefoot youths uncovered 39300 marks about 15800 dollars on a Rhine sandbar and turned the coins to police. The legal fight over the find overrode the children’s share, with courts gradually increasing the award before the state claimed most of the sum. The youths face a complication since German law bars minors from possessing large fortunes, leaving the money in limbo as judges decide.
Washington debates farm policy after a GOP swing in the midwest and New England. Analysts split between strengthening AAA direct controls and sticking with price supports, while some urge tying farm policy to a broader South American strategy and exploring direct payments to curb production.
A cryptic crossword style list presents across and down clues, including ruminant and rodent notes, with references to humps, animals, and assorted wordplay entries such as preposition, beer, value, and various abbreviations. The puzzle lists many entries and hints across horizontal and vertical directions.
Lincoln sports note recounts University of Nebraska team physician Dr Earl Deppen riding the bench to overhear coaches during a rough game beside Dana Bible and Bunny Oakes. The piece mixes a campus rumor with a game score fragment and a random Stockholm dating aside.
The Hope Scrappers, largely ex football players, meet undefeated Scat-Cats at High School Stadium Sunday at 2 30 pm with no admission. Probable lineup includes Parker ERI bien D Porter Britt, E Wall Trout and Britt at guard, Jones at end, Robertson at tackle, and Britt at quarterback. The Finnish Ministry of Public Welfare decrees woolen fabrics must contain at least 25 percent artificial cellulose wool.
Melrose home demonstration club met November 5 with 19 members. Officers were elected or updated and program included AAA discussion and a horticultural talk. A Christmas party is scheduled for December 3 at Mrs. J. L. Laseter. Liberty Hill club held its November meeting November 5 at Mrs. Joe Martin’s home with songs and scripture, seven old and six new members attending, election of officers deferred. The group planned Christmas gifts and noted a poultry house display.
Army draftees will learn K P duty may be milder than legend suggests. Potatoes will be peeled and pots washed with modern gear, yet some hand work remains. Draftees will have time on weekends, religious services, and chances for outdoor sports and courses, with overall better food than many armies, and some freedom before reassignment.
The Indies from Washington organized a new Home Demonstration club at Jake Jones on October 30 under Mrs W E Elmorn and Mrs Margaret Moses. Officers named include Mrs Alexander Smith president Mrs B H Irvin vice president and Mrs A G Sutton secretary treasurer The first meeting enrolled 12 members The Indies of Doyle organized a club October 15 with 17 new members and the fourth Wednesday set as regular meeting day Similarities noted in Dale and Tak a Jones reports describe meetings at Mrs Luther Spears home with prayer devotion and refreshments served to attendees.
The world situation and its pressure on American agriculture underscore the importance of the AAA program and the advantages it gives farmers, especially versus a scenario without a national farm program.
Pan American Airways faced no shipment of dry codfish samples to Brazil. In recent years the big clippers contesting the Americas have carried dream cargo from jewelry and false teeth to humming birds and peacocks.
Ed Kay reports that Danial Boone killed two squirrels with two shots from a .22 rifle and, without moving from his tracks, also bagged a rabbit as large as a good sized shout, making it a perfect day.
H. B. Thompson, assistant Extension director at the University of Arkansas College of Agriculture, tells Oliver L. Adams that continental markets are shut and Japan, China, and Great Britain show weak demand, forecasting a new downward trend in cotton sales for 1941. He notes declines in Aug and Sep exports to 140,000 bales, discusses farm adjustments under the agricultural program, and highlights strong farm participation and gains in income and land value since 1933 as defense needs drive readiness.
The church schedules teach about a 1:55 morning sermon on secret and ocular topics and a 7:30 evening message titled Preparation For an Inevitable Meeting. Sunday school starts at 9:45 with Training Union at 6:30. Everyone is invited to attend and benefit from God’s word and service training.
John Keith Gregory, minister at First Christian Church north Mary street and West Avenue B, invites worshipers to morning service at 10 50 with Communion and Ordination titled Men Set Apart and an evening service at 7 30 The Essential Elements of Living by the Christian Endeavor Society.
Hempstead County Court in Hope Arkansas will hear a petition signed by a majority of Providence School District No 14 electors to dissolve the district and annex its territory to Lope School District No 1-A. The hearing is set for November 25, 1940 at 2:00 PM per Court order dated November 4, 1940. County Examiner E. E. Austin notes the filing and date of notice.
The signer Frank states he is not responsible for debts incurred by anyone else and disclaims liability after the due period May 9 to 13. The note implies personal liability limits in a formal or legal notice context.
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