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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1939
Page
5
Eleven members from the local American Legion Auxiliary attended a membership rally in Nashville. The conference was held at the Nashville Legion Hut with state department officials present. Other items note guests visiting, club meetings, and notes on beauty and dress events in the city.
Lloyd Spencer of the Wildlife Association arranged funding to move thousands of stressed fish from Duck Pond to Upper Red Lake. Game warden Miles Laha oversaw more than 15 000 bass and carp relocated by hand with help from Earl Barham. Additional shipments had recently supplied Red Lake from Lonoke and Beartis Lake, reflecting a broader conservation push.
Mrs Mitchum and Miss Mabel visit relatives in town and have returned to Bloomington Indiana. Dr Cannon, who spent a week in New Orleans at Loyola University and Charity Hospital for post graduate work, will return home Friday night.
The Adams Floto Trained Animal Show comes to the great oval arena on Pond Street highway 7 in the circus grounds. Clowns, twenty seven performers, including Jimmy Thomas Bruce LaFarra Johny Delmar Eddie Bell Russ Fisher and Chuck Wirth, will entertain at 2:00 with doors opening at 1:00.
The Quebec provincial election ends with Liberals ahead at 3 p.m. across 86 seats. Liberal 49 seats, Union Nationale eight, Independent one. leading Liberals 18, Union Nationale eight, six unreported, one deferred. Maurice Duplessis sought provincial authority amid war spending debate.
Approximately 3,200 infantry troops from five camps will move into Camp Joseph T. Robinson within 10 days for 99 days of intensive training in the Seventh Corps Area General Bishop announced at Omaha Nebraska. Equipment in storage is sufficient for 2400 men and will be sent by rail while the troops move in by trucks.
Dispatches from Rome said fascists believed Italy would resist Communist penetration into Southeastern Europe after Hungary possibly advances to the Carpathians and Transylvania. Budapest authorities said assurances of military aid had been given to Hungary to hold the Carpathian line. British and French willingness to declare war on Hungary Yugoslavia and Italy was uncertain. Without Turkey’s help Western powers could struggle to guarantee Romania’s independence.
British warships hunted German submarines as daily sinkings reached several vessels. The Tafng Led bury Menin Ridge Clin Chisalm were fired upon and lost, about 80 miles west of the Strait of Gibraltar. At least 81 dead or missing, with Oslo reports of another freighter sunk in mid Atlantic. City of Flint rescued crews before reaching Murmask.
Blevins has been placed at fullback strengthening the Panthers offense. A strong Horatio Lions shut down their run, leaving the passing game as the season’s bright spot. Webster Thrash and receivers Bass Hale Wright Ward and Chappelle headline aerial drills aiding captain Fuzzy Thrash as confidence grows for a first victory.
House managers claimed a majority for repeal while Speaker Bankhead said neutrality measures would not be altered until Monday. Leadership would not decide on procedure until the bill arrived. Indications suggested a joint conference committee might craft a compromise.
The Hope players lineup includes Wilson Britt at right end Charlie Tompkin at right tackle H Reece at right guard Ken dall Smith at center Jerome Duffie at left guard Sam Grey at left tackle John Urban at left end Buddy Bowden at quarterback Leslie Tompkins at right half Echols Locke at left half Jack Bell at fullback with reserves Martindale Weaver Zimmnerly Floyd Jewell J yter Rettig Franks Bright Duffie Westbrook Handrix Carn 5 Steed Perryman Chance Thomas Wallace Franklin.
Miss Ruby Duncan of Sale Creek gathers ballads statewide for a master’s study at the University of Tennessee. The collection spans medieval Child ballads like The Farmer's Curst Wife and Bonny Barbara Allan to modern pieces praising Franklin D Roosevelt and recounting Floyd Collins cave rescue. Duncan notes American folk song may rival the world’s best.
Champion Booster NEW ORLEANS Folwell Legendre is Tulane's top supporter, having missed only one Green Wave game in 19 years North Carolina at Chapel Hill last season.
The Soviet charges on February 26, 1909, that Britain expands contraband rules to fuel, paper, cotton, fodder, footwear, clothing, and even foodstuffs, curbing neutral trade and risking civilian hardship. It warns that such mass consumption goods could be arbitrarily labeled contraband, endangering health and lives of civilians, including women and children, and violating international law.
In Richmond Kentucky a kerosene lamp flared, John Whitaker tossed it out a window to prevent explosion. The lamp ignited a neighbor's rabbit, fur aflame, as Whitaker’s dog chased it under a house. The dog dragged the burning rabbit out and the fire was extinguished.
SAN QUENTIN Calif a The war hag confronted San Quentin prison with an unemployment problem. Twelve hundred of its convicts employed in the prison jute bag factory have a layoff because of inability to get raw materials.
Northridge Calif Army base faces pressure to stay open amid rancher protests. They argue flying maneuvers frighten cattle and poultry, cutting farm production and provoking opposition to the base’s continued operation.
Naval circles say Repulse and Howd battle cruisers could overtake and battle aboard Ger Marys pocket ships while Deutschland faces two other pocket battleships Admiral Scheer and Admiral Graf Spee. First reports of a German raider at large appeared October 2 with the sinking of the British steamer Clement off Brazil.
Cox's drugstore announces a fall shipment of cosmetics from Barbara Gould Dorothy Perkins Elizabeth Arden and Leatherie. November is ideal to repair summer ravages and clear, even skin tone. Miss Bertha Zimmerly, in charge of the toilet goods department, offers expert advice and shade recommendations.
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