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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1939
Page
3
The British liner Athenia was torpedoed and shelled after sinking on Sunday. Captain James Cook led 430 survivors to Greenock while 600 more arrived shaken and weeping. A passenger recalled the torpedo hitting the galley then engine room.
A new smile society has been organized in Belo Horizonte Brazil. Members are bound to wear a smile in all public places especially when they meet gloomy looking persons. The group promotes cheerful interactions and seeks to improve public mood.
The report notes cotton activity in New York with prices around 8.28 to close at 8.75-76. Middling grade cited at 5.25.
An Associated Press note lists air distances and flight times between European capitals, comparing Paris Berlin London and other routes. It estimates speeds and travel times, noting that actual times depend on wartime conditions and air bases.
Roosevelt signed Tuesday a proclamation of American neutrality in the European war. White House officials said it would take effect once Secretary of State Hall affixed his signature and the official seal. Prices move up as commodities and shares rise on war demand and market resumption. Rubber, cotton, sugar, and cocoa noted among rapid movers.
Prescott city police jail Emmet Negro of Emmet after a Sunday fight in the negro quarters. He is charged with assault with intent to kill for stabbing Willie Byrd in the back with an ice pick. Byrd was stabbed three times. the weapon broke off in his back.
Bruce Catton reports that the convoy system, augmented by aircraft carrying cruisers, offers the strongest protection against German submarines. Navy experts say a modern U boat threat could outpace older methods, but air spotting and coordinated destroyers could save merchant shipping while Britain’s navy adjusts to a smaller fleet.
A fragment from a serial story featuring Maria and her husband Dan Darkness. Maria surveys her reflection in a mirror, noting a midlife worry as she fashions a fashionable hat and contemplates aging notes of social expectation and discontent. Describes attire, mood, and hinted tension in a domestic setting.
Legal title to a growth plot at Fair Park will be asked of the city council Tuesday night by H O Kyler post commander and C C Thomas building committee chairman of the Leslie Huddleston post of Anei van Iogion. They outlined building plans to construct north of the park lake about 154 feet west of the Boy Scout Hut and asked permission. Mayor Atkine and the council favored the project but asked for a legal description before action. If the property or long time lease is granted, the legion post will discuss a financial campaign at its Thursday night meeting at 8 o clock in Hope city hall.
A Barrow quotation argues that avoidance of thought error does not stop sin. Ignoring wrongdoing prevents progress and delays return, suggesting accountability fuels advancement and eventual restitution.
Berlin bombed by 80 Polish planes amid wartime dispatches from Copenhagen. Germany announced the capture of two rich Polish industrial towns in Upper Silesia, Alcice and Chorzow, near Krakow, claiming control of a key industrial region as Poles flee Warsaw and officials contemplate evacuation.
French government and forces reported contact with German troops on the Western front and penetration into German territory. Semi official party radio cited trouble in Germany with disorders in Cologne and Essen and in parts of Czechoslovakia. Copenhagen dispatches noted naval fighting off the Danish coast.
French forces expanded operations against Germany entering the second day with promises of normal movements across land sea and air. Germany answered with an aerial raid triggering early alarms in Paris. A military official said the planes conducted a scouting mission with no bombs dropped amid stubborn fighting on the German Polish front.
CRISTOBAL Canal Zone Army authorities announced on Tuesday that three United States Army planes reported missing over Costa Rica had been found with all personnel aboard safe.
Mrs Freeman and family live on a lakeside farm across Round Lake from Colton Wisconsin. It is 3 14 miles across the lake and Mr Freeman can row six miles per hour or travel the shore at ten miles per hour. When a doctor is needed in a hive ry which way should he go.
British forces bomb two German battleships at Kiel canal entrance in Schleswig Holstein after the Athenia sinking. The ministry says the ships were severely damaged and UK aircraft suffered some casualties. Reuter notes five British bombers were shot down. RAF leaflets urged Germans to fight for freedom and end Hitler.
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