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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1940
Page
2
Washington notes key figures like Edmunds and Smith-linked investigators as party whispers rise over the National Labor Relations Board probe, Willkie lapel buttons noted, and questions swirl about loyalty and future roles amid a hectic capital scene.
City of Hope invites bids for Well No 2 in Hope Arkansas. Bids must be received at the Mayor's Office by 10 am September 11. Specifications available from Charles Thomas, Superintendent of Water and Light Plant. Public Affairs reserves right to reject any or all bids.
A scanned draft of Proposed Constitutional Amendment No 30 submitted by the General Assembly filed March 15 1940 outlines vacancy rules for state offices. It covers appointment by the Governor, ineligibilities for top officials and their relatives, compensation bans, and terms for appointed officers with specific election timing details.
Hollywood announces Anne Lehr's Memento Mart to auction celebrities items including gowns, shorts, diaries, corsets, and shirts to benefit charity. Plans promise fan fascination and sensational collectible potential despite past issues with item misplacements and chicanery.
The passage notes two Republicans and the National Defense Commission with many Republicans, plus defections from the Democratic party. Some New Dealers say the third term candidacy has achieved much the 1938 purge could not. All this sits in a Washington drawing room with kibitzers and political guessers creating a confusing babble.
The text outlines an Arkansas amendment proposing tax exemptions for personal property. Sections cover exemptions up to fifty dollars for singles and a hundred dollars for married heads of families, with details on who may select exempted items and delays until the next general election for adoption. The Arkansas Corporation Commission would set exemption ranges if needed. Witness and seal dated May 1, 1940.
German bombing raids rolled over London in a seven hour attack as British fighters rose to oppose formations of 200 bombers and fighters. Air Ministry said battles raged in southeastern England with 35 German planes shot down before noon, while Italian raids struck at Britain's life line from the central Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean.
Seven local enlistees announced Friday by the U S Army recruiting station at Texarkana. The youths include Clarence Gibson Robertson of Quan and others serving in various branches at Chanute Field Rantoul Ill Camp Ord Calif Fort Warren Cheyenne and San Francisco Calif.
Debates resumed on conscription with arguments about speaking time and intolerance. Rep Fish argued to test voluntary enlistment before conscription, maintaining 21 to 44 registration would proceed and draft only if 400,000 volunteers fail. Rep Thomason warned against harming War Department unity, while Rep McCormack supported the Fish amendment for immediate danger to justify draft.
The article lists 1940 football dates from September 13 at Haynesville to November 28 at Pine Bluffs including home games with El Dorado and Clarksville and away games at Jonesboro Nashville North Little Rock and Prescott Rotarian additions Linus W. Walker and Luther Holloman Jr were introduced by BE F. McFaddin and Rotary’s abolition in Japan noted despite high local club native membership.
An Associated Press correspondent with the British fleet in the Mediterranean reports heavy raids on the Italian naval base in the Dodecanese and notes that Italian shore batteries did not reply during the engagement. Rome claims British losses and Italian air damage in multiple Mediterranean actions.
Contestants in the patriotic pageant America on Parade include Rose Marie Hendrix Dorothy Henry Elizabeth Hendrix Daphne Rowland Trimble Martha Waddle Frances Huck Grace Martin Doris Webb Adell Johnson Martha Ann Singleton with standings and scores noted. The listing shows multiple names and a sequence of scores or tallies among the participants.
Washington debate centers on commandeering industrial plants under Title 50 section 80. Critics say current law limits actions to wartime or declared emergencies, while Russell Overton proposal would loosen conditions for government seizure of facilities during defense needs.
Congress tightens control over defense production in wartime, allowing the President to order any firm to supply defense material through the head of a government department. Noncompliance could trigger immediate plant seizure and compulsory manufacture, with penalties up to a $50,000 fine and three years in prison. The Navy role mirrors the Russell-Overton amendment, granting sweeping authority to seize and operate plants when agreements fail. A Senate revisit left the authority intact against a repealer.
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