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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1940
Page
3
Our Daily Bread cites a W C T U plan to blame liquor for France weakness with analyses of French faults and German temperance reports. Critics urge truth over such claims, noting idleness, not prohibition, as France’s downfall and pointing out Germans’ nonprohibition stance.
The Agriculture Department projects this year’s cotton crop at 12,772,000 bales of 500 pounds gross with harvest acreage at 24,406,000 acres. Condition on Sept 1 stands at 78 percent normal, yield about 250.7 pounds per acre, Arkansas forecast uses 2,103,000 acres and 330 pounds per acre yielding 1,449,000 bales. London’s population notes mention 8,000,000 with Irish and Scottish subgroups.
Lieut. Bob Bailey of Russellville reported to the secretary of state that he spent 1687.33 dollars in his successful campaign for renomination in the August primaries. Utah has been a vast inland region at various times, geologists note.
Roxe Marie Hendrix was elected queen of the Hempstead County Free Fair after weekend tabulations. The 15 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Hendrix will preside over the fair, attended by nine maids, with 25 Herefords from the R. R. Cornelius farm arriving for exhibition.
Tuesday's parade participants assemble at 2 30 p m on second street near the fire station and march through a downtown course ending near Pair park. The event plans a traffic hold at Third and Main with crowds urged to observe road rules. The Cornelius herd of eight cows sixteen calves and a herd bull showcases Herefords among several exhibitors from Hope Patmos and more. Continued on Page Four
Sue Mary seeks relief from loneliness as she sits in a park waiting to meet Joe in an hour. The heat and crowd distract her from the troubling world she reads about, while a loud speaker on a park bench voices a lengthy talk that unsettles her. Continues on page three.
Stephen Vincent Benet reflects on American identity from a New Hampshire Yankee tombstone to Iowa banners. He argues that America's history is a people's history built by ordinary men and women who fight for liberty. The piece urges courage, belief, and unity to sustain democracy and freedom amid wartime challenges.
Coach Hamons announced a Tuesday night practice at the high school stadium at 7 45 to explain the new rules to fans. Two evenly matched teams will showcase fouling end signs and what each foul means. The Bovats prepare for the opener at Haynesville Friday night and lineups will be announced Tuesday. Water would not boil at an altitude of 20 miles above sea level.
Cotton New York opens at 9.20 and closes at 9.287 middling spot stands at 9.84 per unit. Market notes show modest price movement with persistent demand from textile buyers and traders watching benchmark indexes.
Nazi bombers return to London for the third night of grimmest raids. Air alarms lasted one hour and 15 minutes. About 600 people killed and 2,600 seriously wounded in two night raids. Daylight calm gave way to alarms at 5:09 a.m. as German planes appeared, followed by a heavy bomber squadron roar from the southwest. Firemen, police, and anti aircraft crews labored amid the destruction.
A patriotic pageant titled America on Parade will be staged at the Hempstead County Free Fair with a 300 member local cast under Miss Martha Jean Robinson. The three nightly performances September 10 11 and 12 begin at 8 p m with elaborate costumes scenery and under a starry canopy. The production covers New World history from Ferdinand and Isabella to early colonists and features episodes including the Spanish Court Puritan Church and Paul Revere rides among others.
A quiz on prominent figures from recent weeks. Identify the former cabinet member who joined a soft drink firm after abstaining from alcohol, the challenger to Roosevelt for platform debates, the mayor of a major Canadian city arrested over home defense opposition, the governor of a British island group who hosted the Windsors en route to the Bahamas, and the prominent Canadian who traveled to the United States to discuss hemisphere defense with Roosevelt.
John L. Wilson formally filed in Hempstead county court a contest of the county judge election. He challenges the 31582 official vote tally for Fred A. Luck amid claims Luck lacked poll tax compliance and party pledge requirements. The suit accuses Luck of not being duly qualified and seeks to void Luck’s ballot presence in seven county boxes and three absentee votes.
A short biblical quotation pleads for mercy by invoking God’s name to cover the people’s many backslidings and sins cited in a scriptural verse.
Washington AP reports the navy placed the greatest fleet order ever under contract, including seven battleships and eight aircraft carriers, after President Roosevelt signed a 5.251 billion defense bill. The appropriation funds vital equipment for 2,000,000 fighting men and accelerates construction of a two ocean navy.
The LaFayette county fair and livestock show will be held September 23 with premiums around 400 dollars. Oil industry exhibits museum pieces and relics join the displays. Daily programs feature a grand business display and a parade of floats with a fiddlers contest on Tuesday afternoon and night.
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