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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1940
Page
2
The revival at Hope Gospel continues with meetings led by Evangelist and local ministers from El Dorado Hot Springs Malvern and Malvern. Tuesday night features a musical program with singers and workers joining the service. Pastor Hamill urges all to attend during this final week of preaching and gospel singing.
Nolan Cargile a Hope halfback reports for early fall training with the University of Tulsa under head coach Chet Benefiel. The reliance on his speed and receiving ability signals a versatile role as Tulsa expectations rise for a strong 1940 schedule featuring home games against Washburn Creighton Texas Christian Catholic Oklahoma A. and M. Arkansas and away contests with Texas A. and M St. Louis University University of Detroit and Baylor.
The article notes that more than half of the asphalt produced is allocated to highway construction, highlighting the material’s central role in road projects and infrastructure expansion.
Fourteen cases were heard Monday morning at city hall with Judge W. K. Lemley presiding. Defendants faced drunkenness, disturbing the peace, and traffic violations. fines ranged from 10 to 25 dollars, with some cases appeal notices and one held for grand jury on grand larceny.
In Albuquerque the New Mexico Democratic Senate race between Dennis Chavez and J. J. Dempsey tightened as 161 of 914 voting districts reported. Early tallies show Dempsey with 42,554 votes and Chavez with 40,811, while incumbent John Miles led Mayor Clyde Tingley for governor as results continued.
Cleveland rallied to beat Connie Mack s Athletics twice Sunday 5 to 0 and 8 to 5 as Feller pitched a two hitter in the opener and Dick Liebert tied for his 25th win. The Indians moved into first in the American League race while Detroit and New York faltered and St Louis edged Boston in a separate set. A giant 109 million year old topaz weighing 225 pounds was described as the world s largest.
Public notice announces a free illustrated booklet from the Thornton & Minor Clinic in Kansas City Missouri detailing rectal ailments such as hemorrhoids fistula and colon troubles. The pamphlet claims benefit for over 50 000 people without anesthesia or hospital care and is mailed in plain wrapper upon request.
Sealed bids for furnishing all equipment labor and materials for Well No. 2 of Hope Arkansas will be received by the Board of Public Affairs until 10 block a.m. September 17 1949 at the Mayor's Office City Hall. Read aloud when opened. Specifications from Charles Thames Superintendent Hope Water and Light Plant. Board reserves right to reject any or all bids and to select best interest. By Mayor W S Atkins Secretary Lloyd Spencer Chas E Taylor Sept 366.
Jim Wilson of Columbus headed a 12 man Hempstead county delegation to Texarkana for a skeet shoot, breaking 49 of 50 targets to take high honors. Two Hempstead shooters finished in the top 10 of 45 competitors as Ray McDowell of Hope placed seventh with 46 hits and George Wiley of Guernsey tied for eighth with 45. The Hempstead group were treated to a barbecued steak supper after the contest.
Judge Ragon, longtime Fifth Arkansas district official and former House member, died after a brief illness. He served as district judge seven years and was expected to be elevated to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth District. Colleagues eulogized his integrity and legal acumen.
Judge Lemsey from Hope commends a highly capable jurist as one of the best in the Eighth Federal Circuit and notes hopes for advancement to the U S Circuit Court of Appeals. He emphasizes the judge's ability and high character.
German sources say Reichsmarshall Goering piloted a Junkers over London Sunday night with two escort destroyers. Returning to air force HQ he stated I am glad I made my airforce such a strong weapon. The report notes dates to Monday and cites Allied air activity.
Homer M. Adkins, Democratic governor candidate, returns from Texas to confer with advisers before Arkansas Democratic state convention at the Auditorium Tuesday. A policy statement will be delivered Wednesday afternoon. Possible convention outcomes include discouraging Wilkie votes and electing Representative Wilkinson as House speaker. Debates on party loyalty and Roosevelt support loom as voters consider primary rules and implications of voting patterns. The article notes historical facts about skulls as protections and the U S purchase of Alaska.
Sue Mary grapples with loyalty as she navigates romance, work at Youth Progress, and a city political project. A clash with Joe over labor activism exposes fault lines between idealism and practical life. The picnic scene brings tentative harmony and questions about commitment and social change.
Italian forces reported by Il Giornale D'Italia breached the first defensive line along the Libyan frontier near Salim and captured numerous British arms and desert tanks. High command said fifty tanks and armored cars were destroyed with heavy British losses as air bombardment aided the advance toward Buqbuq on the coastal road.
A historical note cites CARDUS as a daily aid for women suffering functional dysmenorrhea caused by malnutrition. It claims to relieve headaches nervousness and gastric issues, increases appetite and digestion, and builds resistance to periodic distress. Some use CARDUS before and during the period. CARDUI has been popular for over 50 years.
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