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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1940
Page
3
State Highway Department analyzes Arkansas crash causes for the first half of 1940. It records 126 highway deaths, estimates 252 annual rate, and shows top factors: drinking drivers, excessive speed, illegal speeding, wrong lane, ignoring signs, and failure to yield. Pedestrian deaths in six categories also listed with small percentages.
Malvern High School Leopards upset the favored Lit tle Rock Tigers 12 to 6 at Little Rock stadium as a 63 yard drive and a late touchdown by Eugene Rowe sealed the win.
Fact quiz notes the death of Leon Trotsky in Mexico City after a pickax assault. Questions ask who was the other organizer with Trotsky in the USSR, which U.S.S.R. governments he held, his role in the czarist overthrow, length of stay in Mexico, and his link to Lev Bronstein. Answers promised on Page Two.
Associated Press reports Nazi air raids began the third week of mass attacks on London with mist and rain. German formations crossed the Channel but met little success. a single alarm over London prompted anti aircraft fire as raiders withdrew. Ground guns along Kentish coast repelled further attacks. The Alaska railroad was built by one is awed by the federal government.
The article describes master copies of registration forms issued from Washington to all states to register 16.5 million men under a new conscription act. It notes blanks to be used in the registration process and mentions mailed master copies and state distribution for filing and counting.
The Smackover Buckaroos routed the Hope Bobcats 24 to 6 on Friday night, using power plays and quick backfield runs to dominate both halves. Scott and Thomas led scoring with multiple long gains and center runs, while Stevens added a 10 yard touchdown. Hope managed a single score in the third period.
MAJ FOUL L. REED reports conscription housing will be built from scratch with $261,060,000 earmarked for defense housing and guard barracks plus a Senate proposal of 33,000,000 for conscript housing. Early plans began last July for temporary barracks mess halls and admin quarters at 18 posts to train recruits. seven Army housing projects for the National Guard are authorized.
Constable Breedlove, 63, died in a hospital Saturday from a bullet wound suffered when he tried to arrest an escaped prisoner near Dumas Thursday. The Black suspect remains at large as the manhunt continues.
Sam Schweiger secretary manager of the Arkansas Press Association addressed the Hope Rotary Club at Hotel Barlow on Friday noon. Jim Batchelor from Sheridan attended as a guest. Schweiger spoke during a district gathering of newspaper publishers from southwestern counties. Frank Robins Jr. of the Conway Log Cabin Democrat state president accompanied him.
Italian planes smashed an entrenched British camp at Matruh in a drive toward Egypt. The Italian reports say trenchworks were blown up, fires started, and British armored guards routed as Mussolini and Von Ribbentrop discussed Spain’s role in the war.
New York’s waterfront scene shifts under war, with luxury liners offline and a ghost fleet drifting upriver. Yet the Port of New York remains a busy hub, handling export trade and fast freight schedules as belligerents’ freighters come and go and Britain’s wartime imports grow despite closed Central European markets.
James Julian James of Jonesboro announced he remains a candidate for speaker of the Arkansas House in the 1941 legislature. The stray note mentions a high power microscope developed in 1835.
In this NEA Service essay, Booth Tarkington argues liberty as a legal right and national ideal. He traces freedom from Runnymede through Cromwell, the American Revolution, and Yorktown, asserting the enduring spirit that makes a nation strong and sovereign. Sophia Kerr previews the next installment in the Our Country series.
The December cotton market opened at 9.43 and closed at 9.44 in New York. Middling spot cotton finished at 9.90, marking a gain of 1 cent.
In Hillsborough California three-year-old Marc de Tristan Jr. was abducted from his wealthy parents’ home. FBI and local police pursue a staged ransom of 100000, with payment guidance via San Francisco classifieds ad. The de Tristan family, tied to Phelps Dodge and European nobility, cooperates as investigators pursue the case.
The French Indochina government reported a sharp turn in negotiations with Japan on Saturday after earlier signs of progress. A government communique said talks had shifted back to the September 19 stance as Gen Issaku Nishihara prepared to walk out. The exact Japanese demands were not disclosed.
In Roanoke area, two brides waited while their prospective husbands hurried to raise money for marriage licenses. One man went out to obtain the funds, and the other bride even contributed one dollar to speed the process.
A line from Simms emphasizes two essentials for punishments to deter: they must be certain and never disproportionate to the offense. The quote highlights the need for consistency and proportionality in enforcement.
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