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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1940
Page
1
The Detroit team invaded for a World Series style slate with Schoolboy Rowe on Friday and Oscar Vitt’s Indians planning to counter. Rowe returns strong after a comeback season and leads, while Feller holds a 27-10 mark against the Tigers, as the series momentum shifts.
Ouachita College seized two scoring chances in the second quarter to register a 17 to 0 victory over the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs of Ruston in El Dorado.
A 3,006 strong crowd watched Ouachita defeat Tech as Alton Ouachita halfback sprinted 75 yards for a touchdown after a special Arkadelphia train arrival. Lafitte caught a 20 yard scoring pass, and McHaney plus McHooney added extra points. In the third quarter Taylor kicked a field goal from the Tech 10 yard line.
The Hope and Ozan teams will meet at the High School Stadium Sunday at 2 40 pm with Fred Robertson coaching Ozan and Raymond Urban leading Hope. Only boys eligible for football may play. no admission charged and the public is invited.
Two Canadian nurses head the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps nursing service. Miss Elizabeth Smellie, senior Matron in Chief, Johns Hopkins and Simmons trained, led overseas work from London. Miss Emma Pease, Matron in Chief at Canadian overseas HQ, trained at St Luke’s New York, and first woman VP of the American Public Health Association.
The two Matrons in Chief, veterans of World War I, are recognized for wartime service in England and France and for elevating maternal and infant welfare. Miss Smellie received the Royal Red Cross. Miss Pease named Commander of the British Empire in 1924. Rockefeller Fellowship in 1932 supported European maternal welfare study.
Milton Bronner reports that amidst bomb images of King George and Queen Elizabeth British royal nerves are strained as war doubt spreads. The king, akin to other monarchs, remains in safety areas like Windsor and Buckingham while he travels the UK visiting factories and towns. unlike Hitler he travels in an unarmored car with standard private accommodations.
In Italy, authorities target teachers in German speaking regions around Benice after World War II. The regime offers incentives such as reduced time to pension eligibility. A separate note states New York City’s public library system, including Manhattan, Bronx and Richmond, owns ya books.
NEA Service reports a debate over Roosevelt's role in the Munich appeasement episode. It cites Wilkie's charge and Hull's denial, detailing Hitler’s pressure on Czechoslovakia and the 1938 Munich-Berchtesgaden sequence with Chamberlain and Daladier.
A historical recount of the Sudeten crisis from late September 1938 detailing Britain and France pressuring Czechoslovakia for capitulation, Chamberlain’s trip to Godesberg, the Munich conference, and the ensuing appeasement that delivered Czechoslovakia to Nazi control. It notes Roosevelt’s appeals to Hitler and Benes, and contemporaneous credit claims in Washington.
The piece reports claims that President Roosevelt influenced the Munich conference through private messages to Mussolini and public statements by Sumner Welles and Secretary Woodring. It notes Roosevelt did not attend Munich nor dictate terms, while supporters claimed his appeal helped secure the pact amid wartime pressure and public controversy.
Numerous high school and college football games listed for Friday across towns in Arkansas and neighboring regions. Matchups include Henderson versus Hendrix, El Dorado at Hope, Inland teams such as Murray Aggies at Tishomingo, plus numerous city and school pairings and venues. A note adds that Peru's president is ineligible for a consecutive term.
In Baltimore a plan to make Peale Museum more accessible to the public involves short tours and compact exhibits. Richard Medfored said visitors can view a 18 minute exhibit in a concise format, linking hours for lunch to museum access.
Berlin reports on linguistic reforms and spelling debates as a journal urges removing English terms from German usage. The piece cites examples like sword, heel, and sight words while discussing literacy and grade level understanding. It also mentions Thorne wheat varieties and a Lafayette College note about Civil War enlistees affecting campus operations.
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