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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1942
Page
5
The piece recalls World War I style sugar and wheat flour shortages in Eastern cities, with sugar bowls emptied and bread reformulations. It contrasts 1917 18 rationing with today, mentions rice and potato flour bread, and recalls Arkansas 154th Division rations abroad. It ends with commentary on wartime industry and big business ethics.
Washington reports the House Naval Committee narrowly defeated a bill to curb war profits, raise the labor week to 48 hours, and freeze shop status during the war. The 13 to 12 vote followed two months of hearings, with Chairman Binson warning of voter backlash in November. The executive branch signaled no immediate labor legislation.
A memoirish account of women volunteers joining the First Interceptor Command training. The narrator describes three weeks of intense schooling using radio, electricity, and military systems to assist in air defense. She details entry procedures, interviews, fingerprinting, aptitude tests, and the presence of Army observers as women prepare to serve.
RAF struck four German factories including the Gnome-Rhone works in Gennevilliers Paris before dawn. London reported Germany offered two Nazi peace terms since mid March. Goering memo framed as guaranteed Reich mastery of Europe. Paris death toll cited by Vichy as 42 killed and 100 injured in the latest raid. Norwich and Trondheim raids caused damage and evacuation effects.
A 34 minute blackout hit San Diego on a Wednesday night causing street lights to fail and traffic to halt downtown. Police arrested several motorists as radio stations in southern California were silenced during the alarm said to extend toward the Mexican border. A locally claimed reference to a mail order center was noted in passing.
A jury is set to hear first degree murder charges against Kirby Jones, 37, ex NYA supervisor, in the death of his former secretary Mary Dell Furlow, whose body was found in the Ouachita River. pathologist Dr Lloyd Wilbur testifies the death stemmed from a brain injury with no sign of abortion injury.
Berlin says Soviet troops breached German positions on the outskirts of a large locality near Orel, but were repulsed by counterattacks. High command claims Soviets used strong tank forces in days of fighting northeast of Orel, with Russian losses in tanks and infantry. Berlin radio earlier reported a breakthrough above Orel but restored calm afterward.
Muddy waters of the Red River climbed to 31 percent, with observers at Fulton expecting a crest near 32 to 33 feet. The report notes a rise in flood levels and mentions ongoing river measurements despite rough wording.
A tornado tore through southern Decatur county near Oberlin Kansas killing 13 people and injuring 25. Two families were wiped out and farms were leveled across a half mile width. Small hospitals were overwhelmed and patients were sent to McCool Nebraska hospitals. Oberlin itself escaped damage.
Washington announces that all rented dwellings in designated cities and towns must register with local rent offices. Hotels and roaming houses are excluded. OPA will issue similar regulations for hotels, rooming houses, and boarding houses. A total of 325 defense rental areas housing 86 million people have been designated. Local officials have 60 days to adjust rents to Henderson’s recommendations. failure leads to government takeover and compulsory regulations.
Nashville report details a chaotic week in police annals. Chief John Griffin, after escorting a prisoner, escaped from a patrol wagon and ordered a hasp and lock on the door. Workhouse Guard D A White trembled as 26 sticks of stolen dynamite, stored under Whitehead’s office, were found and turned over for word from its owner.
Chickasha Oklahoma report tells how Lou Sellers found a tire snagged on a river wire near Washita while strolling the bank. He hauled in a tire still mounted on a rim, a curious catch amid riverbank scenery.
Allied headquarters in Australia reported Wednesday attacks destroyed or damaged 26 Japanese planes on the ground and started large fires at Lae New Guinea. Japanese planes attacked Port Moresby three times Wednesday but caused only minor damage. A light raid also hit Nat RGOp at VRB at Datehi- Timar. Philippine notes said Japanese reinforcements landed at Parang on Mindanao.
Washington reports that by January 1943 Uncle Sam aims for five million women on assembly lines in war plants. Secretary Perkins asks where the workforce will come from, noting only 500,000 women are currently in war industries. House Bill 6806 could require nationwide registration of women 18 to 65, listing training and occupation to facilitate possible drafting for production needs.
Brig. Gen Harold H. George of the U S Army Air Forces died in an air crash in Australia along with Melville Jacoby Time Life Magazine correspondent. George served with General MacArthur in the Philippines and directed air defense for Bataan and Corregidor. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for his services in the Far East air forces.
The First Baptist church launches a city-wide Go to Church Campaign revival with Rev. James W. Middleton of San Angelo Texas as the closing speaker. The eleven day series aims to boost attendance, with Sunday services at 10 50 a m and 8 p m and weekday sessions at 10 am and 2 pm.
Leasing filings dated April 1942 show Ny interest assignments from Gene Gaff and Tide Water Ass'd Oil Co to Seaboard Oil Co Phillips Petroleum Lion Oil Refining J. K. Wadley G. H. Vaubhas and Tide Water retains 16 4652 interest in a NEY of NW 44 Sec 32 Twp 17 S Range 24 West with lands in Rae 24 West.
The Associated Press reports Chinese headquarters acknowledged Japanses forces captured Lashio in Burma after a four day advance. British and Chinese troops reportedly lost contact as fierce fighting raged near Lashio, with heavy casualties on both sides. Lashio sits about 80 miles from the Chinese border and 130 miles east of Mandalay.
American housewives join war effort by canning packing and sorting to relieve farm labor shortages. Maryland and Oregon organizers recruit farmerettes to perform tasks like canning drying and packing while men work in the fields. Farmers express mixed views but expect growing labor needs.
Translation garble asserts Hrotgvishy a tenth century man as the first woman playwright with plays housed in Munich museum. A separate note cites 1938 automobile accidents totaling about 40,000 deaths, averaging 3333 monthly or 769 weekly.
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