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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1944
Page
1
A reader notes how modern papers publish a one day war map drawn in New York, sent by telegraph, photoengraved, and printed overnight to accompany wire dispatches. The piece then surveys Japan and Germany war policy, Tojo, and Allied industrial resolve amid ongoing conflict.
Washington August 1 Congress scrambles to smooth postwar demobilization for a pain free shift to civilian production. Editor notes this is the second of three stories on the home front demobilization problem. James Marlow outlines past efforts and future aims including surplus property disposal, veteran retraining, and contract settlement.
Eighth Army troops advance slowly toward Florence facing a desperate German resistance. The Germans defend with three of their best divisions, aided by Tiger tanks and wire booby traps. West of Highway 2, Eighth Army holds San Michele after counterattacks. La Romola and San Andrea were also held after repulsing attacks.
Crews of the Missouri and Arkansas railway were recalled to work as 120 operating employees who had been on strike for four days decided last night to return. President L. A. Watkins said trains would resume regular runs once crews reported and engines were freed. Federal mediator O. W. Carpenter said mediation in the wage dispute could resume. The line contends it cannot meet wage awards demanded by the brotherhoods of locomotive engineers, trainmen, and firemen.
London reports a new era of German robot bombs as Herbert Morrison warns Commons that some bombs may be silent or partly audible. He describes horn alerts for nearby flying bombs and danger passed signals. Casualties rise with daytime strikes on London and southern counties, while witnesses recall the terror of the blasts.
Manuel Quezon, 65, exiled Philippine president since 1935, died of tuberculosis at a summer home in Saranac Lake New York. He had fled Luzon by submarine February 20, 1942 after the Philippines fell to Japan and supported U.S. efforts to defeat Japan. His widow and two daughters were at his bedside.
In Santa Monica California at St John’s Hospital a baby girl was born to Oona ONeill Chaplin and Charlie Chaplin weighing six pounds, 12 ounces. Dr Sheldon Payne reported they wanted a girl and mother and infant are well. Chaplin, 54, and Oona, 18, are pleased with the birth, the couple having eloped last June amid other publicity.
Two prominent figures face renomination battles as Rep. Hamilton Fish of New York and Senator Bennett Clark of Missouri seek tough opposition. Fish attacks cited religious and racial lines, while Dewey and Willkie press for his defeat amid national campaign strategy and GOP forecasts.
Allied forces push along an 80 mile Normandy front from Avanches to Caen area. American armor drives south toward Percy and Tessy Sur Vire while British units press from Caumont toward Le Beny Bocage. Canadian troops seize Tilly La Campagne as Villedieu is hemmed in. German resistance stiffens and prisoners flood in as Montgomery and Bradley advance toward strategic targets.
Russian and Polish troops drive toward Warsaw across the Vistula as bombardments flatten Praga and the city faces intensified assault. Rokossovsky directs the push from a forward HQ while German defenses fight to hold the capital and nearby East Prussia fronts. The three-pronged Soviet drive expands toward East Prussia as Cherniakhovsky advances to Lyck, threatening a broader eastern front collapse.
Kansas City merchants plan rapid shutdowns at first word of Germany's surrender. Downtown stores close within minutes, cash and valuables sent to protected areas, and staff dispatched to safe points. Signs read victory closed for the day as elevators and escalators are limited for fast exit.
Washington reports from inside Germany claim the Nazi regime crushed the bomb plot factions and tightened control in Berlin. Official and neutral sources describe little public reaction, with Hitler’s security measures strong and speculation that the attack was serious rather than staged. An Ehrenburg article in the Soviet Embassy bulletin cautions Germans face consequences and hints Hitler may not die easily, suggesting a rope could be his fate.
London reports German rocket propelled fighters, the Me 162, already seen by Allied fliers at great speed. Only seven engaged, none stood to fight as the speed impressed. Berlin hinted at rocket planes for months, while the U S Air Force notes heavy bombers and fighters encountered the new craft over Germany Friday. Allied expectations of jet and rocket planes challenge air superiority, prompting 27000 bomber sorties against German industry and oil. Publicized hopes of a joint British American jet plane remain unconfirmed.
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