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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1942
Page
4
A Texarkana Gazelle editorial argues the Buenos Aires attack on American writer Waldy Frank was regrettable but not cause for panic. It defends Argentines’ right to critique, warns Americans against superiority, and urges exit from foreign lands if discontent remains to avoid straining Latin American relations.
S Burton Heath argues the War Labor Board seeks to boost wages by at least 15 percent since January 1 1941 and warns inflation follows price ceilings. He notes wage and price cycles and cites Roosevelt pledging continued higher living standards as inflation dangers loom. Continued on Page Two.
Washington August 4 A proposal to permit individuals to deduct a fixed percentage of their taxable income for life insurance premiums and related costs was endorsed today by Senate Finance Chairman George of the GI. Witherspoon of Nashville testified such a credit could keep policies in force. Senators Taft Bailey and others weighed options including a $300 to $500 yearly maximum or a fixed percentage, with concerns about real estate investors.
Baltimore Aug 44R The Third Service Command said reports of parachute landings in Pennsylvania Maryland and Virginia were erroneous and urged calm vigilance. It noted no serious incidents yet and warned against hysteria while encouraging accuracy and carefulness in public reporting.
Cairo reports slight action on the North African front with patrols and occasional aerial clashes. The joint RAP and General Headquarters Gammaniquea said two German Messerschmitt fighters were damaged in yesterday’s engagements, while RAF fighters repelled two Italian raids on Malta.
Arkansas health department names Dr. A C Curtis head of tuberculosis control replacing Dr H Lee Eller who will join the Army. Curtis, a native of Eureka, will lead the Booneville sanitorium duties effective September first, as announced by late Health Officer W B Grayson.
Allied and Japanese actions marked a tense Far Pacific scene as reinforced Japanese ships moved toward the Papuan peninsula to bolster forces near Port Moresby. Allied air raids targeted Lae Salimauat and struck a Japanese cargo ship, while in China Stilwell’s command reported air strikes on Linchuan and river transports as Chinese forces encircled the city.
Premier Mussolini declared there would be no second front anywhere, warning against idle dreams as he spoke from Gorizia after talks with officers. Dispatches from Switzerland quoted him saying Italy would apply the law parallel in occupied Yugoslavia and that the Axis powers hold the means for victory.
The American Petroleum Institute says the U S Bureau of Mines will direct research into synthetic oil production methods used by Germany. The Fischer Trachsel process will be studied, producing liquid fuels from coal with advantages over hydrogenation by yielding multiple fuels and lubricants from coal.
A blaze at Cleveland lakefront destroyed the Ringling Brothers menagerie tent killing at least 50 animals. Eyewitnesses described many animals burning in cages while others escaped. police used riot guns on escaping giraffes. The loss was likely in the tens of thousands of dollars as 5,000 spectators watched.
Washington August 4 The Senate Finance Committee will redraft a House approved revenue bill section taxing American citizens resident abroad The move follows objections by Maurice T McGovern Havana Cuba of the American Chamber of Commerce of Cuba who warned the loss of a 1926 sax exemption would wreck private U S business abroad The committee indicated no plan to tax bona fide non residents paid foreign taxes The aim is to tax about 230000 Germans 300000 Italians and 230000 Japanese in Latin America Brown Mich proposed a 400 child college support credit and deductions for extraordinary medical expenses to ease tax burdens He argued the 18 dependent exemption should cover college years and warned high taxes could force debt or worse
Questionnaires were distributed at Camp Robinson to gather data for possible gasoline rationing. It was stressed no decision on imposing rationing had been received. War officers will oversee the survey and set up any rationing plan if ordered.
Allied air action targets Linchwan in Kiangsi with a 550 pound bomb, destroying docks and barracks while fighters strike transports on the Fu river. Chinese ground forces encircle Linchwan aided by the raid as Japanese crews seize crops in North China. A Hengyang raid failed. 19 Japanese planes attacked an American outpost in Hunan over 38 hours of fighting. Government comment notes a strategic shift with the American Air Force now active.
A new U. S. Army Air Forces ruling allows schools and museums to obtain ionous aeronautical equipment declared obsolete or unserviceable. Vocational schools may also gain such equipment for instructional use.
In Spanish Mark Utah G V Robertson heard a crash from a skylight and found trousers on the floor. Police later nabbed a pantless man hiding in a lumber pile after attempting a store break in. A second item notes a man named Abbott sitting on a swarm of bees causing him trouble.
New Delhi reports Gandhi suggested that if India gained freedom its first step might be to negotiate with Japan. Nehru opposed the draft, warning it could imply Axis alignment. Gandhi said he incorporated the line and would plead with Japan to free China if India were free.
Denver reports Theodore BE Coneys, a garret dweller, charged with murder in the slaying of his former friend 73 year old Philip Peters. Detective W J Jackson signed the charge as Coneys was hauled from his hideaway. The district attorney set a plea for Monday at 9 40 MWT. Coneys is jailed and quoted by the Rocky Mountain News expecting a death sentence.
British Spitfires bombed the Calais area in a daylight Channel raid while Nazi raiders damaged two English towns in scattered forays. A third town on the south coast was saved by a heavy anti-aircraft barrage. Folkestone observers saw Spitfires returning in the afternoon, flying very low along the channel.
The British air ministry now holds Germanys FW 90 fighter after a downed example was recovered in Britain. The wartime note references Hoover and Gibson and discusses peace enforcement and air power in a late book excerpt.
London reports a July 4 birth of Michael George Charles Franklin to the Duke and Duchess of Kent. The infant, seventh in line to the throne, has an American godfather, President Franklin D Roosevelt, who accepted after serving as proxy at the christening. Prince George of Kent will be the child’s title.
In Chicago on Aug 4, William Green of the AFL and Philip Murray of the CIO discussed negotiating peace terms to unite the rival labor federations. Murray proposed organic unity. Green indicated it could lead to a single national labor movement, with talks set to determine time and place for negotiators.
Pvt Clyde Gains, 22, a Fort Smith soldier at Camp Robinson, was committed to jail at a U S Commissioner hearing on using the mails to threaten his wife. Commissioner Rankin said Gains wrote a letter threatening to kill her unless a divorce was arranged, with a dagger image and inscription on the bottom of a sheet.
In the Salsk region southeast of Rostov Soviet forces reportedly fell back to new positions after repulsing fierce German attacks. German armored thrusts, aided by dive bombers, pressed the southern front as Cossacks rode into action to defend villages. Frontline reports say tanks and infantry from the Kretskaya area near Stalingrad faced envelopment, while Soviet aviation targeted enemy tanks and lines. Red Star dispatches note Viet counterattacks in the Kletskaya area and German forces driven back from positions, with communications cut.
Washington faces a massive transit headache as the Pentagon at Arlington nears completion. By October or November 194? it will employ about 25,000 workers, with 6,000 more at Gravelly Point, creating peak daily traffic and bus shortages. Privat transport is scarce, 250 new buses are needed, and Capital Transit faces prioritization strains. Suburban parking is near saturation while engineers race to smooth crush-hour bottlenecks.
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