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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1943
Page
1
Our Daily Bread reports the pulpwood campaign to boost lagging production as 1943 allocations show only 6 percent for newsprint. The piece lists percentages for containers, wrapping paper, smokeless powder, rayon, lend lease, hospital goods, structural boards, sanitary towels, printing papers, newsprint, and writing papers, highlighting war needs.
Reports from Bern and Chiasso indicate Italy faces renewed general strike pressure as RAF raids curb production in Genoa Turin and Milan. Troops quell walkouts while German aid and underground opposition shape the crisis with Italy pressured to decide on wartime alignment and future peace. The piece also notes Axis propaganda and German wartime fears amid bombings and invasions.
The notice lists expiration and validity dates for ration stamps including meat cheese and staple goods in Book 2 red stamps T and U expiring August 31, blue stamps N P Q ending August 7 with R S T valid through September 20, sugar Book 1 stamp 13 through August 15, stamps 15 16 for canning, shoes Book 1 stamp 18 through October 31, coffee no longer required, gasoline varying by region with No 6 A and No 7 and B C coupons, fuel oil periods with last year through September 30 and new season through January 3 1944 worth 10 gallons per unit.
Allied headquarters report heavy bombing and strafing over Sicily Sardinia and southern Italy with only 15 enemy planes found all day. Lt Otto Sloucal of Ellsworth Kansas downed a Messerschmitt 109 during a bridge mission near Angitola.
Allied ground forces push toward Messina with slow yet steady gains near Taormina and Randazzo. American troops behind Cape Orlando report 1,500 German prisoners and destruction of key installations while Allied air fleets claim air supremacy over Sicily and southern Italy.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Ramsey of 994 West Fifth street today received a postcard from their son Lt. Percy E. Ramsey a prisoner of the Japanese in the Philippines The note from Philippine Military Prison Camp No 1 says he is in good health and uninjured It is the first word from him since April 6 1942 prior to the fall of Bataan
At the Chamber of Commerce banquet Charlie Evans of Arkansas Power & Light urged plans to return soldiers and war workers to civilian life after victory. He warned of unemployment and costly postwar projects if not prepared. The audience of sixty business leaders applauded, and Evans urged winning the war while controlling inflation and prices.
Allied observers in North Africa report German forces in Sicily are now expending ammunition and explosives at high rates after retreating from Mt Etna. Germans blow bridges and culverts, dynamite mountain faces to block roads, forcing long detours for advancing Allied units as they fight from high ground and retreat to subsequent peaks.
Washington announces a plan to bar the induction of fathers and possibly discharge those already in uniform. Chairman May says the measure will be introduced September 14 when Congress returns, arguing the army can be reduced as about 10 million men serve and 80 thousand 18 year olds join monthly. He expects no presidential veto and says the bill will be ready after the chaplain's prayer.
In 1942 dried egg production reached 139 million pounds, reflecting substantial output during wartime. The figure highlights scale of protein supply efforts and the role of egg products in national food programs.
Berlin reports quoted Arriba correspondents saying Italy will stay in the war with German reinforcements. Badoglio is said to accept continuing the fight under German defense policy, with promises of munitions and occupation of central and southern Italy if needed.
Arkansas Comptroller J. Bryan Sims prepares court action after Health Officer W. B. Grayson refuses to turn over disbursement records. Sims seeks official demand and bond payment of 9716.67 dollars, asserting fees traced to U S Census disbursements for birth and death record transcriptions since 1938.
The Weather Bureau reports eight straight days of 100 degree heat in four Arkansas cities Dardanelle El Dorado Mena Pine Bluff with no relief in sight Monticello Portland Prescott Wynne hit 100 for eight of the past nine days Monticello and Pine Bluff led with 108 degrees for a second day Dardanelle 107 Prescott and Fort Smith 106 Portland El Dorado Wynne 105 Brinkley Mena Stuttgart 104 Newport 103 Texarkana and Little Rock 102 Jonesboro 101
The Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station reports 106 degrees for the second straight day, the highest in seven years. Since July 19 the local thermometer has topped 100 degrees 16 times, with a last night minimum of 81, the highest in 1943. Only 0.52 inches of rain since June 29 marks a dire drought approaching 1930s levels.
The British press urges renewed bombing of Rome as Sicily nears a climax in the war. Daily Express argues Italians must press Badoglio to decide. a Rome broadcast says Badoglio will not cut ties with Hitler, amid Mussolini’s fall seen as political not military.
Staff Sergeant Arthur Rohr of Lewisville Ohio survived 15 days lost after a bomber crash near Mount Etna in Sicily. He returned to American headquarters in Sicily and, after requesting food, recounted his escape and rescue.
Soviet forces pushed to within 12 miles of Kharkov with swift offensives across a broad front. Reports say towns like Trostoyanets Saltino and Nikitovka were seized as German positions around Kharkov faced pressure. The drive included rail and supply targets as German resistance near Bryansk and Orel intensified.
Albany Oregon August 10 1949 Army wife Catherine Wright is accused of stealing a two day old baby after feigning pregnancy for nine months. Police and District Attorney Harlow Weinrick cite nurses doctors and neighbors as witnesses while a prior birth remains unexplained.
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