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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1943
Page
1
Our Daily Bread argues the OPA move reducing gasoline coupons from four to three gallons after Sunday night provokes a congressional storm. It criticizes the administration for bureaucratic overreach, urges simpler civilian controls, and questions using WPA NYA and other relief agencies while war rage continues.
The Office of Price Administration and Interior Secretary Ickes announced cuts in gasoline allowances for the midwest and southwest starting Monday 12:01 am reducing coupons from four to three gallons. The eastern states face a continued pleasure driving ban with a potential lift by September 1 if obeyed. OPA says east stocks should build up and eastern restrictions remain on honor system until then.
American air forces pummeled Salamaua New Guinea with 177 tons of bombs in under 45 minutes. Debris blanketed the isthmus and district, including Chinatown and Kela, as fires raged to 6,000 feet. The raid, part of a broader Pacific offensive, raises questions about a looming capture of Salamaua by U S and Australian jungle troops within five miles of Bobdubi.
Ration details cover Book 2 red stamps T and U through August 31 for meat and cheese. Book 2 blue N P Q expire August 7 while R S T remain valid through September 20. Sugar Book 1 stamp 13 through August 15 and stamps 15 16 provide 5 pounds for canning. Shoes Book 1 stamp 18 valid to October 31. Coffee no longer requires unrationed stamps. Gasoline allocations vary by region with No 6 A coupons three gallons in East, No 7 four gallons elsewhere, B and C two and a half gallons in the 12 Northeast states, three in the rest of the East, four elsewhere. Fuel Oil period 5 coupons valid through September 30, new season period 1 coupons through January 3, 1944 worth 10 gallons per unit.
State Highway Department maintenance crews under D B Cutler engineer begin repairing rough pavement on South Main Street. A two inch layer of black top pre mix is spread and the street leveled from Hope High School to the First Baptist Church.
PFC William T. Sanders sends a card from Philippine Military Camp No 1 to Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Saunders of Washington Arkansas. He reports good health and no injuries and asks friends to spread word of his whereabouts. Enlisted November 1941, last heard February 1942. Brothers Earl Ray Saunders in England and George Saunders at Pearl Harbor.
Little Rock August 14 Governor Adkins and Arkansas congressional members attack the Office of Price Administration for reducing gasoline coupon values in the Midwest and Southwest. Harris McClellan and Hays condemn the move as breach of faith and harmful to eastern states. Adkins calls the policy an error that will not aid eastern motorists already taxed to the limit.
A chemist explains Arkansas has substantial petroleum and natural gas output with refineries ready for peacetime products but repurposed for wartime needs. He cites aviation gasoline and butadiene production, petroleum’s central role in war fronts and industry, and praises oil's contribution to ships, planes, tanks, and logistics.
Soviet forces have battered into Kharkov from multiple directions securing a hold on the Ukrainian steel center. In the north German defenses at Spas Demensk near Bryansk and Smolensk face a Russian encroachment as the Red Army presses a two pronged drive toward Smolensk and Bryansk while heavy fighting rages around Kharkov. German reports claim very heavy Soviet casualties and high German tank and air losses as battles extend across Belgorod and surrounding sectors.
Allied Headquarters reports German forces are evacuating Sicily to Italy, retreating behind a resisting rear guard as British and American troops push inland. Allied observers note Messina strait traffic shifts, shore batteries, and aerial bombardment aimed at disrupting the German withdrawal.
U S Liberator bombers hit Wiener Neustadt 30 miles south of Vienna, targeting an aircraft factory and assembly plant. The raid, the first Allied attack on Austria since 1942, followed heavy bombing of Rome and northern Italian targets. Reports say 150 tons of bombs were dropped on machine shops and 400 grounded aircraft, with light anti aircraft fire and weak defenses. Dispatches describe railway disruptions and German planes seen over northern Italy amid intensified Allied operations.
A note translates Brazil nut into castanhas, clarifying nomenclature. The term castanhas refers to the edible seed of the monkey nut tree, aligning common usage with botanical naming. The piece emphasizes linguistic equivalence between everyday and scientific terms.
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