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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1943
Page
1
The Moscow government signals support for a southern Europe attack while criticizing the Witnesses telephones use for convention broadcasts. It notes the Sicily conquest and Allied air and naval strength as factors shaping Soviet stance and warns against diverting wartime communications to nonessential purposes.
Associate Justice E F McFaddin of the Arkansas Supreme Court outlined a six point program at the Hope Rotary Club. He urged local surveys of industries, support for existing businesses, exploration of new industries, attracting workers and settlers, improving racial relations, and creating jobs for returning soldiers. He stressed Hope must fund and build its own industrial base.
The notice lists validity dates for Book 2 red stamps for meat cheese and other goods through August 31, blue stamps for processed fruits and vegetables through September 20, sugar Book 1 stamps for home canning through October, shoes through October 31, gasoline coupons varying by region, and fuel oil coupons from last year through September 30 and new season through January 3 1944. It specifies regional gallon values and units for East and rest of the country.
Allied communique reports Japanese supply lines severed in the Solomons and near New Georgia, with Japanese forces clinging to Sala maua and small isles near Munda. Americans push pockets of resistance on atolls while planning liquidation of remaining garrisons, as PT boats operate in north New Georgia.
Quebec August 20 The Quebec war conference signals plans for intensified operations against Japan alongside Europe. British Minister of Information Brenden Bracken says the war aims are to bomb burn and destroy the people responsible for the war. He notes the conflict will be long and hard and vows to persist until Japan is conquered. Allied strategy centers on leveraging European gains to aid Pacific campaigns with strong sea and air power. The press conference suggests no immediate announcements though a final statement may come after the conference ends.
A radio France report cited by UPI said Yugoslav patriots invaded the Belgrade area to strike Axis forces. Moscow radio claimed Yugoslavs seized a town west of Belgrade, took weapons, and burned grain stores as guerrillas attacked a concentration camp garrison nearby.
Reports from travelers say a country wide sabotage campaign targets land and sea transport used by Nazis in Norway. Danish patriots wreck factories railroads and harbors while five party leaders meet in Copenhagen to discuss government policy amid threats to resign after a German ultimatum.
Roy Dale Miller, McGehee High School coach the past year, will succeed Clyde Trickey as assistant head of Arkansas State College's physical education department this fall, President H. E. Thompson announced. Trickey said he had received his notice for induction Sept. 4. Dewey Youngblood is head coach at State.
An August Moscow editorial in War And the Working Class argues for a three power conference among the Soviet Union Britain and the United States. It contends previous Roosevelt Churchill talks failed to unite all Allies and calls for actions to open a second front in Europe.
Little Rock August 20 The transfer of Kent Brown from Fort Smith to road and bridge floodwork prompts speculation that Governor Adkins has postponed plans to build a postwar roadside park system. Brown’s assignment to emergency repairs follows protests by State Senator O E Jones and former Gov Futrell over funding under 1943 appropriations.
The report notes that cotton makes up 53 percent of Texas's total crop value, highlighting its dominant role in the state's agricultural economy and the weight of cotton prices on earnings for growers and markets.
Soviet forces on the central front faced difficult terrain as they pressed twin drives toward Bryansk and Kharkov. Red Star reports troops struggled through forests swamps and rivers aiding German defenses as fighting raged on the Mius river front west of Rostov and along Belgorod front, with 486 Russian tanks and 81 planes claimed destroyed by Berlin.
Secretary of State Hull arrives in Quebec amid war council talks and theories a conference emissary may fly to Moscow. Anthony Eden, Britain’s foreign secretary, is a potential messenger as Hull plans a dinner with President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill. Russian representation at Quebec is absent, suggesting limited postwar decisions.
King Victor Emmanuel III addressed Sicilians in a Rome radio broadcast asserting that Sicily’s isolation from Italy would not last long and denying peace in the near term. He urged loyalty to the Savoy monarchy, warned against separatism, and promised a brighter future despite wartime hardships.
Stockholm reports violent clashes between German and Danish troops on the island of Fyn. Germany declares a state of emergency as saboteurs draw harsh penalties. Danish authorities resist the death penalty, which Danish law has never sanctioned.
During the American Revolution the state of West Virginia provided Gen Washington with more soldiers than any other colony or state, reflecting its strong contribution to the Continental Army and early American war effort.
Allied forces announced control of Lipari and Stromboli to deny Axis observation and disrupt rail links. Air and sea attacks focused on Foggia, Sapri, Salerno, Catanzaro, and Scalea, with Liberators from the Middle East aiding the day and night offensive. Seventy-two hours of bombardment hit railway yards, bridges, and depots as aerial bombers scored multiple direct hits while losses mounted for both sides.
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