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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1943
Page
1
National Cotton Courts after a War Food Administration conference warn cotton growers to pick dry cotton, remove trash, and avoid mixing grades to prevent a flood of low quality stock. Oscar Johnston warns lingering poor grades threaten U S cotton goods and military supply.
The appointment of Lord Louis Mountbatten as supreme Allied commander for Southeast Asia was announced as Roosevelt and Churchill planned further wartime talks. Mountbatten will lead an allied command based on India and Ceylon to speed operations against Japan, with the Quebec conference shaping plans for liberations and wartime governance.
Ration items listed include Book 2 meat cheese and U V W stamps valid through August 31. Book 2 blue stamps R S T valid through September 20. Sugar Book 1 stamp 14 5 pounds through October with stamps 15 16 for home canning. Shoes Book 1 stamp 18 valid through October 31. Gasoline coupons cover East No 6 A three gallons elsewhere No 7 three gallons B C 2½ gallons in 12 Northeast states 3 gallons elsewhere. Fuel oil last year period 5 coupons through September 30 new season period 1 coupons through January 3 944 worth 10 gallons per unit.
Pvt George Paul Rimke 22 testifies he was intimate but denies raping Actress Lina Basquette after she says a ride turned violent. She described being driven to the rear seat and undressed. Rimke says she went willingly and he used no force. Assistant judge advocate Capt George H Rawlins noted the case continues.
Danish resistance widens to Helsingor and Vejle while Germany floods Copenhagen with troops. Reports claim 80 killed and 150 injured since Aug. 16 amid sabotage and shortages. Copenhagen near siege as six more cities placed under emergency rule.
Lieut. Joseph Marcus George, U S Naval Reserve and son of Senator Walter F George of Georgia, is officially listed as missing in action by navy records in Washington on August 26. A stray sentence notes a British law making waste of food or paper punishable.
Tom Manville announced divorce from his seventh wife Macie Marie Ainsworth, wed yesterday in New York. He said the couple separated seven hours and 45 minutes after the ceremony during a restaurant dinner when she stepped away to make a call. Manville plans an annulment. Mrs. Manville, at her hotel, said she left the table and returned to find him gone. She doubted reconciliation and awaited his response.
Italian newspapers arriving in Madrid indicate a strict ruling by Premier Badoglio's dictatorship. Il Giornale D'Italia states 53 people in Rome were sentenced to prison for curfew and related violations, with terms from one to two and a half years.
Berlin residents flee in fear as Allied air raids intensify with Berlin’s authorities dispersing offices. Die Nation cites Goebbels warnings, mass evacuations, crowded freight trains, and residents seeking shelter away from the city amid reports of new incendiary weapons and malfunctioning flak towers.
Little Rock reports Arkansas corn ceiling prices set by the Office of Price Administration. Top price listed as 1.15 1 2 per bushel in several counties, with variations such as 1.32 in Benton Carroll Crawford Sebastain and Washington, and 1.14 or 1.15 1 2 in others. Shelled white corn may add 10 cents per bushel. Transport costs could be added to selling price by delivering farmers.
War Manpower Chief Paul V McNutt said the drafting of Pearl Harbor fathers must begin in October once non essential workers are exhausted. He pledged to delay inductions but urged that all able bodied men not in essential work or agriculture will be called. Senator Reynolds predicted strong support for Wheeler's amendment to defer drafting fathers.
London reports RAF Mosquitos hit Berlin for the third night in a row with fires lit by heavy bombers. A Berlin dispatch claims evacuation of women and children kept the death toll from rising, while Axis radios went dark under the Mosquito volleys. Allied raids also targeted Rouen and airfields in France with few enemy fighters encountered.
Wartime relocation camp interview exchange reveals evacuees choosing California over Arkansas. A questionedelder replies no to staying in the U S after the war and jokes about California advantages versus Arkansas potatoes.
Three German destroyers sank two Swedish boats in the North Sea near the northwest tip of Denmark last night. A Swedish foreign office spokesman called the attack extremely serious and the worst in a series of incidents since the Ulven sinking. About 12 Swedes were feared dead as flames engulfed the vessels flying the Swedish flag in international waters.
Washington reports from the Selective Service annual review show 28 percent of 5,008,000 men sent to army inductions were rejected as unfit from 1940 to November 30, 1942. Wyoming had 13 percent rejected. South Carolina 35 percent. Michigan 34 percent.
Private Norman W. Clark of Hammond Indiana dives into turbulent Mediterranean waters to save Queenie the ship mascot. He reaches and pulls the oil-soaked puppy to safety, then boards with cheers as the dog is cleaned and cared for. Clark’s act sparks talk of a hero’s medal.
Soviet forces drive toward the Dnieper bend and Kiev as Red Army advances through Kharkov and Zen kov. German counterattacks at Zenkov Akhtyrka and near Donets fail, with 253 German tanks reported destroyed and heavy losses across the front.
Washington August 26 The War Department announced three Arkansans promoted temporarily to higher ranks and a fourth called to active duty. Promoted are Captain to Major Thomas Littlejohn Shippey Mountain Home First Lieutenant to Captain Cecil Emanuel Gregg DeQueen Second Lieutenant to First Lieutenant Duffie Day Booth Little Rock address 3011 W Markham St. Called to active duty was Second Lt. William Field Rector Little Rock.
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