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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1945
Page
1
The fragment mentions Our Daily Bread and names Alex H Washburn and MacArthur, suggesting a historical or religious publication item noting individuals tied to the bread program or sermon content.
In a reflective column James Thrasher contrasts MacArthur's land reform order with historic feudal patterns. The piece argues land ownership fuels stability and warns that decentralization could foster responsible, independent farmers and small factory owners, drawing parallels to Australia and England. The author cautions against warlike postures and envisions a more stable future for Japan if land reform succeeds.
Arkansas Supreme Court rules personal tax collection not barred by statute of limitations. Garland County Delinquent Tax Collector Ray Jensen may pursue full taxes, penalties, and costs for 1931 owed by Fordyce Bath House of Hot Springs. Cases involve additional judgments and injunctions against collections, including $663.31 levy, $60.30 penalty, and $3,354.23 balance, with various parties and locales named such as Hot Springs, Garland school district No. 6, Union Life Insurance, and Kansas City Southern Railway.
Washington Dec 10 Organized labor argued against universal military training saying the nation should prepare for peace through better child health medical care and intelligence systems. AFL official Lewis G Hines urged deferring peacetime training until postwar demobilization treaties and world peace efforts are settled. Also speaking were officials from the Congress of Industrial Organizations the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and the International Association of Machinists.
John L. Lewis blasted the government General Motors and the CIO United Automobile Workers as he testified before the House Labor Committee. He said the dispute could be settled in 10 days if GM could set a fair price for cars and called the UAW explanation of the strike stupid. He denounced Truman’s fact finding bill as an evil plan to appease millionaires and warned it would curb free labor and burden 50 million fully employed workers.
Ex service men and women recently discharged should apply at the sheriff and collector’s office in the courthouse for a special military voting poll tax receipt. The article outlines who qualifies, including maiden voters and those purchasing a servicemen’s poll tax, with forms and steps to obtain the receipt for voting.
St Louis December 10 The Brown Shoe Company of St Louis says it will raise general wages 10 percent for more than 9000 workers across Missouri Illinois Indiana Tennessee and Arkansas. The pay hike starts December 24 with minimum hourly wage rising to 50 cents. Plants have no unified union, some are CIO or AF of L represented, two by district 50 of the United Mine Workers. President John A Bush calls the boost about 1 800 000 dollars yearly.
Hempstead county surpassed its Victory Loan goal with 151 percent of the E Bond quota raised so far. Co chairmen C. C. Spragins and Syd Mc Math urged the community to finish the drive, noting total county sales reached $644,659.25 against a $425,000 quota and E Bond sales $129,139.25 versus $163,000. Six of thirteen townships already exceeded their local quotas including DeRoan Ozan north half Ozan south half Redland Spring Hill and Wallaceburg.
A frigid belt extends from the Rocky Mountains to the Appalachians with subzero readings in Minnesota and the Dakotas, Nebraska, Iowa, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Wisconsin. Minot North Dakota recorded 18 below, while Amarillo Texas dropped to 11 and San Antonio 35. Snow and sleet fell in Kentucky and Tennessee as flurries spread in the Great Lakes. colder weather to persist through Wednesday across the central and northern plains.
Wil son R. Morrison, 39, a discharged sailor, says his systematic house hunt across Kansas City covered 600 miles in ten days. He collected four hot leads and many contacts in real estate and plumbing, but has yet to secure a home. He remains upbeat, claiming he is close to a place once current residents move out.
In Mannheim Germany December 10 General George S Patton was listed in critical condition with a fractured neck vertebra after a car crash near Heideleberg A bulletin said the dislocated vertebra was responding to extension and neurological signs were unchanged Pattons wife and a neurosurgery expert rushed to his bedside Brig Hugh Carnes examined the case with Lt Col Gilbert Phillips Pattons chief of staff Maj Gen Hobart R Gay and Horace Woodring were unharmed in the crash
New Rochelle New York December reports that Tommy Manville and his eighth fiancée Georgina Campbell postponed their Greenwich ceremony after a row with Justice of the Peace John O'Brien who demanded a higher fee. O'Brien dismissed the walkout as a publicity stunt and Manville vowed to marry elsewhere in New York state next Wednesday.
The Arkansas Public Service Commission ordered rural electric line expansion in six south Arkansas counties to Arkansas Power and Light Company and three rural cooperatives. Counties listed include Cleveland, Bradley, Dallas, Nevada, Ouachita and Calhoun, with co-ops South Central of Arkadelphia Ouachita County Cooperative of Camden and Cleveland-Lincoln of Rison. The decision follows consolidated petitions and a recent hearing. Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves comments on atomic energy use for world peace.
General MacArthur presses for immediate overhaul of Japan’s feudal land system during a shift in occupation policy. He also orders the arrest of 57 war crimes suspects tied to the Cabanatuan prison camp, Oryoku Maru voyage, and related sites, including two Wake Island officers. Additional arrests include three naval officers and several high-profile figures from Sugamo prison.
Cmdr Ike Hashimoto captain of the submarine I 58 reported to have sunk the USS Indianapolis arrived to testify at the McVay court martial. Hashimoto spoke little English and was brought from Japan via naval air transport to help determine if Indianapolis was sunk by torpedoes. Survivors have long believed torpedoes caused the loss.
Miami reported little hope for 27 naval airmen missing after last week. Navy corrected earlier sighting claims of life rafts, noting rafts were actually packing cases. Maj. Chandler Estes, based at Elgin Field in Florida, investigated from a B-24 and confirmed the rafts were packing cases. Fourteen men disappeared after their torpedo bombers did not return from a night mission, while a large patrol plane with 13 aboard vanished the same night during the search.
Christmas morning will see 1000 of Chicago's neediest horses receive a six pound mix of oats bran apples carrots corn and shorts from an anti cruelty society. The oldest and coldest will gain blankets while owners receive the society's ten commandments on horse care. The piece notes Northern Ireland's 1,300,000 residents mainly live in lowlands northeast of Lough Neagh.
The Fruit & Truck Branch Experiment Station announced an official low of 25 degrees with 22 degrees recorded as the coldest earlier on December 6. Weather Bureau forecasts predict lows around 20 tonight, with state temperatures from 16 to 24 degrees and light rain reported in Helena, Arkansas City and Monticello.
Two men named James Taylor of Ozan and Chicago and George Ramsey of Chicago were jailed in Nashville on charges of robbing the Stueart Grocer store in Hope and attempting the Scott Stores robbery in Nashville. They fled Chicago with burglar tools, stole over 400 dollars, and were captured after the Nashville watchman and Sheriff Johnny Howell tracked their car and keys. They planned to be arraigned Wednesday then sent to Hempstead county for the Hope case.
Brig. Gen. Charles E. Loucks said Japanese forces used poison gas in a few isolated instances, notably March 5, 1945 at Biak New Guinea. Americans were severely ill but none killed. He noted Japan denied such uses and warned against policy changes postwar.
In a Koehler New Mexico town tale, Steve Smith a carpenter lifts a coal scuttle to bank the fire for night. A sparrow escapes unharmed through the heater door into the night. Additional context notes Northern Ireland’s historic ties and Berger language spread.
Detroit December 16. The UAW CIO pressed a 30 percent wage demand on Ford as it unveiled a security pledge aimed at curbing wildcat strikes. Ford negotiators were to review the plan at 12 30 p m CST amid stalled talks since November 21. Richard T. Leonard said the plan would be acceptable, while GM strikers backed Walter Reuther who urged 30 percent pay rise as wage talks continue.
Police seek a red haired woman seen in Boston's south end carrying a baby matching six month old Ronald Carlan. A ransom call pattern and witness observations link the suspect to the Chelsea case as officers distribute 50000 circulars with the child's photo and footprints.
President Truman accepted the resignation of Undersecretary of the Navy Artemus L. Gates effective December 31. Gates, a former New York banker, served since 1941 in naval air procurement and personnel training, succeeding Ralph Bard as undersecretary in 1945. Truman praised his record and invited future advisory service.
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