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Newspaper

Hope Star

Location

Hope, Arkansas, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1945

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Our Daily Bread Our Daily Bread

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.

MacArthur land reform seen as path to a peaceful Japan

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.

Douglas MacArthur Japan Europe MacArthur Australia England

No Time Bar on Collecting Personal Tax in Arkansas

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.

Little Rock Supreme Court Garland County Ray Jensen Fordyce Bath House Hot Springs Garland Chancery Court Jensens Jensen Chancery Court City of Garland Bath Houses Griffin Smith

Unions Oppose Conscription in War Readiness Debate

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.

Washington United States Lewis G. Hines American Federation of Labor House Military Committee AFL Hines State Department Japan Congress of Industrial Organizations The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters International Association of Machinists

Lewis Attacks Government GM and CIO Over Auto Strike

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.

Washington John L. Lewis General Motors Company Cio-United Automobile Workers United Mine Workers House Labor Committee UAW Truman General Motors Congress Lewis

Ex-Service Men Urged to Get Poll Tax

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.

Star State of Arkansas

Brown Shoe Co announces 10 percent wage raise

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.

St. Louis Brown Shoe Company Missouri Illinois Indiana Tennessee Arkansas CIO AFI District 50 United Mine Workers of America John A. Bush

Hempstead County Goes Over Top in Victory Loan

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.

Hempstead County C. C. Spragins Syd McMath Busino DeRoan Ozan North Ozan Town Ozan South Washington Town Redland Spring Hill Wallaceburg

Cold Belt Grips All Western U S

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.

Associated Press Rocky Mountains West Gulf Coast Minnesota Dakotas Nebraska Iowa Montana Wyoming Colorado Wisconsin U. S. Weather Bureau Minot N. C Alexandria Willmar Minn Ashley Aberdeen Maso. City Hart Mont Big Piney Who Pueblo Colo Garden City Kas Sidney Neb Kirksville Maryville Moline Chicago Amarillo Tex Mercury San Antonio Atlantic Coast Weather Bureau Alabama Georgia Florida Kentucky Tennessee Great Lakes Upper Michigan Central Great Plains North Central States

Optimistic Ex-Sailor Routs Kansas City Housing Hunt

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.

Kansas City Wilson R. Morrison

Patton Paralyzed: General Suffered Neck Injury in Auto Crash

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

James F. King Mannheim Germany George S. Patton Frankfurt Patton U. S. 15Th Army Heidelberg Here Hugh Carnes Gilbert Phillips R. G. Spurling Louisville Hobart R. Gay Bad Nauheim Gay Horace Woodring

Squabble Blocks His 8th Wedding in New Rochelle

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.

New Rochelle N. Y Tommy Manville Greenwich O’brien Pickwick Arms Manville Miss Campbell Bon Repose

Rural Light Line Extension Granted to Six Counties

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.

Little Rock State Public Service Commission South Arkansas Arkansas Power and Light Company Cleveland Bradley Dallas Nevada Ouachita Calhoun South Central Arkadelphia Ple Leslie R. Groves Army

MacArthur orders land reform and war crimes arrests in Japan

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.

Russell Brines Tokyo MacArthur Japan Akita Tohoku United Nations Cabanatuan Philippines Wake Island Banzo Mori Canatuan Gennosuke Noma Hongkong Toshima Wada

Jap Sub Chief Is Called in McVay Trial

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.

Washington Ike Hashimoto Indianapolis Charles B. McVay McVay Hashimotor Allan Smith West Haven Conn Naval Air Transport Smith Japan Hashimoto Oakland Calif Naval Air Base Navy

Hope Dims for 27 Lost Navy Fliers

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.

Miami Fla Navy Chandler Estes Athens Elgin Field Abioa

Horse Holiday brings gifts to Chicago horses

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.

Chicago Old Dobbin Northern Ireland Lough Neagh

Coldest Morning Records In Arkansas Reports

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.

Fruit & Truck Branch Experiment Station Little Rock Arkansas Weather Bureau Gilbert and Harrison Helena Arkansas City Monticello

Negro Pair Caught in Hope Robbery

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.

Chicago South Howard County Nashville Stueart Grocer Company Hope Scott James Taylor Ozan George Ramsey Stueart Grocer Allen Shipp Johnny Howell Howell Sheriff How Stueart Hempstead County

Poison Gas Used by Japs on Occasion

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.

Hamilton Faron Tokyo Charles E. Loucks New Guinea MacArthur Signal Corps Biak Loucks Japan Tarawa Iwo

Sparrow Flies From Heater As Carpenter Banks Fire

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.

Koehler N. M Steve Smith Smith

Union to Give Ford Wildcat Strike Pledge

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.

Detroit Ford Motor Company CIO United Automobile Workers General Motors Corp Uaw-Cio Ford Motor City UAW Walter P. Reuther General Motors

Seek Woman in Baby's Kidnaping in Chelsea Mass

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.

Chelsea Mass Boston South End Ronald Carlan Carlan South West End Ronald John J. Kirby

Artemus Gates Quits Navy Post

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.

Washington Truman Navy Artemus L. Gates Gates New York Pearl Harbor Ralph A. Bard

Also Mentioned on This Page

Alex. H. Washburn James Thrasher Disney Mickey San Diego Iai Norein Cullen Georgie Porgie Georgie Joe Pritchett Fort Smith Union Life Insurance Company Rena Little River W. E. Taylor Kansas City Southern Railway Company Texarkana Texas Taylor Frank Smith State Revenue Hollis Co Shreveport Pulaski Chencery G. L's Paradise G. M Tioup Brown Shoe Co Hempstead U. S Gen. Patton P. Squabble Kingdom of Ulster Greece Artemus Gates Navy Post
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