Marines Thank Our Daily Bread in Tribute Note
A Marine unit expresses gratitude to Our Daily Bread for assistance and support, praising the charitable contribution and its impact on service members and their families.
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1945
Page
1
A Marine unit expresses gratitude to Our Daily Bread for assistance and support, praising the charitable contribution and its impact on service members and their families.
A veteran Pfc Ray Martin thanks The Star for support abroad while reflecting on wartime newspaper drama of mail, and a broader look at how the United Nations Charter ratification quieted isolationist fears. He notes public calm as the UNO moves toward collective security and a hopeful but sober future.
Federal Land Bank and Reconstruction Finance Corporation representatives met Hope chamber officials to classify Southwestern Proving Ground lands for disposal. They propose industrial status for airport and building area, agricultural for lands north of the firing line and east of highway 29, with the area between airport and building area in the industrial zone.
Gen George S Patton Jr remains in grave condition in Heidelberg after an automobile crash. A noon bulletin reported no improvement in paralysis while he slept well and took nourishment. Mrs Patton visited briefly as two British specialists prepared to depart and a nurse complained of crowds at the door.
President Truman voiced confidence Congress will pass a strike-prevention law before Christmas. He described the fact-finding boards as a fair method to investigate disputes and said cooperation from both management and labor could be expected. He noted possible extensions only if absolutely necessary.
Dallas physician’s identification of a deceased woman as a wife of Alfred L. Cline deepens a mystery amid charges of forging securities. Police note seven women have died or vanished. investigators link cremation plans and misidentified survivors to the case.
Gen George C Marshall testified he believed as early as August 1941 a Pacific war was inevitable and the United States was unprepared. He cited intercepted Tokyo messages and a Navy officer's note to Secretary Knox about a Pearl Harbor attack, while Congress investigates responsibility for Pearl Harbor.
Pittsburgh reports the CIO United Steelworkers announced detailed plans for a 700000 worker strike across steel aluminum and iron ore sectors set for January 14. Strike captains are to be appointed as wage demands of $2 per day are pressed amid possible negotiations.
Detroit December 12 1941 intense interest surrounded Ford Motor Co as it debated post war wages and a union plan to curb wildcat strikes The talks with the CIO United Automobile Workers could set industry wide patterns for auto labor disputes Since November 21 wage talks have lagged over security against unauthorized work stoppages Ford and the UAW CIO considered a 30 percent wage increase while prospects of a pension profit sharing paid vacation and guaranteed annual wage were floated as alternatives to full raise George F Addes said local agreements permitting office workers into strike bound plants were being abrogated raising tensions with General Motors
Rep. Oren Harris of Arkansas warned that government ownership of transportation could occur in the United States if privately financed transport cannot compete with government financed agencies. He spoke at a New York convention on transportation challenges and socialization trends in Britain as a cautionary example.
HAL BOYLE reports that in Tsingtao China a large Marine contingent criticized their China station noting limited American property protection and shortages. Marines complain of cold, shoes and kerosene stoves with wicks missing, while officials describe Shantung as a coal and textile hub.
Secretary of State Byrnes flies to Moscow to press atomic energy control and a European peace conference with Molotov and Bevin. He will seek Russian support for a UN atomic commission and present plans for reviving broad peace talks amid Big Three tensions.
The Superfortress Dreamboat, piloted by Col Clarence S Irvine, set a transcontinental record by flying 2 464 miles from Burbank to Floyd Bennett Field in 5 hours 28 minutes 815 seconds aided by tailwinds. The crew of seven and three observers reached New York at 35 000 feet averaging 450 mph. Officials will confirm official time from Washington.
Six Japanese army and navy officers were condemned to death by hanging for the February 1944 decapitation of five American fliers on Kwajalein atoll. The sentence, announced by a U.S. military commission, will be reviewed. no execution date set. Col Chisato Oishi, 54, a senior Mille officer, admitted ordering three killings. Four others received prison terms, two for life and two for 20 years.
Temperatures in Arkansas moderated slightly last night and early today with overcast skies and rain forecast for tomorrow. Lows likely stay just above freezing tonight. Reading ranged from 23 degrees at Harrison to 33 at Fort Smith, as reported by the weather bureau.
President Truman proposed placing presidential property under price controls and restoring the building materials priority system with special help for veterans. He named Wilson W. Wyatt to lead a housing expedition and said legislation would be needed for price ceilings while priorities proceed under the War Powers Act.
The Hope Kiwanis club contributed 150 colored lights to decorate Hope streets for Christmas. The lights, unused for four years due to the war, join 400 purchased by the Chamber of Commerce to replace broken bulbs and add new illumination for this season.
President Truman announced at a news conference he will fly to Independence Missouri on Christmas Day to have dinner with his mother his mother in law and his elderly aunt This follows his usual custom of three Christmas dinners with family members Mrs Truman and their daughter Margaret will join by train to Independence Missouri as part of holiday plans
In Dachau Germany a military government court convictes all 40 defendants in the atrocity trial. Brig Gen John M Lentz headed the eight officer panel. Sentences to be passed tomorrow morning after a 90 minute deliberation. Convictions include camp commander Martin Weiss eight camp doctors and three prisoner functionaries. Belgian slave labor and a Se typewriter factory are noted in evidence.
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