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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1942
Page
4
A reader cites a farmer and a city man lamenting wartime strains, urging vigilance against guarantees of milk for all and warning against socializing other nations or altering American government during the war. The column argues to preserve the Republic and civilization, not restore prewar life.
Soviet midday communique reports Red Army shock troops smashed into a village along the vital Rzhev Vyazma railway west of Moscow destroying a battalion of German infantry and downing three Nazi planes. Indications of a broader push toward Smolensk and continued gains near Stalingrad are noted with heavy fighting reported near Toropets and Vyazma.
Burt Evang Swift & Co Paris plant manager visited Hope to finalize a local branch. The Hope Poultry and Egg Station will operate from Hempstead Motor Co building by January 1 with Marvin Bledsoe as local manager. It will buy poultry eggs cream peas peanuts and farm produce and ship daily to Paris Texas by truck or freight. The operation will include 2 3 trucks and sell feed fertilizer and baby chicks with a modern sanitary facility.
In Washington county Land Commissioner Bush Binley and a comptroller’s auditor will probe a state land sale. A 40 acre tract near Springdale was auctioned at 1.50 per acre after forfeiture for taxes, though valued at 2,000 when reverting to the state. Former owners redeemed it for 60 plus 1 for deed. The land office could cancel the sale if appraisal errors are confirmed.
Gasoline sales to ordinary motorists in the eastern states are capped at one coupon per ration book to curb runs. The OPA bans A B and C card holders except for emergency use, with possible later tightening. Roosevelt noted any suspension of A cards would be temporary. About 7 million vehicles in the east could be left without gas if the rule lasts. The regulation covers 18 eastern states and DC, with three gallons allowed for emergency use for A books and four gallons in West Virginia. The order does not apply to gasoline already in tanks. Officials urged motorists to drive only when essential.
The Goodfellow campaign sponsored by the Ministerial Alliance reports a total of 332.80 collected today. A distribution quota of 9400 is set and a Monday 10 AM meeting will receive final reports and plan box distribution to needy persons.
Southern Democratic leaders see fault lines in the party but resist alignment with the GOP. Highlights include Harrison Spangler’s claim of Southern interest in forming a new party or opposing the New Deal, Arkansas and Oklahoma contrasts, Louisiana Governor Sam Jones’s call for a Democratic coalition, and Alabama GOP chair McCorvey’s warning of no imminent boil in the South while pushing for stronger state rights in the next national convention.
Pilkinton of the State Revenue Department in Hempstead County says only 1,200 automobile licenses for 1940 have been issued in the county. With about 3,500 autos total, two thirds remain unlicensed for 1943 and less than two weeks remain to the deadline. He notes possible night sessions to assist, but says all owners cannot be served before penalties.
A fragmented AP column mixes brief city snippets and oddball scenes. An immigrant worker in San Francisco is fined for drunkenness by Judge Twain Michelsen. A Kansas woman explains a throat injury story. Garter shortage prompts donations from men in Albuquerque. Deaf basketball players at Tingis School in Jacksonville travel by sign-friendly team truck.
President Roosevelt offered no clues on who will replace Leon Henderson as price administrator. He cited ongoing overhauls to rationing and noted time changes, pointing to gasolene curtailment in the East. He did not confirm Senator Brown as successor and said dividing Henderson’s duties remains theoretical. The mine situation remains acute as 60,049 miners quit this year.
Little Roch December 18 F A bill to require bus companies to add a conductor on every bus to enforce racial segregation of white and Negro passengers will be introduced in the 1943 legislature Rep Joe Foster Loneke announced Foster, author of the 1937 law allowing drivers to designate separate seating, plans to push for a conductor to ensure segregation as a mandatory duty on each bus
The Navy reported another attack on the Munda base on New Georgia by army Flying Fortresses with fighter escorts. Communique No. 223 notes results were not reported, while previous messages state Zeros intercepted Fortresses on December 16 and 17, with losses and corrections adjusting totals in the Solomon Islands campaign.
Canberra reports the government has lifted the ban on the Communist party and its press, first imposed in June 1940. Attorney General and External Affairs Minister Herbert Evatt announced the development. The note mentions the Suez Canal and regular intervals of sweeping, but details are unclear.
Washington December 18 A congressional committee blamed the Office of Price Administration for a threatened breakdown on the home front The report said consumer goods distribution has been seriously undermined and could imperil the war effort unless OPA policies are corrected It faulted the War Production Board and War Plants Corporation for price squeezes and unequal merchandise distribution and called for reform to save independent small business and the middle class
London reports Britains Eighth Army pressed Rommels retreat beyond El Agheila with dispatches noting escape from a trapped force estimated at 10 000 veteran desert fighters and tanks. Axis supply ships were sunk or damaged as Montgomerys forces extended the advance toward Tunisia amid continued air and naval actions.
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