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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1945
Page
1
Our Daily Bread notes Hope’s first peacetime Christmas in five years with three arrests for drunkenness and no wrecks. The piece links subdued celebrations to reconversion efforts as 1946 approaches, praising sober industriousness and national gratitude.
Thirty to thirty five miners were believed trapped one to two miles inside a drift coal mine at Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company near Pineville after an underground explosion. Operator G E Lewis said rescue squads entered the tunnel as smoke issued from the entrance and air shaft status was unclear. The blast depth and cause remained undetermined as rescuers worked with no outside noise or collision felt.
A butane gas truck explosion destroyed a warehouse apartment building in Santa Barbara. Three people, including John Johnson and Caroline Sue Stovall, were killed, Frances Watson is missing, and five others injured, none seriously. Fire units cleared the scene in about 30 minutes as police patrolled surrounding blocks. The building housed the Santa Barbara distributing company's beer and soft drink bottling works near Chapala and Cota streets.
A military commission on Christmas Day sentenced Rear Adm. Shigamatsu Sakaibara, former Wake Island commander, to death by hanging for the Oct. 7 1943 mass execution of 98 Pan-American Airways civilian workers. His executive officer, Lt. Comdr. Seichi Tachibana, also received the death penalty. Sakaibara admitted ordering the killings and urged that atomic bomb planners be judged similarly.
In Peiping Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek orders a public New Year’s Day burning of about 860000 ounces of opium seized after the surrender. 60000 ounces will be kept for medical use as officials vow strict anti opium enforcement with harsh penalties including death for sellers on conviction.
Heavy snows and icing that paralyzed the midwest and northeast over Christmas abated as temperatures rise toward normal across the nation. The U S Weather Bureau reported diminishing winds and melting snow with highs near 79 in Orlando and lows above zero in Wisconsin and Minnesota, while wisconsin michigan illinois indiana and ohio face only slightly colder yet still above freezing conditions.
Pvt. William Sykucki of the Frankford arsenal devised a candy box proposal for his Philadelphia fiancée Miss Mildred Operman. The ring vanished when a clerk dropped it, triggering a city wide alert via newspapers and radio. A store owner finally recovered the ring and rewrapped it, leading to Miss Operman’s joyful acceptance.
The United States, Soviet Union and Britain met at Speridoniska Palace to finalize details of a European peace plan. They reported broad accord on main questions including postwar arrangements and Japan, with timing for a final communique still uncertain and Byrnes awaiting departure.
Premier Sutan Sjahrir of the Indonesian republic was fired upon and clubbed in Batavia as Dutch soldiers tried to steal his car. Four men in Dutch uniforms fired at his car, forcing a stop, and one struck him with a pistol butt before a Dutch officer aimed a pistol near his head.
The nation tallied 460 holiday deaths, with 245 traffic fatalities and 215 violent or accidental deaths. California led with 71 total deaths, and the Los Angeles area reported 33 highway fatalities. Major incidents included a fatal house fire in Fayetteville W Va that claimed five children and a bank fire in Anniston Alabama killing a firefighter.
Officers and men of the U S Eleventh Corps planned a Christmas party for 600 children of Japanese laborers. Soldiers gave gifts and sweets while a special gram was read, but crowding and early arrivals threatened disorder as youngsters descended on the venue.
Striking GM workers resume picketing at Flint plants while talks with the UAW CIO reopen for local issues. Negotiations touch on procedure for handling grievances as a broader wage dispute looms with 175000 workers. Kaiser-Frazier and Ford wage talks set to resume and postponed respectively.
Little Rock police chief announces a new rule: military personnel arrested for traffic violations will be released to military authorities only on court order and will be treated as civilian offenders. The measure follows a request by municipal officials.
London dispatch by Ed Campbell notes intense curiosity about Arkansas among Britons. He contrasts local Arkansas traits with British wartime life, stressing common values and the value of Arkansas backgrounds in forming friendships amid the war. The piece aims to present people rather than generalities, focusing on hard, observable facts.
The Allied Far Eastern Commission leaves for Japan to review Gen. Douglas MacArthur's administration with a look at directives and policy, flying via Pearl Harbor to the Mt. McKinley and returning by Feb. 15. Editorial notes say most members view MacArthur's handling as creditable.
Robert W. Young, once demoted to private for criticizing redeployment in The Homeward Herald at Calaban Leyte, is restored to T-5 by Lt. Gen. W. D. Styer Western Pacific commander. Styer orders depot commander admonish him and forbids future duty in information or education division.
Rep Joseph W Ervin 44 from Charlotte NC died by gas at his home on Christmas Day. Ill osteomyelitis and recent heart trouble were cited as factors. Notes left warn of gas fumes. funeral planned for Morganton NC. wife away with family. Caudle discovered the scene. Ervin served since 1944. survived by wife, mother, three brothers and three sisters.
Marion Wallace a 60 year old retired farmer ended his life near his Lugwig home seven miles north of Clarksville by lighting a dynamite fuse and holding the explosive to his heart despite pleas from his stepson and other witnesses according to Sheriff R L Thompson.
Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson announced the United States is ready to discuss with Britain and France all aspects of relations with Franco's Spain. The reply was delivered in Paris this week and talks could begin as early as January pending French response. Britain has also replied, with contents to be released in London.
Admiral of the Fleet Lord Keyes, renowned for the Zeebrugge raid and Dover patrol leadership in World War I, died in his sleep at 73 after a three week illness. He helped curb the German submarine threat, was knighted, and served as MP before rejoining service in 1940. His son Lt. Col. Geoffrey Keyes was killed in 1941 during a commando raid.
Mrs Ethel Veronica Mars 61 president of Mars Candy Co died in La Jolla after a long illness. She inherited the Mars business in 1934 and led racing interests including Gallahadian the 1940 Kentucky Derby winner. Survivors include a son in law and a brother. Requiem high mass will be said Thursday. Body to be moved to Minneapolis for burial.
An Allied war crimes commission in Yokohama takes under advisement the case against Tatsuo Tsuchiya alias Little Glass Eye for alleged prisoner cruelty in the death of Pfe. Robert Gordon Teas. Major Geffen seeks the death penalty as hearings begin for two more defendants including one charged with bayoneting an American soldier.
Mrs. George S Patton Jr arrives in Washington from Luxembourg where her husband was buried. The widow plans to stay in the capital indefinitely with her daughter Mrs John K Waters.
In Leonia New Jersey on December 25 1940 Mary Carson Cookman executive editor of the Ladies Home Journal wed Basil Bass a New York City lawyer at her parents home J and Mrs James Carson The couple with roots in journalism and publishing secure their union after she joined the magazine staff in 1936 The piece also notes Alaskan sourdoughs growing carrots beets and other vegetables on sod roof cabins.
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