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Hope Star

Location

Hope, Arkansas, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1945

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Our Daily Bread Our Daily Bread

A brief notice references Our Daily Bread and credits Alex H. Washburn with a mention of the phrase but lacks clear further context or dates.

Kidnaping and Yamashita Case Stir Arkansas and Manila

A Chicago to Arkansas dispatch recalls Eddie Campbell on the El Dorado News-Times staff and a kidnaping scare that sent him to write the story. A Manila dispatch notes surprise at General Yamashita's stay of execution while Lords Joyce and Amery see death sentences upheld in Britain. The piece contrasts U S and British judicial paths and calls for swift justice for war crimes.

Star Lon Arkansas Ed . Campbell Lite Rock Navy el Rado News-Times Dvzes Eddie C. E. Palmer Mr. Palmer London el Dorado News Times Caipbell Grover Zinn Zinn Bidnaper James Thrasher Ime For Manila United States Supreme Court Yamashita Supreme Court Appeals Court House of Lords William Lord Haw Haw Joyce Jens Sgh Ans United States Court of Lords Spessener John Amery Tojo

Eight Missing After Swedish Ship Sveaborg Explosion

Galveston December 27 eight crew members of the Swedish ship Sveaborg are reported missing after a boiler explosion sank the vessel at Texas City. Twelve were wounded, two critically, as divers planned to search the flooded compartments for bodies unless refloating is decided. The ship, with 37 on board, was loading gasoline at Pan American refining decks when the blast occurred at 4 10 p m. Mr Engh first mate said eight men were lost and presumed dead.

Galveston Texas City Frank L. Bicene G. Engh Engh Biaggne Biggene J. P. Cartwright Houston GalpSton Sveaborg Pan American Refining

Armed Forces Merger Debate Set for January Hearings

Washington outlines hearings by the House Expenditures Committee in mid January on a unified defense department plan. Proposals from May Vinson and Randolph push for separate air arm and retained secretaries for war and navy, with projected savings from unification and a letter citing prior procurement agency gains.

Clair Johnson Washington Jennings Randolph D-Wv Department of National Defense War Navy Air Truman May Dky Military Committee Carl Vinson D-Ga Naval Committee May-Vinson Senate Military Committee Edwin C. Johnson D-Cole Randolph House Committee Army H. Struve Hensel Hensel Joint Army-Navy Procurement Agency

Washington focus on GM strike and fact finding board

Detroit reports shift of attention to Washington as GM faces President Truman’s fact finding board. Vice President Reuther signals union delegation, notes limited progress at yesterday’s talks and outlines local bargaining on picketing seniority and lunch periods without a contract. The strike involves 175 000 UAW-CIO members and GM must decide if it will attend upcoming board hearings.

Detroit General Motors Washington Truman Walter P. Reuther CLO United Automobile Workers Reuther Uaw-Cio CIO United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers New York Westinghouse General Electric Edgar L. Warren Cio-Ue Warren Henry Mayer Western Electric Employes Association Independent National Federation of Telephone Workers New Jersey Mayer Bell System Western Electric NFTW Western Electric Workers Joseph A. Beirne W. E Chicago Baltimore

Arkansas Court to Decide Insurance Board Case

The Arkansas supreme court is asked to decide which of two boards should serve on Security Life Insurance Co of West Memphis. G L Jackson and others appeal a chancery ruling ousting them from office. A new election is set for Jan 14, with a decision possible before then but not guaranteed.

Little Rock Tne Arkansas Supreme Court Security Life Insurance Co West Memphis Ark Dillehay

Four Power Control Council Planned for Japan

Moscow talks outline a four power authority for Japan modeled on Germany. United States Britain Russia and China would share control equally with veto power. Gen. Douglas MacArthur remains supreme commander but may retain independent authority. powers to be clarified in tonight's formal announcement. Russia will sit on both the four power council and the Far Eastern Commission, which may take a secondary role.

Washington Moscow Foreign Ministers Conference Japan Germany United States British Empire Russia China Control Council Douglas MacArthur MacArthur Far Eastern Commission

Truman to Address Nation on Radio After Holidays

President Truman planned a nationwide radio address in early January to discuss labor and other proposals, followed by a state of the union message possibly televised. He planned a Washington trip in favorable weather and noted the trip shortened by air travel.

Ernest B Vaccaro Kansas City Truman Congress White House Capitol Hill Washington Henry T. Myers Myers Martha E. Truman Grandview Federal Building Washington News

Manufacturing Employment Up in Arkansas

In Arkansas manufacturing jobs rose 2.5 percent from June to September 1945, with 69 000 workers employed in September vs 68 000 in June and 84 000 in August 1944 peak war production. State Labor Commissioner M E Goss said the Bureau of Labor Statistics will open an office in Little Rock soon and hopes to update the reports quickly.

Little Rock Arkansas M. E. Goss Goss U. S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Statistics

Vote To Strike North Side Rock Mill Workers

Members of the Food, Tobacco Agriculture and Allied Workers union at Cameron Feed Mills voted 24 to 23 to strike in a National Labor Relations Board supervised election. Management cited union dues check off. union spokesmen said recognition and union security were the issues.

North Side Rock Food, Tobacco Agriculture and Allied Workers CIO Cameron Feed Mills National Labor Relations Board

Another Cold Wave Tonight for Arkansas

Arkansas faces more chilly temperatures with rain and possible snow tonight as a cold front moves in from the southwest. Rain reports include Camden Pine Bluff and Philadelphia with over half an inch. most areas see minimal rainfall. North state thermometers may fall to 24 28 degrees and the south to 28 32. early readings stay above freezing.

Little Rock Arkansans U. S. Weather Bureau Camden Pine Bluff Arkadelphia Mercury Arkansas

Pearl Harbor Probe Seeks A New Counsel

The Pearl Harbor committee seeks a successor to William D. Mitchell as counsel with Chairman Barkley heading a subcommittee to canvass candidates. Weymouth Kirkland is urged by Senator Lucas as a leading option, while Warren Atherton and Harry Colmery are among two nominees. Lucas suggests dividing witnesses among members to speed hearings. Admiral Harold R. Stark, former naval operations chief, will testify when hearings resume Monday.

William T. Peacock Washington Barkley Dky Pearl Harbor Committee William D. Mitchell Kentucky Lucas Harold R. Sark Naval Operations

Farm Wage Hike Raises Upland Cotton Price in Arkansas

The U.S. Agriculture Department's wage board increased the maximum price for pulling upland cotton in 21 Arkansas delta counties by 25 cents to 1.40 per hundred pounds. Brazil sends 20,521 books abroad in a drive to popularize Brazilian literature, with over 4,000 books headed to the United States.

Litle Rock Arkansas Delta U.S. Agriculture Department State Brazil Rio de Janeiro Brazilian National Book Institute Ministry of Education United States

Big 3 Reach Agreement on Atomic Energy Commission

The Big Three announced a plan to establish a world atomic energy commission within the United Nations to govern peaceful use, seal atomic secrecy, and ban military use. They also agreed on a four power council for Japan, joint trusteeship over Korea for five years, and continued leadership by MacArthur with unclear roles. Bevin called the conference a significant but early step toward larger goals.

Henry Shapiro Escow James F. Byrnes Foreign Ministers Russia United States Great Britain World Commission On Atomic Energy Atomic Commission Byrnes United Nations Organization Washington Japan America China British Empire Far Eastern Commission Britain Douglas MacArthur Korea Atomic Energy Commission Ernest Bevin

Marines in China Say They Are Cracking Up

Shanghai Dec 7 Marines in North China are described as cracking up because they feel they are pawns in a political chess game. The Stars and Stripes notes morale decline, sniping casualties exceed reports, and nightly rages and homefront longing push weary leathernecks to want to return home.

Shanghai U. S China Stars and Stripes Today Army Tientsin Set Dick Wilson Belle Rose N. Y Wilson Pacific America

Gecko Lizards Sing Like Robins in Manila Christmas Eve

Manila correspondent HAL BOYLE reports a rainy Christmas Eve in Manila as gecko lizards sing from papaya trees while neighbors invite him to a holiday party. American officials attend, including Vice Consul George Ennis and AP traffic expert Big Dan Moss, amid festive Filipino pageantry and a piano duet by 17-year-old Josefino Siaron.

Manila Hal Boyle Bedlam America Jose Siaron Mistress Cravon Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company George Ennis Philadelphia Big Dan Moss Associated Press Washington, D. C Sharon California Bethlehem Josefino Siaron Leipzig Europe

Tsuchiya Japanese war criminal sentenced to life

Tatsuo Tsuchiya one eyed guard at Mitsushima camp becomes first Japanese war criminal tried in Japan to be sentenced to life imprisonment. Eight man U S military commission convicted him on three charges of brutal atrocities against American prisoners. Chief Prosecutor Maj Louis Ohfen urged death penalty.

Earnest Hoberecht Yokohama Tatsuo Little Glass Eye Tsuchiya Japan U. S Mitsushima Maj Louis Offen Atlanta Pfc Rob Ert Gordon Teas Commission Col Oliver E. Trechter Los Angeles

Time picks Truman Man of the Year for 1945

Time Magazine selects President Harry S Truman as Man of the Year for 1945 sharing honors with the atomic bomb. The magazine notes the president, somewhat reluctantly, became pivotal in the bomb's use and its future, with Allied victories and Japan's surrender contributing to the year’s major events.

New York Time Magazine Harry S .Truman Time Germany Japan

Meeting on Norfork Dam development plans in Mountain Home

Arkansas and Missouri conservation officials and sportsmen gathered to discuss the U S Engineers proposal to develop the Norfork Dam reservoir area into a 50 000 acre recreation region with hunting fishing camping cabins boat landings and access routes The December meeting was led by Col Roy D Burdick Little Rock district engineer and noted broad support for the plan though concerns focused on administration and management Norfolk Dam completed 1944 as flood control and hydroelectric project with recreation authorized in flood control legislation.

Mountain Home I— Game Conservation Agency Arkansas Missouri U.S. Enginers Norfork Dam Roy D. Burdick Little Rock Norfolk

Trial of 15 Jap soldiers and a civilian opens in Manila

Fifteen Japanese Army men and one civilian face U S Military Commissions in Manila on charges of atrocities in the Philippines. Lt Col Seiichi Ohta, ex commander of the Kempeitai at Fort Santiago, leads a list of detainees amid testimony of torture and killings.

Manila U. S Philippines Seiichi Ohta Japanene Fort Santiago Ohta Hikotaro Tajima Bataan Island Takuma Higashiji Nueva Viscaya Luzon

Communists Offer Unconditional Truce in Civil War Talks

Chinese Communists presented a formal written proposal for an unconditional cease fire on all fronts in the undeclared civil war. The proposal was delivered at a two hour meeting with government reps at the national military council headquarters in Chungking. Government officials promised to forward the plan to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek for consideration as talks move toward a January inter party conference.

Spencer Moosa Chungking China National Military Council Chiang Kai-Shek Political Consultative Council

Pacific five air forces merged into PACUSA command

General MacArthur announced the consolidation of the fifth seventh eighth 13th and 20th Air Forces in the Pacific into a single command named PACUSA Pacific Air Command. Kenney will command PACUSA with Whitehead as deputy and Wolfe to lead the advanced echelon in Tokyo.

Tokyo Douglas MacArthur Army Air Forces Pacific Pacusa Pacific Air Command JU. S.S. Army George C. Kenney Far East Ennis C. Whitehead Kansas City Clement McCullen Far East Air Force Service Command Fifth Air Force Kenneth B. Wolfe Los Angeles MacArthur Hawaiian Islands Philippines Ryukyus Japan Korea

Negro couple marks 70th wedding anniversary in Lansing

Wiley Strickland aged 89 and his wife, aged 84, both born into slavery in Georgia, celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary in Lansing, Michigan, today.

Lansing Mich Wiley Strickland Georgia

Smoke Delays Efforts to Reach Miners in Kentucky Mine

Fresh rescue crews returned to the Kentucky Straight Creek Coal No. 1 mine after smoke in the main shaft halted efforts to reach an estimated 31 or more trapped miners. Fire within the explosion area and toxic gas slowed progress, with officials warning it could take 24 more hours to tunnel to the workers. Relatives at the tipple watched anxiously as conditions remained grim and hope dim.

Clay W. Bailey Pineville Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company Floyd Rhodes Tipple

Veteran fire captain Arthur Ray dies at 64

Booneville reports the death of Arthur C. Ray, 64, retired Little Rock fire captain and Texarkana native. Ray served 25 years with the Little Rock department, retiring in 1926. He died yesterday at the state sanatorium. survived by his widow and two sons.

Booneville Arthur C. Ray Little Rock Texarkana Tex

Ford to Close Plants for Four Days Over Parts Shortage

Detroit, Dec 27 Ford Motor Co says it will shut plants again next Saturday for four days due to a parts shortage. The previous week plants were closed for the same reason, idling about 80,000 workers.

FORD Detroit Ford Motor Co Someone

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