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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1942
Page
3
Our Daily Bread warns that the Office of Price Administration proposes wartime style tradeoffs into peacetime by selling certificates for prewar purchases of durable goods with a 10 percent bonus. It argues Americans should instead invest in War Bonds, keeping government from controlling postwar production and prices.
The Associated Press reports grocers and lawmakers condemned the Food Administration plan to ration more than 200 processed foods a month in advance. Officials urged restraint and warned hoarding. Stores began imposing early limits as retailers warned customers not to stockpile.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Lou Stringley 87 wife of the late J G Stringley were held at Macedonia near Blevins. She was born in Mississippi and lived near Blevins 48 years. Survived by daughters J C Pittman Prescott Jack Stone McCaskill W C Johnson and Sid Mouser Blevins Cliff Holoman Prescott and 37 grandchildren.
Washington announces nationwide rationing of all canned dried and frozen fruits vegetables and their juices excluding soups to start as machinery is ready. Food Administrator Wickard says the aim is fair home distribution while supplying the armed forces and allies who will need about 25 percent of next year’s production. Voters must list stocks when applying for ration book two and stamps will be deducted for on hand goods. Heavy penalties apply for false declarations. Fresh produce and home preserved items remain unaffected. Continued on Page Four.
Washington reports munition production surged in November by 12 percent from October, marking the largest monthly gain since 1940 as plants ran at higher utilization. Airplanes, ordnance, vessels and other munitions all rose, with November output about 4.3 times October’s level. Nelson forecasts further growth next year and total war spend exceeding 90 billion dollars in 1943.
At Almonte Ontario a troop train rammed a standing Pembroke Ottawa passenger train killing 28 and injuring 119. Civilians and soldiers aided the injured as rescue crews worked by bonfires amid deep snow. An inquest and inquiry were announced.
Allied forces press the Buna area fighting as they breach bunker type defenses along a coastal strip. American P 38 fighters make their debut with 15 enemy planes shot down. Coastal gains reported east of Sanananda track as remnants fight last ditch resistance. Continued on Page Four.
Washington December 28 One of the questions troubling Washington authorities is the fate of the Japanese air force. Despite heavy losses since last June the enemy retains a substantial force and may be concentrating planes and ground units in South China Burma and Yunnan, limiting their ability to defend vital targets. Recent actions show limited Japanese bombing of Guadalcanal and heavy losses at Munda with planes destroyed on the ground. American air power also attacked Rabaul following raids. Continued on Page Four.
Vallejo California December 28 Sailors from the Navy and Marines clashed in the waterfront district. About 400 service members gathered and fights broke out leaving two Negro sailors wounded and four white sailors treated for minor injuries. Marines fired seven shots from a tommy gun stopping the melee. Navy orders sent all sailors to ships and Marines to their quarters ending the incident.
Site Rack December 28. Governor Adkins announced plans for his second inauguration on January 11 and a possible second speech to the Legislature on budget matters. He met with officials, including J Bryan Sims, to discuss the 1944-43 budget request.
London December 28 Marshal Erwin Rommel's retreating Afr ican Corps nears Misurata where he must choose to stand or abandon Tripolitania and join Axis forces in Tunisia. Montgomery reports Eighth Army engaging Rommel near Wadi Bei El Chebir as fighting shifts to Libya's coast.
Eugene Davis of Little Rock announces an Office of Defense Transportation office will open in Hope City Hall on December 31. Car owners seeking gasoline must file applications at the city hall office, which will operate until all claims are processed.
Washington reports say rumors that Prime Minister Winston Churchill crossed the Atlantic reached White House officials with no confirmation or denial. Presidential Secretary Stephen Early declined to confirm or deny any North American visit.
London dispatch reports General Charles de Gaulle likely to visit Washington to outline a new French government based in Algiers, repudiating the armistice with Germany. He aims to unite diverse French elements and mobilize forces in North Africa while possibly meeting Roosevelt before heading to North Africa to consult with Henri Giraud.
Dr. J. H. Stidham, a native of Jonesboro Arkansas, was killed in an automobile accident at Tuscon on Christmas Day. He practiced medicine here for several months.
A collage of quirky notes and local happenings from cities including Gallup Berkeley Kansas City and Denver. A South Pacific Army officer recalls cigarets shared with a native chief while island lore and cocoanut gloves paint a tropical scene. A frost-prevention myth fails in Gallup as a burlap rooster plan proves useless. Patrolman Cheatham reports a bizarre sequence of home trespass, smoky fire, false alarm, and a tied prisoner. A watchdog theft ends with a missed exit and two shotguns vanish. Denver bartender Jack Harrington, 84, undergoes dental surgery with hospital anesthetic as part of a lighthearted roundup of daily life.
Moscow dispatch reports Russian forces advancing from the Middle Don near Biriukov and Solonetsky are 45 miles from German troops striking from Stalingrad. The two mobile fronts could meet at a lower Don junction, threatening the Stalingrad pocket and future German supply routes while German casualties mount.
Little Rock reports funeral services for James A. Elliott aged 59 a veteran railway conductor and deputy state labor commissioner in 1939 40 who died after a fall near Fordyce. He will be buried in McAlester Oklahoma with services planned for tomorrow.
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