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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1945
Page
1
A brief column highlights Alex H. Washburn in the building industry, noting his role and contributions in ongoing construction and development efforts. The item emphasizes Washburn as a key figure shaping local building projects and related business activity.
The author recalls a 1926 Arkansas industrial excursion to Greenville S C Gastonia Charlotte High Point and New Orleans and argues Arkansas has yet to develop local industry. He cites a Senate committee plan for industrial research and outlines a Carolina formula to start home owned factories using local raw materials with staged investment and possible reorganizations.
General MacArthur announces a daring all night raid by Sixth Ranger Battalion and Filipino guerrillas behind Japanese lines at Nueva Ecija Luzon. 486 Americans 23 British three Dutch and one Norwegian are rescued with 27 Rangers and guerrillas killed. Captives carried to safety amid malnutrition disease and wounds. The raid killed 523 Japanese and knocked out 12 tanks, hailed as first mass Allied prisoner liberation in the Western Pacific.
The white dotted line building, identified as the Chicago structure owned by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes, is connected to recent charges brought by Cook County Assessors. John S. Clark stated Ickes filed a false affidavit seeking a reduction of taxes on liens.
Senate and House conference committees meet to resolve differences on the general appropriations bill causing the first major logjam of the 44th session. House refusals to adopt Senate raises for court employees and $7,500 annual retirement pay for two Supreme Court justices deepen the stalemate. Conference members include Reps Campbell Bittle Shofner Bailes Smith and Senators Lockadoo Byrd Trussell Rowell Butler. Senate approves two consolidation bills creating the Arkansas Resources and Development Commission and the Public Service Commission. A House vote passed a revised administration system bill 75 to 10. A merchants tax bill was defeated by seven votes. Rosemary Miller earns the Silver Cross for gallantry rescuing a woman and two children from the Keer River.
Sterling F. Green reports Washington officials say V E day will arrive only when organized resistance in Germany ends and a formal surrender is received. De mobilization will be gradual, with no rush to reconversion, and some officials doubt a formal German surrender will occur. They warn Berlin’s fall might not trigger German capitulation as Moscow’s fall did.
The Arkansas State Board of Health asked the U S Public Health Service for aid to control sanitation around Camden crowded with naval ordnance plant workers. Sanitation engineer W A Reiman said federal personnel are being requested to prevent food milk and housing problems as Ouachita County health units are taxed by war demands and many trailer camps worsen health issues. He noted minimum sanitation standards are being maintained.
A Bedford factory, approved by the Army, disclosed it was producing bombs from Indiana lime for low-living target practice, signaling wartime material use and industrial activity in the region.
Baruch warned that war goods production must continue "to the uttermost necessary" until Germany and Japan surrender unconditionally. He urged no premature reconversion and stressed measures to shield workers and industries from postwar shocks, including unemployment insurance and broad GI Bill benefits. He noted plans for gradual peace measures while pressing for intensified output to meet 1945 demands.
Representative Karl Mundt urges postwar creation of a 5,000‑plane international peace patrol of the air with power to strike militaries that menace peace. He envisions volunteers from all nations, under joint control of the US Britain Russia China and France, to prevent future wars and deter aggressors at their sources. Continued on Page Two.
Allied reports say Soviet forces smash to the Oder north of Austria about 39 miles from Berlin. Zhukov massed tanks and infantry across a 70 mile front, with German reserves hurled in at Frankfurt. Berlin defense tightens as red air raids and panic spread, while Goebbels braces for a death stand and civilians flee from affected areas.
In Belgium a telegram informing Corporal blank of a United States Military Academy appointment arrives five days late and is followed by a fatal act. Corporal blank is killed in action at Tois Ponts, Belgium, while a veteran commander, Capt. Earl E. Ehly, earns praise for selfless leadership and first aid amid heavy fire.
American armored columns breached the Pampanga river line and moved within about 20 miles of Manila as General MacArthur announced Subic Bay and Ol ongapo were back in Allied hands. Sixth Army closed on Calumpit while units seized Munoz Talavera and Watral, aiming to link with Eighth Army near Dinalupi pan and trap Japanese forces on Luzon.
Governor Ben Laney issued a 90 day furlough to Jack Bostick of Hempstead County in Little Rock. Bostick was sentenced April 14, 1942 to one year in prison for second degree murder.
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