West Front Invasion Hints at Allied Offensive on 600 Mile Front
Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes Allied posture along a 600 mile front from Roermond to Saarbruecken. He notes readiness of British Second Army and U S Ninth Army on the north, and U S First Army and Third Army pressing Siegfried defenses. He contrasts weather and terrain with Soviet offensives across the Oder and questions why both fronts press ahead before spring.
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Eisenhower
Roermond
Saarbruecken
Second
Eisenower
River
Oder
Red
Poland
Berlin
Kuestrin-Frankfurt
Hope Star Publication Details 1929 Circulation and staff
The Hope Star notes publication details for January 18 1929. It lists Star Publishing Co Inc C E Palmer and Alex H Washburn as owners editors and publishers and describes address 212 214 South Walnut Hope Arkansas. It also covers Associated Press affiliation and advertising representative locations in Memphis Chicago New York Detroit Oklahoma City and New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Publishing Co.,Inc
C. E. Palmer
Alex H. Washburn
Star Building
South
Walnut Street
Hope, Ark
National Advertising Representative
Arkansas Dailies, Inc
Memphis, Tenn
Sterick
Chicago
North
Michigan Avenue
New York City
Madison Ave
Detroit
Mich
W. Grand Blvd
Oklahoma City
Terminal
New Orleans
Union St
Leviticus and Ci cero on punishment and guilt
A biblical verse from Leviticus 24 21 emphasizes proportional punishment for killing a beast or a man. A related note by Ci cero warns that penalties must match guilt and that some men should not suffer for offenses not charged to others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicero
Rackets Bring Deadly Fire to Protect Marines on Beach
Rear Adm. Daniel F E Barbey calls the moment when rockets fire at the beach as the "sweat inspiring" time. Capt. G D Linke notes rockets form a protective umbrella of fire during the critical moment when sailors are most vulnerable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel F E. Barbey
Collapse Looms as Nazi Germany Struggles Under Allied Pressure
Dispatch from wartime reporting describes Berlin and the Reich under strain with the capital nervy and bombed, signaling possible collapse. Allied strategy intensifies with likely rapid, decisive action if German resistance weakens and weather permits air operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reich
Eisenhower
Earache and Ear Infection Dangers in Children
A health note warns earache can signal infection and serious trouble if untreated. Seek a physician for persistent pain or fever, with mineral oil only as temporary relief, and avoid inserting objects into the ear to prevent damage to hearing.
Rocket warfare advances reshape U.S. combat firepower
The United States accelerates rocket use and production across services. Navy procurement surges threefold with about 100 million dollars monthly for rocket ammo by spring 1945, while the Army funds rocket propellant charges at 27 million monthly. Fourth-quarter 1945 Navy output soars over sixfold versus 1944. Eyewitness reports Guam describe devastating rocket bombardment with palm trees shredded and trenches obliterated as rockets hurtle ashore. The main takeaway is the rapid ramping up and impact of rockets in modern combat.
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Cape Gloucester
Navy
Army
Guam
First Army advances amid heavy Allied bombardment near Kleve Goch
Overnight British heavy bombers hit enemy positions as Patton's forces push toward Pruem from multiple directions. The 90th Division secured Hollnich and cleared Siegfried pillboxes while German counterattacks were repelled. Front reports note no deeper penetration opposite Luxembourg rivers as Allied troops widen lodgments along the Sure and Our.
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Kleve
Goch
Reichswald Forest
Patton
Pruem
Waschief
Schnee Eifel Range
Pruem Forest
90Th
Venereal Disease Film Shown At Local Theaters
State and county health services sponsor a film titled Know for Sure to educate the public about venereal disease. Hempstead County Health Department announced the display as part of war effort outreach.
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Hempstead County
Pfc Johnny Evans Ill in Army Hospital on Leyte
Pfc Johnny Evans son of Mr and Mrs W H Evans formerly of Hope now of Shreveport La is critically ill in an Army hospital on Leyte War Department notified his parents in Shreveport Evans a Star carrier boy 1933 1937 has served 26 months overseas in Australia New Guinea and Leyte with the field artillery His sister Mrs W L Wray lives on Walker Street Hone
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Johnny Evans
W. H. Evans
Hope
Shreveport
Leyte
War Department
Pfc
Evans
Australia
New Guinea
Field Artillery
W. L. Wray
Walker Street
Hone
Italians Seek World Tug of War Over Colonies
The piece notes Italy's postwar aims to keep Eritrea Somaliland and Libya while ceding Ethiopia. It mentions potential Dodecanese return to Greece and Trieste dispute with Yugoslavia. Tito presses for Trieste as a Mediterranean outlet, with talks of a free city for a world body.
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Alexandria
Pantelleria
Sicily
Tunisia
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Italy
Ethiopia
Greece
Dodecanese
Eritrea
Somaliland
Libya
Africa
Trieste
Yugoslavia
Tito
Mediterranean
World Organization
Austria
Reds Menace Struggles Near Berlin in 1945 Fight
The Transocean News Agency reports fresh Red reserves entering the battle before Berlin as bridgeheads expand between Fuerstenberg and Kuestrin. DNB notes heavy fighting on Kuestrin’s western edge with claims Russians may control the Oder Warthe confluence crossings. garrison reportedly repelling concentric attacks.
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Berlin
Transocean
Zhukov
Fuerstenberg
Kuestrin
DNB
Oder
Warthe
Yanks and Filipinos in Fire swept city aftermath
United States troops and Japanese shell fire shaped a chaotic scene as war correspondent Arthur Feldman described doughboys urging retaliation and Filipinos expressing sorrow. Guerrilla armband groups roamed the streets while refugees fled burning sectors, signaling a tense, uncertain liberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Feldman
Blue Network
Allied Breakthrough Inches Toward Rhine After Delays
Disrupted by the December breakthrough, Allied forces have built up at the border confluence of two rivers. The prolonged delay has left Allied armies ready to launch a sudden powerful lunge to the Rhine at any moment.
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Dorf
Rhine
Death sentence commuted for Pvt Henry Weber
Pvt Henry Weber, 27, a Vancouver, Washington ship yard foreman before being drafted, had his death sentence for refusing to drill commuted to life imprisonment at hard labor with dishonorable discharge and pay forfeiture. His wife in Portland campaigns for justice, arguing conscientious objection and seeking war ends without killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Roberts
Calif
Henry Weber
Vancouver
Wash
Weber
Portland
Oregon
Congress
Arkansas Enabling Act and Use Tax Debate Continue
The Arkansas Senate passed a two percent use tax on out of state retail purchases by a 27 to 6 vote, with lawmakers predicting similar House action. Governor Laney faces a choice on which bill to sign as supporters claim the tax could raise about $2 million annually. A constitutional amendment for county legislative councils and a $160,600 budget for the Public Service Commission also moved forward.
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Laney
House
Senate
G. W. Lockadoo
Arkadelphia
Lee Reaves
Hermitage
Jim Snoddy
Mulberry
J. Orville Cheney
Calico Rock
Elbert L. Mitchell
Madison
General Assembly
Leokadoo
House Education Committee
Mitchell
Budget Committee
New
Public Service Commission
Merle B. Smith
Board of Fiscal Control
General Revenue Fund
Fiscal Control Board
Market Report from St Louis Stockyards Feb 8
National Stockyards Illinois reports hogs 6,000 with steady prices top at 14.70 for 160 to 350 pounds. cattle 3,500 and calves 800 with varied steady to active demand and steers around 16 loads. veal and cows range 6 to 15 plus. Poultry and produce in Chicago show firm butter and eggs with steady top prices, live poultry unchanged.
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ST. Louis Livestock National Stockyards
Ill
Chicago
U. S
Japs Express Confidence Germany Will Crush Allies
The Associated Press reports a message delivered to the German ambassador in Tokyo stating Japan confidently expects Germany to crush the Allies, with Comei News Agency quoting that the Japanese nation trusts Germany to uphold its glorious tradition.
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Associated Press
Japan
Germany
Tokyo
Comei
Italian broadcast urges unity as war enters most serious stage
FCC recorded note handed to Italy's charge d affaires by Premier Mussolini urged the Italian people to exert their utmost as the Axis war situation entered its most serious stage, signaling a call to muster will power to defend the fatherland.
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Goa
Federal Communications Commission
Benito Mussolin
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Alex. H. Washburn
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Ass'n
Hempstead
Nevada
Award
Miller and
Lafayette
G. D. Linke
The
Federal Land Bank Loans
L. C. Honeycutt
Nashville National Farm Loan Association
Nashville, Arkansas
Byers’ Drug Store
Howard Byers
Gifford Byers
Lona Trott
First Army
Ajax
Reds Menace
Yanks
Page
Halliburton
Sheet Metal Works
Walter Methvin
Mgr
Secs City Fence Electric Co
Market Report
Hall’s Hat Shop
East Second Street
Harry W. Shiver
Lady Betty
Rome
California
K. B
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Oleo
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