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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1945
Page
1
Alex H. Washburn overseas mail item appears in the Our Daily Bread column with brief notes on correspondence and transit arrangements. The entry records naming and routing details for mail service connected to the period.
The Paris edition of the New York Herald Tribune is shown datelined Paris January 25 1945 and reflects wartime reporting from AP and the paper's correspondents. Also reprinted is Stars and Stripes column The Bag Blow It Out Here reflecting German occupation memories and wartime attitudes.
The article argues Americans should curb rejoicing after Germany's defeat to avoid harm to war production and recovery efforts. It recalls Armistice Day 1918 incidents and urges leaders to issue a nationwide appeal and implement safety measures to prevent hysteria and property damage as victory nears.
In Rockford Illinois Henry G Brown cleaned out his desk and officers arrived after reports of pistol shots terrorizing a neighborhood Brown had discovered and destroyed four dusty firecrackers in the scene.
United States carrier forces in the Pacific launched a massive attack on Tokyo with more than 1,500 planes from seven carriers and support ships. The strike, lasting nine hours, involved battleships cruisers and destroyers and aimed to degrade Japan’s home air defenses.
Fred Hampson details U S Fourteenth Corps advances from Lingayen to Manila uncovering Japanese neglect of bridges and roads since 1941. He notes unblasted bridges, improvised spans, and hardships for Japanese logistics, while locals welcome Allied victory and a end to Japanese rule.
American airman Chas George Baker, 23, from Fulton New York recalls on a escort mission to Hamburg when a wrecked pilotless FW 190 pursued him after he shot it down. He watched the drone crash in a field after a tense chase finally ending in flames confirming the success of his kill.
United Press reports that about 1,800 Allied prisoners, mostly Americans, perished when a Japanese prison ship was sunk by a submarine on Oct 24 in the China Sea. Only five survivors have been found. total dead in both sinkings nears 2,500.
Appleton Wisconsin veteran Sgt Avery Wilber, 32, son of a Navarino farmer, was one of five of 1,800 prisoners who survived a Japanese prison ship sinking in the China Sea on Oct 24. He endured Corregidor capture and camps in the Philippines before the disaster at sea, climbing to safety despite injuries as the vessel ruptured amidships and crew fled.
Canadian troops cleared a two mile springboard on the Rhine south bank above Kleve and prepared a flanking river crossing into the Ruhr. Elsewhere on the flooded Rhine front the Canadian First Army grinding to a standstill under German mortar and shellfire near Goch and Cakar. Bad weather hindered aerial support as Patton’s Third Army pressed along the Pruem north of Echternach.
The Red Star says Russian spear heads near Berlin and the Spree as two Red Armies press from east and southeast. Konev threatens Cottbus and Brandenburg while Zhukov prepares a payoff drive from the Oder valley. Allied air strikes hinder German reinforcements as Moscow reports encirclement efforts and setbacks in Silesia and Pomerania.
The Arkansas Senate defeated by three votes a bill by Sen. Clyde Byrd to give state chancellors 900 dollars annually for probate duties in addition to their chancery salaries. Opponents argued the extra pay would violate the constitution and the measure failed after a clincher motion to bar reconsideration also failed.
The government future of Henry A. Wallace hung in the balance as the House prepared for a final vote on legislation to create a smaller commerce department and clear the way for him to become secretary. Uncertainty clouded Capitol Hill as the Democratic majority faced a tight vote.
Hal Boyle profiles US 511th Parachute Combat Team troops in Belgium and beyond. Corporal Burton E Meander of Waco Texas survives a fire without a chute by leaping from a third floor into deep snow. Private Ellwood Dobbins of Boston shoots an Iron Cross from a German. Private Donald Karr of Barberton Ohio orders surrender from German dugout with an empty mortar tube. Private Gerald G Stokes of Tampa Florida continues his patrol after a sniper hunt.
American troops pierced the main Japanese defense on Bataan and advanced into the peninsula's southern half. In Manila, U S forces fought through smoke-filled streets while B-24s bombed Corregidor and ground troops closed in on Fort McKinley and walled-city approaches.
London reports a sweeping German order placing almost the entire population under virtual martial law. Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler approved the decree demanding fighting resolve and threatening death for cowardice or evasion of duty in the Reich.
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