Allies Readies Final Round on Western Front
Dewitt Mackenzie summarizes Monty’s orders to push the war, noting Montgomery’s talk of a final round to finish the Germans in the Rhineland. Ike Eisenhower presses Siegfried defenses, aiming to draw Rundstedt to open battlegrounds on the Cologne plain for a decisive strike.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Marshal Mongtomery
Goch
Rhineland
Monty
Eisenhower
Ike
Siegfried
von Rundstedt
Cologne
Rundstedt
Belgium
Star of Hope news and weather review 1928
Star of Hope Arkansas notes January 18 1928 edition from Star Building Hope Ark lists staff Palmer H Washburn editor and publisher. Column discusses Hitler Nazi Germany war weather impact on Western Europe and Rhine crossing. Rundstedt options to fight or retreat amid chaos and looming collapse. Weather as key war determinant shapes Allied offensives in Rhineland.
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Rhine
Ruhr
Rundstedt
Hitler
Third Reich
Western
Europe
Germany
Rhineland
Germans Denounce Last Stand Near Calcar and Goch
Allied forces push into Goch from multiple directions as Canadian troops breach to Calcar road and Scots enter the city. A thousand Nazi deaths and surrenders lift northern campaign totals past nine thousand while German counterattacks near Moyland falter before dawn.
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Goch
Goch-Calear
Calcar
Rhine
Moyland
Calear
Marines Press On At Iwo J The Suribachi North Ridge Fight
Marines push deeper into the southern air field area while facing intensified resistance on the northern ridges and Suribachi. Heavy mortar and artillery fire from entrenched defenders hamper the advance as the first main objective on the north flank remains contested.
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Surabachi
Roosevelt Returns From World Tour Briefing on Algiers Meet
The article notes President Roosevelt’s travel while strengthening forces in the war, reports on his location hints, and mentions invitations to De Gaulle from Ambassador Caffery. It covers his Algiers trip and Sevastopol observations, with Molotov farewell scenes at the airfield.
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White House
Washington
de Gaulle
Paris
Caffery
Yalta
Algiers
Roosevelt
France
Quebec
Sevastopol
Molotov
Bloody Pacific battle rages as Marines assault airfield
Japanese defenders held to the island shore but Americans pressed inland across seven invasion beaches. Casualties were heavy near the airfield slopes while lighter losses occurred in the south as naval gunfire and air attacks pummeled enemy positions. Marines used flamethrowers and bayonets in brutal fighting on the airfield approaches.
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Shibachi
Wallace to Win Declared by Barkley in Commerce Nomination
Senate Democratic Leader Aiden Barkley predicted Wallace will be confirmed as secretary of commerce on March 1 amid Republican opposition. Taft argued the move would weaken prosperity while Pepper and Hill defended Wallace's vision and courage for government.
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Ann Hicks
Washington
Senate
Aiden W. Barkley
Henry A. Wallace
Commerce
Barkley
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Wallace
Claude A. Pepper
Fila
Lister Hill
Ala
Henry Wallace
Taft
Commerce Department
Purple Heart Awarded to Pfc Ira W Yocom of Hope
Mrs Ira Yocom of 302 North Mc Rae street has received the Purple Heart decoration awarded to her son Pfc Ira J Yocom Jr for wounds in Germany. November 18, 1944. Pfc Yocom has recovered and returned to active duty.
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Ira Yocom
North McRae Street
Pfc
Ira J. Yocom, Jr
Germay
Yocom
Reds Open Siege Drive Near Danzig and Breslau
Soviet forces push north of Ratiber and toward the Baltic as German reports claim defensive successes. Battles swirl near Pyritz and Stettin while an all out assault tries to take Breslau. 1,500 Germans reportedly killed breaking from Grudziadz encirclement.
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Nowe
Neuvenburg
Ratiber
Upper Oder
Breslau
Transocean
Pyritz
Stettin
Zhukov
Baltic
East Prussia
Samland
Koenigsberg
Berlin
Tuchele Forest
Vistula
Moscow
Grudziadz
Hope High Spring Band Concert at 2:30 Sunday
The Hope High School Concert Band directed by Thomas Lavin will perform the spring concert Sunday at 2:30 in the high school auditorium. The 62 member band promises a varied program and free admission. Late arrivals will be seated after the opening selections.
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Hope High School
Thomas Lavin
Hope
J. W. Rogers Dies Ex-County Teacher at 89
J. W. Rogers 89, longtime Hempstead county school teacher, died at his Throckmorton Texas home after a two year illness. Funeral set for Wednesday afternoon in Throckmorton. He is survived by wife Dora Citty Rogers and five daughters and three sons, all of Texas.
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J. W. Rogers
Hempstead County
Throckmorton
Texas
Rogers
Dora Citty Rogers
Tex
Revenue Bill of Gov Laney Is Passed
Gov Laney's revenue stabilization plan to lump 98 state funds into one general fund won final approval in the 55th General Assembly. The Senate approved the measure 30 to 1 with Sen Jim Snoddy of Mulberry dissenting. House had passed it unanimously. After signing, all funds begin June 1 channeled into a single fund for allotment. The aim is quicker retirement of nonhighway debt, eventual elimination of the nine mill property tax, and more equitable revenue distribution.
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Little Rock
Laney
55Th General Assembly
Senate
Jim Snoddy
Mulberry
House
Arkansas
Task Force 58 Near Iwo Shown by Japanese Radio
The Associated Press reports Task Force 58 appeared yesterday in the Bonin Islands waters north of Iwo. Domei says the enemy roams waters about 650 miles from Japan and may try another carrier air raid on the mainland after licking its wounds.
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Associated Press
U. S
Bonin Islands
Iwo
Domei
Axis troops prepare for Berlin offensive near Crossen
In the Crossen area 16 miles northeast of Guben Knoev and Zhukov attempt to weld their flanks in readiness for an assault on Berlin. Cros sen lies south of the Oder.
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Nowe
Knoev
Zhukov
Crossen
Guben
Berlin
Oder
Color Line Primary Bills Move to House Action
Two Senate passed measures to restrict Negro voting in state and party primaries head to the Arkansas House for votes. Other items include a revenue stabilization plan, constitutional amendments on voting age and salaries, and a Wrightsville training school for Negro girls funded at about 50,000 dollars annually on state land.
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Little Rock
Senate
House
Judiciary B. Committee
John S. Moore
Helena
L Weeks Trussell
Fordyce
Arkansas
Wrightsville
Roy Milum
Eaves Dies at 58 in Emmet After Long Illness
William Franklin Eaves 58 died Monday at his Emmet home after a long illness. Survived by wife Donna, two sons James Pete with the Pacific fleet and Berne N. with the Navy at San Diego, two daughters Lee Plumly of Hobbs New Mexico and Genila Eaves of Emmet, two brothers T A Eaves of Pine Bluff and A O Eaves of Prescott, and two sisters E H Hood of Emmet and O W Blankenbecker of Dallas. Service followed by burial at Snell cemetery Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.
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William Franklin Eaves
Emmet
Donna Eaves
James Pete Eaves
Berne N. Eaves
Navy
San Diego
Lee Plumly
Hobbs
N. M
Genila Eaves
T. A. Eaves
Pine Bluff
A. O. Eaves
Prescott
E. H. Hood
O. W. Blankenbecker
Soldier James W Nelson Killed in Belgium
Sgt James W Nelson of Hope died in Belgium January 4, the War Department notified his sister Sue Alford. Surviving are his wife Leona Nelson a son James C Nelson his mother Duralley Phillips and sister Mattie E Philips. He was inducted January 12 1942 in Detroit Michigan and had served overseas three months with a tank battalion.
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James W. Nelson
Hope
Negro
Belgium
War Department
Sue Alford
Leona Nelson
James C. Nelson
Duralley Phillips
Mattie E. Philips
Nelson
Detroit
Mich
Our Daily Bread Continues On English Blitz Spirit
At the height of the blitz an English chemist shop window bore a bold pun in the face of crisis. The sign read Bismuth as usual during alterations, reflecting a dauntless, atrocious humor amid bombardment.
Camden Liquor Frade Under Fire
Governor Laney ordered a thorough probe of liquor permits in Camden after complaints from Navy officers and citizens. Revenue data shows 16 permits in Ouachita county, with 14 in Camden and 2 in Cullendale, many issued in the last months of the Adkins administration.
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Little Rock
Laney
Revenue Commissioner
Camden
Camden Naval Ordnance Plant
Navy
Revenue
Other Cook
Quachita County
Cullendale
Adkins
Cook
Navy Department
German Rail Yards Hit by Bombers
London reports Nuernberg rail yards and locomotive repair shops nine miles north of Munich blasted by 900 Flying Fortresses in a day of intensified Allied air strikes. Escort included 700 Mustangs and Thunderbolts from British and French bases.
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London
Nuernberg
Munich
Reich
Eighth Air Force
Italy
Germany
Yamashita Says Luzon Defense Is Progressing Smoothly
Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese commander in the Philippines, stated that the Luzon defense was progressing without a hitch and described the fighting as a mere preliminary operation, reflecting a calm assessment amid ongoing clashes.
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Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philippines
Luzon
Yamashita
Senate Approves Parole Supervision Bill In Arkansas
The Arkansas Senate votes 26 to 0 to provide state parole supervision for suspended sentences and clemency cases. Sen. Tom Rodd of Murfreesboro sponsors the bill, designating the state parole officer as probation officer for circuit courts and requiring a uniform supervision plan.
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Little Rock
Senate
Tom Rodd
Murfeesboro
Ciircuit
Arkansas
Economic Frame of War Casualty Claims Reported
Report notes claims recorded by FCC monitors in New York that American forces in the Philippines had suffered as many as 60 000 casualties, a disputed wartime figure cited by Doamer News Agency.
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Doamer
FCC
New York
Philippines
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