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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1946
Page
1
James Thrashe argues that reopening the country to European immigrants must be done with care. He notes housing shortages, job competition, and potential resentment in cities, urging intelligent planning, empathy, and mutual respect to aid refugees without triggering widespread hardship.
The world welcomed 1945 with hope despite hunger and war after six years of conflict. U S celebrations were lively nationwide. Messages from leaders including De Gaulle Churchill and Pope Pius XII urged courage and progress.
About 382000 workers idle nationwide amid ongoing steel and auto wage fights. Major moves include Truman seeking to avert a steel strike, wage disputes between CIO steelworkers and mills, and a potential 30 percent wage increase demand. Western Union and telephone workers threaten strikes. Longshoremen in New York face a 20 percent basic raise, while General Motors and related auto plants hold stalled talks as a government fact finding panel weighs in.
United Press reports a nationwide New Year’s celebration marked by huge crowds, record spending, and heavy policing. From Times Square to Detroit bars, alcohol flowed, venues charged premium rates, and cities extended hours while curfews lingered on some bars.
HAL BOYLE recounts General Patton as a bold, aggressive leader whose ego and political skill helped secure troops and supplies. He pressed for armor divisions to lead key offensives in Tunisia, influencing battles at El Guettar and Mareth line, while fearlessly inspecting frontline posts under fire.
Emperor Hirohito told the Japanese public there is no truth to the idea that the emperor is divine and that Japan must rise through conquest. He urged shared burdens with the people, warned against radical trends, and pledged government effort to ease wartime distress while affirming unity and a peaceful future for Japan and humanity.
President Truman and Secretary of State James Byrnes greet 1946 aboard the Williamsburg off Quantico marking the first peacetime year since 1938. The Moscow conference eases Three power tensions, with Asia and Europe facing ongoing unrest and famine. Byrnes briefs reporters on Moscow details, MacArthur’s role, and policy aims for a cooperative postwar order.
Merle Oberon and Lucien Ballard, newlyweds and former spouses of Alexander Korda, spent New Year guests at a Hot Springs hotel after a prior legal matter in New Mexico. The note also mentions Osborn house-hunting in Phoenix as the governor seeks new official or private residence.
Paris January 19 1947 President De Gaulle warned he would resign with his cabinet if defense credits were cut by 20 percent in the assembly. Socialists and Communists pushed a reduction of 20 percent then 10 percent amid a budget vote. The dispute centers on funds for the army during the first quarter of 1946 as France shifts from war to peace.
The extended New Year holiday saw 318 deaths, with 161 from motor accidents and 146 from various violent causes including fires, drownings, shootings, and falls. New York led with 32 violent deaths. estimates suggest 375 to 400 traffic fatalities nationwide through New Year’s Day. Arkansas reports several fatal incidents, including a collision in North Little Rock and a fatality near Jonesboro. An Army air base soldier and others died or were injured in crashes and accidents. A 104-year-old Daniel Werge in Aurora joins the Odd Fellows as a social member. World petroleum production in 1946 is projected at 252 million gallons daily.
The article reports President Truman may defer a major steel strike by delaying walkout for a new fact finding board. It notes U S Steel and unions, wage demands, and OPA price review, with officials weighing a stay-at-work appeal amid potential price increases and broader industry impact.
Approximately 800 members of the International Association of Machinists AFL at the Stuttgart plant of Fairbanks Morse and Co will return to work tomorrow. Plant Manager W. L. delbert said a new contract to replace the one expired September 1 is being sought by the company and Local 764. terms were not disclosed.
Gen George C. Marshall conferred with Communist Gen Chou En Lai in Chungking for two hours amid indications he would accept a peacemaker role in North China. Talks focused on an unconditional Communist truce and the central government’s counterproposal with observers to oversee any ceasefire.
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