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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1943
Page
4
A columnist notes a Bendix Aviation ad in Collier's showing 25 Bendix plants aiding the war, branding the company as part of “The Invisible Crew.” The piece argues wartime advertising boosts morale and demonstrates how peacetime mass appeal can support national effort.
War Rubber Director William M Jeffers warned the synthetic rubber program must receive clear priority to prevent catastrophe in military transport. He urged 45 to 70 percent of plant construction receive unswerving preference to maintain production and avoid crippling shortages amid competing wartime needs.
The Little Rock district army engineers announced today the establishment of a field office at Hot Springs airport to supervise an expansion project costing more than $1,000,000. John Bwyer will be in charge.
President Roosevelt reiterated his hope for a United Nations victory in 1944 and clarified his speech saying the current Congress might influence postwar freedom. He asked to insert two omitted production sentences in his congressional message, stressing that no credit was withheld from shipyards and maritime workers.
Little Rock Arkansas announces that the state will convert the second camp at Tucker prison farm, currently unused, into a first offenders camp. Parole Officer J B Pollard said a parole board sub committee is studying Governor Adkins reforms and exploring converting one Cummins camp into a first offenders facility.
Pvt John Caldwell son of Mr and Mrs T J Caldwell of Columbus completed a 45 day course in repair and maintenance of armored force vehicles and graduated from the Wheeled Vehicle Department of the Armored Force School at Fort Knox Kentucky as announced by the Army.
Allied aircraft battered the remnants of a Japanese convoy off New Guinea in a 24 hour running battle. They sank two transports, damaged a third, and shot down 16 fighters. The communique claimed total destruction or severe damage to 107 enemy ships since July 24.
Washington January 8 A Congress showing unusual bipartisanship praised Roosevelt's victory message calling it conciliatory and non belligerent on domestic issues. Republicans and Democrats foresee its restrained tone strengthening unity in the newly sworn legislature. The remark about the president's possible fourth term lingered as debate continued.
William Phillips, President Roosevelt's envoy to India and former U S ambassador La Rome, arrived in New Delhi from Karachi and went to the viceroy's house. Also, Dr. Henry Mace Payne, a 66-year-old mining engineer and industrialist, died in Los Angeles.
Washington reports Army air forces bombed Japanese bases at Kiska in the Aleutians and Munda in the Solomons. Liberator heavy bombers struck Kiska on January 6 and Marauder medium bombers hit Munda on January 7. observers could not determine results. Navy spokesmen provided no further details beyond the communique.
American heavy bombers struck Palermo Sicily in a daylight raid the allies announced no planes were lost in the mission and observed a single large explosion in the target area. Italian high command confirmed damage to central Palermo with casualties and said allied four engine planes bombed the city.
Hope's bank deposits reach an all time peak with Citizens National and First National banks reporting combined deposits of 4,687,337. They show 4 decades ago totals far lower. Loans and discounts total 660,768 with 405,811 tied to cotton. Cash and exchanges amount to 1,575,385. Also notes the General Sherman tree as the oldest and largest living thing in California, 36.5 feet diameter and about five thousand years old.
A shuttle engine collided with an automobile carrying Mrs. C. W. Spear and two companions, dragging the car 40 feet before tossing it aside. all occupants escaped unharmed. Separate notes report a Minneapolis woman arriving to enter a defence school in Ogden and a New York visitor fainting in a hotel lobby. In Brooklyn, George A. Dewey describes fuel oil coupons as of little use abroad. Los Angeles police report recovering 3400 pounds of meat substitutes, with 2600 pounds of roasts and steaks missing. A Kansas man avoids slaughter despite meat shortages.
Allied troops led by American and French camel corps capture Tanout Maller, 14 miles from Bizerte, near the Tripolitanian border. The attack, hours after heavy air and naval action, results in around 250 Italian deaths and marks the closest reach toward Tripoli in the Tunisian campaign.
In a desert airfield ceremony Maj. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton announced 49 additional American Air Force personnel received the Distinguished Flying Cross for actions in the Middle East theater. Lieut. Frederic E. Whitker from Bowling Green Ohio earned a special award for rescuing a damaged bomber after being wounded, aiding in guiding his crew to safety as the aircraft burned. Whitker and another crew member also received the Purple Heart for wounds. Other decorated officers included Major Glade B. Bilby of Skidmore Missouri and First Lieut. George D. Mobbs of Wooster, Arkansas.
Soviet forces pressed the offensive along the Don and Caucasus fronts advancing toward Rostov, with gains reported west of Bolshaya Orlovka and Strakhov. Red Army units drove deeper, while German resistance persisted in scattered sectors and land mines were removed by sappers.
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