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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1945
Page
1
A World War II Opinion Piece on Comics and Unity
James Thrashers column reflects on American humor and British sportsmanship while critiquing a Daily Mail editorial about Montgomery and Bradley. It contrasts Allied unity with sensational criticism and highlights Senator Vandenberg’s call for a demilitarized postwar framework and swift presidential authority.
Arkansas considers pardons board and state commission bills
Little Rock reports the upcoming introduction of measures to create a state commission of pardons paroles and probation and to reorganize the state police. The Senate spacers propose a board of fiscal control replacing ten boards and commissions while other bills seek highway liability contracts and abolition of several state boards. The House is to probe education department overhead spending and Rep Heartsill Ragon plans to push the pardons parole and probation board taking clemency duties from the governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
State Commission of
Arkansas
Senate
State Police Department
State Board of Fiscal Control
State Highway Commission
State Penal Building Commission
State Penitentiary Board
Arkansas General Hospital Board
State Military Note Board
Bond Purchasing Board
Oil Well Bonus Commission
Highway Turnback Fund Control Board
State Education Department
Board of Pardons, Paroles and Probation
Heartsill Ragon
Sebastian
Hungarian Regent's Son Shot by Nazis
Hungarian defense minister Col. Gen. Janos Voros said Adm. Nicholas Horthy's son Nicklas was lured to a Budapest supper with Nazis, shot in the stomach, and taken to a prison. Voros recounted Hitler's two hour armistice refusal speech in East Prussia and said many Hungarian leaders tagged as suicides were slain by the Gestapo. Continued on Page Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel DE Luceoscow
Gestapo
Hungary
Adm
Nicholas Horthy
Janos Voros
Voros
Hitler
Hungar
Horthy
Nicklas
Budapest
Germany
Fuehrer
Fatherland
Himmler
Keitel
Guderian
der Fuehress
East Prussia
Eden denies France Reds plan to carve up Germany
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Parliament Britain has no accord with France or Russia on dividing Germany after the war and voiced regret over a Soviet slur against the Polish exile government. He said punishments for Hitler, Mussolini and other major war criminals will be decided jointly by the Allied powers, and he avoided pledges about Britain’s use of forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandenberg
Arthur Vandenberg
Senate
Germany
Japan
Britain
Russia
Dumbarton Oaks
London
Anthony Eden
France
Eden
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Bombed Belgian Town Receives Leaflet Alert To Surrender
In Malmedy, U S pilots dropped propaganda leaflets after bombing the Belgian town twice in 24 hours while civilians remained in U S billets. Lt Col Harry P Cain and Capt Rodney Welch led civil affairs efforts to restore order, provide food, medical care, and evacuate civilians amid continued German bombardment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McGlincy
Paris
Malmedy
U.S. First Army
Ardennes
Harry P. Cain
Tacoma
Wash
U. S. 18Th Airborne Division
Bulge
One Man in Each Race on City Ticket
Mayor Albert Graves seeks re election and Ward One alderman Lawrence Martin runs again, leaving one candidate per race for the upcoming primary. Secretary J P Duffie of the City Democratic Central Committee announced the filings including incumbents W K Lemley John Vesey Charts Reynerson and Syd M Math with Terrell S Cornelius challenging for Ward Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Graves
Lawrence Martin
J. P. Duffie
City Democratic Central Committee
W. K. Lemley
John Vesey
Charts Reynerson
Bombers Strafe Hamburg And Magdeburg Oil Centers
United States heavy bombers and RAF aircraft struck oil plants and submarine facilities in Hamburg Harburg and surrounding areas. The raid targeted the Rhenania refinery and U boat works while other bombers hit Magdeburg oil plants and railway targets. Berlin sirens sounded as the night assault continued with thousands of tons of explosives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.S
Hamburg
RAF
Magdeborg
Eighth Air Force
Rhenania
Harburg
Paderborn
Germany
Berlin
Magdeburg
Warsaw Falls to Russian Forces in Poland
London moved reports the city of Warsaw, Poland, was captured by Soviet and Polish troops under Field Marshal Zhukov and Koniev. The breakthrough came after a swift encirclement and outflanking of German defenses along the Vistula, with the First Polish Army aiding the operation. Stalin proclaimed the victory, and Moscow announced Warsaw’s liberation amid broader offensives toward Krakow and Silesia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Warsaw
Gergory K. Zhu Lov
Vistula
Stalin
Baltic
Balkans
Krakow
Radom
Moscow
East Prussia
Berlin
Schlossberg
Zhukova
Poland
Lublin
Praga
Stal
Vistual
Czestochowa
Silesia
Stanislaus Opilawski
Girardow
Sechasczew
Red Army
Polish Republic
Oscow
BBC
OWI
U S Patrols in Italy Are Checked
American patrols attempting to reach San Antona west of the Florence Bologna highway were turned back yesterday by bitter enemy small arms fire. Allied headquarters said skirmishes occurred at several other sectors as patrols probed enemy positions despite snow and rain, with no changes in Fifth or Eighth army forward positions. An Indian patrol south of Faenza fought through an ambush, killing 10 Germans and capturing 10. The Tibetan table lands average over 16,000 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
San Antona
Florence- Bologna
Fifth Army
Monteattagliola
Faenza
MacArthur's Troops One Third Way From Lingayen Manila
Allied and Japanese forces clash across Luzon as General MacArthur reports one third of the Lingayen Gulf invasion to Manila is completed. American spearheads push along central highways toward Pozorrubio and Tarlac while left flank artillery harasses ridges near Rosario, with air force support and continued mopping up on Leyte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Yates McDaniel
MacArthur
Luzon
Sixth Army
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Moncada
Lingayen Gulf
Gulf
Tarlac
Camiling
Luzon Plain
Rosario
Pozorrubia
U. S
Benguet
Pozzorrubio
Baguio
Philippines
Aparri
Clark
Batangas
Formosa
Japan
Okayama
Leyte
Firemen Extinguish Warehouse Blaze on South Main Street
City firemen were called to the 800 block of South Main Street this morning to extinguish a blaze in a small warehouse. There was little damage, firemen reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Main Street
Longevity hobbyist in Times obituary tallying 90s and 100s
Londoner C. B. Gable, of East Sussex Club, studies front page obituaries in the Times to chronicle those who live to 80 and beyond. Over 30 years he and the paper record 12,508 deaths of age 90 plus and 301 centenarians, noting trends and oddities while offering no path to longevity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
U. S. First Army
Bellum
London Times
C. B. Gable
East Sussex Club
St Leonard’ S-On-The-Sea
Mr. Gabb
the Times
Gabb
Gable
The
Times
Abb
Helen Paske
South Woodford
Gab
Patrick Lucas Hamilton
Timaru
New Zeland
Peters
Planes Hit Formosa and China Coast in Major Air Strikes
Third Fleet air units swept 350 miles along the South China coast destroying docks at Formosa Takao Canton and Hongkong and sinking or damaging 30 ships. US reports say at least 104000 tons of enemy shipping were sunk or damaged with several ships left listing or burning Twenty-three enemy planes were shot down or damaged while seven more fell on the ground. The raids extended from Amoy Swatow Hongkong to Saigon as Adm Halsey’s force roamed unchallenged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seif Erickson
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Third Fleet
South China
Takao
Formosa
Hongkong
Camton
Hellcats
Helldivers
Avengers
Ace Navy
Taikoo
Monay
Canton
Navy
Air Army
Adm
William F. Halsey
Amoy
Swatow
Chester W. Nimitz
China
Asiatic
Japan
Luzon
Philippines
Nippon
Admiral Halsey
Uth China Sea
Saigon
Indo-China
Third Fleet Air Arm
Commuuunique
Takao Naval Base
Tokyo Radio
Pratas Reef
Nee
Kamoi
Porter Takes Over State Police Dept
Porter Jack Porter of Forrest City took oath and posted bond as state police superintendent under a reorganized state police commission appointment. C. T. Atkinson, named January 2 to succeed Gray Albright, had not posted bond. an attorney general ruling was sought on his eligibility. Commissioners continued department reorganization plans and Porter was appointed head as tensions linger over confirmation and legality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Jack Porter
Forrest City
Reorganized State Police Commission
Comptroller’s Office
Secretary of State
C. T. Atkinson
Gray Albright
Atkinson
Senate
Fred Coleman
Alan Patteson
Laney
Porter
Cliff Atkinson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alex. H. Washburn
Western Front
Interers
Belgium
Blondie
William Feather
Imperial Type Metal Magazine
Dagwood
Blondie Bumstead
Chic Young
James Thrasher
London Daily Mail
Monty
Field Marshal Montgomery
Marshal Montgomery
Rundstedt
Bradley
United States
Dan
General Bradley
Eisenhower
Europe
Daily Mail
Sai
Cabo
Lingoyen Gulf
San Fernando
Santo Tomes
Ycaearruyan
Alaminos
vElevelen
Agno R
Salosa
Umanday
Aguilar
Pozorrubio F
Mangaldan
Manooog
Hermosa
Acoje
Urbiztondo
Boyambeng
Mangatarem
Molasiqui
Villasis
Cuyapo
Gerona
Miles
Urdaneta
Catabain
San Fabian
Pozorrubio
NEA Telemap
Hotton
Bonchamps E
Mousny
St Hubert
Bastogne
Stavelore
Thiremont
Vielsalm
Biitain
ST Vith
Eschdorf
Prum R
Prum
Easdorf
Luxembourg
Libramont
Houffalize
Neville
Foy
First Army
Thirimont
St. Vith
Echternach
U.s.-Held
Cain
Welch
Liege
Newsraner
Tass
Italy
Tibet
Central Asia
Lingayen
Pacific
James M. Long
Roode
Dieteren
Aachen
White Capes
Belgian Bulge
Sittard
Roer River
U. S. 9Th Army
Linnich
Wegberg
Roer
Siegfried Lime
Haguenau Forest
7Th Army
Hatten
Strasbourg
Alexander I. Patch
Seventh Army
12Th Army
Omar N. Bradley
Fay
China Coast
State Police Dept
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