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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1945
Page
1
A brief note from The Editor Alex H. Washburn reflects on daily bread themes and a fleeting moment labeled Wallace for Jon. The piece presents concise commentary on common bread topics and personal reflections.
President Roosevelt, inaugurating his fourth term, ousted Jesse Jones and named Henry Wallace to head the Commerce Department. The move prompts debate over political influence in government and a shift toward CIO ally Wallace, signaling a broader wartime domestic policy remake.
Treasury release lists Arkansas taxpayers receiving 1944 fiscal year income tax refunds. Notable amounts include B. T. Fooks Manufacturing Camden 8729.62. estate of George W. Morris Ben Morris admin England 4859.26. Nelson Wine Distilling Springdale 4788. Owosso Manufacturing Benton 6626.16. Simmons National Bank Pine Bluff 10529.56. James A. Ward III Fort Smith 923.59.
Funeral services will be held here today for former Howard County Judge William Jordan White age 78. He died at his home yesterday. Funeral arrangements were announced in Nashville.
Washington reports indicate Hungarian armistice terms satisfy American officials as being closer to U S ideas than those with Bulgaria or Romania. The accord allows Allied use of Hungarian facilities and any German assets, with Russia chairing the Allied control commission in Hungary. Reparations are set at 200 million in goods to Russia and 100 million to Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, to be paid over six years.
Spencer Davis reports the first Bataan death march survivor to reach American lines on Luzon. Corp. Gerald G. Wade of Lewiston Idaho, an Army Air Corps mechanic, endured hunger and mistreatment during the 85 mile march to a prison camp after surrender on April 9 1942. Wade describes jeers and beatings by Japanese guards and recalls joining an Army tank unit before surrender.
S Sgt Lonnie Tullis of Hope Route Four has been missing in action in France since January 3. His wife is Viola Thornton. He is the son of Mrs Kzora Tullis and has four brothers Clyde Roy and Arvel in Hope Fred in New Orleans and two sisters Mrs Jewell Petty of Hope and Mrs Pearl Hosey of Mineral Springs. He returned last April from 32 months service in Alaska and went overseas in November 1944.
Hayward police recovered a bus they believed was stolen by people stranded in Stockton seeking transport home. The incident involves local authorities tracing the vehicle from Stockton to Hayward and securing it for return to its rightful owner.
Washington reports the House Military Affairs Committee advances a Manpower Bill option to induct into army work battalions for 18 to 45 year olds who refuse essential jobs. Chairman May says civil penalties are unwieldy and cites court delays. farm labor and union membership issues loom as the panel targets a floor vote by midweek. May proposes an amendment to defer essential farm workers to ease farm opposition.
The Japanese diet held a secret session to hear Foreign Minister Mamoru Chigemitsu report on diplomacy with the Soviet Union. Domei said the meeting lasted about ninety minutes and included questions from lawmakers after the report.
A three member Senate committee in Little Rock is slated to lay the groundwork for an inquiry into circumstances that threaten a loss of about 11 million dollars in federal appropriations for postwar highway development. Senators Clyde Byrd Ernest Maner and G W Lockadoo will summon state and federal officials to explain how Congress received information that Arkansas could meet matching funds.
Eighth Army units repulsed a German raiding party aiming to attack positions north east of Alfonsine. Snow and bad weather limited action on the Fifth Army front to patrol clashes while Mediterranean Allied air force sorties supported heavy bombers against Austrian oil targets and Italian rail yards.
Washington January 22 war department announced Tilmon Stark a Tech Fifth Grade of Hope has been awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action with an infantry unit in France. The citation notes his initiative and courage reflect great credit on himself and the United States armed forces.
Frank Rider a street commissioner and former county judge withdraws from the mayoral race leaving a two man contest between incumbent Albert Graves and E. P. Young. The runoff primary now set for March 2 with no February 16 preferential primary.
Governor Ben Laney announced weekend appointments to the state highway commission and penitentiary board. Highway commissioners include Dan Felton Marianna P Mann Newport Byron Brogdon Springdale Emmett Williams Gardn City Harold Sadler Little Rock W E Thompson eekage and M E Peace Magnolia. Penitentiary board appointees include Edgar Pryor Camden A R Merritt Shirley Lloyd Sadler Morrilton with W H McClure Dardanelle and J A Neuville Griffithville remaining on the old board.
Marine Pfc Howard E Norton of Kansas City recalls a chaotic Guam night when a Japanese soldier stumbled into their foxhole. Norton deflected his buddy’s knife attack and the two Marines turned the tables with rifle fire to end the threat.
President Roosevelt names Henry A Wallace to succeed Jesse Jones as commerce secretary. Southern Democrats and Republicans criticize the move and advocate reestablishing the federal loan agency as a separate unit. Wallace promotes full employment, free enterprise, and a four point program including aid for small business, postwar employment, and productive public works. Continued discussion on page three.
Private Edward Piskor of Homestead Pennsylvania notes Nazi efficiency in Belgium during First Army operations. He survives a German machinegun and grenade as dirt is loosened around his foxhole. Fellow troops recount sleep disruptions from artillery and a baby’s cries in a Belgian civilian home. A captured German infantryman jokes about round the clock shelling, mortars, and fuel for the guns. Two doughboys assist a Belgian mother delivering a seven pound baby, with S Sgt Elmer Schaeffer and Private Edward Wynn delivering aid and welcoming the newborn at 1 pm amid artillery.
Paris dispatch notes the Ardennes front collapsing as American forces push from Houffalize to the Luxembourg frontier. Patton's Third Army advances with Wiltz entered, many villages fall, and German units withdraw toward the Siegfried Line under heavy pressure.
Pfc H D Dillard husband of Mrs Salina Dillard and son of Mr and Mrs C C Dillard of Rosston was killed in action in Belgium December 27. He entered service November 1942 and went overseas June 1944 with the First Division seeing action at St Lo and Aachen. A memorial service is set at Rosston Baptist church January 28 at 2 p.m. conducted by Revs Elbert O Steен and Homer Garrett.
The United States Maritime Commission announced the construction of 125 coastal freighters. Each vessel will bear the name of a sea knot, reflecting the long tradition of seamanship and navigation.
Swedish dispatches report Germany declared a state of emergency in Upper Silesia as the Red Army advances. Women and boys are ordered to help build fortifications outside Berlin while reserves are brought to new defense lines. Beuthen Gleiwitz Ratibor towns see unrest and large fires from sabotage with numerous arrests among foreign workers.
UPI reports Tokyo broadcasts claim more than 550 American carrier based planes attacked Okinawa and the Ryukyu chain on a second day of action by Admiral Halsey’s Third Fleet. Japan says 450 planes bombed Formosa and Okinawa for nine hours, with losses and damage cited. New Delhi broadcast notes British 14th Army clashes with Japanese near Monywa, northwest of Mandalay, with Allied advancing in suburbs.
Pegty Ann Hopkins, 11, daughter of Mr and Mrs William E Hopkins of Little Rock, died last night from burns after her clothing caught fire during play. The tragedy occurred in Little Rock and the victim was identified as Pegty Ann Hopkins.
London report says German army concedes loss of Silesia to Russian advance toward Berlin and notes a Soviet spearhead moving behind East Prussia within about 45 miles of the Baltic. Berlin acknowledges combat near Insterburg and Kurisches Haff as Russians push through gaps between Insterburg and the Baltic coast.
The State supreme court ruled Noel Gullette died from his own negligence after steering a boat into a live floodwater wire. It affirmed the Jackson circuit court denial of a $45,000 damages claim by Gullette’s widow and children against Arkansas Power and Light Company. The ruling upheld a probate decision that legacies to three relatives of J. D. Quattlebaum lapsed before his death, denying further distribution.
Miss Larcille Ruggles of Hope national pin up girl for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis visits Little Rock hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. She will call on Governor Laney visit the capital and Camp Ins ea and make personal appearances with Terrell Cornelius of Hope guiding the infantile paralysis drive. Scott D. Hamilton of the Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce oversees arrangements with Roy Pasec as Pulaski county chairman and R Redding Stevenson as Little Rock chairman.
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