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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1944
Page
1
War’s impact on pipes and tobacco habits during wartime
A columnist reflects on how wartime disrupts pipe smoking, noting degraded materials like plastic sludge-traps replacing metal ones, scarce briar bowls from Italy and Spain, and the caution needed when traveling with a pipe. The piece argues for keeping America on a war footing until better times return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Spain
America
Bonds and Ballyhoo At a Bond Rally
At a New York Curb Exchange rally Fred C. Moffatt urged basing War Bond sales on stark battle reports rather than theatricals. The Treasury Department favors dignified appeals but accepts varied methods as long as results rise, with Americans continuing to over subscribe a large quota under high spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Thrasher Bonds
Ballyhoo
New York Curb Exchange
Fred C. Moffatt
Treasury Department
Treasury
Americans clear road to Leghorn after three days of heavy fighting
Allied dispatch reports American infantry captured Rosignano and Castellina near Livorno and Pisa after intense street fighting. The defense required heavy artillery and produced multiple counterattacks as Fifth Army advances threaten Livorno from inland while French forces push east toward Poggibonsi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Chester
Rome
Rosignano
Castellina
Livorno
Leghorn
Pisa
Fifth Army
Volterra
Withe
Colle di Val Delsa
Poggibonsi
Florence
Princess Elizabeth Talks With an American Soldier at Base
Princess Elizabeth and her parents visited a U S Eighth Air Force bomber base. Pvt Gene Graff of Stars and Stripes tried for an interview. The princess said it was her first visit to an American camp and spoke politely as generals and officers intervened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Elizabeth
U.S
Eighth Air Force
Gene Graff
Chicago
Stars and Stripes
England
Hou
Graff
Red Cross
Anderson Named to Arkansas Insurance Agents Committee
Roy Anderson a Hope insurance man was appointed to the executive committee of the Arkansas Association of Insurance Agents and attended the committee's first meeting in Little Rock on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Anderson
Hope Insurance
Arkansas Association of Insurance Agents
Little Rock
No Damage in Fire at Cook Laundry
A ventilator fire brought the Hope Fire Department to the White Star laundry at 6 o'clock last night, but there was no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
White Star
Two Senatorial Rallies Planned Here Monday Night
Hope hosts J. W. Fulbright at Hope city hall at 9 00 pm as he seeks the Senate seat held by Hattie W. Caraway. Earlier at 8 30 pm Uncle Mac and the Stamps Baylor Quartet appear at Hempstead county courthouse in support of Col. T H Barton of El Dorado for the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
United States
J. W
Bill) Fulbright
Northwest
Arkansas
Senate
Hattie W. Caraway
Hope City Hall
Uncle Mac
Stamps-Baxter
Hempstead County
Col. T. H. Barton
el Dorado
Roosevelt Denies Engagement Rumor Involving Ruth Briggs
London reports quote Elliot Roosevelt denying he is engaged to Capt Ruth Briggs of the Women’s Army Corps or planning marriage to her or anyone else. An army associate confirms the denial at the president’s son’s request. Capt Briggs and a friend both deny any engagement, calling them false claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Elliot Roosevelt
Army
Ruth Briggs
Women’s Army Corps
United States
Capt
Briggs
Pet Ferret Becomes Odd Side Story of Normandy Front
In Normandy, a blood thirsty pet ferret named Pete undergoes a tick removal at a frontline hospital. Its owner Pfe Elliott from Silver Springs, Md., plans the ferret for hunting snakes and rats, while soldiers recount close calls and cash seizures among prisoners near Cherbourg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
Normandy
Pete
Pfe
Charles Elloitt
Silver Springs
Elliott
Stump Tour Opens July 12 at Bingen
Hempstead county candidates begin a seven engagement wartime stump tour with the County Democratic Central Committee meeting at Hope deciding on an all night schedule. Stops include Bingen July 12 and continue to Blevins Fulton Spring Hill Patmos Ozan and Hope through July 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead County
Bingen
Democratic Central Committee
Hope City Hall
Blevins
Fulton
Spring Hill
Patmos
Ozan
Hope
Circus Death Toll Rises to 152 in Hartford Tragedy
Hartford authorities reported 152 dead as investigations into the Ringling Brothers circus disaster continued. Five people face manslaughter charges while investigators press to determine cause and responsibility ahead of a coroner's inquest and fire marshal's hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Hugh M. Alcorn Jr
Russians Are Half Way to Berlin
London reports the German high command abandoning Baranowicze in old Poland as Soviet forces reach Wilno outskirts 100 miles from the East Prussian border. Baranowicze fell on a main rail and highway route opening drives toward Bialystok and Warsaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Baranowieze
Old Poland
Berlin
Moscow
Wilno
Wilna
Baranowicze
Bialystok
Warsaw
Pinsk
Pripyat
Orsha
Wilne
East Prussia
Baltic States
Barkley Aims to Nominate FDR at Chicago Convention
Sen. Barkley amid reconciliation with President Roosevelt signals possible nomination speech at Chicago convention. Fresh Wallace renomination talk, Texas Mississippi delegate disputes, and Dewey homecoming shape national party dynamics as observers watch for war and Asia policy implications. Dr. C B Powell named assistant publicity director for the Republican National Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alben W. Barkley
Senate
Roosevelt
Washington
Wallace
Seattle
China
Siberia
Texas
Mississippi
Barkley
Chicago
Senate Democrats
Robert E. Hannegan
Asia
Manuer
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Pawling
Virginia
C. B. Powell
New York Amsterdam News
New York State Athletic Commission
Republican National Committee
Dr George W Truett Dies Leader of Baptists
Dallas Texas July 8 Dr George W Truett 77 former president of the Baptist world alliance and long time pastor of First Baptist Church died last night after a year of illness. He chose ministry over law and became known as the prince of preachers leading the Southern Baptist convention in 1927. Funeral arrangements to be announced after Sunday. He is survived by his wife three daughters and a brother Rev J L Truett. Born in Clay County North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Truett
Dallas
Texas
The
Baptist World Alliance
First Baptist Church
Truett
Prince of Preachers
Southern Baptist Convention
Rev
J. L. Truett
Whitewright
Clay County
N. C
Nazi Chiefs Confer With Hitler Over War Plans
German military leaders hold talks with Adolf Hitler on critical fronts and defense revisions, asking whether to pull troops from Norway and the Balkans. Rommel wins a point to push forces into Normandy, Rundstedt disputes full assault, and evacuations from Poland and East Prussia rise as refugee camps are built. Dietl’s possible death signals further turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Hitler
Norway
Balkans
Erwin Rommel
Normandy
Poland
East Prussia
Italy
Rundstedt
Eduard Dietl
Finland
Dietl
Aus
Allied chiefs say invasion progress is slower than expected
Allied leaders acknowledge a slow advance in France after a month of fighting. Weather, German resistance, and heavy air disruption hindered landings. Rommel moved reserves under cloud cover while Russian front divisions may have appeared in France. The Caen area shows seven panzer divisions versus four infantry units. Continued on Page Four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Erwin Rommel
Moscow
Izvestia
Germany
Normandy
Caen
Hitler
B 29s Return Safely From Raid On Japan And China
U S 29s that struck five naval, industrial and supply targets in Japan and China returned to base without loss. The mission hit Sasebo naval base and war plants on Kyushu and Lao yao and Hankow in China, with weak fighter opposition and light anti aircraft fire. The brief noted possible diversion during flight and history tied to Marco Polo Bridge incident seven years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Japan
China
20Th Air Force
Nippon
Laoyao
Hankow
Kyushu
Sasebo
Ywuta
Omar
Hangchow
Norfolk
Bremerton
Yawata
Pittsburgh
Twentieth Air Force
Marco Polo Bridge
Peiping
Tokyo
James H. Doolittle
Honshu
Tokyo Radio
Associated Press
Yawai
British Push Toward Caen In Major Normandy Offensive
Allied forces break through Caen outer defenses with six towns captured as Montgomery’s front drives toward Caen. American offensives seize St Jean de Daye and nine square miles near La Haye du Puits while tanks enter the fight and by pass enemy strongpoints in western Normandy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Caen
Normandy
St. Jean de Daye
Hinger
la Haye de Puits
Bernard L. Montgomery
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
St. Jean
Vire
Vire Et Taute
St. Lo
la Haye du Puits
Cherbourg
Gaimanche
la Bijade
Lebtsey
Montgomery
Erwin Rommel
Orne
Carpiquet
Roger D. Greene
Omar N. Bradley
George Washington Grows First American Rose at Mount Vernon
Readable note claims George Washington cultivated the first American rose from seed at Mount Vernon. It mentions related foods like bacon on enriched bread celery and fruit turnovers as part of the period context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Mount Vernon
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Alex
U.S. Army
15Th Air Force
Vienna
Austria
Air Force
Princess
Buck
State Insurance Board
E. Roosevelt
Jack A. Houston
Compton Calif
Guy Kump
Gettysburg
Kump
Fdr
Dr. Truett
Baptists
Europe
By Wes Gallagher
Paris
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