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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1942
Page
4
A satirical editorial discusses stockings and fashion during wartime, noting women in new hose and men’s questionable judgment. It pivots to finance, estimating US war and government spending at about 220 to 250 billion dollars through 1944 and mocks taxation plans amid wartime duties.
Washington July 14 The War Production Board warns it will rely more on synthetic rubber from alcohol sources than from petroleum in 1943 1944. WPB chairman Bornie M Nelson tells a Senate Agriculture subcommittee that 800 000 tons of materials are allocated for alcohol processes producing up to 80 000 tons yearly with 398 000 tons expected in 1943 and a very large 1944. public heat around tires for military and essential civilian use only. The Publicker Commercial Alcohol Co of Philadelphia has 2 000 pounds daily capacity under A 1 A rating. Continuous technical push for new processes remains, and optimism for later discoveries persists.
The Star reiterates that announcements of events and all non essential news must be filed the day before publication. Advertising and telegraph news in 20 columns are due by 3 p.m. daily, with club church and subscriber notices also due the day prior. Society notices arrive by noon on publication day.
Chinese communiques report a coastal arc from Hangchow to Wechow completed by Japanese forces in Chekiang while counterattacks in Kiangsi push back to Linchwan outskirts. Japanese forces, once around Wechow and Shwang, are described as pursued by three Chinese columns. the Japanese strength is cited at about 40,600.
The Senate Military Committee conferred on a bill empowering the president to buy or requisition private automobiles for the war effort. Introduced by Chairman Reynolds of North Carolina at the War Production Board’s request, it would allow purchase or voluntary transfer while barring requisition of other transportation equipment if not needed. Continues on Page Two.
The report notes Bastille Day marked by the Free French movement led by General Charles de Gaulle and renamed la France combattante. It cites reprisals in occupied Europe, Gestapo threats in France, and a Yugoslav exiled government account of retaliatory killings, with continuing war news and references to leaders and dates.
About 100 selectees to join the army Friday heard attorney and former prosecutor Carrigan praise past soldiers for their service. The event at Fair Park featured Rotary and American Legion hosting a fish fry, introductions by Tim Washburn, and a program ending with a benediction.
The first infantile paralysis death of the year is reported from McCrory in Woodruff county. The four year old Negro boy died, and 41 cases have been reported overall with seven in the past week. Kenney treatment technicians arrived from Minneapolis General Hospital to assist at University Hospital and Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Sister Elizabeth Kenney of Australia, founder of the treatment, is expected to visit.
Washington reports that Vichy rejected two Roosevelt plans to move seven demilitarized French warships from Alexandria to a neutral or French port. A second proposal urged withdrawal through Suez to Martinique for immobilization and later interment, but Laval again rejected.
A Little Rock woman, Mildred Blue, 24, died after burns suffered while kindling a fire. Her husband Olan Blue attempted to smother the flames with bed clothing, but she had already sustained second and third degree burns.
Short notes from a column show small dramatic moments. Mrs K Clark drops into a well and a wrecking truck rescues old Betsy. Helen Self learns of Gunnar Michaelson in Iceland as a wing bears a love letter. Sgt Traeger writes to both girlfriend and aunt with cake thanks and a two week invitation.
Axis armor attacks eastward along the Egyptian corridor front were repulsed. British forces engaged near Sidi el Alamein with tank and truckborne infantry, while air and naval efforts disrupted Axis supply lines. RAF and fleet bombers hit landing grounds and columns of vehicles, destroying tanks and forcing losses across the battle zone.
Hempstead county's Company A of the 152nd Infantry National Guard has requested absentee ballots. W. S. Atkins, chair of the County Democratic Central Committee, said Captain Garnett Martin sent the letter from Washington. County Clerk Frank Ed. Hill will handle the request as officials expect lenient interpretation of absentee ballot law to aid soldiers in time for voting.
Oliver Lyttleton backs British tanks and air power in a Commons debate, insisting current and future tanks are right for Britain and that field artillery compares favorably with German equipment. Col. John Llewellyn says Britain’s newest aircraft outperforms peers, pledging domestic output to meet air needs with American production supplement.
The secret military trial of eight Nazis accused of coming to the United States with plans and equipment to strike vital war production centers resumed for its sixth day. Prosecution and defense counsels appeared as the court session continued in the Justice Building.
Murfreesboro's Tom Kidd announced in The Star's political column his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for state senator in the 9th District covering Hempstead Montgomery and Pike counties.
A thunderous early morning explosion at Standard Oil’s distributing plant in Waynesville killed four people and left eight injured. The blaze destroyed the plant and two nearby houses, with 40,000 gallons of gasoline igniting from a leaking hose. Mrs. Caldwell and her two children perished in a nearby home, and a truck driver is missing. Fire Chief L L Kerry and plant manager W L Hardin were among the injured. Egypt’s Qattara depression measures 6,950 square miles, with half below sea level.
Washington orders local draft boards to call up married men last, prioritizing single workers and specific war effort criteria. The guidance lists 34 essential activities, including aircraft and weapon production, mining, manufacturing, and transportation services, to determine occupational deferments. Continuous details specify eligibility, lineups by marital status, and required criteria for classification as engaged in the war effort.
German columns driving toward Stalingrad along the Don bend south of Boguchar drove the Red Army back to avoid flank entrapment. A second thrust from Lishchansk threatened the area 140 miles southwest of Boguchar as US and Allied concerns over a second front grew. Red Star reported great German superiority in men and machines across the Don front, while Russian forces regained ground northwest of Voronezh and reiterated calls to strengthen resistance.
Nine patrolmen join the state police to man ports of entry across Springdale Harrison Corning Blytheville West Memphis Lake Village El Dorado Texarkana and Fort Smith. They will enforce the new 40 mile per hour speed limit and issue welcome folders to out of state motorists.
First Lieutenant G L Drake, son of Mr and Mrs T J Drake, arrived last Friday for a visit with his Patmos parents and will stay until Thursday before returning to Fort Huachuca Arizona where the border fort trains a combat division of the Army.
Sixty of seventy five counties applied for shares of the 35000 county fair premium money to be distributed by the state auditor. Deputy Auditor said applications postmarked before the deadline would be accepted, listing absent counties such as Craighead Hempstead Jefferson Lafayette Lincoln and others.
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