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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1945
Page
1
The Woman's Auxiliary of the First Presbyterian Church meets Monday at 4 PM in the church. The YWA of the First Baptist Church gathers at 6:30 PM for its regular monthly business and social meeting in the Educational Building.
Five thousand residents of Hempstead County left to serve in the armed forces or work in war industries since 1940. A July 8 meeting will plan how to lure them back after the war, stressing that attracting former workers boosts local prosperity. Arkansas Economic Council leader Frank Cantrell will speak at 12:15 PM on July 18 to outline the repayment plan and how all can help. Lunch costs 75 cents. reservations via the Chamber of Commerce at 940.
Sgt. Seyvell A. Burke, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Burke, of Hope, is a radio operator on a C-47 with the 314th group in France. On furlough at Nice, he recalls the war’s impact and credits IX Troop Carrier Command airlift for Allied advances, noting how C-47s aided armored divisions and Germany’s defeat.
A commercial pilot aboard Eastern Airlines Flight from Boston to Miami steadied the crippled airliner after colliding with an army bomber 3,000 feet above Florence South Carolina. Passengers reported 19 survived, one three year old boy died, and the mother Mrs. A E Williams of New York was seriously injured. Army crew members Corporals Raleigh Allbaugh Jr and Robert B Clapp died. pilot Norman Martindale of Miami held the plane aloft for an emergency landing in a corn field. One crewman parachuted to safety.
Dorothy Dix argues nurses and secretaries have the best chance to snare husbands by prudent courtship and steady virtue. The piece weighs social norms, marriage prospects, and practical dating advice for single women in the era.
The text asks about the share of the Souths cotton shipped by water and cites a figure of fifty percent. It also asks about Italian war casualties after the armistice, noting Italy raised 300000 troops and suffered 44494 casualties.
Litte Rock on July 13. The state hospital board considers eight bids for a $250,000 construction project at the Benton branch of the state hospital for nervous diseases. The planned unit includes a 400 bed ward plus administrative and surgical quarters, funded by a 1945 legislative appropriation.
State Highway Director J. C. Baker said Southeast Arkansas needs new and better roads after tours of districts 2 6 and 7. Flood damage was less than in the northwest. maintenance was similar. Residents asked for improvements on existing roads and new routes amid washed gravel and mudholes. A third tour in the northeast is planned. Chairman Harold Sadler said decisions will follow after all tours.
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