16 Jul 1942
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1942
Page
1
DeWitt MacKenzie argues that Soviet resistance and Russian strategic countermeasures threaten Hitler's blitzkrieg. He warns long supply lines and overstretched forces may force a future Russian counter-offensive, potentially trapping Nazi advances as casualties and equipment losses mount.
Lauchlin Currie administrative assistant to President Roosevelt has arrived in Chungking to consult on war problems with Generalissimo Chang Kai-Shek. The White House said he came by the presidents direction and Currie had previously visited China on an economic and military mission. Currie, 39, a former Harvard professor, became a financial expert for the treasury and the federal reserve board.
Albert Estes, a Mississippi convict on the run for two weeks, was recaptured in Helena after riding a motorcycle with a woman and a hitchhiker. He was identified by a butterfly tattoo, surrendered without resistance, and extradition was waived as authorities notified Mississippi officials. The trio crossed the Mississippi river at Friar's Point after the Salilo bank robbery on July 8 and later found $66 of the $2,200 loot.
Governor Adkins said asphalt supplies would come from the U S Public Roads Administration to finish eight highway jobs halted by a July 22 asphalt ban. He noted defense plant access roads are vital and will appeal to PRA. projects span Miller, Hempstead, White Jackson, Garland, Hot Springs, Saline, Columbia, and Bradley Cleveland counties.
Hog receipts 119008 mostly steady with 180-250 lb at 14.70 to 14.85 top. 160 lb up strong to 15. 100-130 lb 12. cattle activity slow with calves 11000, butts down, vealers up to 13.75. sheep 3000 lambs steady with 13.75-14.00, top 14.25. poultry and produce mixed. cotton and stocks lower. grain and provisions weak with wheat 1.5-1.75 off, corn off near 0.50-0.88.
Otto Cachow of Clintonville Wisconsin inventor of the four wheel drive automobile and Mrs John Scott of Montreal aged 87 were reported. Mrs Scott was a leader in the campaign for women’s vote in Quebec and had been active in the suffrage movement.
Axis forces endure pressure as Rommel fights near El Alamein and in the Voronezh Don basin along with renewed Soviet counteractions. Allied air power strikes Rommel’s air fields and rear bases while Russian campaigns push back at Voronezh and Bryansk. Calls for a second front in Western Europe intensify amid heavy fighting on multiple fronts.
Melbourne July Wa-Py A United States military court tries Private Edward J. Leonski for the killings of three Melbourne women. A purported confession was entered as evidence and a fellow soldier testified Leonski claimed guilt. An officer recounted Leonski described the third murder in detail. Leonski pleads innocent and sanity is to be argued after medical tests.
Mrs John Vesey oversees the program with Nurse's Aides assisting graduate nurses under professional direction. Mrs Woolson, a St Joseph's Hospital London Ontario graduate, has 22 years in hospital administration and belongs to the American Nurses Association the American College of Hospital Administrators and is now part of the American Red Cross as a second Nurse Reserve.
The piece mockingly critiques U S duty rules barring Canadian soldiers from entering without paying levies, even as Japanese advances in the Aleutians unfold. It recalls Bataan and Singapore, quotes Lt. William M. Bower urging frontline focus, and attacks bureaucratic parsing while defending wartime sacrifice and school canteens abroad.
The article argues the right moment for a second front depends on feasibility. It notes Allied command must decide whether Russian lines can be held and counterattacked, as without that, success remains doubtful.
Eastern Karella reports 70 percent of children under seven starving in area under committee headed by John P. Thelen of the American Red Cross. Netherlands notes 20 to 25 percent of urban children undernourished and broad hunger among adults. Greece cites 320000 registered deaths August to March, well above normal, infant deaths rising while births fall. Berlin says German naval craft sank two Soviet submarines in the Gulf of Finland.
Little Reek Massachusetts July 1 A wife tells her husband he should quit his $2,100 year post office job to join the army. The World War veteran husband, Robert Godbey, volunteers as private at Camp Robinson after a machine gun company stint in France and service on the Mexican border. He says all men who can should enlist to help the country in its emergency.
The National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs adopted and sent a resolution to President Roosevelt urging wage stabilization to prevent inflation.
Protests in Vichy over France's collapse lead to the internment of vessels at Alexandria. Sailors who did not want to stay with their ships or join Gaulle return to France. The action reflects tensions in the early wartime period and shifts in naval allegiance.
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