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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1942
Page
4
Our Daily Bread urges Americans to donate 10 percent of salary to War Stamps or Bonds, with a minimum 5 percent if needed. The message calls for cutting daily living costs to fund the war effort, noting voluntary compliance may become compulsory if Americans don’t subscribe promptly.
Melbourne July 17 United States military court convicted Edward J Lonnski a former New York City grocery clerk of slaying three Melbourne women. He faces death by hanging with verdict review possible by the US armed forces commander in Australia. The case marked the first such proceeding by a US military court in Australia.
Five Arkansas youths form the first group of fledgling glider pilots to leave Randolph Field reception center for training. They are Robert V. Kaufman of Hot Springs, Ben F. Scroggin of Morrilton, Joseph Conklin of Smackover, Carl T. Graygon of Chidester, and Ralph S. Wilcox of Jonesboro, Wilcox a sergeant and others privates. They will learn to fly cub planes and study air currents before advancing to higher glider schools.
A 66 oclock public ceremony on Main Street between Second and Third sent 100 Hempstead county electees to the Army this morning. Miss Martha Ann Alexander fainted during the service, suffered a scalp wound, and needed three stitches. She is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. B. Alexander and a Hope High School Band member.
W. Hendricks, former circuit judge in Little Rock, was named enforcement attorney for the Office of Penne Administration in Arkansas. State OPA Director Robert Hell Say announced major appointments in his legal division.
S Burton Heath sketches occupied Europe’s resistance in The Unconquered People, showing how liberty burns in the human heart. He notes how Nazi rule cannot erase the desire for freedom after years of fear, focusing on France and Holland under a brutal regime.
Washington July 17 The House naval committee unanimously approved a measure to outlaw government war contract commission fees after Navy calls to curb profiteering. Hearings disclosed four firms of sales engineers earned nearly 2 million dollars in fees over 18 months. Robert E. Kine and James Y. Forrestal urged swift action while Horace Ward with 31 years in the business claimed 431 463 in fees over 128 months and defended his role as a bona fide agent.
President Roosevelt said at a press conference that no decision had been reached on timing for definite wage control recommendations. He noted inflation concerns and said wage policy must keep living costs stable across industries. The War Labor Board's 44 cent daily raise for small steel firms drew mixed reactions and sparked talk of broader wage and price controls pending congressional action.
London reports Britain’s air offensive against Germany remains short of expectations and below the peak strike power needed for a decisive factor. In 47 nights since the Cologne raid, about 8,750 bomber trips have been flown, with only two thousand‑plane raids on Emden and Bremen. Experts cite bad weather, supply to other campaigns, and lack of long-range daylight escort fighters as reasons for the slow pace.
Axis submarines torpedoed two more United Nations ships, a small British cargo vessel in the South Atlantic and a small Dutch merchant ship in the Caribbean. The AP tally rose to 479 Allied and neutral ships sunk in the Western Atlantic since Pearl Harbor. Survivors from both sinkings reported the attacks and rescue details, including crew losses and lifeboat ordeals.
Washington July 17 The prosecution finished its case against four of eight submarine landings Nazis on trial before a military commission. The four landed on Long Island. case against the Florida group remains. Major General Frank R. McCay announced progress as 10 of 14 alleged accomplices were being charged with unlawfully aiding the Nazi circle. Attorney General Francis Biddle said the 10 would face counts of aiding, hindering arrest and punishment. The accused face up to ten years if convicted.
Washington July 17 sponsors of a $6.14 billion wartime tax bill in the House held firm on amendments while awaiting Senate action. Chairman Doughton said the bill would pass Monday in its present form. The key feature is withholding income tax at the source starting in 1944, with details on exemptions and credits for each taxpayer.
The Star warns that announcements of upcoming events and other non hot news must be in the office the day before publication. Advertising follows the same rule with 20 columns of telegraph news from 8 am to 3 pm daily. Society items arrive by noon for the edition.
Allied bombers led by Major William E. Basye attacked Hankow docks on July 2 and the Nanchang airdrome on July 3, with fighter escort. The Hankow waterfront raid marked the fourth U S. air strike in China since taking over the Flying Tigers. The communique reports dock damage, warehouse hits, and ships narrowly missed. Nanchang runways and hangars were damaged, several planes destroyed, one fighter lost but crew saved.
The Hope Ministerial Alliance asks service stations west of Main to close on Sundays July 19 and east of Main on Sundays July 26 with alternate Sundays thereafter. Signed by station owners including Leo Compton Joe C Coleman Cline Franks F R Moses S C Bundy 98 Service Station Ted's Service Station and others. Cooperation urged from car owners to have cars serviced before Sunday closures and for grocery and drug stores to consider a similar pattern in the future.
An army bomber crashed and burned two miles south of Barksdale field, killing master Sgt. Harold J. Courtney, 47, of Indianapolis, and injuring six others including Tech. Sgt. Harris K. Canyo of Shreveport formerly from Poteau. The crash occurred late yesterday, and the plane was engulfed in flames after the fatalities and injuries.
Brief notes show Norman Cahill freeing his Portland garage from rats with a smoke fire, ending a $50 blaze after firefighters left. Carrie Piehl longs for old wagon trail days between Glasgow and Fort Peck, detailing a 462 mile four day journey by train, bus, and mail stage. An immigrant worker in Nebraska adopts Uncle Sam by sending $75 monthly in war bonds to the federal government.
Soviet forces fought to slow but stubbornly resisted a massive German spearhead advancing toward Stalingrad and Rostov along the Don region as minefields, river crossings, and stiff defense shaped a grim, shifting frontline. In North Africa British and American units reported tank battles near Alamein, with the General Lee tanks joining American-made firepower and ongoing efforts to hold newly won positions.
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