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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1943
Page
3
The piece argues rationing yields health benefits in wartime England with lower death rates and fewer diabetes deaths, while noting a counterview that rationing is a sacrifice and should not persist after victory. It also comments on a sergeant’s furlough letters hinting at political figures and wartime governance.
Washington reports the House backed a compromise pay as you go income tax plan allowing a 20 percent withholding on wages, shifting taxes to current payments. The bill promises abatements on 1942 and 1943 taxes, with final returns due next March, and directs monthly or quarterly installments for nonwage income.
About 280 state guardsmen patrolling Arkansas river levees near Pine Bluff will extend flood duty for several days as Lt. Col. Hendrix Lackey notes the river is receding slowly and patrols will continue until engineers deem it safe. Units hail from El Dorado, Pine Bluff, Hot Springs, Forrest City, and Camden, with 60 more guardsmen from Little Rock near the airport.
At Moly Bay Attu May 19 American reporters inspect a Japanese airfield under construction. A mile of rails and dirt cars lie unused as shovels and manual labor drive the effort. No bulldozers appear and drainage ditches were dug by hand. engineers say five days with proper equipment could finish.
Henry I. Yates of Malvern, 47, was captured near Hope after hijacking a taxi at gunpoint, taking $9 from the driver, and fleeing toward the Midway oil field. Police and cabmen from 679 Taxi Co aided, with Yates jailed in Hempstead County on prune larceny and related charges.
Algiers reports establish an interim executive committee to run liberated French territories until homeland liberation. Generals Henri Giraud and Charles de Gaulle will preside alternately with Georges Bidault and Jean Monnet named to the body. Cairo announces Meleés fleet from Alexandria has joined the Allies, including the battleship Lorraine and four cruisers, though aging and crew shortages raise questions about refitting.
An extension course for white teachers will be held at Hope High School for ten days beginning June 28 in Austin County. The subject is Public School Music taught by a leading specialist. All teachers taking the course should inform the county supervisor. A separate course for colored teachers starts at Yergor High School beginning June. Colored teachers are urged to participate.
City police yesterday arrested Otis Smith of Hopy for investigation in connection with an automobile shell, as Hot Springs authorities reported. Local officers said today the arrest relates to the ongoing inquiry into the incident.
The WAAC training center at Camp Monticello near Monticello will be discontinued around June 16, the Army announced. About 3,000 women are stationed there, part of the fifth WAAC training center based at Camp Rushton, Va., with sites at Camp Polk La, and facilities at Fort Des Moines, Daytona Beach, Park Oglethorpe, and Fort Bevens, as new arrangements consolidate.
Navy reports more than 400 Japanese troops killed Saturday night as three American columns linked at Chichagof Harbor. Mopping up continued with pockets cleared in rugged hills and ridges. Naval spokesmen stressed the loss occurred across patrol actions rather than a single base.
Chungking reports a major Allied air and ground push that routed five Japanese divisions in a large encirclement south of the Yangtze. General Hsueh Yueh led veteran troops on the North Hunan front while Allied heavy bombers and Chinese fighters delivered a devastating air strike on Tehang airfield.
Allied air forces pressed an aggressive strike on Pantelleria and Sardinia, with Flying Fortresses hitting Foggia in southern Italy for their third major blow in four days. The raid caused heavy damage to hangars, barracks, freight yards, and railroad facilities while sustaining low Allied losses.
The Arkansas Utilities Commission hears a dispute between Arkansas Power Light and 17 rural electric co-ops over rate provisions. ARP L seeks higher wholesale rates to municipalities with co-op distribution systems, while the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp argues the move undermines rural electrification law and slows rural development. Clyde T. Ellis of NR EC cautions the case could set nationwide regulatory precedents.
Ankara reports a bitter clash between Germany and Romania over requisitioned troops and food, as Romania resists heavy Axis demands. Antonescu pursues a dual foreign policy to preserve nationalism, while fearing a Red Army western push and seeking Allied sympathy. Tension with Hungary remains high and Romania seeks Turkish support amid hopes for an Allied Balkan drive.
Mrs Louise Britt aged 29 and her seven year old son Joseph drowned last Saturday when their automobile left a ferry on the Warroy river near Birmingham Alabama. The deceased, formerly of Blevins, was granddaughter of Martin Hendrix of Blevins. Survived by husband Joseph Britt her mother Mrs Freda Bailey of near Blevins and two brothers Thomas Hartless of Columbia Tennessee and Sat Weltam Hartless of Hawaii.
London, June 3. The Soviet communique said German forces launched two strong counter-attacks in the Lishhansk area of the Donetsevier front last night but were driven back with heavy losses. The report also noted continued aerial warfare with 51 German planes shot down and Red airmen destroying 10 planes on the ground near Lishchansk.
Detroit reports Henry Ford was elected president of the Ford Motor Company, to lead after the death of Edsel Ford. New officers include Sorensen as vice president and Craig as vice president and treasurer. directors feature Henry Ford, Henry Ford II, Benson Ford, and Mrs. Edsel Ford among others.
The United Mine Workers led a widespread walkout despite Roosevelt’s warnings, halting operations in most government pits. Nonunion workers filled some roles as talks on portal to portal pay continued, with Pittsburgh field reporting two 10 man crews at work and broader silence from the White House. First reports from the coal fields noted near total stoppage as the war effort pressed.
About 8,000 United Mine Workers members in the Arkansas-Oklahoma field stayed away from the pits as Fort Smith area mines closed. A temporary April agreement to work under the old scale lapsed with no current negotiations, while an extension of abrogation was announced but not withdrawn.
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