Our Daily Bread Our Daily Bread Alex. H. Washburn
District fair recreation feature spotlights Alex H. Washburn and organizers shaping community events at the Our Daily Bread venue during the fair season.
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1945
Page
1
District fair recreation feature spotlights Alex H. Washburn and organizers shaping community events at the Our Daily Bread venue during the fair season.
Hempstead County plans to host the Third Agricultural District Fair with 17 counties participating except Pulaski. Fred Lueck says the district fair will be held in Hope next Fall, highlighting both agricultural and recreational benefits and citing the federal emphasis on recreational facilities as a drawing card.
The University of Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station announces a new early white potato variety developed at College Park. It yields better than Maryland varieties and allows two crops per season without using stored seed. Spring seed plants the late crop.
The FBI in Little Rock announced the capture of Italian prisoner of war Guido Baccile who escaped from Magnolia internment camp around 6 p m yesterday. He was apprehended about five hours after his escape. A separate report notes that more than half of all home accident deaths in 1964 involve persons over 64 years old.
Hempstead county nears the finish of the Seventh War Loan with 80 percent of its quota bought. Syd McMath reports sales through Friday night at 499,171.50 toward 624,000 and E Bond sales at 246,392.50 toward 305,000, with civic groups led by Rotary and Kiwanis raising funds and a Hope family contributing 42,825 in E Bonds through three members.
London reports deny Petain's claim of a 1940 secret treaty with Prime Minister Churchill. Petain states the pact would force him to mislead Germany to save the French fleet, but sources say no treaty existed and no personal understandings between Churchill and Petain.
Marshal Zhukov, in an NBC Moscow report cited by Robert Magidoff, claims Hitler might be alive in Europe perhaps with Franco or in Spain. Zhukov says Hitler married Eva Braun two days before Berlin fell and that troops found corpses possibly Hitler's but are not sure.
Sixty four percent of Marine Corps men in divisions fighting on Okinawa invest in War Bonds through the pay allotment plan. Navy civilians also invest, with more than 98 percent participating and allocating about 11 percent of gross pay. Treasury reports individual 7th War Loan purchases at 4.845 billion dollars, 69.2 percent of the quota.
The eardrum moves less than one millionth of an inch in response to many sounds. Sound waves are being used successfully to detect submarines below the surface.
Washington column argues the Hitler myth will endure for years if no definitive proof of death surfaces. The piece lists examples of legends around Napoleon and Lincoln and foresees postwar myths about a man with a mustache like Hitler roaming cities.
Readable entries show township quota allocations and committee members for the Seventh War Loan. The table lists townships such as Bois D Arc De Roan Garland Mine Creek Redland Saline Spring Hill Huron Light Water Creek and Wallaceburg with specified dollar quotas and named committee members.
Federal automobile stamps priced at five dollars go on sale today at the Hope post office. The stamps are valid for one year and must be affixed to every car windshield by June 30. Paul Simms of the local IRS collector’s office announced the measures and warned a twenty five dollar penalty for noncompliance.
Waterloo resident Mrs. Don Swan amasses a varied collection of swan themed items including glass and china, though no live birds are part of the display.
American infantry of the 7th Division's 17th Regiment pushed through outer defenses along the Yaeju Dake plateau on Okinawa aided by naval gunfire air strikes and rocket attacks. In hand to hand fighting doughboys bayoneted machine gunners and used demolition charges while hidden Japanese were killed in caves with flamethrowers.
The article notes that more than 9,000 new books are published each year, reflecting a rapid expansion in literary output across publishers and genres.
A Japanese broadcast claimed Allied troops began landing on Labuan island in Brunei Bay on Borneo at 12:30 p m local time. Tokyo said assault forces were in divisional strength, while MacArthur HQ noted naval shelling of beaches as preliminary action amid limited Allied confirmation.
From wartime production of aircraft and submarine components, a North London firm has switched to making combs and yo-yos. The article notes a wartime transition to consumer goods in a plant previously dedicated to defense manufacturing.
Camp Chaffee will see about 14 000 men forming an infantry division arrive in August according to camp commander Colonel Charles Deahl Jr Most have combat overseas service He also said Brig Gen William H Colbern will soon succeed him as camp commander after his return from the Mediterranean theater
Norfolk Virginia reports a Navy refrigerator at the depot with a storage capacity of 39,000,000 pounds of meat and 15,000,000 eggs, claims it could feed a million men for a month.
Premier Suzuki urged the Diet for virtually complete emergency authority to govern by decree as Japan faces the prospect of Allied demands for unconditional surrender. He warned American landings on homeland islands and said only a fight to the last could follow while Diet powers would be transferred to the government.
Governor Laney proclaims June 30 to July 4 as Independence Week in Arkansas calling on all citizens to renew their pledge of allegiance to the U S Constitution and its principles.
George Tucker reports that General Sir Edward Spears, once a friend of de Gaulle and a skilled British diplomat, must leave Beirut after a dispute over his acceptability. Churchill denies the claim, while Spears is remembered for his vast interests and wordplay, including tales of crime and a famed dinner with a dog named Zita.
Chicago, June 9. The U S appeals court ruled that seizure of Sewell L. Avery's Ward's properties was legal under the War Labor Disputes Act marking Ward's as an essential industry. The ruling upheld the government view that Ward's engaged in war production despite prior district court findings.
In New Orleans a 16 year old girl Anna Mae Wimpee was found alive living with her three sisters in an uptown area, clearing a case where two families disputed a single body. Her mother Wilma May Broach had identified a body north of Baton Rouge as her daughter, but the living girl’s survival ends the confusion and funeral rites in Walker and Baton Rouge.
James Augustus Cooper aged 101 marries for the third time in Ravine Wisconsin after finishing a day of tree trimming. He planned a six p m ceremony with reception at a neighborhood tavern. Cooper born May 6 1844 in Buffalo NY has been widowed twice prior and says his longevity stems from a cheerful outlook.
Estimates indicate about 600,000 Americans are living with cancer highlighting the ongoing impact of the disease on national health. The figure underscores the need for enhanced screening, treatment access, and research funding across communities.
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