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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1943
Page
4
Our Daily Bread reports Third Street traffic lights dark since yesterday due to a burned out motor, delaying repairs and prompting caution for pedestrians. Also notes Goodyear’s new static suppressor for Army radar and ongoing labor shortages driven by inflation threatening civilian services.
London reports a large force of American Flying Fortresses crossed the channel at dusk and daylight, attacking European targets after a major night raid on Maelheim. Dover and Folkestone witnessed the returning bombers, with crowds cheering as they passed at low altitude. Aerial photos said to show a rubber plant fire at Maelheim, with incendiary and explosive bombs. Fortress formations returned across the channel while two-engine RAF bombers pressed enemy targets. Numerous Allied fighters supported the operation overnight on the continent.
A survey of southern governors at a midyear conference shows broad support for the Democratic ticket next year while voicing platform demands to secure regional concerns. North Carolina’s Coy and Broughton say no South split, expecting party unity and continued backing for the national ticket despite reservations.
A fragmented OCR note mentions Mr and Mrs McElwain near a tur Harn northwest of here describing a nest with hatchlings. It states the nest contains eight quail and pheasant eye, noting no three bees and referencing a bidder.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss Napateuh era letters printed in Mn and Wi-Aung papers. Mentions gulag era context, Jandan site, and British involvement. Reads as historical correspondence analysis with limited readable details.
Edwin Jackson son of Mr and Mrs R E B Jackson of Mope has been accepted by the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis Md through ex Senator Lloyd Spencer. He entered the academy this week after preparatory training at the Marion Military Institute of Alabama.
The document lists ration items with expiry dates: Coffee Stamp No. 24 for one pound, June 30. Supar Stamp No. 14 for five pounds, August 15. Stamps 1h and 16 five pounds each for canning. Shoes Stamp No.18 for one pair through Oct 3. Book 2 includes Blue Stamps K L M for canned and processed foods through July. Red Stamps J K L M N for fats, oils, cheeses, canned fish milk. Gasoline Stamps No.6 A-books four gallons each until July 22.
Allied headquarters report a sharp repulse of a Japanese patrol on Lababia Ridge at Mubo, with over 100 enemy casualties. American Liberator bombers and Australian Beaufighters attacked the Japanese floatplane base at Daberlane, with at least one floatplane shot down and several damaged.
Detroit authorities move to punish instigators of the Monday night race riot that left 28 dead and hundreds hospitalized. National and state troops maintain order as Governor Kelly and Mayor Jeffries consider grand jury action while FBI and local police sort suspects from minor offenders. The city resumes limited normalcy with baseball at the park and horse racing allowed, even as curfews and alcohol bans remain in effect. Mrs Sally Grabowski, 68, died from a gunshot wound suffered during the outbreak.
The text outlines post July 1 PAYG tax deductions from paychecks with proportionate amounts for biweekly semi monthly or irregular payrolls. Additional dependents lower tax for single or married individuals. It notes a 20 percent em ployee pay deduction in excess GE personal exemptions and year end adjustments when filing tax returns.
Allied air raids and French guerrillas cripple about 200 trains daily in German-occupied France. Derailments and sabotage target locomotives, power plants, water works, and factories. Notable actions include Nevers to Chagny derailment. troop train disruption. and strikes on the Gnome et Rhone engine plant at Limoges. Reprisals escalate as officials note executions and killings of suspected collaborators.
A Knoxville housewife waited weeks for laundry returned from Detroit firms, claiming the long distance service failed. She mailed soiled clothing to a Knoxville laundry, noting Detroit firms no longer take customers. A Detroit man, 544 miles away, traced his items to the Knoxville facility, prompting questions about cross city laundry handling. Quebec is noted as the only walled city in North America.
London reports Berlin radio officials continued to hint Italy as the likely Allied landing site while warning Mussolini’s forces will bear the early burden. Berlin broadcasts also suggested fresh Italian troop movements and a tightening defense stance as Nazi leaders discuss the worsening war outlook.
The Utilities Commission granted Southwestern Bell Telephone up to August 17 to file revised intrastate toll schedules cutting about 42000 dollars a year in charges. If the Office of Price Administration does not object, the new rates take effect on that date with some lower charges and a few small increases, while total exchange rates remain unchanged. The company agreed to the reduction yesterday.
Allied RAF Wellingtons hit Salerno and nearby rail yards in a daytime raid to disrupt Mussolini's supply chain for Southern Italy and Sicily. Two ton bombs struck yards and barracks, sparking large fires as American raids had damaged sidings and approaches earlier. Beaufighters sunk a small enemy vessel off Sardinia and RAF patrols further harassed Sicily and southern Italy rail and air facilities.
Washington March 23 officials laid out the draft status question amid uncertainty over when or if fathers would be drafted. Chairman May and other members pressed for a clear announcement from Manpower and Selective Service Director Hershey, seeking firm guidance on upcoming drafts and calling for end to uncertainty for men with children. Sen Wheeler urged delaying any inducement of pre Pearl Harbor fathers before next Jan 1, stressing the difficulty for men 18 to 46 to know their status day by day.
Jerome June 23. Short wave radio sets barred for all residents of the Japanese Dela gation Center effective July. Project Director Paul A Taylor said sets must be turned over to Internal Security Office. Those with sets after July first will be reported to the FBI. Possession is already prohibited for alien residents. new order targets evacuees who are American citizens.
London dispatch reports Soviet bombers hit Nazi airdromes along multiple fronts behind enemy lines. Ground activity limited. Moscow communique notes 20 German planes destroyed on the ground and 3 German planes in air combat. Berlin says 29 Soviet planes were downed as German raids targeted Volkhov and southern areas.
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker arrives in Moscow aboard a four engine Liberator as the War Department envoy for Secretary Henry L. Stimson. He meets Ambassador Standley at a Kremlin ceremony where American awards were given to Russian sailors and soldiers. The visit aligns with his world tour of battlefronts and may include a meeting with Premier Stalin.
United Mine Workers members begin returning to certain coal pits in Pennsylvania and West Virginia after a truce announced by the policy committee in Washington. Industry officials expect a general resumption of work and note a small fraction back. the move halts the third wartime mine strike but signals a longer fight over pay and control, with court action possible to secure underground travel time pay.
The Office of Price Administration urged housewives to spread out red BK LL M N stamps expiring next Wednesday to avoid a last minute rush. Shopping earlier means less crowding and wider meat fish oils and cheese selection. Blue stamps K L saved used for processed foods expire July 7 with next series dates to be announced.
Director of economic stabilization Pred M Vinson today set aside the eight cent hourly wage increase recently granted to 1.7 million non operating unions by a three unit emergency board of the National Railway labor panel.
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