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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1945
Page
1
Paradox of war crimes trials and war’s rules
The article weighs the paradox of trying war criminals while war remains mass murder not warfare. It questions holding Germany’s leaders and people to account and frames the trial as a moral lesson about international war rules, with a note on Allied aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Rder
Goering
von Ribbentrop
Hess
Governors Seek Meat Focus in Northeast Food Program
Thirteen governors from the Northeast urged that OPA red points be used for meat alone and called for national enforcement of food laws. They favored a single national agency for all food programs, local quota reviews, and tighter control of meat distributions to public eateries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
OPA
United States
Sigia
400 Attend Negro Visiting Day at Exp Sta Today
About 400 Negro attendees participate in the Annual Negro Visiting Day program at the Fruit and Branch Experiment Station today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exp
Sta
Fruit & Ck
Laney outlines threefold plan for Arkansas farming
Governor Ben Laney presented a three point program to about 400 farmers at the University of Arkansas Agriculture Study Day. He urged increased production through soil knowledge, improved processing including dehydrating canning and freezing, and stronger marketing with help from a Commerce Department representative. He stressed wartime gains and urged ongoing farming effort and education alongside University research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Laney
Salvation of Arkansas Farmers
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
Laney
Arkansas
Department of Commerce
South Pacific
Pacific
University of Arkansas
College of Agriculture
Farmers of Arkansas
Aubrey Enoch
Walter R. Horlacher
Gean
Grace M. Henderson
A. M. Harding
The
University
Tri State Drivers Mediation Sought For Bus Strike
Jackson Mississippi June 23 leaders of striking Tri-State Transit drivers and mechanics studied a War Labor Board proposal to appoint a national panel to hear the dispute if the two week strike ends. The Amalgamated Street Electric and Motor Coach Employees AFL classed over wage grievances and has rejected WLB directives to return to work. The WLB said it would appoint a national panel upon notice that the strike is terminated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Tri-State Transit Company
War Labor Board
Star
Amalgamated Street, Electric and Motor Coach Employee
AFL
WLB
Highway Commission awards resurfacing contracts
The State Highway Commission awarded two resurfacing projects. Artie Gregory of Little Rock will resurface Highway 79 from McNeil to Camden. Reynolds and Williams of Tyler Texas won a two mile asphalt gap job on the outskirts of Conway. Commission members reported flood and water damage after touring northwest Arkansas highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
State Highway Commission
Commission
Harold Sadler
Artie Gregory
McNeil
Camden
Reynolds and Williams
Tyler
Texas
Conway
Arkansas
Rival Polish factions agree on new Warsaw government
Warsaw pact talks end dispute over Polish administration as Mikolajczyk and Grabski named to roles in a three man executive council. Osbuka Morawski may stay as premier with Mikolajczyk as potential deputy. Three power commission says elections follow Crimea accord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Moscow
National Unity
Threeman Commission
Big Three
Crimea
Problnes
Poland
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
London
Wincenty Witos
Peasant Party
Wladyslaw Kiernik
Stanislaw Grabski
Polish National Council
Jan Stanczyk
Moczislaw Thugut
Witos and
Grabski
Bolesalw Bierut
Foreigh
Cyeles
Mkolajczyk
Vce
Edouard Osbuka-Morawski
Mikolajcczky
France
England
Germany
Italy
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Archibald Clark Kerr
U. S
W. Averell Harrirman
Three
Ivasion Point Now Trap for Japanese
Manila dispatch notes the Japanese landed at Aparri on December 10, 1941, and are bottled up in the Luzon Cagayan valley as Gen. Douglas MacArthur recaptures Aparri. About 20,000 enemy troops face capture or retreat, trapped between guerrillas, U S Sixth Army forces, and advancing troops with Aparri and Tuguegarao in the balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Davis
Manila
Philippines
Aparri
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Cagayan
MacArthur
U. S. Sixth Army
Miri Town
Brunei Bay
MacArthur Denies Firing Eisenhower in Philippines
Manila report states Gen. Douglas MacArthur officially denied discharging Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as his chief of staff in the Philippines before World War II. MacArthur notes Eisenhower served four years on a special extended tour and was released reluctantly when the assignment ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Philippines
MacArthur
Eisenhower
Drew Pearson
Cotton Picking Contest Set for October 5 at Blytheville
The national cotton picking contest will be held October 5 in Blytheville, announced by Junior Chamber of Commerce officials. The top picker will receive $1,000, with 21 additional prizes totaling another $1,000. The current defending king is Virge Mote, 45, of Black Oak, Arkansas, father of nine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blytheville
Blyethville
Chamber of Commerce
Virge Mote
Black Oak
Ark
Bauxite Plant to Be Inspected on Sunday and Monday
The Hurricane Creek works at Bauxite will be inspected and aluminum product exhibits shown to the public tomorrow and Monday. Aluminum Ore Company officials announce the event. About 175 guests viewed the exhibits yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Hurricane Creek
Bauxite
Army to Cut Down on Its Meat Buying
Army to suspend heavy meat purchases for 60 days to boost civilian supplies. Truman says civilian meat should improve once Clinton P. Anderson becomes agriculture secretary on July 1 as War Food Administrator Marvin Jones directs more beef to civilian markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovid A. Matews
Washington
Truman
Olympia
Wash
Clinton P. Anderson
D-Nm
War Food
Marvin Jones
Japan Says Defenses Ready For American Invasion
Tokyo announced it has perfected its defenses against a U S invasion and that Emperor Hirohito might direct homeland defense. Allied bombers struck air bases near Tokyo as Japan touted peak fighting spirit and readiness. Japan said several ships were sunk or damaged near Okinawa and Kyushu with air support from Iwo Jima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willaim F. Tyree
Guam
Tokyo
Japan
Hironito
Radio Tokyo
East Asia
Okinawa
Iwo
Mito
Fukuoka
Kyushu
Japanese War Ministry
Shikoku
Honshu
Oshu
Chugoku
Congress to Seek Discharge of Fathers in Army Bill
Rep Engel aims to insert an amendment into the $38.5 billion War Department supply bill for 1946. The plan would discharge army fathers with four or more children who apply before August 1, depriving funds to pay them. He estimates about 35,000 such men exist, with roughly 10,000 likely to apply if approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Arbogast
Washington
War Department
Rep. Engel
R-Mich
Appropriations Committee
Army
Engel
Appropriations
R Quest
Prague Tries to Be Gay Again While War Lingers
Prague, the liberated Czech capital, struggles to resume life after fighting. Descriptions note smoke-darkened city halls, burned museums, destroyed synagogue yet surviving old landmarks. Russians liberate Prague on May 8 as residents seek normalcy amid rationing and war weariness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Czech
Alvin Steinkope
Hal Boyle
Prazsky Hrad Castle
Moldau
Charles Bridge
Germany
National
United Nations charter outline and Detroit strike wave
The document details establish a general assembly and security council with five permanent members, new courts and voluntary trusteeships, and a two thirds voting rule with Yalta formula. Detroit faces a major strike wave idling over 35,000 workers in six plants while national strikes affect 85,000 workers and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United Nations
General Assembly
Security Council
Economic and Social Council
International Trusteeship Council
International Court of Justice
Council
Yalta
Eisenhower Won't Enter Politics After Homecoming
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower says he has no interest in politics and will not seek office. He plans a rest and brief leave before resuming duties in Europe and will not reveal his undisclosed rest location. He reiterates he is a soldier and will take orders from the commander in chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athilene
Kas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
Stimson
Europe
Abilene
Eisenhower
United States
War Department
Sherman
Truman
Arkansas to retire non road debt under fiscal board plan
The Arkansas state board of fiscal control in Little Rock plans to call a tender to retire 7,184,000 in non highway indebtedness over four years including school and pension bonds. The move, tied to Governor Laney's program, would fund advance retirement for the first time. The board will also consider nurses council maintenance funds and policy cooperation with the Arkansas Livestock Show Association under the 1945 livestock act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
State Board of Fiscal Centre
Arkansas
Frank A. Storey
Laney
Fiscal Control Board
Arkansas Nurses Council
Storey
Arkansas Livestock Show Association
Wounded Japs Killed by Own Men in Philippines
Gen MacArthur’s headquarters reports most of the 82012 Japanese wounded in the Philippines died or were executed by their own officers. Many were forced to suicide as captured records show a policy of eliminating the wounded. At Bayambong 1610 Japanese were found dead and two dying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Wilson
Manila
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest
Pacific
Luzon
Bayambong
Cagayan Valley
Mines Found Floating Off Alaska Coast
The Coast Guard warned shipping of floating mines along the Alaskan coast. It did not confirm if the mines were enemy-made. Fishermen note Alaska is warmed by currents from Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Ketchikan
Coast Guard
Alaskan
Japan
Chinese Take 2 More Towns in Honan
The Chinese high command announced a counter attack in southwest Honan recaptured two key points 12 and 14 miles north of Sichwan. Casualties were reported for a Japanese force though details are sparse in the dispatch from Chungking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
China
Honan
Liuchow
U. 8S
Sichwan
Lachokow
Peace Charter Sees Strong Support Across Senate
President Truman faces a likely ratification of the peace charter with fewer than a dozen possible opposing votes as he plans to send the measure to the Senate on July 2. Officials say he has spoken with nearly every senator and aims for swift approval before mid July talks with Stalin and Churchill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Olympia
Wash
Truman
Peace Organization
Senate
Stalin
Churchill
White House
Mon C. Wallgren
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Kansas City
Independence
Connolly
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
Maj Gen Claire Chennault Rejected by Air Force
The article notes that Claire Chennault, renowned leader of the Flying Tigers, faced rejection from the Air Force during World War I, highlighting early career obstacles before his later command roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire Chennault
Famous
Flyings
Air Force
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Jackpot
War Manpower Commission
Highway Body
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U. S. Army
Ivasion Point
Congress
U. S. 11Th Armored Division
Pilsen
Detroit
United Nations Charter
Frisco
United Press
American — Arsenal City
United Mine Workers
Pensylvania
Virginia
Colvin
McCormick Works
International Harvester Co
Chicago
Gillette Tire
Eau Claire
Wis
American Rolling Co
Ashland
Office of Defense Transportation
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Bell County
Packard
Budd Wheel Co
Ford
Painesville
Northwestern Glass Co
Battle
el Segundo
Calif
Douglas Aircraft Co
Pennsylvania Electri Co
Johnstown
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