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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1945
Page
1
A brief note on Our Daily Bread program and its air transport arrangement outlines logistics for delivering groceries and relief supplies to affected regions. The item notes partnerships with local carriers and scheduling centered on need timelines and mobility constraints.
A Pan American pamphlet shows the overseas Clipper, the CV 37 by Consolidated Vultee, carrying 204 passengers and 14,000 pounds of cargo. It cruises at 340 mph with a 3,100 mile range, two passenger decks, and amenities. Pan American envisions lower fares enabling worldwide air travel and peaceful exchange among nations.
Two Arkansans died in separate incidents over the weekend. Earl Norman, 47, of Springdale, drowned when his boat capsized on the White River. Mrs. Dave Hicks, 46, of Stuttgart, was killed when her light truck was struck by a Missouri Pacific passenger train near Beebe depot.
Washington June 25 Frances M Le May relief from meat shortages hinges on Senate approval of House slaughtering rule changes tied to extending price controls. Francis P Anderson predicting more meat for dinner tables, vows to curb black market and empower meat channeling through new authority, as conference fights over amendments and pricing schemes continue.
London June 25. Russia will send two representatives to a London conference opening tomorrow on the trial of Nazi leaders including Hermann Goering and Joachim von Ribbentrop. Delegates from the United States Britain France and Russia will discuss procedures and a date for trials. Robert H Jackson will represent the United States and has urged simultaneous trials on conspiracy charges before summer's end.
Northfleet in North Kent faces possible loss of street lighting after numerous lamps were maliciously damaged. Local council reports many incidents were caused by children using bows and arrows, threatening safety and night visibility.
Washington reports a Senate committee hearing evidence that Argentina has not eliminated a single case of suspected German economic penetration. Assistant Secretary Clayto n testified that 104 spearhead firms remain in Argentina, with four more in elimination. Brazil shows 48 eliminated, 70 in process, none untouched.
Arkansas Supreme Court rules that excess federal profit taxes paid and credited as a postwar refund are not deductible on state income tax returns. The decision, in a 4 to 3 ruling, reverses a Crawford circuit ruling and upholds dismissal of Henry H. Cross Co. claim for $819.51. Dissenters included Chief Justice Griffin Smith and Justices Robins and McFaddin.
Washington reports the 7th War Loan nearing its final week oversubscribed by more than 5 billion dollars though the little money goal remains distant. Total sales reached 19.467 billion with corporations contributing 12.992 billion and individuals 6.475 billion, while Ebond purchases stood at 2.885 billion. The drive began May 14 and ends Saturday night. Honduras uses the lempira as its monetary unit.
Twelve people, mostly military personnel, died when a bus carrying 33 passengers plunged 18 feet over an embankment on the road to Camp Crowder near Joplin Missouri. The bus struck a cow before going off the highway and landing bottomside up. Injured were taken to nearby hospitals. none in critical condition.
Pvt. Carl Divins Staines of Camp Robinson died in a sixth floor hotel fall in Los Angeles. Investigators have not determined if it was an accident or a leap. Address listed as Bridgewater County, Georgia. The report notes the first national election results broadcast on November 2, 1920, with Harding defeating Cox.
United States Senate shows rising momentum for ratifying the United Nations charter with 52 senators on record and several more likely to support. Debate centers on rushed versus deliberate consideration as Connally and Vandenberg return to confer and Taft weighs immediate action versus a cautious pace.
A small tropical hurricane moved northeastward off the Carolinas and may inland at Cape Fear. Storm warnings stretched from Paris Island to Atlantic City with warnings from Cape Fear to Cape Hatteras. About 5000 Wrightsville Beach residents evacuated to Wilmington hotels and U.S.O. clubs as a precaution.
Lester H. Geiss 31 of Forest Hills N Y rose from army baking and truck repair schools to edit the China Lantern, the grand prize winner in the 1945 camp newspaper service contest. He founded the China Lantern after leading the Command Post in Calcutta, stressing world news, maps and minimal personal items, with a cosmopolitan background and a career in public relations before and during World War II.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill opened a 1000 mile campaign tour with a threat to retire unless the Conservatives win a strong majority in the July general election. He spoke in Aylesbury and outlined a four day tour through major cities in England and Scotland. Churchill emphasized national unity and warned that a fractured parliament would weaken Britain’s world standing. His daughter Sarah accompanied him as he urged support for a decisive victory to form a new government slating Woodford as his likely seat.
The Associated Press reports a partial break in the labor crisis with Carter Carburetor workers returning to work in St Louis and hope for resumed trucking in Chicago, while about 85 000 remain idle across Akron Detroit Chicago St Louis Jamestown and other cities amid wage disputes reconversion issues and ongoing walkouts.
Engineers and construction gangs push a highway south from Anapolis to Niquelandia a nickel producing area. It will be a main link in the Trans Brazil Highway and is expected to be finished by mid 1945.
The initial radio music broadcast occurred on October 17 1919 when Dr Frank Conrad set a homemade microphone before a phonograph marking a pioneering moment in broadcasting history.
The War Loan message from Lt. Gen. Eugene Reybold, Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army, states that a soldier’s view is that Seventh War Loan success will shorten the war. He notes strong drive in home communities and expresses cheer over positive news on the bond campaign.
Okinawa is paid off as an air base with U S raids announced against Kyushu the Sakishimas and western Pacific areas while Japanese survivors are killed or rounded up Adm Chester W Nimitz reports enemy casualties now 101853 dead and 7902 captured after tough fighting The Itazuki airfield on Kyushu and Sakishima group were neutralized by army and marine strikes Mustangs from Iwo Jima hit two Honshu airfields near Tokyo destroying or damaging 69 planes for a three ship loss.
General H H Arnold head of the Army Air Forces urged keeping a long chain of Pacific bases for future security. He cited Marshalls Palau Islands Volcanos Bonins Ryukyus Wake Marcus Canton Palmyra Christmas Island American Samoa Iwo Jima and Okinawa as vital, arguing the air force must reach any aggressor and that the fate of mankind may depend on it.
William Joyce better known as Lord Haw-Haw pleaded innocent to treason charges claiming American citizenship. His accuser Charles Head testified Joyce was born in Brooklyn and is the son of an Irishman naturalized as American. Head noted Joyce once claimed British citizenship for a German trip but produced a New York birth certificate as proof. Joyce appeared attentive at Bow Street and will return Thursday to set a trial date in July.
The earliest American rayon manufacturing plants started operating in 1912, marking the initial phase of rayon production in the United States and signaling a growth period for synthetic fibers within the national textile industry.
Manila dispatch reports Japanese civilians moved inland from the oil center Balikpapan as Tokyo claimed landing attempts were checked. MacArthur HQ noted over 150 planes bombed Balikpapan while Allied forces pushed in northern Luzon with airborne and glider landings aiding the drive toward Tuguegarao.
Okinawa is officially surrendered by Tokyo after heavy fighting that left Japanese casualties over 110000. The military communique cites banzai charges and last assaults by Army and Navy garrisons. Admiral Ushijima's fate remains unknown and scattered pockets continue resistance.
The Third District Livestock Show will be in Hope in October with 14 county representatives on the fair board. Officers elected at the Hope city hall include President Judge Fred Luck and Vice Presidents Glenn Wallace Emmet Williams and Chas Overstreet. Directors span Nash ville Camden DeQueen Prescott Gordon Ashdown Magnolia and other counties.
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