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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1945
Page
3
The regular monthly meeting of the Men’s Fellowship of the First Christian Church will start at 7 30 with dinner at 8 then a program. All members are urged to attend. On Sunday July 1 the church will hold a basket picnic at Fair Park at 7 in the evening with vesper services and public invited.
Mrs. Ted Merryman heads to Indianapolis to spend a month with Cpl. Merryman at Camp Atterberry. Nora Lee Purtle arrives from Texarkana to vacation with Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Purtle. Others travel home after visits, including Mrs. Will Blackard in Muldrow and Miss Agnes Park in Norfolk.
Hope resident Miss Dorsidy Henry has been chosen for the cast of The Doormat a one act play to be presented at Texas State College. The announcement highlights her selection and the upcoming production plans.
Under the supervision of Josh P. Roach assistant professor of speech the play will be directed and produced by students of the Speech Department Miss Henry daughter of Dr and Mrs F D Henry 417 North Hervey is a senior at TSCW and a member of the Home Economics Education Club.
Fred Moore of Pine Bluff, district Kiwanis lieutenant governor, praised Hope club’s work and awarded Henry Haynes a merit certificate and a four star membership award for 1944. Rev E S Whitlow, new First Baptist pastor, spoke on cost of effort and materials. Birthday tribute to President Jim Embree. guests included Sgt Luther Reynolds and Lt D D Booth.
Amid exploding planes and raging fires, the carrier’s exec officer Comdr H J Dyson of Coronado originally from Dry Prong La was badly injured by a bomb blast 50 feet away yet organized fire drills and led crew to douse burning gasoline and fight the blaze until the danger subsided. Survivors stayed calm and stood ready as others jumped into the sea.
After a brutal air attack, the USS Bunker Hill suffers warped decks and destroyed gun galleries while the carrier USS Franklin burns from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Teammate Mitscher surveys fire control and notes the situation as the Wilkes barre and others strike amidships. The English screens a screening show in honor of the visitor.
News from the Pacific reports Tokyo moving 450000 bombed-out residents to farms to ease food strain. Radio Tokyo claims 32 Superfortresses mined Osaka Bay and Niigata approaches. Recon photos show 3.45 square miles more Japanese cities destroyed by raids on Kagoshima Fukuoka and Omuta. American light ships sailed north of Japan through the Kurile chain and sank.
A column argues mothers fuel marital trouble by coddling daughters who complain about husbands. It urges brides to face adult life, work through issues, and avoid returning to parental homes, to prevent divorces. The piece reflects a Bell Syndicate, nc. editorial voice.
Reported Japanese convoy damage in the Okhotsk and off southern Ryukyus. Allied air and naval actions raised American losses to 46,319 in the Okinawa campaign. General Stilwell assumed command of the 10th Army on Okinawa. New American landings in the northern Marianas aimed to support emergency crash landings for returning air crews.
Hollywood by Bob Thomas reviews That's the Spirit a Universal Pictures fantasy about a dead vaudevillian returning as a ghost to straighten out family matters The film stars Jack Oakie Peggy Ryan June Vincent Gene Lockhart Johnny Coy Andy Devine and Buster Keaton The piece praises Oakies role Coy's tapwork and Keaton's brief heavenly appearance while noting the light humorous tone and entertaining sequences
A World War II Himalayan flight crew tale follows pilots chasing the Hump route over India to China. A humorous scene over Gerry Ewing’s pin up image sparks wager and letters as Joe Rosbert and Ridge Hammel depart Dinjan for Kunming amid an ice storm, vanishing for 49 days before a remarkable jungle return.
A reviewer finds the 75 minute Don Juan Quilligan uneven yet entertaining. William Bendix anchors the role as the riverboat captain who loves his late mother and is duped into marrying two women in New York and Utica, with Joan Blondell and Phil Silvers in supporting roles.
Washington observers warn that inflation threats intensify as cost plus farm amendments loom, black markets grow, and land and real estate prices surge. Officials say House opposition may kill the plan while enforcement struggles persist amid rising living costs.
The piece notes a $160 billion budget with only about 125 billion available after taxes and spending, and savings exceeding $120 billion since 1940. It says moneyed citizens crave goods, triggering resentment toward price controls and OPA, with lawmakers pressed to curb or abolish it. Experts foresee inflation risks in postwar reconversion.
In Troy New York on June 28 the Mohawk tribe faces a calico rent under an old treaty while Indiana Aug. looms unless U. S. government aid arrives. Harrisburg Pennsylvania reports new hygiene rules forcing dogs outside eateries and banning sawdust on floors. Oysters and clams must be served in their shells in half shell servings.
Seattle traffic notes show Russian language signs added beneath English warnings on Harbor Island ramps for visiting Russian sailors. City Traffic Engineer Bollong cites language confusion as the cause. In Green Bay a soldier offers an unusual excuse to police for failing to produce a license. Sgt Norbert Rasmussen claims a new reason for non compliance.
Rasmussen a former prisoner of war in Germany admitted he ate his license to hide his identity when captured on December 14. He said the act was an attempt to mask who he truly was during his detention.
Dave Clark defeated Izzy Jan nazzo by points 156 1 2 to 153 1 2 in Cincinnati. Freddie Archer outpointed Bobby Ruffin 143 1 2 to 138 in Newark. Bobby McIntire beat Willie Russell 141 to 135 in Columbus.
United Press reports Harrisburg-Vincent Jones of New York defeated Roy Robinson of Pittsburgh by knockout in the scheduled bout. The win marks a notable boxing clash tied to Cuba’s 1940 constitution as context.
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