Hope Feels Highway Bypass Debate Amid Tax Season
The piece discusses a looming U S 67 bypass around Hope Arkansas and local fears for business. John P. Lynch of the Public Roads Administration says through traffic should be served by main routes rather than bypasses, urging careful town planning as the postwar highway system develops.
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Hope
U. S. 67
John. P. Lynch
Public Roads Administration
Washington, D. C
Little Rock
Lynch
the Star
Fall of Nazis Is Probable This Summer
Prime Minister Churchill said Germany may be defeated before summer’s end or sooner. He pledged Britain’s strength to the last inch and last minute against Japan and warned the US and USSR Britain will not accept guidance on empire affairs. He urged allied support for postwar recovery but no indulgence.
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Philault
London
Churchill
Germany
Britain
Japan
United States
Russia
Commonwealth of Nations
Europe
Reich
Red Cross Fund Reaches Total 4283 in Hempstead County
Hempstead county's Red Cross War Fund campaign reaches 4283.16 toward a 17500 goal. New contributions include Ward 1-B Mrs Kate M Olsen 5.00 Mrs A E Slusser 4.00 Texaco Co Local distributors 100.00 totaling 106.00 to date.
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Hempstead
Red Cross
Kate M. Olsen
A. E. Slusser
The
Texaco Co
Fulbright Cleared in Vote Probe by Senate Panel
A Senate investigating committee announced it found no evidence that would affect the election of Arkansas Senator J William Fulbright. The panel said there was not a scintilla of evidence supporting misconduct in the Fulbright campaign. Continued on Page Two.
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Fulbright
Washington
Senate
Arkansas
J. William Fulbright
U S Flag Is Flown Over Captured Iwo
The Stars and Stripes rose over Iwo Jima signaling its capture after 25 days of brutal fighting. Marines advance near the north end while the flag flies at the south end near Mt Suribachi. Nimitz proclaims military government with forces of the Pacific Fleet.
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Vern Haugland
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Iwo
Tokyo
Empire of Nippon
United States
Mt. Suribachi
D. A. Stafford
Spokane
Wash
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Stafford
Japan
Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Hope Soldier in Italy Supports Hope Boys Club
Cpl. J B Hutson writing from Italy on March 4 1945 sends an $8 donation to the Hope Boys Club and urges Hope residents to back a Boys Club and a recreation building. He notes local meetings and calls for more community action and postwar planning in Hope Arkansas. Editor accepts the donation and endorses the Boys Club.
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Cpl
J. B. Hutson
Hope
Italy
Hope Boys Club
Cpl. Hutson
D. D. Terry
Roy Anderson
Syd McMath
Hope Star
The
Star
Diary of Corregidor Officer Shows Garrison Hopes for U S Aid
1942 Corregidor diary kept by Lt. Col. William C. Braly narrates daily siege life. He records shielding air raids, the four patched fighters, MacArthur's departure and there being hope aid would reach Australia and New Guinea's strategic role.
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James Hutcheson
Corregidor
William C. Braly
Bataan
the Rock
Drum
Frank
Hughes
MacArthur
Australia
Braly
New Guinea
General MacArthur
Jonathan Wainwright
Arsenal at Osaka Blown Up by Bombs
Guam March 15 UP A building believed to be the Osaka arsenal, Japan's large war plant, exploded during a fire raid. Maj. Gen. Curtis Le May said preliminary reports indicated the arsenal exploded and weather delays hindered confirmation via reconnaissance photos of the five square mile area devastated in the 2,300 ton attack on Osaka.
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By &. G. Valens
Guam
Osaka Arsenal
Japan
Curtis le May
21St Bomber Command
Oska
Casualties Since D Day Reach 425000 on Western Front
Secretary of War Stimson reports Western Front casualties from D day to March 1 total 425 007 with February losses at 34 468. Army totals in all theaters reach 748 457, plus Navy losses 91 132, yielding 839 589 total since Pearl Harbor. February Western Front breakdown: 4145 killed 26436 wounded 3887 missing.
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Washington
Western Front
D-day
Stimson
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Three Men Buried Alive In Oklahoma Mine Slide
Three men named Ben Booth, Raymond Long, and John Plague were buried under 1000 tons of rock at a hat pile in northwest Oklahoma mining fields. A 50-man rescue team pulled them out after 40 minutes but all died of suffocation and injuries. The victims were residents of nearby Commerce.
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Picker
Okla
Here
Ben Booth
Raymond Long
John Plague
Commerce
Soviet Push Across Oder Near Berlin Intensifies
German radio reports Zhukov’s forces cross the Oder 33 miles east of Berlin as massed Soviet attack waves flood across the river. Berlin notes deep Soviet penetrations near Danzig, Gdynia and Koenigsberg with multiple armies converging west of the Oder toward Berlin.
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Robert Mosel
London
Red Army
Oder
Berlin
Transocean
Lebus
Kuestrin
Remagen
Rhine
Kietz
Klessin
Podelzig
Frankfurt
Gregory K. Zhukov
Danzig
Gdynia
Koenigsberg
German claims of Rhine crossing and Ruhr advance in East Rhine bridgehead
Berlin reports say 15th Army entered action in the East Rhine bridgehead and a 100000-strong Remagen assault force crossed the Ruhr Frankfurt highway. German dispatches claim a Ninth Army breakthrough north of Duisburg and fierce hand to hand fighting as Allied progress stalls. The First Army nears the six-lane highway near Honnef while Americans press the left bank push on the Rhine and Moselle fronts. Allied air and ground actions continue against Siegfried Line positions near Saar and Koblenz.
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London
Berlin
Moscow
Pravda
Oder River
Kuestrin
Gregory K. Zhukov
Oder
Frankfurt
Zhukov
James M. Long
Paris
15Th
East Rhine
Remagen
Ruhr-Frankfurt
Lower Rhine
Duisburg
First Army
Honnef
15Th Army
Houvel
Rhineland
Saar
von Rundstedt
Ninth Army
Rhine
Duisberg
Ninth
Great
Ruhr
Lower Moselle
Coblenz
West Rhine
Boppard
Dragon’s Teeth
Siegfried Line
Saar Front
Colonels and Corporals Lie in Common Grave in Belgium
HAL BOYLE reports at Henri Chapelle Belgium on the vast American military cemetery near Aachen where thousands lie buried in white crosses. The dead are moved from German battlefields to Belgium and laid to rest with chaplains of their faith.
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Belgium
Hal Boyle
Henri Chapelle
Aachen
Germany
Nicholas Sloane
New York City
607Th
Sloane
David Lardner
New Yorker Magazine
Jack Frankish
The
United Press
Peter Lachess
London Daily Telegraph
Remagen Bridge
Ann K. Cullen
American Red Cross
Frances V. Slanger
Normandy
England
Nick
France
Islands Romblon and Simara seized by U S troops
U S forces under Gen. Douglas MacArthur captured Romblon and Simara in the Sibuyan sea southeast of Luzon as part of the southern approaches seizure. Mindoro, Tablas, and other targets saw ongoing operations with light opposition reported. In Luzon, the 43rd Division joined the First Cavalry to advance east of Antipolo while the 25th and 32nd Divisions push toward Balete Pass. Liberator bombers attacked Formosa, Takao, and Tainan, with air patrols over the Ryukyus to sink enemy shipping.
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H. D. Quigg
Manila
U. S.S
Philippines
Luzon
Romblon
Simara
Sibuyan Sea
Mindoro
Tablas
Sibyan Islands
Tablas Island
U. S
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Mindanao
41St Division
Zamboanga
Zamboanga City
Recodo
Caldera Point
D Sertrea Ot Peri
H Har Te Maga
Mboanga
Basilan Island
First Cavalry
Antipolo
25Th
32Nd
Balete Pass
Cagayan Valley
Caranglan
Villa Verde Trail
Imagan
Formosa
Takao
Tainan
Jitsugetsu
Ryukku Islands
Eleven Ton Bombs Hit German Ruhr Viaduct
London March 15 UP Eleven ton British bombs, the biggest in the world, collapsed six to eight spans of the Bielfeld railway viaduct in the Ruhr. The attack cut a major Ruhr link to the rest of Germany. RAF pilots reported the blast lifted a bomber 500 feet and caused intense spine pain, a dramatic account of the explosion. Canadian Flight Engineer H R Short compared the blast to earlier six ton bombs.
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Dougald Werner
London
German Ruhr
Bielfeld
Air Ministry
Ruhr
Germany
H. R. Short
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H. L. Mencken
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Unique Cafe
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A. D. Hill
Lula B. Watts
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Rialto & New Theatres
G. D. Royston, Jr
Mrs. Doyle Reaves
T. O. Porter
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Wm. Green, Jr
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Frank Walters
Jack Rogers
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Hazel Lannon
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Daphne Levins
Mae Chambless
Cleo. Nunn
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Violet Ross
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June Fricks
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Mary Andres
Virginia Keith
Bobbie Jewell Roberts
Lena Maryman Yerger
J. W. Faucett
Gartha Williamson
E. E. Cooper
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Irene Hamilton
Florine Frida
E. N. Glover
T. A. Hamilton
Lucine Harris
J. A. Harris
Myrtle Yerger
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