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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1945
Page
1
A reader urges not to use rent hikes on a soldier's wife and warns of local leadership. A second piece analyzes US treatment of German prisoners, arguing Geneva Convention compliance and potential benefits of stricter handling for captives.
American forces swept within two miles of Naha Okinawa capital and overran Munchinato airfield. Sherman tanks pressed Shuri as Seventh division pushed along the eastern coast toward Yanabaru airfield. Japanese defense remained strong with estimates of over 1000 killed in the last 72 hours and expert riflemen in strategic spots. Tokyo reported American Superfortresses raided Kyushu for the fifth day in a row to neutralize bases used for attacks on Okinawa.
At the United Nations conference in San Francisco the big four power clash over control of key commissions and chairmanships intensifies. Molotov may depart due to war, while Stettinius wins backing for Argentina invitation despite Russian opposition.
State land records show four months of 1945 land sales bringing in $123,115.17 by April. April receipts totaled $28,233.29, about $800 below March. State Land Commissioner Claude Rankin noted the drop in April.
Allied forces under General Mark W. Clark push through broken German lines in northern Italy with French American and Yugoslav units closing on key junctions. Fifth Army seizes Riva Torbole and Nago while Seventh Army nears Innsbruck. French reach near Turin. New Zealanders advance toward Trieste. Tito reports street fighting in Fiume and German divisions surrounded.
Senator Overton proposed a 24 million dollar emergency flood relief plan to repair flood damage across Louisiana Texas Arkansas and along the Ohio Missouri rivers. The package would authorize 12 million for levee restoration and flood protection and provide loans and grants to farmers for damaged property as well as priority for farm equipment shipments through WPB New Orleans district office.
London reports Soviet victory as Red Army closes in on Berlin on May Day. Stalin proclaims final assault and hoists the banner over the Reichstag as German resistance collapses. Soviet losses cited and key targets including the Brandenburg Gate reached. Other offensives push from Moravska Ostava toward Czechoslovakia with the Second Ukrainian and First Ukrainian armies advancing.
Australian officials in Canberra announced that Allied forces landed on Borneo in a major invasion of the Dutch East Indies island. Treasurer J. B. Chifley said Australian troops participated, with indications of American involvement. The Tokyo broadcast claimed fierce combat as landing forces moved ashore on the east coast near Tarakan, the region’s large oil center.
Little Rock May 1 A state board budget official says school district allowances for teacher salaries since 1943 remain unaffected by a Supreme Court ruling that barred special exceptions in calculating revenue allocations. The 1941 act set a 75 percent minimum of revenue above base for salaries, while a 1943 amendment allowed adjustments for abnormal revenues. The Mona Lisa model is said to be Isabella D Este.
In Wiesbaden Germany displaced residents hope to lure American officers with entertainment centers and shops. Military authorities reject such proposals while Red Cross lounges and dances open under occupation policy. The Kurhaus may become a Red Cross recreation hub for GI guests, with non fraternization rules. Wiesbaden remains lightly damaged with spring foliage masking scars as hotels still operate and tourism promos persist.
German radio declared Adolf Hitler dead at the Reich Chancellery with Doenitz announced as his successor. The Fuehrer’s death follows a final stand against Bolshevism as Germany braces for postwar leadership and peace efforts. Churchill hinted peace could come before Saturday as questions echo in Parliament. Maria Jevitza, opera soprano, born in Moravia in 1888.
Gen Patton's Third Army breached into Austria reaching the Inn river near Braunau and advanced toward Linz as 11th and 1st Armored Divisions pushed toward Mayrhof and Salz burg. Seventh Army crossed into Austria capturing Schwaz and pushing toward Innsbruck, while allied forces linked at the Elbe north of Germany threatening to cut off Denmark and Schleswig Holstein. The push widened the center corridor between German forces in the south and north, with Russians and Americans closing in Bohemia and Moravia as surrender rumors circulated.
First Lt. Paul W. McCormick of Spring Hill, missing since September 13, 1944 and a German prisoner since January 1945, arrived in the United States Sunday April 29. He was wounded when shot down over Germany, with both legs broken, and landed on the East Coast.
Swedish diplomat Count Folke Bernadotte arrived in Stockholm after a quick flight from Copenhagen. He refused to confirm if a new communication from Heinrich Himmler had been delivered and suggested he might confer with Allied representatives through Sweden's foreign office. Danish underground reports cited Bernadotte in talks on possible German withdrawal from Denmark, seen as a potential prelude to surrender to the Allies.
Admiral Nicholas Horthy and his family were found at Waldbichl castle near Weilheim south of Munich and taken into protective custody by U.S. Seventh Army troops. German Field Marshals Wilhelm List and Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb were also captured nearby, List in Partenkirchen and von Leeb at Garmisch near Fussen, after significant roles in Poland, France, and Russia campaigns.
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