08 May 1944
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1944
Page
1
In a reflective essay, the author cites the New York Times survey on historical knowledge, praising the paper for public service. He admires leaders like Knox and Stimson and argues that story and courage, not dates, rally youth to defend the nation.
Fayetteville congressman J W Fulbright weighs in on the Montgomery Ward action calling it arbitrary and unwarranted He supports the Dewey Resolution to probe the matter and expects a bill to curb executive overreach as the House prepares investigations and a committee is named.
Staff Sergeant John Junior Frisby of Hope completes his 11th mission over enemy territory as tail gunner on a Flying Fortress. The wife or father is informed by a letter received through 803 East Division Street in Hope.
Washington May 8 The piece outlines Senate filibuster tactics to block the anti poll tax bill and force southern states Virginia Mississippi Alabama South Carolina Georgia Arkansas Texas Tennessee to abolish the poll tax for voting. It explains cloture hurdles and possible journal reading as delaying maneuvers.
Kansas City May 8 The northern and southern divisions of the Methodist churches have been fully unified at the quadrennial general conference. Delegates approved reports completing financial integration and church policy codification and launched a Crusade for Christ to raise 25 million dollars for reconstruction and evangelism. The gathering noted a rise in Sunday school losses and declining minister numbers while urging Roosevelt to curb liquor production under war powers.
Little Rock reports a list of Democratic primary candidates has been certified to county committees. Secretary Harvey Combs says public drawings for ballot positions will be held later.
A Pacific front report notes Japanese land forces pressing in Imphal Kohima area of India and the Loyang city in China nearing fall. Allied air and sea operations target Dutch East Indies and Pacific bas es as resistance continues in Burma and Manchuria.
Julia Chester Hospital announces National Hospital and Gift Day observed Friday May 12 from 3 to 5 p.m. Open house for visitors as Cadet Nurses Corps aids meet nurse demand, Red Cross Nurses aid hostesses, silver tea by Board of Directors, proceeds to the endowment fund. Public invited.
Chicago reports fingerprints taken from a woman's body found in a salt packed trunk shipped from Chicago to Los Angeles were smeared and could not establish identity. Lieut. Philip Breitzke said new prints would be sought from Los Angeles police and he still believed the victim was Mrs. Louise Villegas, 24, who disappeared from a downtown hotel on April 28.
Camden records the first closure of Arkansas’ seven chief government financed schools. Harrell field has operated here for the past 21 months. Training field equipment will be sold at public auction Thursday and Friday.
The Rationing Board sets local office hours from 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m for home canning sugar issuance in Hempstead County. Residents should apply on the designated dates at their location: Tuesday May 9 Washington Wednesday May 11 and Thursday May 12 Blevins Friday May 12 McCaskill Monday May 15 Bingen.
Tokyo radio said Japan will dispatch a vessel to Vladivostok to collect U S relief supplies for American prisoners and internees. The move comes as Japan responds to U S charges about mistreatment and cites detailed investigations and a May 3 Swiss minister handover.
The Arkansas Supreme Court reverses Jefferson County chancery on the estate of Harvey C. Couch finding no additional inheritance tax due. The ruling centers on valuing the estate as of one year after death per federal law, remanding the case for further action.
Washington reports German leadership faces a pivotal hour within a week as Allied invasion forces prepare to strike Western Europe. Berlin weighs risking everything to smash the beachheads or prolong lines for a stalemate while Luftwaffe and reserve counts suggest a fierce battle to come.
Camp Robinson in Little Rock has been designated as a discharge center for all classes of men leaving the army. Col. G C Graham, Camp Commander, announced that the move seems logical during demobilization. Date palms yield 100 to 400 pounds of dates annually. Do not eat meat.
London May 8 The Germans plan a vast police force with lists of political unreliables and prominent figures to arrest as hostages upon Allied invasion. General Von Woyrsch is slated to command. Oslo houses the HQ with Norway as a likely invasion point. A second German defense line is reported along Jutland with Holland closed to nonpermits. A Paris commentator marks May 10 as a new beginning and foresees harsher action on France.
The Arkansas Bar Association holds its annual convention in Hot Springs Friday and Saturday with discussions on proposed legal code simplification and liberalizing rules on evidence. Dean E Morgan of Harvard Law School will be the chief speaker Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.
Democratic delegates in six states move toward 530 needed to crown Franklin D. Roosevelt for a fourth term. As of today 415 delegates are pledged or claimed, with Missouri Wyoming Ohio and North Dakota tallying for him, while Washington state joins later. Republican Bricker gains in Ohio as West Virginia and Tennessee primaries shape GOP counts, with Taft assured renomination in Ohio.
Allied air offensives over Berlin and Brunswick intensify with Liberators and Fortresses dropping thousands of tons of explosives. Operations target Bucharest and Rouen as part of a 24 day daylight and night campaign across Germany France Romania and the Balkans.
Lt Hearvy Barr son of Mr and Mrs H B Barr was reported interned in a neutral country after a bombing mission over Germany his plane was crippled by shellfire and forced down he escaped the neutral country and is back in the United States contacting his parents this weekend the Barrs have gone to Pine Bluff to join Lt and his wife details of the escape are not yet known.
In the Sahara the dry desert records a ancient sea, clouds of dust once blinded troops, and only the Mediterranean remains as evidence of a vanished ocean amid shifting sands and pale horizons.
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