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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1943
Page
4
Daisy Heard, editor, announces social and personal notices including bridge hosts, birthday parties, and visits from Washington. The page lists dressy gatherings at homes, nursing class reminders, and multiple local families hosting events, with military and civilian guests, birthdays, and May dates.
The War Department reports fourteen Arkansans missing in action in European North Africa South Pacific and Southwest Pacific theaters. Names include First Lieutenants James D Dubard Floyd E Love and Robert J Swindle. Second Lieutenants Roy C Tobe Otis L Sharp. Privates Charles T Cockrell Harold B Gilmore James H W Brown and others, with hometowns such as Marked Tree Walnut Ridge Little Rock North Little Rock Newport and Greenbrier.
Washington May 11 Republicans oppose a bill to strip the War Production Board of control over civilian supplies and priorities. The measure would create a civilian supply agency led by a presidentially appointed administrator with power to determine needs and rationing, replacing the civilian requirements office led by Donald M. Nelson. Debate highlighted potential jurisdictional conflicts between the new agency, the Navy, armed services, and civilian agencies.
The Netherlands News Agency Aneta reports a state of siege has been decreed across Nazi occupied Holland. Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Reich Commissioner, is cited as ordering the measure after disturbances tied to a general strike. Reports say 26 Dutch patriots were executed and 10 sentenced to death, with food supply disruptions noted and prisoners of war held.
Editorial notes agitation turning into unrest in the Netherlands under German censorship. Telegraaf says serious risk orders appear as police martial law spreads from four provinces to the rest of the nation. May 3 executions by special tribunals followed, with reinterment affecting Navy and Army members.
George Behlichter walked along a street in Longmont Colorado when a paper fluttered from a bill at a bird or birder and a dollar was found.
Beth Carter, WAAC, has volunteered for a dangerous mission. After receiving orders she was induced to her commanding officer, Cory, as they honed on Mying Wertress Won Sucan tiny toad in the activity.
Beth and Major Jackson discuss a hidden war mission on a sand island base. He explains her role as one man staff for the Coast Artillery barrage battalion and warns of leaks, while the stranded scene hints at looming Japanese fighter threat as the Fortress lifts off.
Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee told the House of Commons that Axis prospects in their final African stand on Cap Bon are bleak though the date has gone well. He cited 1,200 British casualties in the Tunis advance and 6,400 since April 17, with 50,000 Axis prisoners captured since May 5, praising Allied cooperation and air superiority under Eisenhower and Montgomery.
Secretary Knox forecast Tunisia victory would let Allied ships use eastern Mediterranean routes under an Allied air umbrella from northern Africa. He warned Axis Sicily will keep air threat high until Allied Sicily operations change control. Navy commended Army and British forces for Tunisia victory. Salt Lake City sightseeings planned for soldiers and tourists start Sunday on foot.
The Senate Treasury sil ver use for war needs under review by Banking Committee at 8:30 a.m. Central War Time. The House debates reciprocal trade program at 1 p.m. with Military Committee likely to report antistrike legislation.
Allied forces report heavy fighting across Tunisia with 80,000 Axis troops on the peninsula. Eighth Army pockets German units near Enfidaville and Zaghouan, captures prisoners and guns, while Allied air strikes hit Pantelleria and Sicily. Cap Bon coastal monitoring continues as naval activity sinks small boats and captures prisoners including a German general.
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