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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1943
Page
3
Hope business houses agree on a mid week half holiday with 1 pm closing each Wednesday to aid farming, Red Cross, and wartime efficiency. Shoppers urged to use Wednesday morning, while merchants protest new OPA denim overall price ceilings favoring chains over independents.
Price ceilings for beef veal lamb and mutton were cut by one to three cents a pound with Monday effect under a hold the line policy. Processed hams and picnic ham ceilings also reduced. a one third ham sale provision boosts center sales. New two class retailer structure under OPA contemplates ten percent cut, with subsidies to processors. Veal and beef cuts mostly unchanged. some white meats reduced. prices vary by zone and grade to curb mispricing.
New York May 12. A civil broadcast reported that General Von Armin and the Italian commander Messe arrived in Rome by plane on Sunday. CBS recorded the Italian communique stating General Gioanni Me commanded the Italian First Army in Persia and rejected a surrender demand on Cup Bort. Reports conflict over who leads remaining Axis forces in Tunisia.
The Whitfield Masonic Lodge will host a fish fry at the Hope Country Club Friday at 8 p.m. Members should meet at the Brodghall at 7 p.m. for transportation.
The Hope High School Senior class presents Miss Ginger a comedy in three acts at 8 p.m. Friday in the school auditorium. Cast includes Ophelia Hamilton Betty Monts Howard Sanford Billye James George Newhart Virginia ONeal Nell Jon Byers Wanda Ruggles John Stanford Meera McCloughan Thomas Honeycudt Mary Ross McFaddin Nancy Jae Coleman promoter. Director is Mrs Lawerence Martin. Public invited.
May 12 report from Montevideo states Uruguay severed ties with Vichy France after Luis Dupuy, formerly Uruguayan chargé d affaires in France, arrived in the capital. This marks a diplomatic pivot amid wartime alignments.
London reports Prime Minister Churchill's Washington meetings with President Roosevelt frame the focus of the pending war. Axis propaganda aims to project calm while probing political alignments with Stalin absent. News notes Hitler’s whereabouts unclear, the Atlantic wall, and Franco’s peace call amid harsh Dutch executions and Danish radio forecasts a forthcoming battle for Germany.
The Hempstead Rationing Board announces a county wide sugar registration from May 17 through 25. Registered consumers must bring rationing books for each family member and a list of fruits to be valued. The schedule lists multiple towns and dates with local registration points and times.
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill met in Washington for another war council amid talk of intensified Allied strategy in Europe and the Pacific. Churchill arrived with key India theater leaders as strategists discussed shifting focus toward Japan while maintaining pressure on Germany, with no White House comment on specifics.
AP reports China faces danger to its Rice Bowl as Japanese forces reach near Changsha in Hunan and grab a beachhead south of L ike Tungting. In the Southwest Pacific, heavier fighting around Salamaua and Mubo signals a possible Allied push, with raids on Meraike and Rabaul and renewed air strikes on enemy targets. British patrols note Japanese consolidation north of Akyab.
Allied forces near Cap Bon encircled by British armor and air power press the last Tunisian pocket. German resistance dissolving, thousands surrender including Col. Gen. Jurgen Von Arnim. Forces close in from Tunis and Enfidaville as Axis troops face stiff combat in Bou Ficha and Arghouan areas. Continued on Page Three.
Hope High School Band presents its final concert of the year at Saenger Theater on Thursday May 13 featuring marches overtures and solos. Senior members Ophelia Hamilton and Nell Crow retire after long service as the band announces a six week summer session starting May 24 at the high school band building.
Moscow reports from May 12 state that over 1,000 German troops were killed in the Leningrad front area as Red Army forces push along the entire battle line from Leningrad to Novorossisk. Soviet air power and artillery aimed at German positions, with ongoing operations across Kuban, Donets, Volkhov, and regions around Kursk, Orel, and Kiev.
The Arkansas river flood swelled to a record crest near Fort Smith with about 18 million gallons stored, waters surrounding Van Buren and the city, several levees failing, and evacuees moving to refugee centers. Camp Gruber and Camp Chaffee assisted evacuations while Fort Smith’s water conduit under the bridge faced collapse risks.
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