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The note presents a devotional line attributed to Alex H. Washburn proclaiming a patriotic message. It emphasizes personal faith and national identity within a religious daily bread context.
19 May 1944
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1944
Page
1
The note presents a devotional line attributed to Alex H. Washburn proclaiming a patriotic message. It emphasizes personal faith and national identity within a religious daily bread context.
A Sunday observance called I Am an American Day highlights naturalization data from the Department of Justice showing nearly 400000 new citizens in the past year along with 65000 armed forces members naturalized. Top origins include the British Empire, Poland, Italy, and Germany, with others from Scandinavia and beyond.
Chinese forces in Loyang Henan province remain in city despite being surrounded and cut off the spokesman said as Japanese forces push from Shansi and join the Lunghai line. Allied air power targets Japanese bases in Yunnan while Wakde island falls to Sixth Army in Dutch New Guinea advancing toward Myitkyina and linking Ledo and Burma roads.
Two young Chinese engineers Edward Jung and Albert J. Chan spoke at the noon Hope Rotary luncheon at Hotel Barlow. They discussed Sino American relations, China’s cities, language education, and postwar construction plans, noting long Japanese pressure and the 1937 attack context. Guests included four top Hope High seniors and Benton Rotarian Bill Wright.
Rep. Gathings introduced a bill yesterday to authorize an investigation into campaign expenditures in the 1944 elections. The measure targets election financing practices and aims to uncover any irregularities in spending.
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden disclosed that 47 RAF officers, part of the RAF Dominion Allied force, were shot by Germans after a mass escape from a camp near Dresden on March 25. Seventy six participated. fifteen were captured alive and fourteen at large. Some were shot resisting arrest or during a subsequent escape attempt. The dead included several World War II heroes. The news came after Swiss officials notified families.
Guy Armstrong 63 father of Lyman Armstrong manager of Scott Stores died suddenly of a heart attack yesterday at a daughter's home in St. Louis. Body moved to Cape Girardeau for funeral Saturday. Survived by widow three sons and three daughters including Lyman Hope Lloyd Iran Leslie England Mrs Heggie St Louis Mrs James Taylor Kansas City and Miss LaDon Armstrong Cape Girardeau.
Soviet communique reports Red Army forces seized a strategic height near Stanislawow on the southern approaches to Lwow as German detachments suffer heavy losses in counter thrusts. The air force claims include sinking three mine sweepers two patrol cutters and downing 16 enemy aircraft with further fighter kills.
General H. H. Arnold said Allied air attacks against Germany have not yet peaked. He described plans for a 2,300,000 strong air force, noted past combat totals, and warned the RAF’s primary aim remains destroying the Luftwaffe as Germany rebuilds.
The War Department telegram confirms Pfc. Fred H. Cook Jr. was killed on April 20 in the North African area after earlier being listed missing in action. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Cook, proprietors of Cook's White Star Laundry.
In a May 19 Associated Press poll of 58 Senate Democrats 12 named incumbent Henry A Wallace as their top choice for vice president with the rest split among ten others. Roosevelt is expected to head the ticket and 53 of 58 Democrats were polled.
The Watson Chapel school district project at Pine Bluff costing 111500 was among 18 wartime public works projects approved yesterday by Administrator Philip B Fleming. The 18 jobs will cost about 1478000.
War correspondent describes seven miles from Sevastopol where a 200000 strong German force retreats after Red Army breaches the siege. The scene shows a ruined Sevastopol and grim aftermath with 25000 German prisoners taken, and a veteran officer calling the episode worse than Dunkirk. American tanks appear in the Crimea ending May 12.
More than a dozen labor disputes kept an estimated 15,000 workers from their jobs as three high ranking officials urged work or fight legislation. Some plants revived operations while others halted again. none involved more than 2,000 workers per plant, with activity in the east south midwest and west. Michigan plants in Detroit and nearby cities were returning to normal.
Missouri highway patrols hunted for floor boards and a door taken from Edgar Holland's home near La Monte as investigators seek witnesses and other clues a month after his wife Molly and her mother Pearl Fairfax were killed and dumped in Lake of the Ozarks. No arrests reported. fingerprints confirmed Molly Holland as a victim.
Texarkana May 19 Col. Raymond Marsh former commanding officer of the Red River Ordnance depot was found guilty on 11 of 14 charges by a general court martial. He faces sentence to be carried out Monday at Dallas by the Eighth Service Command.
Odis Echols and the Hartford Melody Boys appear in person at Hope City Hall tonight. They offer a variety program of singing likely to appeal to all. A small admission is charged and the public is invited.
Allied forces led by French troops and U S tanks broke into the Hitler line at its center advancing toward Sant Oliva as part of a 25 mile front assault. German high command acknowledged a local dent near Sant Oliva but said it was sealed off amid heavy fighting.
Ray mond E. English of Manila was freed after a circuit court ruled he did not commit involuntary manslaughter in the death of Freeda Brown Logan, 16, of Light Ark. The girl ran onto the highway and struck his car on April 23.
The Hope Basket Company received the Safety Flag for a perfect three month record in safety. E. M. Milner of the State Safety Department attended from Little Rock to present the award. Owner Walter Verhalen led the meeting and introduced the speaker. One accident in five plants last month caused 187 lost man hours out of 103 038 hours worked, the best since the Safety Council began five years ago.
American forces captured Formia, a Tyrrhenian port, after facing fortified pill boxes dugouts and hundreds of mines. German long range artillery from Gaeta shelled the area, while Italian positions endured constant fire before the doughboys pressed forward. Gaeta’s guns also answered back as the advance continued.
British and American air forces resumed the Allied aerial offensive over Europe, penetrating Berlin after a five day lull. Berlin claimed 1,000 aircraft participated, with raids traced from Hannover and Brunswick to Brandenburg and the capital. The Mediterranean air force attacked Ploesti Belgrade and Nis, while Vichy radios noted renewed strikes on Northern France and Belgium.
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