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Newspaper

Hope Star

Location

Hope, Arkansas, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1944

Page

1

Our Daily Bread Our Daily Bread

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.

Nationalized Citizens Shape American Identity

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.

Department of Justice British Empire Poland Italy Soviet Russia Scandinavia Germany Czechoslovakia Jugoslovakia Greece Jabeobs Mexico All Others A i. Ae

Chinese Hold Loyang Defenders Amid Encirclement Report

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.

Chungking Loyang Henan Sunghai Shansi Shanhsien Tungkwan Yellow River Lunghai Yunnan Province Mosneph W. Stilwell Burma Salween River Tengchung Lungling Yunnan Hankow Stilwell Yangtze Shasi China Richard C. Bergholz Associated Press Southwest Pacific Wakde Dutch New Guinea Myitkyina Sixth Army Hollandia MacArthur New Guinea Palau Philippine Islands Joseph W. Stilwell Frank Merrill Mogaung Ledo

China Warm Friend of U.S. Rotary Hears

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.

Edward Jung Albert J. Chan Rotary Club Barlow H. B. Winyard Soil Conservation Service N. T. Jewell Jung China Mr. Jung Canton Japan Mr. Chan Formosa Korea James H. Jones Hope High School John Paul Sanders Charles O. Thomas, Jr Mattie Mac Garrett Mary Jane Hearne Bill Wright Benton, Ark

Washington bill seeks probe of 1944 campaign spending

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.

Washington Gathings

Fliers Shot While Escaping Nazi Prison Camp

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.

London Anthony Eden RAF Dresden Eden House of Commons RCAF RAAF FNZAF Britain England

Father of Lyman Armstrong Dies of a Heart Attack

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.

Guy Armstrong Lyman Armstrong Scott Stores St. Louis Mr. Armstrong Cape Girardeau Hope Middle West Lyman Lloyd Iran Leslie England Robert Heggie James Taylor Kansas City LaDon Armstrong

Reds Open Offensive In Lwow Sector Amid Soviet Push

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.

Moscow Lwow Old Poland Stanislawow Poland Hungary Dnestr Bessarabia White Russia Vitebsk Red Army Red Gulf of Finland Eastern Front

Air Assault Not at Peak Says Arnold

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.

Arnold William Frye Washington Europe H. H. Arnold Germany Army RAF Luftwaffe

Son of Cook Laundry Owners Reported Killed in War

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.

Fred H. Cook Jr Fred H. Cook Cook White Star Laundry War Department Young Cook Mediterranean Adjutant General Secretary of War

Twelve Democratic Senators Vote for Wallace

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.

Associated Press Washington Henry A. Wallace Senate Roosevelt Sam Rayburn Tex House Barkley Kentucky Truman War Investigating Committee James F. Byrnes South Carolina

Wartime public works approved in 18 projects

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.

Washington Watson Chapel Pine Bluff Philip B. Fleming

Hitlers Promise Fails As Nazi Army Falls Back Near Sevastopol

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.

Eddy Gilmore Sevastopol Hitler Crimea Tomania Athersonnes Cape Light Brigade Sergei Birinzov Fourth Ukrainian Army 111Th Dunkerque Black Sea Romania

Idle in Scattered Controversies Across Nation

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.

Associated Press Midwest Michigan Detroit

Missouri Patrol Seeks Clues in Holland Murder Case

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.

Jefferson City Edgar Holland la Monte Lake of the Ozarks Camdenton Holland Molly Mattie Holland Pearl Fairfax J. F. Shaw

Army Officer Guilty on 11 Counts in Court Martial

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.

Texarkana Raymond Marsh Red River Eighth Service Command Dallas

Hartford Melody Boys Here for Concert

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.

Odis Echols Hartford Melody Boys Hope City Hall

Allied Hitler Line Breaks Through Center At Sant Oliva

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.

Noland Norgaard Naples U. S Sant’ Oliva Hitler Line Itri Pontecorvo Monte Fagget Stri-Pico Road Mark W. Clark Formia Fifth Army Gaeta Point Gaeta

Arkansas man found innocent in traffic death case

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.

Paragould Raymond E. English Manila Liberty Freeda Brown Logan Light Ark English

Hope Basket Company Wins Safety Flag With Record

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.

Hope Basket Company E. M. Milner State Safety Department Little Rock Walter Verhalen Safety Council

Nazis Bombarded Formia as Americans Advancing

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.

Sid Feder Formia Maly Tyrrhenian Gaeta

Berlin Targets as Allies Resume Air Offensive

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.

London Britain Berlin Reich Hannover Brunswick Brandenburg Mediterranean Army Air Force Ploesti Belgrade Nis Scotland Europe Vichy France Belgium Osa Red Army Norway Bay of Biscay Luftwaffe England Turkey Italy Ludwig Sertorius

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Alex. H. Washburn James Thrasher Forrestal James V. Forrestal Navy Mr. Forrestal Pearl Harbor King Knox Congress House Committee Sen Alben W. Barkley Senator Barkley Dan’l Boone Marion Crittenden County John Stephens Wakde Isles Allied Palau Islands Dutch East Indies Halmahera Davao Philippines U.S Rotary Reds WAC Neil Murrain Minneapolis, Minn 5Th Army Fred Cook, Jr War Dept Wallace Missouri Sa’ Oliva Pico Esperia Gustav Graydon Anthony Union Compress and Warehouse Co Lumber Co Gunter Lumber Co Hope Heading Temple Cotton Oil Co Bruner Ivory Handle Co Hope Basket Co
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