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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1945
Page
5
An air show at Adams field to promote the Seventh War Loan drive and observe the Army Air Transport command's fourth anniversary will be staged next Monday and Tuesday. Sponsored by Pulaski county War Finance, the event will feature a display of Army Air Forces planes and late model fighters, with Major Wilmer E. Hall highlighting ATC operations.
Little Rock May 24 The Arkansas Expenditures Council urged tighter control of federal spending including aid to states. It passed two resolutions: one backing a Senate bill to review government corporations and another supporting a constitutional amendment for a balanced postwar budget. Robert Miller led discussions. officers elected include C Russell Brown president L C Gargile vice president Clyde Lowry secretary treasurer.
Allied forces push through abandoned cave positions in northeast Mania watershed as a massive fire bomb strike aids the 3rd Division. Flames from tanks and incendiaries clear ridges, with 126 enemy dead counted. Yanks seize a command post near Crags west of Ipo dam, while the 240th Division reports gains in the Davao sector after days of fighting.
Port Allegany Pennsylvania reports a deceased former owner bequeathing the town water system to the community. The will names the late owner as executor, with proceeds directed to maintain public utilities and infrastructure for residents. Local officials plan to review the terms for compliance and funding.
Ogden municipal light plant announces a welcome dividend for customers. All light bills canceled for the current month. A tax-like action aims to ease costs during the period while promoting aquatic veg gathering using a curious duck billed dinosaur character.
The dispatch reports a strong man killed himself within 115 minutes after arrest in Luneburg villa. Himmil er wore petol-color horn-rimmed glasses and shaved moustache to hide. alias Hit zinger with two Gestapo aides. Ribbentrop remaining alive. Goebbels Goering and others reportedly dead or captured as Berlin siege closes.
London May 24. Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler killed himself in a Luneburg military prison after two weeks on the run from Allied forces. He had been captured near Bremervorde and identified by Allied guards. During questioning he reportedly swallowed potassium cyanide to avoid exposure. British doctors treated him but he died.
A senior British intelligence officer said Heinrich Himmler and his two bodyguards were stopped during a routine security check at a bridge near Bremen Verden. Himmler allegedly produced forged papers naming himself Herr Hitzinger, but the guards remained suspicious and detained them for questioning.
A flareup of violence erupts after the killing of Lebanese demonstrators in Beirut and injuries to Syrians in Damascus by French Senegalese troops. Protests escalate as demonstrations against French troop movements illuminate a volatile Middle East situation. A map shows disputed territory amid the turmoil. Germany opens its first railway in 1232 between Nuremberg and Furth.
Our Daily notes that most congressmen see flaws in the Smith-Connally Act and suggests improvements. It argues the act fails to prevent wartime strikes and invites them via strike votes, questioning Congress's pride in passing the vetoed measure two years ago.
A report states that the four-horned antelope is the only living wild four-horned mammal, highlighting its distinct horn count among fauna.
Traitor Ezra Pound, the American exile, was seized by Partisan forces at Rapalio and handed to U S military authorities. He praised Hitler as a genius and Mussolini as a man who lost his head while continuing to attack fellow Americans in his questioning.
May 24 report from Little Rock says plans to develop recreation facilities at the Norfolk dam area in northern Arkansas were discussed at a conference called by Col. Rey Burdick head of the Little Rock district office of the U.S. Engineers. Attendees included the State Game and Fish Commission and the park division of the Arkansas Resources and Development Commission.
A set of brief historical notes notes rhubarb arrival in America about 190 years ago from Europe and prewar American candy consumption averaging 19 pounds yearly. It mentions 50 farm product varieties used by the candy industry and ancient Egyptian yarn manipulation with needles. It also cites over 1,060 Salvation Army mobile canteens worldwide and a well preserved chair from around 1600 B C found in an Egyptian tomb.
Little Rock May 23 The Arkansas Highway Commission appointed Nelson Cox of Camden former Cuechita county representative as its state highway purchasing agent. Cox, with International Paper in Camden, succeeds J F Francis who recently resigned. The panel planned to award three highway maintenance contracts and receive bids for department junk and equipment.
President Truman will fly to San Francisco to address the closing session of the United Nations conference. He plans a short Pacific Northwest side trip for rest and reception, returning to Washington by plane within a week. He will speak for about 15 minutes at the plenary session in the San Francisco Opera House and witness the signing of a world charter, with the address carried worldwide.
At the 40th annual meeting of the Southern Cypress Association in Jacksonville Florida director Richard Kimball urged a defensive stance and better products to meet rising postwar competition. He warned keen competition across lumber usage and emphasized selling and merchandising improvements to surpass timber substitutes appearing in the market.
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