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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1942
Page
3
In Washington congress debates the war tax bill and potential sales tax while Americans borrow to pay for war. The piece criticizes delay and calls for taxation to fund the war. Rubber shortages, reliant on Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, threaten industry and war effort, with synthetic rubber as a potential solution.
Associated Press reports the Red Army pressing a flank drive near Kharkov, claiming shattered German wedges and continued ground gains. Both sides claim mixed results as combat roils south of the Ukrainian city amid questions over the exact scope and encirclement outcomes.
Two Hope students Elizabeth Pilkinson and Mrs Mary Nell Turner will graduate from Henderson State Teachers College with Bachelor of Arts degrees. The baccalaureate sermon is slated for May 24 and the commencement for May 29 with Benjamin H. Wooten, president of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Little Rock, as speaker.
County Judge Predrick said a wet spring ruined 17 bridges, costing $6,677.82 in labor and materials, with $2,318.75 for material and the rest for labor. He noted limited progress on the oil field road south of Patmos and described WPA involvement on the Hope-Patmos road.
General Stilwell spoke of a brutal Burma campaign and a 140 mile jungle trek. He insisted Japan must be forced from Burma, warning the Japs are not supermen and vows to return properly equipped to retake the area.
Arkansas soldiers on active duty face the standard absentee ballot route for the upcoming elections, with a wartime polling plan debated but deemed too unsettled. Craighead County candidates push for a post precinct for Alaska based voters, while Hempstead County aims to print ballots 45 days before the July 28 primary. The final plan awaits center committee decision. canvassing rules for run off ballots remain unclear.
Royalty deeds and assignments filed in Lafayette County in May 1942 record transfers of oil and gas interests. Susie L. Wadley to Claude N. Valerius covers multiple parcels in sections 10 and 16, township 15 and 18 south, with varying fractional interests. Other transfers include Goss and Manning to Valerius, and Sun Oil Company assignment to Riddell Petroleum Corp for Northwest and Northeast tracts in section 10. Change of depository and title disclaimer entries appear, along with a Bod Cun Bank property chain and a 4 acre royalty note. Continuous recording dates span May 21 to May 25, 1942.
Japanese dispatches claim important successes across southeast and southwest China. Reports say in Yunnan the Upper Salween crossing is secured to shield the Burma road lower. Chekiang near Kin ghao presses the advance as Chinese forces estimate Japanese strength around 100,000 and Tokyo notes heavy Japanese pressure on Kin ghua.
Police sought an armed bandit who held up theater manager Iryin Wheatley Sunday night, taking $115 in receipts. The assailant emerged from shadows near the concession stand and threatened him with a pistol. A separate item notes a Japanese planned underwater tunnel linking Honshu and Kyushu.
Clay Hairston proprietor of Hotel Barlow files in Hempstead chancery court for injunctive relief to stop City of Hope from arresting him over opening a new package liquor store on Ehn street. He holds a state permit and seeks city permit. ordinance 488 challenged. total Hope liquor outlets count rises to six after prior reduction.
The Supreme Court upheld the 1927 law allowing small districts under 120 day terms and under 13 pupils daily, not repealed by consolidation. Boone County board dissolved Walnut Grove, annexing to Harrison against Walnut Grove residents. A 20-year sentence for Harry M Bailey of Holland Mo affirmed for second degree murder at an inn near Blytheville in December involving a waitress.
Axis observers in Paris report Pierre Laval’s growing criticism of slow collaboration with Germany. Vichy rumors name Jacques Doriot as a potential new leader or rival regime in Paris. Some say Laval hesitancy rose with U.S. discussions on Martinique and spring fighting in Russia, while Italian pressure over Nice and Corsica persists.
The Hope Fire Department reported two weekend fires, one at M. D. Downs home early Sunday destroying wallpaper in two rooms a closet and part of the roof with about 250 in damage, and a second on South Main Street Monday involving an automobile owned by J. C. Milam damaged by a short circuit totaling about 25.
President Roosevelt asked Congress on Monday to appropriate 280 million dollars for work relief in the year starting July 1, plus 2.787 million for administrative expenses. He estimated a tentative total of 465 million would be needed, funding about 400,000 employed amid ongoing unemployment. He also hinted at extending social security to cover residual WPA recipients and considering full or partial elimination of WPA. Labor and material shortages were cited as a factor in planning and possible migration adjustments.
Tokyo claims two large U S ships were hit in the Coral Sea battle and four cruisers were sunk, though there is no independent confirmation. General MacArthur announced U S losses were light and dismissed Japanese claims of heavy damage as fantasized.
Advocates for continued Labor Party presence in Churchill's government win a decisive conference vote. The conference rejects an amendment condemning labor laws in the government by 2,319,000 to 164,000. Clemens Attlee backs continued wartime policy as Lord Strabolgi hints at possible withdrawal. A stray line notes U.S. Marine Corps rank designation once used.
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