This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 20 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1944
Page
3
The notice lists new validity dates for blue, red and airplane stamps, sugar stamps and gasoline coupons in various books. April marks first days for several blue and red stamps, with indefinite validity for many, while gasoline quotas adjust from three to two gallons weekly.
May 26 social calendar notes include Syd McMath completing a ceremony for Mrs Dolph Siayes of Wash C D. C. at an afternoon event. Volunteers in Surgical Dressing Iriment report 500 dressings finished. Band Auxiliary at high school elects officers Sceva Gibson and others. American Legion sale names sub-debs for Saturday with many girls listed.
Frank Malone of Sherman visits his mother Mrs Wash Hutson and other relatives. Mrs L M Lyle and son Henry stay with Mr and Mrs Walter Bilyu in Finley HI. Capitan Hal Bilyu on leave from the Army Air Corps in England visits the Bilyu home. Mrs R H Ragan arrives from Greenville to visit Mr and Mrs R L Gosnell and Mr and Mrs E Wingfield. Cadet W H Citty Jr arrives from Gulf Coast Military Academy Gulfport Miss to summer with Mr and Mrs W M Sparks after nine months at the academy.
Capitan H. K. Mecharg II has moved from infantry to the corps of engineers at his station in England. Mrs. Mecharg, formerly Sara Ann Holland, and their son reside with her parents Mr and Mrs Gosnell. Miss Eleanor Seymour of Fulton was elected Best All Around girl for Hendrix College Annual as a sophomore active in campus life.
The senior class presents Speed a three act comedy at the High School auditorium with matinee at 2 p m and evening show at 8. Cast includes Marjorie O Neal Mary S Jackson John Honea Robbie Joyce Formby Jack Crank Sara Jane Murphy Charles Benson Bobbie Roberts Howard Perdue Mary Jo Dickinson promoter Director Mrs Lawrence Martin Between acts include comedy net boys style show Audience invited.
In early 1944 the United States operated 33 high octane gasoline plants, all using a single process, expanding from just one plant in 1941 as wartime demand intensified production capacity.
American citizens of German descent in New York City raised more than $25,000,000 through War Bond purchases up to May 1944.
An unusual hair care note describes methods to manage frizz and tame unruly strands using specific routines. The guidance emphasizes consistency and gentle handling to avoid damage and achieve smoother results over time.
Members and friends of First Christian Church North Main at Ave B will gather in the recreation room on Friday May 26 at 7 30 for a free third monthly dinner. Judge Elmer Lincoln of Texarkana will speak on churchmen’s challenges and future possibilities.
Washington reports a major change in army supply plans toward heavy artillery and large ammunition. Officials say new plants will be built, boosting the program 400 to 500 percent over current schedules and adding about 750 million dollars over 18 months, with reopening of closed facilities and strain on nylon, ammonia, and alcohol production. The emphasis targets 155 millimeter howitzers, 8 inch guns, 240 mm weapons, and the 155 long tom.
London reports German propaganda aims to pacify shock from Italian retreats by signaling an imminent western invasion. Volkischer Beobachter warns of hard battles to come this summer while Moscow and Stockholm dispatches note floods in Pas de Calais and halted French rail traffic as Allies press air attacks. Some rumors claim Himmler traveled to France amid German forces concentrated there.
Over the past two weeks authorities inspected defense measures and tightened control to manage unrest. Officials focused on surveillance and security procedures affecting communities deemed restive.
White rust description explains dull coating that forms on galvanized steel from zinc surface corrosion. The text also notes that a different serum is required to treat bites from various snakes.
Dusty Americans in armored Sherman tanks roll along the Appian Way toward Rome. A German artillery observer is pulled from a cave by Cpl. Robert G. Meinder of Sioux City Iowa after tanks surprise him. Bodies and wreckage dot the scene as conical huts show shell damage.
Courtright contemplates abandoning her plan as Azaraski and Baldwin close in. Fearing torture or death, she slips toward the road seeking Monk’s fishing boat, using fluent Japanese and a forged dialect to bribe a road sentry.
The American Legion Auxiliary led by Mrs. M. M. McCloughan predicts a record poppy sale this Memorial Day. Materials for the poppies are donated to veterans who craft the flowers, with proceeds aiding disabled men and their families. volunteers organize supply, production, and distribution as part of a 24 year tradition.
A British scientist reports that nearly all animals can develop a taste for alcohol. Polly the parrot and a pony baboon and two monks are cited as cases of intoxication. Elephants in circuses are noted for liking schnaps, with one monk becoming dangerous after drinking.
Allied forces pushed forward along the railway line, a medical aid station was set up beside the embankment once feared as a German main line. Casualties occurred but were lower than feared thanks to tanks leading the infantry.
The Rev. Thomas Brewster of First Presbyterian church, Hope, received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Arkansas Presbyterian College Batesville at the May 22 commencement. Presenting was George Bone with citation read by Rev. S. S. Bryant. Brewster has served Hope for over eleven years after leaving Bardstown Kentucky.
Mrs MacLaren Morrison relocates from London to Chiselhurst with a retinue of over 100 pets. Seven dogs, thirty cats, fifty birds, several monkeys and many mice accompany the move, mice requiring trapping on moving day.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.