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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1945
Page
3
Monday night at 7 30 the Friday Music Club will meet at Mrs C P Witsell Jr s home at the SPG with Mrs J C Carlton in charge, assisted by Mrs B C Hyatt. A re reading of family travel and hospital visits is noted as well as a reunion at Little Rock with Nelms kin.
Mr and Mrs C M Agee and Mr and Mrs Carl E Ray with Barbara of Memphis attended the Henderson State Teachers College graduation exercise where Claudia Agee earned a Bachelor of Musical Education. Several locals, including Miss Frances Harrell and Cadet Charles Clifford Franks, joined relatives for summer visits and furloughs.
Ruth Ann Townsend of Emmet was listed among Magnolia A and M College students on the Second Semester honor roll. The brief notice highlights her academic achievement within the Magnolia college community and recognizes the listed scholars.
Eight Arkansas Coast Guardsmen serving aboard a Coast Guard manned amphibious cargo ship that led the Okinawa invasion say Arkansas is in the fight. The group includes Fred R. Trantham of North Little Rock, Marion Ray Turner of Hope, Billy R. McCullum of Violet Hill, James L. Tabler of Winthrop, John L. Cramer Jr. of Wynee, R. C. Blevins of Violet Hill, Earl J. Martin of Little Rock, and Jerry E. Poole of Hope. Poole, 21, is a daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Poole of Hope Rt 3 and has been awarded a recognition.
The Hope High School Summer Term opens with 65 registered by 9 a.m. enroll by May 30 for full credit. Courses include Beginners and Advanced Typing and Shorthand, Algebra I and III, World and American History, and English for grades 9 through 12. An Oglesby elementary session opens with 40 children. enroll by May 29 for full credit.
The University of Arkansas Extension Service distributes pamphlets to aid war veterans and other rural workers planning a back-to-the-land shift. With thousands of separations monthly, the program urges careful farming plans and capital, advising on land use, farm types, production needs, costs, rentals, water, and disease hazards while highlighting GI Bill provisions and loan guaranties.
Pvt Poole serves with the WACs in Paris France after six weeks overseas service. She has been in service since March 1944 and earns the good conduct ribbon for her wartime duty and conduct.
Two letters request guidance on age gaps and marriage pressure. Dorothy Dix says parental pressure fades, women are self supporting, and being an old maid is not a reproach. A soldier with a child raises legal issues about marriage and divorce. A puzzled girl is told to act dignified and sincere to prove she is not a flirt.
War brides face a unique path as husbands move camps and homes are crowded in wartime. Build a separate home, keep close ties with the husband’s family, and maintain harmony with in laws to support morale. Avoid following the husband around and seek privacy to preserve stability in a fragile period.
The piece recalls Easter 1945 bombings supplied by Harris's bombers that devastated Berlin suburbs while a guard spoke of dark times ahead. It notes Berlin's morale at low ebb, Volkssturm formations, overcrowded stations, refugees seeking aid, and widespread distrust in Nazi leadership as Germany faces collapse.
In Arkadelphia Ouachita College awarded 33 diplomas at today's commencement with Rev. Monroe F Swilley of Pine Bluff First Baptist Church as speaker. Earlier this afternoon Arkansas Power and Light Company president C H Moses spoke at the war memorial unveiling. Henderson State Teachers College conferred 18 diplomas at its 55th year close with Governor Ben Laney delivering the commencement address.
The piece accuses Joseph Curran and the National Maritime Union of the CIO of pro-Communist steering of the merchant fleet, noting Curran’s single wartime sea voyage, draft excusal, and the Roosevelt administration's links to pro-Communist appointees. It recounts past union misconduct, antiwar activity, and shifting loyalties, plus claims of records being kept secret and efforts to control naval gun crews and ship staffing.
Report notes 6 of 7 housewives discarded small fat scraps while saving only easy portions from bacon, frying, or broiling. It urges saving every scrap to fill fat salvage cans quickly, stressing fats are urgently needed for battlefield and home-front needs.
The annual Vacation Bible School at Hope Gospel Tabernacle will begin Monday June 4 under Miss Mary Brunner. Registration for attendees is Friday June 1 at 2:00 p m at the church. The program features supervised play, hand work, story hours, chorus singing, flag salutes, memory work, prizes, and diplomas.
A reporter describes pervasive pilferage at the Antwerp port warehouse, detailing methods such as hiding goods in bread, tobacco tins, shoes, and stockings. The “pilferage room” holds rescues from broken cartons, with items ranging from rubber heels to officers’ pants and stacks of cigarettes.
The passage notes pay comparisons showing a dish washer earning more than a naval commander for similar dangerous periods aboard a cruise ship. It argues Curran's union oath binds members to the union and labor cause rather than the United States, and notes recruitment rules prevent most young Americans in the Merchant Marine from holding union offices.
An MP recalls routine thefts where gangs size up a relay of boxes. A hole gouged in a crate allows an arm to reach inside while others distract. Boxes appear empty of cigarettes yet cartons vanish as crews mill about.
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