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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1944
Page
1
A brief item notes election coverage featuring Alex H. Washburn. The notice highlights ongoing campaign events and related public interest in the election, with emphasis on Washburn’s role in reporting or commentaries.
The Star will publish an Election Extra at midnight reporting AP presidential and congressional results plus Arkansas ballot items for Hope readers. Radio and street sales replace old in-person party gatherings as the city adapts to news delivery changes. A coffee shop mix adds local color with a bakery seeking pies.
Washington reports two Democratic senators aiming for governors races in Indiana and Washington. Samuel D. Jackson of Indiana seeks to swap with Gov. Henry Schrieter, while Mon C. Wallgren of Washington runs against Gov. Arthur Langne, with Wallgren's Senate term ending in 1947 if he loses.
Montevideo reports Uruguay aims to build a shark fishing industry to supply vitamin A for the United Nations. The River Plate Trading Corporation says it has US orders for processing machinery to establish a modern vitamin plant at La Paloma on the Atlantic coast. Company officials note sharks with livers rich in vitamin A are abundant off Uruguay.
Howard and Gifford Byers have purchased Paul Briant's drugstore on Second street Hope. Briant ran the shop for 37 years, one of the oldest establishments in town. The trading name becomes Byers Drugstore with Howard Byers, a veteran druggist, joining the enterprise.
Returns from Arkansas general election show Roosevelt reelected by nearly three to one and at least three of seven initiated measures approved. Constitutional Amendment No. 24 allows two mill property tax for libraries. No. 35 bans closed shops. No. 36 reconstitutes the Game and Fish Commission. No. 37 enables voting without poll tax for service members.
The article notes Republicans aiming to seize six House seats and twelve Senate seats to attain congressional control as campaigns unfold for the 79th Congress. It highlights key races including Senate battles involving Barkley, Wagner, Downey, and others, plus looming postwar policy stakes and party dynamics.
U S Pacific Fleet reports six Japanese warships caught near Manila sunk or damaged by Hellcats Helldivers and Avengers of the Third Fleet. The raid raises total enemy ships sunk or damaged since MacArthur's Oct 20 landing to at least 66. Carrier planes sank a sub chaser likely a heavy cruiser damaged a light cruiser and three destroyers while wiping out nearly 200 enemy aircraft in day and night attacks.
George Washington held formal command of about 14,000 soldiers, guiding them through military organization and leadership responsibilities during the period.
Nut Bush precinct in northern Vance County reports all 21 registered voters counted by 10 o clock. Every vote cast supports a straight Democratic ticket.
American B 29s flew over Tokyo and the industrial Kanto area for the third time in a week. The Tokyo radio reported no bombs dropped. A separate FCC broadcast said 40 more B 29s raided two Volcano Islands sites 750 miles south of Tokyo.
In Germany near Brest two soldiers built a foxhole that flooded with spring water. They channeled the stream and made a basin for washing and a stove, bragging of the only foxhole with hot and cold running water. Other anecdotes include Sgt. Goetz dodging bullets and Pvt Murphy calmly reading comics under fire.
Franklin D Roosevelt led in 30 states with 334 electoral votes while Dewey held 197 in 18 states as returns from New York showed a tight race. Maine gave five votes to Dewey, with other states split. overall contest remained undecided at press time.
Funeral services for Thomas A. Hearn 74, father of Mrs. Bennie Wellborn of Hope, were held at Taylor Ark. He died after falling into a newly dug well while workers lowered a wooden curb. Survived by four sons Curtis Ernest and Ollie Hearn and Eton Hearn, a daughter Mrs. Dabb, five brothers including J H Hearn and Ollie Hearn, with ties to Haynesville and Texas.
J. A. Mosset aged 45 died from burns after clothing caught fire while heating water for a shave at his home near Fayetteville. His wife and a son survived the incident.
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