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Newspaper

Hope Star

Location

Hope, Arkansas, United States of America

Date

Nov 17, 1944

Page

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Our Daily Bread Alex H Washburn Rent Control

A brief note about Our Daily Bread in relation to rent control featuring Alex H Washburn. The item notes historical stance or reference to rent regulation within the publication.

Homefront notes and V-2 debate in wartime columns

A collage of wartime items notes rent control discussions in Hope Arkansas, Homecoming for Hope Bobcats, and reflections on cigarettes and local politics. It then shifts to Prime Minister Churchill on German V-2 rockets, their accuracy, trajectory, and impact, and ends with a look at the American Legion’s role in postwar rehabilitation and the GI Bill.

Hope Bobcats Nashville Scrappers Nashville News Howard County Irvin Cobb Legion To the Forest American Legion Legion

Sixth War Loan Group Meets In Hope To Hear Graves

Hempstead County mobilizes over 100 canvassers for the Sixth War Loan Drive opening Monday November 20. All workers gather at 7 30 pm in Hope city hall council room for an address by O A Graves and assignment of duties to reach a $525000 quota including 185000 in E Bonds.

America Hempstead County Syd McMath Hope City Hall O. A. Graves Hope Hempstead City

Paasikivi Named Finland Prime Minister in Cabinet Shakeup

J K Paasikivi named prime minister of Finland in a cabinet reshuffle. Ten new ministers named in an 18 member cabinet including one Communist Y Leino. C J A Enckell remains foreign minister. Paasikivi previously Finnish minister to Moscow.

Stockholm J. K. Paasikivi Finland Moscow Y. Leino C. J. A. Enckell Paasikivi

Submarines Firing Buzz Bombs May Be Nazi Weapon

London reports say German submarines may be fitted with launch devices to direct flying bombs against American cities. Walter Farr of the London Daily Mail cited Stockholm sources as current the past day, noting both surface and underwater vessels along the Norwegian coast as robot bomb launchers.

London Stockholm Walter Farr London Daily Mail Farr

Call for New Blood in High U S Positions

James Marlow reports on a push for younger leaders in U S government. Roosevelt’s cabinet averages 62, with several members aged 70 or more, and key posts in Congress show similar age patterns.

U.S James Marlow Washington Roosevelt Hoover Forrestal Navy Wickard Perkins Hull Ickes Miss Perkins Morgenthau Stimson Biddle Walker Forrestal Jones

Resumption of Civilian Goods Delayed Pending Europe Victory

Washington Nov 17 The plan to resume civilian goods production may be held back until a German collapse is assured as Byrnes warns of possible drastic actions. He links shortages to war delays and urges labor force expansion to avert prolonging the war. WPB studies conversion timing and may keep V E Day plans secret for psychological reasons.

Sterling F. Greenashington James F. Byrnes Byrnes Dwight D. Eisenhower Germany NBC E.W.T WPB Ghitler Army Navy Manpower Commission Maritime Commission J. A. Krug Midwest WMC

Fulton Gives 308 to National War Fund

A local report notes Fulton donates 308 dollars to the National War Fund. The contribution highlights civic support and wartime fundraising efforts in the community.

Fulton

Leyte advance nears cut of Japanese spearhead

American forces on Leyte pressed forward through rain and rugged terrain within firing range of the Ormoc road. MacArthur reported the 26 mile corridor remained open to Japanese observation, with Easley wounded as US units tighten the frontline.

C. Yates McDaniel MacArthur Philippines Leyte Ormoc Douglas MacArthur Caludius M. Easley 96Th Divison Easley Texas Pegun Island Mapia New Guinea Bras Island Valencia Horsehoe Limon 24Th U. S. Infantry Limon Salient First Cavalry Mt. Minoro Mt. Mamban Ormoc Road James Hutcheson Associated Press First Cavalry Division

Four Die in Memphis Fire At Furniture Store

Four residents perished when a two story building housing a furniture store and upstairs apartments burned in Memphis. Fire Marshal Nunnery named Whit McCaughn owner of a fire company and Roland Lahmar his wife Mary plus a Mr Clark, father of Mrs Lohmar, as the dead. Firemen initially feared more victims but were later told none others remained.

Memphis Charles Nunnery Nunnery Whit McCaughn Roland Lahmar Mary Clark Lohmar

Phone Strike Hits Dayton and Toledo Ohio Telegraph Workers

Dayton and Toledo operators walked out in a sudden protest against outside personnel. About 50 percent of Columbus long distance operators were absent at 8 30 a m central war time. Dayton presence affected roughly 600 operators. Picket lines formed outside Ohio Bell offices while others went through lines amid jeers.

Dayton Earlly Columbus Toledo Paul Denning Jeanette Reedy Southwestern Area Council Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers Ohio Bell

Allied Armies Launch Last Decisive Western Battle

Six Allied armies press into Germany in the anticipated final western front clash. U S First and Ninth Armies breach the Siegfried Line advancing toward the Rhine while British and other forces reach and cross near the Maas and Roermond. Patton's Third Army nears Metz as Seventh Army seizes villages in the Vosges and braces for further action.

William Frye London Europe U.S Siegfried Line Rhine Maas River Buggenum Roermond Aachen Germany Rhineland Cologne First Ninth Immendorf Floderich Euchen Beggendorf Geilenkirchen George S. Patton Third Army Metz Mez Thionville Monneren la Croix Metzervisse Ewendorff Patton Seventh Army St. Die Vosges Saales

Reds Break German Line Near Budapest and Threaten Key Routes

Russian forces pierced the main defense east of Budapest capturing Gyomro rail station and pressed toward Godollo and Hatvan. Malinovsky's army moved within five miles of Miskolc, crossed the Budapest Miskolc line near Vamosgyork, and advanced toward Hatvan. Soviet air and ground operations expanded the bridgehead, threatening central Slovakia and Vienna routes as German naval assets face Baltic dangers.

London Budapest Gyomro Godollo Hatvan Rodion Y. Malinovsky Second Ukraine Miskloc Hungary Austria Miskolc Vamosgyork Jaszbereny Moscow Budapest Miskolc Slovakia Dany Vienna Berlin Red Air Wree Baltic RAF Tirpitz Red Banner Danzig

British Raid Island MeLOS Moves Against Nazis

An Allied naval statement reports a small commando landing on the Nazi-occupied island of Melos, 70 miles north of Crete, on Tuesday. Casualties occurred and prisoners were taken before the raiders withdrew.

Rome Melos Crete

Crew of Twin-Engined Fighter Shoots Down Buzz Bomb

Lt. Philip Guba and Capt. Ted Speirs describe a night mission at a Belgium air base when their twin-engined fighter intercepted a buzz bomb at 1000 feet. The blast damaged the aircraft but they survived the explosion. Lefty Eleutherion commended Ted for firing and avoided fatal consequences.

Hal Boyle Belgium Philip Skinny) Guba New York City Guba Tadas Ted J. Speirs Hartford Conn Eleutherios Lefty Eleutherion Elmira N. Y U. S Ninth Air Force Ted

Mighty Air Fleet Opens Eisenhower Winter Offensive

More than 3,500 bombers blasted the Rhine approaches in a five hour opening attack. About 2,400 American and British heavy bombers dropped 11,000 tons of fragmentation bombs northeast of Aachen. Escorts strafed targets in Frankfurt and Giesen regions, destroying locomotives and railway cars as Luftwaffe offered no challenge.

Henry B. Jameson London Rhine Dwight D. Eisenhower Westwall Caen Saint Li Aachen Geilenkirchen Frankfurt Giesen U. S. Eighth Ninth Air Force U. S. 15Th Air Force Italy Munich Lower Danube

Sinking of 16 Japanese Ships in Manila Raid

Admiral Nimitz announced revised figures for the November 12 Manila raid by Third Fleet carrier planes. A cruiser and 11 cargo vessels and oil tankers were sunk, four destroyers destroyed, two merchantmen destroyed or set ablaze, with a light cruiser confirmed sunk. Additional strikes hit Palau and surrounding islands with ground installations attacked by Liberators.

U. S. Pacific Fleet Pearl Harbor Chester W. Nimitz Third Fleet Manila Nimitz Pacific Haha Iwo Bonin Palaus

Allies seize Modi gliana near Faenza after German withdrawal

Eight Army troops occupied Modigliana nine miles south of the Bologna Rimini highway, the Allies announced. British and Indian forces found the town mined and booby trapped after a rapid German retreat. Eighth Army advanced toward the Montone river, clearing Coccolia and probing toward San Pancrazio. In the Adriatic sector the Germans flooded lands near Peese 16, hindering maneuvers.

Rome Modigliana Bologna Rimini Faenza Eighth Army Montone River Coccolia San Pancrazio Forth Adriatic Fiumi Peese 16

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