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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1944
Page
1
The article notes two Thanksgiving games and a Pine Bluff clash with Hope, plus a Thanksgiving closing, while joking about dates 11-22-44 and 12-24-48. It mentions Yerger players in North Little Rock, Dierks game Friday, and wartime mouse-traps versus prewar traps, ending with a plug for War Bonds.
In the Maritime Alps American troops launched a seven hour ascent to German barracks near Turini. Maj. Edmund Tomasik led a 41 man assault with Lt. Pritchett Wallace and Walters directing the climb from 6000 feet. A battery of fortifications guarded Roya valley as the clash erupted with German defenses.
Pfc Malcolm Akin 23 of Fulton is killed in France October 10 while serving in the infantry. His parents Mr and Mrs G A Akin and four siblings survive. over two years in service and overseas since July. His brother James Edward and sisters Martha Jo Dorothy Lee Grissom and Mrs E W Grissom reside in Fulton.
Arkansas post offices will observe Thanksgiving on November 30 instead of November 23 following guidance to Mrs. Ewilda M. Robinson from Postmaster General Frank Walker. Most windows open 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. with rural mail delivery on November 30 only. no rural delivery on November 23.
Hempstead County reports $58,037 in sales on opening day of the Sixth War Loan canvass. The county aims for $525,000 total, including $185,000 Series E bonds. A three group contest ties BPW club Rotary and Kiwanis to boost buys with school and rally events planned.
The State Revenue Department announced arrival of 1945 license plates at the courthouse office. I L Pilkington said plates cover all vehicles and warned that delaying could incur penalties. Licenses went on sale November 11 with a December 31 deadline to display new plates.
Dr. G. E. Cannon at Touro Infirmary New Orleans shows steady improvement for a second day following a major operation on November 15. The 74 year old surgeon heads Josephine Hospital and staff report relief at the latest bulletin from the city.
Maryland and Massachusetts have capital buildings dating from the colonial era through the 19th century, reflecting early state government architecture and evolving civic design legacy. The structures illustrate regional approaches to public space, function, and monumental style.
President Roosevelt acknowledged he used a mild curse when the voting booth lever jammed on election day at Hyde Park. He said he did not utter a blasphemy and noted the incident to explain the stubborn lever as a friend waited outside.
The AFL Resolutions Committee debated a proposal to recognize all products from anti-labor states as unfair The plan named Arkansas California and Florida which had amended Nov 7 to ban the closed shop The convention also heard remarks from leaders urging full support for the war effort and postwar reconversion with strong action against Germany and Japan.
Deputy Sheriff Donald S. Rice of Pine Bluff will attend the FBI National Police Academy in Washington starting January 8. A former Pine Bluff police officer and Arsenal guard, Rice joined the Jefferson County sheriff's office last March.
The text notes Tagalog as the official native language of the Philippines spoken by over four million people. It also states George Washington commanded about fourteen thousand men in formal service.
The U S Army Air Forces announced developing a robot bomb modeled on the German V 1. In 60 days they copied the weapon and conducted tests since Oct 11, with a four day build time for launch ramps, wind tunnels running 20 hours daily, and an engine started after a 200 psi blast to the radiator. Officers praised engineers and firms for rapid reconstruction.
The Arkansas Corporation Commission approved two intrastate bus route permits. W. D. Holmes of Dar lks received rights from Blevins to Des Are via a WPA road, McNabb to Saratoga on Highway 55, and Hope to Camden on Highway 4. A. L. Quattlebaum of El Paso was authorized Floyd to Antioch, Antioch to Henry Ig, and Henry Rose to Jacksonville.
Allied air operations from Britain and Italy struck Germany's oil network and rail targets. RAF bombers dropped about 7,000 tons in a night raid on Ruhr oil plants and nearby railway junctions. American daylight forces attacked Hamburg Harburg and the Leuna plant at Merseburg with heavy losses on both sides.
London dispatch reports Allied armies fast advancing toward Strasbourg as Mulhouse, Metz and Eschweiler change hands. French and American troops breach the Rhine front through Alsace Lorraine and advance on Colmar while Patton’s Third Army takes Metz frontally.upply
American infantrymen push at Simon's defenses on Leyte as the 32nd Division relieves the 24th in fighting near Limon. MacArthur says Japanese 1st Division committed in a desperate effort. U S planes raid from Leyte bases. Nimitz raises Japanese wrecks to 126 aircraft destroyed. three merchant ships burned.
Arkansas Peace Officers and Sheriffs Association closed its annual meeting in Little Rock with a pistol shoot at Camp Robinson. Col. Will Zurbucken of the Kansas State highway patrol urged added parental care to curb the alarming rise in juvenile delinquency.
HAL BOYLE reports from Germany where Second Infantry Division troops built a spruce log chapel in four days inside the Siegfried Line. Protestant and Catholic services mix with front-line life as Chaplain Ernest Sinfield leads worship beneath a sky-roofed church near former Nazi pillboxes.
Moscow reports capture of Verpelet eight miles southeast of Eger and Russian progress toward Miskolc and Hatvan as rains hinder the drive across north eastern Hungary. Berlin notes a new push in Czechoslovakia and 13 tanks lost in Latvian defense, while Saare island is reported nearly cleared. casualties and prisoner counts rise with 11,920 Germans and Hungarians taken since Nov 8.
President Roosevelt at a news conference pledges government and industry will strive to provide peacetime jobs and maintain wages near current levels after the war. He notes shells and ships are shortages, rationing costs lives, and urges continued war production alongside a plan to preserve earnings.
English authorities imposed a window tax for many years, charging households by counts of panes. The levy affected urban and rural dwellings, influencing architecture and housing costs as residents avoided or reduced windows to cut assessments.
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