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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1944
Page
3
The women of the First Baptist Church should report to the Red Cross Production Rooms on Thursday, November 23, instead of Monday, due to a date change.
The American Legion Auxiliary will meet at 3 PM on Wednesday at the home of Mrs. W. T. Smith at 702 East 3rd Street for an afternoon gathering.
Girl Scout Troop No 4 will meet Friday evening at 7 30 at the Little House. Guest speaker Mr Jim Embree will address the group.
Tuesday report shows 1080 dressings completed by 13 workers including Mrs D Franklin, Mrs C C McNeil, Mrs M M McCloughan, Mrs C C Lewis, Mrs W Y Foster, Mrs E A Morsani, Mrs A E Stonequist, Mrs H B Vineyard, Mrs E P Stewart, Mrs Arch Moore, Mrs H C Whitworth, Mrs E J McCabe and Mrs Terrell Cornelius.
Announcement of the marriage between Miss Vivian Ellis and Cpl. Weldon Fisk. The ceremony took place in McGregor on September 23. Mrs. Fisk works at a defense plant in McGregor while Cpl. Fisk is stationed at Camp Hood, Texas.
Cpl H P Robertson Jr left Sunday to return to Camp Bland ing Florida after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs H P Robertson. Miss Iris Walters returned home in Arkadelphia after visiting Mr and Mrs Rowland Sheppard. Miss B Abram and Miss Hazel Abram hosted sister Miss Ruby Abram of El Dorado. Mrs W M Ramsey Mrs Buck Powers and Mrs Ralph Smith spent Wednesday in Texarkana.
Mr and Mrs H P Robertson learn their son Corporal Clyde Robertson has arrived in England with the Fifth Air Force. Meanwhile Southwest Pacific airman Nolen Huddleston of the Roarin 20s A 20 bomb unit earns promotion to Sergeant after induction in June 1943. Huddleston has flown seven combat missions overseas in four months of service.
The article notes a second anniversary on October 19 and commends the A-20 bomb unit for its combat record. Harris Charlie Key, 17, of Hope Arkansas, begins initial Naval indoctrination at Great Lakes Illinois with training in seamanship drill and procedures. Aptitude tests will decide next assignments. Upon completion he will receive leave.
U S engineers refined a low-test gasoline engine as part of a complex control system. The device used air driven gyros, a preset altimeter, a precision compass, and an air log to set a bomb on target. On Oct 11 the first bomb launched a week behind schedule.
Cpl. Jack T. Butler 22 son of Mr and Mrs J T Butler Hope Ark serves as radio technician at an Eighth Air Force fighter training station in England. He repairs and installs radios in P47 Thunderbolts after training in Chicago and overseas assignment arriving in the British Isles June 1943. Before service he worked as a blue print operator for E K Timby Co Waco Texas and is Hope High School class of 1940 graduate. His father is a well known farmer in the Hope community.
Mountain View reporters say Eddie Vanderdick a Tomahawk Creek farmer went free after a Stone circuit court jury acquitted him of raping his 16 year old foster daughter Betty last May. The jury deliberated about 27 minutes.
Eureka Springs jurors deliberated about an hour and a half before acquitting Mrs. Donnie Mae Compton of first degree murder in the death of her invalid husband Everett Compton 62 a retired carpenter. Compton was found shot to death at his home July 28 Mrs Compton testified he took his own life.
A scientific tally reports more than 500000 distinct insect species have been identified. Researchers note rapid discovery continues across continents, with many families yet to be described and categorized by taxonomists.
Instructions for subscribing service members to The Star at half-rate, including overseas mail rules. Subscribers must provide a written request from the service member for APO or FPO addresses, address-change handling, and notice of expiration dates to avoid missed issues.
Navy department lists 224 casualties with three Arkansans among them. Wade Anderson of El Dorado is missing, James William Davis of North Little Rock is missing, and John Thomas Marsh Jr. of Garland City is wounded.
Thanksgiving meals with cranberry sauce and sweet potatoes will be served in mess halls across the European theater. Religious services are planned at every post as Ambassador John G. Winant reads the proclamation in Westminster Abbey and Episcopal bishop Henry B. Hobson preaches.
The main peppermint production centers in the United States are Michigan Indiana Ohio and the Pacific coast. Platinum was first discovered in South America.
Leo, after a tense Newark departure, learns Boggio is deeply involved in the racketeering case surrounding racketeer Al Simms. Boggio confesses his role while Roggie faces danger from Lefty Rugg, who claims loyalty to a new employer. The narrator must navigate a dangerous web as the case heads to trial.
The House debates a postwar road bill authorizing $500 million yearly for three years. Southern states would receive about $122.8 million annually, with a 60-40 then 50-50 cost share. Arkansas seeks an exemption to avoid full matching. Funds projected include Alabama 10.41m, Texas 29.55m, Georgia 12.23m, and Virginia 9.27m per year.
The Arkansas Farm Bureau urges the 1945 legislature to pass an enabling act making enforcement of anti closed shop amendment No 35 mandatory. A convention resolution also supports farmer run cooperatives farm labor parity pricing and converting war plants to fertilizer production. R E Short was re elected president Wade Fra sier named executive secretary M Y Henson elected vice president Jo Hardin re elected secretary treasurer new directors C E Scharlan and C L Smith named with replacements noted.
Allied forces push from Aachen toward the Swiss border as German lines in Lorraine collapse. French and American units drive north through Belfort and the Belfort Gap toward Colmar, while heavy fighting persists near Eschweiler and along the Rhine with German counterattacks aimed at Saarbrucken and Saverne.
Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers reports the strike against Ohio Bell Telephone Co. remains active after a War Labor Board deadline. Pickets stay at posts as union officers in Washington await further action. Michigan Bell workers show support but await final WLB decision. The dispute centers on an $18.25 weekly expense bonus for operators brought in to Dayton traffic. St Augustine, Fla., noted as the oldest city in the United States.
The British Second Army captured Maasbree and moved to four miles west of Venlo. It reached the outskirts of Baarle, four miles southwest of the Dutch border town, and approached the edge of Sevenum, six miles northwest of Venlo.
London reports that P. G. Wodehouse and his wife were detained by French authorities in Paris with charges undisclosed. The 63 year old author of Jeeves faced scrutiny over wartime broadcasts while previously detained by Germans and later released via Gestapo procedures.
D F Ludwick of Fort Smith was slated for grand master at the Masonic Grand Lodge of Arkansas annual meeting in Little Rock. Other officers named included J Miles Roberts of Pine Bluff deputy grand master and John W Hamilton of Piggot grand senior warden. The Grand Royal Arch Chapter and High Priesthood meet tomorrow. the Grand Council of Regal Select Masters meets Friday.
A brief note identifies zinnias and cosmos as native to Mexico. The compact piece confirms their origin and presence in gardens.
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