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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1944
Page
3
The First Baptist Church women must report to the Red Cross Production Rooms on Thursday November 23 instead of Monday. The notice emphasizes the date change.
Girl Scout Troup No 4 will meet Thursday evening at 7 30 at the Little House with guest speaker Mr Jim Embree. Friday November 24 The Friday Music Club will meet at 7 30 Friday evening at the home of Mrs J O Milan.
The Red Cross production rooms report on Wednesday lists nine workers who helped sew 720 dressings. The workers named are Mrs. W. K. Lemley Miss Mary Lemley Mrs. H. J. Lemley Mrs. N. T. Jewell Mrs. J. S. Wilson Mrs. Robert Wilson Mrs. Jim McKenzie Mrs. H. B. Vineyard and Mrs. Arch Moore.
The 69th Session of the Grand Chapter O E S was held in Little Rock from Sunday to Tuesday night. Attendees from Hope included Mrs. George Dodds Mrs. C P Tollean Mrs. M S Bates and Mrs. F N.
Miss Jack Porter named Deputy Grand Lecturer for the 8th District of the Grand Chapter of Arkansas. The Honor includes Porter joining Porter, Mrs. R. D. Rouse, Mrs. C. G. Graham, Mrs. Tom Middlebrooks, and Mrs. Fred Cook in the chapter’s recognized leadership.
Mr and Mrs John Wallace and daughter Martha Virginia of Patmos visited Hope on Wednesday. H H Roberts C C M stationed at Camp Endicott Rhode Island arrived for a visit with Mrs Roberts. Roberts has served 11 months in Central America with the Seabees. Mrs E L Morrison returned from a two week visit with her husband Evered L Morrison M O M 3 C who is at Small Craft Training Center Terminal Island California.
The many friends of Mrs. W. A. Mudgett will be pleased to learn she has been removed to her home after an operation at Julia Chester hospital.
A native of Hope Arkansas Set Hervey A Holt 34 and his wife Jeanette C Holt of 609 South Hervey Street reside. He serves overseas with a veteran infantry division somewhere in New Guinea and is a clerk in the adjutant general's office at division headquarters.
A historical note records the first Paris pawnshop opening in 1624 and its closure a year later due to French opposition to lending at interest. It also notes that the Philippines term tropical cyclone is baguio.
The Star outlines half rate subscriptions for armed forces members at 3.50 yearly or 2.00 for six months with free postage. It details changing addresses, overseas mail rules, and the need for a written request from the service member for APO or FPO delivery, plus tracking expiration dates for overseas subscriptions.
Garrett Memorial Baptist Church on North Ferguson Street opens a revival starting Sunday, November 26. Elder John A. Causey of Hamburg, Arkansas, will bring messages after a noted ministry in the region. The church urges everyone in the Hope community to attend these services.
In a veteran’s memoir fragment, George reflects with Bovie on old comrades from the Third Division. They recall Morocco Sicily and Italy and the Fe dala morning at Fedala when a young soldier warned him to shed the heavy jacket, saving his life. The piece laments lost battles and a division that remains only in memory.
In Burbank California six $1,000 war bonds were needed to buy a single oversized egg weighing 5 pounds 4 ounces. The egg was donated for auction to the war bond committee by Mrs Robert McWilliams.
In a tense courtroom Anderson presses for first degree murder as Rugg crumbles under pressure. The defense relies on emotional appeal to sway jurors led by Hannah Twichell while the narrator plots a sympathetic portrayal of Rugg as a victim of circumstance. The jury returns not guilty after hours of deliberation. To Me Continued
Lawrence Martin chaired an impromptu fellowship program at the Kiwanis luncheon with speakers Lyle Brown G T Cross Cliff Stewart and Crit Stuart. Guests included O P Keown Syd McMath A B Patton D O Talbot and G T Cross. McMath announced Sixth Bond Drive while Rotary challenged the club on bond sales. The 1945 Kiwanis board was elected: Leo Ray Herbert Burns Lyle Brown Frank Hill Lawrence Martin McGibbony Bill Nichols.
Cora Lee Westbrook urges county homemakers to craft gifts from on hand materials. With budgets tight during the Sixth War Loan drive and Christmas, scraps of wool yarn felt hats old beads and buttons can be reimagined into bean bags toys lapel ornaments boutonnieres and purses for adults.
Women turn scraps from coats, suits and upholstery into purses and small items. Envelope purses with zippers, knot work, and needlepoint designs showcase thrift. Home demonstration agents urge harmonizing colors and starting early to finish gifts like tea towels, laundry bags, aprons, doll clothes, and children’s wear.
Maj. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer announced that Chiang Kai-Shek has accepted the plan to redeploy Chinese forces to meet the Japanese threat and that it will go into effect. He said the island hopping campaign would not defeat Japan. the final defeat must come on the Asian continent. Wedemeyer envisions all U S seaborne forces and resources aiding in China. He praised new war minister Chen Cheng and predicted broader disclosures to unsettle Tokyo.
A Navy doctor removes a wounded Marine’s pack, treats his wound, and orders transfer to a hospital ship. That night the Marine piles sandbags for foxhole protection. The doctor later uses the pack and sandbags and finds a label reading Dynamite Caution.
A concise note states that nearly all Atlantic hurricanes occur north of the equator, indicating a hemispheric pattern in tropical cyclone development and tracking.
Belgrade honors Stalin and Tito with posters in a city liberated by Red Army and Partisans. American British and Canadian correspondents visit, as Partisans prepare recruits and trains for fronts nearby. Transportation and rail fuel shortages challenge the capital’s recovery efforts.
A Danube coal barge crisis averted fuel loss at an electric plant while Belgrade endures a burned library and German arson. About 15 000 Jewish residents face fate after 1942 forced rounds and suspected gas vans. Refugee documents vanished as Nazis evacuated German civilians.
The University of California Berkeley staged Out of the Frying Pan a farce comedy where actors used catsup as blood in a murder mystery scene. The ketchup rationing required much soliciting before the play could proceed.
Private George Koris of Uniontown Pennsylvania was designated a casualty with a shattered leg a broken collarbone and internal injuries after maneuvers. He was treated at a first aid station and complained that a fellow medic owed him seven dollars.
Postwar petroleum shipments to the U S east coast have risen from 42000 to 617000 barrels daily, reflecting a dramatic shift in supply routes and energy logistics across the region.
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