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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1942
Page
4
An Arkansas writer remembers bird dogs and field training as opening season nears. A Hope man shares his first encounter with dogs and pups learning to adjust when birds run, with old dogs showing tactics and youngsters mimicking. The piece notes humor, lessons, and hopeful anticipation for season 42.
A Netherlands government in exile reports a German extortion scheme exploiting exit permits for emigration. Relatives in Allied zones are told funds in neutral currencies must be paid to the enemy, with threats of concentration camps for noncompliance. Britain and the United States condemn the practice, warning payments aid the enemy and may lead to prosecution under the Trading with the Enemy Act.
Petroleum Coordinator Ickes told a congressional committee he seeks authority to build a second southwest to New York Philadelphia oil line. It would add about 200000 barrels daily to eastern supplies and take nine to twelve months to construct if approved. The extension to New Jersey would deliver a further 300000 barrels daily next June.
By Burton Heath the essay laments postwar rationing and high prices while urging a Massachusetts Bay Puritan example. It imagines inviting William Bradford to a Thanksgiving dinner to contrast hardship with historic gratitude, noting shortages of coffee tea spices beef gas oil and wool and recalling the first harvest meal and its gratitude.
Three men were sentenced to death for treason in Chicago for aiding Nazi saboteur Herbert Haupt. Haupt and his wife Erna, Walter and Lucille Froehling, and Otto and Kate Wergin faced electrocution set for January 22 at a Northern Illinois facility. The six defendants had been convicted November 14 after a high security trial.
The Soldier's Entertainment Committee of the Chamber of Commerce appeals for local families to invite enlisted men from the Southwestern Proving Ground to dinner on Thanksgiving Day. Call 810 to arrange. Most soldiers work that day but will be free for holiday meals. citizens urged to contact the committee promptly.
R S Watson 42 of Hope route three died at his home near the Experiment station early today. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at Rocky Mound.
Allied forces prepare for a major assault on Tunis and Bizerte as air clashes mount over Tunisia and the Mediterranean. Reports say Axis planes mass, with Allied raids and losses on both sides and continued Luftwaffe presence in the theater.
Allied forces press the Tunisian front as Axis control grows toward Tripoli and coastal lines. Dakar’s fall to Admiral Darlan shifts French posture, offering a valuable naval base in the South Atlantic and reducing Axis submarine threats. German radio claims stronghold from the Libyan border to Tunisia’s coast, while Allied reports note intensified air and ground actions and shifting airfields.
The Union Thanksgiving service will be held Thursday with Rev. Millara W. Bagrett delivering the sermon at First Christian Church. Programs include doxology invocations scripture and prayers by Rev. Hamill Brewster Moore and Hamilon, with special musical selections and offerings led by Rev. Baggett.
Hempstead County Junior Red Cross drive chairwoman Miss Elsie Weisenberg announced that totals reached 54.1 with several schools promising to report next week. Washington School averaged ten cents per pupil donating 11.17, Guernsey 9 cents and 18.83, Fulton 1 cent and 3, Blevins and Spring Hill $15 so far, Rocky Mound previously listed with 25 cents per pupil. A separate note mentions a steel wire for bobbing in two shapes and eight thicknesses with four finishes, nearly 500 combinations, from the step industry.
Washington reports Attorney General Biddle announced the arrest of Richarda Julius Herman Krebs known as Jan Valtin near Bethel Connecticut on a deportation warrant. The 87 year old native of Darmstadt Germany faces internment as an enemy alien. Immigration officials arrested him after Biddle approved the deportation for alleged illegal entry and perjury involving past removals.
Lt. Harry Segnar Jr son of Mr and Mrs Harry Segnar of Hope has been promoted to First Lieutenant He is stationed with the field artillery at Camp Swift Texas where he is a member of the battalion staff
Secretary of the Navy Knox said it was very unlikely the Japanese were reinforcing Guadalcanal. He noted patrols day and night and that Japanese landings have not increased since their failed drive to overwhelm American defenders. He described widening American control west of the airfield and cited distances across the island as reference points.
The Polish government in exile claimed Himmler ordered the extermination of half Poland’s Jewish population by year’s end, reporting about 250000 killed through September. It described deportation in sealed freight cars with lime or chlorine, packed conditions, and immediate or delayed departures to camps at Treblinka Belzec and Sobibor where mass murder occurred.
The Hope Postoffice will be closed all day Thanksgiving observing the first full holiday of the year. There will be no city or rural deliveries and no window service. Mail will be dispatched and placed in boxes as usual.
UPI dispatch from Washington notes that American forces on Guadal canal island in the Solomons pushed westward after night air strikes against Japanese positions. The communique reports Japanese activity in the mountains southwest of the airfield but does not clarify their intent or whether flank movements were being attempted along the coastal lowlands.
London reports that large formations of German and Italian troops landed today at the eastern Tunisian ports of Sfax and Gabes. The move aims to strengthen Axis links between Tunisia and Libya as infiltrations against French resistance are noted along the coastal road between Tunis and Tripoli.
Lake Charles Louisiana officials brace for Claude Cowboy Henry the Texas convict who escaped from a prison farm with a companion aiming to free his wife Annie Beatrice Henry from Calcasian parish jail. She faces execution for the 1940 murder of J P Calloway in a frozen rice field as prosecutors seek clemency for her fellow escapee Burks. Local authorities report heightened watch on vehicles and routes while state police coordinate across borders. Henry, a former prizefighter, was convicted in 1940 for killing San Antonio police officer Arthur Sinclair.
New York reports that more than 6,000,000 tons of iron and steel scrap were credited to the united scrap metal drive chaired by Richard W. Slocum. Campaigns continued after official ends as states and newspapers keep salvage efforts going for war production.
Allied broadcasts report Russians penetrating toward Stalingrad with heavy German losses in a widening frontline. In North Africa and the Mediterranean, Allied forces push the Axis corridor from Libya to Tunisia while MacArthur’s forces assault Japanese positions in New Guinea. French forces join the Allies at Dakar, with Hull signaling no need for US occupation of Caribbean French possessions.
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