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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1944
Page
1
Beav erbrook papers and politics in wartime notes
A London paper and recent foreign copies show how American soldiers in England and Australia read English language newspapers with interest. Beaverbrook’s London Sun and the Express discuss De Gaulle and a balance of power in Europe while poems and politics mix with art and music in wartime reflections on democracy and civic duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robie
England
Australia
London
Brisbane
Rmy
Stars & Stripes
Lord Beaverbrook
London Sungary Express
Ray A. McKnight
Infantry
Beaverbrook
British Empire
Sunday Express
de Gaulle
France
DeGaulle
Germany
Russia
Swede Ship Vanishes in Baltic Sea
The 563 ton Swedish passenger ship Hansa went missing near Gotland after leaving Stockholm for Visby. Debris bodies and a lifeboat were sighted about 25 miles from Gotland by Swedish military aircraft, with speculation of a mine or torpedo. The ship carried over twenty passengers and 26 crew, including soldiers on leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Hansa
Baltic
Gotland
Gulf of Bothnia
Aftontidningen
Visby
Butaprene S Synthesis Described as Rubber Compound
Butaprene S is a synthetic rubber made by combining three parts butadiene with one part styrene in a continuous process.
Compulsory Army Service Under Debate
Washington debate heats over peacetime compulsory military training. President Roosevelt prods Congress for possible youth training, proposing a year of military instruction for ages 18 to 23. Supporters cite national defense, discipline, and fitness benefits. opponents warn it won’t prevent war and could disrupt schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
House
Senate
Reynolds
House Committee
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
United States
American Legion
Catholic Church
Slaying of Two Women Ends in Mob Action near Pikeville
In Pikeville Tennessee on November 24 a mob removed James T. Scales a teenage Black worker from the Pikeville jail and killed him within hours after he allegedly slashed and battered two white women Mrs Charles H McKinnie 19 and her mother Mrs H E Scott the superintendent at the state training school for Black boys was away at the time The bodies of the victims were found around 9 a m by W S Neil and Virgil Davis and the killings were said to have occurred around 6 a m following Scales reporting for work
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pikeville
Tenn
James T. Scales
Here
Charles H. McKinnie
H. E. Scott
Chattanooga
Scott
W. S. Neil
Virgil Davis
Scales
Pvt R Boyce Washington Auto Victim
Pvt R Boyce of Washington died in Barnes Army Hospital Vancouver Washington from injuries in an automobile accident. He was stationed at Fort Lewis and had 18 months in service. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Survived by his parents three brothers in the Army in England and two sisters in Hope Fulton and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Boyce
Carroll. Boyce
Washington
Barnes Army Hospital
Vancouver
Wash
Fort Lewis
Sgt
van C. Boyce
England
Thomas D. Boyce
Eugene Boyce
Texarkana
Irvin Urrey
Hope
K. G. Dudney
Fulton
Joe Ed Vann
Vast Norwegian High Plateau and Island Size Facts
Hardanger Vidda in Norway stands as Europe’s largest open high plateau. Norway’s biggest island along the coast is Hinda, covering about 850 square miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Europe
Hinda
Hempstead County 6th War Loan Reaches 138,277
County Chairman Syd McMath reported Hempstead County’s sixth war loan total at 138,277 with 22,602.50 added yesterday. The county has reached 26.5 percent of its 525,000 quota. Club standings include B. P. W. Club 13,862.50 Rotary 7,350.00 Kiwanis 3,187.50 Communities Washington 1,631.25 McCaskill 187.50 Hope 136,458.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syd McMath
Hempstead
McMath
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Washington
McCaskill
Hope
Jap 1st Div. on Leyte Is Wiped Out
General MacArthur reports the destruction of the Japanese First Division after American forces smashed into Limon and reached the Leyte river. units under Col. John A. Hettinger cleared a mountainous defile to open the Ormoc corridor, with heavy air strikes and naval patrols aiding the advance amid persistent rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Philippines
Limon
Leyte
Douglas MacArthur
Easter
Leyte Island
Leyte River
John A. Hettinger
Colorado Springs
Colo
Ormoc
Pumber
Bataan
Ukrainian Army of Reds Resumes Push in Eastern Europe
London reports the Fourth Ukrainian army under Petrov advancing from Ungvar toward Kassa on a 25 mile front. Soviet forces claim gains of up to 16 miles and over 30 towns captured, with Tokaj recaptured and Baeska railway junction falling. Malinovsky’s troops retake Tokaj as weather turns roads to mud along the Budapest front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Ivan Petrov
Ungvar
Carpatho-Ukraine
Kassa
Kosice
Csap
Ungar
Budkovee
Baeska
Hungary
Tokaj
Tarcal
Miskolc
Budapest
Southwestern Truck and Equipment Company Incorporation
Articles filed with the Secretary of State by the Southwestern Truck and Equipment Company of El Dorado list G. M. McDaniel Fred Shores and L. F. Brewer as incorporators. The firm is capitalized at 7500 with 25000 shares of 50 each. It is formed to buy and sell trucks trailers and oil field equipment and to rent and lease automotive and oil field equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Southwestern Truck and Equipment Company of
el Dorado
G. M. McDaniel
Fred Shores
L. F. Brewer
Editor Sees World Wide Role for U S America has a date with Tomorrow
Alex H. Washburn told the Rotary club at Hotel Barlow that the United States faces a tomorrow shaped by a likely 300 billion dollar public debt and broad alliances. He urged moderation and compromise as the nation’s defining gifts while warning that radical ideologies threaten postwar stability. The talk, arranged by Claude Tillery, drew returned war hero Sgt Floyd Leverett of Blevins who shared vivid air war memories and his Distinguished Service Cross IETO ribbons and D Day participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Alex H. Washburn
Rotary Club Today
Barlow
France
Russia
Claude Tillery
Floyd Leverett
Blevins
Sgt
Leverett
Batte
Kiel
Germany
C. W. Leverett
George Peck
Navy promotes Commander Wilson of Hope to captain
Commander T. Dwight Wilson of Hope, son of Mrs May Wilson of South Elm Street, receives a navy captaincy. A 1922 Annapolis graduate, he has seen extensive South Pacific service and was executive officer aboard the cruiser Chicago when it was sunk. He is currently stationed at Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Dwight
May Wilson
South Elm Street
Navy
Hope
Annapolis
South Pacific
Chicago
Wilson
Pearl Harbor
Bombing Tokyo Opens New B 29 Air Armada Raid
A massive B 29 strike from Saipan launched the first land based bombing of Tokyo since 1942, led by Brig Gen Emmett O Donnell. The attack, described by Gen Arnold as a sustained effort, began from Marianas bases with 21st bomber command support and aims to cripple Japan's war factories ahead of a planned invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twenty-First Bomber Command
Saipan
Tokyo
H. H. Arnold
Japan
Emmett
Rosie’’ O'Donnell
Jamaica
N.Y
West Point
21St Bomber Command
20Th Army Air Force
Marianas
Hayward S
Possum"’’ Hanwell, Jr
San Antonio
Tex
China
United States
Federal Communications Commission
Yakoma
Army Air Forces
Washington
Imperial Palace
Truk
Bonin Islands
James Doolittle
Arnold
Peice
Roosevel
United Nations
Millard F. Harmon
20Th Air Force
Isely
Tinian
Guam
India
Colorado Springs
Colo
Salina
Kansas
Hansell
Bonins
Col Lemley Decorated Promoted to Full Colonel
Washington November 24. Award of the Legion of Merit to Lt Col Harry J Lemley Jr of Hope Arkansas was announced by the War Department. He was promoted to full colonel on the day of his decoration for exceptionally meritorious conduct in operations in the North African theater from November 1943 to February 11 1944. Colonel Lemley is the son of Federal Judge Lemley and Mrs Lemley of Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Legion of Merit
Harry J. Lemley, Jr
Hope
Ark
War Department
United States Army
Lemsey
Lemley
Fight Opens for Bridge Over Rhine
Allied forces press toward Strasbourg as French and American units push to seize Rhine bridges south of the Swiss border while German counterattacks in the Cologne plain and Roer valley slow Allied progress. Patton reaches toward Saarbrucken. British and American troops face heavy resistance near Haven and Venlo amid fog, snow, and artillery barrages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
China
Assam-North
Burma
London
Strasbourg
Rhine
Haven
Cologne
Geilenkirchen
Miles C. Dempsey
Wurm
Ninth
First Army
Roer
Julich
Metz
Oberluken
Germany
George S. Patton, Jr
Saar
Saarbrucken
Holland
Maas
Venlo
Vosges Mountains
Belfort
Johannes Blaskowitz
Alsace-Lorraine
Hitler
Vosges
Saverne Gap
Wade H. Hassip
U. S. 15Th Corps
Haislip
ILD
Gerd von Rundstedt
Bernard L. Montgomery
Thanksgiving deaths survey shows 61 nationwide
The Associated Press reports 61 deaths in the nation on Thanksgiving including 38 from traffic accidents and 25 from other causes. California led with 17 deaths, 12 from traffic, and Ohio followed with six, two traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
California
Ohio
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alex. H. Washburn
Overseas Mail
James Thrasher
Orson Welles
Mars
Chile
New York
New Jersey
Utopia
Bermuda
Fritz Kreisler
Kreisler
Beethoven
Bach
Thormas Mann
Mr. Kreisler
Baltic Sea
R. Boyce
Chungking
Bhutan
Edacca
Bengal
Akyab
Magwe
Bhamo
Lashio
Mandalay
Kunming
Thailand
INDO
Signal Corps
NEA
Allied Airields
Leo J. di Matteo
Boston
Pvt. Alpert Viane
Joliet, Ii
Warasup
Engineer Petroleum Distribution Co
Reds
U.S
Comdr. Wilson of
Pacific
Fdr
John M. Hightower
Congress
Britain
United Nations Partnership
United Kingdom
New Erland
Thos
Atlantic
New Zealand
New Guinea
Col. Lemley
Bill
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