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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1944
Page
3
The Senior Girl Scouts will not meet this week as previously announced. Cosmopolitan Club plans a gathering on Tuesday, November 28 at 7:45 p.m. at Mrs. Lamar Cox’s home with Mrs. Lyle Brown as co-hostess.
Mrs W B Steffey of Texarkana announces the marriage of her daughter Margaret Faye Seals to Pfc Eugene Nicholson of Lincoln Nebraska. The ceremony at First Christian Church Hope was at 7 pm Saturday with Rev Glenn Hutton officiating. The couple left for Galveston and will reside in Lincoln where the groom is stationed.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Smith hosted a birthday dinner at their home for Henry W. Smith of Blevins who was celebrating his 75th birthday. Attendees included multiple Smiths from Blevins and Hope with four generations present and six grandsons away in the Armed Forces. Friends from across the county called to offer best wishes and gifts were exchanged in the afternoon.
Mrs. William C. Dodd visits Mrs. J. M. Duffie en route to California. Mr. and Mrs. James O. Allen depart for Los Angeles after two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Jas. E. Allen, escorted home by Mrs. Cecil Stringfellow. Pfc. and Mrs. Glenton D. Betts announce son Howell Don born November 26 at ali a Chester hospital while Betts serves with the armed forces.
Cpl John D. Moulder and Mrs. Moulder visit Emmet kin as Rowe prepares to arrive at Camp Chaffee Arkansas around November 26 after 32 months overseas. Rowe will visit his parents in Rosston, while Moulder recently reported to Tampa for reassignment after 23 months with the Signal Corps in the Southwest Pacific.
The community Thanksgiving service will be held at the First Presbyterian Church on Thursday November 30 at 10 o clock in the morning with Rev R B Moore presiding The program includes Prelude Mrs C C McNeil Doxology Invocation Dr Thomas Brewster Hymn Scripture Reading Prayer of Thanksgiving Rev Glen Hutton Special Music Offering The Sermon Rev H B Smith Benediction.
A wartime letter from Bob describes Tokyo raids as easier than expected, mentions John and Leonard, notes fires in Tokyo's industrial area, and says crews will return to base soon. He praises his unit, vows they take a second best to no one, and signs off sending love to his daughter.
At 1200 hours crews gather in the spy shack to hear world news and receive targets. They fly an hour to test equipment, eat at 1630, then return to orders. Dusk brings nightly patrols as men wait beside an iron stove. After landings, missions are reviewed with intelligence officers before coffee and eggs in the mess tent. No bright lights illuminate the field to reveal activity.
Capt Royce Weisenberger of Hope civil affairs director for an armored division in France has been promoted to major. He was a Hempstead county teacher a lawyer and a former county legislator who resigned to join the service. He has risen from reserve lieutenant to captain and then major while on active duty, with the latest promotion occurring in combat.
Allied forces push from Alsace into German lines with Dannemarie secured and villages captured. Seventh and Third Armies drive toward Saarbrucken and the Rhine while British pockets clear north of Venlo. Luftwaffe raids target Neuss and Freiburg as Patton’s Third Army breaches toward the Siegfried Line.
Pilots and radar observers in the unit endure multiple ranging missions over Germany in a single night. Lt. Theodore I. Jones, 22, from Millbrook New York, and 2nd Lt. W G Adams Jr of Asheville North Carolina, are among the top fliers. After return they rest briefly before another shift, with pilots like Lt. Paul A. Smith of Billings Montana and radar operator 2nd Lt. Robert E Tierney of Kansas City Missouri describing the routine and rest pattern.
In a high stakes cash flow tale, the narrator plans to move Mickey to New York to secure a driver job for Don while Boggio seeks a discreet chauffeur. A late night call to Milli Stevens foreshadows a risky,money driven path as plans unfold and a farewell ends the installment.
Allied forces pushed into Lamersdorf and Jungersdorf south of Inden and Langerwehe. The Seventh Army widened the Strasbourg corridor to about 20 miles and seized roughly 300 square miles of forest. The Seventh and Third Army link improved with Mutzig and Molsheim taken, ten miles west of Strasbourg, while the French First Army gained positions north of Belfort and captured Rimbach, other villages, and about 1,000 Germans.
Court candidate J W Trimble of Berryville won Arkansas third district congressman seat by near two to one in returns tabulated November 7. Democrat Trimble tallied 18 977 votes to Republican Tom Sullins 11 262. in the fifth district Rep Brooks Hays led Lonzo A Ross 33 215 to 4 902.
In Jonesboro on November 27 a 45 year old farmer, John Haynes of Bowman near here, fatally shot his estranged wife at her home then fatally shot himself. Police report three children survive, including a son serving overseas. Styrene is widely used in plastics. In Siam a first wife may be divorced but others may be sold.
The Star offers half rate subscriptions for armed forces members worldwide. Report address changes promptly via The Star, with free changes. overseas APO/FPO subscribers need a written request from the service member and a stamped compliance note. Keep expiration dates for overseas readers.
The Arkansas Area Management Labor Committee of the War Manpower Commission met to accelerate labor recruitment for must war plants. A telegram from national WMC Chairman Paul V. McNutt urged immediate production increases to prevent war slowdowns and possible expansion of POW labor policy. The note also references New York City’s first public library founded in 1697.
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