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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1942
Page
3
The piece argues that mass armament expansion will outpace housing supply, forcing drastic action. It notes 1.8 million workers added to plants by next June and warns housing shortages could spark inflation, tighter rent, and financial panic while the government weighs seizing housing or expanding wages to lure space for workers.
Cincinnati Oct 14 United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis announced the union would launch a organizing drive among 20 000 chemical workers in West Virginia 50 000 coal mine supervisors and large segments of agricultural labor The move follows the UMWs withdrawal from the CIO after agreeing to a six day week wage postponements and aims to organize new workers including those at Union Carbide and DuPont Lewis said millions are ready to be organized and that the union will also push to complete organizing of coal mines not recognizing the UMW Named targets include Alabama Coal and Iron Clinchfield Coal Co and West Kentucky Coal Co
United Nations seamen total 42 lost in August and September as two merchant ships were sunk off South America. One US vessel torpedoed at dawn, sunk in two minutes. nine casualties among 36 crew. A Panamanian ship sunk by two submarines with heavier losses, last mate captured briefly. Survivors and rescuers described the chaotic sinking as war intensifies in the western Atlantic.
Washington reports motorists must cover the nominal fee for periodic tire inspections starting November 22 as part of gasoline rationing. The Office of Price Administration will designate many garages and filling stations to conduct inspections and collect the fee.
Navy casualty roll for September 22 to September 30 includes seven dead wounded or missing from Arkansas. Only a dead is Pvt Clyde Ellison of Pine Bluff, previously listed wounded. other wounded include Lieut William Tatom, Buckner Pvt Fred Beard, Seaman Kenneth Clift, Pvt Cart King, Pvt Francis Jorbeick, and Adm. Adell Walker. Missing are Seaman Joseph Hammer, Henderson, Major Leo Hunter, Charlie Lowery, Thomas McCann, Walter Moore, John Pettus, John Sanders, Roscoe Smith, Clyde Yancey and more, with home towns including Pine Bluff Little Rock Blytheville England and Paragould.
Berlin said Heinrich Himmler, chief of the Gestapo, is in Rome on a private visit to Mussolini as signs of German-Italian friction grow. Dispatches claim Germany seeks control over Trieste and forces in Yugoslavia and Yugoslav resistance strengthen Axis concerns.
Donors to the oil field road fund in Hope are returned 80 percent of their contributions after Midway field delays and government restrictions halted construction from Patmos to the Hempstead County line. $1,560 was raised. $287 spent. $1,273 to be returned by the Hope Chamber of Commerce. Acknowledges donors and suspends further work.
Willkie sails from Edmonton after a world flight leg and plans in Washington to brief President Roosevelt on his wartime observations from Egypt, Russia, and China. He lauded Minnesota’s Joseph Ball and Gov. Harold Stassen as likely November winners.
In Little Rock, defense workers under the State Defense 14 Civil Operating Council have the same liabilities and responsibilities as state officers. Attorney General Jack Holt tells Council Secretary L. A. Henry that black Wardens auxiliary police and other defense workers are state agents and may be individually liable for acts. State Claims Commission may handle injuries or property damage claims as provided by law.
The Rev ROC Keetah Jones and wife with pianist, soloist, chorus and orchestra will lead a two to three week revival at Hope Gospel Tabernacle starting Sunday morning at 745 PM. Jones comes from Sedalia and Marshall Missouri and Malvern Arkansas. nightly services except Saturday feature special music and congregational singing directed by Rev A Mays.
Chicago October 14 The ingenuity of American manufacturers and war era material shortages will limit but not halt Christmas shopping. Marshall Field and Co executive Hughston M. McBain said more than 90 percent of usual Christmas merchandise will be available this season. Apparel stays ample though rubberized and synthetics are diverted to war needs. Toys will be redesigned with wood construction, while wheel goods are largely out.
Harold H. Walker of Bluff City joins the Army Air Force after serving with the Flying Tigers in Burma and China. A ground mechanic, he is assigned to Harding Field Baton Rouge as a technical sergeant following an honorable discharge in China in April. Walker is linked to Neil Martin and Jim Brady, fellow Tigers.
United States fighter planes claimed their first major Middle East victory as 12 US fighters engaged 12 German aircraft over the front lines. Jaqua and Mabbs each credited with a victory, others damaged, while bombers supported operations along Tobruk and the North African coast. RAF forces reported 17 Axis planes shot down over Malta as attacks continued.
Military reports recount American undersea forces sinking and damaging several Japanese vessels in the Pacific battles. Separate editorials discuss draft age, urging continued training of young leaders and warning against lowering the draft age to 18 or 19. The dispatch covers actions from the Solomons, Aleutians, and Guadalcanal, with carrier and land operations highlighted and casualties noted.
Three independent candidates qualified for the November ballot in Arkansas alongside four proposed constitutional amendments a referred act and an initiated act. Brady Pryor Fort Smith seeks the Sebastian county Senate seat vacated by Lyman Mikel. Independent contenders include W B Deathcrow Batesville publisher EB Jones Greenwood publisher Festus Gillam Greenwood Aubrey Hickenbottom Harrison and C Wofford Fort Smith with Roy Milum Harrison opposing.
Five Jehovah’s Witnesses faced $50 fines from Hope Municipal Court for peddling literature without a license. Hempstead Circuit Court reduced the total to $25 per person. The group included Evelyn Berr Hazel Grim Edna Waterfall Roy Pittman and George Cantley.
Moscow dispatches report new Russian gains northwest and south of Stalingrad tightening the German salient toward the Volga. Red army counterattacks in the debris strewn steels of the city pushed the Nazis back in parts of Stalingrad as fierce fighting continued.
More than 350 of about 500 boys under 20 jammed the army recruiting office in Philadelphia Ontario today, racing to enlist before drafts. Frederick oversaw the crowd as Schoenfeld opened the event amid high school style energy.
Fayetteville reports Marvin Head and J Blakely Head convicted in federal court for assaulting a draft board official. Each brother, ages 33 and 31 from Rogers, received an 18 month prison term. The sentencing occurred yesterday in federal court.
Two Black inmates slated for execution in Arkansas electric chair on November 20. A D Luckyade, convicted of murdering Thy Taylor, and Stoney Allison, 19, convicted of raping 4 McGehee woman last January. Gov Adkins fixed the executions after Supreme Court affirmed both sentences.
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