Red Cross reports eight workers at Elks Hall dressing unit
Eight workers were listed on the Red Cross Dressing Report from the Production Rooms at the Elks Hall on Thursday. A total of 1,000 dressings were completed, with the workers named as Mrs. Edwin Ward, Mrs. W. Y. Foster, Mrs. Miles Laha, Mrs. S. D. Cook, Mrs. A. T. Jewell, Mrs. Ira Yocum, Mrs. C. D. Lester, and supervisor Mrs. Carter Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Elks Hall
Wedwin Ward
W. Y. Foster
Miles Laha
S. D. Cook
A. T. Jewell
Ira Yocum
C. D. Lester
Carter Johnson
Coming and Going News From Local Families
Mrs. J. L. Green hosts Mrs. Myrtle Ellison and granddaughter Judy Meade of Little Rock Ark. Sterling Cook of New York City visits with his parents. Pf. J. R. Cumbie and Mrs. Currie arrive from Roswell NM for two weeks. Mrs. J. H. Hipp and Mrs. Carl Frey of Nashville spend Thursday in Pope. Rosa Harrie and Mrs. Charles Cox visit Texarkana. Mrs. H. E. Thomas returns to Little Rock. A C Wade N. Powell arrive from Santa Anna CA for a 10 day visit. Pvt. James Atkins of Camp Robinson AR on a 10 day stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Green
Myrtle Ellison
Judy Meade
Little Rock, Ark
J. R. Cumbie
Mrs. Currie
Roswell
New Mex
C Wade N. Powell
Santa Anna
Cal
Andrew Powell
Patmos
Furlough With Relatives Ends as Soldier Relocates
The individual takes a furlough to stay with relatives before reporting to Fort Meade Maryland for further assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Meade, Md
Soldier Elmer Nations Promoted in European Theatre
Pvt. Elmer D. Nations of Hope Route 1 is promoted to T.5 for outstanding achievement with Lieutenant General Alexander M. Patch's Seventh Army in France. He is the son of Mrs. Ena T. Nations of Hope Route 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Elmer D. Nations of
Hinton Home Demonstration Club Meets for October Session
The Hinton Home Demonstration Club met October 9 at the Club House led by Vice-president Mrs Selma Jones as President Mrs Ira Rodgers was absent. Edna Simmons acted as secretary and treasurer. The group planned finishing the community Service Boys quilt by Thanksgiving and to assist selling new receive books due in November. They will hold a Christmas tree in December and discussed Achievements Day entries for October 24 as well as demonstrations on refurbishing old furniture and Red Cross efforts for Hempstead County and wounded service members in Hot Springs hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton Hinton
Selma Jones
Ira Rodgers
Edna Simmons
Treasury
Floyd Rogers
Hinton Club
Hempstead
Hot Springs
Keeping Up With Ration Coupons
Ration details list first days for blue stamps G-5 H-5 J-5 K-5 L-5 and red stamps E-8 F-8 G-8 in Book IV with indefinite validity. Airplane and sugar stamps set dates and quantities. gasoline coupons A-12 and others valid for gallons. No. 12 coupon in A books ends September 21.
Local Churches Schedule for Sunday Services
Multiple churches publish service times with sermons and activities. First Baptist and First Methodist list guest speakers and Sunday programs. Catholic, Christian and Unity churches add youth groups, prayer meetings and special services for October 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist
Robert B. Moore
Methodist Youth Fellowship Group
Recreation Club Plans November Meeting
The note indicates Miss Westbrook prepared the activity and that attendees enjoyed the minutes of recreation. The club will meet again the second morning in November.
Doyle Home Demonstration Club Holds October Meeting
The Doyle Home Demonstration Club met October 8 at Dolph Church with four members. They pledg ed sang South of the Border, discussed home and farm safety, and viewed a stepladder and stool demo. An auction raised 75 cents. next meeting is November 8 to elect officers. Davie Claib prepares for October 24 Achievement Day in Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle
Doyle Home Demonstration Club
Dolph Church
Willie Springs
Davie Claib
MacArthur Leads Philippine Campaign Amid Pacific War
The report notes 225000 defenders including Terauchi's 14th Army as Allied forces launch a decisive Philippines invasion. It recalls Luzon siege, Corregidor surrender, and MacArthur’s Australian arrival, with Nimitz announcing carrier and land strikes to neutralize Philippine air bases.
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Terauchi
14Th Army
Philippines
MacArthur
Dean Schedler
Associated Press
Dutch New Guinea
Schedler
Luzon
Manila
Cavite
Bataan
Corregidor
Australia
Pearl Harbor
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
History of Dentistry Told by Hope Rotary Speaker
Dr. A W Hudson of Prescott traced dentistry from barber surgeons to modern licensed practice at Hope Rotary noon program in Hotel Barlow. He noted barber poles symbolized tooth extraction and outlined current training for licensure. Guests included James Hannah Ward USN Hope and others. Vice-President Herbert Stephens presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Rotary Club
Barlow
A. W. Hudson
Prescott
F. D. Henry
Hudson
Dr. Hudson
James Hannah Ward
A.S., Usn
Hope
H. J. Brunk
Willington, Mich
Cpl
John P. Stanford
Herbert Stephens
Aachen Falls Amid Allied Advances In Europe War Update
Allied forces in Europe pushed toward Aachen and surrounding pockets. Canadian units cleaned out a 1,000 German holdout south of the Schelde, captured Middelburg and Aardenburg, and neared Breskens while Haaren and north Aachen areas saw Nazis driven from pillboxes. The American line faced a counterattack north of Haaren but repelled it as Second Army probed toward Venray and Venlo. The French secured 250 prisoners near Ventron and fought six German counterattacks near Le Thillot, with Metz Nancy air activity reported.
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Ellewoutsdijk
Zuid Beveland
Schelde
Breskens
Oostburg
Middelbourg
Aardenburg
Aachen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Headquarters
Haaren
Germany
First Army
Venray
Amerika
Venlo
Eindhoven
Rhur
Bruyeres
Bonhomme
Schlucht
Vosges
Ridge Nether Sde
Ventron
Belfort
Remirmont
le Thillot
Third Army
Metz-Nancy
Miss Swim and Allied Bombardment Weave Through Normandy Scene
The report notes fears that Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr faced trouble from new German moves. Allied aircraft dropped bombs on a woods east of Luneville where enemy tanks were gathered. Heavy combat continued at Maizieres Les Metz on the Moselle. Berlin speculated that Gen. Eisenhower could launch a major northern drive before Antwerp's port opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Patton, Jr
Luneville
Maizieres Les Metz
Moselle
Metz
Berlin
Eisenhower
Antwerp
Reich
Germany Will Try Again
Sigrid Schultz recalls Nazi aims to win the peace with plans to dominate populations. She quotes Schutz Staffel officers arguing racial science, birth rates, and forced suppression of Slavs and Jews to secure a future Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Sigrid Schultz
Yrenia
Berlin
Hilgenfeldt
Schutz Staffel
Freisler
Truman Attacks Dewey on Western Campaign Tour
Senator Harry S. Truman, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, pressed his critique of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey’s foreign policy as his campaign car moved toward Butte, Montana. He shifted from a prepared Seattle speech to charge Dewey lacks backbone in foreign policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest B. Vacarro
Truman
Butte
Mont
Harry S. Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Seattle
Civic Auditorium
Brother of Mrs. McRae Cox Dies of Injury in Detroit
Lehman Stark, brother of Mrs. McRae Cox and former Hope resident, died from injuries at a Detroit defense plant. His body will go to Black Rock, Arkansas for burial. He leaves a widow and three children, plus his father J W Stark, two sisters Gala Stark and Mrs. McRae Cox, and a brother J L Stark Jr. of Turrell Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehman Stark
McRae Cox
Hope
Detroit
Michigan
Black Rock
Ark
Leslie Coffee, Jr
J. L. Stark, Jr
Turrell
Sarah Parker Stark
J. W. Stark
Thayer, Mo
Gala Stark
Thayer
This City
Cesena Taken by British Forces on Bologna Rimini Route
British and Indian troops entered Cesena in Forli province on the Bologna Rimini highway as Allied headquarters report. Eighth Army advances in the mountains southwest of Cesena and Fifth Army gains south of Bologna flank the Bologna Florence road, with Pisciatello river bridgehead two miles deep and linked to a western bridgehead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Heinzerling
Rome
Cesena
Bologna-Rimini
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Fifth Army
Bologna
Bologna-Florence
Forli
Pisciatello River
Macrone
Truman Leads Montana Swing Day After War Plant Pact
President Truman launched a 7,500 mile transcontinental campaign tour in Montana pledging to keep war plants operating and to push government power projects as the nucleus of postwar prosperity. He blurred past isolationist labels while courting Roosevelt and Hearst supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tude
Willie Hearst
Bertie McCormick
Truman
Roosevelt
Montana
Northwest
Allied push advances as German resistance intensifies in Po valley
Three days after the advance, Celin cordia is reported captured south of the Emilian Way and villages westward cleared. Heavy fighting centers on Monte Belmonte near Route 65 north of Poggioli as German counter attacks with tanks mortars and artillery continue. American armor reaches Marano on the Pistoia Bologna road west of Highway 65.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celincordia
Galeata
Po Valley
Monte Belmonte
Route 65
Poggioli
Marano
Pistoia-Bologna
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Red Cross Surgical
J. H. Hipp
Carl Frey
Nashville
Pope
Rosa Harrie
Charles Cox
Betty
Texarkana
H. E. Thomas
Little Rock
Charles O. Thomas
Thomas
James Atkins
Camp Robinson, Ark
Rialto
Johnny Mack Brown
Captain America
Worn Wild
Bill Elliott
Gabby” Hayes
Bobby Blake
Mickey Rooney
Bonita Granville
Andy Hardy
Blonde Trouble
Babe
Signal Corps
NEA
Merkstein
B. Odell
Nevada Mo
A. Krupa
Utica
N. Y
News of the Churches
Church OF Christ
Grady Streets
Waymon D. Miller
Christian Cooperation” Young Peoples
First Baptist
Unity Missionary Baptist
South Elm St
Doyle M. Ingram
Tom L. Epton
B.T.C
Eld
Tom Epton
OUR Lady OF Good Hope
Catholic Church
F. T. Dollarton
First Pentecostal
Ferguson A. D. Hunter
C. J. Rowe
A. D. Hunter
First Christian West
North Main Street
Glenn Hutton
Bible School
Ted Jones
Jesus
Christian Youth Fellowship
Young Peoples
Neon Cross
Nvason
Aachen Falls
Conover
Marjory Jennings
Poland
Heinrich Himmler
Hitler
America
United States
Czechoslovakia
Erich Hilgenfeldt
Trymen
Roland Freisler
Ministry of Justice
Italy
Morgan & Lindsey
City Electric Co
Doug
Bacon
Carl Jones
Wylie
Jack Adkins
Wylie’s
3Rd
Sola A
Leo
A&p
South America
Saci
Vicoaeus
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