Our Daily Bread a My Alex H Washburn TM
A brief notice outlines a Civilian Disorder under the Our Daily Bread program attributed to Alex H Washburn. The item notes organizational alignment and a formal designation of jurisdiction and action.
23 Oct 1944
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1944
Page
1
A brief notice outlines a Civilian Disorder under the Our Daily Bread program attributed to Alex H Washburn. The item notes organizational alignment and a formal designation of jurisdiction and action.
Rome dispatches report renewed unrest in Palermo with 19 killed and over 100 wounded amid Italian troops clashing with a mob. The piece argues poverty alone does not explain Europe’s instability and cites contrasts with England’s resilience before World War II.
The county campaign for the National War Fund led by Chairman James H. Jones and Treasurer Roy Anderson reports a new total gifts of 1324.51 dollars, representing 16.2 percent of the county quota of 8163 dollars.
PFC Tommy Bacon of the U S Marine Corps writes from Hope Arkansas to Roy Anderson thanking him as treasurer of the National War Fund. He encloses a one day’s pay donation for USO relief efforts, noting he and fellow marines value support while recuperating from Saipan injuries. Date October 21 1944.
Local firms and employees donated a total of 1324.51 to the day’s balance with each contributor giving a day’s profit or pay. Participating firms include Talbot’s Dept Store Western Auto First National Bank Star Publishing Co and Arkansas Louisana Gas Co among others.
Paris reports the first of a sweeping set of trials to indict more than 100000 people for collab or aiding Germans during the occupation. George Suarez, a veteran Paris journalist, faces possible firing squad as precedent for postwar prosecutions in a nation reversing from luxury to poverty.
Washington, Oct 23. Veterans returning from war could face job conflicts with organized labor over seniority and reemployment rights under the selective service act. The article outlines two contentious interpretations, potential legal questions, and labor proposals to grant seniority credit for service time to all veterans and those who were temporary or probationary workers.
In Sedalia Missouri Circuit Judge R L Johnson dismissed the murder case against Edgar V Holland after the prosecutor said the state was not ready for trial. The charge was immediately refiled against Holland in connection with the murder of his wife Molly Mattie Holland. The case stems from a Lake of the Ozarks discovery last April of beheaded bodies of two women whose heads have not been found.
In Minneapolis Truman accused Senate Republicans of a rule or ruin policy to sway voters toward a president aligned with isolationists. He singled out Nye Taft and Tobey as among the party's most extreme isolationists renominated, urged Dewey to repudiate them, and praised Len Ball for backing Roosevelt.
Hermitage state Senator Lee Reaves a eight year veteran announced his candidacy for president of the 1945 Senate. Arkadelphia’s G Lookadoo says he will not seek re election to the post.
Five year old Jack Reed son of Mr and Mrs Bernam Reed died after a truck he rode in overturned on State Highway 4 near Montiéo late Saturday. White feathers found near the scene were noted as nonpigment.
Ira Halliburton 53 former Mason legionnaire and city councilman died in Chicago last Friday. Funeral services set for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Herndon-Cornelius Funeral Home with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Masonic lodge and American Legion to conduct. Reverend R. B. Moore to officiate. Active pallbearers listed with honorary members of Whitfield Lodge No. 239 and Leslie Huddleston Post.
Minnesota Republican Senator Joseph H. Ball announced he will vote for and support President Roosevelt. He said Roosevelt has met foreign policy challenges, advocating quick creation of the United Nations and authority to use military force without individual member approval. Ball contrasted Dewey as insufficiently decisive on international issues and warned of division within Dewey supporters.
American forces push an 18 mile front on Leyte as Tacloban becomes temporary Philippine capital and MacArthur announces plans to build a major base around Tacloban and Dulag. Troops hold Tacloban and Dulag while airfields and installations begin work for future operations.
Lt Thomas D Rodman recon officer faced darkness and dead cow roadworks while searching patrol routes in Germany. Lt E Hulen Denton misread altered border signs and drifted into enemy fire, escaping after seven miles. Pvt Ray Towson tested his carbine and captured German soldiers. Sgt Guy W Sanborn earned the Silver Star for rescuing a wounded comrade under heavy fire. Army press ties boost morale as home papers publish soldier stories.
Allied forces drive across Holland toward Antwerp and the Rhine in a multi army push. British Second Army advances within three to five miles of Herten Bosch while Canadian units near Roosendaal and Breskens push along the Schelde pocket. American First and Seventh armies tighten the noose around Aachen and the Vosges approach as heavy rains hinder a major coordinated assault.
Lt J H Nelson son of W M Nelson of Danville Ark and former Farm Security AAdministration assistant supervisor in Hempstead county was wounded in air action over Holland October 13 and is in a England hospital. He has been overseas 15 months, served in ar dispatch infantry in North Africa Sicily and Italy, entered service June 1941, trained at Fort Leonard Wood and Fort Benning, going overseas July 1943. Martha Washington kept 16 spinning wheels busy at Mount Vernon and made George's inauguration suit.
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