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24 Oct 1944
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1944
Page
1
Alex H. Washburn is identified as the customer in this fragment. The text centers on a customer named Alex H. Washburn with no additional context or events provided.
William Feather argues in Imperial Type Metal Magazine that the customer is not always right but remains human. He notes temperamental buyers, big corporations with strict rules, and a shift where sellers gain control. Rationing arises to maintain order, and future tides may let customers demand more towels, though they won't always be right.
Five national technical societies urge an international program to restrict Germany’s production of synthetic oil nitrogen compounds heavy forgings high alloy steels aluminum and aircraft and to curb key imports. They recommend prewar level reductions to limit future war capability and have asked to join the U S delegation for the peace conference.
Gadsden Times editor Walling Keith reports a flood of mail from readers angry over West Virginia and Southern accents. Keith warns he may flee into Coosa river swamps, while a SPCSA chapter in West Virginia is rejected. He notes Knoxville as a southern accent center and names Byrd Bankhead Hatch for committee appointments.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, en route to Minneapolis, shifts from farm topics to a major foreign policy speech. He accuses President Roosevelt of misrepresenting GOP history and vows to fill in gaps on 1933 to 1941 policy, including pre-war scrap iron shipments to Japan.
President Roosevelt will address a Chicago audience after his Philadelphia appearance at Shibe Park. Presidential Secretary Stephen Early said Chicago date not set. Chicago Mayor Edward J. Kelly announced a Democratic rally next Saturday following Philadelphia speech.
A government official notes that a once tiny rat couple that started a family now numbers as many as people in the United States. Brown house rats and black ship rats damage property, spread disease, and hinder infrastructure, with significant costs split among farms, towns, and cities.
Ernest O. Wingfield 55 president of Hope Hardware and secretary treasurer of Hope Auto died after a two year illness in a local hospital. Funeral at First Presbyterian Church with burial in Rose Hill. Survived by widow Florence Simpson, two sisters, two nieces two nephews and two great nephews. Wingfield born Prescott May 12 1889 moved to Hope 1899 joined family firm in 1910 served in World War I Navy. Active in Arkansas Retail Hardware Assn American Legion Hope Rotary Presbyterian church. Pallbearers listed.
Hope Fire Department rushed to the 1200 block of West Fourth street Monday then to South Walnut street Sunday and finally to the end of South Main street today to extinguish the third grass fire in as many days.
Loreto, the first large Filipino town freed in the Leyte drive, saw 7,000 residents cheer the American Rangers who landed nearby. Crowds filled the streets, women hugged soldiers, and officials noted scorched and looted churches as mayor Tomas Caduan and police chief Odon Galido led ceremonies honoring the allied touch in Dinagat Island.
Rep Engel accuses President Roosevelt of withholding vital prewar intelligence on German air power and limiting War Department funding from 1935 to 1941. Navy and Stimson review two records to decide on possible court martial actions. Maas and Ferguson push for public release of the naval board inquiry.
Washington reports the navy list of submarine losses rising to 32 with the USS Herring and the USS Golet presumed lost in the Pacific. Each carries 65 men. captains Lt Commanders Dabinski Jr. and James S Clark praised with the Silver Star for gallant action against Japanese shipping.
Before World War II a substantial number of Americans—about 390,437—had established permanent homes outside the United States, reflecting cross-border settlement patterns prior to the global conflict.
Moscow reports a major Red Army offensive across East Prussia with Cherniakhovsky and Bagramian forces breaking through frontier defenses. The bulletin claims 400 German towns seized, deep penetration toward Insterburg and Konigsberg, and advances from Lithuania to Baltic routes.
American Sixth Army pushes through swampy mud across Leyte and moves toward Burauen and Palo. Tanks reach Tacloban while a bridgehead forms on Samar, linking Leyte to Luzon as Japanese resistance pulls back.
Staff Sgt. William Kolosky, chief clerk in a headquarters outfit, rallied a noncombat unit to repulse a German tank column near St Denis le Gas during the St Lo breakthrough. Though terrified, he organized 30 and 50 caliber guns and bazookas, earning the Distinguished Service Cross.
Allied reports describe British troops storming toward S Hertogenbosch while Canadian units push toward Roosendaal and Bergen op Zoom to flank German positions. Across the front, weather hampers operations as fighting continues near Metz and Luneville with several counterattacks repulsed.
Fulbright says independents and liberal Republicans flocking to Roosevelt. He cites recent Times actions as evidence and notes foreign policy as the campaign’s leading issue. Speech was at a Mercer county Democratic rally in Trenton with remarks from Ball and Davenport.
Washington reports the Navy Department says two Arkansans in the Marine Reserve were killed in action. Pvt. Enwadd D Dempsey of Piggott and Pfc. Elbert R Gee of Magnolia are named among the casualties. The rest mentions cheetahs used in hunting in India and Persia.
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