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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1945
Page
1
Washington reports say Congress will repeal War Time by September 30, promising more daylight for breakfast and less for supper. The piece highlights town country tensions over daylight saving and the lasting debate after the war.
Washington week recaps Congress battles over Truman's program and unemployment pay plus time changes and war preparedness plans. Leaders seek a standard time law by September 30 and hearings to raise lawmakers' salaries. A brief historical note about Victor Emmanuel II and Humbert closes the item.
Unrest over labor disputes grows as about 125000 workers idle across the United States in strikes spanning industries from gas to steel and automotive. Ford plants in Detroit and other sites halt production. nurses, gas workers, and steel unions also walk out amid wage and benefit demands and a break from wartime no strike pledges.
Susanne McNeill five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs C C McNeill of Hope was run over in a Dallas driveway while visiting her grandmother Mrs J W Beck and sustained a crushed pelvis. She rests well in a Dallas hospital. Off about one hundred million pounds of chicken feathers are collected yearly with only about a quarter used by feather plants.
General Wainwright arrives in California en route to Washington to report on his treatment by Japan. He is expected to lead a victory parade in San Francisco and will travel by air from Hawaii via Honolulu. Navy personnel freed in Tokyo Bay are flown to Oakland, while allied officials document prisoner abuses and prepare war crime prosecutions.
HAL BOYLE details how Japanese youth embrace American soldiers as occupation begins. Children, often in ragged clothes, cheer convoys, salute, wave flags, and learn English words like Hello and Thank you as relations soften from shock to fond curiosity. Adults show restraint, while kids adapt quickly to the Allied presence.
Congressional leaders promised to set clocks back one hour by September 30 by repealing daylight saving war time. Speaker Cannon and Rep. Boren said the repeal would pass swiftly and reach the president in time to take effect on the target date. The plan follows wartime measures adopted in 1942 to extend daylight hours for war work.
Washington reports the OPA removed all slaughtering limits and dropped the fair distribution plan. Bowles says meat supply has improved but rationing may end only if supplies stay adequate. The April policy aimed to boost slaughter in non-federally inspected plants to aid military and government needs.
Little Rock reports H. K. Thatcher, head of the Arkansas Resources and Development Commission division, predicts increased use of state clay as lumber supplies shrink. Major deposits are near Jonesboro, Hope, El Dorado, and Malvern.
General Douglas MacArthur and First Cavalry Division enter Tokyo with subdued force, raising the U S flag at the embassy to symbolize occupation. The ceremony emphasizes restraint, avoiding pomp as Halsey and Eichelberger watch.
The Agriculture Department projects a 1945 cotton crop of 10 026 000 bales at 500 pounds gross weight based on September 1 conditions. It compares with 10 134 000 bales forecast a month earlier and 12 230 000 bales last year. Census data show 461 280 running bales ginned pre September 1, a drop from 1944 and 1943 levels.
A memorial service for men who died in World War II will be held at 3 oclock Sunday afternoon September 9 at Liberty church. The Rev D L McCauley pastor of Washington Methodist church will officiate with J I Liebling Fulton school superintendent assisting. Prosecuting Attorney Lyle Brown of Hope will be principal speaker.
The Allied War Crimes Commission aims to try as many as 409,000 Nazis for crimes against peace and war crimes in a master trial at Nuremberg set for late October or November. Goering, 23 others named. many more likely added. Prosecution led by US Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson expects severe penalties including hangings for top leaders.
President Truman moves to soothe Congress with praise and a lengthy message outlining far reaching laws. He avoids direct ultimatums, preferring courtesy before proposing new statutes to keep lawmakers busy through Christmas.
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