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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1945
Page
1
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The city school system reports an 11 percent rise in enrollment on Opening Day this year versus last. In wartime, older students leave school early for work, while the drive for education remains a sign of private preparation for peace. A clipped Army outreach note questions suitable civilian roles for officers, arguing private business starts at the bottom and will hire accordingly.
The Truman administration unveils a peacetime prosperity program that critics call not an airtight blueprint but a bombshell likely to shape politics for months. The tone is calm and cooperative, balancing New Deal continuities with hints of restraint and a focus on full employment as the centerpiece.
Washington war dept discloses many generals are leaving active duty or being demoted to pace demobilization of enlisted men and lowerrank officers amid congressional criticism of postwar promotions. Senators urge faster discharges and potential overhaul of demobilization.
A tropical storm moving north from the Caribbean loosened its grip while southwest winds weakened. The Miami Weather Bureau placed the center about 450 miles north of Puerto Rico with speeds of 12 to 14 mph and gusts reaching 60 mph earlier, extending up to 150 miles east and north of the center. The center lay roughly 800 miles from Miami.
The navy disclosed that the Okinawa campaign cost the United States 30 warships sunk and 223 damaged. Twelve damaged ships were hit by U S gunfire, and 3,836 Japanese planes were destroyed. Kamikazes caused 22 sinkings. several ships were listed as sunk or damaged.
Chase National Bank lists unclaimed accounts guarded for W F Cody known as Buffalo Bill with deposits between 25 and 50 dollars. The note appears in a formal list of names in New York dated September 11.
Gen Jonathan M Wainwright rests after 39 months in Japanese captivity amid renewed acclaim from the nation He plans to rest seek medical care and travel to New York for a Thursday reception Washington D C events include a Pentagon press conference a private party with Secretary Stimson and a ceremony at the Washington Monument grounds leading to Congress and the White House tribute to his service
Arkansas mining figures predict benefits from Senate push to repeal a one dollar per ton import duty on bauxite and to accept bauxite in payment of lend lease debts. Aluminum Company of America manager R A Learnard cites U S produced alumina and Hurricane Creek stockpiles as supply options. Independent Arkansas producers note limited postwar offers for Hurricane Creek and Jones Mill plants as labor shortages hinder operations across 31 of 34 mines.
A nighttime fire at a Houston refinery injured 26 firemen and refinery workers and forced 200 residents to evacuate. Lightning sparked the blaze, which shook nearby streets as two large gasoline tanks exploded and a 55,000 barrel crude tank burned. Fire officials said the fire would burn itself out as flames towered and smoke hung over the scene.
Congress prepared for a full agenda after the war and Pearl Harbor era. Lawmakers debated moving people out of uniform, equal rights for women, surplus war goods, government corporations, airports, and postwar jobs. Five star generals and jobless receipts framed the day’s discussions.
UPI reports former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo shot himself in the chest during a late afternoon arrest attempt at his Setagaya home. He survived initial treatment and was moved to Yokohama hospital as military guards, doctors, and reporters watched.
Governor Thomas L. Bailey marveled at a 138-pound melon sent from Arkansas governor Ben Laney. Bailey joked it looked like a Mississippi cucumber and planned to share seeds with Mississippi growers.
The first meeting of foreign ministers from the United States Britain France Russia and China opens at Lancaster House to tackle postwar problems. Key figures include Byrnes Bevin Bidault Molotov and Wang Shih Chieh as Greece unrest and Italy peace terms loom over the agenda.
The Office of Price Administration announced cheese point values will drop to zero at midnight after the Agriculture Department removed cheese controls. Price Administrator Chester Bowles said the change frees red points for meat and butter. Army stockpiles and government purchase set asides influenced the move, retroactive to Sept 1.
In Washington on September 11, a Department of Agriculture spokesman said cheese rationing will end almost immediately as the army reduces cheese purchases. Lower beef grades will be ration free before October 1, with pork chops and bourbon whiskey following. Prospects of bumper crops and waning wartime controls signal a quick end to food shortages.
Storekeeper First Class Bill Swain, about 38, a wiry redhaired sailor, works in the ship’s icebox aboard the USS Ancon in Tokyo Bay. He has endured six major amphibious landings from Fedala to Sicily and Scoglitti, and he looks forward to returning home to Pinehurst, Georgia, after a long war service.
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