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A brief note references Our Daily Bread and tribute to Alex H Washburn with Halsey’s involvement noted as a tribute segment.
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1945
Page
1
A brief note references Our Daily Bread and tribute to Alex H Washburn with Halsey’s involvement noted as a tribute segment.
The Honolulu departure speech by Admiral Halsey urges compulsory military training and praises General MacArthur. He notes the atomic bomb as potent yet likely countered and emphasizes the enduring need for the doughboy and the Navy. He cites peace treaties but asserts laws do not abolish police powers. The piece also reflects on credit for victory naming the ordinary soldier as indispensable.
The Globester may beat the 51 hour world flight mark on a 23 147 mile route heading east from Bermuda via Santa Maria Azores to Casablanca. The C 54 carried eight passengers and one bound for Calcutta as ATC observers monitor progress and seek improvements for passenger comfort.
Rita Zucca known as Axis Sally was convicted by an Italian military tribunal in Rome for having intelligence with the enemy and sentenced to four years and five months in prison. Born in New York, she was turned over by American authorities after losing U S citizenship. Her broadcasts to American troops from Milan aimed to demoralize and praise home comforts.
The Star begins a Saturday edition printed on discontinued green newsprint to use up stock. With about a tenth of the green sheet on hand it will take seven or eight Saturdays to write it off. The heavier costly paper was bought for supplement work never undertaken.
Southern members of Congress pressed OPA for an immediate raise of 5.10 per thousand feet in southern pine lumber ceiling prices. The group, led by Senator Bankhead, urged action now citing mill losses and hunger for lumber. Bowles was invited but not present. committee plans further talks if needed.
Pvt. Gayle M. Chandler of Little Rock has been freed from a Japanese prison camp after 41 months in captivity. He was captured at Corregidor and held in the Philippines until July 1944 when he was moved to Fukuoka, Japan. His brother, R. Hendrix Chandler, previously served with the Little Rock AP bureau.
The word patio comes from Spanish and refers to an inner court or enclosed open-air space. It denotes a courtyard or outdoor area surrounded by walls or buildings and open to the sky.
Washington report on the International Training Administration expanding operations. The agency processes 250 Chinese trainees awaiting reassimilation after Japan's surrender. Industrial and diplomatic aims drive hemispheric solidarity and U S trade with Latin America and China.
Schools to open at 8 30 a.m. on Monday October 1 with 3 10 p.m. dismissals for grades and 3 22 for high school. Hope department stores adopt new hours opening 8 a.m. closing 1 p.m. weekdays and 8 p.m. Saturdays. Grocery stores will close 5 30 p.m. weekdays and 8 30 p.m. Saturdays.
Irma Grese, a Nazi guard at Oswiecim and the Belsen complex, is identified in court as a chief offender by witness Paula Zinger. Zinger describes starvation and terror rituals while names other defendants and notes a nearby mass burial ground uncovered during proceedings.
Towanda Pennsylvania announces the engagement of Miss Ethel Chilson to Floyd Robinson, offspring of Clarence and Mrs. Robinson, marking a family union.
Gen. George Patton faces immediate denazification in Bavaria with orders to oust Nazis from municipal and industrial offices. He and Eisenhower reportedly discussed retaining some in office for efficiency, with about 20 Nazis still in Patton's occupation zone as of yesterday. Eisenhower's directive aims to remove party members from government and private industry roles.
The Four States Fair in Texarkana October 9 to 14 offers a $4,500 rodeo prize fund and $8,200 in beef and dairy cattle show prizes. Festivals include North American shows with ten big shows and rides, plus daily free shows, parades, and band concerts at Spring Lake Park. Over 200 cattle entered, fair grounds on a 53 acre site ready for up to 100,000 guests.
The Star announces a nine month subscription offer for Hope students going away to school. Anywhere in the United States rate is $4.
The Senate approved the full employment bill by 71 to 10 and sent it to the House for late October debate. The postwar Congress weighs economic issues like full employment, current aid for the unemployed, and taxes amid shifting political relations and looming atomic secrets decisions.
The United States intends to keep non intervention in Argentina while escalating a moral pressure campaign to push the government to honor inter American and United Nations commitments. Spruille Braden arrives to lead the effort and cites faith in the Argentine people to remove the current regime. President Truman mirrors this stance toward Argentina as he does Spain.
General Douglas MacArthur ordered abolition of Japan's censorship and restricted press limits. Japan demobilized over 2 million troops, with most returning to civilian life as wartime controls were lifted and travel restrictions eased. The move followed Tokyo newspaper confiscations over interviews with Hirohito.
Reporter HAL BOYLE visits Shwe Dagon Pagoda in Rangoon, describing a bustling, gritty scene near a sacred site. American troops and locals share the space as vendors sell candles, hairpins, rubies, and even tractors as dogs quarrel and fight amid scent and bustle.
The Associated Press reports 400000 workers remained on strike across major industries including automotive coal lumber oil and electrical power. In New York City about 1500000 workers were affected by a labor dispute as talks with CIO leaders and oil firms sought a wage hour settlement.
The Missouri Pacific Transportation Company issues changes and additions to main-line bus times through Hope effective Monday. Hope Nashville stays unchanged. New northbound departures to Little Rock include 2 27 a.m. 8 02 a.m. 10 32 a.m. 2 32 p.m. 4 47 p.m. 8 02 p.m. Southbound departures to Texarkana list 5 03 a.m. 10 48 a.m. 2 15 p.m. 4 48 p.m. 7 03 p.m. 11 23 p.m. Some northbound runs connect via Memphis and St Louis. all southbound schedules connect at Texarkana for Texas points.
Decatur Illinois September 29 John P Filehak maintains an orchard of 85 grape varieties on a one acre tract near his home. He has imports from nearly every state including a California vine said not to thrive in Illinois. This year the vine yielded three bunches of grapes.
Admiral William F. Halsey, famed for leading the Third Fleet and his aggressive Pacific campaigns, says he will retire at 62. He recalled key events from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay, noted his age, and joked about a white wooden rocking horse sent to him as he reflected on a career that reshaped naval warfare.
Arkansas designates the legal Thanksgiving holiday as the last Thursday in November which falls on November 29 this year. Secretary of State C G Hall noted many inquiries from football coaches and school officials about the holiday.
The Polk Nebraska chamber of commerce raised over $200 for a V J day party but Japan's surrender came too quick and no event was held. A committee will decide how to use the leftover funds as the Japanese population work force is noted at 40 to 45 percent in agriculture.
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