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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1950
Page
3
The piece links postwar Europe and domestic policy to pump priming and currency risks. It argues Congress and Republicans clash on farm and economic programs while printing money masks real wealth decline. Democracy, production, and 가격 measurement are warned to determine America’s future.
Guernsey Junior class to present a 3 act comedy Good Gracious Grandma Tuesday night April 4 in the school auditorium directed by Kenneth Kelly. Cast includes J T May Paul Ingran Catherine Powell Maxine Hancock Belly Thornton Fete Hover Billy Marley Lawrence Brosius Rosa dne Gilbert Doyle Powell. Curtain time is oclock admission 10 cents buses will run regular routes public invited.
Police report a Black woman named Mable Brown was shot twice with a .22 rifle in Hope near Werega school. A male suspect fired three rounds, two hitting her arm and leg, though her condition was not considered critical. An unnamed local Black resident was detained on related charges as officers responded to a public safety incident.
Weather outlook shows showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight across Arkansas with lingering activity into Tuesday. Expected to affect eastern counties more, with cooler conditions returning later in the week.
Washington April 3 4 A vast appropriations bill carrying funds for over 40 federal agencies for the 1951 fiscal year begins its House debate under crossfire from economy critics and those urging more for defense. The measure totals 29 04 030 164 and equals about 828 per U S household. Final action is not set until after the Easter recess April 18. The House Armed Services panel led by Vinson seeks a rise of about 6 0 billion to bolster defense, while Rep Taber pushes for at least a one billion cut. The committee trimmed 1 567 800 304 from the President's budget request, leaving a projected $4 153 000 000 deficit next year unless new revenues materialize. The bill omits funds for foreign aid and permanent definite appropriations, though administration officials hope to add about 300 000 000 000 for foreign aid once authorization passes. opposition in the House could block this.
Hempstead Circuit Court with Judge Dexter Bush presiding set this morning one of the largest dockets in history and adjourned until Thursday April 6. The retrial of Herman Maxwell charged with rape was set for Tuesday April 18. In a prior trial Maxwell was found guilty and sentenced to die but an Arkansas Supreme Court order ordered a retrial. Two Negroes charged with sodomy were committed to the state hospital for examination. They are Robert C. White and Ernest Wesson. Eddie Lee Stuart pleaded guilty to petty larceny, fined costs, sentenced to 1 hour in jail. Elliot Ellis, forgery and uttering, pleaded guilty and sentenced to a total of 3 years on both counties. Nathan Harris, false pretenses, passed for sentence. Walter Hines, false pretenses, 1 year suspended sentence. Luke Hightower, selling untaxed liquor, guilty plea, fined $30. H. P. Cannon, burglary, guilty plea, given 1 year sentence. W. R. Herndon et al vs Sam Stone, trial before court, judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $218.27 plus interest.
Spring Hill Junior Class will stage its annual play Bashful Bertie on Wednesday night. Director J. W. Murvitt announces a cast including Lee Matheld Patsy Iul ey Ruth Johnson Helea Atkins Dane Starr Cuoretty Ross Barbara Bootie Charles Huckabee Raymond Clark Gail Singard and Melson Poster with Ruel Wright as stage manager Bora Ray as business manager. Admission is 20 and 30 cents. One public is invited.
Royce Smith, manager of the A and P, is due back in Hope Saturday after a weeklong conference of store managers for the big grocer chain. He travels from Jacksonville, Florida, by DC-6 to Shreveport, Avani, and is expected to land in Hope by Sunday.
Fayetteville reports the AMA rural health program will be led by Aubrey D. Gates of Little Rock for the coming year. Gates, associate director of the agricultural extension service, will take a leave to serve as field director of rural health for the AMA. Lloyd Donhonau will act as associate director during Gates absence.
Nationalist China declares its greatest 1950 victory after repelling a Communist invasion on Hainan Island. Dispatches claim 5,000 Reds killed and 2,500 captured, with additional surrenders and equipment seized as warships report sinking fleeing junks amid ongoing tensions and potential future invasions.
Senate investigators push to view Senator McCarthy secret documents linked to spy claims against Owen Lattimore. Green warns of subpoenas if McCarthy blocks access as Lattimore denounces the charges. Lattimore returns from a UN mission and calls McCarthy a madman, while McCarthy plans a press conference at Bethesda Naval Medical Center.
Blytheville April 3 The Armorel Planting Company completed a 1 600 000 cash real estate purchase acquiring the entire town of Armorel and 5 600 acres of land from the Lee Wilson estate. The buyers are John E B Crain W J Denton and B H Regenold, with Crain son of James J Crain and Denton as son-in-law to Crain. Regenold formerly managed the Wilson interests at Armorel and led Blytheville’s First National Bank.
Avalon California April 3 A man pictured as a wartime treason convict vanished from a rented boat off Catalina Island A mysterious submarine sighting near the southern California coast follows as authorities link the missing man Theodore Donay 51 De Proll to a hotel clerk found with a torn Berlin parcel form No concrete evidence connects the events Coast guard and Navy reports noted only a drifting boat with lights off and a clothing filled suitcase found miles from the island
Congress seeks about 36.7 million dollars for nation airport improvements starting July 4. Arkansas sites include Little Rock Adams Field North Little Rock Blytheville West Memphis Walnut Ridge Texarkana and Rogers. Local sponsors would share in the cost with the Civil Aeronautics Administration approving the plan.
New York column ridicules spring gardening zealots who boast of backyard victories. It mocks their high costs, noisy rivalries, and relentless pursuit of perfect blooms while imagining a drastic retreat to more useful plants or even a woodsier path.
The Supreme Court takes up the question of whether enforced segregation of Negroes violates the Constitution. The case, led by Elmer W. Henderson with Justice Department support, challenges the long standing separate but equal doctrine and asks for equal rights in practice. The ICC and Southern Railway are named respondents as the court weighs whether dining car segregation can stand.
The forty sixth annual meeting of the Women of the Presbyterian church of Ouachita Presbytery will be hosted by First Presbyterian church in Hope on April 11 and 12. The open sessions begin Tuesday morning at 10 30 with an Executive Board meeting and luncheon at the Barlow Hotel. Mrs. T E Logan of Prescott presides the event and a Business Women’s Dinner is scheduled for 8 30 o’clock.
A university event in Key West featured Rev S Brooks McLane as principal speaker with topics on Tex Mex looks and loyalty files amid court actions. Mrs J C Fleeman and Mrs H Haberyan were listed as guest speakers in programs spanning April 3 and 4 1948 at Kingsville Texas and Fort Smith Arkansas locales.
A Sunday tornado in Jackson County demolished the Clayton home near Tucker, killing Mrs. Floyd Clayton and injuring her husband and two other families. Their three children and five visiting relatives were hurt. Doctors were at a funeral in Tuckerman when the storm hit. A second tornado struck 75 miles east about two hours later, damaging several buildings with no injuries reported.
Louis Breed aged five, a local carrier salesman, shot himself at his sister Mrs E S Jones home near Hope around 1 p m today. Coroner Rufus Herndon said death was self inflicted with the shotgun blast to the chest. he died instantly. He leaves a son Wilbur Breed of Oklahoma City, four sisters and two brothers. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
The Ministerial Alliance of Hope invites Christian residents to a 6 30 a m Easter sunrise worship at the high school football stadium. The Rev J M Hamilton pastor of the Methodist church will preach and the high school chorus will sing inviting the surrounding community to attend.
In Key West Florida officials warn about large federal grants and free energy programs amid a lop in administration funding. The report notes a key figure commenting on the impact of the grants and the need to manage around two hundred million dollars in state allocations.
Mrs U G Stoy dies at her son Herraant Stoy home on Hope Route 4 aged 2. She survives a son M Stoy of Rudessa La and two daughters Mrs Laura Livingstone and Mrs Neva Williams of Corpus Christi Texas. Funerals incomplete pending arrival of children. TAX TURNBACKS Little Rock April 4 I Gasps sing and severance cuts total a quarter of a million collars have been made by the state to Arkansas counties. Payments are for the tax reliefs for this year.
Five people died violently in Arkansas over the weekend from a tornado, a traffic crash, and a homicide. Mrs Floyd Clayton died in Newport hospital after a tornado demolished her home near Tuckerman. Nine others were injured as the storm struck. Federal officials discussed secrets with British ministers amid wartime politics. A Malvern grand jury hearing delayed on gambling and liquor probes, and Arkansas lawmakers filed anti corruption pledges ahead of re election.
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