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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1954
Page
4
An account of Our Daily Bread through The Editor Alex H. Washburn offers insights into the publication's purpose and style. The brief piece previews content and frames the reader’s expectations for this series.
The editor describes a long return journey from Florida, noting 11 hours of air travel via Tampa Birmingham Memphis and Texarkana. He comments on Arkansas climate, compares routes, and urges Trans-Texas Airways and local merchants to sponsor a direct air service to Hope with monthly ticket guarantees, aiming to put the town on a schedule.
Lookadoo files for Congress in the Fourth District joining incumbent Greene Harris and Union County Tax Assessor Robert Hollinger as three candidates. The filing occurred Saturday in Little Rock as the race for the U.S. House heats up with another entrant.
Police investigated a weekend shooting and two car crashes. Jessie aster, a Black man, faces aggravated assault charges for shooting Eulas Palmoyre on Allen Street. Palmoyre was hit in the head, arm, and shoulder but not seriously wounded. Alma Foster was charged after a rear following collision involving a car owned by Janes Hollis and driven by Alma Foster, colliding with a vehicle driven by John G. Williams of Dallas. The Hollis vehicle suffered major damage.
Washington Attorney General Brownell told a House Judiciary subcommittee that proposals to outlaw the Communist Party would hinder the drive against communism. He argued such laws would drive the movement underground and complicate FBI investigations, and raise constitutional questions likely to be tested in court. He urged alternative measures to curb communism and bring the organization and its members to light.
French union forces stormed from foxholes in a second counter attack near the Dien Bien Phu fortress. Communist troops mounted a sixth assault in the night but were repelled as French tanks and bayonets backed loyal Vietnamese troops to hold the hill overlooking the besieged position.
In Kansas City a second perjury trial began in Federal District Court involving Louis Shoulders a former St. Louis police lieutenant. He is charged with lying before a federal grand jury about handling ransom money tied to the Beth Greenlease kidnapping case. The ransom was paid by Carl Austin Hall and Bonnie Brown Heady, who were executed for the crime.
Nancy Hays of Lynchburg Virginia a junior at Randolph-Macon Woman's College was elected president of the Pi Beta Phi national sorority for the 1955 56 academic year Nine sorority delegates from Randolph-Macon were among those who ran for officer posts Miss Hays rushed this year and served as freshman orientation assistant training group leader She is also a member of Omega society and helped with the September orientation activities
Relatives of William B. Folsom lost a bid to invalidate his 1949 will that left about 108735.75 total, mostly cash, for the Brinkley public library. The will named heirs including Jack W. Yarbrough and Eileen Jones Yarbrough, with a city home deeded to Brinkley for library use and C. Hamilton Moses named executor. The case, argued after Folsom died May 20, 1953 at age 85, upheld mental competency and preserved the library bequest with the Arkanaes sects and relatives challenging the will. Continued on Page Two.
Yale scholars study hangovers and seek cures but conclude a real remedy is unlikely. The piece notes Prohibition era drinks and the death of past extreme hangovers, with references to famed brands and figures, and ends with a cynical nod to nostalgia and Pat’s reminiscences.
Valeriu Georgescu, a Romanian born American executive, is joyfully reunited with his two sons Constantin 19 and Peter 15 in West Germany after they were allowed to leave Romania with U S State Department help. Georgescu had refused to be blackmailed into spying for Communists and accused a Romanian diplomat of pressuring him. the State Department confirmed the diplomat Zamfbeti's recall.
Government economists reported that the overall business outlook is encouraging though not an end to decline. They expect a bump along at present levels with minor up and downs in various items for a few months before turning upward. Eisenhower aides see mixed signs and a levelling off as plans for a multi billion public works program move forward.
Mrs Jennie Giles McWilliams 83 pioneer resident of Hope died Sunday at Pepyldenes Rhode Island She had long lived with sister Mrs John S Gibson and was visiting a niece Mrs Frances Johnsay of Providence Survived by nephews Carter Gibson Johnson City Vein John Gibson Jr Chaves Gibson of Hope Fred and Jaynes Gibson of Little Rock great nieces Mrs Johnson and Mrs Alton Evry of Lake Jackson Texas and great nephews John Gibson Jr and Charles Bana Gibson Jr of Hope Funeral services arranged in Hope surface notes indicate local lines.
A Hope chamber group convened to launch a city wide Cleanup Paint Up Fix Up drive with ward by ward assignments. Harrell Hall and Haskell Jones led the meeting with representatives from Garden Clubs, American Legion, VFW, Ministerial Alliance, Lions, Rotary, Boy Scouts, Home Demonstration Clubs, and retailers. The plan aims to improve health and safety, with school involvement and church participation, beginning Monday April 19.
W H Etter of Washington Ark was certified as an official commissioner to the Presbyterian Church U S General Assembly. He will represent Quachita Presbytery at the May 27 to June meeting in Montreat North Carolina and participate in the church’s highest court processing matters.
U S officials vow to spend freely to halt Communists in South West Asia, signaling a hard line in Indochina and a new urgency in policy. Dulles travels to London and Paris while British and French hesitations test US resolve amid a shifting political climate.
Chicago police freed three associates of racketeer Anthony Pape without bond after he died from eight bullet wounds from a gangland shooting. Pape had been implicated in a heroin ring and was wounded in an underworld attack early Saturday. several associates Tucillo Sperna and Caduto faced questioning and were released.
Fragmented OCR noise mentions Senator McCarthy, McMath, and party faction tensions. References a six year scrutiny, old guard Republicans, and opposition to corporate influence. It notes a Washington speech and ongoing controversy with continuation promised on the page.
The Star Staff reports candidates paying filing fees for Ward Four alderman and area committeemen including He HH and Nolen Blevins among others. Also listed are Sheriff candidate HD Phillips and Prosecuting Attorney Fres ton Dowd for the 8th Judicial District. The Federation of Garden Clubs of Hope schedules an annual flower show on April 22 with a tour of Live homes. The First Presbyterian Church sponsors activities with local clubs and performers. Miss Thatla-Chism is cast as Leban in the annual performance. Roberta Howard, daughter of Katherine Richards Howard, named Arkansas DAR page for Continental Congress in Washington, D C, in April 1833. she attends Holling College and will serve as a page aboard the vigil.
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