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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1950
Page
1
The report lists multiple church groups and clubs in Fulton scheduling activities for the week. First Baptist and First Presbyterian associations meet, choirs rehearse, circles gather at homes, and a garden club forms with officers elected. A pre nuptial breakfast honors Miss Phyllis Williams at the Hotel Barlow with several guests attending.
Mrs B P Young Sr and Mr and Mrs Bern appear in a parish social roundup alongside Mrs Lisyd Spencer and Miss Mehodist in a local church event touching on community figures and relations.
Dorothy Henry traveled to Texas Rana last evening for the Gordon Young recital at First Methodist Church. Gordon Young, nephew of E. P. Young Sr., is noted as organist. Fred Johnson leaves for Kansas City for surgical and medical treatment, plans to return in about nine weeks. Charles Fricks Laneton and others head to Beaumont, Texas, to visit friends. Mrs. Henry Taylor heads to Ostlas for a week-end visit with her children and relatives. Arkadelphia guests attend National Honor Society convention and visit parents and relatives.
The Chinese Communists move to clear Nationalist pockets as favorable weather aids campaigns. Reported influx of Soviet warplanes and Russian nationals. Moscow and Beijing ratify a 30 year mutual aid treaty. Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists blockade ports and bomb Red-held areas from Taiwan to Chusan as Reds brace for a spring offensive.
Mrs J K Sales and Mrs Margaret Meeks of Hot Springs and Mrs J B Comer of Little Rock visited Mr and Mrs Carl Robarts Friday. Kathryn Hatley Kinarah Young and Shirley Easterling attended an organ recital in Texarkana by Gordger Young. Mrs W J Stroud recovered and returned home from St Michaels hospital in Texarkana. Hospital admissions and discharges list include W H Davis, Mrs Paul Subteck, Mrs Paul Curtis, Mrs 4 V McKamie, Master Jurty Baker, Master Gary Baker, Mrs C MetLain, Miss Virginia Desiree May, Mr and Mrs J V McKamie, Mrs Bob Easterling, Mrs J B Beckworth, C W Lightfoot, and Thorold Jones. Mr and Mrs Bob Easterling announce the arrival of a baby boy on April 14.
Eighteenty five home demonstration club women gathered Friday April 7 in City Hall auditorium Hope. Mrs E D Warnken presided as 45 dresses entered in the dress revue judged by Miss Sue Marshall from Tittle Rack. Greenace first in wool suit, with Sanford and Murphy taking second and third.
Philadelphia April 14. The board of education announced a six week after school charm school for teachers. The program aims to improve appearance voice and demeanor with courses on dress hair grooming and personality. Successful teachers will earn one hour credit toward higher salary.
Senator George (D Ga) said congress should not pursue contempt against officials who ignored subpoenas for loyalty files. He argued the move would waste time and that President Truman instructed to shelve the subpoenas. George predicted court backing for presidential data withholding and noted McCarthy's claim hinges on secret FBI files.
Former Massachusetts governor James Michael Curley receives a full presidential pardon from President Truman for two federal crimes, including a 1943 conviction for impersonating another man in a civil service exam. The justice department confirmed the action, noting Curley remained eligible to vote under Massachusetts law.
A church directory item lists Garrett Memorial and multiple churches with service times. Elbert OSteer is pastor at Garrett Memorial with morning and evening services, Sunday school led by Trudy Hairston, and various meetings including missionary prayer and teachers meeting. Other churches named include First Baptist, Unity Missionary Baptist, and First Pentecostal with pastors Whitlow Birkhead Hudspeth, service times, and special events noted.
The wife of Henry Fonda died by her own action at a private sanitarium forty miles north of New York City. She cut her throat in her bathroom, aged 42, after agreeing to a divorce amid reports of a romance with Susan Blanchard. Fonda rushed to the scene with his mother and a private service followed at a local funeral parlor.
The proceeding winds up its final week as House investigators press for contempt charges. Several witnesses from Hawaii refuse to disclose whether they are Communists, with seven from the ILWU affiliated unions. The committee plans new legal steps to compel testimony, including actions aimed at sustained questions about constitutional matters. Silva, a convention delegate, has refused to testify and met with his lawyer Symonds, ILWU attorney challenging the House panel.
A column argues beauty shapes men’s views and marriage choices yet often harms long term happiness. It notes plain women develop other charms, while beauty fades and may hinder career success. The piece critiques the worship of looks and celebrates deeper qualities beyond appearance.
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