17 Apr 1951
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1951
Page
1
A garbled OCR passage references loan law, possibly a commission or advocate, and an undefined date in a legal or archival context. The text is unreadable in parts but suggests a discussion of penalties or valuation related to a law and a commission or advocate figure.
International confusion surrounds who leads UN forces in Korea. The piece notes President Truman's ordering intervention, naming General MacArthur and General Matthew Ridgway as past and current commanders, with questions about UN vs US control and the chain of command.
Report covers jury selection in the Memphs County case with preemptory challenges and race concerns. Prosecution asserts fairness. jurors addressed questions on race and admissibility as voir dire continues. An unrelated note describes A Idorrna Republic in the Pyrenees with about 11000 population.
Violence erupted at Danville River Mills during a two week Southwide Textile Workers strike led by the CIO. A police bullet wounded a striker as state police used two water hoses to disperse a crowd at the Schoolfield plant gate. pickets blocked U.S. Route 29 then allowed nonstrikers inside for the midnight shift.Authorities arrested 20 strikers yesterday including the Virginia CIO council president Rev. Charles Webber amid charges of denying entry. The union accused management of threats and armed hydrants while company officials said hoses were for routine inspection and not used against pickets.
Washington April 17 press service reports a new push to form a wage control board as part of the defense program. Officials from union and management groups discuss a public agency to oversee wages and prices with a temporary mandate likely to run until July 7. A panel of names is ready for decision on the form of the board and its staffing.
British submarine Affray, 281 feet, with seven officers and men aboard, disappeared after maneuvers in the English Channel near the Isle of Wight. An air sea hunt with American destroyers, planes, and helicopters is under way as authorities inform next of kin.
Booneville April 17 The jury in the slaying of a former wife and her husband resumed its effort to reach a verdict after testimony. Odin faces two counts of first degree murder and the panel recessed for the night without a decision. The defendant is due to reappear in court.
Odin tells an all male jury he fired only at Smith after entering the Smith home during a fatal incident. He says he bled and returned to the couple at a meal, faced with Smith who drew a weapon and killed Stra, then shot Odin in the shoulder before the assailant was disarmed and left the house.
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