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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1950
Page
1
A garbled report notes a halt to certain activities following an assertion by an official linked to the country’s armed forces. Major Japat Nevnhansky, once a vice president, pleaded guilty amid high treason allegations.
Arkansas state figures indicate 278606 people worked in farm jobs in March, an increase of 6700 from February and the highest total since December. The gain is mainly in manufacturing due to seasonal boosts in lumbering, according to Employment Security Administrator Horer Adrhing.
Sentencing reports from Prague say 20 year old U S citizen F Zastera received 18 years in prison on high treason and espionage charges. He was ordered expelled from Czechoslovakia along with 15 Czechs, details undisclosed. The foreign ministry sought closure of U S offices in Prague and Bratislava and asked Joseph Korarek to leave the country.
Postal chief Joe Donaldson said service cuts at windows and platforms are needed as costs outpace receipts, and urged Congress to boost funding by about 600 million dollars a year. Some lawmakers view the cuts as pressure to secure more postal money, amid anticipated protests from mail users.
Congressional budget experts predict President Truman will exceed Roosevelt era peacetime treasury deficits this year, with estimates that next year he will surpass his own 1950 high by well over 7 trillion dollars in deficits.
Routine proceedings show the council approving Ordinance No. 451 on third reading after a roll call vote of all members in favor. The emergency clause was then unanimously adopted, and the meeting adjourned with no further business.
Munich officers captured Homer Conk, 27, of Muskogee Oklahoma, after he traveled from America to Bavaria and failed to show identity papers. He allegedly carried a knife and offered no resistance when taken into custody. US Army officials note Conk faced 16 charges. The US Geological Survey says its mapping work costs about 25 cents per acre.
Governor McMath declared opposition to the national health insurance program in a telegram to the Arkansas Medical Society convention in Fort Smith. He denounced plans for compulsory health insurance as unalterable and warned physicians against socialized medicine, a stance aligned with President Truman’s position.
At least seven persons have died violently in Arkansas this week, AP reports. The tally spans multiple incidents with no single cause identified, highlighting ongoing safety concerns across the state.
Fragmented OCR lists four traffic mishaps with injuries and fatalities. Mentions Heth child Lane Little, age 10, burned in a fire, a kerosene explosion, and a Clar-lad death by own action amid ongoing fatalities this week.
Local guidance urges immediate disposal of infected fowl by burning or burying to prevent spread of disease to rats and other animals. authorities emphasize sanitary measures to contain fowl cholera and protect poultry stocks.
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