20 Apr 1949
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1949
Page
1
About one thousand colleges and universities now offer courses in sales and related fields. Programs span business schools and extension sites, reflecting growing demand for practical sales training.
Most of the country enjoyed fair weather on April 29. A belt of rain and unsettled conditions stretched from the Great Plains toward the northern tier, bringing showers to some areas while leaving others clear. Chicago reported mild temperatures as systems moved through.
The 49ers Trail Blazers Scouts and Wagon Bosses met at the Chamber of Commerce to finalize plans for the 1949 Gold Rush. They named A I Stonequist as Trail Blazer for the Horse Wranglers with Corbin Foster and Royce Smith assisting. Wagon bosses Roy Allen Wesley Dart Ben Owens Karl Powell announced the ten horse Wranglers and Sod Busters for the event.
Ambassador Robert D. Murphy will address the Associated Press luncheon in New York next Monday as announced by President Robert McBean. Murphy, ranked ambassador, heads the State Department division of German and Austrian affairs and was formerly political adviser to Gen. Lucius D. Clay, U.S. military governor in Germany. Snow and rain mixed weather affected northern New England with 6 to 10 inch dumps in Rutland Wisconsin area and seven inches in parts of Maine. temperatures rose in the north central area while Williston North Carolina reached 82 degrees, surpassing the Miami reading.
A ceiling collapse at the Parks Theater in Sauma Ba injured about 40 people during a movie premiere. Two women suffered back injuries and were moved to New Orleans for further care. several others were treated locally for broken bones and lacerations. The theater, opened last October, seats 1200 and the cause of the collapse is under investigation.
Investigators disclosed a possible third victim linked to Mrs Inez Brennan who used Lonely Hearts letters to lure men to death authorities in Wicomico County Maryland said they are opening an inquiry into a disappearance of a well to do poultryman who had corresponded with Brennan and one of her sons has confessed to the killings of two men met through Lonely Hearts clubs Sheriff Jesse Pollitt said a missing man Fred Sehub may be alive in North or South Carolina and an investigation will follow. police guarded a mysterious writ in the Brennan slayings.
Senator Mundt pressed the House Un-American Activities Committee to seek a congressional inquiry into the United Nations. He cited a Russian UN employee arrest with Judith Coplon as evidence of possible espionage and questioned UN security practices and personnel origins. He proposed a threefold UN investigation focusing on former officials employed by UN, passport authority, and headquarters at Lake Success as a potential spy hub.
Long Beach California April 20 UPI Wade Chavez, 44, jailed on a child support complaint by his wife, identified as an escaped prisoner sought in Arkansas for 29 years on a breaking chain theft charge. Fingerprints confirmed his identity. Arkansas prison superintendent notified police. Wade admitted escape from state prison in 1920 while serving a two year sentence. He had been cited under the alias Madison Cleveland Wade. Wade recently came from Las Vegas Nevada on the support charge and is held for trial. Also noted, about 5,600 weather observers participate with the U S weather bureau Cooperative Weather Observer program.
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