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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1949
Page
7
Frankfurt reports a postwar production peak reached last month with West Germany showing a nine point rise from February. In March British and American zones produced 89 percent of output for 1936 the last peacetime year noted in the report.
Paris hosts a World Peace Congress with 1,860 delegates from 52 nations. Frederic Joliot Curie, head of France’s atomic energy commission, urged unity against war and warned atomic weapons would not guarantee victory. The event opened with no anti-Communist protests or heavy police presence.
Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini denied confirming romance reports. The Malian director and Bergman hinted at possible marriage after divorces, while Bergman’s Hollywood representative dismissed the claims as ridiculous. Rossellini sailed back to Stromboli with Bergman and 22 others aboard a rickety fishing schooner named The San Lorenzo.
The appeal supports a permanent organization to terminate a war if one should start. The plan envisions a “rally of peace partisans” as a world wide force aligned with congress aims, presented at a major concert hall.
Little Rock April 20 The Arkansas penitentiary could pay its $157,093 debts before year end. State Comptroller Lee Roy Beasley said the prison has about $100,600 cash to apply now, and the rest would be paid from the 1949 cotton crop sale. He noted a $177,047.74 cash balance for prison farms but warned full repayment while operating the penitentiary would be impossible. Creditor reaction mixed as talks with penitentiary board continued.
Los Angeles April 20 Wal lace Beery's will filed for probate disinherited a baby boy named Johan from his estate. The will values the estate at over half a million dollars and leaves most to Carol Ann Beery his adopted daughter and to his brother William C. Beery and nephew Noah Beery Jr. Beery died Friday night aged 64. The paternity case by Gloria Schumm alleging fatherhood had not been resolved.
A mixed delegation led by Senator Paw Douglas tours Washington slums near the capitol to witness conditions firsthand. They observe crowded rooms, scant heat, outside toilets, and diseases linked to poverty as residents report low wages and high rents. The visit follows debate on a public housing bill. Meat and dairy prices set to rise in Britain starting April 24 and May respectively.
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