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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1947
Page
2
D C April 29. A humorous reminiscence about hotel life across 51 countries and 17 states. The narrator recalls saving, bribing, and surviving hotel rooms, praising Swiss hotels and Balkans quirks, and poking fun at chambermaids and wall pictures with sharp wry observations.
Negotiations resumed with promises of separate sessions while a new government plan was delayed. Creasey noted that AT T and Western Electric could fund wage demands but wished not to embarrass other Bell units. NFTW warned the system aims to break labor, and Minnesota urged arbitration of 630 disputes. New offers were expected from New York, Michigan, and Pennsylvania amid continued walkout.
The Julia Chester Hospital reported that one Mexican passenger, Serando Costello, 74, of 1719 Rita Ave, Laredo Texas, died after a truck carrying 15 to 20 occupants left the road and overturned on Highway 67 about eight miles west of Hope. Several others were seriously injured and were transported to the hospital by a passing truck as police investigated the crash.
Wallace spoke in Europe to strengthen peace and oppose East West division. He avoided public office, discussed Truman era politics, and said he knows of no concrete evidence of Communist pressure on Greece or Turkey. He challenged critics calling him an itinerant saboteur and dismissed calls for retreat to farm life as cowardly.
A Trans-Canada Airlines C-56 with 15 aboard is believed down near Vancouver Island after last radio at 7000 feet near the Vancouver range. Coast guard reports a nearby fire. search covers 30 miles between Duncan Chemainus and Nanaimo as land and sea units probe the Fraser River vicinity. The craft departed Lethbridge at 9 27 p m.
The War Department reports a plan to relieve 52 non regular officers and 43 air officers from active duty. Regular to non-regular colonel ratios drive the cut, with a general exception for those previously reduced last year. Names of affected colonels won’t be ready until mid June.
Chicago April 29 director Robert Bean of Brookfield Zoo notes a price cut for live snakes from 30 to 17 12 cents per pound amid a fierce price war between two reptile dealers vying for the 7200's business, unlikely to help many households.
In Redondo Beach California on April 24 salesman Henry Lowe parked his car in its usual spot, but a mistake with the meters caused a deposit issue and car trouble. The report notes a parking mishap tied to meters and the salesman’s routine location.
John L. Lewis and soft coal operators opened negotiations in Washington aimed at a private contract to replace the government UMW deal before the June 30 deadline. The session featured pledges for sincere bargaining, with committees to be formed and plans to return to closed sessions. A final agreement would avert a strike as production resumes under private ownership.
Dr. Wilson G. Smillie of Cornell University Medical College outlines shifting death causes and the rise of chronic and degenerative diseases. He warns pills replace infections like tuberculosis and pneumonia, notes many afflictions strike thirties and forties, and urges preventive work addressing home life and work conditions. He stresses the future doctor will focus on well people and social economic factors.
Live poultry unsettled with 16 trucks and three cars received. FOB prices show fowl 32-33 cents, roasters 38-40, fryers 33-35. butter steady with large receipts. eggs weak with varied U S. extras and standards price ranges. current receipts 40-41 cents, dirties 38, checks 37.5.
National Stockyards Ill April 29 hogs 9000 pounds with buyers active mostly 25 50 cents higher. sows up 75 or more after early sales steady. barrows 170-270 lb 23.00-25.00 top 23.50. pigs 18.00-20.00. sows 18.50-19.75. heavier 17.50-18.50. stags 15.00-16.50. Cattle 4900 calves 2000 demand steady with light yearlings around 20.00, steers 25.00 top, 22.75-24.25. heifers 17.50-20.00. cows steady. bulls 15.00-16.50. beef bulls 17.00. dealers 20.00-25.50. sheep 700. lambs 24.50. ewes 8.50.
A brief selling wave knocked leading stocks down early in today’s market but prices steadied and a modest final hour rally trimmed losses or produced small gains. Volume reached about 850,000 shares with a sluggish midday. many issues fell while gainers included Bethlehem Steel and General Motors among others.
Sustained demand pushed grain futures higher toward session close. Corn led gains after morning weakness, with cash sales at 571,900 bushels versus 500,000 booked. Oats resisted selling amid rain reports. planting delayed by cold spring. Wheat end around 2 1/4 to 3/4 lower, May at 2.57 1/4 to 1/2. Cash market mixed: wheat unchanged, corn 1 to 6 lower, oats 2 to 3 cents down.
New York April cotton futures fell sharply on heavy selling tied to easing textile prices and a presidential push for lower prices. Prices recovered slightly later as mill buying and short covering supported the market, with May to Oct futures unevenly lower from the previous close.
New Orleans on April 29 reports cotton futures declining under selling pressure from favorable crop reports. Close prices were barely steady, with declines of 60 cents to $2.00 a bale. May traded from 35.42 to 34.20, other contracts also finishing lower amid tepid textile demand and broad commodity softness.
Hope Star provides publication data for Hope, Arkansas, including staff, office address, and print rates. It lists editors, management, advertising, and circulation details for weekday issues and mail subscriptions within several counties. It notes Associated Press affiliation and reprint rights.
The column reports mixed reactions from Senate and House leaders to George C. Marshall's address. Democratic Leader Barkley praises him for upholding U S positions with dignity while Republican Hawkes calls for preserving principles. Wadsworth calls the speech clarifying and hopeful of future agreement.
U S envoy George C Marshall defended American positions after the Moscow talks, stating we must not compromise great principles for peace. He blamed the Soviet union for the retreat, warned against German and Austrian economic control by Moscow, and urged more cooperation while noting limited optimism about future prospects.
Laraine Leeks continued from page one as Ray Hendricks defends a fair settlement amid claims of collusion. Prosecutors argue Hendricks was paid to drop challenges to Miss Day's divorce, while Day testifies briefly about negotiations for a Mexican divorce two days before a California decree. Day eloped with Leo Durocher, later divorced Hendricks, and married Durocher in El Paso. The court weighs revoking Day's California divorce after she sidestepped a waiting period.
The first time critical differences are clearly defined allowing future talks to begin with exact settlement terms. Deputies now understand each nation's stance, potentially resolving differences and clarifying issues before the next session. The progress is slow but the best that can be hoped for in the coming months.
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