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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1946
Page
1
The Saturday Evening Post cautions readers about miracle drugs like penicillin. Medical researchers report penicillin can lose effectiveness as germs develop defenses. Only the strongest strains may survive, risking worse outcomes if not used with care.
Monroe Aug 1 Chicago police notified local probation officer L Von Tarver that Mat tie Dempsey 28 formerly of Monroe is dead in Chicago morgue. No relatives found. identification via fingerprints. Efforts continue to locate surviving kin in Monroe or vicinity to claim the body. notify Tarvers Ouachita parish courthouse room 3N3 1288.
Washington officials studied 16 complex bids for the poverty line owned piping and transmission lines. Bids ranged from 146.6 million to 226 million dollars for the year. The War Assets Administration will take weeks to analyze and decide which offers to accept, with bids coming from firms and individuals across several states.
A freighter sank off the English coast west of Wal dham J. Biddle, RK. Olds claims 8,000 cars in 1902. Aboard were six passengers and 51 crewmen, and reports mention vital food supplies for Great Britain and collision details with unclear sources.
Historic 79th Congress stalls over social security reforms as deadlock hinders a tax increase from 1 to 2.5 percent, affecting employers and payrolls next January. Other measures push forward, including aGI terminal pay bill, international justice panel moves, and silver sales policy as Truman seeks final action.
A state hospital for mental diseases reported an average daily census of 4,677 patients, about 263 per resident patient, with total operating expenditures of 1,804,000 and a 1944 national expenditure average of 360 per resident. The Arkansas hospital housing details are noted, including staff and patient figures.
Fort Smith in August term Ward Stacey seeks an injunction against Packard Fort Smith Co. to prevent further sales until a seventh new car is delivered as agreed after Stacey traded in his old car last March. He alleges the dealer has received 15 new cars but supplied none to him.
Washington officials weigh potential penny loaf and cent per yard flour price bumps as the wartime price controls board considers extending ceilings to meats dairy grains cottonseed and soybeans while delaying renewable subsidies and hearings set for August 12. Postmaster Cratia M. Vinson named for Armoral Arkansas approved by the Senate.
HAL BOYLE reports on the international war crimes trial where judges from America Britain and France endure eight months without a day off. The article notes long sessions in Niuremberg style proceedings with many witnesses and heavy press scrutiny while defendants and court staff face grueling hours and dwindling correspondents coverage. The piece highlights health issues and dramatic incidents among staff and defendants amid a tense postwar climate.
Yugoslav vice premier Kardelj denounces the French demarcation line on Istria in Trieste talks. The Yugoslav delegation rejects the UN authority plan and demands ethnic boundaries align with Yugoslav interests while ministers debate open agenda rules and voting majorities.
Memphis Press Sentinel photographer Pierce, covering heated Tennessee primaries at Ward 10, had his camera smashed by an unidentified election official who objected to his pictures. Pierce recalled the assailant taunting him about his father and demanded he stop photographing the chaotic scene.
Washington August 1 President Truman said Associate Justice Robert H Jackson will resume his Supreme Court duties on returning to the United States From Nuernberg where he served as chief U S prosecutor Jackson is due back in Washington tomorrow Truman said he would talk with Jackson about the Court and noted Jackson’s disagreements with Justice Hugo Black He added that Jackson is returning to his duties in Germany and had tried to dissuade him from criticizing Black.
Washington Aug 1 The $3 billion furlough pay measure heads to President Truman after House and Senate approval with a plan to issue bonds instead of cash. Debate centers on immediate cash versus bond payments and inflation risk.
Dr Elbert H Wilkes recently released from the Army Medical Corps moves to Happy and will be associated with Dr James Wo Branch. He served about three years in the army including two in Europe with the 7th Army and earned the Bros Star Medal for merit. He returns to the states in February after serving at Halloran General Hospital New York. He is the son of Mr and Mrs HH Wilkes of Little Rock and brother of Mrs Jus Branch of this city.
Shelby County politics and national China war notes fill the page. Crump invites PAC-CIO observers at Shelby voting places amid alleged overzealousness. two PAC poll watchers briefly detained while guarding against fraud. In China, Lin Piao warns U.S. aid to Kuomintang risks civil war. details on Marine convoy ambush and Chinese casualties vary by source.
Washington marks the Army Air Forces birthday with a sky review by hundreds of aircraft from Croma Day to Yokohama and O ka districts. B-29s ordered for further long range flight tests while President Truman and General Spa welcomed guests. Wright telegrams and early pilots are noted as the service traces rapid growth from its beginnings in the Signal Corps to a modern air force.
Arkansas weekly morbidity report shows 18 new polio cases for the week ending July 20, with Pulaski County reporting several cases and counties across central and southern Arkansas each logging one case. The release notes a continued decline from earlier waves and provides 1946 versus 1945 totals for various diseases. Public Service Commission engineers cite rural telephone lines as grounding noise factors affecting circuits.
In Tel Aviv arms and lammunition caches were found as British troops extend a three day sweep after the King David Hotel bombing. A large cache was discovered at dawn in a former air raid shelter beneath the great synagogue, with submachine guns pistols and army uniforms found. All Jewish residents are questioned and a strict curfew remains in effect.
Morning crash on Highway 67 four miles west of Hope injures several occupants of Basier City in a overturn. Mrs Allen, Mr Allen, a granddaughter, Mrs Foley and baby suffer varied injuries. cause unknown. All to be taken to Shreveport after local treatment.
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