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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1950
Page
3
Editorial note discusses Our Daily Bread policing a thin line in content and tone. Alex H. Washburn frames concerns about editorial boundaries and journalistic standards within the publication.
Magnolia notes tell of Mrs. Glen Marte growing a banana plant near 408 North Jefferson with a first bloom forming a six banana cluster. The plant’s fruit measures six to eight inches, blooms earlier than last year, and two new sprouts from last season linger through a mild winter.
Lake Success August 12 The security council stalls over Korean seating as Jakob Malik controls the floor to attack the United States and close weekend business. Sir Gladwyn Jebb warns against Communist imperialism while the non-Communist bloc presses a bid to seat North and South Korea and Red China before further council action.
Partly cloudy this afternoon, night and Sunday across Arkansas with scattered thundershowers mainly in the northwest portion tonight and a north portion tonight.
Hempstead County 4 H Club members plus leaders returned from the State 4 H Club Camp in Fayetteville after competing in method demonstrations and events among more than 800 club members from Arkansas. Burrell Smittle led with an A rating in method demonstration and placed top three in Talkfest. others competed in Candlelighting, potato judging, soil and water conservation, tractor driving, hay curing, garden insect control, dress revue, talent contest, and school dress division. Sara Jane McGee represented Hempstead at the Citizenship ceremony. 35 club leaders attended conferences. Lorraine Blackwood and Byron Huddleston joined the county delegation on the trip home.
The seventh American and second woman arrested in the Klaus Fuchs atom spy ring faces conspiracy charges. Mrs Ethel Greenglass Rogenberg, wife and sister of two accused men, is described as a slight 95 pound mother of two. Bail requested at 100900 dollars. The case links her brother David Greenglass and Harry Gold to Dr Fuchs in a broader espionage network.
James Marlow notes three decades of White House requests for standby price and rationing authority, from 1946 to 1950, amid inflation, the Korea crisis, and growing public pressure. Congress now moves to grant such authority, though Truman had not pressed the ask recently.
The young son of Mr and Mrs Rodney Herring of Patmos was airlifted to Little Rock yesterday for medical observation after several days of serious illness. The family, including the Herring couple, awaited updates on the child’s condition.
Washington reports the army and air force will call up 50,444 reserves to active duty within the next two and a half months, with 8,000 air force officers and 42,000 enlisted men to join by early fall as an initial requirement. The army orders 9,444 reserve officers to active duty by Oct. 6, plus earlier calls for 62,000 reserve enlisted men. The air force prioritizes officers and skilled enlisted personnel, with promotions and delay options noted for affected individuals.
Southwestern Bell Telephone invites bids for construction of the Hope exchange building on August 22 23 and 24. State headquarters in Little Rock tentatively confirms dates though no official notices. The project is part of Ball’s expansion program aiming for completion in 1961. Continuous work slated as the town’s current manual exchange is replaced.
Hal Boyle describes patrolling along the Naktong river in Korea as a tense nocturnal hunt where patrols probe enemy positions from twilight yards. He explains the no man’s land, the cautious standoff, and the risk of ambush as scouts seek to learn the other side’s moves to save a regiment.
Rep James W Trimble says reports of a tentative Arkansas H bomb plant site are premature and possibly in error He and Rep Wilbur D Mills urged construction on White River in north central Arkansas to President Truman and met with Chairman Symington Fulbright says best info is no decision yet Data from University of Arkansas on three sites presented no action known as yet Four sites proposed in Ozark and Ouachita national forests remain under study
A 1891 mile Texas to Illinois natural gas pipeline will cut through Arkansas from Texarkana toward Corning crossing the Missouri border near the state line. The 30 inch line would be among the largest and bring revenue to many counties though Arkansas would not receive gas. Construction could start before 1950.
Fragmentary report describes Saturday actions around Korsad six miles south of town and Naktong west of the front. Columns mention Erickson, Colonel Sohn, and units including the 24th and Seventh divisions, with claims of regiments infiltrating and artillery exchanges as forces maneuver toward the river.
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