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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1950
Page
3
A reader warning about locating a Hydrogen Bomb plant inOzarks caves amid fears of a nuclear threat. The piece questions safety, regulation, and the impact on communities while referencing the Great Lakes autumn, Truman's support for the Dardanelle dam, and wartime budget uncertainties tied to Korea and Soviet actions.
Attorney General Ike Murry will crown Mrs. Arkansas at stele finals in Hope Tuesday night Aug 29. Mayor Lyle Brown and L. B. Tooley of KXAR announced the event jointly. Gala finals program plans near completion and will be announced next week.
The two month strike of the CIO American newspaper guild against the New York World Telegram and Sun ended in a tentative settlement after a 15 hour bargaining session with federal mediators. Guild delegates will recommend the settlement to about 400 strikers, though terms await membership approval on Tuesday night. The meeting adjourned at 3 a m with smiles. World Telegram managing editor B O McAnney said the agreement allows both sides to live with the outcome, while guild executive vice president Thomas J Murphy warned the strike would continue with picket fines and the plant would not reopen before the vote. It would take two or three days after final settlement to restart publishing.
Washington August 19 Walter Bedell Smith the veteran American general and former U S ambassador to Russia from 1948 to 1949 will become director of the central intelligence agency late in September The appointment aims to sharpen the nations insight into Soviet moves and follows Admiral Roscoe M Hillenkoetter’s decision to leave CIA Smith a World War I veteran and former Eisenhower chief of staff brings long diplomatic and military experience to the top intelligence post
Arkansas Graphic Arts Advisory Committee announced admissions for a new graphic arts and printing program at Arkansas State College in Jonesboro. The college will offer two four year degrees with majors in graphic arts, starting September 6, amid a statewide shortage of printers.
Washington reports an army briefing estimating North Korean losses at 50,000 since the invasion of South Korea. South Korean losses were about 37,000 through three weeks ago. An army spokesman noted American casualty roundups will pause unless valuable to the enemy and described North Korean forces as conscripting wholesale 18 to 40 year olds. He said the balance in combat is shifting as American training improves and air attacks erode Communist supply lines. He declined to estimate remaining Communist forces but cited 12 North Korean divisions in the battle area.
Mrs. George Hinton Sr 84 formerly of Hope died at her Phoenix Arizona home Thursday afternoon. Funeral services were held in Phoenix Saturday at 11 30. Survived by J A Davis Hope Floy Cannon Luther Hinton Day Campbell Jessie Watson and George Hinton Jr all of Phoenix. Grandmother of Mrs Cling Franks and Hinton Davis of Hope. Also notes a Fish and Wildlife Service statement on menhaden catches.
Washington reports clash ing personalities threaten to delay agreement between the senate and house on funds to run the government this year. Rep. Clarence Cannon heads the House appropriations committee and battles with Sen. Kenneth D. McKellar and Sen. Pat McCarnan over the 34 billion dollar single package. The veteran lawmakers exchanged heated words behind closed doors as talks on rivers and harbors and flood control stalled. Cannon and McKellar traded barbs while McKellar presented a compromise, which Cannon dismissed as army engineers work. The session ended without a formal meeting and no new session was set.
The 39th national guard division completes two weeks of training at Camp Polk Louisiana with a final review by Lt General Leroy Lutes of the Fourth Army. Governor McMath calls Louisiana and Arkansas troops best trained in the nation. Division commander May Gen Raymond Fleming presents a meritorious service certificate to Col Daniel A Norman.
A wartime correspondent reflects on dangers shared with infantrymen in Korea. He notes the mix of fear and duty, the grim pull of battle, and the lasting bond formed with soldiers who become “old friends” through exposure to fire. The piece ends with a plea to endure loss and keep writing.
Roman scholar Pliny in AD 50 records that early Netherlands residents protected homes from the sea with crude mounds.
The dispatch reports fresh Allied activity in Korea with a surprise landing on Tokchok island by South Korean troops aided by British naval shelling. North Korean divisions are described as massing along the Naktong front near Taegu, while UN forces advance north and west of Taegu and Changnyong. Press access from Eighth Army HQ is reportedly cut, complicating confirmation of the front situation.
Fans with boxes and reserved seats from last year must reserve by August 31 or they will be released September 1. A wait list will be started for unsold seats. Season tickets at $5, box seats at $10 for eight people, and reserved seats at $1.50 each. Purchase at the High School Office or by mail.
Young Ben Irvin of Bingen, son of Mrs. Irvin, was wounded in Korea. A war department notice says five bullets hit his right leg below the knee. a letter to his mother dated August reports the injuries.
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