India and Palestine partitions spark regional fighting
The piece discusses Indian and Palestinian partition after Britain’s withdrawal and UN recognition of Israel, arguing world sentiment backs the legal actions. It notes Hindu Muslim tensions, Arab resistance, and calls for peaceful, pragmatic international cooperation to stabilize post‑partition regions. It includes a column on U S inquiry into aid to Europe, urging prudent lending and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Esting
United Nations
Palestine
Europe
Britain
Egypt
Hope Bobcats vs All Star Team Scheduled Tomorrow
Twenty years ago today December 1 1927 Hope Bobcats scheduled a game with an all star team tomorrow J D Barlow led the Hempstead County Christmas Sales event. The Queen theater showed Cal and Canary a new mystery film. The South Arkansas Chamber of Commerce set to meet April 20 1928. University of Arkansas Experiment Station founded a year earlier with director George Ware and its first year visitor total 7014.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Bobcats
J. D. Barlow
Hempstead County
Cal and Canary
South Arkansas Chamber of Commerce
University of Arkansas Experiment Station
George Ware
Truman May Get Emergency Aid Bill in Week
Washington reports House Republicans expect emergency foreign aid legislation to reach President Truman by week’s end. The Foreign Affairs Committee favors trimming to 435 million plus 60 million for China from Truman’s 597 million request. Senate action on a 597 million measure looms as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Martin
R-Mass
House
Truman
Foreign Affairs Committee
France
Italy
Austria
China
Senate
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Celad
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Johnson
Bridges
R-Nh
Laly
Greece
Trieste
High Court Rules on Liquor Cases
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that possessing less than a gallon of intoxicating liquor for sale in violation of law is enough to convict, overturning lower court orders in Nevada County and upholding penalties. The decision also addressed a divorce case, a rape and incest conviction, and court appointments to the state bar examining board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Gry
Supreme Court
Craighead
Justice of the Peace Court
Art Jaynes
Caraway
Jaynes
Dey
Nevada County
Nevada
Flava Jones
Jones
Oklahnama
Blake Downie
E. M. Anderson
Magnolia
W. W. McCrary
Lowoke. Lo
State Board of
Bar Examiners
Downie
McCrary
Anderson
George E. Pike
NeWitt
Claude Crumpler
el Dorado
Construction Starts on Hope Hempstead Library Building
Ground breaking marked the start of a $30,000 library building for Hope and Hempstead County. Key figures included architect Weaver, Rev. Whitlow, Rev. Cooper, contractor Edwards, donor Dr. Cannan, and Mrs Gannon. The library drive aims to raise $6,000 to equip the building as the Hope High School Band led the downtown ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eemipley
Itn
Hope and Hempstead County
Weaver
A. Whitlow
J. E. Cooper
BW. Edwards
N. P. O'Neal
Mra
G. E. Ganton
Dr. Cannan
Library
Association Today
Scout Drive to Start With a Breakfast
A breakfast at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning at the Barlow marks the official start of the Hempstead Boy Scout Drive, with Fred Elliz as chairman. All workers are urged to attend, and more canvassers are needed to support the drive, which has already begun with $565 in gifts from several firms and banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
New York
Esurope
England
Europe
Spide Star
Jted
Kdebolt
Barlow
Hempstead
Fred Elliz
Graydon Anthony
Hope Ruto
Gunter Leather Co
Ccc
First National Bank
Citizens National Bank
Bruner Ivory Handle Co
Hope Flooring & Shy
Covi
Intercollegiate livestock and poultry contests in Chicago
Nine University of Arkansas College of Agriculture students will join judging teams from 20 colleges at the International Intercollegiate Livestock judging contest and the Midwest Intercollegiate poultry judging contest in Chicago this week. Arkansas teams include Byron Huddleston et al for livestock and Owen Smith et al for poultry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
Chicago
Arkansas
Byron Huddleston
Mat Springs
Connell Brown Everton
Kenneth Clark
Hackett
Henry Summons
Mulberry
Abie Hay Hester
Alabma
Owen Smith
Pine Bluffy
Avis Hammond
Andy Wyatt
Rogers
Harold Lady
Taurafawa
Personal catalog of pet hates by HAL Boyle
New York column lists life annoyances from dogs to socks and alarm clocks to gossiping guests. It names outlandish gripes like unmade beds, dirty dishes, cabbies who chat for tips, hatcheck rudeness, and dentists who warn before pain as a humorous snapshot of everyday irritations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
WGI Am
Hot Springs Man Killed in Accident
Ernest Cecil, 57, of Hot Springs, died when his 1941 Studebaker left Highway 67 west of Hope and crashed into a tree. He was alone en route to Bonham Texas. body at Herndon-Cornelius Funeral Home pending family funeral plans in Nebraska. State Police Porterligg and Mosier investigated the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Cecil
Hot Springs
Hope
Gorge Road
Bon‘ham
Texas
Coniol
Studebaker
Herndon-Cornelius
Nebraska
Porterligdd and
Mosier
Hope District votes for school building millage
Residents of Hope School District 1-A voted 1 and 3/4 mills for a building fund tax in Hope City Hall last Saturday. The 102 to 0 vote enables a $210,000 bond issue to build two new schools in Hope, replacing Brookwood in Ward 1 and a new grade school in Ward 2, bonds to be sold to the highest bidder at Graves and Graves tomorrow at 2 p.m. serial bonds run 1958 through 1971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Hope City Hall
Brookwood
Graves and Graves, Lawoyers
Paris Subway Strike Halts Transit Amid Assembly Debates
Paris faced a noon shutdown as the national power strike cut subway service across the city. The action aimed to pressure Premier Schuman to bow to CGT wage demands while the National Assembly debated emergency measures and reservist mobilization. The session erupted in tumult, suspending for two hours as Communist and Rightist members clashed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel Most
Paris
The
Light and Power Union
National Assembly
Ministry of Industrial Production
Schuman
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
France
Assembly
Lions Challenge Kiwanians to Donkey Cage Game
The Hope Lions Club issued a challenge to the Kiwanis Club to play a Donkey Basketball Game at the High School gym on Tuesday December 5. Lions taunt they can win if Kiwanis fields enough men. Money goes to the Hope and Hempstead County Library Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Lions Club
Kiwanis
New Hope and Hempstead County Library Fund
Romanian King Flies Home After London Wedding
King Mihai of Romania piloted his private plane arriving in Geneva while en route from London where he attended Princess Elizabeths wedding. He planned a short stay in Switzerland with Queen Helen. Prince Nicholas met the party at the airport and they drove to Lausanne, about 40 miles away.
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Geneva
Mihai
Romania
London
Elizabeth
Mis ‘Maother
Helen
Switzerland
Prince Nicholas
Lausanne
Warmer Weather Predicted for Arkansas
Little Rock reports subfreezing statewide with minima from 18 to 30 degrees. Weather bureau forecasts fair skies and warmer temperatures tonight and tomorrow across Arkansas.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Weather Bureau
Tomorow
Slibert
Batesville
Litle Rock
Camden
Arkadelphia
Fort, Smith
New UN Chapter Opened Wan Arab Walkouts
Arab delegations walked out of the United Nations Assembly in protest against the Palestine partition plan after the vote approving the plan 33 to 13. The walkouts signaled continued Arab opposition while Secretary General Trygve Lie warned that unity among great powers was essential for the UN to function.
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New UN
New’ York
United ‘Nations Assembly
Vesvins
U. Ny
Little Assembly
Balkans
United States
Russia
Siam
Rassid
Togo
Swain
Palestine
Karls el
Khoury
Syria
the . S
Trygve Lie
Snd
Paris
Lie
United Nations
Miss Texas Dora Jane Temple Shines in Kiss of Death
Daughter of C O Temple of Hope Miss Dora Jane Temple from Lewisville Texas appears in Kiss of Death with Vic Mature and Brian Donlevy. The Texas native, real name Dora Jane Temple, studied at Ward Belmont Nashville, modeled in New York, and has stage credits including Billy Rose's Seven Lively Arts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Temple Texas
Daugher
C. O. Temple of Hope
Vic Mature
Brian Donlevy
Coleen Gray
Miss Texas
Blondie
Billy Rose
Seven Lively Arts
Nantucket
Lewisville
Ward Belmont
Nashville
Susie Sheppard 88 Dies in Local Hospital
Mrs Susie Sheppard aged 88 widow of the late W H Sheppard and resident of Hempstead County for 70 years died in a local hospital late last night. She is survived by two sons Earl of Houston Milo of Patmos and three daughters Mrs E E Jackson of Patmos Mrs P Li Dean of Monroe La Mrs Effle Woolsey of Sibley La Mrs S B Walker of Houston and Mrs Fred Brooks of Shreveport Funeral services will be at the New Hope Church at 2:30 Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Sheppard
W. H. Sheppard
Hempstead County
Earl
Houston
Milo
Patmos
E. E. Jackson
P. Li. Dean
Monroe
Effle Woolsey
Sibley
S. B. Walker
Fred Brooks
Shreveport
New Hope Church
Arab workers in Jerusalem call for general strike
Report from Jerusalem says Arab workers plan a general strike today in protest within the Holy Land. The move follows clashes near the city as gunfire and other violence are reported, with sightings of teargas and street disturbances in Jaffa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Manhan
Jaffa
Protests Over Partition Plan Draw 1000 in Damascus
A 15 minute demonstration in front of Abdino drew about 1000 people protesting a partition plan. Students shouted anti Jew slogans as violence and clashes near the Damascus area spilled into reports of casualties and political uproar across the Arab world.
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Minut
Abdino
Dam
Damascus
Jami
Rahman Aty
Azzam
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