18 Dec 1947
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1947
Page
1
Grain and market notes detail a sharp early upturn in wheat corn and soybeans with large receipts and seasonal highs, followed by late selling as Agriculture Department crop estimates loom for 1948. Bank and business lines list editors and staff at the Hope Post Office, subscription rates, and local mailing taxes.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodis Walker of Pine Bluff plan a Christmas visit with Mrs. Walker's parents Mr. and Mrs. Willard Jones. Miss Norma Jean Archer comes from Northwestern College Evanston Illinois to spend the holidays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. E L Archer. Mrs Arvil Hickman hosts a Scout staff dinner with decorations and games led by Oscar Cantwell. The Lilac Garden Club hosts its Christmas party at Mrs. W C Beene's home with guests including Mrs. A E Jossler and others. Mrs. W G Allison and associates plan to arrive from Baylor University Waco Texas for the occasion. Bonnie Marie Anthony to arrive from Monticello College Godfrey Illinois for Christmas with the Anthonys. Nell Louise Broyles coming from Gallup New Mexico for Christmas with the Broyles. Family plans include Mr. and Mrs. Carl Jones hosting relatives from Monrovia.
About three thousandths of an ounce of radium lost from a London hospital three weeks earlier was discovered in a clinker at a refuse dump 40 miles away. Officials summoned physicists using a detector and x ray equipment to trace the radium to a tiny slag in a large dump.
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