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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1949
Page
5
The bill to ban selling below cost was altered in the senate to forbid less than six percent markup over cost. Arkansas businessmen argue cost varies and price controls threaten profits. they resist federal price fixes and warn state meddling raises taxes on Little Rock businesses amid postwar policy debates.
Great Britain applauded the U S stand against a private Stalin Truman conference and Western Europe feared a secret deal. A British foreign office spokesman said Britain supported Deans Achesons rejection of a no power meeting and urged Western Germany consolidation without delay. Prime Minister Attlee was to say Britain rejects any Stalin Truman private talks.
Arkansas senate approves bill to raise unemployment benefits from five to seven dollars weekly and twenty to twenty two dollars maximum. Some claimants face a ten week wait, and referral slips would go to employers. Employer tax rate would drop to 1.21 percent. A $40 million fund reserve is noted as the bill advances to the house, with an amendment pending to empower revenue agents to search during business hours.
Washington reports a hesitant bid by southern House members to seek a civil rights compromise. Rep. Brooks Hays Ark proposes a plan to curb confrontations while senators clash over anti filibuster moves. Truman is urged to back modest reforms including a constitutional ban on poll taxes and a federal offense for lynching.
Vice Admiral Oscar Badger announced the Western Pacific headquarters will move to Shanghai within 10 days. Most Marines at Tsingtao will be evacuated to Shanghai, Guam, Okinawa or other bases. the El Dorado will serve as command ship.
In North Little Rock on February 3 a shotgun in a car discharged, killing Brent Whitten age 46. Dr. Howard D. Dishungli, coroner, said the death appeared accidental. The weapon had no safety device and fired as Whitten grabbed it during a fall. He drove to a filling station, requested an ambulance, then died at a Little Rock hospital.
Patsy Montana formerly Rubye Blevins, born in Hot Springs and raised in Hope, Arkansas, headlines a Friday show at City Hall with her Bar R Ranch Gang. The star, a national radio and film figure, returns to her hometown for a one hour and a half performance with Beverly, Judy, Kenneth Blevins, Bob McNett, and Texas. The Veterans of Foreign Wars hosts the event, inviting fans from KTHS and KWKH for a night of humor and music.
Flood crests on Arkansas rivers move downstream as levels fall on the Ouachita White and St. Francis. Levees hold and deaths total four from floods and cold with two drownings and two exposure deaths. An 11 year old White County boy remains missing amid flood-affected families estimated at about 1,040 by the Red Cross.
Texarkana man Clarence J. Hawkins, 28, told New Boston jail officials he stabbed Bonnie Jean Shelton, 24, and strangled her with a cloth after a quarrel. The nude body was found in a Texarkana hotel. Hawkins initially denied the crime before confessing when confronted with bloodstained clothing from his mother's home.
In Little Rock on February 3, the Arkansas House rejected Rep E W Price’s bill to allow divorces after 90 days residency, defeating the proposal 26 to 46. The debate centered on intent to reside in Arkansas and duration requirements as the chamber paused to hear Federal Judge John B Mills.
An American Legion meeting scheduled for tonight at 7 30 has been indefinitely postponed. The notice states the session is canceled and will be rescheduled at a later time.
Twenty seven chiropractors once blocked by the state supreme court may gain license to practice in Arkansas after the House passed a bill 67 to 13 and sent it to the Senate. The measure comes as the court had voided licensing by reciprocity for lacking the basic Arkansas exam. Also approved were a 1.58 million biennial general appropriation for constitutional offices and legislative expenses, and a measure to set salaries and deputy allowances for county assessors based on population. Additional bills were introduced to prohibit sale of intoxicants in hotels and similar establishments.
HAL BOYLE reflects on the vanished era of practical jokers, recalling elaborate pranks from telephones to trick cigars and upside down hangover rooms. He notes humor shifted after depressions and wars, audiences preferring shared laughter over harming others, and imagines a final epitaph for the last joker.
Washington reports the Navy will lay up 72 ships and trim 30,000 men to meet the 1950 budget, including 15 tow line fighting vessels and several carriers and cruisers slated for inactivation. At the same time Washington rejects Stalin’s peace maneuver, signaling no direct deals with the Soviet Union while defending United Nations unity.
In Little Rock on February 3, a controversial bill to prohibit selling goods below cost was halted in the Arkansas Senate after House passage last week. Senator J Orville Cheney of Calico Rock pushed an amendment to restrict the rule to stores exclusive to groceries, a move opposed by Senator Lawrence Blackwell of Pine Bluff. Cheney argued crocers asked for the bill, while Blackwell warned the amendment would kill it. The bill would set a six percent minimum markup on items. The Senate attached a motion preventing reconsideration, and a judiciary committee hearing earlier in the evening postponed action with plans to reconvene.
In Little Rock on February 3 the Arkansas senate approved faster welfare claim processing 22 to 0. The bill by Sen. W. H. Allington requires investigations of welfare applications within 60 days by the state welfare department and authorizes immediate payment if eligible, with dismissal for noncompliance by county welfare directors. The measure aims to end delays described as up to ten years in some cases. Senate also deferred action on two Abington bills affecting the welfare department and heard a joint resolution by Sen. Ernest Nicholson proposing a constitutional amendment to allow 18 year olds to vote and to bar Communist party affiliated persons from voting in Arkansas.
Tulsa landlords organize a special train trip to Washington to protest federal rent controls. Rev Wallace J Murphy, secretary of the Tulsa Property Owners Association, says one to two cars will be filled locally with possible cars from Kansas City and St Louis to descend on Washington with a full trainload of landlords.
The Vatican’s cardinal Mindszenty faces charges of spying and organizing against the Hungarian state. The court and government allege he led or aided subversive groups while promising negotiations with the regime. Mindszenty reportedly acknowledged grave errors in fighting what he called a communist understanding. The trial and its dramatic moments unfold as officials discuss possible outcomes and possible resignation from public duties.
Kingsport officers Jett Hardt and Norman Monk faced extradition from Tennessee after waiving rights. They were charged in connection with two safecracking incidents and stolen property. Bond set at 12,300 total. Habeas corpus petitions filed. hearings planned as authorities moved the case toward Tennessee.
In Arcadia Louisiana Joe Black, manager of Lindsey Store, has been transferred to Arcadia. Details indicate Black and his family will relocate this week as the store manager from Lindsey Store prepares to move.
A small fire last night caused minor damage to a duplex on Qak Street near the 51 addition. Firefighters arrived quickly and extinguished the blaze with no serious injuries reported.
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