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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1947
Page
12
Market notes show wheat futures edging lower while corn and oats stay firm. Hog futures closed lower, with March contracts steady amid receipts of 18 cars and demand for shipping.
A terse, data driven note lists figures such as 26. 38 up med 1948 Patd 26. 12 low 25.96 and last 26. 02 up with the entry 3 middling IBN up 25 nominal. The fragment implies market or price tick notes with limited context and multiple coded values.
The New Orleans cotton market shows steady progress with buying and short covering pushing futures higher. May and October contracts edge up with daily highs around 32.54 and 27.15, while late-session closes trend firmer, as traders digest interior prices and near-term demand signals.
A scale model portrays a proposed $230000 governor’s mansion in Michigan designed by Alder B Dow. The three floor plan shows 12 bedrooms including guest, family, and staff rooms, with a banquet hall over two floors and private family spaces, visitor housing, and chauffeur quarters.
Rex, a battle-seasoned war dog with a Purple Heart, becomes a member of Pittsburgh’s Variety Club Post, American Legion. He is pictured signing up with aid from post commander J. S. Misrach and retired commander James G. Balmer.
Jury selection began as attorney T J Crowder of Blytheville charged Judge Bond with corruption over swamp land deals near Gilmore. Crowder alleged road machinery was used to improve land making it worth sixty dollars an acre. Other items note Dougal Russell named Nebraska football coach, arrests in Jonesboro for burglary tools, a dog tax bill, and a Feb 22 hearing on anti closed shop measures.
In Chicago on February 5 Capone was laid to rest at Mount Olivet cemetery. Eleven gravediggers buried the gangster in a simple ceremony led by Msgr. Gorman. No separate monument was planned. his name to be engraved on the family plot stone with the inscription Here rests Alphonse Capone born January 17, 1899 died January 25, 1947.
A lawmaker criticizes the National Labor Relations Board for industrial unrest and calls for amendments to the Wagner Act. He argues the act causes inequalities and economic damage and proposes denying protections when strikes occur outside wage or condition concerns. He also opposes outlawing the closed shop and favors flexible bargaining rights for foremen.
At the regular Tuesday meeting last night Leo Robins led a quiz on the city of Hope. Robins posed questions about the city and prizes were awarded for correct answers.
The Arkansas House Committee on Revenues and Taxation endorsed in principle the Arkansas Education Association demand for an average $300 annual raise for teachers. Action on an ABA sponsored bill to achieve that end was postponed. A public hearing at Hotel Marion drew a full house as the panel weighed a governor sponsored bill opposed by the AEA. The committee will hold further hearings and consider all aspects before deciding, with a public hearing set for next Tuesday night.
Thousands of Jews and Arabs join protests in Jerusalem Haifa and Tel Aviv against requisitioning orders threatening eviction from homes. Demonstrators demand action as British security zones expand with eviction notices and efforts to billet troops and officials amid fear of clashes tied to execution plans for Dov Gruner.
Mrs R L Pipcarr hosted the W S C S Circle No 1 of the First Methodist church Monday afternoon. Leader Mrs Buford Poe called the meeting to order and the session proceeded with the program and devotions as planned at Mrs Broach’s home.
Mr and Mrs Charles Rea spent last weekend visiting relatives from Martinsburg Virginia who are vacationing in Hot Springs Arkansas. Charles A Armitage will be in Little Rock Friday and Saturday this week to attend a meeting of Commercial Secretaries.
Mr and Mrs W J Greenwald of 2860 Devon Drive Corpus Christi Texas announce the birth of daughter Martha Ann on February 3 at Julia Chester hospital. Mrs Greenwald is formerly Miss.
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