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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1947
Page
9
Market notes show slight uptick in wheat while corn and oats drifted lower or steady. Hog futures closed firmer with improved cash bid expectations and steady receipts noted. Shipping sales and bookings remained modest amid a cautious trading atmosphere.
Fragmentary OCR data notes bid values and quality terms such as middling and nominal for 26 items, 1948 Patd and 12-low with 25.96 and 26.02 figures, indicating a catalog or pricing sequence with uncertain entries.
New Orleans February futures rallied with short covering and mill buying pushing prices to higher levels. May and October contracts showed modest gains and steady closes as buyers returned. market activity remained cautious with mixed internal lows and highs across the board.
An ultrasophisticated scale model depicts a proposed $230,000 governor’s mansion in Michigan designed by Alder B. Dow. The three floor plan features 12 bedrooms, a banquet room, private family quarters, guest rooms, visitor housing, domestic staff spaces and chauffeur amenities.
Rex the battle seasoned war dog with a Purple Heart is welcomed as a member of Pittsburgh's Variety Club Post American Legion. He is pictured signing up with post commander J. S. Misrach assisting and James G. Balmer, the retiring commander, observing.
The report covers a circus court trial where attorney T J Crowder accuses Judge Bond of using county road machinery to improve swamp land near Gilmore, claiming the land was bought for 1 to 1.50 per acre and worth 60 per acre after road building. Additional items include football coach Dougal Russell at Nebraska and multiple minor Arkansas legal notices.
Friends report there will be no separate monument for Al Capone at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Eleven gravediggers laid the casket as near-zero winds whipped the site. Monsignor Gorman led a brief service noting penitence and church sacraments. Capone's brothers and family attended, while no special monument will be erected. Capone will be remembered on a family stone with the inscription See Qui Riposa here rests Alphonse Capone Nato Jan 17 1899 Morte Jan 25 1947.
A political figure criticizes the National Labor Relations Board for industrial unrest and outlines a plan to amend the Wagner Act. He claims the act harms the economy and supports denying protections when workers strike for non wage reasons. He opposes outlawing the closed shop and indicates openness on foreman bargaining rights.
At a regular Tuesday meeting last night Leo Robins directed a quiz program about the city of Hope. Robins asked members questions about the city and prizes were awarded for correct answers.
Arkansas House Committee on Revenues and Taxation endorsed in principle the Arkansas Education Association demand for an average 300 dollar annual raise for teachers. Action on an ABA bill to achieve this was postponed. After a public hearing at the Hotel Marion, the committee postponed final delibration until all aspects are studied.
Thousands of Jews and Arabs in Jerusalem Haifa and Tel Aviv joined protests against requisitioning orders causing evictions from homes. Demonstrators urged district officials while British authorities fortify positions amid possible clashes tied to the pending execution of Dov Gruner. Eviction notices were issued to 700 Arabs and Jews in the security zones with homes to be used for troops, as moving vans evacuated furniture to safer quarters.
Circle No 1 of the W S C S of the First Methodist church met Monday afternoon at Mrs R L Broach home. Leader Mrs Buford Poe called the meeting to order and the session continued with arrangements and fellowship.
Mr and Mrs Charles Rea traveled to Hot Springs Arkansas to spend a weekend with relatives from Martinsburg Virginia They plan to return home after the visit Charles A Armitage will be in Little Rock Friday and Saturday to attend a meeting of Commercial Secretaries.
Mr and Mrs W J Greenwald announce the birth of a daughter Martha Ann at Julia Chester Hospital. The baby was born Monday February 3. Mrs Greenwald is formerly Miss.
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