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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1949
Page
3
Our Daily Bread argues against a special election road bond plan in Arkansas. It warns that second mortgage bonds burden future budgets and trigger tax rises, urging highway revenue increases instead. The piece recalls the Martineau era debt and cautions about market risk and debt service.
Tulsa dispatch reports five Water Department workers missing after a motor barge sank while crossing the Arkansas River to lay a water main. Firemen and police planned Monday river dragging for bodies. Virgil Juby survived by swimming to shore. Victims named include Don Williamson, James Baugh, David Renfro, Moyd Hamilton, and Floyd Harper.
Former Communist Whittaker Chambers testified to the House Investigations Committee that he recruited Americans for Soviet espionage in the mid-1920s with a US based fictitious news feature syndicate as a base. He said the network supplied agents with passports funds and credentials and was dismantled in 1936.
University of Oklahoma students faculty and campus groups protest a state legislative bill mandating a non communist oath for all citizens. The house passed the measure 102 to 7. critics warn of unconstitutional overreach and seek hearings while petitions urge Senate to reject the oath.
Washington reports the Internal Revenue Bureau tallies 96 convictions per 100 tried for tax law evasion while 18 acquitted out of 328 tried in fiscal 1948 ending June 30. Extra tax, interest, and penalties levied reached a record 1.405 billion dollars from income and excess profit tax return investigations.
The Arkansas Senate approved a proposed Tax Commission to handle tax matters now under the Public Service Commission. The three member board would be Governor appointed. The Senate also increased the state police commission from three to seven. A three member committee was authorized to audit cash funds at the state hospital. A license expansion would add five chiropractors to the existing 27. Welfare pensioners may be paid for part time work without losing welfare benefits. A retirement rule allows judges and chancellors to retire at 70 after 20 years of service with retirement pay waived if not re elected.
District Chairman Clifford Franks announced a chili supper and Court of Honor to be held at First Methodist church in Hope on Friday night February 1 at 7 90 p m. The public and scouts and parents are invited to the supper and program marking Scout Day in Hope. Clyde Coffee will receive The Silver Beaver honor for longtime service to Troop 62. The Court of Honor features Masters of Ceremonies Teddy Jones and a full flag ceremony and award presentations to Tenderfoot Dewey Baker Second Class Bill Wray First Class Joe Hargis Star Awards Rufus Brown Merit Badge Awards H A Herndon Jr Life Awards E R Spraggins and other recognitions with remarks by Clifford Franks and closing ceremonies by Rev J E Cooper.
Larry Nightower of Filensburg Washington began July 4 1946 walking coast to coast with a steel wheelbarrow. He has crossed 26 states as of arrival in Hope today traveling about 14 miles daily. He has spoken on 203 radio programs appeared in 9 newsreels lectured at 238 colleges and plans to continue to Tejas and beyond through 1955, aiming 42 years total. He carries 9 governor signatures including Sid McMath and hopes to lecture against Communism while seeking ripe watermelons.
President Truman again pressed Congress for a roughly 4.0 billion dollar tax increase to fund a broad social security expansion. House and Senate finance leaders voiced skepticism, with Doughton and Byrd signaling possible delays or opposition, while administration allies warned of treasury deficits if stalled. The plan envisions broader health and disability insurance and expanded unemployment benefits, funded by taxes on corporations and higher incomes.
Washington observers report no shift in opinion as a three day truce begins in the Senate labor committee. The panel plans two more weeks of hearings on the administration’s Taft-Hartley repeal bill, with no clear outcome before a possible March floor debate.
CARE, the Overseas relief agency, has halted food and clothing shipments to Hungary after failing to reach a new agreement with the Hungarian government. The move follows an unsuccessful effort to renegotiate terms amid ongoing tensions. Willoughby, head of MacArthur’s intelligence section, indicated no evidence of Communist spying ties to the suspension but noted parallels to the Sorge spy ring and related investigations.
The Arkansas house resumed work after a near clash over budget bills led by Speaker Russell Roberts. Key issues included a $225,400 state comptroller appropriation and arguments over required vote margins, with other reallocations and supplemental requests debated or approved.
Rev T C Crudup will lead the Prescott District program committee meeting at Bethel Center Saturday at 10 am. The gathering aims to plan district and state events for the year with members E M Nelson B L Hicks O Wilson Gordon C Dixon Blevins A C E League head Rev G P Chal Hope Rev A B Neal and Rev S T L Duncan among those listed.
McMehen announces a Presbyterian church meeting tonight at K B E venue with Ury McKenzie slated to address the group. The notice highlights the planned gathering and the guest speaker for the event.
Kodiak Alaska February 11 1500 Marines ashore at Portage Bay under simulated battle conditions with no feet wet Our schedule was followed to the split second says Vice Admiral F G Our test aimed to learn weather impact and wet landing feasibility No casualties were reported Little Rock February 11 Governor McMath signs law allowing cities to issue revenue bonds for gas distribution systems No 71
The death toll from accident and violence in Arkansas this week has risen to at least 17. Imogene Franks, 23, died near Hot Springs when crushed between a loading platform and a backing truck driven by her husband G W Franks. Her 11 month old son was seriously injured. Two men were shot to death Thursday, one at Pine Bluff and the other near Hoxie, listed as personal crisis reports.
Herbert Hoover Gentry, 100, of Talladega Alabama confessed to killing his wife and her friend Dorothy L Deal. Bodies were found nude with bullet wounds in a pit behind their home after Gentry reenacted the crime for police. Gentry said an argument followed drinks Saturday night and he fired at both women then burned their clothing before dawn Sunday.
A NY stories recounts Sharpy the clever rat who steals a magic reed from a leprechaun to force others to obey. He unleashes chaos in New York, aims to wipe out humans and pets, but a wiser rat stops him, revealing that power without work harms all. The tale ends with the moral Nobody wins in a rat race.
The Associated Press reports Soviet bloc and Hungary tighten control over churches amid treason charges against church educators and officials. Mentions Bulgarian officials facing accusations, and a linked trial of Mindszenty. Norwegian diplomat seeks Washington talks on defense alliance, while Russia rejects disarmament overtures. News touches on United Evangelical, Baptist, and Catholic involvement and broader Cold War tensions.
BiB Hamm Master Co president B R Hamm, from Honea, and Newt Pen on Dodre discuss the new Dodge models after a dealer preview in Memphis. The article notes design aims to improve interior space and handling to fit taller, more active postwar generations, inviting all to a Bala open house on February 25.
In a Literary Gazette variant, writer David Zaslavsy claims Voice of America lies about Russia, asserting that without Russian one cannot be genuinely educated. The piece notes Russians in Hungary, Romania, Czechoslovakia, and others study Russian amid purported hostility from enemies.
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