13 Feb 1950
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1950
Page
1
A briefing outlines how tax withholding and exemptions work for 1940 returns. It explains individuals can claim a $600 exemption for themselves and $600 for a spouse if married, with additional $600 per dependent. Separate returns may grant separate exemptions, and the article notes variations for single persons and married couples.
Report says James Greig, 23, assaulted his girlfriend Annette Obst, 12, on a rural road after an attempted abduction. A masked assailant forced Obst to drive, brandished a gun, and a struggle ensued with a shot fired. Greig fled with Obst injured and the wallet of another man found on scene. Police investigate armed robbery and assault allegations.
A 19-year-old Irene Wise was taken to Belmont Hospital after a violent incident at a residence on February 13. Police report say Brendan Wise, age given as a former police officer, stabbed his wife 30 times and then struck her again, before being charged. The injuries to the woman were described as serious.
Distorted excerpts describe China facing widespread famine amid decades of war. Population figures and global context are noted as millions suffer hunger while armies move across farmland, destroying crops and structures. The text highlights the prolonged conflict and its severe impact on agriculture and civilian life.
AP analyst DeWitt MacKenzie warns famine governs China despite Communist rule. Hunger afflicts an estimated 78 million people, with 2.78 million facing starvation as spring nears. He warns famine could influence Communist military leverage across Burma and Indochina, pushing food supplies to the front.
Pilkinton announces candidacy in Hempstead and nearby counties. He declares home ties and duty to the people, aims to serve with credit if promoted to the Chancery bench. He and wife Marguerite Crumpler reside at 223 Third Street Hope with two children. He is son of I L Pilkinton and late Mr Pilkinton, grandson of James H Betts former mayor of Hope.
The Red Cross reports about 21,000 displaced by floodwaters from the swollen St Francis river. A tornado near Mt Holly damaged two houses, two oil derricks, and a store with no reported deaths. A windstorm hit Cane Creek in Sheridan County damaged a farm home. At least 12 people have died this year from weather. A wagon overturned in Cyney Creek led to two deaths. Novella Lowe drowned escaping a flood cat in Washburn, and rainfall topped four inches in Hot Springs and Walnut Ridge, with Hot Springs setting a February rainfall record. A washout near Lester washed away part of a railroad bridge at Camden, stranding a Missouri Pacific train. repairs began.
A fragmentary report describes famine in China with eating tree bark and weed roots, worsening emaciation, and rising deaths amid Red regime instability. It notes Chinese blame on government, Nationalist pressure on Peiping and major cities, and the ominous start of the new year February 17. The piece frames ongoing civil war between Communists and Nationalists and uncertain outlook.
It is estimated that American shipping has spent six million dollars on radar equipment since the end of the war to aid navigation.
Ay HAL BOYLE Cambridge Md on the Eastern Shore reports James Curtis Insley the world’s champion muskrat skinner may quit the trade as pelts fall, trapping costs stay high, and years of labor in the marshes weigh on him. He notes 40 years in the trade with earnings fluctuating from 40 cents to 1000 dollars per season.
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