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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1949
Page
4
A jumble of political barbs and cultural tidbits references Senator Catt Taft Truman and Vandenberg hints at funding arms Eur opean aid and white house remodeling, plus odd notes on Quito radio and Orson Welles. Hawaii tourism and crime chatter mix with Mitchum trial and voice confidence quips.
Senator Hickenlooper urged that the United States remain morally committed to act under NATO only in cases of unprovoked aggression against a member. He warned against blanket commitments to fight and stressed Congress must decide when to go to war. Connally and Vandenberg echoed fears of unchecked promises to allies while seeking to preserve Congresss war-declaration prerogative.
In Quito on February 15 police reported a mob set the Radio Quito building ablaze after a broadcast described a Martian invasion. Twenty one bodies recovered, including a mother and child. Arrests include the station’s director Eduardo Ascara and several union leaders. director Alvaraz Ned and program director Leonardo Paez are sought.
Hope voters turned out sparingly as only 157 ballots were cast in morning polling for Governor McMaths 28 million highway bond issue. Ward totals ranged from 12 to 72 in Little Rock area with polls open 9 a.m. to 6:20 p.m. Officials expected warmer afternoon turnout despite forecasts.
In Jacksonville Pennsylvania a strange report says nylon stockings disintegrated on hundreds of women as they walked downtown. Health officer Dr W W Rogers asked chemists at the University of Florida to investigate possible reactions with air and smoke. Reading Pennsylvania dismissed the event as old news blaming fumes from a chemical plant for similar hosiery failures.
Arkansas lawmakers consider a special one-day session in June to hear President Truman. Representatives Laud Payne and Eugene Freeman introduced a resolution calling the unsalaried meeting. Truman could not leave Washington but would speak during his June visit for a World War I 35th division reunion.
Little Rock February 15 The first attempt to amend the initiated school reorganization act was rejected overwhelmingly by the Arkansas house 23 to 51. Rep Claude Colfelt Benton County sought to exempt towns and second class cities from provisions. debate noted districts near exemption and that many towns supported Initiated Act No 1. Rep James Tudor urged keeping the act’s scope, while Colfelt outlined a second measure to extend exemption to incorporated towns and second class cities with boundary lines. The house also recalled a senate-passed $200 000 annual welfare fund appropriation for the University of Arkansas Medical School hospital, opposed as benefiting Pulaski County.
Washington February 15 Arkansas Power and Light Co Pine Bluff Arkansas asked the Securities and Exchange Commission for permission to raise authorized common stock from 2 000 000 to 3 096 000 shares and to permit greater unsecured indebtedness The company said the charter amendments allow it to sell more than 12 600 000 in securities later this year to finance new construction.
A Washington D C newspaper friend recounts how Honeylamb the sheep befriended a springer spaniel named Flash on an 11 acre Maryland farm. The pair shared food and space until Honeylamb tried to join a coon hunt, ending with her matted coat and torn stance after chasing with Flash.
Budapest reports say a top Hungarian Communist spokesman claimed the government was forced to try Cardinal Mindszenty after failing to settle church state differences. He charged Vatican inaction before the arrest, noting Mindszenty’s trial and life sentence followed.
Storms block major routes in Wyoming Idaho and Washington with heavy snow and high winds. Boise records the heaviest 17 year storm with six inches in seven hours. Snow threatens Utah and Nevada with subzero readings and reduced visibility across the storm belt.
Premier Sun Fo asked to resign in China as Yu Yujen said the request went to acting President Li Tsungjen. Li had reportedly opposed peace with the communists while Sun, in Caton, faced domestic criticism of corruption and inefficiency. Li urged reforms in a nationwide broadcast to Nationalist troops.
Government tax take rose to 42.9 billion in calendar year 1940, up from 39.4 billion the year before, despite 1948 income tax cuts. New York bore the largest share at 7.9 billion, with Pennsylvania, California and Ohio following.
Washington landlords rally on Capitol Hill after a downtown hotel event supporting mass evictions amid calls to broaden and extend rent controls. They pledged defiance of rent controls, while Rep Patman urged lawful conduct and a square deal for property owners.
In Little Rock on February 15 the Arkansas senate introduced a bill to create a twelve county improvement district to take over the Missouri and Arkansas railroad idle for two and a half years. A 36 member commission would supervise tax levies to finance bond issues for acquisition and rehab of the line, with seven directors to run or lease the railroad. The bill follows efforts to delay junking the road and to promote restoration under Arkansas interests. Debates over budget measures and welfare hospital funding also surfaced as lawmakers considered other appropriations and audits of state operations.
Washington February 15 The House Speaker Rayburn Democrat Texas said in all probability a tax increase is needed as President Truman requests four billion four hundred million in new taxes He warned against deficit financing and said there will be time to decide what taxes are needed to keep the government funded Opposition already formed with Senator George and Senator Byrd opposing boosts before next January and many Democrats delaying tax legislation until appropriations are clear
Mrs. Lelia Buchanan McCain 72 a Nevada County native died at a Prescott hospital after a long illness. Survived by sons R. L. of Hope and Horace of Prescott a daughter Mrs. Allen Francisco of Prescott a brother Dr. A. Buchanan and sister Mrs. C. G. Gordon both of Prescott. Funeral services set for 2 pm Wednesday with burial in DeAnn Cemetery of Prescott.
Mrs. Rose Kaplan, 40, died after entering the furnace of her apartment building through a door fashioned by a small trash can. Police say she had been in ill health and recently hospitalized for an overdose of sleeping tablets.
Three armed bandits daylight holdup at the Upton Trust branch. They escaped with about $30,000 after forcing head teller Karl Yost to fill a bag. Depositor Howard Singleton was robbed of $400 as the trio fled in an automobile.
Philadelphia faces a five day driver walkout that shuts down most taxis and overwhelms buses and trolleys. Scattered fights mark the start as 11,000 transit workers and 3,480 Yellow Cab drivers walk off, leaving a nearly empty city. Railroads move record suburban trains, easing some congestion. Daily business losses reach about 10 million dollars as autos flood the streets and commuters struggle to reach work.
The Arkansas House defeated a bill by Rep. Glenn Walther to create an allotment system for the University of Arkansas Medical School. The plan would admit students by state senatorial districts and require postgraduation service in home counties or extra tuition of 2000 dollars yearly. Rep. Autry of Mississippi County opposed the current admissions system.
Moscow reports Anna Louise Strong a well known American author and correspondent has been arrested on charges of espionage and will be deported. Strong has lived in Russia since 1921 reporting pro Soviet views and is among seven American correspondents in Moscow. The arrest follows prior expulsion cases of other American reporters.
HAL COOPER reports European views on an Atlantic pact. Senate war pledge limits worry diplomats and press fear a watered down defense alliance may fail to deter aggression while the United States hedges on commitments amid Soviet pressure and Western unity hopes.
A program by the Farmers Home Administration offers insured loans up to the earning capacity for family farms in four rural Arkansas areas. Lenders receive 3 percent return while borrowers pay an annual insurance premium. Loans may run up to 40 years, with rapid repayment encouraged. First private loan insured by FHA was in Van separa County in 1947, with subsequent loans in Bradley, Izard, and Hempstead counties. Applications are reviewed by county committees in Hempstead County, with local members listed.
M H Stephens scheduled to speak at a Washington church at 1 o clock next Sunday. Parishioners invited to hear him.
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