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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1950
Page
4
The piece argues that rebuilding after fire proves Anthony's courage and that capital must be actively invested in industry. It contrasts this with social security models and praises Washington's wealth and commitment, noting the rarity of rich individuals risking everything for liberty and national progress.
Hendrix College chapel choir of 26 voices under V Earle Copes will perform sacred and secular works in Hope High School on Wednesday March 1. The traveling unit has toured Arkansas cities including Winfield Methodist Church Little Rock and will also visit Magnolia Texarkana and Camden on a four day trip.
London reports the former British army auxiliary Imperia, sold to Greek citizen Zacharis, drifted abandoned near Tripoli. The U.S. destroyer MacKenzie towed the vessel, while salvage rights for American sailors remain unsettled. Washington searches for action guidance as fate of crew echoes Mary Celeste.
Three Ioyal boys escaped serious injury about 1 a m when the car left the road and overturned in a ditch north of Hope on old Sligh 67. Harold Higgason Jr drove the car with Allison Shields Jr en route to the home of Robert McCullough. Investigating police received incomplete details from the occupants.
A weather forecast shows showers this afternoon and tonight in the eastern part of Arkansas with a colder spell moving in from the west and north tonight through Wednesday. Stronger cool air arrives Wednesday west and north.
Owners or operators of farms in Hempstead county must apply by February 28 1950 for a new cotton allotment. Marl N Martin dale PMA chairman said the County Production and Marketing office will collect essential data to determine eligibility. A new farm has no cotton acreage history for 1946 1947 or 1948.
The government pressed mediation to avert a nationwide telephone strike next Friday. Federal mediator Cyrus C. Ching convened talks between Western Electric sales and installation division and the Bell Telephone system union negotiators to resolve the dispute.
Washington on February 21 announced the United States had broken diplomatic relations with Communist Bulgaria. American Minister Donald R. Heath and other U.S. representatives in Sofia were ordered home, and Bulgaria was told to withdraw its small mission in Washington. Dr Peter Voutov, charge d affaires, heads Bulgaria's legation. Voutov and staff are to depart with families, likely in early March.
Budapest Hungary Feb 21 American businessman Robert A Voueler was sentenced to 16 years in prison on espionage charges by a Hungarian court. Two Hungarian defendants were sentenced to death and others received prison terms up to 13 years in a trial held in the same room linked to Mindszenty. Voueler admitted working for U.S. Army intelligence and seeking information on radar rockets uranium and oil. he asked for a mild sentence.
A collection of witty aphorisms on love fear and society with sharp observations about life. The snippets spoof culture and human folly, mentioning mirrors taxes television and age. Notable lines touch on love humor aging and the human condition with a cynical twist.
The Arkansas Supreme Court upholds a seven year penitentiary term for Wesley Hunt in the ambush shooting of Ozarks City Marshal Haskell Sitton in Clinton. Sitton was shot inside his home on April 8. The court found the evidence sufficient to sustain the conviction.
In a routine session, Norman Jones of Spring Hill schools asked the council to consider electrical rates, sent to the Water and Light Committee for action. The council approved paving an alley behind a Baptist church for about 750 dollars and delayed a gas line request from N P O Neal. Other items included rental terms for city land at the Proving Ground, a fence allowance for Charles W Key, and airport rent considerations. The council also authorized 1.8 miles of 8 inch pipe work, sent 250 dollars to a rate increase opposition fund, and created an advisory park committee with Hope Civic Improvement Association for Negro Park. A 30 day extension was granted for R H Barr’s absence, with a public hearing set March 7 on closing an alley near the old Revenue office and Presbyterian church.
Bids for an $80,000 National Guard Armory in Hope are invited by the Arkansas Military Department and will be received until 2 p.m. on Tuesday March 14. The armory will sit behind the Hempstead Courthouse at Fulton and West 5th streets, about 80 feet wide and 116 feet long, advancing Hope toward a new facility this spring after years of seeking one.
Dwain O'Steen, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elder O'Steen, was bitten on the hand and arm yesterday afternoon at their home. The cat remains at large.
Fire crews battled a roadside fire as smoke lingered and roads remained blocked. Two fire units worked to douse hot spots, preventing spread as crews cleared debris and secured the area.
At a Hotel Barlow meeting the Hope Chamber board unanimously backed an $800,000 general hospital for Hope. The plan contemplates an 80 bed facility with 106 beds in emergencies, with 60 percent federal aid possible. Members noted support from Hempstead County Medical Society and pledges toward the 1950 budget.
Secretary of Defense Johnson ordered a comprehensive review of the U S guided missile program after a call by Senator Lyndon Johnson for congressional or executive scrutiny. The Defense Department's research and development board and their guided missiles committee will report directly to Johnson, citing program size, diversity, and interservice duplication among Army Navy Air Force and allied scientists as factors.
A Lions Club meeting heard a talk on Lionism by the club president. Six new members were inducted, bringing the club total to 50. New members named are A. J. Duncan Hershal Johnson Jim City Leonard Ells Graneville Speck Tom Wardlow and Charles Malone.
Fragmentary OCR hints at a store remodeling and public visit, mentioning footwear and family attendance. No clear names, dates, or locations are discernible from the readable text.
Partial OCR text lists names such as Mrs W Bedened Lions Kiwanis and Mr J W Breach, with scattered monetary figures like 9294 and 8 dollars. Mentions locations Hempstead Ovens Bae Store and Saratoga McNab, plus groups Victory HD Club and Episcopal Aux. The fragmentary lines suggest a local notice or listing, but details are incomplete.
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