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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1953
Page
4
A satirical column reflects on news bias and politics. The author, referencing Harry Truman and Congress, jokes about media influence and public perception, noting confusion and shifting views as a private citizen. The piece mocks political commentary and the role of the press in shaping opinion.
United Press reports strikes at five U S atomic installations over six weeks slow progress. At Joppa Illinois and Portsmouth Ohio members from carpenters and millwrights clash with electricians over generator assembly and travel pay. Oak Ridge Tennessee resumes after 300 engineers end a four day walkout.
Explorer Scouts invite boys 14 and older to a meeting at City Hall tonight at 7 30 p m in the court room where Buddy Mhoon and the Field Scout Executive will explain the program. The Explorer Sqdn sponsored by the Mope Kiwanis Club may include a trip to Barksdale Air Force Base and a float trip on Little River among other events this year.
Horace Wiggins assistant manager leaves Hope for Mansfield Louisiana to help run another company store. He has been in Hope since February 1952. Johnny Browning exits local store for further training at Minden Louisiana. James Maxwell of El Dorado will come to the Hope location.
In Little Rock the House passed a Senate bill to open welfare rolls for public inspection. The measure allows county welfare recipient lists to be viewed by any interested person and prohibits use for political purposes. Also, a separate bill to regulate slaughter of horsemeat was approved, and a tax proposal to fund a new Sky Forestry Department from higher severance taxes on timber was recommended by the Revenue and Taxation Committee amid lumber industry support.
Yokohama Japan Army MSgt Westey P Calhoun son of Mr and Mrs Howard B Calhoun Rate 1 Hope Ark has been assigned to the 2d transportation Major Port in Yokohama after completing 10 months service in Korea He now chief of the Port massage center Calhoun served with the 82d Medical Battalion In Korea A World War II veteran who entered the Army in 1940 and was discharged in 1945 he re enlisted in 1940 and was stationed at Fort Riley Kans before arriving in the Far East Command last March
Four Hope civic clubs prepare to monopolize KXAR for three hours starting at 8 10 p m for the March of Dimes polio drive. Top local talent is billed as a highlight while volunteers canvass homes for donations and clubs stage stunts to outdo each other. The March of Mothers against polio success last night raised about $500.
The Hempstead County Board of Directors chose a charter bus tour of New Orleans and other Louisiana points as the 1954 Home Demonstration Council project. Twenty eight members from 13 of 17 clubs attended. Dates set include Spring meeting March 16 and Amateur Night April 10.
Hempstead County Farm Bureau kicks off the 1959 membership enrollment with a Monday night meeting at the Recreation Mall of the Hope Gospel Tabernacle. About 25 farm readers are expected as Ned Purtle presides and Joe Mardin of Grady speaks. The drive aims for 720 members countywide. in 1952 the county had 619. The Hopewell Home Demonstration Club will prepare the dinner.
Donald Mc Queen son of C A McQueen Route 2 Hope has been named to the tentative cast of There Were Union Men at Henderson State Teachers College after tryouts. A freshman, he appeared in fall speech productions. The four act historical drama directed by Tom Headley will be presented February 26 27 at the college.
Los Angeles reports the death of Herbert Lubin aged 68 a pioneer in film executive ranks. In 1918 he worked with Metro Company and from 1924 to 1926 with First National Pictures. He later helped plan and finance the Roxy and other ventures.
Senator McCarthy and his Senate investigations subcommittee broadened a hush inquiry into State Department personnel. Witnesses from the personnel division are sworn to secrecy under penalty of contempt, with possible jail and fine. McCarthy cites a preliminary probe into inflated defense stockpile materials paid to Iron Curtain nations. The Munitions Board guides stockpile policy, often consulting the State Department.
Former President Truman warned against bombing Communist bases in Manchuria unless the United States is ready to commit 5,000,000 ground troops in a Far Eastern war. He conceded he is no military expert but questioned whether bombing Manchuria can end the conflict.
Washington reports three Eisenhower diplomacy picks headed to Senate action after foreign relations committee members forecast swift confirmations. Nominees include Winthrop Aldrich as ambassador to Great Britain and Herman Phleger as legal adviser to the State Department, with Mrs Oswald Tilton of New York named to UN Human Rights Commission.
White House states no conflict with Congress over reorganization procedure. Press Secretary Hagerty says Eisenhower approved changes to voting rules, easing presidential reorganization moves. Officials noted no difference in view between the White House and Congress on the point.
The legislature reports bills introduced and defeated across Senate and House. Notable items include SB159 on unemployment qualifications SB144 restricting adulteration of foods and drugs SB145 on heavy equipment dealer notices ABIGI tax credit restoration SH148 toll bridge powers and SBUI ballot suffrage changes. House measures include HB213 drunken driving penalties HB26 tax assessors, HB217 burial associations HB214 gross receipts tax for Arkansas universities HB30 franchise and public records reforms MB162 cooling off period in divorce. Adjournment planned for 10 a.m. Friday with mention of toll bridge project over the Arkansas River at Little Rock.
Secretary of State Dulles departs for Europe to assess postwar defense policy and Allied plans. The trip to London Paris Brussels and Bonn aims to gauge unity among France Germany and four other NATO nations. President Eisenhower directs the mission to inform the American public on foreign policy directions.
Bad weather grounded search planes delaying hope of locating three missing aircraft and 22 aboard. A fourth BC Airways plane with seven aboard is unaccounted for after an emergency landing attempt north of Vancouver. One pilot and a passenger body recovered. others feared drowned.
Bulletin reports ROCKey-Nadie Atae lon KTHS will join CBS shortly after 16 movies travel from Hot Springs to Little Rock this spring. In Savannah, an Aly Foren 110 crash on a wooded road near the highway at Tantor Alp Fateo Base today killed four of the seven crew aboard. one survivor was injured, and the fate of the other two was not immediately determined.
A Air Force cadet from Lubbock faces murder charges in the strangling of his girlfriend, Miss Joyce White, 18. The suspect was turned over to civil authorities after the body was found buried in a field near a country road following a domestic dispute over a Swedish exchange student. Evidence includes a Venetian blind cord used to strangle the victim and the cadet's admission of pulling the cord and the subsequent naked body discovery.
Jonesboro Ark resident Varley received a visa extension allowing her to stay in the United States until February 15. The Immigration Service, cited by Fulbright of Arkansas, granted the extension to avoid a February 1 departure.
Advice for young girls choosing between two boys, one kind and helpful, the other rough and selfish. The columnist urges caution, delaying commitment, and weighing long term consequences in a cautionary tone. Names and dates are not provided.
General Wayne Smith defended his so called scenario script attack as a successful operation in Korea. He praised the conduct of the men and said the mission objective was to secure the area despite a furor over the staged attack.
Police reported a robbery incident at a local station during the night. Officers said the suspect fled toward nearby streets as authorities pursued.
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