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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1950
Page
4
The editor reflects on cynicism’s futility as America reels from wartime anxieties. Readers recall Griffiths Broken Blossoms and its China tale while panic buying and rationing fears emerge in Hope. Truman’s approach and mobilization are debated amid uncertain WWII timing.
Washington July 18 Senate committees planned probes into military production needs and rising food prices as Congress awaits President Truman’s mobilization blueprint for Korea. Leaders promised quick action on bills to lift manpower ceilings and curb credits while Maybank-Mc banking panel launches inquiry into rationing and price hikes.
A forecast for Arkansas calls for considerable cloud cover with scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. Wednesday will be partly cloudy with little temperature change.
The Patmos festival schedule includes flag raising and an address at 10:30 a.m. with community singing at 11:15 a.m. State and local candidates speak 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The festival queen coronation at 3 p.m. followed by a 3:30 p.m. free watermelon toast and a fiddlers contest and singing at 1:30 p.m.
Julius Rosenberg, 32, arrested at New York home by the FBI on charges of conspiracy to commit espionage as a link in Klaus Fuchs spy ring. He allegedly recruited for a Soviet apparatus and aided David Greenglass and Harry Gold in passing atomic bomb data in 1945. Bail set at $100,000 for July 31 federal hearing.
A DC-3 operated by Indian National Airways crashed in heavy rain in the Himalayan foothills near Kashmir, killing twenty two people including five Americans. Canadian Brig. H. H. Angle was among the victims. U.S. Gen. Courtney Hodges had planned to fly but canceled. The wreckage was found after a 12 hour search in a river bed near Pathankot.
Three deaths from the Korean fighting were announced by the defense department. Killed in action included 1st Lt. Louis G. Seligh husband of Mrs. Carmen D. Seligh of the far east command and son of Mrs. Sally M. Selig of War ren Ark. He was previously reported missing in flight from Japan to Korea. Died of wounds included Sgt Arthur J. McMillian husband of Mrs. Dorothy E. McMillian of South Gate Calif. He was the son of Mrs. Ida B. Harvill of Little Rock Ark.
President Truman ordered a series of housing credit restrictions to curb inflation. The Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency should raise down payments for new construction and repairs, and the Veterans Administration must require at least five percent cash down on all guaranteed or insured loans where allowed. Truman cited defense needs and material demand affecting construction.
Secretary of State Acheson prepared a firm reply to Prime Minister Nehru asserting the United States seeks peace in Asia but will not bow to Communist aggression in Korea. A no appeal statement to Nehru and Stalin was drafted for New Delhi.
An ordinance to apply a 40 hour work week to most non uniformed city employees will be presented to the Little Rock council next week. Zoo golf course and garbage collection staff would be excluded until funds or plans allow hour reductions without harming service. Crates of vegetables are buried in crushed ice in a refrigerator scare.
Washington reports say 100000 or more reservists and national guardsmen may be called up soon to bolster forces for the Korean crisis. Officials stress a decision on mobilizing guards versus reserves is not final, with plans under study at the White House.
London reports Britain halted all oil shipments to Red China. UK services in the Far East will seize Shell stocks for their own use to support UN Security Council actions in Korea. Only Shell had sold oil to China. six months total 28 000 tons, far below China’s civilian needs.
The fourth annual conference for officers and leaders of the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation opens at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. The event serves as a training school for county officers, expected to attract about 50 farmers, continuing through noon Friday with a banquet on Thursday night featuring Jeff Williams of Chickasha Oklahoma as chief speaker.
General rainfall welcomed in Arkansas topped with a muddy storm that flooded the little Lamar community in Johnson County overnight. The wet spell affected local areas as the storm moved through, bringing pooling water and minor damage to roads and fields.
The state crop reporting service says spring pig crop in Arkansas was five percent above last year and the largest since 1943. Indications are fall production will also be the largest since 1943. May slaughter of cattle up 18 percent, calves up nine percent, hogs up 13 percent. compared with May last year, hogs up 40 percent while cattle and calves down 9 and 43 percent respectively.
Washington July 18 A Democratic senate investigative committee denounces McCarthy as launching a fraudulent hoax and employing a big lie, accusing him of half truths and unfounded charges against the State Department. Republicans Lodge and Hicke looper fault the inquiry as superficial and biased. McMahon Green and Tydings lead the scathing report.
Lt Robert Ward, assigned to the 155th Station Hospital, is in Korea, with a letter dated July 12 from Yokohama, Japan, suggesting arrival. His family in MT has been notified as the Hope officer departed the States by plane on July 2.
The Guernsey School Board calls a meeting of Guernsey District residents at 8 p m on July 26 to discuss the 1950 51 school budget. The meeting was called by BG Hopson, board president.
The Arkansas highway department authorized a 10 day start on 6.3 miles of asphalt surfacing on the Jonesboro south road, highway 3, in Craighead County. Contract let July 7 to Buc Ton Construction Co., Hazen, for $96,500.
President Truman will ask Congress for more men and money to deal with Korea but is not expected to seek a tax increase. Officials say he may request $5 to $6 billion in military spending authority and power to add about 770,000 troops, plus anti inflation steps and priority controls on steel and other materials. The move is framed around sustaining the Korean conflict while stressing the economy can absorb the burden.
Miss Beryl Henry announces a partnership restructuring at Miss Henry's Gift Shop on South Main Street with Mrs. Frank R. Johnson as partner. The shop will relocate to 112 Main Street in a former J. C. Atchley Co. building, with redecorating planned and operations continuing during the move. Leroy Henry will move Henry's Watch Service to the new site as well. Smokeless powder note appears as a separate line.
Little Rock, July. About 1000 Arkansans to be inducted soon as the first quota is 214. Brig. Gen. EB Sompere, state selective service director, says many calls may be needed to meet the quota and prescribes a pre-induction medical exam date.
Washington reports the eastern headquarters says allied forces hold the line and enemy pressure slackens but officials warn against a claimed turning point. The briefing notes more artillery fire air support and improving plays, yet fuel and supply strains may affect front lines as four enemy tanks are seen.
In San Francisco on July 18 a local of the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union unanimously urged Harry Bridges to resign as president of the Maritime Federation or quit as union leader. The resolution, from Local 1 of about 200 walking bosses, cites Bridges' stance against endorsing U.S. and U.N. Korea policy and backs Truman and United Nations actions.
J C Atchley & Co moves to 137 South Main Street in a former Hig Shop building. The move aims to provide more space for furniture and appliances with a formal opening planned later. business continues at the usual pace as remodeling starts.
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