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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1950
Page
1
A rugged scene unfolds with Dusty and Kit in a tense exchange about marriage and luck. Dusty defends a hardened past while Brownie seeks work, and Doe contemplates a future with a clean shirt and honest lines as intrigue from a horse theft plot lingers. (To Be Concluded)
A senior administrator told reporters that an excess profits tax targets profiteering as hearings on the economic control bill begin Monday. Senator Douglas of Minnesota, a banking committee member, argues higher taxes are the best way to avoid price controls amid private sector competition.
The congressman defends his record against critics blaming him for shortages and bad weather. He states his opponent offers no actionable solutions for farmers. He cites no changes to agricultural wartime controls or consumer goods. Meanwhile speedy approval grows for two military measures to cut armed forces size and extend service. House and Senate armed services committees review the bills.
Governor McMath, in Little Rock, mixed ribbon snipping with campaigning for a second term. He opened a new road on the Arkansas Sioux college campus and spoke across the state as Ben Laney pressed the race in northeast and south Arkansas. The two are the main candidates for the preferential primary next Tuesday amid debates over key issues.
The passage notes that Republican Congress legislation kept cotton prices from collapsing. It states farmers received 30 to 131 cents per pound for last year’s 16 million bale crop, whereas without supports the price could have been 8 to 10 cents or around 16 cents if the law had not been amended. The tone argues for the impact of price supports on farmers.
Unclear OCR text suggests a late night incident in Laney with heated exchange. No concrete names, dates, or affiliations readable. Further readable details are needed to identify participants or outcome.
Laney acknowledged at Caraway last night that he voted on each Heer and liquor license applicant while serving on the Fort Smith jury in 1947. McMath stated the grand jury found a substantial campaign contribution unwritten but present. Laney, seeking a third term after a two year retirement, defended against a rule barring a voter from backing a second term.
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