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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1949
Page
4
A group of 26 university leaders led by President Eisenhower and President Conant call for barring communists from teaching while allowing them to present communist theory in courses. They warn that protecting academic freedom must not shield those who would erase American traditions and the democratic system.
In a House hearing on Truman's request for 100 million in aid, ECA chief Paul G. Hoffman urged a three year program to build a self-sufficient, democratic Korea as a bulwark against communism. He outlined roughly 110 million of the 150 million planned for relief, fertilizer, raw materials, and energy, with aid diminishing over time. James Webb warned that without external support the Korean economy would collapse, risking a Communist takeover.
Makers of early American handmade glassware dropped a hot potato into molten glass to purge bubbles. The potato created large bubbles that rose and escaped, carrying smaller bubbles with them into the air.
A weather forecast for Arkansas predicts cloudy conditions this afternoon and evening with thundershowers tonight. Temperatures rise slightly this evening as conditions warm into Thursday afternoon and night.
A plane missing since May 29 near Hot Springs Arkansas prompted ground and air searches by Arkansas National Guard units and state police. The Stingon three place craft disappeared en route to Stephenville Texas with occupants T C Elkins 44 and Ben Ferguson 27. Civil air patrol planes and National Guard aircraft scoured rugged Quachita foothills near Saratoga and the Saline Little Uline Red River bottomlands without success.
Arkansas revenue department officials corrected a legal misinterpretation delaying a two cent cut in cigarette tax until Friday. Chief Auditor A Howard Malone said dealers will continue to use existing six cent stamps for weeks while refunds are calculated for stamps not attached to packages.
In Washington June, Judith Caplan's defense pressed to identify "Frederic March" cited in a sealed FBI data slip labeled Stuart Legg. FBI Agent Lamphere testified he does not know if Frederic March is an agent, as prosecutors and defense spar over access to secret internal security files and about 30 FBI reports presented in court.
In 1603 Jamestown Virginia established a glass-house, marking America’s first industry as glassware was crafted by hand. The colony built a factory dedicated to producing glass items, laying the groundwork for future crafts and industry in the region.
Mrs Joe Hardin of Grady Ark is new president of the Arkansas Federation of Garden Clubs elected yesterday to succeed Mrs H C Hickey of Jonesboro District vice presidents include Mrs John Thomas of Jonesboro and Mrs Charles Wylie of Hope.
State Historian Dallas Herndon notes five U S presidents have visited Arkansas, with Truman's 1945 Arkansas trip as his second since becoming president. Earlier visitors include Jackson in 1828, Van Buren in 1831, Harrison in 1841, Theodore Roosevelt in 1905, Wilson planned a 1919 trip, Hoover spoke in 1927, and Grant was honored after a world tour in 1880.
In San Juan Puerto Rico UPI reports 37 bodies or body parts recovered from the crash of a four engine army transport into the ocean off San Juan. Navy divers search 40 feet deep for 16 others believed to have perished as hopes of final toll reach 64. Survivors listed in hospital records number 27 while coast guard says 28 were rescued. The wing section and engines were raised and moved to a Navy depot for gatekeeping by order of Jerry Andrews inspector with civil aviation board.
Hope City Council delays Sunday opening petition signed by 12 grocery owners asks enforce an ordinance against Sunday business. Borden Milk Co. milk sales application denied 4 to 3 after discussion. Meeting largely devoted to petitions and paving district ordinances. Oaklawn sewer district petition discussed and sent for further investigation. Garbage disposal ordinance amended. Firemen permit area extended. Street Improvement Dist. 14 board members approved. South Hervey Street oiling ordered. New street improvement district No. 14 established in west city. Property owner signers show higher assessed value than non signers. Elmer Murpho water line expansion on Tennessee Ave referred to Water and Light Committee. Highway No. 4 section noted. Two part-time pool workers approved with 25 weekly pay. Adway electric service to M S Bates ranch approved.
A car driven by James collided with a parked vehicle owned by Carl Hinton yesterday in Walnut. Minor damage resulted with no injuries reported.
A special meeting of the Hope Civic Improvement Association has been called for Thursday evening at p m Special business will be discussed and all interested persons are invited.
Jack Cannon operator of a Negro cafe on North Hazel reported to police at about 1 a m today that a music machine in his cafe had been broken into and robbed during the night. Police are investigating.
A temporary Arkansas Girls State leadership assumed capitol duties as a special session began. Julia Caldwell of Searcy won the Girls State governorship, with Frances Jones of Newport her Federalist rival. Other elected officials include Jackie Bell Fort Smith lieutenant governor, Eunice Kidd El Dorado secretary of state, Flo Marti Fort Smith treasurer, Charlene Griffin Hughes auditor, Jane Bilday Stuttgart attorney general, Ester Ann Turner Conway chief justice, Pat Day Fort Smith, Delores Gowan Marion, Mary Ann Davis North Little Rock, Jane Merriweather Paragould, and Virginia Whalen Magnolia as associated justices.
Burns Oregon June report says outlaw George Kimes a former top Oklahoma felon surrendered to Sheriff Eldon Litz after 11 months on the run. Kimes, serving a 50 year term for bank robbery, had been working on ranches in southeast Oregon since last fall. He previously finished a murder sentence and is tied to a cousin Roby Kimes facing federal charges in Fort Smith.
HAL BOYLE visits Madame Hamel in Vouilly France where a warfront newsroom hub once operated among censor rows and old memories. He recalls Ernie Pyle’s desk, a jeep bought after the war, a shy farmer son, and a world they no longer belong to as they depart the chateau courtyard.
Western officials report progress toward breaking the Berlin deadlock as the four powers seek a path on currency access to Berlin and East West trade. Bevin left Paris to attend a Labor conference in Blackpool and was to return, while Britain shifts to a possible special council to bridge gaps. Russia demands equal say with the three Western powers, a plan rejected by Dean Acheson as attempting to impose one occupying power on others.
Washington June. Lilienthal denounces what he calls smearing by innuendo as Congress probes the atomic energy commission. Senator Hickenlooper accuses the AEC of mismanagement and seeks fire of Lilienthal. The panel reviews Case A with a top secret report and asks for a full public hearing.
Bakersfield, June. Convicted robber Lavern Speer and his brother Gerald escaped after overtaking deputies en route to San Quentin. Lavern stole a car loaded with 50 pounds of dynamite, posing a massive blast risk if jolted or struck. Deputies set roadblocks as authorities pursued the pair. Gerald was recaptured while Lavern remained at large. An oil worker named Carl Owens owned the car and had placed the explosives. The item also notes a 1621 Jamestown mint glass bead anecdote with Indian trade context.
Cool weather spread across the midwest and northeast with temperatures dropping below freezing in parts of the region. Readings varied widely with 104 in Yuma and 21 above at Cadillac as the country experienced a mix of clear skies and a late thunderstorm in Lake Charles Louisiana.
Deputy Prime Minister Herbert Morrison told the Labour conference that if re-elected the government would implement permanent nationalization of six more industries and extend state control over meat, sugar, cement, insurers, minerals, and water. He warned private industry must stop anti-social conduct and that the postwar peacetime grip would continue in 1950. Union leaders pressed for shipbuilding and chemicals nationalization, while railway workers warned of a possible nationwide strike.
Hope public school educators are attending state colleges and universities this summer. The list includes Forney G. Holt and family, Elsie Weis enberger, Lulle Allen, F J Burroughs, David Davis, W E Miller, Thurman Ridling, Earl Thomason, J F Ward, B C Hyatt, Joe Amour, E R Brown, and Lawrence Martin among others.
While en route to Sacramento, Mrs. Marie Jones of Patmos lost a billfold in Desert Hot Springs containing $60 and papers. W. E. Pine found it and mailed it to Mrs. Hamilton in Bakersfield, formerly of Patmos. Mrs. Jones later received the billfold by registered mail, grateful an honest man returned it.
A National Association of School Administrators and others urge barring Communists from teaching and stress loyalty to national commitments. The discussion centers on safeguarding US education during Cold War tensions and outlining guiding principles for teachers and schools.
A Texarkana case claims the Upchurch district was illegally merged with a white district, arguing that a 1948 Negro school district and its 356 pupils were denied equal facilities. Plaintiffs seek a permanent injunction against current and future school boards, alleging discrimination against Black students. Federal Judge Randolph Bryant granted a short extension for a response.
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