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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1949
Page
3
A tragic fire in Glatishee West Virginia on June 20 resulted in the deaths of a three year old and twin daughters. Long, aged 98, was found in an attic with a mutilated arm, and a motorist’s blaze at about 1 30 a m triggered an alarm.
Prescott News summarizes community notices from June including church meetings at First Christian and First Baptist, an Eastern Star gathering, a piano recital by Mary Agnes Avery with Ursula Hooverson Heights, a smoke incident injuring Mrs. Long, interchurch socials, a Phillips University choir concert, Presbyterian church rehearsal, Ruth Culpepper G. A. meeting with officers elected, Kiwanis talk by Colonel James Shewmake on the Narrows Dam, local sportmen hopeful for fishing, Kiwanis Gold division standing, visits and travels of local residents, and weddings such as Feild-Brunner in Hope with attending locals.
AP analysis notes Nationalist China taps Marshal Yen Hsi-shan of Shansi as premier in a last hope regime. If the Reds press north, southern China’s vastness may stall conquest, with Chiang Kai-shek remaining the true leader. Yen, 68, once a powerful feudal lord, is portrayed as a capable but aging figurehead amid a critical juncture. The column mentions reestablishing government in Chongking to gain rapid India access by air.
New York sky cops staged an aerial thriller as a speedboat with a locked rudder circled Jamaica Bay after its owner fell overboard. Police and craft could not catch it until a helicopter crew intervened. detective Harriel W. Behrens boarded the craft, shut the motor, and a police launch towed the boat after the owner was rescued by a passing vessel.
Mrs Sadie Crosner, 59, was forced at gunpoint to drive by two young men after a traffic stop. They ordered her to the country where her car was taken and menaced her. Police documented the incident and are investigating the armed carjacking.
A 24 year old AWOL soldier Kenneth D. Speegle began trial for first degree murder in Arkansas, admitting to killing State Patrolman S. V. Pavatt and a retired railroad man. Prosecutors seek the death penalty. Speegle, from Fort Lewis, WA, was found sane after examination though with amnesia. Ballistics tied a rifle to Pavatt’s death. weapon found in Colorado.
The flooded Potomac and Shenandoah rivers receded and exposed nine drowning victims from the weekend floods. Dozens remained missing after flash floods sent rivers over banks, isolating Petersburg West Virginia for 26 hours. Widespread damage to homes and buildings is estimated in the millions as authorities start flood water safety measures and inoculations. Light showers in Portland Maryland NY area offered little relief to New England drought conditions.
Farmers and conservation officials call for a steady two day rain to ease forest fire danger and protect wilting crops. Elsewhere, forecasts show seasonable warm and humid weather. Temperatures ranged across the nation with Huntington 04 degrees, Cincinnati 91, Pierre 82, Chicago 67 in San Francisco, 99 in Phoenix, and Los Angeles at 78. Southeast readings near normal.
Dodd of Little Rock was re-elected president of the Arkansas chapter of the International Typographical Union. Don Rothaman, also from Little Rock, was named secretary-treasurer.
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