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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1954
Page
2
The piece celebrates the Woolworth empire presenting a fixed price system and merchandising innovations. It credits reforms like eliminating credit sales and efficient counter service. It notes Woolworth popularized ice cream in Cuba and introduced hot meals, calling the business a notable monument.
The Madison Circuit Court jury convicted Freddy Emmett of involuntary manslaughter for killing his father near Huntsville Ark. He received a three year sentence but the jury recommended a suspended sentence. The second degree murder count was reduced. The case involved an elderly father, arthritis and a nursing home scene at their Lime Street residence.
Puerto Rico Governor Luis Munoz Marin arrives in Washington after the congressional shooting to express Puerto Rican views. He calls for cooperation with President Eisenhower, condemns Puerto Rican nationalists as lunatics, and urges policing and immigration dialogue while praising American patience and Congress for their response.
Washington Democrats accused Republicans of phony savings as the House debated a 1.147 billion dollar appropriation for State Justice and Commerce for the next fiscal year. Subsidies to airlines and highway aid sparked heated dispute with Republicans proposing temporary subsidies pending CAB formula reassessment after a Supreme Court ruling. Rep. Roonay warned of reversing a House cut to 40 million for air carrier subsidies, aiming to cover all airlines until CAB reestimates next March 1.
A geoline sales analysis indicates traffic on Arkansas highways rose four percent in 1952, with the Senate Highway Department reporting most of the increase over the prior year.
Market activity mixed at National Stock Yards with hogs steady to higher, cattle and sheep prices varied, calves strong. New York stocks fluctuated with oils and chemicals leading gains while motors and railroads held steady. Chicago soybeans hit a new six year high as grains declined.
Nat Holmann, who built City College of New York into a national basketball power, was told to retire or be fired by the Board of Higher Education in a stunning move after a misconduct probe about college basketball scandals of 1951. The board overruled its trial committee and ended a 44 year career known to thousands as “Mr Basketball.”
Market notes show corn down 1 to 2 percent with March at 1.52. Wheat cash markets list no bids for some grades. No. 1 yellow corn prices around 1.584, No. 2 yellow 1.5814-15, No. 3 yellow 1.54-1.534, oats No.1 heavy white 25, soybeans absent. Field seeds priced per 100 lb with white clover 10.25-10.75, alsike 17.00, timothy 12.50-19.30, red clover 27.00-28.00.
Ozark Franklin County Sheriff EH Pritchard announced a warrant for the arrest of a man charged with robbing the American State Bank at Charleston Arkansas of more than $1,000. Prosecuting Attorney Jack Yates filed information last Monday. The bank was robbed last Friday by a bandit who claimed he wanted to borrow money and produced a pistol.
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