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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1949
Page
3
A neighborhood tale follows a northern mockingbird nicknamed Mr Mocking-Bird. The bird harasses a dog with quick dives across a 90 foot runway, then perches by windows and a berry bush, and even hovers by the chimney to read the wind before returning at night to resume the springtime show.
List of donors and contributions for a Red Cross campaign shows totals and numerous individual names such as Hope J. T Fat BIN Trust Austin Hutson Jack's News Stand and Kennedy's G A, with overall totals including 166 10 and grand total 914 19, indicating broad community support. Names span businesses, families, and local figures across multiple societies.
Jury commissioners appointed by Judge Dexter Bush of Texar kana for the April term of the Hempstead Circuit Court meet Monday at the courthouse to select the petit jury and alternate panels for the term. Names listed include Jett Williams of Hope Ed Sue of Deeny ville and Graydon Anthony of Hope. The meeting aims to finalize juror panels for the April term.
Hope Development corporation sold the Hope Public Schools brick instrument building on the former Southwestern Proving Ground to convert it into a mechanical trade school. B W Edwards announced the price was one quarter of the salvage value. The 10,000 square foot facility will house veterans' trade school activities and include all furniture fixtures and the heating system.
The Australian government refused Lorenzo Gamboa, a Filipino war hero and U S Army corporal who served with General MacArthur, entry for his family to Australia or Melbourne. Officials cited the white Australia policy despite MacArthur intercession. Gamboa’s wife and two children await decisions as legal avenues and possible U S reimbursement are discussed.
France's centrist coalition held a wide lead over communists and DeGaullists in cantonal elections. The DeGaullists claimed 58 councillors amid disputed totals, while independents earned several seats. Paris saw strong Communist support as government blocs shift in anticipation of national government organization.
A Fayetteville Arkansas man was injured in a crash near Fayetteville on Saturday when a truck driven by a Burke of Kansas City Missouri overturned and burned. Burke was killed and passenger Ernest J. Lossing sustained non fatal injuries and was hospitalized in Vicksburg.
New York March 23 The three day World Peace Conference at Madison Square Garden closed with 16700 attendees praising Soviet peace aims while outside 2000 pickets protested. Delegates backed UN strengthening and global peace moves though a rival League for Free Russia condemned the event as Communist propaganda.
Washington March 28 The house appropriations committee rejected private utility pleas and recommended 4,006,000 in cash and 5,000,000 in contractual authority for the Southwestern Power Administration for the year starting July 1 It marks the first construction appropriation for Spa since 1947 The panel cut 800,018 from budgeted authorizations citing earlier material availability The plan would fund a network of lines from government hydro plants to Arkansas Louisiana and parts of Kansas Missouri Texas and Oklahoma Douglas Wright Spa Administrator outlined a schedule with surveys starting December 1952 transmission line Marshfield to Tarshfield Mo and a line Marshfield to Bringfield Mo with work to be bid May 1953 and completed May 1953 at costs of 1 28 8 001 and 402 500 a 706 000 substation to Springfield by June 1893 and a 470 000 substation at Marshfield about the same time
Washington March 28 Defense Secretary Johnson arrives at the Pentagon to assume control of the armed services. Critics ask how tough he will be while supporters expect steady leadership. Johnson is described as a powerful, skilled politician with a history of fundraising for Truman and a preference for orderly interservice relations.
Haxe Dillinger, 52, a Fulton resident, died in a local hospital early Sunday. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. W. F. Summitt of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and a brother-in-law, W. R. Garland of Annona, Texas. The body was taken to Clarksville, Texas, Monday for burial.
Carlisle La March 28 UP time has erased all identification markings on a crashed plane found in a swamp near here last week. Authorities say the plane went down in flames more than five years ago. Lt Jack Hassard at Barksdale field said crash crews cannot determine how many perished or who the victims were. It was once believed to be the wreckage of a flight from Mineral Wells Texas to New Orleans that disappeared last November with three Pennsylvanians and pilot Joel Ritter of Alltown Pa.
New Orleans mayor Delesseps Morrison declined to comment on the case of Barbara Jean Floyd 18 once Miss New Orleans 1948 who married Capt Cauthen to gain plane tickets. She later accused him of assault after a public row and incident in a hotel lobby with details including a spanking and a claim she wore a girdle.
Ada Fishburn, a 24 year old British factory worker from Durham, ends a one month swap that brought her to New York and American industry. She describes her experiences as thrilling yet grounded, noting the warmth of colleagues, a towering salary advantage, and the lasting value of cross border understanding. She plans to return to England with fond memories and a sense of new perspectives.
Washington reports Senate and House conferees agreed to a 19 month rent control extension bill. It would push controls to June 30 1950 with a broad home rule decontrol provision. The measure preserves a fair net operating income standard for landlords and drops a per cent rent increase provision.
Herbert John Beiraman Burgman, former State Department employee and American envoy worker in Berlin, was indicted by a federal grand jury on 69 treason counts for broadcasting Nazi propaganda during World War II. The indictment details his postwar Axis broadcasts under the alias De Scanlan and his alleged role with Station DEBUNE. He is accused of aiding Nazi propaganda while serving as chief clerk to the military attache in Berlin.
Funeral services for S F Andrews were held Saturday at 3 pm at Gospel Furnamics, officiated by Mickey and Ray Haldridge. Andrews died Thursday night in a local hospital. Burial was in Yance Hall Cemetery.
A Chicago committee supporting Dr Oscar K Costa of the College of the Ozarks Clarksville Ark explores growing drug plants in Arkansas soil to supply domestic needs. Costa, a former University of Austria medicine professor, says Arkansas soil suits henbane bellad ergot and related plants. If successful, 1150000 in drugs yearly could be produced domestically, with Minnesota already conducting a similar project.
Arkansas faces a second deadly twister in months with 17 killed and 8 or more injured as a 160 mile long path cut from southwest to northeast. Red Cross reports 183 families affected and many homeless. England-Scott area hit hardest with 14 dead and 52 injured. Mills, churches and schools damaged. property losses run into hundreds of thousands.
A list of known Arkansas fatalities from Saturday storms includes residents of Whelen Springs and nearby areas. Names and ages such as Mrs. Jim Van Meter 60s, Rosa Smiley 55, Joel Smiley eight, Delbert Pitzgerald 24, Dannie Hunter 62, Nanaia Leng 70, Dora Harper 26, and several children are recorded. At Butch, Mrs. Roscue Wylmer 36 is listed among the dead. Affected families and scattered details reflect the storm's toll amidst widespread damage.
Tornadoes and storms swept from Texas to Kentucky causing 28 deaths and about 200 injuries. The Arkansas area saw heavy damage with dozens of homes wrecked and relief efforts underway. Mississippi and Tennessee reported multiple fatalities and farm structures destroyed as the storm system intensified over two days.
Arkansas Supreme Court to decide if wagering on horse races is a game of skill or a lottery. Longstreth argues it is a lottery under 1935 statute, seeking an injunction to stop the Arkansas Racing Commission from issuing permits for Oaklawn Park races. The case Longstreth v. Cook was filed in Little Rock and assigned to the Supreme Court after lower court ruling.
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