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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1948
Page
3
Arthur Vandenberg aide describes China as a victim undermining world peace and urges aid. He argues Chinese Communists closely align with Moscow, potentially becoming a Soviet satellite, while noting vested interests profit amid the crisis.
Philip Anderson Jr. 22 and Loretta, his wife, faced dire hunger after job loss. He was killed by a detective while attempting a robbery to feed his family. Loretta pawned a suit and tried aid ads. the baby was sent away as tragedy unfolded.
Chiang Kai-shek criticized past tolerance of the Chinese Communists at Nanking as civil strife intensifies. Observers deem a final war likely. Vanderberg calls the situation touch and go. General Chennault warned Communists may seize Manchuria within three months without U.S. aid, signaling Moscow gains and a broader global push.
Washington report on a new rent control law taking effect at midnight Fueled by President Truman’s caution that the act is imperfect but necessary it covers about 50 million Americans with limited ceilings through March 1 1949 A federal court is created to rule on rent changes and a housing program is urged to ease shortages while builders note likely material stock increases this spring.
Little Rock reports convic ted slayer Dr. Andrew J. Bass on furlough from the Arkansas penitentiary says he was robbed of 1950 at Bradford in White County last Wednesday. Two men identified as Thornay B. Morrow and Bev Johnson were arrested and released on bond. Johnson alleged a counterfeit scheme. Bass denied complicity and recounts a crime tale involving a real estate ruse and a liquor store deal near Newport. Bass previously faced a life sentence for the insurance slaying of William R. Peerman in Benton County.
Mrs Savannah Winkles, 46, released after questioning in the death of her husband. Prosecutor Millard Hardin said a first degree murder charge was filed against George Hunt, 86, who allegedly admitted Tatty phil. Ing. Napoleon Winkles, 66, while the jailer slept at the Winkles home Saturday night.
Regina Sask March 30 UPI A prospector reports a diamond strike in northern Saskatchewan. John G Johnson of the Flin Flon area seeks exclusive prospecting rights after finding five diamonds the largest described as resembling marble. If proven, it would be Canada's first diamond discovery.
A mob of about 40 youths attacked the home of Franklin County Communist party secretary Frank Hashmall and his family in Columbus. The two story frame house was left in ruins with broken furniture, glass, and debris. no arrests were reported and the Hashmalls were not home. Police maintained protection around the property as two waves of assaults occurred after Communist handbills were distributed at a local plant.
In a basement raid, cheers accompanied the first breach as rocks shattered windows. A bystander quipped about a missed window while onlookers recalled Tolstoy and Lenin amid references to the Soviet constitution. New Masses and the Daily Worker lay in the basement as police illuminated one intact pane.
A historic report notes non-white Americans make up about 10 percent of the population yet account for roughly a quarter of tuberculosis deaths, underscoring inequities in health outcomes across communities.
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