07 May 1951
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1951
Page
1
A fragmented note describes Aunt seeking assistance amid community efforts. The readable text hints at urgent care needs and nearby support, with local contacts and a call for timely aid. Further specifics are not available in the legible portion.
Defense chief Caldwell urged a national crusade today to prepare the nation for action on the A bomb effects. He warned that many in the civilian sector fall into two camps, either apathetic or benefiting from false assurances. He urged readiness to prevent doom and called for united resolve amid looming war stakes.
Syrian troops opened fire on the Israeli frontier near Taranit with rifles and machine guns. Israeli and Afghan? No. Homes hit including a children’s home. No injuries reported. Fighting continued nearby but other northern areas remained quiet. United Nations discussions on a ceasefire and demilitarized zones continued with no new incidents reported.
Testifying before the Senate committee, General Marshall defended civilian control while General MacArthur faced questions about how Joint Chiefs of Staff and U.S. policy should shape the Korean war. Marshall argued MacArthur had grown distant from U.S. aims and supported relieving him to preserve theater command functions.
Frisina and Jack Coyle defended their Little Rock County Club Four Bell Invitational Amateur Gulf event title. They defeated Memphian Dr. Eq Alle and Curtis Persons of Millington in the final rounds after a tough quarterfinal and a series of close matches.
The piece recounts an early English attempt to establish a colony in the New World, depicting the planners and ambitions behind founding a new settlement and the challenges faced during the colonial venture.
Pulaski Chancery Court set aside an Arkansas divorce of a Connecticut couple with alleged Communist ties. Custody of their two daughters awarded to the mother. father ordered to pay $250 monthly for child support. Judge Williams noted the father's past associations and reassessed credibility and testimony in a 12 page review. The divorce was originally granted in 1941 before his election to the bench.
May 7 in Woalington, the Senate banking committee rejected Truman administration plans to impose rent controls on stores and office space. The panel will hear briefs but no commercial rents testimony is expected at present, as it extends hearings on a 2 year extension and revision of the defense production act. Chairman Maybank voiced personal opposition to the beef price rollback and to altering parity provisions, arguing it defeats the act. Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson testified as the committee opened on wage price controls ending June 90.
A boy fugitive at a Pine Bluff school area was killed in an incident linked to police activity. Details are unclear from the fragmentary OCR but indicate law enforcement involvement and a fatal outcome.
In Jackson Mississippi May 7 a federal suit to save Willie McGee was filed hours before his scheduled execution by Mississippi’s portable electric chair in Laurel. Gov Wright is weighing clemency while three prior reprieves have occurred. McGee, 32, was convicted of raping a white Laurel housewife in 1945 amid protests in Mississippi and Washington.
Rhine of Newport Oregon and James E Witers 16 from Phoenix were committed to the Washington county school after burglary and grand larceny charges. They escaped from the Washington county jail at Fayetteville in December. The sheriff described Rhine as dangerous. Waters was also involved, held for burglary, arrested in St Louis, and returned to the institution as officers pursued.
Reports from May 2 describe Chinese and North Korean offensives pushing U S and South Korean units back on the central front near the Hwacheon reservoir. Seventh Division claims they could have held, but a South Korean unit on the right flank retreated as more Allied units fell back under heavy pressure.
The filing seeks unspecified damages and an injunction to halt executions until the federal case is decided. Judge Sidney Mize set an injunction hearing for 41 BR. m. today. Demonstrators, about 00 black and white supporters, gathered around the Lincoln Memorial and Washington pillar areas, some chaining themselves and forcing police to intervene.
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