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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1950
Page
3
Home Demonstration Agent Lor raine Blackwood explains chrysanthemums bloom in fall but should be planted in spring. She covers soil prep with organic matter, fertilizer rates, spacing 12 to 18 inches, and methods for rooting cuttings. Regular pinching, watering, mulching, row planting, and pest controls are advised.
The United States appears set to start its long delayed arm and aid program for Southeast Asia. The plan, discussed by the national security council chaired by President Truman, may begin in days. A London meeting of the Big Three foreign ministers will review Western backing for non communist Asia. A $75,000,000 fund approved last fall to aid China area may fund Indochina Thailand and Indonesia, though actions await a strategic line after the communist sweep in China. Disagreements exist between state and defense on aid aims and the Indochina question with France resisting actions that could weaken its colonial authority. Thirteen Pirates players reside in California. Penn State boxing championships will be held March 20 and April 1 at Recreation Hall.
Washington May 8 The Senate prepared to take up a bill to create a five man FEPC board to ban employment discrimination by color religion or national ancestry. Southern Democrats threaten a filibuster risking weeks of delay while Truman pushes civil rights measures including FEPC anti-lynching and poll tax removal.
Gustav Metzman of the New York Central and Walter S. Franklin of the Pennsylvania railroad urged Congress to outlaw rail strikes. They testified before a Senate labor subcommittee on a proposed compulsory arbitration measure as a last resort in rail disputes, citing rail unions’ refusals since 1941 to accept presidential fact finding.
The bill passed and was accepted by the Senate, while the House’s stance remains uncertain about scrapping the measure. Potential steps and outcomes depend on House agreement or rejection in the near term.
The speaker argues that railroad labor sees fact finding as a springboard for further demands. He contends that experience shows the machinery of the railway labor act has completely broken down.
Fort Smith May 8 Harry Ashmore executive editor of the Arkansas Gazette was elected president of the Arkansas State Associated Press at the semi annual meeting. Allen Tilden of the Arkansas Democrat was the former president. E. W. Freeman Jr of Pine Bluff Commercial and Frank Robins Jr of Conway Log Cabin Democrat were elected director and re elected respectively. Don Reynolds of Fort Smith Southwest American and Times Record hosted the gathering with 50 editors. James Marlow of Washington AP spoke on readability.
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