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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1954
Page
3
A 11-county study by the U S Bureau of Commerce shows that every 100 new manufacturing jobs add about 375 000 in decade retail sales and lift population by 348 persons, with 72 more employed and 46 more telephones. Grocery stores and auto dealers gain most from the added purchasing power.
Pasadena Calif Mrs James Roosevelt has answered her husband's amended divorce complaint reiterating charges of infidelity and deeming him unfit for custody of their three children Homelle Roosevelt 38 says he has shown utter disregard of marriage vows and cruel conduct causing her great physical and mental strain She claims possession of some items willed to him by his late father President Franklin D Roosevelt including his cigarette holders but retains a $12500 necklace Roosevelt admitted intimacies with nine women in a 1945 letter to his wife and named three co respondents plus others The judge moved to shift his alimony case to divorce last Friday disallowing the prior maintenance plan
Leon Hatch reports that Arkansas Insurance Commissioner has less power than peers. A council study found Arkansas follows the NAIC model in general but limits the commissioner to five years of loss data. Lawyer M. J. Harrison tells legislators the Arkansas Bar Association Insurance Committee backs broader state insurance laws.
Governor Cherry tightened prison furloughs in Arkansas citing abuse and crimes connected with extended releases. He ordered brief furloughs not exceeding 15 days except in emergencies, while parole remains overseen by the State Parole Board. Past cases and current holders show mixed results as policy shifts take hold.
Washington report cites a Labor Commerce Department April jobs survey showing total employment at 60.6 million, up from March, but factory jobs fell by 250,000 last month and 1.25 million from a year earlier. Consumers wary of debt and weak demand reduce purchases of autos, appliances, and other goods, triggering lower production and layoffs in coal and steel.
New York notes a major reference work titled Who Knows and What lists 18 000 authorities across 33 000 subjects from aardvarks to Zuni Indians. It cites specialists in science etiquette commerce and sex while omitting love and women, highlighting the era of specialized knowledge.
Democrats urge end to circus luxuries and TV spectacles to avert cold war danger. At a Jefferson Jackson Democratic dinner in Washington, 1,500 dinners raised $350,000 for a Democratic Congress campaign. Truman and Acheson praised allies, Johnson blamed McCarthy and Eisenhower, Stevenson predicted continued minority status after 1954, and foreign policy concerns dominated the dinner.
LITTLE ROCK The city of Piggott and 22 telephone subscribers protested a rate increase by Southwestern States Telephone Co filed with the Arkansas Public Service Commission. The company seeks an annual boost totaling 143000 and has implemented the increase under bond pending PSC approval. The city says 1953 profits were more than double the claimed 3.22 percent net profit, and that yearly bills rose from about 24000 to 34000.
M Neal Thayer of Jongsboro Arkansas was named to the board of a national agricultural association. The appointment highlights Thayer as a key figure in regional farming circles and signals ongoing collaboration with Amor organization and Bi Ke dors.
Co chairs Harrell Hall and Haskell Jones announce a Cities Service Station at Whird and Main will receive a cleanup and paint up starting this week in cooperation with Hope’s Clean Up Paint Up Fix Up Campaign. Distributer Nobjat Moore says the effort is part of the campaign with letters sent to supporters. early results are heartening and more work is expected. The note also reports a tragedy in Bluefield, Va. where Mrs Helen Swaggerty and her mother died at 5:30 a m.
In a display of solidarity Senate Democrats crossed out major items from Eisenhower's labor reform agenda and sent the Taft Hartley act revision back to the Labor Committee. The 50 to 42 vote united Southern and Northern Democrats with some Republicans to recommit, aiming to block passage this session.
Memphis television station managers vow legal action to stop piracy after the FCC allows experimental microwave relay stations to extend Memphis signals to Kennett, Poplar Bluff, and southwest Missouri. Belknap of a Poplar Bluff firm says the system would beam broadcasts to disjointed community antennas with monthly fees from 3.50 to 7.50 dollars. WMT and WHBQ-TV executives call the move piracy and pledge a full legal response to protect property rights.
The Arkansas Public Service Commission suspended a proposed rate increase by General Telephone Co. pending a hearing. The firm serves Wexar kana and 40 other Arkansas cities and sought a boost that would have started in April after an March application.
Survey results indicate corporations hold their own survey on a rescue operation linked to a crash near Cavite east of the scene. AP reports a Navy flight from Corpus Christi Naval Air Station with 10 aboard, including co pilot and three enlisted men, crashed after striking a peak at 3090 feet. Medical teams from Ellings Air Force base assisted while details of personnel remain incomplete.
The report shows aggregate net income near 1.884 billion, with General Motors down 144 million in tax yet profits up 84 million and Du Pont tax cut of 48 million while earnings rose. Railroads fell 50 percent, steel down 92 percent, textile down 84 percent. several firms benefited from military production and depletion allowances boosting profits in oil, pulp and paper, and foods. Major gains included General Electric 44 million, Bell System 12 million, Standard Oil New Jersey 20 million, Westinghouse 10 million, and Texas Co 8 million, lifting the eight firms’ total profit by 29.5 million.
Washington reports the three member Atomic Energy Commission panel is taking seven days off to review testimony from the past month. The board handles security allegations involving famed atomic scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Mrs Schine objects to excessive publicity around her son David Schine and Senator McCarthy, claiming the press has overexposed his career while a dispute involving Songdsegh Bi McCarthy Widang rages in AR.
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