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Local item notes bread preparation and a mention of Alex H. Washburn in connection with Our Daily Bread program offerings. Further context unclear due to fragmented OCR text.
16 May 1947
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1947
Page
1
Local item notes bread preparation and a mention of Alex H. Washburn in connection with Our Daily Bread program offerings. Further context unclear due to fragmented OCR text.
The piece criticizes Senator Bilbo and federal control as ineffective after wartime emergency ends. It cites a pronouncement by ten economists, including former OPA chiefs, warning of an upcoming economic bust. The author argues centralized power inflates inflation and cites World War I and II as examples of government overreach.
James Thrasher surveys Premier Stalin’s public answers to Harold Stassen about co operation, peaceable coexistence, and encirclement. The piece questions whether Soviet actions match its stated aims and notes Stalin remains the acknowledged Russian leader with influence and a voice toward America.
Berlin reporting says over a million tons of food have been provided to Germans by the United States and the United Kingdom in the first 32 months of this year to support the German feeding program amid disease and unrest. About 75 percent went to the British occupied zone, with the remainder to US-occupied areas.
Frankfurt dispatch reports U S Military Government official James Newman warning Germans to focus on addressing the food shortage or risk strife and alienation of American aid. He said no work stoppages would be tolerated and warned of potential unrest between city and country residents if shortages persist.
Rome May 6 Vittorio Emanuele Orlando 87 refused an invitation to head a national unity government as Italy faces economic crisis. President De Nicola tapped Francesco Nitti and considered Alcide De Gasperi to lead or support a unity cabinet while trying to curb living costs and revive the economy.
More than 500000 dollars in federal planning funds have been advanced to Arkansas municipalities and agencies for a postwar building program costing over 17000000 dollars. The Federal Works Agency reports 108 projects approved, with plans for airports in Little Rock Fort Smith Pine Bluff and Siloam Springs hospital, dormitories and gymnasiums. Water system projects include Springdale Nettleton Mena Malvern Mountain Home and many others across the state.
Berlin report states Allied investigators are close to completing efforts to uncover Nazi secrets including the flying bomb. FIAT and BIOS will close, with no Allied technical entries into Germany after May 15 and ongoing investigations to end by June 30.
London reports Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin accused the press of hampering the Moscow Big Four talks and press coverage of the conference. He faulted U S media for sensational headlines while urging freer information and nonbinding frank exchanges ahead of key peace decisions.
In White county the strawberry market tumbled from over 10 a crate to 3.50 a crate amid grower refusals to sell below 5. Buyers blamed scant transportation for the drop as new offers of 4 a crate arose and some growers warned of dumping berries to recoup picking costs.
Little Rock announces a new license plate type to be used for three to five years as a state economy measure. Bids for 1948 plates were rejected. contractors will bid on the new plate. If adopted a yearly tab would be added, saving Arkansas about 40 to 50 thousand dollars annually, with current annual plate costs around 89 thousand.
The House Appropriations Committee recommended an eight to eleven percent cut in the 1948 Navy budget, potentially reducing active duty and civilian personnel by about 40,000 and closing some shore establishments. It trimmed requests to 3.135 billion while approving funding for research and aircraft procurement. The panel said the smaller appropriation can keep fleet efficiency and essential naval activities intact. Continued on Page Two.
A Negro attorney who failed his bar exam shot and killed two men and wounded two others on May 16 in the municipal court building area and on a street intersection before being wounded and captured. Ray Devendorf and Pvt. Hubert W. Estes died. Dalzell and Cecil A. Craig were wounded. Williams was under guard at Gallinger Hospital with two bullet wounds.
Kansas City recalling a boyhood street and shopfronts now altered by age, war years, and new owners. The piece names Hammer the shoe man, Ollie Eylar the undertaker, Jim Collins the barber, and a life-long block with 23 children still present, amid urban change and family memories.
Washington report explains how married couples in 10 community property states can split income to lower federal taxes, leaving 38 states taxed higher. Examples contrast Texas and New York filings with $10,000 income, showing $1,178 vs $2,862 tax, and note Congressional bills to extend the break to all states at a cost of about $1 billion annually.
Marvin Altman of Sparks Memorial Hospital Fort Smith was nominated president elect of the 1948 Arkansas State Hospital Association at its 17th annual convention in Little Rock. Moody Moore to be 1947 president. other officers include Tom England Helena. Sister Margaret Mary Warren El Dorado. R. C. Waren Pine Bluff. John Gilbeath Little Rock. Msgr. John J. Healy Ark La. Luther Rock trustee. John Rowand Trinity Hospital delegate to AHA. Al Pollard warned of hospital crisis and push for prepaid insurance and public relations program.
Washington May 16. John L. Lewis and operators who produce three fourths of the nation’s soft coal opened contract talks that may decide if a nationwide mine strike occurs this summer. A six man UMW committee and operator delegates met two hours then recessed until further talks. Ezra Van Horn of Cleveland said he had no statement to release. Details of demands remained undisclosed as talks began after Lewis abandoned broad bargaining and agreed to meet with northern western and southern captive pit operators. Southern pits holding about a fourth of output pressed for separate consideration of their issues.
Wanery negotiators report substantial progress on work jurisdiction during early morning talks to end a Southwestern Company telephone strike. Union general counsel Cotter cites a tentative agreement on jurisdiction while wage and arbitration issues remain unsettled. Sessions to resume later aimed at resolving contractor lets and related duties.
In Lumberton, North Carolina, Mary Ellen Currin Rowland admitted hiring a Black man to shoot her husband, David Miller, as he slept. The gunman, Garland E. Cottrell, a farmhand, remains jailed after failing bond. Miller is seriously wounded but recovering. Rowland faces possible charges while in jail. The case centers on a love triangle involving Rowland and another man, with investigators noting planning for three weeks.
President Truman is weighing Richard F. Allen for admin directing the foreign relief program nearing final congressional approval. Allen, Red Cross vice chairman and native of Craig Missouri, has led foreign operations since 1942 and is favored by Senate Relations Committee members for rapid confirmation.
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