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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1949
Page
4
The piece notes a 20 hour delay in East German election returns with a mostly Yes on a Communist ticket, 4 million voting No, and praise for Russian publishing despite the delay. It later discusses Rep Mills proposing a June 30 1950 tax deadline shift to cover a deficit, arguing for peacetime tax alignment and budget restraint.
Marion Edward Parker signs to play C Ban man Swartz in Henry Aldrich comedy What A Life at Hope High School on May 18 at 8 p m. Parker, editor of a Northeastern Arkansas newspaper, leaves Pebble Playhouse duties. Glenn Cothaim stars as Henry Aldrich, praised as a natural for the part and a hit with audiences. Tickets 36 and 61 cents available at 6 p m Thursday at the high school. Group sponsored by Hope High School.
Bondes names Vivian Stead administrative assistant at the Education Commission in Rock May 18. Stead, with six years in the education department, was promoted from supervisor’s teacher certification. Elizabeth Rugher er resigns from the post.
Forecast indicates wet and cloudy conditions this afternoon and tonight with mild temperature changes. Little variation in temperatures expected and no significant rainfall amounts forecast for the period.
City officials approved paving petitions for a local improvement district encompassing East 6th Street, South Walnut Street, East 13th Street, and surrounding blocks, with area boundaries set by Walnut to Walker streets and future additions by commissioners. The council also laid plans for Park and Livestock Association management of Fair Park, set salaries for Toy Hammons and Foy Hammons, discussed milk plant permit applications, a 3 phase power line to a cattle barn, insurance policies with General American, hospitalization contract deliberations, and gravel delivery options in Beverley Hills.
Mrs. E. 8. Alexander announces a pre-school clinic at Hope City Hall on Wednesday May 25 at 9 a.m. The event is a cooperative effort of the Hope Council of Parents and Teachers with the local Medical Society and Hempstead County Health Department. James H. Jones urges parents to prepare children for school with full physical checks, eye ear and dental exams, and vaccines including smallpox now and diphtheria immunization. The clinic targets six-year-olds entering school after January 3, 1959, and Negro school beginners will have a June session.
Fayetteville May 8 A record number of 860 University of Arkansas seniors and graduates will receive degrees at the 75th annual spring commencement in June. Dr Chauncey D Leake executive vice president and dean of University of Texas medical branch Galveston will be commencement speaker. Rev Blake Smith of Austin Texas will deliver the bachelor sermon June 3. Dr Smith is a native of Jasper Arkansas and a graduate of Quachiin college.
Baton Rouge La May 18 A 76 year old man decapitated on railroad tracks behind the state capitol annex was identified by fingerprints as William Henry Lawrence once famed amnesia case featured on We The People. Relatives include sister Mrs Haley of Marion Alabama brother Ben of Tuscaloosa and nephew W H Lawrence of West Palm Beach Florida. Coroner ruled accidental death after a prior hospitalization in Whitfield Mississippi from 1931 to 1938 where he was listed as John Doe.
Two men died in a collision on Highway 27 five miles south of Nashville at about 5 15 p m Harold Tatheree 26 of Mineral Springs drove the car Buddy Gold 39 of Broken Bow Oklahoma was a passenger in the truck driver David Cole 40 of Broken Bow sustained a minor injury Gold died shortly after arrival at Nashville hospital Fatheree and Weldon McLaughlin 20 of Mineral Springs were employed at Narrows dam Maree ksboro and were en route home Investigating officers said the car appears to have sideswiped the curve endangering the truck occupants and two other people were injured Dan Cuter and Weldon McLaughlin were treated for bruises.
Berlin reports accuse Russia of a subtler blockade as East German permits track cargo bound for West Berlin. US officials noted 150 West German trucks held at Helmstedt and the frontier ban on cargo entries, just as four power talks faltered over trade terms and rail cooperation. Western allies seek faster moves using Western locomotives. Russians demand use of their engines.
Yesterday's notice of Baccalaureate services omitted two National Honor Society students Emily Jo Wilson and Betty Jean Murphy.
Mrs. E. M. Davis, 77, died last night at her daughter’s home in Idabel Oklahoma. She was the mother of Mrs. Edd Williams of Hope. Funeral services will be held Thursday in Thebes Illinois.
All boys and girls interested in trying out for the Kiddie Club amates contest are urged to meet tonight at 6:30 at the Hope Youth Center.
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company asked the Arkansas Public Service Commission to approve higher local and long distance rates for 74 exchanges in the state. The request cites earnings under 3 percent on invested capital and outlines needed funds for postwar plant, expansion, and service improvements, noting rate relief is essential to attract investor dollars and maintain public service obligations.
Albert A. Davis, 24, visited the Salt River Valley blood bank and gave his fifth rare negative O donation. After a car strike left him critically injured, doctors used his own blood to save him, highlighting the lifesaving role of blood banks.
Navy official Dan Kimball asserts the F3H-1 carrier based jet can intercept and shoot down the B 36 across its range. He says the single seat twinjet will be able to perform interception and attack, challenging Air Force claims of the bomber's immunity. The remarks come amid Senate- House bickering over long range bombers and defense plans.
The Atomic Energy Commission disclosed a small amount of uranium-245 may be missing at Argonne National Laboratory Chicago from February inventory. Deputy GM Carl Shugg said 25 grams have been recovered from waste at Oak Ridge Tennessee leaving about seven grams unaccounted for, not believed stolen. Continuous analysis continues amid other discrepancies cited.
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr, 34, a lawyer and son of the former governor and president, won the New York 20th district special election with 41,168 votes on three parties. He defeated Tamany Hall backed rival Ishalleck and pledged to serve the district and country. The win signals a potential political future for the Roosevelt name in Albany.
Moscow radio claimed several inventions, stating the naval torpedo was invented in the early 1860s by Alexandrovesky, the tractor in 1785 by Yankomov, and armor plate rolling by Vasili Pyatyo. The report listed other items Moscow had previously attributed to Russians, including electric light, radio, penicillin, and the airplane.
Hans Freistadt, a University of North Carolina student and avowed Communist, told a congressional committee that cutting his $1,600 July 1, 1940 fellowship could trigger similar bias against other radicals. He warned academic freedom hinges on protection of political views, while noting his U.S. loyalty and WWII service. Senator Hoey highlighted the matter as it relates to the AEC spending bill.
Police recovered a stolen car and arrested Lorne W. Funnell of Stratford Ontario after a chase that ended in a wreck at Highways 4 and 67 east of slope. The vehicle, a new 1949 Ford, was reported stolen in Michigan and only lightly damaged.
Frank Noel a renowned photographer recounts the comic tale of Rubinetto the dog. The Rome based couple faced costly fines and tedious red tape to obtain canine licenses and travel documents. They describe months of forms stamps and photos, comparing the challenge to photographing King Farouk. They left the dog behind in Rome when a nationwide bank strike blocked cashing papers for travel.
Washington reports J. McCloy, former World Bank president, takes on the role of U S Commissioner to Germany during the postwar shift from military to civilian control. He succeeds Eugene Black as World Bank head and will oversee Allied governance as zones are reorganized.
A car crash near Pine Bluff, Arkansas, killed Miss Wanda Thompsonson, a young girl, and injured two others. The automobile reportedly overturned four times after May 18, with hospital treatment beginning early today. Police and medical staff listed multiple injuries and internal damage as causes in the incident reported from Buff Hospital.
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