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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1949
Page
7
In a psychiatric ward a nurse reports a man outside asking if any male inmates have escaped with his wife. The doctor questions the claim as the scene hints at a mix up or distraction surrounding an inmate and a missing spouse.
Berlin reports that Eastern Germanys 12,024,221 valid votes against communism may force Moscow to rethink plans at the Paris Four Power talks. The election showed one third voting against the Communists, signaling a blow to Soviet aims and possible withdrawal of occupation forces.
Amid wartime pressure and Allied talks, about 4,080,272 people reportedly voted no against a Communist rule. The result suggests a solid bloc of West Germans oppose communism, even under Soviet and Germanist spying fears, with roughly one third dissenting under occupation.
Fort Worth floodwaters receded revealing a seventh victim and a crippled drinking water supply. Ninety flood injuries left about 13,000 homeless as searchers found John B. Fawks near Forest Park animal cages. The region's three day toll included 14 deaths and 138 injuries across Texas and Oklahoma, with tornadoes in Amarillo and Meeker, Oklahoma, and storms causing widespread damage.
A dense list of program times and hosts, including Gabriel Heatter, Fulton Lewis, Bill Henry, Tom Mix, and Kate Smith. Features news blocks, music shows, dances, and special programs across morning and evening slots.
Radio schedules for New York feature NBC CBS ABC and MBS offers mixing comedy drama and quiz shows. Notables include Henry Aldrich Burns and Allen Dorothy Lamour and Van Johnson in Bride Goes Wild plus FBI in Peace and War and Mr Keen Tracing. Friday adds Hour of Specials and Breakfast in Hollywood with multiple hosts.
A sailor greets his wife with a wry line about home being the best place, while she quips that home is the only place open at that hour. The brief exchange captures a wartime era humor about late hours and domestic life.
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