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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1947
Page
1
Wartime controls roll back as down payments and terms return to sellers. The piece notes cash declines and demand driving a broader U.S. industrial revival, with more consumer goods and potential price benefits. It contrasts Installment buying with free cash and cites broader economic implications.
A 40 ton panel truck arrived in Hope for 770 dollars tires priced from 30.50 to 55.50. Highlights include "Woat Prige Glory" with Vicar McLag gen and Edmund Lowe, Texarkana youth Clarence King winning the Carnegie hero medal, Bulman Shipp & Newham touted as Hope's largest furniture store, Arkansas had 125 telephone companies, Buster Rear don noted as top film comedian, Mrs C C Spragins hosting a bridge party with Mrs G Frank Miles as high scorer.
National Labor Relations Board begins reviewing hundreds of union compliance filings under the Taft-Hartley non-Communist provisions. United Mine Workers and CIO Steelworkers miss the deadline, facing possible dismissal of cases and loss of NLRB services. CIO United Auto Workers submits papers at the last moment amid ongoing legal challenges to the act’s authority.
Washington reports the Fish and Wildlife Service complains fashion trends are gutting feathers from birds for hats and other trim. Officials warn about identifying legal plumes such as egret and exposing counterfeit aigrette feathers.
Hope celebrated homecoming with a decisive 28 to 7 victory over Hot Springs Trojans. Early fumbles by Hot Springs set up two Hope touchdowns, then a 21–0 halftime lead. Hot Springs rallied in the third with its lone score, but Hope answered in the final stanza as Sutton Huddleston and Ray powered the line. Interceptions by Hope stifled Hot Springs’ passing attack and Reed and Brill made key plays on defense and offense.
Pasadena scientists warn atomic radiation from Japan bombs may cause inheritable defects in humans for a millennium. Dr. Ernest G. Anderson links corn mutations in a Bikini atoll study to potential recessive gene changes in Japan, suggesting deformities could emerge in future generations. Continuous experiments with corn show mutations appearing in the second generation, not the first.
The Hope Chamber of Commerce nominating committee will mail ballots listing 25 names for 12 board seats for a rotating term. Top vote getters determine three, two, and one year terms. officers to be elected by the nominating group. Ballots due by 2 p.m. November 12 at the Chamber office. Names include Basil York Herbert Burns Aubrey Albritton Kenneth Hamilton R.T. White Hamilton Hanegan Roy Anderson Vincent Foster Earl O Neal Gen. Peck Warren Gunter Bill Gentry James Pilkinton F C Crow Lyle Brown Roy McDowell C W Tarpley Harry Hawerst horne Dewey Babar Lloyd Spencer C C Spragins Geo W Robison Miss Beryl Henry Ralph Lehman Howard Byers.
Reds release four Brazilian diplomats and five dependents after a week in the national hotel. They seek early exit via air to Stockholm or Helsinki, with rail options to Helsinki. Foreign office says exit visas available and routes to be decided. Diplomatic staff had been held as hostages after Brazil cut relations with the Soviet Union. Tass notes improvement in Rio embassy attacks subsiding. Chilean and Czech representatives remain free in Moscow amid unclear departures.
St. Louis November 1. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company reports net income of 2,913,959 for the quarter ended September 30, down from 4,594,879 in the prior year period. Dividends totaled 3,250,000 versus 4,117,500. The annual rate of return on average plant cost was 2.58 percent for Q3 1947, down from 4.37 percent in 1946.
Boston dispatch reports two more men seized in connection with payroll holdups totaling near $140000. Cambridge police nabbed suspects and recovered over $2000 in new bills matching those used in the robberies at Hyde Park and South Boston plants. The trio includes George E. Hayes, 30, an escaped inmate from Charlestown prison, plus Patrick Patsy Farina, 34, a Brighton barber, charged with armed robbery and believed driver of the getaway car. Farina pleaded innocent at arraignment and remained jailed on $50000 bail for a November 12 hearing.
Attorney General Clark said the Justice Department’s inquiry into speculation on commodity exchanges will be concluded soon. He noted focus on Chicago Kansas City and Minneapolis grain markets and said if law violations are found the evidence will go to a grand jury. Otherwise a report to the president or Congress will address bad practices. Clark and Labor Secretary Schwellenbach called the cabinet session brief and uneventful.
An English woman, Helen Frahees Green Hagen, aged 21, wed Barney Hagen of Billings Montana by proxy in Mexico in 1946. She was taken from New York by immigration officials after her visa expired before Oct. 21, as she attempted a fleeting view of New York before returning to England. Hagen was unable to wave goodbye at La Guardia as guards separated them. The couple had long corresponded and appealed unsuccessfully to permit her entry to the United States. the case was referred to acting Immigration Commissioner Shoemaker in Philadelphia.
Bonds to finance construction of men’s and women’s dormitories were sold by the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees. Par value $400,000, sold to W. KR Stephens Investment Company and W. J. Raney and Sons of Little Rock at par plus 3 percent. Organization of Student Exchange, Inc. on campus was approved to operate a student financed store using a campus building.
A strong earthquake shock was recorded today on Fordham University’s seismograph near New York. Rev Joseph J Lynch S J, a seismologist, reported first shock at 1 19 22 a m EST and second at 1 24 08 a m EST. Estimated epicenter about 10 600 miles from New York, likely in Timor Sea west of Australia.
New York reports Halloween anniversary attempt to contact Harry Houdini ends without sign. Magician Joseph Dunninger leads Waiting for Houdini committee in a secret Manhattan office as buzzer, scales, and chalk board fail to reveal any message. A $10 000 reward awaits anyone who deciphers 10 hidden words, yet no one has come close after 18 years.
Hartford reports an unidentified youth visited the local social security office. He demanded the salary of his girlfriend to verify if she earns enough to marry. He tore up his social security card and left vowing to avoid taxes, offering no plan to evade the 1 percent tax on payroll.
AP analyst Describes post division tensions between India and Pakistan with communal clashes, displacement, and the Kashmir crisis. notes that tribal invasion, royal ruler's appeal for aid, and possible accidental clashes risk full-blown war between the dominions as officials plan talks to defuse the threat.
A Coast Guard air craft wreckage near Tangas Mountain in Alaska revealed the crash was terrific. Seventeen or eighteen bodies were recovered yesterday as search efforts continued from Seattle.
An announcement by Mrs Prichard invites schoolchildren to enroll in the American Junior Red Cross starting November. A 50 cent enrollment fee per group of 100 students funds local and national Red Cross work, aiding overseas relief and comfort missions.
Belgrade reports indicate United Press dispatches were sent from Yugoslavia, mentioning four men and a militia. Details are unclear with incomplete wording and missing context, leaving the action and motive unspecified.
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