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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1949
Page
2
A dated reminiscence weaves personal income tax struggles with postwar reforms, wartime exemptions, and presidential budgets. The writer recalls tax battles, refunds, and a life in journalism linking Truman era debates to a Chicago newsroom past with vivid anecdotes about reporters, fires, and city life.
Prescott area clubs and churches posted a busy slate of meetings and social events. The O. I. 5 held a Tuesday session at the Masonic Hall to elect officers for the coming year, while the Prescott Division of Practical Nurses met at Mrs Le Roy Phillips home. Chamber of Commerce board gatherings and midweek church services were scheduled, with Kiwanis and various women’s groups hosting Halloween parties and bridge clubs. Local residents attended football games, visits, and community programs, with notes on polio cases and neighborhood happenings.
Mrs. F G Bruginet hosted the 47 Bridge club at her home on Thursday afternoon with three tables, dainty sandwiches, and a prize won by Mrs. Dark Robey. The club members present included Mrs Rochey Mrs E R Ward and Mrs J V the pier.
Police hunt four armed bandits who abducted bookmaker Ralph Gault from his Lake Vista home last night, escaping with 17450 in cash and jewelry. Charles Buls was wounded in the arm and robbed of 200 as he walked into the Gall home. Detectives say suspects knew where cash was kept and fled toward a rumored betting ring linked to Gall and Quisson. Bookmaking is described as legal in St Bernard Parish.
Clow Training School at F. A. Church held its first annual Achievement Day with eleven members exhibiting. Veterans Enoch and others presented farm products judged by T. E. Smith and Orene Cole with prizes awarded by EB. R. Brown and remarks by local officials. Winners included Jethro White first Jewel Graves second and George Walker third among eleven exhibitors. prizes donated by local merchants and Nashville News.
Cleveland November 1 United Electrical Workers a CIO left wing faction today said it would withhold further dues to the CIO as a first step toward ouster. UE President Albert J Fitzgerald said the next move lies with CIO leader Philip Murray amid charges of raiding union busting and red baiting hypocrisy. The statement signals a sharp intra-labor clash likely to quicken.
Beebe November 1 A two day search for an escaped Arizona prisoner ended with the capture of a patient from the Forty Roots Veterans hospital in North Little Rock. A lookout identified Jack Truny, 36, from a picture. The posse trapped Cireonw Laws at a farm near Beebe. Lawson had fled the hospital last Thursday after escaping from jail in Phoenix on Oct 22.
In Little Rock on November 1, reports say Governor McMath will appoint 34 year old Pulaski county prosecutor Dunaway to succeed Justice Frank G. Smith on the Arkansas Supreme Court. A Little Rock attorney John B.H. Costes would replace Dunaway as prosecutor. announcement delayed by Dunaway’s mother’s death.
Approximately 374000 members were targeted by constitutional changes approved last night to enable action by the CIO convention today or tomorrow. The move signals a major restructuring effort within the union, with leaders forecasting pivotal decisions at the upcoming gathering.
Mrs Carleton S Madley begins shopping for a trousseau while her fiancé vice president Alben Barkley travels to Washington Pa for a speaking engagement ahead of their November 18 wedding. The couple announced their engagement Sunday night and asked President Truman to attend the simple ceremony.
The article notes appointments to succeed Smith with terms until December 31 and describes restrictions on the appointee Trem seeking election. It references Dunaway, Columbia graduate, who practiced law in Little Rock, served in the state legislature, and was elected prosecuting attorney in 1846 and again in 1948.
At a Di rect Advertising association meeting a young friend proposed courting the girl by a daily offer for three days. On the fifth day she married the mailman in Philadelphia.
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