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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1949
Page
4
A frayed column mixes wartime misadventure with humor and weather lore. A returning American soldier jokes about self defense in Japan, while coffee price panic and a coffee hoard are mocked as foolish. The piece ends with musings on weather's effect on paper and stamps, and a self aware note about column risks.
Officers investigated a reported disturbance at Kelly's Cafe on the Hempstead Nevada County line in Emmett. Sheriff officials were unavailable for comment and Prosecuting Attorney James H. Pilkinton indicated a broader investigation across two counties was being considered.
The Clow Chapter of the New Farmers of America held a manual election at Clow farming school on November 7, 1949. Officers elected include junior president Azo Scoggins, junior James Gumble, senior reporter Leon Whitmore, and other posts with names such as Barnell Saimpson and Anney B White. The new officers will attend the Peach Blossom Federation fall meeting in Athovica, Nevada County, at Rosston school, on November 13 beginning at 10 a.m.
Weather bulletin for Arkansas calls for cloudy afternoon and night with a chance of showers. Skies remain overcast through Saturday with unsettled conditions and possible light rain as a cold front moves in.
Clarence F. Byrns told a Hempstead County Balance Farming banquet crowd in Hope High School that America’s future rests on soil, water, and people. He warned productive land is shrinking while population grows, urging adoption of scientific farming and irrigation. He cited Texas and Kansas as examples of resilient land use and warned of national decline if resources are not managed. The speech pointed to diversifying farms and applying research to raise yields.
Homecoming festivities at Yorger High School close with the Queen Contest. The event raised about 844.91 dollars, with final standings and sponsor details listed in the financial report. Participants include Lavather West, Myrtle Yergey, Gloria J. Hi, Wanda FP Woods, and Mary Andrews, among others.
Salt Lake City report says a bus driver, Max Maxwell, unknowingly raced with a stork after Navajo passengers asked to stop for sheep skins. Later, the mother, Mrs. John Padilla of Crown Point, New Mexico, said she felt well and continued the trip after doctors at Salt Lake General Hospital pronounced her fit.
Washington reports that 1950 crop production estimates reduced harvest time, easing rigid controls for corn and wheat. Wheat quotas unlikely. corn appears below quota trigger after revised projections. Southern crops already under quotas. rice quota under consideration but may be unnecessary due to lower rice harvest. Next decisions await December crop report. Midwestern farmers will face planting allotments for 1951 with price support eligibility tied to compliance. Quotas demand five sixths voting approval and penalize overages.
Washington November 11 Julius Krug resigns as Secretary of the Interior effective December 2. He is said to pursue private business with Undersecretary Oscar Littleton Chapman tipped as his successor. The move follows reported tensions between Krug and President Truman. Chapman and Agriculture Secretary Brannan are bothDenver natives.
H B Gilbert of Ross Reads community on Washington Rt 1 reported an experiment with song-staple cotton. He sold a 513-pound bale to Tom Kinser Cotton Co. for just over 50 cents per pound, likely the first 3 cent option since the 1920s, and he saved the seed to plant more next year.
HAL BOYLE curates Armistice Day reflections from past thinkers and leaders. The piece links the 31 year old anniversary to ongoing war questions, presenting a collage of quotes from Jesus Christ to Napoleon and Seneca, highlighting themes of war, peace, and civilization.
Dr T T Rosas director of the Arkansas Health Department said polio cases have fallen sharply in recent weeks as cold weather arrives. Since January 1 at least 950 people have been stricken, compared with 134 through the same period in 1948, and 44 lives have been lost this year.
Henry M. Blackmer, aged 80, returned from 25 years abroad and pleaded guilty to tax evasion, receiving a $20,000 fine in Denver after funds frozen since 1942 totaling $40,000,000 were unfrozen by the government. The release notes U.S. assets included 7,115,000 in treasury notes, 263,000 in cash, and several million in municipal bonds.
Montgomery, Nov 11. Capt Crommelin, a vocal critic of Pentagon policies, urged Americans to monitor armed forces administration as a patriotic duty. Returning to duty after suspension, he addressed an American Legion meeting in Montgomery, stressing citizens’ role as the final check on state affairs. Admiral Sherman supported granting Crommelin leave for the engagement.
A loaded seed truck and a seven passenger car collided near Marion Missouri yesterday killing three men. James Bentley 36 Joseph Johnson 35 and Sam Washington of Memphis Tennessee died at the scene or in hospital. Lilly Sunmong also of Memphis was listed in critical condition. The truck driver Albert N of Oscouln was injured and hospitalized.
Henry Bostleman a 44 year old ex convict deemed a leading burglar and safecracker was to be arraigned in St Louis for a 441 195 jewel theft staged in Richmond Virginia last February FBI and local detectives arrested him as he arrived at his upscale apartment Also taken into custody in Kansas City earlier this month were two men and a woman Gerald B Norvis FBI said Bostleman faces interstate transportation charges and is linked to numerous burglaries department store holdups and barn robberies Police search continues for loot Bostleman may have brought to St Louis
Nav 11 says Lungrande pins for construction of four armories in greater Little Rock announced by Cal Hugh Coin Arkansas military district executive. Plans include a 10-unit armory at Capitol Grounds a five-unit building for organized reserve at Little Rock Junior College a five-unit in North Little Rock and a two-unit in Little Rock for Negroes. Office and salvage space provided. program in planning stage with current appropriations permitting a maximum of two armories in the near future.
Report notes Kenneth Sinyard purchases a registered Jersey from Hope Arkansas. The record mentions registration at the National Animal registry and references Jersey stock and livestock authorities in Columbus Ohio and nearby states. The garbled text limits precise names and dates but centers on a registered Jersey purchase and official registration.
Foresters from Ma Kistant and Bates will be in southwest Arkansas November 14 to 19 to observe methods. They will meet with Camden Chichester and Bhan of Pacis tan and Minnie Hoy at Merry. J Suik Cynveryadon Sya Yee Turegtor will accompany them.
Farmers in Hempstead County will elect committee men and delegates to county PMA for 1950. Voters must be owners, operators, tenants or sharecroppers on qualifying farms, with elections held Nov 15 to Dec 1 by mail or at local polling places. The county PMA chairman emphasizes strong farmer participation supports the committee system for national farm programs.
Paisley sixth graders guided by Mrs. Hatch visited Hope Municipal Airport as a culmination of a geography unit. They learned about parachute packing, dusters and sprayers, plane maneuvers, and the radio tower, and saw planes that crashed on the Mississippi levee.
Jesse J. Brown of Hope Ark purchases a registered Jersey from Belle's Astor Lad, bred by Joseph J. Bleu of Walde. Jerseys are registered with The American Jersey Cattle Club in Columbus Ohio, which has kept complete records in the United States since 1863.
The AP reports the costly steel strike could end today with a settlement seen as likely. The 42 day walkout has idled about 100000 workers, with 27000 more expected to lose work in two weeks as companies curtail production until steel stocks are replenished. The dispute involves CIO United Steelworkers and U.S. Steel leaders meeting in Pittsburgh to discuss pension and insurance terms, while unions press wage policy. Many plants nationwide have begun layoffs across auto, electrical, and appliance sectors, with Detroit area Chrysler and Willys-Overland to pare thousands more jobs. Nash Motors amid plant shutdowns. Pontiac division of GM to idle workers.
Nov 11 report: eight men killed and several injured when a cotton truck bound for Continental collided with a semi trailer on Highway 17 east of Gila Bend Arizona. Victims were Los Angeles area recruits. Charlie Davis 39 of Los Angeles Negro driver identified among dead. Accounts vary on sequence with Myers, bus driver behind, describing Davis attempting to pass a slow truck. Several injured in critical condition, others in fair condition. motive and exact action remain disputed.
In Bogota on November 14, President Mariano Ospi Perez expanded state power, imposing a siege and setting a 24 year maximum for violators. He also required three fourths Senate approval for constitutional rulings, aiming to curtail liberal opposition. Censorship surged as media faced shutdowns and editors used poetry to protest. Military courts targeted those accused of crimes against health, economy, and public order, while liberals held secret meetings seeking resistance to dictatorship.
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