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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1949
Page
3
In Worth Texas Oak Knoll area neighbors identified the victims as Mrs Richard G Finch about 43 Penelope Finch 3 and Allen Finch 7 the children. Mrs Walker the grandmother was also named. Neighbor Mrs T C Hukill found the bodies when she checked on the children.
Community groups schedule midweek activities across Prescott on October 12 13 and 14. The Prescott Musical Coterie meets at Mrs 5 B Gee's home. First Christian church hosts Calling Campaign. Nazarene church holds prayer service. First Baptist conducts teachers meeting prayer meeting and choir rehearsal. Bridge club plans a Thursday gathering. PT A shifts to October 13 with membership drive and prize structure. guests at Brookshaven enjoy a covered dish luncheon. Presbyterian Men’s Club marks its third anniversary with cake and coffee.
President Truman’s aide Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan hosts a high priced tribute at the 400 restaurant. Guests praise Vaughan for coordinating veterans affairs while critics in Washington pursue inquiries on influence peddling. A jet wall photo of Washington inspires the toast. A veteran leader presents Vaughan a leather gift case as neighbors note the grandmother’s Florida arrival.
Coach R. J. Torrence drills Yerger to rebound from a 25 0 loss to Texarkana as the Yerger Tigers face Booker Washington of Idabel in their first home game at Hammons Stadium with advance tickets on sale at Stewart's Jewelry Lewis' Grocery Rainbow Cafe Calvin Place Fick's Funeral Home Royal Cleaners and Jack's News Stand.
Sam Westberry 21 confessed stabbing his mother Mrs. Gladys Hannah 45 to death with a hunting knife after learning she was his birth mother. He told police he slipped into her Springfield apartment and stabbed her as she spoke on the telephone. Westberry, a Navy veteran with a medical discharge, was held as authorities prepared to charge him with murder. Foster family members recalled his good behavior before his naval service and note a change after discharge. The case centers on a long hidden kinship and the motive linked to resentment over adoption and a request to endorse insurance policies.
Berlin reports Moscow will recognize the East German government in the Soviet occupation zone replacing military rule with a civilian control commission and a Russian high commissioner. Western allies branded the move as an artificial creation while Chuikov pledged full Soviet support and preparations for a formal sovereignty transfer.
A 60 year old Nehru, Kashmiri Brahmin, educated in England, Cambridge and London, rises as a leading Indian figure shaping Asia and world unity. His Washington visit with President Truman is seen as pivotal for future U S India relations as India grows to play a dominant role in the Orient.
An old advertisement promotes Lavoptik eye bath to relieve burning inflammation soreness and tired eyes caused by irritants. Claims 30 years of success with a money back guarantee and an eye cup included. Available at druggists.
The article traces Nehru’s early life as Gandhi’s disciple, his several imprisonments totaling about three years, and his path to becoming India’s first prime minister after independence. It notes his socialist leaning, mixed economy view, and push for closer Asiatic cooperation, alongside a brief line on the Army Air Forces’ founding in 1907.
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