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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1949
Page
4
Oct 20 report details a three stickup and payroll robbery at a circus. State troopers aided by county officers searched backroads and highways in a rugged mountain section for a black Jeep used by the robbers. Ally Miller, owner, and his wife were robbed. three men took three diamond rings.
Dorothy Dix answers questions on whether college education helps marriage and on handling a philandering wife. She argues education broadens a wife’s outlook, yet notes statistics sometimes show no link to marriage. Advice covers money, mothers’ control, and whether to forgive a wife who seeks admiration outside the marriage.
A Kansas City man admits starting a fatal rooming house fire, saying he set a lit match in a rubbish box to escape poverty. He claims his landlady and three employed girls influenced him, and he seeks marriage funds in the eight page statement.
Arkansas Public Service Commission hears testimony on amending Fort Smith area interurban permit. Witnesses praise personal service, door wakeups, mail contracts, and friendly drivers while rivals argue current service suffices. The hearing follows a fire incident and notes a driver’s past arrests.
General Omar Bradley blasted the Navy for accepting joint chiefs decisions under the unification law. He urged the armed services to stop bickering and focus on national defense, warning that continued grievances threaten public confidence. He also defended commander roles and called for retractions of Navy insinuations.
A teenager, twin son of Mr and Mrs Merle Martin, was struck by a car near his Pine Bluff Arsenal home and died en route to a Memphis hospital. Earlier in the week ten people died in traffic accidents, including two by self-inflicted harm, another in a house fire, and one by drowning.
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