28 Oct 1948
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1948
Page
1
Shhesboro residents recount a farmer named Smith and his wife achieving a remarkable cotton haul on one farm day. Smith reportedly gathered 635 pounds with a single day best 623 pounds, while his wife added 405 pounds. Total reportedly 1040 pounds earning about 9.50 per hundredweight, yielding roughly 9.40.
Arkansas students vote in a campus poll showing President Truman as a narrow first choice over Dewey Wallace and Thomas. The tally lists Truman 464, Thurmond 401, Dewey 372, with Norman Thomas and others also mentioned. The survey reflects student opinion at the University of Arkansas amid national politics.
Fragmentary text notes the Negeb sector in southern areas as desert today but once rated in ancient times, suggesting historical shifts in landscape and settlement across the region.
A belated clipping reports that a woman who shot her husband faced charges that were dismissed. The case involved the husband, a nightclub operator, and a Beltane consultant. The record notes no further action and leaves open how the court ruled on related matters.
Jack Kramer is named top netman of the year in a list of standout players. The article notes his national rankings in the United States and highlights peers such as Mew Varin and Ooi, with mentions of other recognized players from across cities and clubs.
Oscar Williams of Little Rock is re elected president of the Arkansas Foxhunters Association. The re election followed a business meeting held after the foxhunt near Smackover. Officers named include Pobe Watson first vice president Tam Maghter Crazy Fen vice president and Walter B Morris secretary treasurer.
Service across the city returned to normal after the longest surface transportation strike in New York history. About 90 transport workers returned to work and operations resumed on Third Avenue and Broadway transit routes after union leadership and coalition influence.
The author of How to Commit Murder and Get Away With It was convicted of second degree robbery after stealing $200 in cash and $4,000 in jewelry from a department store. This marks his fourth felony, potentially life imprisonment, as jurors weighed the verdict.
Navy Day talks in San Diego featured Rear Admiral Parsons, a former atomic bomb project director and current head of atomic defense, arguing the bomb is overrated as a potential sneak attack on the United States. He warned such an attack would be a major threat yet cautioned against overestimation of its impact.
El Dorado October 2 Lion Oil Company released nine month results showing net earnings of 8.438 million dollars and earnings per share of 7.21, up from 4.856 million and 4.15 per share a year earlier. Crude oil production rose 26.2 percent to 3.725 million barrels as drilling and exploration grew 21.6 percent. Refinery runs for nine months reached 3.9 barrels a day? plus a 30.4 percent rise in refinery throughput. The chemical division operated at capacity with a nine percent gain over the prior year.
Harding College in Searcy hosts the annual Arkansas Association of Collegiate Registrars convention Friday night. Speakers include Laney J. Roberts of the College of the Ozarks C Blackburn from the State Department of Education Brien F Allbright chief of registration and research at the Veterans Administration and Harding College president Dr George Benson.
Market reports from National Stockyards show hogs 10,500 head uneven with mixed weights and prices around 1.00 lower on light weights, calves and cattle steady to firm with some small lots and varied weights. Grain, feed, and poultry sections note weak butter and eggs, with mixed grain futures, while the New York market turns broadly lower on profit taking and distant export concerns.
Stalin accuses United States and Britain of blocking Berlin agreement. He cites a Moscow August 30 accord on lifting transport restrictions and the Soviet zone German mark, while Western officials deny any Berlin deal. Paris talks yield no confirmed four power pact solution.
Fragmented OCR text shows references to political motivation and trials involving German officials and Wehrmacht leaders. Names such as Generalissina Fyanes and Otto Woehler appear amid mentions of conspirators, orders, and punishment. The piece notes a nine hundredth trial and an alleged poll mixed with court proceedings in a Colorado-like context.
President Truman campaigned through Massachusetts and Rhode Island urging voters to back a Democratic Congress to curb high living costs and expand housing and Social Security. He attacked the 80th Congress, praised liberty and democracy, and warned that Republicans would defeat progress. He spoke in Boston Providence and planned a Madison Square Garden rally after urging a national turnout.
Wild turkeys roost in trees but nest on the ground and, being semi aquatic, are strong swimmers. They enjoy wading through swamps and wetlands in their habitat.
Field Marshal Wilhelm Von Leeb was found guilty of crimes against civilians. Field Marshals Von Kuechler and Hoth were convicted of carrying out orders for the summary execution of Communist commissars. The court’s 330 page judgment condemned crimes against civilians as horrific. Gen Johanns Blaskowitz, 64, committed suicide as the trial opened.
An orphaned fragment notes Shanghai comics and overseas deliveries amid rapid sidewalk vendor growth. It hints at paid content imported abroad and delivery methods possibly via postal routes, with mention of outlawed means while remaining in use.
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