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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1949
Page
7
Four psychiatrists in New York concluded that Howard Unruh the Camden veteran who killed 18 people did not go mad because of war service. They cited persecution fears and possible world salvation delusions but said military training does not create homicidal urges in civilian life.
Portland, Sept. 7 UP Howard Unruh described as a cool quiet Bible reading soldier with a passion for guns by his wartime sergeant Norman E. Koehn of Portland points to a picture of Unruh who killed 13 persons in Camden New Jersey yesterday in a booklet.
The Arkansas Council on Children and Youth urged Gov. Sid McMath to appoint a well qualified colored person to head the Arkansas Negro Boys Industrial School. The report notes the move follows the governor’s mixed board approach used at the girls training school. It also suggests selling or renting part of the farm to fund rehabilitation programs and criticizes past administrations for judging success by budget size rather than citizen outcomes.
Shirley May France a 17 year old from Somerset Massachusetts plans another attempt to swim the English Channel after a 10 to 12 hour bid ended with her pulled from the water. She spoke of cold waves and grease washing from her shoulders, hoping for a future try within a year or two as she heads home for the Somerset school term.
King William II of Britain faces church ire for selling or keeping church offices empty to divert revenue. The practice, condemned by clergy, underscores royal fiscal and political conflicts in medieval England.
Koehn recalls Private Unruh of the 84th Armored Field Artillery Battalion as intelligent and cool. He wrote long letters from Italy and France, loved guns, and read the Bible. His marksman skill saved him from danger, and he once faced a bear in an Austrian crater, narrowly escaping with proper counter sign.
Westbrook Pegler notes a $200,000 suit by Paul Draper and Larry Adler against Mrs. John T. McCullough of Greenwich, Conn. over benefiting a Greenwich Community Concerts event. He portrays Draper and Adler as pro Communists and lists organizations they support, citing costs and public fund-raising for McCullough's defense while defending civil rights to express political beliefs.
Washington reports the steel factfinding board will deliver its recommendations by Saturday to President Truman as the deadline nears for a settlement of the steel wage dispute. The CIO Steel Workers unit demands an eight percent increase and threatens a strike if no agreement is reached. The White House plans the board to brief the president Friday afternoon and release a public report Sunday morning.
Washington on September 7 reports Gen Dwight D Eisenhower spoke in a manner suggesting a bid for the 1952 Republican presidential nomination. Senators Ives and Sparkman weigh in that his name could be nominated and oppose Truman remains uncertain. Eisenhower’s St Louis speech echoes middle of the road Republicans wary of a welfare state while opposing federal aid to education and steering away from Mark Hanna’s era.
Cotton picking is well underway in Arkansas as Mexican and other transient workers arrive, easing labor concerns. Weevil damage persists on top crops and bollworm damage is reported in scattered areas. Early variety harvests progress with many driers operating and good yields noted amid favorable weather. weekly average temperature was 75 degrees.
Vice President Alben W. Barkley pursued widow Mrs. Carleton Hadley in St Louis drawing reporters and waiters into a scuffle at a nightclub. Barkley said the private life of courting should not be intruded as he planned a Springfield event to unveil a Franklin bust, with Hadley reportedly not accompanying him.
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