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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1953
Page
4
Bonn reports Konrad Adenauer wins a new four year term as chancellor. He pledges a united effort to liberate East Germany from Soviet influence and to strengthen ties with the West. Coalition talks loom as Bundestag readiness and party alignments shape the new government.
The extended forecast indicates near normal conditions in the south with about four degrees below normal in the north. Normal minimums 0 to 14, normal highs 85 to 90. A slight cool spell is expected Thursday with showers likely on Thursday night. Temperatures will average locally.
Hempstead County PTA invites officers and committee chairs to a September 10 gathering at Fulton School. Registration starts 1 30 with a 1 45 general session led by Mrs Albert Graves. Discussion groups to follow include Program and Parent Education, Membership, Health and Publications, and Officers. Admission is 3130.
Kansas police killed Russell Smith 26, formerly of Tucker man Arkansas, and captured Billy Gore 26 and Dennis Gould 19 after four escapees from Labette County jail drove to a service station in Truman Missouri. Basil Beck 20 remained at large. The men fled from Kansas to Joplin Missouri and Newport Arkansas before the shootout.
Superintendent James H. Jones reports Hope Schools enrollment at 2,869 through noon Tuesday, the second day of school. The gain breaks down to 42 white and 18 Negro students, with white district schools totaling 1,835 and Negro Schools 1,034.
Mrs. M. T. Windsor announces a new dance school at 104 East 7th Street. Classes begin Thursday September 10 with instructional sessions for residents seeking formal dance lessons.
A full scale dispute over the exchange of war prisoners grows as the Communists accuse the Allies of holding back captives and U N Command drafts a memo demanding return or accounting for missing Allied POWs. The list of names, compiled from interviews, broadcasts, lists, and prisoners letters, will be handed to the Reds in Washington with no disclosed date or total. Meanwhile the last troopship returns 207 ex POWs to San Francisco, leaving 16 medical cases to be evacuated.
Two youths seriously injured in a truck collision on Highway 29 Saturday night remain unconscious, Julia Chester Hospital attendants report. Glendon Nichols, driver of the truck, is somewhat steadier but suffers concussion, skull fracture, dislocated and fractured hip. Thomas Moses, Hope youth and car driver, has brain injury, crushed nose and broken legs. Six other injured are not in critical condition.
Halifax Nova Scotia reports the third major hurricane of the season dissipated over the Atlantic after sweeping across the Maritimes. The storm brought 70 to 80 mph winds and heavy rains, caused at least one death, maritime distress, and damage to crops in Nova Scotia's farming belt.
New Hope Cemetery nine miles south of Hope on the Prairies Road will be cleaned Thursday September 10. All interested persons are asked to help.
Joe Steady and his family spent Labor Day on a picnic despite his plan for rest. A reporter from Hometown Daily Paper calls to glean details of the day off. The family details include a slow car, a lake outing, and a $25 speeding ticket.
Nobel laureate Harold C. Urey urged free private enterprise to speed atomic energy development. He cited patent rights and government sale of fuels, comparing atomic progress to the early auto industry and urging easing of the Atomic Energy Act to reduce government monopoly.
The high school band has grown to about 40 new members under Director Thomas Cannon. At a meeting in Cammon Ifell the group called for volunteers to work concession stands at football games and the Stock Show. Proceeds fund the band program with cakes and pills sold at the event. Appreciation was voiced for donations from Dr. Jud Martindale and others including Plunkett Jarrell Co. and Texaco. Parents and auxiliary members are encouraged to participate.
Kenneth H. Tuggle, 49, of Barbourville Kentucky, swore in today as a member of the Palate Commerce Commission. He succeeds in joining the agency, bringing legal experience from Kentucky to the federal body.
A national safety survey reports 541 deaths during the Labor Day period from violence, traffic, and other accidents. Traffic fatalities reached 870, with 67 drowning and 28 fires among the other causes, while officials note the toll is below pre holiday estimates but still tragically high.
Rogers Hornsby, manager of the Cincinnati Redlegs and Hall of Fame figure, was summoned to an inquest into the death of a woman identified as Mrs Geraudette Ann Harris 65 found outside an North Side apartment hotel. Police say she plunged from her third floor unit. a card in her purse named Hornsby and a plaque reading Roger Hornsby the best player of yesterday was found.
A historical note suggests the United Nations headquarters occupies the ground where Nathan Hal was executed as a spy during the Revolutionary era, tying the landmark to a controversial past event.
Washington sources report the Tastey Department seeks dismissal of Arkansas rights case over submerged lands and state ownership versus federal claim. The brief argues Congress acted to settle the matter and references the 1947 Supreme Court ruling on coastal ownership with implications for divided funds and trust proceeds.
Burglars entered McGill's dervies station and store on Mondiyo morning and stole about $160 in cash. Owner Sam Mevill estimated the loss at about $500 total, with $140 from a marble machine and $10 from a cash register. Officers Ware, Sheriff Conk, and Porterfield are investigating.
In Austin at the exit School for the Deaf the new school year opened with a surprise: seven television sets were delivered, marking the school's first. The gift came from American Legion posts and other small groups, amid mixed comments on funding and utility.
A community meeting is scheduled for September 10 at 7:45 p.m. to discuss a local melon situation. Officials from Canal Jransas and surrounding areas will present. The gathering aims to address water and agricultural concerns affecting fruits and vegetables and involves city leaders and extension agents.
Navy officials today outlined a plan for an eight thousand ton atom submarine capable of speeds around 25 to 45 knots submerged. Two experimental submarines, the Navitilus and Seagull, are under construction with launch dates set for early next year and next Tuesday respectively.
A heavy rain in a central Massachusetts town west of Worcester soaked Paxton Avenue and left thousands of frogs scattered afterward. Explanations varied, from buoyant winds of an offshore hurricane to street flooding, but weather officials rejected these theories as residents searched for a simple cause.
A singing school started Monday night at Mope Gospel Tabernacle with Horace Kennedy as instructor. Sessions begin at 7:30 nightly for all ages and run for 12 nights, with the public invited. Also mentioned is a note about Senator Knowland and Formosa events, referencing Quemoy and tensions with the Communist mainland.
A weekly town note details a Thursday meeting to discuss marketing and other watermelon problems amid weak markets. It notes few growers capable of handling big melons, mentions Hope and Heampstead as famed producers facing competition, and cites two farmers who reliably grow the large melons. Also covered are a seven and a half foot alligator gar caught near Allen's Berry weighing 240 pounds, and local notices about Dr. Wayne Lafferty visiting families at Blevins Drug Co. and the Dodge Agency change in Camden with Buddy Sutton and Pappy Pentecost.
The Chief Justice Vinson has died after a heart attack in Washington. Reports say he collapsed at the Sheraton and died shortly after doctors arrived. With his death the Supreme Court is left with seven Democrats and two Republicans, and President Eisenhower may appoint a successor.
DETROIT reports President Truman railing at Ike's stacked deal. He criticizes the Eisenhower administration and warns AFL-CIO audiences that Congress must act to allow the new policy to succeed. He argues past presidents and New Deal echoes shape current tax and budget choices.
Five Labor Day deaths were reported across Arkansas during the weekend. Arkansas State Police had predicted several fatalities. one identified victim was 20 year old Frank Jurris of Scott, Ark, who died from injuries after a Balard County crash while struck by an automobile.
A wary poll woman stands at a Philadelphia intersection keeping watch for unwary motorists. Mrs Ketgham is noted in reports as the local official guiding pedestrians and drivers during the period.
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