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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1949
Page
3
A Chrysler presentation describes a new six cylinder royal station wagon with a mahogany look, leather-like upholstery and a unique tailgate design. The vehicle features a lockable tailgate, a rear seating arrangement, and a long loading space when rear seats are folded.
The report shows the United States provided billions in gifts and grants since the war, with $5,169,000,000 listed for one nation and Britain receiving about $63,000,000 in a later year. Credits and credits-like payments extended to multiple countries, totaling over $13,260,000,000 in postwar aid up to July and highlighting the scale of international assistance.
A joint CIO negotiating council meeting of United Electrical workers considered a 45 day strike against Westinghouse and General Electric over a $500 annual fringe benefits package. The talks stalled after months of deadlock, affecting over 200,000 employees nationwide. The session was closed to reporters.
A fragment notes four years and large figures, including 304 1100 000 and 208 00 000 in 1B. of It in 1940, indicating substantial funding or expenditures referenced in the era’s budget context.
More than 400 separate elections will be held in Arkansas tomorrow in 423 school districts. Voters will decide directors, tax rates, and bond issues. some districts seek substantial mill increases, with a record 22 million dollars in new taxes and bonds anticipated. Governor McMath predicts millage increases will pass and notes schools could use more revenue.
A 19 year old woman named Madelyn Schubert attempted suicide by leaping from the top of a six story downtown Miami hotel while a crowd watched. She claimed her father was a prisoner held by Russians in Germany and had recently lived in Berlin since childhood. Hotel staff and witnesses described her as despondent over her father’s plight and inability to secure a job, with authorities treating the event as a hospital observation.
Home demonstration agent Loi raing Blackwood warns that ordinary 115 volt circuits can be deadly. She urges regular inspections for broken insulators, frayed insulation, loose wires, and defective outlets, and notes to discard or repair damaged appliances immediately.
Radio listings for September 27 in New York feature NBC and CBS schedules. Highlights include dramas with John and Molly, Bob Hope, Dick Haymes, Mr and Mrs North, Town Meeting in Tokyo, and travel and romance programs across NBC ABC and CBS with morning, afternoon, and evening slots.
National St Louis at Pittsburgh Chicago at Cincinnati and other night games listed. Final scores: Boston 7 New York 6. Montreal leads Buffalo 3-1 in the International League playoff. Nashville defeats Mobile 5-4 in the Southern Association.
Nashville, Sept 27 The Nashville Vols win the Southern Association playoff 5-4 over Mobile in 11 innings. Ay Joe Damato scores from second on a grounder in the bottom of the 11th after Tookie Gilbert drives a line drive down the first base line and Charlie Lameritts misplays the ball. The rally in the ninth by Mobile had tied the score at 4-4, but Damato’s dash home gave Nashville the win and the right to face the Texas League playoff winner in the Dixie Series. Tulsa and Fort Worth meet in a decisive game of the Texas League title.
Yugoslav Foreign Minister Edvard Kardelj charged Russia with every kind of pressure including armed demonstrations to force Tito's bow to Moscow. He urged peaceful methods and spoke directly to the Soviets in their own language. Soviet Deputy Minister Andrei Vishinsky listened attentively, taking notes during the speech.
Prescott articles list weekly church activities gatherings and social notes. Readers learn of junior music club meeting at Martha Ann Mitchells home, mid week services at First Baptist and Central Baptist churches, choir practice at First Presbyterian, local visits to Little Rock, and a Main Street Get Together potluck with plans for a December Christmas party.
Washington reports a swift settlement on an overseas arms program amid fears of Soviet atomic tests. A Senate House conference trimmed the program to about 1.315 billion dollars, aligning with Senate totals while allocating aid to North Atlantic nations, Greece, Turkey, and Asia-Pacific regions.
In Aredia California a college instructor killed himself and a 23 year old student. Walter H Griffith 45 a language professor at John Muir College Pasadena and Donald Otto Magneson 23 were found in the professor a home yesterday. Griffith said he was disturbed by news of Russia s atom bomb.
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