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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1949
Page
4
Cornbread Aristocrat previews in Washington town tale
The piece reviews Claud Garner’s forthcoming novel Combread Aristocrat set in 1820 to 1860 Washington Arkansas Texas. It notes Garner’s prior success Wetback and explains copyright quirks with a film titled Wetback. The fanfare anchors in regional history and postwar Confederate themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chad
Claud Garner
Creative Age Press
New York
Garner
Washington
Weatherford
Texas
Coward McCann
Garber
Claud
Washington Tavern
Arkansas
Milk Case in Progress in Hope City Court
In Hempstead Chancery Court the plaintiff rests its case in a suit challenging a Hope City Ordinance governing milk sales. Bill McClendon, a Borden's milk distributor, argues that certain bissection fees are prohibitive to selling milk locally, and the city is expected to present its defense this afternoon as a likely completion looms, though Judge Steel's ruling may be delayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead Chancery Court
Hope
Bill McClendon
Borden
Kely
Steel
State to Examine Records of Federal Agencies
Attorney General Murry gains permission to audit books of two absorbed federal agencies under the Partners Home administration. The inquiry targets assets estimated at 2.5 million and potential recoveries near 6 million, seeking to verify Arkansas receives full benefits from past programs and assess long dormant losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
the Mury
Ben
Murry
Agenelee Belangs
Millgrey
Arkavisas Senate
Aproval
Arkansas
Arkansas Weather Forecast Clotdy and Warmer Later
Fragmented local weather forecast for Arkansas notes cloudy conditions this afternoon and tonight with a warm trend expected later. Names and exact times are unclear due to OCR errors but indicate a regional forecast update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Clotdy
Thurstiy Jai
Voters approve school tax hikes in most areas
In Arkansas a record share of districts voted to raise property tax millages for education, with 198 districts approving increases and at least 34 voting against. Statewide, about 22 percent of districts will hike rates, adding roughly $1 million to operating funds for 1949-50 and 1950-51, while some districts issued bonds for construction. Governor McMath and Education Commissioner Bonds touted the results amid opposition from the Arkansas Public Expenditures Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Bell
Little Rock
Arkansas
Associated Press
Pope County Disticts
Quachita
Cummen
Carroll, Clay
Hot Spring
Montgomery
Nevals
Poinsett
Sharp
van Buren
Witte
Yes
State Edcation Department
Serioul
Pursin
Cross County
Arkandas
A. B. Bonds, Jr
McMath
Comission Inn
Arkansas Public Expenditures Council
Assassinatis
Hot Springs
Wirkan
Fayetteville
Magnolia
North Little Rockesate
Blytheville
Augusta
Jonesare
Hempstead voters approve tax increase in school funding drive
In Hempstead, voters narrowly supported a 26 mill school tax hike while Pathios Spring Hill and Guernsey also backed 27 mill measures. Chester Ma Kotte and others secured seats as majorities favored revenue increases in a contested election. Dorsey McRae and Lori Wils won long-term terms amid a single clear contest in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heumpstead School
Hishiels Yysterday
Evesegl
Washingtoo
Guernsey
Pathios
Spring Hill
Chester Ma
Olbur
Selva
Hape Bisney PA
Dorsey McRae
Lope
Wils
Bowie
Nevada Schools Vote Mill Licrease Fortunes of Oxy Whelan
Vague and garbled OCR recounts Nevada school decisions and local officials. Names and places are unclear, but mentions votes and dates, with scattered references to districts, committees, and opponents. The fragmentary text implies a plebiscite or budget measure affecting mill rates and school funding.
Cool Air From Canada Chills Parts of Midwest
A cool air mass from north central Canada chilled the Midwest with many areas dipping below freezing in the eastern Dakotas and Minnesota as it moved south toward the Ohio valley. Frost was forecast tonight, while elsewhere the country enjoyed generally fair weather and near normal temperatures. Grand Forks reported 25 above, Portland set a Northwest record high of 91, and rain or storms affected the North Atlantic states, Ohio valley, plateau, and Pacific Coast regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Canada
Midwest
Dakotas
Minnesota
Ohio Valley
Mercury
Grand Forks
N. C
Weather Bureau
Far Northwest
Portland
Ore
North Atlantic States
Ohio River Valley
Platteau and
Pacific Coast States
Arkansas site eyed for atomic plant after Truman talk
Washington reports Rep. Trimble of Arkansas says he was encouraged by President Truman’s remarks on a potential atomic energy plant in Northwestern Arkansas. He cited hydroelectric dams on the White and Buffalo rivers and urged continued railroad and dam construction to support a plant, naming Beavers, Gilbert, Lone Rock, Norfolk, Bull Shoals and Table Rock projects in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Rep
Trimble
D-Ark
Arkansas
Aransas
White River
Missions and Arkansas Railroad
Harrison
Ark
Joplin
Kensett
District Army Engineers
Beavers Dam
Gilbert
Lone Rock
Buffalo River
Norfolk
Bull Shoals
Table Rock
Yugoslavia Expels Hungarian Diplomats in Tense Rift
Belgrade orders nine Hungarian diplomats to depart amid widening rift with Tito's regime. Hungary earlier expelled ten Yugoslav officials in Budapest. The moves follow charges linked to a Russian-backed plot and relate to Yugoslavia cutting wire deliveries and tensions with the Cominform bloc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
VPI
Marshal Tito
Hungary
Budapest
Tanjig
Brigg
Meshwille
Marshal Tlein
Russia
Cominform
Communist International Ifformation Bureau
Yugoslav
Tito
Romania
Yuga L
Edward Karde
United Nations Assembly
New York
London
United States
Britain
Carlier
Legation
Drage Jovanovic
Fol
Luselo Rajk
Assaciates
West Allies propose devaluing West German mark in Germany
Bonn reported the three western allies proposed lowering the exchange value of the West German mark from 30 to 23.8 cents. German leaders urged a meeting with the American British and French high commissioners as Adenauer noted final authority rests with the allies under the occupation statute. The move follows the pound devaluation and earlier German suggestions of 22.5 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
Germany
West German
Imstesad
Konrad Adenauer
Republic
Adenauer
Baber Child Not Stricken by Polio After Test
Thomas M. Baber four year old son of Mr and Mrs William Baber was tested in Little Rock yesterday after a sudden illness. Doctors announced he does not have polio, easing fears of the family who rushed him to the hospital yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickie Reiddl
Dickie
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Reidel
Mot Springs
Thomas M. Baber
William ‘I
Additional Non-Union Mines Open in Western Pa
Pittsburgh dispatch reports more nonunion miners returned to western Pennsylvania pits amid the United Mine Workers strike. State police observed armed guards and pickets as about 250 additional diggers joined 1,350 workers across 40 mines in Clearfield County. Despite the revival, operators say output remains a trickle, with most coal for local use and small Pittsburgh plants. Talks were slated with Southern operators at Bluefield and with northern and western operators at White Sulphur Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Ept
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
Clearfield County
Cna
John L. Lewis
Clearfield
Northern
White Sulphiy Springs
Radio to Yield to Television, Says Du Mont in 10-20 Years
Passaic New Jersey report outlines Dr. Allen B. Du Mont forecast that video and color television remain 10 to 20 years off. He notes FCC hearings on color systems and predicts rapid industry growth with hundreds of millions in revenue as TV expands while radio remains secondary in major markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Passaic
N. J
Ailen B. du Mont
Federal Communications Commission
PCC
du Mont
CBS
NCA
Hill
FCC
Advange GC
DuMont
Amy Awa Buss
Dust Paterson
Aries
Mayle du Mont
Churchill Urges End to Socialist Regime in Debate
London Sept 20 Winton Churchill urged Parliament to dissolve the Labour government elected in 1945. He warned of grave times amid atomic bomb anxieties, Britain's financial crisis, and party strife, calling for a new House of Commons to restore prosperity. He cited high taxes, rising spending, and asset depletion as failures of the current administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Winton Churchill
Parliarqent
Chm
Mons
Ceater
Churchill
Britain
Russia
Alllee
Tyardison
Attlee
Lahorites
Eabineti
Tomarrialy
Chareluil
Food Price Rise Pushes Cost of Living Higher
Prices edged up between mid July and mid August, with the consumer price index at 166.8 percent of the 1935-39 average. Food costs rose, while house furnishings and clothing fell. Overall food prices reached 202.6 percent of the 1935-39 baseline, still 49 percent above the June 1946 level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hnigner Fed
Bureau of Lawor Statistics
BUS
Bes Sad
Fond Peices
Liel
Levil
High Court to Rule on Cash Funds Suit
The Supreme Court preparation centers on a cash funds dispute involving the University of Arkansas law school. Justice Griffin Smith indicated no plan for a delay as a ruling approaches next Monday. details center on injunctions and university funding practices tied to state appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Court
Ewan Avlahsis Supreme Court
Griffin Smith
University of Arkansas
University
Huy
James Glysan
Display Stallion At Building Gagged Guards
A disrupted scene described a drai ning stallion displayed inside a building as authorities investigated a break in. The report notes a motorist and police involvement with hints of a gagged Navy presence and a suspect linked to the event.
Washington steel talks stall as strike set
Widespread reports from Pittsburgh indicate no consensus as federal mediators announce talks with U S Steel and United Steel workers union chiefs Philip Murray and John Stephens. A tentative plan to cut payroll costs and insurance deductions would hit about 170 001 workers with pay envelopes reflecting the changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
John Stephens
United’ Steel
U. Joffer
Ruman
Hom Murray
Stephen
Sessior
Stephens
U.S. Steel Ina
Tari
Murray
Nationalists Ready to Clash With Russia
Nationalist China accuses the Soviet Union of guiding the Chinese Communist offensive as the UN faces charges of breaching the 1945 friendship pact and UN charter provisions. Tsiang seeks a full assembly to press the case while Nationalists report setbacks at Chihing and Namyang north of Canton and claim counteroffensives aim to retake these towns and defend Amoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Soviet Russia
United Nations
Canton
Russia
Eost
Britain
Tsiang
U. N
Calon
Chihing
Namyang
Man escapes from deep piling hole during drilling incident
A workman fell 24 feet into a piling hole at a Baptist church construction site on Main Street. C H Burns lowered to the bottom in a special harness, gas rendered him unconscious for about 40 minutes, but he recovered using cold water and smelling salts. No injuries were reported as the Kell Bottom Foundation Co. of Shreveport conducted the drilling with safeguards in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Star
Dirs
Baptist
Saith Main
C. H. Burns
Jie
Kell Bottom Foundation Company
Shreveport
City Moves to Widen 12th Street and Extend Utilities
City Council approved a resolution to widen 12th Street by 16 feet, connecting South Main to South Walnut, across land owned by Miss Lillie Middlebroghes. The plan includes drainage and utility works with contracts for 6 inch and 2 inch pipe and related street improvements. A street protection project along Penns Avenue and other proposed lines were considered with varied estimated costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ope
Main
Tom Pneelty
Butdebil Park
Yale
Legion
Penns] Avenue
Shover Street
Union Chapel
Wyss U Fpcomrol Wild & Wish of & Dime
Confederate veteran events loom in Little Rock gathering
In Little Rock on September 1 the annual meetings of the Confederate veterans, the Stars and Bars, and the Confederate Memorial Association approach. Veterans anticipate a heavy day as they ride in cars along the route once marched by President Davis and reflect on losses since the Civil War. Charleston and Biloxi are mentioned in bids and regional ties as preparations proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Little Rock
United Confederate V Veterans
Willam M. Beard
Westfield
N. J
Sons of Confederate Veterans
New England
Africa
North
Tto
Charleston
Biloxi
Miss
Segicin
Isouthern
Eracy
Jefferson Davis
de Olers
Gray
Veterans — the of Confederate Veterans
Ederate Memorial
U. S
Confederate Veterans
Van
Fire council hears on cause of recent deaths or incidents
Borough council hears about fire related events and responses over the past three months. Hartsgrove notes delays in alarm response and supply lines, while residents seek clarity on causal factors and safety measures. The meeting discusses how the affairs unfolded and what actions are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartsgrove
Renee
Hartsgrove- Adds
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Dau
Laem
Prescott
Vos
Atom
Baber
Hal Boyle
Sept
Federal
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