Government farm bill moves from price supports to control
A Washington summary outlines a new farm bill that shifts from minimum crop prices to government payments and broader controls. It proposes: guarantee minimum returns for many products, end price-peg targets, and require farmer cooperation with programs affecting all crops. Critics call it political and overreaching, fearing distortions and regional harm.
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Washington
Russia
Stalin
Arkansas
Iowa
Airlift to Continue Indefinitely Washington April 1 1950s
Airlift to Berlin will be kept up indefinitely with supplies by air into the blockaded city. Testimony before the House Armed Services Committee indicates no war is expected this year, though it could occur at any time. The committee discussed funds for a 12 month operation and the air force reported daily costs around 485000 dollars. Secretary of the Army Lyndon Bryant gave the most optimistic outlook, saying a possible war could not occur before 1952 and providing the earliest possible date for a nuclear test.
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Air Free
Berlin Atvutt
Inderititel
Yopair
House
Oppre:ions Committee
Rawkings
Ajiy Lynington
New York
New York City
Man
Manhattan
New Well in Ouachita Completes H W Wesley No 1
Arkansas Fuel Oil Company reports completion of the H. W. Wesley No. 1 well in the Ouachita field. Located in Guaehue county, the well targets Travis Peak sand at 1015-1, with initial casing cemented and expected to post around 100 barrels per day, though no production figures are yet released. The well sits along the R. W. Wesley B 24-15-19 lease.
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GSU
R. W. Wessbn
State to Push Super-Highway and 78 Other Jobs
Little Rock April 9 UP The state highway department prepared to push work on a new eight mile super highway in Eastern Arkansas designated as U S 61 from Marion to the St Francis River. It will connect with Highway 1 and be limited access to keep through traffic clear. The program also includes 37 primary road jobs 13 million, 34 secondary 10 million, two urban projects 1.5 million and contracts on ten road projects totaling 1 499 000 bids were about seven percent below estimates reflecting postwar price trends.
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State Highway Department
Arkansas
Highway Commission
West Memphis
Highway Department
U.S. 61
Marion
St. Francis Tevee
Highway 1
Ross
Department
Commission Ofl
J. C. Baker
Mississippi
Spring Hill Junior Class Play April 13
The Saying Hill Junior Clogs will present its annual play Aunt Cathie's Cat on Wednesday April 13 in the school gym. The cast includes George Raschke Mary Lou Butler Willie Dee Flowers Lona Lee Powell Ezra Anderson Brooks Collins Haltom Clifford Thomas Howard Stevenson Ruthie Nations and Betty Jo Fant.
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Saying Hill Junior Clogs
Aunt Cathie's
George Raschke
Mary Lou Butler
Willie Dee Flowers
Lona Lee Powell
Ezra Anderson
Brooks Collins
Haltom
Clifford Thomas
Howard Stevenson
Ruthie Nations
Betty Jo Fant
Seven States Approve Southern Education Program
Seven Southern state legislatures have approved a regional education program coordinated by a regional council. States joining are Mississippi, South Carolina, North Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, Arkansas, and Tennessee. Five other states plan meetings this year, including Oklahoma, Texas, Maryland, Florida, and Alabama. The program aims to buy graduate and professional school services for white and Negro students in the South.
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Regional Council For Reduration
W. H. McGrathlin
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Alabama
American Association of University Women
MecGimuthlin
Mississippi
South Carolina
North Carolina
Louisiana
Georgia
Arkansas
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Texas
Maryland
Florida
South
Stalin Award Given to Atom Scientist Latyshev
London April 9 UP Russia announced today the Stalin prize of 200000 rubles about 40000 to a Soviet scientist for research into atomic energy. Georgi Latyshev of the Soviet academy of sciences was among 191 Stalin prize recipients in science for 1948. He was cited for experimental researches in physics of the atomic nucleus and related topics including internal conversion of gamma radiation and the radioactivity of beryllium.
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Russia
Radio Moscow
Georgi Dimitrievich Latyshev
Soviet Academy of Sciences
II Gald Latyshev
Moston
Latyshev
Soviet Union
Josef Stalin
Sergei Mikolaievich Verney
Moscow State University
Mikail Alexeyer Lavrentyev
Stalin
Williamson Resigns as Guernsey Negro High Principal
S W Williamson longtime Hempstead County Negro school leader resigns after 14 years as teacher and 66 years as Guernsey Negro High principal. He accepts a new job as principal elsewhere, citing gratitude to the Hempstead County Board for support during his tenure.
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S. W. Williamson
Guernsey
W. Williamson
Hempstead County
Cripps Promises Austerity Amid Socialist Pressure
Britain's chancellor Sir Stafford Cripps presses a tough budget to balance the state while inflation fears persist. He defends austerity to the wary public as election year looms, with higher taxes on the wealthy and limited relief for the working class. Taxation has grown progressive, and death duties reshape the landed gentry as estates sell to fund taxes and tourism rises at royal sites.
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Britain
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House of Commons
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Cripps
England
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Vohioyi Yusit Ponce
Bath
Elizabeth
Mark Apnesley
Saya
Rescue Efforts Mount in Abandoned Well Trapping Kathy Fiscus
In San Marino California rescuers battled time to reach 12 year old Kathy Fiscus wedged 87 feet down an abandoned well. Two drill crews worked to widen a conduit while fire units pumped oxygen and workers shifted debris. Authorities hoped to reach her by morning as crowds watched and family waited.
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Kathy Fiscus
Kathy
Barbara
Ning
Gus’ Alyon
Glen McClung
David H. Fiscus
Atrac
Gus
Mrs. Jfisens
Cind
L. E. Robertson
Kearang
N. d
R. A.” Nicholson
Indianapolis
Ind
Fiscus
California Water and Telephone Co
Daylight Saving Time Schedules and Exceptions Stated
United Press reports millions will move clocks forward to daylight time at 2 a.m. Sunday April 24, with major cities like New York, Boston and Philadelphia adopting the change. Some states and regions remain on standard time including much of the South and several farming areas, while Idaho and Indiana face legal variances. Arizona and several western states also stay on standard time.
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Minnesota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Nevada
Vail Pituhan
California
Seattle
Wash
Arizona
Utah
Montana
Calwarada
Wyoming
Youths Take Headlines in Arkansas
Teen-agers make news in Arkansas with mixed fortunes. In Little River county Ashdown three inmates who escaped jail near Foreman are tracked and face extra charges. Pulaski searches target a 17 year old with ties to Mari es in Jacksonville. Two girls escape from Arkansas Girls Training School near Collegeville after shoplifting arrests. A fatal burn in Magnolia follows a light bulb ignition. Arkansas Future Homemakers and State Choral festival participants highlight a varied youth scene.
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Arkansas
Little River County
Ashdown
Foreman
Tomy Jesler
Thhree
Ivan Burl Dickerson
Jimmy BR. Beasley
Johnny Beasley
Pulaski County
Billy Richard Trahar
Thut Maries
Jacksonville
Fas Ann Griffin
Watson
Pauline Medlock
Fort Smith
Arkansas Girls Training School
Collegeville
Pine Bliff
Billy Jon Leveritt
Magnolia
Arkansas Future Homeimaakers of America
Mas
Idea
Arkan
Aw Litticack
Two Whisky Stills Raided and Five Arrested Near McNab
Officers seized two 50 gallon liquor stills about three miles northeast of McNab. Five men were arrested Carter Smith Lee Debrow Budett Hood Autry Stewart and Clay Junior Johnson. Johnson was exonerated in federal court while the others bound at $590 each. Participation listed includes Allen Shipp Dean Parson Serab Mosii Chas McCleary Tom Bell and Sid Merrick.
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Carter Smith
Lee Debrow
Budett Hood
Autry Stewart
Clay
Junior Johnson
Johnson
Allen Shipp
Dean Parson
Serab Mosii
Chas McCleary
Tom Bell
Sid Merrick
Vet Training Schools Seek More Administrative Funds
Kansas schools with veteran training programs seek a per student allowance to cover administrative costs. They will cite operating expenses to support the request. The plan was discussed yesterday by state education and veterans officials with 100 superintendents in attendance.
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Little Heck
Department of Education and Veterans Administration
Tito says Yugoslavia free to deal with West
Premier Tito told the People’s Front congress in Belgrade that Yugoslavia is independent in economic relations with the West. He accused Soviet bloc leaders of trying to spark civil war and stated Yugoslavia would trade for needed machines while offering what it can in return.
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Tito
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London
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Tanjug
Soviet Union
Telephone Official Speaker at Rotary Meet
M W Wagener of St Louis southwestern Bell discussed highlights of the telephone business at yesterday's Rotary meeting. Guests included B Sway, Henry Gerwike, Keller of Detroit, Kenneth Ambrose of Ada, and Fred Gresham who was taken in as a new member.
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St. Louis
Southwestern Bell
Rotary
B. Sway
Threedelphija
Henry Gerwike
Hot Springs
Keller
Detroit
Mich
Kenneth Ambrose
Ada
Okla
Fred Gresham
Pigeons Offer Quiet Peace Amid Tumult in City Wings
Amid urban turmoil a harsh satire of human stubbornness argues pigeons hold a hidden lesson. The piece imagines future mobility by feathers, contrasts subway disruption with flight, and notes pigeons’ survival as a critique of human chaos in New York.
Game Warden in Doghouse at Home
Fordyce April 9. Game Warden Charles Cannon still in mood with the Arkansas game and fish commission. While patrolling streams to enforce the closed bass season his wife went fishing. Returning home she displayed a fine string of bass and he turned her in, she paid a $10 fine.
Tri Power Plan Aims to Align West in German Settlement
Officials hope a three power pact among the United States Britain and France will bring closer unity and ease tension with Russia over Berlin. The agreement merges Western Germany occupation zones with military control to be dropped as a federal German republic forms. Russia holds Eastern Germany and reaction varies among senators and world leaders.
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Germany
Russia
Tydings
D-Md
Senate Armed Services Committee
Jia
Berlin
U. S
Acheson
Bevin
Schuman
Nabington
Must Win in 1950 Truman Telly Rally
The Democratic rally at Washington’s Mayflower Hotel showcases plans to build a 31,000,600 war chest for the 1950 campaign. President Truman praises the party’s fundraising drive and vows victory in next year’s congressional contest, urging support for a strong financial base to win.
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Mayflower
Truman
McGrath
William M. Boyle, Jr
Wilson W. Wyatt
Louisville
Perle Mesta
Vietory
United States
Jie
U.S. Senate approves Marshall Plan aid in major vote
Washington reports a Senate majority backing another 19 billion dollars in Marshall Plan assistance for Western Europe. House was set to act on authorization as both chambers seek to finish the package. Senators praised the move as essential to peace and rebuilding economies, with final measures anticipated early next week.
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House
Senate
Europe
Rayburn
Massachusetts
Oper
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Pri
Comiunitias
Legisla
PSECA
Paw
Chinese Reds Open Major Offensive Along Yangtze
Reports say Communist armies launched a two hundred mile push along the north bank of the Yangtze opposite Nanking to force surrender as Nationalist peace talks in Peiping resume. The attack targets Jing and Shanghai with heavy action along the river, while plans to drive on Hankow and other Nationalist positions unfold amid a tense stalemate.
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Jing
Shanghai
Chiang Kai
Sile Nanking
I ‘Jen
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Yangtze
Suyuankua
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Ing
Thi
Hankow
Bell Butts
Bell Butts Said: Government Force: Hen Driven’ Out’ of Hueseat
Hanke Hokito
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