Chiang Kai-shek Faces Civil War as China Rests on Faith
The piece reflects on Chiang Kai-shek’s 21-year rule and reliance on faith despite inflation and military strains. It questions American aid impact, cites his promise to defend key areas, and contemplates possible outcomes including a divided China or a Communist state in Manchuria. The analysis notes the belief that defeating communism alone may not settle China’s political life.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Ching
Danterday
Pttiitc
National Assembly
Nan- T
Het Chiang
Generaliss Inio
U. S
America
Polli Tate
Generalissi I Nanking
China
Lang
Manchuria
Chiang
Snake Fight At Oklahoma Hunt Ends In Bites And Delays
A rattlesnake hunt in Gypsum hills near Okeene attracts 2006 hunters while two professional handlers Arthur Jones and George Short entertain 5000 spectators. Short was bitten on the hand and venom was drawn as delays in anti venom caused shortages. Jones was bitten later, a teen football player fainted at the sight. Snakes were captured and stored by the Okeene Chamber of Commerce for sale and zoo trade.
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Okeene
Olda
Arthur Jones
Carlsbad
N. M
Oklahoma City
George Short
Young Short
Short
Jones
Okeen
Don Geis
State Board Allows $318,584 in 1947 48 Arkansas Claims
Lithke Rock April 13 report notes the State Fiscal Control Board allowed claims totaling $318,583 97 against the state for the 1947 48 fiscal year.
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Lithke Rock
State Fiscal Control Board
Pushbutton War Is Illusion in Harold Forrestal Hearing
Comptroller report notes disputed sums while Forrestal told the House Armed Services Committee that a pushbutton war remains an illusion and that total warfare rests on manpower. He urged prompt action on universal military training and draft, saying UMT could halt the draft once forces reach a safe level. He outlined short and long term manpower plans with specific force growth totals.
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John i . Truemper
Washington
Forrestal
Con
House Armed Services Committee
Truman
U. S
China
Russia
Army
Navy
Air Force
Osceola appoints Marc as coach at high school
Osceola high school names Charles Marc as basketball and football line coach with Frank Sanders announcing Rube Royce will become head coach and athletic director. Rotary District 136 election in Fort Smith unopposed for Charles H. Cross of Fayetteville.
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Osceola
Charles
Marc of Joiner
Osceola High School
iFrank Sanders
Ruben Royce
Fort Smith
Charles H. Cross
Fayetteville
Rotary International
Arkansas
Missouri
Kansas
Crash
Ralph ©. Meloy
Claremore
Okla
Francis H. Mussel
U. S. State Department
Office of Public Affairs
United Nations Organization
Russell
Peta
Snake prize winners at regional hunting event attract crowds
A visiting Californian Ray Barnum of Yucaipa caught a western diamondback weighing 19 pounds and 66 inches long. His party, including nephews Jack Reames Murrill and Kenneth Reames, captured 68 snakes and earned $78 in prizes amid hunters from 16 states.
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Ray Barnum
Yucaipa
Jack, Murrill
Kenneth Reames
California
Maine
Move Started in Senate to Scrap UN Move Started in Senate to Scrap UN
A bipartisan group of 17 senators launches a plan to scrap the United Nations for a new world peace framework led by Senator Harmer Ferguson. The proposal seeks to veto no direct military questions, reallocate global arms quotas, and form a limited world police force with the US Britain and Russia dominating a revised Security Council. The plan, supported by notable Republicans and Democrats, faces opposition from Secretary of State Marshall and Senate leaders, and advocates argue for major UN charter revision from within.
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Washington
United Nations
George C. Marshall
Senate
Arthur H. Sen
Homer Ferguson
Mich
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Harmer Ferguson
Reform
Ferguson
Pasage
Truman
Congress
United States
Britain
Russia
Security Council
France
China
U. S
Ely Culverston
International Bridge Authority
Marshall
Vandenberg
World Organization
Ferguson and Sons
George Aiken
Rainn E. Flanders
Vermont
Charles W. Tobey
N. H
Raymond E. Baldwin
Conn
Herbert R
K.conor
Harry F. Byrd
Tving
Miss
Homer Capchart
William Jenner
Indiana
Western Powers Move To Unify Western Germany
Washington reports that the United States Britain and France will proceed with plans to unify western Germany and may set up a separate political regime. A three power London meeting will outline Germanys future as the Cold War tensions rise over the Bogota crisis and the Italian election.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Germany
London
Soviet Union
Europe
Bogota
Russia
Berlin
British in Tribute to F. D. Roosevelt statue unveiled in Grosvenor Square
In London a 10 foot 30 inch bronze Roosevelt statue was unveiled in Grosvenor Square funded by at least 200000 Britons. Eleanor Roosevelt presided as King George VI and Churchill attended. The memorial honors Franklin D Roosevelt and the four freedoms while citizens from pilots to shepherds donated and joined a 15000 strong crowd amid a war era tribute.
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London
Britain
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Grosvenor Square
America
Eisenhower Platz
No. 20
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
George VI
Churchill
U. S
Lewis W. Douglas
House of Commons
Kentucky Wing on Road Building Early State Efforts
Kentucky led in direct road construction with a state highway department as early as 1821, noted by the Encyclopedia Britannica. The claim places Kentucky at the forefront of state involvement in road building during the early period of American infrastructure.
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Stte
Ikentucky
Briilannied
Calotabs Calomel Tablets Advertised For Spring Fever
An old advertisement hawks Calotabs Calomel tablets as a remedy for spring fatigue and constipation. It claims the product makes colomel taking pleasant and complete with no need for follow up pills, urging use for sprivy fever and biliousness while following label directions.
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Little Rock
W. P. Ball
Dale Cunningham
Sebastain County
Cunningham
Mena
Glenwood
E. D. Edwards Ford Agency
Hot Springs
Heber Springs
Obra Martin
Martin
Lucille Martin
Gene P. Houston
Houston
Cleburne County
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Ralph B. Sonus
Republican State Committee
Chainheun Gsro Cobb
Trutman
Cobb
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Little Bersk
Little Reek
Laney
Washes
Hope Hardware Company
Hope, Ark
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Uhra
F. D. Roosevelt
Ltoe
Lancashire Wamsn
Kentucky
Bemberg
Penney
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