Notes on Graves visit and Baltic plane incident
A desk note recounts Graves from Nashville visiting Prescott, with mention of Murfreesboro lake and Nevada News. The piece then shifts to U S Navy evidence from a Baltic life raft, accusing Russian ships of shooting down a patrol plane. The U S demands punishment and indemnity for 10 lost Americans, warning of possible war or severed Moscow relations. The column also comments on Europe’s balance of power and London’s budget unwrap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott
Graves
Nashville
Louis Graves
Nashville News
Murfreesboro
Hope
Archie
Cecil Johnson
Nevada News
United States Navy
Baltic
United States
Russia
Moscow
Asia
Europe
Germany
Balkans
Kremlin
Faces Charge He Sought to Murder 16
Police said they will seek a complaint today charging 34 year old John H Grant with attempting to murder 16 persons aboard an airliner when a crude gasoline bomb was found in luggage before takeoff. Det Logsdon said Grant admitted plotting to kill his family to collect 25000 insurance to pay debts and that an illegitimate child in New York added to his debts. He cited a paternity order of ten dollars weekly and claimed no payments in two years. A second woman, Betty Suomela, 31, an airline stewardess, was described as someone he had been stringing along and lying to repeatedly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Ageles
John H. Grant
Grant
Ned G. Logsdon Seid Grant
Jack Gouldstone
New York
California
Betty Suomela
Hope City Council conducts routine session in City Hall
The Hope City Council held a regular meeting Tuesday night with Mayor Lyle Brown, City Clerk, and aldermen present. Discussions covered promoting low rent federal housing, cleaning the Feeders Supply site, transferring armory property to Arkansas, disposing of boiler at Airport Building 205, and first reading of Ordinance 651 on sewer revenue bonds with rules suspended for second reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope City Council
Lyle Brown
Charles F. Reynergon
H.E. Cain
Joe Jones
H. B. Barr
Dale Jones
George Peck
Dorsey McRae, Jr
Frank Douglas
Webb Lascher
Mantle
Texarkana
Real Estate Board
Dr. Sims
Feeders Supply Company
Sims
City of Hope
State of
Arkansas
Dorsey McRae
Airport Committee
Nope
Arkansas Forecast Returns to Clear, Cooler Thursday
Weather update shows cloudy conditions over Arkansas with showers in the southeast this afternoon, followed by clearing tonight. Tomorrow, Thursday, expected to be fair and drier across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
600 Mph Jet Bomber Tops Army List
Washington reports the air force lists a 600 mph jet bomber as its top buying priority, favoring the 4B-S7 Stratojet from Boeing produced in Wichita. Despite higher speed, its range trails the B-36, with official combat radius over 5,000 miles for the older bomber, while the Stratojet exceeds 1,000 miles. Efforts include engine upgrades and an experimental B-47 with four more powerful engines to widen range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
Boeing Aircraft Company
Wichita
E. P. Young House Robbed of 155 Dollars
The E. P. Young residence at 1616 South Main Street was entered last night and robbed of 155 dollars in cash by a sneak thief. A wallet was taken and Mrs. Young's pause noted. Police are investigating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Young
South Main Street
Mr. Young
Mrs. Young
Moving Mountain Rumors Stir Ozarks Crosses County
Residents of Crosses report a quarter mile section of a mountain southeast face slowly moving with popping noises while trees and power poles tilt and a road curves wildly. State Geologist calls it a simple landslide though locals insist evidence shows movement and earth shifts at the Ozarks scene near Fayetteville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Madison County
Little Ozarks
Crosses
Harold Foxhall
Floyd Carl
Northwest Artkansas Times
Carl
E. H. Looney
Ozarks Electric Co-Operative
U S Engineers Kill Millwood Dam Project
The board of engineers for rivers and harbors recommended substituting several smaller upstream reservoirs for the authorized Millwood reservoir on the Red River and its tributaries in Arkansas Louisiana Texas and Oklahoma. The report cites advisability of modifying federal projects to aid navigation flood control and related benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Board of Engineers For Rivers and Harbors
Millwood
Red River
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Third Sex Scandal Shocks Indiana Town of Decatur
A grand jury meets in Decatur Indiana amid a sex scandal involving teenage girls. Two girls aged 13 and 14 implicated nearly twenty men and other youths. Three men Robert Tonnellier 30 Frank Sardella 24 and James Everett 23 face statutory rape charges. Authorities say parties with alcohol and sexual activity prompted the probe after parental complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ind
Indiana
Adams County
Marrish
Robert Shraluka
Robert Tonnellier
Frank Sardella
James Everett
Pleasant Mills
Arkansas Liability Insurance Rates Cut Ordered
Arkansas insurance officials ordered reductions in liability insurance premiums across several types. Bodily injury liability rates fall up to 33 1 3 percent, based on recommendations from the National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters, per Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Herbert Graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas
Arkansas Insurance
Herbert Graves
National Bureau of Casualty and Surety
Verger Teachers Present Program at Church Tonight
Verger School System teachers plan a program at Bee Bee Memorial Church tonight with a sermon by Rev. J. W. Aler. The event, scheduled for Wednesday evening, showcases local educators and community leaders in a church gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bee Bee Memorial Co. M. E
J. W. Aler
Weather Behind Colds, Doctor Says Not Virus Driven
Boston reports Dr. William J. Kerr of San Francisco and UC medical school asserts colds arise from weather and noninfectious factors. He cites laboratory work and notes dusts, gases, emotions, and nasal cooling from temperature changes as main causes, while influenza and similar diseases damage the nose. He links cold weather to increased susceptibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
American College of Physicians
William J. Kerr
San Francisco
University of California School of Medicine
Kerr
Four Boys Drown After Leap From Runaway Barge
Four boys aged 12 to 14 drowned near St Louis after leaping into the Mississippi River when a grain barge they were on broke loose and drifted about 100 feet from shore. Only one boy, James Husgen, 13, survived by grabbing a rope. Police suspect the youths tampered with moorings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Mississippi River
James Husgen
Lee Crabtree
Husgen
Crabtree
Dovenstresm
Edward Johnson
John
Albert Molt
Eugene Duerst
Baby Contest 8 Friday at City Hall
The eighth baby contest and a talent variety show will be held at 8 p.m. Friday in Hope City Hall. Mayor Lyle Brown will present winners at the program start. Parents are urged to bring babies for awards. Admission is 10 and 25 cents. Loving cups for winners are on display at Stewart's Jewelry. Contest closes at 5 p.m. Friday. public voting ends then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope City Hall
Lyle, Brown
Stewart's
Rat Control Program to Be Studied in Hope
Health officer Waller Sims and the Hope Chamber of Commerce plan a rodent control program. Robert B. Deen, district Agent of rodent control for the U S Interior Department, will visit Hope next week to help formulate the plan. Deen operates from the State College of Mississippi and oversees programs in several southern states. Details will be announced once plans are completed as part of Mayor Lyle Brown’s broader clean-up initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Or. Waller Sims
Chamber of Commerce
Robert B. Deen
U. S. Department of Interior
Hope
Deen
State College
Mississippi
Lyle, Brown
Arkansas Governor McMath Rejects Truman Aid for Term
Governor McMath declared he would not accept federal assistance from the Truman administration in his bid for a second term. National Democratic headquarters called McMath during his morning news conference in Little Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley Pershing
Little Rock
McMath
Truman
Arkansas
National Democratic
MecMath
Mail Delivery to Be Cut to Once Daily
Washington reports show postmasters nationwide ordered a one daily mail delivery for homes with earlier window closures and other cost cuts aimed at cutting the postal deficit. Senator Wiley denounced the move as outrageous and warned it would burden five million taxpayers while urging rescission and faster action by Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasington
Wiley
Wis
Donaldson
Congress
Government Reorganization Commission
Hoover
Congressional
Washington
Jesse M. Donaldson
Hope Enters Statewide City Contest
Hope's Chamber of Commerce entered a statewide contest sponsored by the State Chamber of Commerce Resources and Development Commission and Arkansas Power and Light Co. Winners in three population groups will receive 800, 500, and 200 dollars for civic improvements with judging covering February 1, 1950 to January 31, 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Hope
Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber of Commerce, Resources and Development Commission
Arkansas Power & Light Co
Arkansas
Spring Hill Senior Play Friday Night A Ghost Business
The Spring Hill Senior Class presents This Ghost Business, Friday April 21 at 8 p.m. in the high school gym. Cast features George Rasthkre, Howard Stevenson, Ora Lynn Tarpley, Mary Lou Buller, Brooks Collins, Eura Anderson, U. K. Haltom, Ruthie Nations, Lona Lee Powell, Clifford Thom. Directed by Mrs. Lester Souter. Admission 25 and 35 cents. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rasthkre
Howard Stevenson
Ora Lynn Tarpley
Mary Lou Buller
Brooks Collins
Eura Anderson
U. K. Haltom
Ruthie Nations
Lona Lee Powell
Clifford Thomas
State Witnesses in Maxwell Trial Go to Jury Late
In the Maxwell murder trial state witnesses testified late and the all white jury was completed around 11 a.m. The principal witness was the DeAnn housewife who identified Maxwell and described his coercive actions. Other witnesses testified about the crime scene and conditions surrounding the assault while defense questioning was minimal. The trial follows a prior conviction and death sentence overturned by the Arkansas Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell
Witnses
Herman Maxwell
Hempstead Néagro
DeAnn
Arkansas Supreme Court
Walter Sims
Anthony Dixon
Loyd
Joe
Morton
Stett
Max DeAnn
Gondi
Gandy
Homer
Ysanié
Bishes
Eugene Ward
Tom Wardlaw
Luther Higgagon
Herbert Raley
Henry Curtis
Jack Lowe
Cline Pranks
Vernon
Nursing Course at City Hall This Week in Hope
Mrs. Eva Mae Lewis of Structor In practical nursing conducts daily sessions at Hope City Hall through Friday April 21. The course runs 9 to 11 a.m. and 3 to 5 p.m. and is open to anyone interested in practical nursing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Eva Mae Lewis
Hope
Hope City Hall
Wichita Windsor as royal baby name sparks prose portrait
Hal Boyle playfully imagines Princess Elizabeth naming her next child Wichita Windsor. He muses on royal primogeniture, the limits of a prince’s path, and contrasts hoped for royal fate with America’s democratic opportunities. He suggests a plain, bold name could free the child’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Ufi
Elizabeth
Britain
Buckingham Palace
George
Edward
John
Wichita Windsor
Great Britain
Hess
England
United States
Mississippi
New York City
California
Minos
Hollywood
America
Duke of
Fragmentary note on Taipei governor and arrival
Disjointed OCR fragment references Taipei authorities, a governor figure, and an arrival noted yesterday. Details are unreadable, but imply official or political context without clear events or dates.
James T. West for representative post and other filings
Fragmentary OCR listing names and positions for local offices including James T. West for representative post 3 Harry Hawthorne for clerk W Son Tones for justice of the peace township O O Brint for justice of the peace Spring Hill F Ay Sewell for justice of peace Fujito
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. West
Harry’ Hawthorne
W. (Son
Prescott
Bryant
J He
Justice of the Peace Township
Brint
Spring Hill
F. Ay Sewell
Fujito
Mond Meeting at Local Club Lists School Leaders
A fragmented note shows a meeting of another club where the principal, chairman, and several officers were elected or discussed. It lists President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Band Director with names partially legible, plus mentions a Thursday school meeting. The messy text records a student band topic and upcoming gathering.
Also Mentioned on This Page
London
Ozarks
U.S
Kill Millwood Dam
Grandpa
Lester Souter
Baltic Sea
Vishinsky
Kirk
State Department
Taipei
Chen Chi-tahg
Nationalis
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!