Arkansas Fires Spur State and Lumber Firm Drive
A lengthy article cites Arkansas state government and lumber companies spending hundreds of thousands yearly to educate the public on forest fires. It notes widespread spring burning by farmers and other causes such as campers and motorists. The piece also touches on historic attitudes and wider regional tensions influencing perceptions of fire and land use.
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Arkansas
Wrest Lang
Lang
Southurn
Kirk Named New Ambassador to Moscow
President announced Alan G. Kirk will serve as ambassador to Moscow after leaving his post in Belgium. He previously headed the Luxembourg mission and served in the Navy during World War II, with strong Western European ties shaping his diplomatic career.
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Washington
Alan G. Kirk
Mogzeow
Kirk
Belgium
Luxembourg
Moscow
Walter Bedell Smith
Trent Pecously
Tale
First Army
New York
White House
Writteansthuite
Kirke
Birk
Duateee
Tasiladelphia
Regal Peeldene
Connecticut
Vayval Academy
Diy
Balgium
Eralione
Sicily
United States
Atlante le Hie
AMD Wticurys
Neyel Phavus
Chimnellias
Fraser
Vudu Tog Laity
Embourg
Arya
Iba
Red River Valley officials oppose Western power plan
The Red River Valley association in Shreveport Louisiana on April 20 urged creation of a multi state power program to sell electricity via utilities at consumer savings. Delegates from Louisiana Arkansas Texas and Oklahoma backed multipurpose dams and flood control while opposing an Arkansas White River basin commission. The group supported load control above Millwood dam site and entrusted engineer decisions on flood dam locations. F F Webb of Lucas Louisiana elected president. statewide officers from Arkansas Texas and Oklahoma named.
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Shreveport
Red River Valley Association
Southwestern Power Administration
TVA
Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas White River Basin
Little River
Millwood
Army Engineers
F. F. Webb
Lucas
Homer H
Alexandria
U S Urged to Strip Secrecy From Arms Plan
Senate peers press for public disclosure of the arms for Europe program. Secret details, costs around 1.25 billion in year one, and the treaty context are under debate as Acheson plans to present a confidential report to the Foreign Relations Committee.
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Don Whiteheal Washington
Senate
North Atlantic Security Alliance
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations
Acheson
Foreign Relations Committee
Morse
R-Ore
State Department and Foreign Relations Committee
Senates
Congress
Ferguson
R-Mieh
Malone
R-New
Publica
George 1Gad
Taft
Wherry RoNel
Connally
Tetian
Baseball Chief Topic at Weekly Kiwanis Meet
Kiwanis members discussed youth baseball programs and benefits for the nation’s youths. The meeting highlighted the American Legion dunjar baseball effort and the newly formed Morehunts team with several local figures named in attendance.
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Jin Liai Grosse
Iain Jane Luschall
Verukta Kiwanis Elu
Hivet Wesleeds
Mid
Rubertean
Atdevican Legion Dunjar
Aner Wie Tacning Morehunts
Clarence Brench
Lite! Hawk
AG. Posiuk
Toxtatkuca
Dick Bow
Smith
Pla
Lewis Af Kiupey
Missouri Firm Low Bidder on Lafayette Red River Work
New Orleans April 20 Missouris T Utley Construction Company of Cape Girardeau Mo is low bidder for Red River levee work in Lafayette county Arkansas The proposal submitted yesterday was 40125 10 for adding 248000 cubic yards of semi connected earthwork to the existing levee
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New Orleans
T. Utley Construction Company
Cape Girardeau
Red River
Lafayette County
Ark
Experimental Smog Leaves 90 Persons in Donora and Webster
Donora and Webster face a third day of government smog tests after more than 90 residents evacuated. Doctors report hoarseness coughs and sore throats while officials seek to confirm if October deaths were caused by smoke and fog from the zinc plant. Authorities closed and reopened the zinc smelters to observe effects, as residents endure mild symptoms and some leave town seeking safety.
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Donora
Aprillo
Public Health Service
American Steel & Wire Co
William, Rongaus
Deanora
Webster
Monogahela
Allen Kline
Roigaus
Teen Agers Discuss Hope Over Radio
Six Hope high school students joined Arch Monge Ellington Sonia Ann Poole Lenore Batfield Frank Wortman Kenneth Mahon and Adrian Pedron in a round table on prospects for young people starting a career in Hope The Teen-Agers Talk It Over was hosted by Horace Hubbard and introduced by George Frazier It will air at 7 80 every Tuesday on KXAR.
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Hope
Hope High School
KAR
Arch Monge Elington
Sonia Ann Poole
Lenore Batfield
Frank Wortman
Kenneth Mahon
Adrian Pedron
Horace Hubbbard
Votal
George Frazier
KXAR
Two Arkansas youths admit crimes in sheriff report
Merrill and Taylor, both from Marianna, Ark, confess to taking part in nineteen burglaries and robberies across Wynne Forrest City and nearby towns. Taylor attempted to cash a jar at a bank, triggering police alert leading to his arrest while Merrill was detained at a hotel. A gunshot wound from a break in at a West Memphis store was noted.
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Opus
Phillips Eounty
Edgar Hickey
Yoda Hiker
Houias Merrill
Od Witham Taylor
Marianna
Ark
Taylor
Merrill
Dickey
West Memphis
Mickey
Wynne
Forrest City
Byley
Wear Memphis
Philips County
Arkansas teachers elect new state congress leaders
A misread Arkansas News item reports Apree-Wy Mis of Pacogola named president of the Arkansas Congress of Povonorane Teachers and other lawmakers were seated at a formation yesterday by the organization. Charles Wilkins and Wille of BIW were noted amid discussions of perceived memberships in the foundation.
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Poe
Pacogola
Arkansas Congress of
Povonrsane
Charles
Wilkins
Abes
Wille
Nazi Malmedy Trials Probe Confession Tactics
Army prosecutor Lt Col Burton Ellis testified before a Senate subcommittee that Nazi storm troopers charged in the Malmedy massacre underwent mock trials with darkened rooms hooded figures and a crucifix to foster confessions. He said the defense lawyers later acknowledged the falsity and that about 700 U.S. servicemen were questioned prior to the real trial.
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Washington
Wis
Eilis
Ellis
McCarthy
Army
Hem
Joachim Piper
S. S. Panzer
Malmedy
U. S
Storm Tropers
Piper
Austria
Col. J. Fvereth
Fillis
Guess
Mother and three children die in farm house blaze
Bald Knoy April 20 a fire swept a three room farm house killing a young mother Ruth Von Winkle 23 and her three children Danny Benny 15 months and Violet Sue four months The kerosene start attempt near the stove is noted and the bodies were found in the ruined house The father E B Van Winkle was outside plowing when he saw the flames and he died trying to reach them.
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Bald Knoy
Ruth von Winkle
Danny
Benny
Violet Sue
E. EB
van Winkle
Funeral Friday for Famous Jewish Leader Dr Stephen Wise
New York April 20 The body of Dr Stephen Wise world famed Jewish leader and liberal defender will lie in state today at the free Synagogue he founded. He died late yesterday at Lenox Hospital after an operation for a malignant stomach ailment. Funeral services will be Friday in Carnegie Hall. Wise presided over the American Jewish Congress and World Jewish Congress and urged civil rights and world unity. He spoke for peace on his 78th birthday a month ago. Born in Budapest, he was raised in New York and educated at CCNY Columbia Syracuse and University of Oregon. His wife Louise Waterman Wise died in 1947. At his bedside were his son James Waterman Wise and daughter Justine Wise Polier, among others.
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New York
Stephen
Wise
Free Synagogue
Lenox Hospital
Hfe
Stpie
Carnegie Hall
American Jewish Congress
World Jewish Congress
Biobneer
Palestine
Budapest
Hungary
City
City College of New York
Columbia Unniversity
Syracuse University
University of Oregon
Louise Waterman Wise
James Waterman Wise
Justine Wise Polier
Ella Fish
Rifle Club to Meet Sunday at Proving Ground
President C P Robarts calls Hempstead Rifle and Pistol Club meeting at Facility 116 Proving Ground north of the old administration Building at 2 p m Sunday April 24. Members urged to attend to reactivate the club and invite interested men and women. Parents invited to form a junior club.
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C. P. Robarts
Hempstead
Facility
Proving Ground
Apparently You Haven't Lived Until You Appear on TV Programs
HAL BOYS reflects on television life, detailing the pressures and stage fright of guests and hosts. He claims women face upstairs access, men endure quick on-air moments, and producers sequence moments under tight cameras as fame and scrutiny shape how people present themselves on screen.
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HAL Boys
New York
Tam Imale
Miami
Livy Dyn
Nationalists Hold Line as War With Reds Intensifies
AP analyst Deweit t Mackenzie notes China’s civil war reignites with Nationalists resisting unconditional surrender amid renewed Red attacks. British ship Consort engages shore batteries near Kiangyin after Amethyst is crippled, signaling a possible prolonged clash. The piece weighs coalition versus continued warfare and outlines dire regional stakes as Yangtze fronts split Red north and Nationalist south.
Nurses Urged to See Short on Profession at Saenger
Readings promote Girls in White a wartime style drama about Betty Burns shaping a nursing career, tracing training from school to pediatrics. The production at Saenger Theatre is a tale of dedication, skill, and public health service featuring a cast and crew led by Jay Bonafield and Phil Relsman Sr.
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RKO
Saenger Theatre
Netiesjit
Betty Burns
Vame Pediatrics
Girls In White
Jay Bonafield
Phil Relsman, Sr
Harry W. Smith
Dwight Weist
Dudley Hale
David Copie
Heerugan Fuchs
Jas Turner
British Sloop Amethyst Damaged on Yangtze by Reds
Shanghai April 20. Communist shore batteries crippled the British sloop Amethyst in the Yangtze and drove off the destroyer Consort while a larger effort to aid the stranded vessel began. Amethyst, with 198 crew and at least two wounded or dead, aground near Rose Island 60 miles northeast of Nanking, drew aid as British warships moved to assist. The Consort, also under fire, reached Kiangyin with 17 wounded, joined by the frigate Black Swan carrying doctors. London expected to reach Shanghai later, while U.S. officers conferred on the crisis aboard the El Dorado.
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Deweitt MacKenzie AP
China
Kiangyin
Asia
Isms
Winson Caurehill
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boson
Guygstian
Europe
United States
India
Yangtze River
Yangtze
Sul
Chinu
Shanghai
Rose Island
Anking
Bkiangyin
Black Swan
London
Langyin
C. C.madden
Far East
Nanking
Amelia Herlays
Yangize
Oscar C. Badger
U. S. Western Pacific
Renry
George Crawford
U. S
Joh Cabot
el Dorado
Il Dorado
New Officials Take Oath of Office in Hope City Council
The Hope City Council and officials were sworn in by Municipal Judge W. K. Lemley as the old board adjourned after discussing pending business. Mayor Lyle Brown, Treasurer Charles Reynerson, Aldermen Frank Douglas and Dorsey McRae took two-year terms. Webb dr. Victor Cobb and George Peck were absent with later swearing planned. The meeting included no action on extending fire protection and a bid plan for a new city police auto, plus a central trade site proposal for a utermelon center near Temple Cotton Oil Co. No action was taken. WINS SCHOLARSHIP Memp lis, April 20 Carolyn Kevse Joiesborg and Aline Anns Height Little Ruck were awarded $475 scholarships at Southwestern University.
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New Hope
Taut
Lyle Brown
Charles Reynerson
Frank Douglas
Dorsey McRae
W. K. Lemley
Robert Turner
Webb
Victor Cobb
George Peck
South Walnut
South Main Streets
Walter Sims
City Physics Board of Public Affairs
Clarence Baker
Venter Sear Temple Cotton Oil Co
Nanking Front Battles Escalate Across Yangtze River
Reports from Nanking and surrounding areas describe intensified Communist attacks along the Yangtze Front. Gunfire heard near Pukow Kiangpu and Chinkiang as Nationalist forces and gunboats defend northern river banks amid warnings of possible Red landings and countermeasures.
Theater Cast of Flora at Hope High in April Program
Outstanding Members of Outstanding Characters in The Divine Flora will be presented at Hope High auditorium in April. Catherine Cox plays Flora and holds multiple activities including NHS secretary and Thespian. Randy is her suitor, portrayed by Tony Boyett, a Tri p an, cheerleader, and golfer. Buddy Sutton stars as Tex Arlen, a band leader and football standout. Nila Di Compton plays a busy reporter. Other named cast members include Nancy My, Martin Poot, Norman Franks, Arch Moore Ellington, Marie Penvcost, Betty Murphy, Joe Martindale, and Creigh Middiebrooks.
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Hope High
Catherine Cox
Flora
National Honor Society
Quill and Scroll
Thespia
the Lights
Worshop
Catherine
Randy
Tony Boyett
Tony
Texarkana
Buddy Sutton
Tex Arlen
Buddy
Nila di E Compton
Nancy My
Tin
Martin Poot
Norman Franks
Arch Moore Ellington
Marie Penvcost
Betty
Murpl Joe Martindale
Creigh Middiebrooks
Poppy Sale Plans by VFW Auxiliary Named Officials
The VFW Auxiliary outlines plans for a poppy sale led by Mrs Hinton Davis as president. A drive committee includes Finance Chairman Bins Hollis and members Mrs Alvin Willy, Mrs Bain, and Mrs John Keck, with Publicity chaired by Mrs John and Membership led by pred Millican. Elsie Weisenberger is in charge of telephone duties. Refreshments followed the meeting.
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VFW
Hinton Davis
Edward Aslin
Bins. Hollis
Alvin Willy
MpBain
John Keck
John
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Arkansas News
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Yangtze Front
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Rive
Kiangpu
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