Arkansas liquor control debate splits fair managers and dispensary supporters
In Little Rock, Arkansas, columnists discuss a push by fair managers to place liquor under state ownership and operation, opposing wholesale and private dealer interests. Autry and Shivers offer competing views on a proposed state dispensary and its retail implications, with the writer warning against a wholesale only shift and urging clear public accountability.
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Arkansas Fale
Arkiunsus
Shivers
Iniite
Autry
Arkansas Democrat
Fair Managers
Todiagy
Pennsylvania
Fa Managers
Star
Locker Plant Marks Growth in 7th Year
Hope Locker and Processing Co. Inc. was visited by local business men as part of a series of industry tours. Opened as H&NI Locker Co in December 1946, renamed May 1950, it processes foods for lockers and home freezers with growing poultry dressing. In 1952 the plant cured and processed about 2,300 hogs and 36,000 chickens, plus beef, employing four regular staff with seasonal help. IT swell is manager of the industry.
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Hope Locker and Processing Co. Inc
Swell
Court Rules Against State GF Commission
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled the State Game and Fish Commission lacked authority to treat private property as part of a game refuge, 4 to 3. The decision reversed Pulaski Chancery on injunctions sought by Herman Shellnut and others over 858 acres in Grant County. The case returns to Chancery for proceedings consistent with the opinion.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
State Game and Fish Commission
Pulaski Chancery Court
Herman Shellaut
Grant County
Pulaski
Shellnul
Avgame
Shellnut
W Carl Jones Dies at 34 in Hope
Carl Jones aged 34 electric contractor died unexpectedly at his home in Hope where he had lived all his life. He was a member of First Methodist Church and a Mason. Surviving are his wife Kathryn, three children Kitty Tommy Carl and David, his mother Mrs Royce Jones of Hope and sister Mrs Beatrice Bacon of Shreveport. Funeral 3 pm Monday at First Methodist Church conducted by Rev Virgil Keeley. Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Active pallbearers: John Wilson Mace Turner Frank McLarty Bol Ellen Hubert Bain Bill Tom Bundy.
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Carl Jones
Hope
First Methodist Church
Kathryn Jones
Kitty
Tommy Carl
David Jones
Royce Jones
Beatrice Bacon
Shreveport
First Methodist
Chureh
Virgil Keeley
Rose Hill Cemetery
John Wilson
Mace Turner
Frank McLarty
Bol Ellen
Hubert Bain
Bill Tom Bundy
Winter Weather Chews Arkansas Fruit Sector
A wintry air and tornado like winds struck Arkansas on a Saturday causing heavy frost and property damage. Booneville Augusta Ozark and Sugarlove reported losses with 463 houses damaged along with telephone and power lines. Two storm fatalities occurred in North Avki gu. Continued on Page Two.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Booneville
Augusta
Ozark
Sugarlopf
Avki Gu
Storms Kill Ten One in Arkansas
Severe weekend storms lashed three Southern states with high winds and tornadoes, killing eleven people and injuring more than 490. Hundreds of homes were wrecked and property damage topped two million dollars. The latest fatality was four month old Willie Block Jr of Walderburg Arkansas, killed by injuries from high winds that hurled him from his home Saturday.
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Arkansas
Harnestoit
Weber
Lewis
Atlanta
Willie Block, Jr
Walderburg
Ark
Producers Face Double Burden in Hollywood Says George Stevens
HAL BOYLE reports from New York that George Stevens, a top producer and director, argues a movie requires two heads one to manage vast production details and another to grasp delicate human values. His film Shane is praised for elevating Westerns toward art as he seeks realism.
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Hal Boyle
New York
George Stesvens
Gield
Mollywood
Shane
Enugh
George
U S Not Headed for Low Mood Told to Newsmen
Secretary of the Treasury George M. Humphrey told about 1,000 editors at the Associated Press luncheon that the United States is not headed for a low mood whether there is a trece in Korea or a real peace. He outlined a fiscal policy favoring tax reductions while government expenses are under control and emphasized restraint in spending.
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New York
the Treasury
George M. Humphrey
United States
Korea
Eisenhower
Humphrey
Associated Press
Coopera
Women Hear Judge Hughes At Magnolia B and P W Banquet
Thirteen local businesswomen traveled to Magnolia for a banquet honoring Judge Sarah J. Hughes of the 14th District Dallas Texas. About 200 attendees from Southwest Arkansas heard Hughes discuss ramparts we build and international understanding.
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Hope Business
Magnolia
Sarah
Ughes
Dallas
Texas
Dudge [Ughes
United States
Hughes
America
Unesco
Germany
United Nations
Judge Hughes
Hope
Rath Edmonds
Belle Klipsch
Doris Bunn
Emma Thomas
Rosy Harrie
Lucille Porter
Inez Compton
One Man Moody
Clatice Cannon
Opal Hervey
Belle Mudgett
Dorothy Urrey
Louise Griffin
Yerger AM&N Bands to Appear in Concert
Yerger High School bands will join the AMEN College band of Pine Bluff Arkansas for a concert at City Auditorium Monday night April 20 at 8. All patrons and friends invited. Reserved seats for white patrons. Admission 25 for students and le foy.
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Yerger High School
Amen College
Pine Bluff
Ark
le Foy
First Americans Freed by the Chinease Exchange
First batch of 30 Americans released to return home after aid in prisoner exchange with Chinese authorities at Panmunjom. List includes Pvt. Garl W. Kircheulasern of New York City, John F.P. Pont er of La, Cpl. Vernon L. Warren of Haiti St. Louis, and others from Maryland, New Jersey, Illinois, Texas, and Florida with family addresses provided. Additional 35 expected to be freed Tuesday amid ongoing talks and arrangements for repatriation through Freedom Village system.
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Freedom Village
Keren
Panmmuntang
Garl W. Kircheulasern
Audubot Ave
New York City
He Lim
John FP
Ponter
Margaret Porter
Box
Licumnte
U.S
Nolan
Rexville
N. Y
Mathur
Lowell Nolan
Theodore Jackson
Palestine
Tex
Maggie Davison
Buvid Wy Ludkin
Wayne
Ind
Americans View Peace Talks Through Treatment by Chinese
A field report from Koron, Fhemndon Village, cites American prisoners and UN soldiers freed from Communist stockades. Survivors describe harsh conditions before and during the truce region, with some noting slight improvements after. Statements from individuals in Minneapolis, NY, and North Carolina reflect skepticism about treatment and propaganda.
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Fhemndon Village
Koron
United Nations
Rey ML Jones
Minneapolis
Minn
Molly
Medina of the Cross
Iol
White
Cyl
Dames
Lee Pinkston
Sallybury
N.C
Berea
Pinkston
Propa-Gandi
Mimy
Ulm
Toops Willigly
Winners announced in Hempstead County cake bake contest
Five women from Home Demonstration Clubs led by Williand Schoolsy and Colihbury HD clubs were named top five in a county wide cake baking contest held at Hempstead County Courthouse. Members baked one layer values and judged four entries. The finalists will bake again before judges, with prizes provided by General Mills in cooperation with the Agricultural Extension Service.
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Williand
Victory Rlom
Meta
Datento
Msi i
Johnson
Aome
K. B. Boye
Colihbury
Wetchih
Jini
Canker Bakdiy
Nomint
HD Clu
General Mills
Agricultural Extension Service
Lorraine Blackwood
L. 2D. Springer
Hempstead County
Shivers Heads Free State Fair Group Petition
Bob Shivers of Hope chairs a petition drive by a fair managers committee to place on the 1954 ballot a state owned and operated liquor industry in Arkansas. The measure aims to block Act 245 which would raise wholesale liquor prices and redirect the difference as a tax to support livestock shows at state, county, and district fairs.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Hays & Spokeemal
Avhneneag Pair Managers Association
Wholesale Liquor Dealers Ag
Bob Shivera
Hope
Fair Managers
Ynat
Tate Ownership and Operation
Jigger Chealers
U.S. Communists Branded as Soviet Puppets
A government board labeled the Communist Party USA and its affiliates as Soviet puppets seeking American enslavement. The 218 page report says the party labors to advance world communist movement and imposes strict discipline under Moscow. The government intends to enforce the board's order pending court appeals.
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Wasiing'ton
He Communist Party of the
United States
Eta
Soviet Union
Ito
Keliaiilpinye
Tsing
Uhit
Gonglityblon
Shriyes
Goa
Communist Party
Russia
Communist Movement
Develion
Ling Lal
Pentecosts to Hear Rey and Baughman at First Pentecostal Church
Pentecosts present Rey and Baughman at First Pentecostal Church Tuesday to Friday nights April 21 to 24. Mr Baughman is a talented singer and musician with services nightly at 7:80. Also notes a statistical claim about cigarette consumption in the United States.
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Mark Baughman
Puy Ettevills
Puget Apealer
First Pentecostal Church
Tues
Baughman
Blevins Seniors Stage Play Friday Night
Blevins High School senior class presents the annual class play The Calico Merry Five in the school gym Friday. Cast includes Denol Grider Wage Uoutudote Lindwicks Shirley Bell Nelda Belaht Anne More Morton Laure lee Shanley Norma Mores Sybie Robbayn and Rather Jarvin. Admission 20 cents.
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Clisa
Bovis Hmgh School
Cauldiot Merry Five
Blevins Gymonataan Ab Fhain
Contage
Denol Grider
Wage Uoutudote
Lindwicks
Shirley Bell
Nelda Belaht
Anne More Morton
Laurelee Shanley
Norma Mores
Sybie Robbayn
Rather Jarvin
Adinvasion
Long Senate Debate Likely on Tidelands
Washington officials report a 12 hour Senate debate looms over a tide lands ownership bill. Senators challenge federal control with Kefauver and Taft pushing extended sessions while the proposal would grant states title to submerged lands beyond three miles offshore. House schedules further money bills as public funding fights loom.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Iimit
Uoamy
Kefsover
D-Tenn
Senate Do
Supreme Court
Senate
Florida
House
Appropriations Committee
Police Investigate Two Accidents In Negro Section
Police report two wrecks in Hope within a period. A parked truck owned by F R Johnson was struck by an auto driven by Louis Adame causing damage to both. A. D. Moore and Sarah Jones drove cars that collided with minor damage to both vehicles.
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Pollee
Weols
Hope
R. Johnson
Iouis Adame
A. D. Moore
Sarah Jones
All Around the Town weather notes and stray fragments
Weather reporting mentions snow in the valleys and freezing conditions in the south with morning lows near 30 degrees after a 50 degree Saturday. The text includes damaged or illegible sections and stray references to locations and names, with no clear cohesive report.
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Varleys
Arkansas
Prisoner Exchange Opens Korean War Armistice Hope
In PANMUNJOM Korea the first prisoner exchange is planned as 35 more Americans and 120 others, including non Koreans and 60 Soviets, are set to be exchanged. Comrades are in good condition but will be kept for medical checks at a nearby facility before travel. The exchange marks a step toward a broader peace effort as both sides await further talks.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Japan
America
Spdcia Freedom Village
Mux Nilles
Geo Tywan
Fragmented Supreme Court Note on Conviction Appeal
A garbled OCR passage suggests a Supreme Court review of a conviction and trial judge remarks. The text implies evaluation of evidence, possible admission issues, and an obiter dicta reference. Names and specifics are obscured, leaving uncertain parties and outcome.
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