Slug Mystery and Truman Patronage Clash in Print
A rambling column mixes slug science with political suspense as a New Jersey anecdote on salted slugs unfolds amid a broader critique of President Truman’s use of federal patronage to shape labor law votes. The piece contrasts local oddities with national power dynamics and cautions against undermining constitutional divisions.
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Luther Tooley
New Jersey
Arkansas
New
Howarth McGrath
Capitol — Hill
Truman
White House
Associates Press
Congress
Kanas City
Clergyman Wins Award for Heroism
Pittsburg April 30 UP A Mississippi clergyman and 12 others were cited by the Carnegie Hero Fund commission for heroism. Rev John A Wade Kil michael Miss received a silver medal for freeing elderly farmer Simon W Dismules from a 47 foot deep well collapse in February 1948. Wade was lowered into the well, cleared debris for nearly two hours, and helped Dismuks to safety. Posthumous awards went to George A Clark and Shirley Ann Fisher for lifesaving actions. Patsy Smalling and H O Montgomery were also honored for rescue efforts in perilous incidents in Tennessee and North Carolina.
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Pittsburg
Mississippi
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Andrew Carnegie
John A. Wade
Kilmichael
Miss
Simon W. Dismules
Dismukes
Wade
Dismuks
George A. Clark
Roter Bassett
Jovan H. Bryant
Shirley Ann Fisher
Buchanan
Berlin R. Fisher
Patsy Smalling
Bristol
Tenn
Jack L. Wyatt
Sleff City
H. Osear Montgomery
Statesville
N. C
Harmony
Arkansas Weather Forecast For This Weekend
The forecast calls for showers this afternoon and tonight with skies unsettled Sunday. Expect rain in eastern areas tonight and cooler conditions moving in later.
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Arkansas
Warrier
East
Reds Roll Near Hangchow in Chinese War
Communist columns reach Teching twenty three miles north of Hangchow and threaten the Nationalist hold on the Shanghai front. Government workers flee Hangchow as militia replaces police. Nat forces withdraw from nearby towns. Shanghai quiet but tensions rise as Red armies push toward the Yangtze shore and evacuees gather for ships.
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Shanghai
Hangchow
Sin Wan Pao
Teching
Wukang
Nanking- Shanghai-Hangchow
28Th Army
Soachaw
Kunshan
Changshu
Yangtze
U.S. Giner Borden
U. S. Navy
Whangppoo
Woosung
Petition for paving filed with council on Hope streets
A petition requesting formation of four paving districts on South Walnut East 15th and South Walker streets was filed with City Recorder Mrs. Charles Reynerson for council action. It gathers signatures from nearly all property holders on the streets, with East 15th residents already signed and included, and East 15th slated to join voluntarily. City aims to pave all streets west of South Main and south of 12th this summer, with the project long in planning. The filing covers South Walnut 8th and 14th Streets and South Walker to 15th Street.
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South Walnut
East
South Walker
Charles Reynerson
City, Recorder
Brown
East 15Th Street
Hope
South Main End
12Th Street
8Th
14Th Streets
Bobcats Take Dist Meet Four Firsts and Mud Affected Events
Hope led seven men to Camden for a district track meet finishing with four firsts a second and two places for 46 points. Tommy Britt won two events in muddy conditions the 11 yard dash and the 200. Jimmie Hammons won the 60 yard dash with Bob Hyatt second. James McCargo claimed the shot put title at 42.1 with Lewis Suiter fourth. Hyatt tied for third in the running board jump but lost a flip as Huddleston and Miller struggled in the mud in high jump and pole vault.
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Hope
Camden
Tommy Britt
Jimmie Dick Hammons
Bob Hyatt
James McCargo
Lewis Suitan
Piace Lingath
Huddleston
Miller
Worcester man killed in fall from moving train
In Newport Arkansas on April 22 a Worcester Massachusetts man, Joseph J Giver, 31, was killed after he jumped or fell from a moving train. He was found yesterday near the incident.
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Newport
Ark
Pic
Joseph J
Worcester
Mass
No Jokers Found Yet in Russian Offer
Western observers in New York cautiously assess progress toward lifting the Berlin blockade after a reported two and a half hour Jessup Malik talk. Western sources say no counteroffer from Russia. four power talks may broaden to include Cadogan and Chavel with a Paris council meeting likely around May 25 to discuss Germany.
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New York
Russia
Berlin
United States
Philip C. Jessup
Jakob A. Malik
Jessup
Malik
Tass
France
Britain
Council of Foreign Ministers
Malikater
Alexander Cadogan
Sgritain
Jean Chavel
United Nations
Council
Paris
Germany
Washington
Dean Acheson
Cadogan
Porter McKeever
Laneburg Junior Play to Stage Wine King Schemers
Laneburg High School presents Wine King Schemers a three act comedy in the high school auditorium on Friday May 6 at 3 p.m. The cast includes Wanda Sue Wren Bobby McCulough Rebecca Tumlin Charles White Belly Jo Gourley Maurine Spell and Margaret Stokes.
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Laneburg High School
Wanda Sue Wren
Bobby McCulough
Rebecca Tumlin
Charles White
Belly Jo Gourley Maurine Spell
Int Gheornteys
Calhoun
Margaret Stokes
To Return Bank Robber for Trial
Clyde Milton Johnson, 30, wounded in a gun battle with FBI agents in Indianapolis, waived extradition and was held for return to Memphis to face bank robbery charges. He is also wanted in Miami after escaping from Dade County jail. Johnson was brought to a federal penitentiary in Terre Haute from Indianapolis.
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Tere Haute
Ind
Clyde Milton Johnson
FBI
Indianapolis
Memphis
Johnson
Miami
Dade County
Indianapois
Ready Fair Park for Scout Exposition
At 1 o clock Sunday the Hope Fair Park Exhibit Hall will start decorating for the Grand Scout Exposition set for Monday night May 2 from 7 to 9. Cubs Scouts and senior leaders from the nine county area will use many colors of crepe paper. Ticket sales indicate a capacity crowd. preparations are in readiness for the event.
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Hope Fair Park
BE P. Young, Jr
Jack Lowe
Local Clubs to Observe Music Week
National and Inter American Music Week runs May 1 through May 8 marking the twenty sixth observance. The 1949 keynote stresses strengthening friendly ties among individuals and groups. About three thousand locales participate yearly to boost musical education and enjoyment, with Hope plans in school programs, clubs, and civic groups, plus piano and vocal concerts at the high school.
U S Has Surplus of Women and Outrun Demand in Field
A 1950s column notes a U.S. excess of women and scarce men in certain fields. It cites historical solutions like infanticide and suttee, then polygamy as a proposed Western option, arguing career women would join as wives for multiple roles, from finances to childcare, while noting practical downsides.
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U.S
Hal Boyle
New York
America
India
American Mercury
Ralph Linton
Sterling
Yale University
Mindagaseir
Linton
Husbband
Dr. Liunin
Demo Leaders Struggle to Save Labor Bill in House
Washington reports a tense vote fight as Democrats seek to preserve their labor bill against a Republican Dixie coalition. Speaker Rayburn plans to speak against the Wood bill while administration aides push for amendments replacing Taft Hartley with a revamped Wagner act.
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Washington
House
Lesinski
D-Mich
Labor Committee
Rep
Wood
D-Ga
Rayburn
Truman
Tme
GOP - Dixie
Senate May Carry Probe to Europe
Senator Baldwin said the senate armed services sub committee may extend its inquiry into the German murder and massacre of American prisoners to Europe. He noted about ten more sessions are likely and witnesses in Germany and elsewhere may be brought to testify. Gordon Simpson testified that death penalties seemed excessive and officials used questionable trial methods to secure confessions.
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Washington
Mulmedy
Europe
Baldwin
R-Conn
Armed Services Subcommittee
Germany
Navi Storm
Belgium
Gordon Simpson
Texas Supreme Court
Massa
Dallas
Simpson
Mosier Named State Police Sergeant for District 4
Mosier, longtime Hope district highway employee since 1945, is named state police sergeant of District 4 with headquarters in Hope. He succeeds Charlie Boyd, who was transferred to the War Felistrict. District 4 covers Hempstead Howard Pike Sevier Little River Miller Lafayette Columbia Nevada and Clark counties. Porterfield, who headed the district, was named criminal investigator for districts 3 and 4.
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Milton
Sergh) Mosier
Hope
Mosier
Charlie Boyd
Igther No
Hempstead
Howard
Pike
Sevier
Little River
Miller
Lafayette
Columbia
Nevada
Clark
Sgt
Highway Department
J. MM
Pod) Porterfield
Seeks to Declare Liquor Election Invalid Paragould
A county court received an answer to a complaint seeking to void Green County's March 31 local option liquor election. The filing, April 9, cites irregularities and asks for dismissal, with EF. F. Kirchoff named as plaintiff. Revs. Jeff Rousseau and Guy C. Ames led the response.
Lewis to Bargain Separately With Southern Miners
Washington April 30 John L Lewis agreed to bargain separately with Southern Coal producers inviting open conferences in Bluefield West Virginia beginning Monday June 6 Moody of the Southern coal producers association pressed for separate negotiations instead of nationwide talks last year an injunction forced Lewis to meet Moody in federal court He proposed a 36 member joint conference with equal representation of unions and operators and four weeks for talks a possible higher welfare fund contribution and a shorter work week without pay cuts are anticipated goals
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Producers
United Mine Workers
Joseph &. Moddy
Southern Coal Producers Association
Bluefield
W. Va
Moody
Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
Taft-Hartley
Oea - Lewis
Southern ‘Coal’ Producers
wie _ Lewis
UMW
Union Welfare Fund
Troops May Stay in Europe Indefinitely
Washington reports Sen Forrest Donnell and Sen Arthur Watkins voiced grave doubts on the Atlantic pact. They questioned whether “effective aid” requires American troops in Europe. The foreign relations committee resumes hearings with Robert A. ToVett testifying, while Donnell’s stance could influence broader Senate support.
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Washington
Forrest
Connell
Europe
NIEE
Donnell
Arthur V. Watkins
J. Utah
Robert A. Tovett
Arthur H. Vandenberg UR
Mich
Senate
Cornell
Senate Debates Federal Education Aid Allocation
Washington April 90 5 Senate scrap over 300000000 federal aid to education bill. The issue sparked debate as Senator Lodge offered an amendment to distribute funds through a per child payment, varying by state income and child counts. Opposition from Taft and Myers noted potential inequities and increased allotments.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Lodge
Connecticut
Nation Trust
Se Taft
Ohio
Democr AG
Myers
Pennsylsana
Manhattan Fashion Contest Ends In Dispute
In a New York fashion contest a dispute erupted after Romera a painter won first prize while Miss De Cadanet claimed improprieties and refused to split a prize. Judge Prendergast postponed a public apology and the case continued with both sides presenting arguments in midtown Manhattan.
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New York
Faun
Romera
Thom
Ingpir
Romero
Val de. Cadanet
Thiple
Cachin
Manhattan
Boone
Miss de Cadanet
Rom
E. Leste Ward
Art League
Ward
de Cy
League
John
Apal
de’ “Cadangt
McMath Returns to Office After State Tour
Governor Sid McMath resumes duties after touring the state to explain a four year 25000 dollar bond program. He says the plan will improve roads traffic and support schools and farms as Arkansas seeks progress.
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File Rock
Sid McMath
Arkansas
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