French Elections Show Communists Lose Local Seats
United Press reports that in last Sunday's French elections the Communist party dropped 5 789 local council seats and Interior Minister Charles Brune says the provinces saw a general reverse for communism. The piece argues France faces a Western world risk and notes signs of a shift toward stability as Americans continue funding, with French voters increasingly choosing governance over unrest.
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France
Charles Brune
United Press
Free World
Charles Gaulle
Europe
U. S
Gine
Russia
Republics
Cox Foundry Noted for Precision Work
Hope Chamber of Commerce visits Cox Brothers Foundry and Machine Shop renowned in the saw mill carriage industry. The firm builds air operated carriages, including the $8750 carriage, with most parts cast and machined locally. They also produce the air or steam nigger, turning logs on the carriage. Operations span Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Provida, and Georgia, with patterns cast in house. The foundry melts with a cupola of about 10,000 pounds per hour. The business expanded during World War I, employs 251 men, and paid about $65,000 in payroll in 1952.
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Hope Cham
Herald Merchaunt's
Cox Brothers Foundry and Machine Shop
Cox Brothers
Cox Brothers Foundry and
Coxrothers
Texas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Provida
Georgia
Arkansas
Cox Brothers Foundry
Prescott Soldier Leaves for Home
The Army announced that 64 more disabled Allied prisoners freed by the Communists will leave for the United States by plane tonight and tomorrow, including the Arkansan named Muldow.
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Tokyo
Army
United States
We Kn. Muldow
Five Arkansas Men Die In Highway 61 Crash
Five Joiner men were killed when their car failed to negotiate a curve on a Highway 61 63 section and struck a southbound tractor trailer. The dead are Will Ralph 35 Willait A Shannon 23 Lewis Lew Garier 25 Willan A Lawrence 28 Donald McGowen 28 and Fred Lanier 28 all of Joiner. One occupant of the car died at the scene and a sixth rider Franklin A May 36 of Walnut Grove Mass was injured. The truck carried 13 tons of soybeans heading toward Memphis. Road blocks were set up and traffic rerouted as authorities investigated the crash details remained unavailable.
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Joiner
Ark
Marion Tim
Will Ralph
Willait A. Shannon
Lewis Lew Garier
Willan A. Lawrence
Donald McGowen
Fred Lanier
Wits
Federal Agents Arrest Youth Near Patmos
Federal agents arrested 18 year old Jack Curt Cox of Hope Route 1 after a raid on an illicit still near Patmos. Agents seized 30 gallons of moonshine whiskey and destroyed the still. one man escaped. Cox faced a preliminary hearing before U S Commissioner Thelma C Winham in Texarkana and was remanded to Miller County jail in $509 bond.
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Jack Curt Cox
Hope Rt. 1
Patmos
Federal Alcoholic Tax Unit
Federal
U. S
Thelma C. Winham
Texarkana
Miller County
Ficou
Nashville to Host Legion District 22 Convention
American Legion District No. 22 will hold a convention in Nashville on May 3 at 2 p.m. Commander Fred Robertson announced. Howard County post vice-commander R. Goodier will lead, with guests including State Commander Garland E. Murphy Jr and State Adjutant James Layton. District representatives are expected. new officers will be elected.
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American Legion District No
Nashville
Fred Robertson
R. Goodier
Howard County
Garland E. Murphy, Jr
James ¥. Layton
Al Dexter to Appear in Coliseum Friday Night
Al Dexter will perform in the Coliseum on Friday May 1 with Bill Goula and Ris Circle presenting a hillbilly program. Dexter is a well known recording artist and songwriter in country music.
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al Dexter
Bill Goula l
Ris
Cowboys
Dexter
Medic Tells of Red Treatment of 350 Captives
In a first-hand retelling, Cyl. Wendell Treffery recounts the brutal winter of 1950 51 after being captured near the Changjin Reservoir in Korea. Of 350 U S infantrymen captured by Chinese forces, fewer than 50 survived. Treffery describes severe frostbite eight toes lost to a nurse s scissors and multiple dysentery attacks while enduring brutal captivity. He was repatriated at Panmunjom last week and stresses the resolve kept by his mother s advice. Continued on Page Seven.
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Tokyo
Wendell H. Treefery
Treffery
Terryville
Conn
Coninsunists
Kangyo
Korea
U. S
Changjin Reservoir
Panmunjom
7Th Division
Women Start Belting Each Other Around Men
HAL BOYLE argues women are becoming smarter, gaining power and equal rights. He suggests men misinterpret women’s ambition, noting women loudly assert influence while men have failed to define their aims, marking a shift in societal dynamics and leadership balance.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Lad Astor
Unity Baptist to Sponsor Quartet at City Hall
Unity Baptist Church of Hope sponsors a concert at Cityital auditorium featuring the Stamps Melody Boys Quartet of Little Hook on Friday night May 1. Horace Kennedy serves as master of ceremonies. Admission 30 and 60 cents with profits shared with the church. Additional quartets planned. another singing school is slated for August.
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Unity Baptist Church of Hope
Cityital Auditorium
Stamps Melody Boys
Little Hook
Horace Kennedy
Sormetime
Anthony Mill Employs 105 Workers at Graydon Anthony Lumber
The Hope Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchant's Group recently visited the Graydon Anthony Lumber Company where about 105 men are employed in manufacturing high quality lumber. The annual net payroll exceeds $250,000. Logs are sourced within 25 miles and milled, kiln dried, and planed into various lumber types. The plant, built three years ago after the previous mill burned, operates seven days a week to meet demand. Most output ships to states across the U S, with a focus on western destinations from Chicago.
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Hope Chamber
Cominyyce
Graydon Anthony Lumber Company
Cox Brothers Foundry and Machine Shop
Graydon Anthony
United
Former County Resident Armanda Williams Dies at 88
Mrs Armanda Williams aged 88 died Wednesday at her Little Rock home. She was a former Hempstead County resident. Survivors include two sons and two daughters. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Friday at Pleasant Hut Church.
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Armanda Williams
Little Rock
Hempstead County
Pleasant Hut Church
Important VFW Meeting Tonight
A VFW post calls for an important special meeting this evening to discuss upcoming events and member duties, inviting all veterans to attend and participate in the planning sessions.
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VFW
UN May Release 32 000 Chinese Prisoners
Reported proposal suggests broad prisoner exchanges as a pathway to easing hostilities. It mentions 72,000 North Koreans and 48,000 communist prisoners, with notes on possible phased releases and continued negotiations.
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Robert B
Tuckmin Panmunatom
Adios Waris
Lake
North
Cunemaunists
Hallison
81 Reported Held in One Chinese Camp
Tokyo reports 81 U.S. prisoners held in Red Prison Camp No 5 on the Yalu River. Cpl Evereth Weiin of Woodsville Wisconsin and other listed soldiers are among the captives. A soldier in U S custody says 60 names on a missing list match prisoners in North Korea. The Army withheld the full list citing reprisals and censored publication after headquarters approval. Cpl Kyofil V. Ritenour, 21, Woodstock Washington, says he has 78 friends alive in the camp and shared names and addresses for relatives to be notified. The list includes Cpl Truman Davis, 008 W Mall St, Heber Springs Arkansas.
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Tokyo
Evereth Weiin
Thone
Jie
Red
Yalu
United Nations
Monotalu
Sclosune
Hames
Wilent Jold
Ritenour
U. S
Kyofil v. Ritenour
Woodstock
Igil
Yalu River
North Korea
Gad
Cpl
Truman Davia
W. Mall St
Ileber Springs
Ark
Reds Sweep On In French Indochina
Vietnamese reports say Vietminh forces swept through Luangprabang and another French defensive post about 25 miles north, stamping toward Taos and Myengsung. A French army spokesman claimed the situation improving as weather allows napalm bombardment, forcing enemy units into smaller groups.
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Vwanol
Indochina
Luangprabang
Taos
Myeng ‘Sung
Shsavong Vong
Munengsung
Nayahou
Laos
Soil Stewardship observance at Goff Chapel noted
The invitation spans denominations across the South and Southwest to participate in Soil Stewardship Sunday. The Reverend HL Utsey, pastor of this LME, announced the observance and its ecumenical focus.
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Goff Chapel
Ike Planed Budget Cuts Hit Truman Programs
Washington report on the Senate proposals cuts of 25 to 80 percent across Commerce, Treasury, and State departments for the next fiscal year. The appropriations committee recommended an 87 billion reduction from the Truman budget, with large portions to military and defense funding, and the total year appropriation ending around 32.6 billion.
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Ike
Truman
Washington -H
Stato Department
Wil
Troma
Siti
Monty
Preliminary Senate budget cuts outlined by White House
President Ellenbower and lawmakers in Washington discussed early figures of an approximately 80 billion dollar annual budget with proposed reductions in foreign aid and domestic programs. The plan, labeled preliminary, includes cuts in several major departments and a review slated for the next year.
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Washington
Ellenbower Pehedy
Myneurs
Titan
Hower
Lahore
Unin
Tyimin
Arkansas Welfare Tax Probe Blocked By Federal Officials
Gov. Cherry said federal Internal Revenue Bureau officials refused Arkansas Welfare Commissioner Moss request to examine tax polls for welfare recipients not entitled to assistance. The report covers other state items including a coach strike settlement, a university honors variation, and Arkansas revenue gains.
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Tetle Rock
Arkansas
Cherry
A. J. Moss
Hovenua
Washington
More Disabled Soldiers Leave for U S From Tokyo
In Tokyo at 7 41 p m two planes carried 63 sick and wounded American prisoners to the United States on the final leg of trips from North Korean prison camps. The planes will fly 17 5 hours to Honolulu then nine hours to Travis Air Force Base near San Francisco. The first group of 38 arrived Wednesday. Names of those aboard may change before the planes depart.
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YOKYO
Atland
Tokyo
Hid Diam
United States
Mono
Travia Aleppee
San Francisco
Cave
Honolulu
Travis Waudnesday
Vonje
Auto Stolen Here Is Recovered
An auto reported stolen here at 13:30 am today was found abandoned in Lonoke Arkansas. Police report the car was driven by Ivan D. Martin, a late Rogk gulgsman, who was spending the night at a legal tourlet. He told officers he believed the theft occurred by two young men and a girl.
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Lonoke
Ark
Iwan D. Martin
Rogk Gulgsman
Town notes show city population steady via meter counts
Mayor Joh L Wilson debunks circulating talk of growth. Florence Hicks tally finds 4216 electrical meters installed and 2622 removed in five years through December 1957, yielding a net rise. Other items mention Who's Who recognitions for locals Buddy Sutton, Mary Low Thomas, Kathleen Jewelle Walker and others in Arkansas institutions.
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Joh L. Wilson
Florence Hicks
Joe Daugherty
Hope
Rt. 4
of Arkansas College of Agriculture
Drea
Buddy Sutton
Mary Low Thomas
Prescott
U S Planes Down Five Enemy J ts War Report
Crumbling OCR fragment reports U S planes downing five enemy jets at daybreak amid heavy air activity near the Yalu River. Mentions Capt Manuel J. Fernaided and others, with scattered names and locations like McKinney Texas and Houston, plus references to MIGs, Corsairs, and Thunderjets in a broad combat context.
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Agad
Yalu Rive
Manuel J
Fernaided
Miaral
Way
Co Baker
McKinney
Wills
Tenn
Rg PD
Kelly Alof Houston
Tee Col. John
Wy Mitchell
Nehays
Khoothag
Stirs
Degtro
Sorlyony
South Koidan
St Be Sen Uni
Wester
Oo” Iernandes Ae
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Forerrow
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Fayetleve
University of Arkansas
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Francis Cherry
Blaenhower
Arkansas State
U.S
By the Star
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Anders Gawrenca
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