Weatherford rumor warns dangers of gossip in war
Claud Garver in Weatherford Texas recounts a stranger falsely labeling Weatherford citizens as Communists. He cautions that rumors can trigger slander and harm amid wartime tensions. A similar Hope Arkansas incident from World War I is cited, noting verification by authorities prevents arrests based on gossip.
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Claud Garver
Washington
Weatherford
Texas
Democrat
Garner
Dallas
Hope
Star
Iife
Hempstead 4-H Youths Attend State Camp in Fayetteville
Ten Hempstead County 4-H members plus their leaders left Hope for the nineteenth annual State 4-H Club Camp at Fayetteville. The group includes Burrel Smittle Patmos Emma Louise Downs Columbus Travis England Shover Springs Helen Kent Patmos James Robert Fuller Shover Springs Sara Jane McGee Patmos Carlton Cummings Buirds Chapel Kay Kent Patmos Joe Woodson Sweet Home and John Marshall Hurd Guernsey. They will join demonstrations on farming and homemaking, plus contests in tractor driving dress revue and talent as part of the camp August 7 11. Leaders include Jewell Burke DeAon Mrs J E Delaney Bryan Huddleston Lor raine Blackwood.
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Hempstead County
Hope
Fayetteville
Burrel Smittle
Patmos
Emma Louise Downs
Columbus
Travis England
Shover Springs
Helen Kent
James Robert Fuller
Sara Jane McGee
Carlton Cummings
Weather fair over most of nation
Weather was fair over almost the entire nation with early fog along the California coast and scattered thundershowers in the central and northern plains. The heaviest rainfall was 2.47 inches at Phillipsburg Kansas and temperatures were pleasant from the Great Lakes to the Middle Gulf and into New England.
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Chicago
California
Plains
Phillipsburg
Kans
Great Lakes
Middle Gulf States
New England
Arkansas Weather Forecast Calls for Clear to Partly Cloudy Skies
A special forecast for Arkansas cotton regions predicts clear to partly cloudy conditions today tonight and Tuesday with scattered showers likely Wednesday. Winds will be gusty and humidity moderately high. Sunday temperatures show a high 63 and a low 93.
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Arkansas
Sixty Seconds Spelled Death for 17 Airmen
Fairfield Suisun Calif August 7 less than 60 seconds spelled death for 17 air force men when a crippled B 29 crashed and exploded on a long training flight. Brig Gen F L Travis commander of the base was among the dead. Eight of the 20 aboard escaped. Ten bodies recovered with two missing crew. The bomber belly landed after engines failed and fuel and bombs exploded minutes later. Many injured were base personnel and families living in a nearby trailer camp.
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Fairfield-Suisant
Calif
Aew
Pateoni
Air Force
FL Travis
Pipsion
E. Q Steffes
East Chicago
Ind
Students Crash Border in France
An international group of 300 students smashed border barriers at the France Germany line at Wissembourg to urge European unity. Armed with hatchets and gasoline they uprooted barriers and burned them as the European movement flag rose. The protest aimed to influence delegates at the Strasbourg council of Europe meeting nearby.
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Wissembourg
France
European Movement
Council of Europe
Strasbourg
Here
Saar
Council
Committee of Foreign Ministers
West Germany
Consultative Assembly
Two Wildcats in Nevada County Are Abandoned
In Nevada County Lyons Prentiss and McCord report two wildcats abandoned, with a ringed corner reference and a dry abandonment notice. A different county section notes another well abandoned as dry by Magnolia and Timber Co, with protection noted for two additional wells in the Bodew area.
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Nevada County
Nevada
Lyons
Prentiss and McCord
Tenter NE Corner
Nsw
Patham
Steve Land Grid Timber. Co
Bodeaw
U S Action Not a General Offensive
Defense department cautioned against treating daily Korea front developments as a general offensive. briefing officers said time has not come to roll the enemy back, noting UN air and sea control and troop buildup proceed without interruption. They observed increased Allied attacks on barges and ships and carrier planes striking between Seoul and Inchon.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
U. S
United Nations
Alfied
Raga
Seoul
Inchon
Korean ‘Peninsula
Jimmy Ponder Hurt in Cycle Accident
Jimmy Ponder son of Mr and Mrs R L Ponder Sr was critically injured yesterday about 130 pm when he apparently lost control of a motorcycle in the 1400 block on South Main Street and flip flopped several times. He suffered a severe head and other injuries. Josephine Hospital attendants said there was little change in his condition and he remained unconscious. No other vehicle was involved. One witness said he appeared to lose control on rough road as the bike turned over and dragged him.
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Jimmy Ponder
R. L. Ponder
South Main Street
Josephine
Young Ponder
First Case of Polio Reported in Hempstead County
William L. Cook, 38, a former Stuttgart Arkansas football player, is the polio patient in Texarkana hospital. A Hope resident since last spring he had a scholarship to play for the University of Arkansas. This is Hempstead county the season's first polio case.
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William L. Cook
Stuttgart
Arkansas
Cook
Texarkana Hospital
Hope
University of Arkansas A
Hempstead
Arkansans Push to Vote as Campaigns Roar in Hot Springs
Arkansas voters face a high stakes primary with local power struggles amid a heated scene in Garland county. Governor’s critics, including Circuit Judge Clyde Brown and Sheriff J G Brown, clash as Curtis Ridgway seeks a circuit judgeship and Ridgway defends party integrity against alleged underworld ties. Secondary races shape the Arkansas House with incumbents and newcomers, including notable moves in Stuttgart DeWitt and Pine Bluff areas, as ballots determine control in the 1952 legislature.
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Garland County
Ces Paigns
Florida
Clyde
Brown
G. McMath
J. G. Brown
Paul Ward
Batesville
Richard 4B
McCulloch
Forrest City
Sam Robinson
Lesfer Gentry
Little Rock
Supreme Court
Legion Auxiliary to Install Officers at Wednesday Meeting
Legion and auxiliary members and families are urged to attend a Wednesday meeting at 7 p.m. when Legion and history officers will be installed. Special guests will be members of the junior baseball team.
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Gion
Hlisty
U S Casualties Confirmed in Korean War Update
Washington Aug 7 The Army released casualty figures through August 6 totaling 2,000 plus with 153 killed 4500 wounded and 873 missing. Spokesmen stressed careful notification to families and said missing in action totals vary daily.
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Washington
Far East
Drew Pearson
Pearson
Army
Armys
France Votes Armament Program
Paris reports France pledges a three year reararmament drive to deter Communist aggression and seeks British and American divisions in Europe. The plan totals about 5.71 billion dollars and raises military spending by 8.2 percent of income next year. French army gains 15 new divisions under a unified western command and pooled resources for efficient mobilization.
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Paris
Pr- France
Britain
United States
Europe
France
Ill Ozan man hospitalized in Nashville Arkansas
Cc. D. Ball of Ozan is reported seriously ill and in a Nashville Arkansas hospital early today. He is described as improving.
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Cc. D. Ball, Ozan, IH
Nashville
C. D. Ball
Ozan Ig
Nashville, Ark
Woolworths in Newark Suffers Two One Ton Sales
In Newark New Jersey on August 7 two one ton safes were opened at the FP W Woolworth Co store on Broadway. One safe contained $3 000 in cash while the other was empty. Police report safecrackers attempted a last night break in but miscalculated.
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Newark
N. J
FP. W. Woolworth Co
Broadway
No New Leads in Little Rock Robbery Report
Little Rock and Arkansas State police say there are no developments in the investigation of a Saturday robbery at Levine’s Westwood nightclub office. Six men, including Levine, were robbed by four masked assailants who demanded cash between $6,000 and $2,000, tied the victims and forced them to strip.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Barney Levine
Levine
S W Letter Carriers Meet Here In Arkansas District
The Southwestern Arkansas District Letter Carriers plan their annual meeting in Florida Saturday August 12. The agenda includes regular business and a watermelon token for visiting led watermelons. New officers to be elected and reports heard from those attending the prior meeting. Postmaster order curtailment of livery service discussed.
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Arkansas
Lcad
Rejiei
Waa
Hong Kong shelling hits British freighter
Itish Ship Hong Kong August 8 reports Chinese shore batteries fired on a 5000 ton British freighter. Officers were grounded by fragmentation. Shelling occurred about 1% miles south of Hong Kong in the same area where five small shells were fired yesterday by the American freighter Steel over.
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Hong 'Kong
Hgn Esang
Hong Kong
War Has No Box Seat for the Innocent in Korea
Hal Boyle describes life near the Korean front where refugees crowd dusty roads and suffer hardship. He observes mothers carrying children, elderly couples in ox carts, and a dying youth, while refugees flee bombardment and endure starvation. The scene contrasts brutal war with quiet humanity as a blind native guides others along a treacherous path.
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Hal Boyle
U. S
Korea
South Korea
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