Our Daily Bread Sliced Thin on Economic Trends
The August Review of the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis notes people are the area’s key resource and reports 1949 district income fell about one percent from 1948 due to weak farm prices and a poor crop year. Cotton areas were hardest hit with a 21 percent drop in district cotton output. Outlook improves for 1950 and 1951 as commodity demand rises, though weather remains a question for cotton.
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Federal Reserve District
United States
Clinics to Study School Library Needs in Hempstead County
Hempstead County officials and county librarian plan two pre school clinics in Hope on September 5 and 6. A regional library clinic for superintendents and librarians will be held September 5 with speakers from the State Department of Education and State Library Commission. A one day workshop for county administrators and teachers follows on September 6 covering reading arithmetic music social studies science rotational education and libraries. No credit is offered and all teachers and superintendents are urged to attend.
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Hempstead County
County Supervisor of Schools
Hope High School
Mandey
Hope
Olevada, Miller and Hempstead C
John Trice
State Department of Education
Irelie Mason
Mary Louise Giraud
State Library Commission
Hampstead County
Benefit Program at Rosston School August 11
The Sunshine Quarter will perform at Rosston High School on August 11 at 8 15 in a singing program sponsored by the ladies auxiliary of Rosston Baptist Church. Nash Girls quartet will participate. Public invited. Admission is 25 and 80 cents.
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Rosston High School
Ladies Auxiliary
Rosston
Aged Hempstead Negro to Be Buried Aug. 9
Munn Phillips aged 90 longtime Hempstead County resident died Saturday at his home four miles east of Hope He was a brother of the late Calvin Phillips Funeral services will be held Wednesday August 9 at 2 30 p m at Phillips Cemetery near Hope
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Munn Phillips
Hempstead County
Hope
Calvin Phillips
Phillips Cemetery
Arkansas Weather Outlook Clouds and Scattered Thunderstorms
Cloudy conditions continue this afternoon and tonight in Arkansas with little temperature change. Occasional scattered thundershowers are likely in the northern areas as the system moves through.
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Arkansas
Extended forecast for Arkansas region
An extended forecast covers Aug 8 to 12 for Arkansas eastern Louisiana Alabama Mississippi northwest Florida. Temperatures average 1 to 2 degrees above normal with normal lows 68 to 73 and highs around 96. No major changes expected. Precipitation light with a few scattered thundershowers around Thursday.
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Arkansas
Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi
Northwest
Florida
Arkansas runoff poll results with scattered ward tallies
Hope voters returned to the polls in the runoff with lighter totals than the July 25 preferential primary. Ward tallies show Ward 1 leading with 881 votes, Ward 2 at 206, Ward 3 at 101, Ward 4 at 137, County Box 5 with 150, and Box 6 at 66. Most statewide races are uncontested, including renomination for McMath Gordon and several officials. two unexpired supreme court terms are on the ballot.
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Boses
Ward
Little Rock
Arkansas
U. S
J. W. Yalbright
Supreme Court
Sid McMath
Nathan Gordon
Vance Clayton
Congress
Oren Harris
E. C. Gatlings
Wilbur Mills
Jim Trimble
Boyd Tackett
Brooks Hays
W. F. Norrell
Secretary of
C. G. Hall
Ike Murry
J. Oscar Humphreys
Claude Rankin
Ed FL McFddin
Minor Millwoe
Rep Hulsey vows to serve public in re election bid
Thurston Hulsey of Washington unopposed for re election to Post No 1 thanked Mempstead County voters for support and encouragement. He said the government should serve the people and that he will do what the people want in the legislature.
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Thurston Hulsey
Washington
Mempstead County
Hulsey
Rep. Hulsey
Jimmy Ponder Reported Resting Better After Crash
Jimmy Ponder, critically injured in a Sunday motorcycle crash on South Main Street, was reported to be resting better today by attendants at Branch Hospital. He suffered severe head injuries.
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Jimmy Ponder
South Main Street
Branch Hospital
Young Ponder
Two Movies To Be Shown At Negro Park
Two movies will be shown at the Negro Baseball Park Wednesday night amid public district division. Details on showtimes and attractions were not clearly readable in the fragment.
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Negro Park
Bethel AM Church Picnic Announces Weiner Roast
The AM Church BethelWill hold a weiner roast tonight August 4 on the Hicks lawn. Members are invited to attend.
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Bethel A. M
Hicks Lawn
Shirley May France Fails Channel Bid Father Says No More
Somerset Mass August 8 Walter France reacted to his daughter Shirley May France failing in her second attempt to swim the English channel He said there will be no more swimming and Shirley will not attempt the channel again The high school junior had hoped to complete the swim before turning 18 this Friday
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Somerset
Mass
Walter France
Shirley May France
France
Shirley
Russia Faces Another UN Rebuff Amid Korea Debate
Lake Success August 8 Russia faced another United Nations rebuff in the Korean crisis as the Security Council prepared to open its second week of diplomacy. The United States and the Soviet Union offered rival resolutions on China and Korea. The council majority favored the American proposal calling on all nations to influence an end to the fighting, while the Soviet plan urged withdrawal of foreign troops and immediate peace talks. The actual military campaign in Korea would proceed regardless of the council stalemate.
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United States
Korea
Red China
Red Korea
South Korea
Jakob Malik
Council
34Th Parallel
Postmaster at Texarkana Succumbs
Albert Judson Pryor, 58, Texarkana postmaster since 1994, died unexpectedly at his office yesterday after being stricken during a telephone call with Mrs. Charles Sisk. Assistant Postmaster T. KR. McClurg found him slumped at his desk. Pryor was a Holly Springs native and Ouachita college alumnus.
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Texarkana
Aug
Albert Judson Pryor
Charles Sisk
T. KR. McClurg
Pryor
Holly Springs
Ouachita College
Actress Valentina Cortesa Sued For Damages In L A Home
Los Angeles reports Valentina Cortesa, a noted actress, faces a civil suit over damages allegedly caused during a one year rental of a Hollywood residence. Plaintiff Brook Waving Lewis, a writer, claims missing linen drapes and silverware, damaged carpets and grounds need repair after Cortesa's occupancy.
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Los Angeles
Talian
Valentina Cortesa
Hollywood
Brook Waving Lewis
VFW to Meet at VEW Hut on Highway 67
The VEW will hold a meeting at the organization's hut on Highway 67 at 8 o clock Wednesday. All members are urged to be present.
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VEW
Highway 67
Florence Chadwick sets English Channel record in Dover crossing
Florence Chadwick, 31, San Diego, swam from Cap Gris Nez to Dover in 13 hours 28 minutes, shaving 1 hour 3 minutes from Gertrude Ederle’s 1926 mark. Shirley May France, 17, Somerville, Mass., faltered near midway amid cold water and rocky shore as Chadwick pressed on to a historic Channel crossing.
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Dover
England
Florence Chadwick
San Diego
English Channel
Shirley May
France
Miss Chadwick
Gertrude Ederle
Ederle
Cap Gris Nez
Chadwick
Georges Michel
White Cliffs
Calif
Somerset
Mass
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PSC Makes Bell Telephone Rate Hike Permanent
The Arkansas Public Service Commission approved making permanent the temporary rate increase for Southwestern Bell Telephone. The order, issued yesterday, increases annual revenue by about 1.93 million dollars starting from the September 1946 grant.
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PSC
Bell
Lite Rock
Southwestern Bell Tele Phone Company
Arkansas Public Service Commission
Truman to Ask Huge Tax on Corporations
Washington reports president Truman plans to ask Congress for a multi billion dollar excess profits tax on corporations to help arm against Communist aggression. Some lawmakers consider attaching an anti profiteering levy to the general 5 billion tax package, with O Mahoney and Mills urging a profits tax and price wage ceilings in debate over war time finance.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Capitol Hill
Hig
O'Mahoney
Rep Mill
Mills
Senate Finance Committee
Moe the veteran combat dog to retire after fatigue
Moe, America’s veteran combat dog, retired from air war duties after six years with the U S Air Force. Picked up in Australia by Lt Jack Coghlan, Moe flew 25 WWII missions and served on Pacific bases. Now in Korea under Sgt Daniel Kinney, he battles war fatigue and anxiety at ground patrols.
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Hal Boyle
U.S. Air Force
Korea
Moe
America
Air Force
Australia
Jack] Coghlan
Longview
Texas
Pacific
Nome
Far East
Daniel Kinney
San Francisco
Kinney
Silent Monkey
Marines Plan to Call Up 80,000 Men
Washington reports the Marine Corps plans to activate 80,000 volunteer reserves to reach an active strength near 200,000. House members push for higher permanent strength, with a January request for a $500 million military appropriation. First 30,000 reservists are ordered active between Aug 15 and Oct 31, while 30,000 await mobilization.
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Washington
Aug
Vinson
Marine Corps
Rep
Mansfield
D-Mant
House
Guardsmen from 3 States Begin Training Camp in Louisiana
Louisiana and Mississippi national guardsmen join 8,000 troops for the 39th division encampment at Polk Louisiana. Lt Col Leslie Cave plans field training and firing range work as 14 regular army officers observe. Athletic programs, led by Hoss Mentsas and Jimmy Thibaut, include softball boxing and more. Some farmers still have cattle on the range and may be rounded up as drills continue.
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Camp Polk
Louisiana
Mississippi
National Guardsmen
Leslie Cave
Baton Rouge
Harry (Hoss )Mentias
New Orleans
Warren Easton High School
Jimmy ‘Thibaut
Tulane
Mentsas
Thibaut
Henry Plitt
Fireman Rescues Family Then Returns With Alarm
Earlville story recounts Donald Russel who, when fire spread in his home on August 8, saved his wife and six children, rode five miles to alert a nearby volunteer firehouse, then brought the truck back. Fire Chief Frank Morgan estimates the loss at 2500 dollars as volunteers help extinguish the blaze.
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Earlville
Donald Russel
Russel
Frank Morgan
Sunny Skies Then Hot Spells Across the Nation
Weather forecast across the United States called for near seasonal temperatures and fair conditions from the southern Great Lakes to the eastern gulf states. The Southwest and Rio Grande Valley faced heat, while light morning showers touched parts of Iowa Missouri and central Illinois. Thunderstorms were reported in the Lake Superior region and southern Rocky Mountains with Kansas City recording the heaviest rainfall at 1.60 inches last night.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Eingland States
Gulf States
Rio Grande Valley
Iowa
Missouri
Ilinois
Lake Superior
Rocky Mountain
States
Kansas City
Two Bandits Elude Dallas Officers
In Dallas on August 8 two bandits escaped a police trap after a blazing gun battle in which an outlaw was shot and jewelry worth about $1,000 was taken from Brann and his wife in Preston Hollow. Officers pursued, a guard was wounded, and one bandit, Flemming Van Derrick, was later found injured in the street and hospitalized.
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Dallas
Tex
Ollman Brann
Preston
Gawn
Lloyd
Brann
Flemming
van Derrick
Chickasha
Okla
Tim Treadway
Wiliam C. Grinnell
Grinnell
Grinnel
Parkland Hospital
Ten More Battle Casualties Reported From Korea Front
Ten additional battle casualties admitted to the Army and Navy General Hospital last night are recovering from gunshot wounds to the arms and legs. Medical officers say their conditions are serious and each will require several months of hospitalization. Arriving by hospital plane at Little Rock and transferred here by ambulance were Sgt. James R. Aitcheson, 23, Fort Pierce, Florida. Cpl Clayborn J. Flanagan, 19, Springville, Mississippi. Cpl Lloyd F. Tatlock, 20, Judyville, Indiana. Cpl Robert Van Matta, 25, Amboy, Illinois. Pfc George Morse, 21, Middleville, Tennessee. Pte Bryant Wood Jr., Nahira, Georgia. Pfc Alfonseg Tyson, 21, Lamont, Florida. Pfc Samuel E. Eaton, 20, Panama City, Florida. and Pvt Fred M. Odle, 19, McLeansboro, Illinois.
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Hot Springs
Army and Navy General
Little Rock
James R. Aitcheson
Fort Pierce
Fla
Clayborn J. Flanagan
Springville
Miss
Lloyd F. Tatlock
Judyville
Ind
Robert van Matta
Amboy
George Morse
Middlegrove
Bryant Wood, Jr
Nahira
Pic
Alfonseg Tyson
Lamont
Samuel E. Eaton
Panama City
Fla., and Pvt
Fred
M. Odle
McLeansboro
Soldier William H. Wood’s Son Missing in Action in Korea
Batesville Aug 8 The defense department notified that William Clinle Wood Jr., 25, missing in action in Korea. Wood enlisted in December 1948 and served with the 4th division. The family awaits further word as the war continues.
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Missi
Batesville
William H. Wood
Defense Department
Fle
Wil Diam Clinle Wood
Korea
Wood
Tie Ath Divir Wien
Fragmentary note hints at a historic local event
A garbled OCR fragment mentions names and places but lacks coherent detail. It appears to reference individuals Col and Charleg and a local context, but the exact event, date, or outcome is unreadable.
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VFW
Japan
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Rockport
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Michael Sparks
St. Louis
Hal Wilson Lanak
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Doughdeya
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