Jonesboro college aids training for printers in Arkansas
A letter from Arkansas State College Jonesboro asks for help recruiting youths into vocational printing and graphic arts courses. The Graphic Arts Advisory Council selected the college to train young printers, citing local openings and looming shortages as most journeymen move to big cities, with the aim of boosting regional skills through school and shop collaboration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas State College
Jonesboro
Jonesboro College
Graphic Arts Advisory Council
H. C. Taylor
Master Printers Council
Arkansas
Iiting
A. E. Elliot
Little Rock
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
W. L. Love
Warren Bogie Democrat
Robert Roach
The
Roach Paper Company
Star
Ben Franklin
Ouachita River Development Discussed at Hearing
In El Dorado on August 18 a federal inter agency committee heard scores of witnesses voice views on Ouachita river basin development for power navigation and flood control. The investigation team is led by Col Louis W Prentiss of the Corps of Engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Dorado
Federal Inter-Agency
Ouachita River
Quachita
Arkansas
Red Rivers
Louis W. Prentiss
Corps of Engineers
Dallas
Research Director to supervise Little Hoover group
George B. Toulmin of the University of Arkansas will supervise research for the committee on state reorganization, the Little Hoover commission. He was named research director at yesterday's committee meeting. The panel also approved a proposed constitutional amendment to extend terms of most elective officers, including the governor, from two to four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Rock
Orr
George B. Toulmin
University of Arkansas
Little Hoover
Labor Unrest Spreads Across Key U.S. Industries
Widespread labor disputes threaten defense programs as railroads, steel, and automotive sectors face strikes over pay and hours. About 50,000 rail workers idle. 27,000 in plant walkouts. 8,000 Auburn workers at Packard in Detroit. President Truman urges settlement to avert nationwide rail shutdowns.
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Associated
Birmingham
Ala
Lee Pero
Crucible Steel Company
General Electric Company
Syracuse
International Union of Railroad
Washington
W. P. Kennedy
Truman
Negro Schools Prepare for Opening in Hope Verger System
Hubertora supervising principal announces opening schedule for Hope Negro schools. General meeting for teachers on September 4 at 9:30 a.m. Enrollment by grade and school location outlined for Rosenwald, Hopewell, Fulton. Bus runs on Sept 6 7. Preschool clinic at courthouse Sept 8 10 a.m. Parents urged to vaccinate children and enroll those six by December 1, 1950.
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Wi v
Hubertora
Hope Negro Schools
Verger
Ith
Missouri Pacific
Rosenwald
Hopewell
Andrew Street
Rosenwald School
Hopewell School
Fulton School
Yerger High School
White House backs Dardanelle dam plan in Arkansas
President Truman supports the Arkansas Dardanelle dam project while Congress debates funding. The fight centers on House conferees led by Cannon who oppose new start projects, while Sen McClellan and Rep Hays push to fund the 76 million dollar flood control and power navigation dam near Little Rock. Norrell expresses cautious optimism as talks continue. Continued on page Two.
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Gordon Brown
Washington
Dardanelle
Arkansas
White House
Congress
Truman
Sid McMath
House
Senate
Cannon
D-Mo
McMath
Brooks Hays
D-Ark
Arkansas River
Little Rock
Cannan
Budget Bureau
Hays
Rep
Norrell
McClellan
Senate Appropriations Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Conference Committee
Senator McClellan
Guard Units Win Approval of Gen Lutes
Lt Gen Leroy Lutes, Fourth Army commander, approved the Louisiana and Arkansas National Guard division at Camp Polk Louisiana after a two week encampment. He praised the unit’s smooth command and noted improved numbers and training. He also commented on their fitter appearance and readiness.
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Camp Polk
Louisiana
Arkansas) National Guard
Leroy Lutes
Fourth Army
San Antonio
Tex
3Pth
Tanner
General Lutes
Eighth Russian spy suspect arrested in Laredo
Morton Sobell aged 33, a civilian once linked to the navy, was arrested in Laredo Texas on charges of passing defense secrets to Russia. He was taken to Webb County jail for questioning as authorities prepared a hearing. details of deportation from Mexico were not released. Sobell, the eighth in a ring accused of wartime espionage, faces possible death penalty if convicted.
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Laredo
Texas
Morton Sobell
Navy
Russia
Webb County
FBI
U.S. Navy
U.S
Frank Y
Sobell
Mexico
FSB
J. Edgar Hoover
United States
U. S. Navy
Greenglass
Los Alamos
N. M
Hoover
Reeves Instrument Company
New York City
Mexico City
Julius Rosenberg
Nights of Home and Imagination in Korea War Outpost
A wartime diary fragment describes U S soldiers at night in Korea finding solace and links to home through imagination. It recalls a Leonardo New Jersey captain and a night sky, stars, distant family sounds, and the quiet contrast between home and front lines. Gunfire and shells punctuate the calm, leaving the author to hope the home front remains shadowless.
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Korea
Cap
Edward A. Dougherty
Leonardo, N. J
Capt. Dougherty
Farway Hills
U S Open to Air Attack Warns of Limited Defenses
Washington reports that enemy air raids could strike many U S targets today with some bombs getting through. Officials say radar and fighter defenses would not deter all bombers and that bases and industrial centers would be prime targets for retaliation by long range bombers. The air defense system is described as outdated, sparse, and lacking timely warning for key areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elton C. Fay
Washington
United States
U. S
Commerce Picks Up on Mississippi
Memphis port handled 2 million 413 tons of waterborne commerce in 1949, Col Louis H Foote announced. The increase over 1948 was 100 413 tons. Helena Ark the district s other reporting station logged 2 377 60 tons, up 423 07 tons from 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Louis H. Foote
Memphis District Corps of Engineers
Foote
Helena
Ark
Social Security Bill Advances Toward Presidential Action
Washington Aug 18 backed heavily in Congress a bill expanding social security. It would cover 10 million more people bringing total to about 45 million and double payroll over 20 years. Benefits rise to an average $46 monthly for retirees and survivors, with maximum family benefits up from 85 to 450 per month. The measure would include 5 million self employed, 1 million domestic workers, and 650 thousand farm workers.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Truman
Tewa
Gress
George
Senate Finance Committee
Millikin
Rs. Cole
Finance Committee
Navy Army Chiefs to Leave by Air for Tokyo
General Lawton Collins and Admiral Forrest Sherman, top military leaders, will depart Washington by air Saturday for Tokyo. An army spokesman said the trip aims to observe and assess current arming needs and confirm it follows standard practice for chiefs visiting field operations. No request had been made by General Arthur for the visit, and the chiefs will leave at 1 am Saturday.
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Washington
J. Lawton Collins
Forrest P. Sherman
Army
Navy
Tokyo
Magarithur
Collins
Sherman
Sabeurday
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Alex. H. Washby
E. L. Compere
Selective Service
Edgar Harris
West Point
Miss
Edgar
Bertrand Russell
Little Hoover Group
NEA Telephotq
Aslyum
Wladyslaw Nizinski
Stefan Rogozinski
White House Favors Dam
Gen. Lutes
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NEA Telephoto
Yang ‘Woo
Republic of’ Korea
Indong
Mississippi
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