National Grange outlines 1950 farm policy in Sacramento
The National Grange at its 83rd annual session in Sacramento released A Resume of Agricultural Policy for 1950. It contrasts farm stability with industrial volatility, opposes Brannan subsidies as inflationary, and urges expansion of marketing, cooperative purchasing, crop insurance, and world market access with flexible price supports and parity. The statement promotes a balanced, self-reliant farming sector within a free enterprise framework.
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National Grange
Sacramento
Cal
The
Grange
Theis Grange
Brannan
Hich
Farm Bureau Federation
Bragnan
Freal
Middle West
Emancipation Day Observance Planned Sunday
Emancipation Day observance scheduled for Sunday at Verger High School Auditorium invites public attendance. Sponsored by the Hope Negro Civic Improvement Association, the event aims to mark the day with community participation.
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Verger Highschool
Thy Hope Negro Civic Improvement Association
Weather Forecast for Arkansas Fair This Afternoon
Forecast calls for fair weather this afternoon with mild temperatures. Tonight expected to be clear with light winds. Thursday partly cloudy with chances of light showers and cooler temperatures.
Governors Can Prevent Phone Strike-Smith
Jefferson City Missouri December conference of governors may arbitrate a threatened Southwestern Bell strike. Governor Forrest Smith said the talks could yield a settlement and that four governors including Stevenson McMath Turner and Carlson would attend, with Shivers sending a representative. The meeting begins at 10 a.m. CST at the Hotel Jefferson, aiming to finish by tomorrow night.
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Jefferson City
Forrest Smith
Southwestern Bell
Smith
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Adlai E. Stevenson
Sllinois
Sid McMath
Arkansas
Roy J. Turner
Oklahoma
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Allan Shivers
Texas
Jefferson
Missouri
Hhey
State Labor Dept Enters Coal Strike Dispute
The Arkansas labor department has entered a labor dispute involving United Mine Workers picketing Ozark area coal mine operations north of Ozark Arkansas. Gov. Sid MacMath ordered a full investigation after talks with Ozark-Philpott Coal Co. officials. About 20 of 130 workers reported for duty as picketing resumed after a Christmas holiday. The company ran an open shop with a wage plan similar to a proposed UMW contract.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Labor Department
Sid MacMath
Ozark-Philpott Coal Co
Ozark
Ark
Peter G. Jacobson
San Francisco
McMath
United Mine Workers
UMW
Wnlon
Soan
Jra
Jacooson
Muskogee
Okla
Dave Faw Ier
UMW District 12
Tale of Murder Six Years Ago Puzzling Case
Sacramento reporters relay a puzzling confession by 1-year-old John Darrow claiming he killed his former wife Nelda June Bubner in Phoenix in 1943. Phoenix officials questioned if Bubner was truly his wife, noting the jury verdict pointed to death by self actions. Darrow's sister Mary Honeycott of Modesto says he lived there since 1918 and did not visit Arizona. she says he learned of Bubner's death only 18 months ago.
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Sacramento
Calif
Phoenix
Ariz
John Darrow
Nelda June Bubner
Bunner
Gorofier
Persoh
Darrow
Mary Honeycott
Modesto
Arizona
Mail Order House Slashes Prices in Midwinter Sale
A midwinter sale catalogue from a mail order house cuts prices by as much as 36 percent from the fall and winter general catalogue. Details indicate wide reductions across lines and the sale runs through December with emphasis on value and savings for customers.
Arkansas Industrialization Slows but Offsets Farm Decline
Arkansas per capita income in 1949 is projected to fall about three percent from 1948. The Arkansas Development Commission reports 100 new industries and expansions in 1949, creating about 11,840 jobs and boosting industrial earnings by roughly 3.8 million dollars while a $115 million drop in agricultural income reduces overall growth. The Missouri Pacific strike and crop-price downturn affected shipments and firm operations, yet larger firms showed renewed interest, and state revenue rose modestly.
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J. L. Thomasson
Little Rock
Arkansas
Charles K. Bowers
Agriculture and Industry Division
Arkansas , Resoyre and Development Commission
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Bowers
Bowery
Missouri Pacific
State Revenue Department
Arkansas Power and Ligh
Pine Bluff
State Capitol Grounds
Mwilda Robinson
Federal Reserve Gan
St. Louis
Lee
Port Smith
Hertin Auto Accident Leaves Two Recovering
Mrs. Thomas M. w Kevly and Mrs. Olga Anderson are recovering from injuries suffered in a Christmas Day automobile crash near Arkadelphia on Walnut 3400. Mrs. Kelly suffered a broken left arm and bruises while enroute to Little Rock. Mrs. Anderson was badly dragged and is resting at a brother’s home in Eynomet. She was en route to Missouri via Little Rock to visit relatives. Anderson was blinded by wraparoaching out and crashed into another vehicle that had stopped on the highway.
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Thomas M. W Kevly
Olga Anderson
Arkadelphia
Negro Civic Group to Meet Thursday
A Negro civic group will hold its regular meeting Thursday at Hicks Place Central Home at 7 o clock in the evening. All members are invited to attend and participate in the planned discussion and activities.
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Negro Civic Group
Hope Apa
Hicks Punetral
Cost of Living Down Says Government Index
New York December 28 report notes consumer price index shows lower living costs but questions persist about measurement. Critics cite outdated weighting, altered eating habits, and higher incomes as factors, while the government plans a $4 million adjustment to align with reality. City radio stations in New York Dallas Jacksonville St Petersburg and Camden are mentioned as examples of municipal ownership.
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New York
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Consumers’ Price Index
General Motors
Dallas
Jacksonville
St. Petersburg
Camden
Betty Lou Marbury Awaits Fate After Arm Amputation
Betty Lou Marbury, a 20 year old farm girl from Memphis, had her right hand amputated between the wrist and elbow at Baptist hospital to halt malignant bone tumor spread. Despite the loss, she remained hopeful, saying if the Lord slants her hand that is all right, and her faith drew prayers and letters from across the nation. Her father, Clay Marbury, and doctors prepared the family for the possibility of death if the operation did not save her life.
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Memphis
Tenn
Betty Lou Marbury
Baptist Hospital
Betty
Clay Marbury
Baptist
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Peron Prosecutes Editors Under Desacato Law
Buenos Aires, Dec 26. President Juan Peron filed desacato charges in federal court against editors of La Nacion and La Prensa for alleged disrespect and for supporting opposition member Attilio Cattaneo who accused Peron of enriching himself. Jail terms up to three years possible. Cattaneo has fled to Uruguay after expulsion from congress. Police seek his arrest.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
la Nacion
la Prensa
Gonscess
Peron
Einstein Admits Tax Form Stumps World’s Best Mathematician
HAL BOYLE notes that Albert Einstein, famed for unlocking atomic secrets and relativity, was puzzled by the U.S. income tax form in 1944 and had to hire a tax expert. The piece portrays Einstein as a paradoxically humble genius who shaped modern science yet wrestled with practical matters like taxes.
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Sam
Hal Boyle
New York
Albert Einstein
Rockefeller Foundation
Einstein
Newt
Orie
Family to Take Leukemia Victim Jerry May to Boston
Jerry Norman May an 11 year old of Bodcaw will be taken to Boston Monday with Dr Canhon Eley to seek treatment for acute leukemia. If he improves his life could extend by a few years but the family fears the disease may recur without successful care. Local residents formed a relief committee and donations totaling 332 were collected by Christmas Day as support continues to fund treatment and travel for the boy.
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Jerry May
Bodcaw
Boston
Jerry Norman May
Herbert May
Bodcawy
Nis
Canhon Eley
Jerry
Thal
Hope
Texarkana
John Huckabee
W. M. Pool
Harold Cain
Soekarno Faces New Freedom Issues in Indonesia
President Soekarno of the United States of Indonesia arrives in Batavia to tackle postwar reconstruction. He warns of massive poverty, illiteracy, and needed irrigation, while urging cooperation with foreigners and a focus on work. U S observers discuss loans to restart trade and cement Cold War alliances with the new republic.
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Associated Press
Soekarno
United States of
Indonesia
Batavia
Jacaria
Trry
South Pacific Isles
Soekarto
Washington
United States
Imsport-Import Bank
United States of America
United States of Indonesia
Philip C. Jessup
Far East
U. S ii
Japs Planned Germ Warfare Says Ninth Defendant
Moscow reports quote the ninth Japanese officer in a war crimes trial stating his unit aimed to unleash germ warfare on the Soviet Union during World War II. Other defendants admit dispersing millions of germ-carrying fleas near Shanghai to start a plague, with researchers near Manchuria and Changchun. They allegedly used American POWs as test subjects and plotted attacks on the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union. General MacArthur’s Tokyo HQ says no records show use of bacterial weapons against American prisoners.
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Moscow
L?i
Russia
Soviet Union
Japan
Shanghai
Jensaku Hirazakura
JOD
Manchuria
Min-Tse- Tung
Changchun
Siberian
Khabarovsk
U. S
Britain
MacArthur
Tokyo
Young Woman Admits Slaying Infant Daughter
A young woman charged with murder admits she caused the death of her infant daughter by pushing the baby's head against the floor the day before Christmas. Loretta Woodward, the victim, was adopted less than six months earlier and died three hours after medical treatment.
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Yong
Monttald
Covoher
C. M. Woodware
Churchill Named Man of Century
Time magazine editors name Winston Churchill the man of the half century in a cover feature for January 2. The piece lauds his wartime leadership, role in forming a free world, and moral sense during two world wars, noting his impact from 1900 to 1950 and his rise to prime minister at 63.
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New York
Winston Churchill
Timesmagazine
Peime
Ernest Hamlin
Churchill
Imanho
Churchuill
Church- HM
Actios
U S Spending Blamed on Fair Deal Program
Washington diplomats frame rising red ink as a core issue as Congress opens. Taft predicts farm subsidies could reach 6 billion yearly, forcing taxpayer bills through higher costs. Democrats defend deficit spending as a step to secure world peace amid calls to curb the Fair Deal.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Treasury
Taft
Ohio
Senate
GOP
Therannan Farm
Lucas
Atllinois
Tee Lucas
Heig
Audi
Havana
América
Eee
Hiatt
Violent Death Toll in Arkansas Report
The Associated Press notes 12 violent deaths across Arkansas in a week, totaling 127 with homicides, farm accidents, gunshot wounds, self harm, and fire. Incidents include a two car collision in Trumann killing Mr and Mrs Chriss, injuries to Williams of Marynard county, and Mrs R C Hams of Stuttgart fatally injured in a crash. Max Stark, 65, died in Harrison from a log accident while fetching firewood. An 80-year-old Black man, Edn Nelson, was killed when a wagon wheel struck him. his 12-year-old stepdaughter Beatrice Harris faces first degree charges.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Akansas
Trumann
Tueson
Mort Chriss
Williams
Marynard County
R. C. Hams
Stuttgart
Max Stark
Boone. Com
Harrison, Hospital
Edn Nelson
Ashdown
Beatrice Harris
Steel Mill Planned on East Coast
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp buys 3800 acre tract along the Delaware River in Falls Township Pa near Philadelphia. The land purchase signals possible new steel mill near the East Coast markets as freight costs favor seaboard mills. Estimated cost would run toward a billion dollars for a Homestead scale plant and structural needs at Edgar Thomson works.
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Pitsburgh
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Philadelphia
Hastert Board Steel Mill
Co. R. Cox
Steel Corporation
del River
Falls Township
Cox
U. S. Steel
Pittsburgh
Vastern Seaboard
Car Illinois
Homestead
Edgar Thompson Works
Dock
Pi Jarea
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State Labor Dept
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Roebuck
Cunie
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Bruce Edward Meeks
Chicago
Penny Gust
Penny
Dorothy Friend
Hertin
Betty Lou
Faith
SONES
Sinc
Tory
China
Muan
Sania
Finstein
Iris
Jacque Mercer
Douglas Cook
Cook
Miss Mercer
University of Chicago
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Biestre
Elerence
Maly
U.S
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