Filibuster Debate Highlights Senate Rule Change Risks
The discussion centers on amending Sub-section 2 of Rule 22 to ease cloture and curb filibusters. Senator John L. McClellan argues the move favors majorities and could push hasty laws, while defenders warn it would undermine minority protections and constitutional rights. He urges patience and public enlightenment before altering long standing precedents.
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Congress
Senate
John L. McClellan
Arkansas
Senate Rules Committee
McClellan
United States Senate
Snyder Sees Continuance of Prosperity
Atlantic City February 1 Treasury head Snyder said the nation remains highly prosperous and will stay on a stable path in the coming years. He argued prices are normalizing after wartime shortages and urged belief in continued consumer demand and business opportunities backed by an administration program for a high level economy.
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Atlantic City
The
Treasury
Snyder
United States
National Sporting Goods Association
J . Snyder
Polio Drive Extended a Week in Hempstead Arkansas
The March of Dimes polio relief drive was extended one week due to abnormal weather. Hempstead remains well short of its quota while Arkansas carries a broader need. State chairman Brig. Gey H. L. McAlister wired chairman Jim LaGrossa requesting continuation of the drive.
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Hempstead
Arkansas
Brig.Gey
H. L. McAlister
Wired Focal
Jim LaGrossa
City Auto Tags Sell Record Amid Deadline Rush
City officials announce record auto tag sales with Charles Reynerson reporting a surge in purchases before the deadline. Officials say tag sales exceeded prior records, with purchases totaling well above previous highs and indicating strong demand for the year.
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Sugre City
Charles Reynerson
Reynerson
Lower Voting Age and Tax Changes Proposed in Arkansas
Constitutional amendments to lower the voting age to 18 and allow varying property tax rates were proposed in the Arkansas House. Also, $75,000 was requested for indigent cancer treatment, while a write-in vote ban bill advanced in a separate measure. Senate and House maneuvering on racing commission membership continued, with shifts in earlier positions and reconsiderations.
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Jim Thomasson
Little Rock
Arkansas
State House
Ren
Lloyd E. Capnell
Garland County
Glenn F. Walther
Pulaski
Laud Payne
Clay
Russell Roberts
Faulkner
General Assembly
House
Senate
Ed Bailey
Arkansas Cancer Commission
State General Revenue Fund
Falon Fraley
Poinseit _topnty la
Arkansas Senate
State Racing Commission
McMath
Groundhog Comes Out He Is Crazy
New York February 1 UP report says many anticipate the groundhog will emerge from his burrow as winter grips the country. Weather chills the day as the woodchuck’s fate looms. if no shadow, six more weeks of cold may follow, while the animal’s misreadings spark mischief and myth.
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Groundhog
Leo Turner
New York
Suepadss
Attentlan
Wejack
Fisher
Tulsa Plan Leader Faces Threat Amid Eviction Drive
Tulsa Plan executive secretary Rev. Wallace Murphy dismisses a death threat from a mysterious woman warning she will kill him. Murphy, active in the mass eviction protest, has faced numerous calls against his campaign to evict renters. Roy Sheldon confirms the caller threatened violence while Murphy remains at home after a recent heart attack. The National Association of Property Owners plans outreach from Kansas City to counter misrepresented “vent conteols.”
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Tulsa
Wallace
Murphy
Roy Sheldon
Tulsa Property Owners Association
Hseoch Llow
Cor Murphy
Mas
Shellon
Jefers
National Association of Property Owners
Ane Niukeed
Kansas City
Cotton ginning report for Hempstead County 1840
A veterinary report notes Hempstead County ginned 11 767 bales of cotton in 1840, compared with 6 929 bales in a preceding period. The figures reflect the county's cotton production and processing activity during the year.
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Hempstead
Jier
Danusry
Balloon Display Balloons Drifted From Little Rock Auto Firm
A balloon with Young Chevrolet printed on it drifted about 30 miles north of Little Rock before being found by Vilonia farmer J. W. Schalle a week later and mailed back to the firm. The company planned multiple balloons for a showroom display and two were released by accident.
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Young Chevrolet Co
Little Rocks
J. W. Sehalle
Vilonia
Ark
Farmer
Young Chevrolet
Schalle
Mrs Chandler Buried Monday at Bingen
Funeral services for Mrs. Hoy Chandler age 36 who died in a Nashville hospital Sunday were held at First Baptist Church of Bingen led by Rev. W. E B Perry and Rev. H. B. Donnell She is survived by her husband two sons Jerry and Gene her parents Mr and Mrs G M Goodwin two brothers Joe of Nashville and Truman of Lake Charles and three sisters Mrs Junior Rammage Mrs August Griffin of Nashville and Mrs Vester Goad of Little Rock
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Hoy Chandler
Nashville
First Baptist Church of
Bingen
W. E B. Perry
H. B. Donnell
Isisband
Jerry
Gene
G. M. Goodwiningen
Joe
Truman
Lake Charles
Junior Rammage
August Griffin
Vester Goad
Little Rock
State Floods Center Along Three Rivers
Lilla Rock Feb 1. Arkansas floods center along the Ouachita St. Francis and White Rivers with heavy snow and rising waters. Levee at Calion breached endangering 73 to 100 houses. livestock losses reported. Smackover oil output cut as Smackover Creek floods. Des Ave records a 37 foot crest as the White pressures downstream. about 250 families evacuated. highways in the county threatened.
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Lilla Rock
Arkansas
Ouachita
St. Francis
Smackover Creek
Smackover
Des Ave
Des Are
Coton Plant
Rumblings From the South on Early Blooming Flowers
HAL BOYLE reports from the South about early camellias and azaleas, civil rights debates, and Dixiecrat vs Democrat tensions. Locals note a changing landscape as industry brings wealth while old hierarchies endure, with outsiders advised to listen quietly to grasp regional divisions.
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Hal Boyle
Washington, D.C
South
Winley
Harry Truman
Mersus
Six Die Missing In Ripon Hotel Fire
Six persons including a former Wisconsin football player are missing and presumed dead after a fire destroyed the Grand View hotel in Ripon Wisconsin. Police report listed Lingd Wasserbach a Madison resident and former Wisconsin and Chicago Rockets player Charles Wendtland an 80 year old guest, Miss Alice Callan principal of Longfellow school, Miss Clara Salverson a bookkeeper, and other guests among the missing as fire crews battle the blaze at the burned hotel with about 40 guests still unaccounted for as of morning.
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Ripon
Wis
Grand View
Ira Dunham Sted
Lingd
Wasserbach
Madison
University of Wisconsin and
Chicago
Rockets
Charles Wendtland
Alice Callan
Aipen
Longfellow
Clara Salverson
Ripon Knitting Company
Wisconsin
Chicago Rockets
Ripa
Recognition May Clear Row in Palestine
Edward Ef Somar reports Washington February 1 that officials hope a settlement of the Arab Jewish dispute brings the United States to grant full de jure recognition to Israel and Trans-Jordan. The move aims to boost Israels UN membership chances and spur other nations to recognize Trans-Jordan, potentially reshaping East-West relations after the Soviet veto. President Truman welcomed the two countries into the world family of nations and pledged de jure recognition following the new states first national elections.
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Edward EF
Somar Washinton
Israel
Trans-Jordan
Esrael
United Nations
The
Russia
West
Boviels
Truman
World Family of Nations
White House
Community Clinics Start Wednesday at Hopy City Mall
The first of a series of Community Development meetings will be held at Hopy City Mall on Wednesday February 2 at 9 30 a m under J F Toohey. Sessions are in city hall courtroom with schedules listing chairs Aubrey Al britich Lloyd Spencers Herbert Burns and George W Rabingon and merchant employee attendees.
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Hopy City Mall
J. F. Toohey
City Hall
Aubrey Albritich
Lloyd Spencers
Herbert Burns
Dim
Merchants and Enployees
George W. Rabingon
U S Marines May Have to Leave China
U S Marines in Tsingtao face pressure from Communist mortar fire near the airport, with signs Marines may evacuate. Tsingtao hosts U S western Pacific fleet headquarters under Vice Admiral Oscar C Badger while Chinese and American aircraft operate from the airfield amid rising shelling. Military observers suggest evacuation plans hinge on American naval strength and Communist activity around the port city.
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Arthur Goul
Tsingtao
Ching
S. A
Steairfield
Tiensip
Bader
Va’ Iti
Tsingtau
Bodver
Gift Turns Graduation Into Tragedy
Phyllis Marcus, 18, died when a lighter gifted by her boyfriend, Sheldon Posner, ignited gasoline on her pajamas as she prepared for graduation at Samuell Tilden High School. Posner, 21, had just arrived from Chanute Field to attend the ceremony as mournful news spread among classmates.
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New York
Pfe
Sheldon Posner
Chanute Field
Phyllis Marcus
Posner
Uehter
Phyllis
Samuell. Tilden High School
Administration Opposes Pension for All Veterans
Washington reports the Truman administration opposes a proposed universal veteran pension. Veterans Administrator Carl R. Gray Jr told the House Veterans Committee the plan contradicts the president’s program. The bill would grant $60 monthly at 60 and $80 at 65 with extra for disabilities, costing about $2 billion in the first year. Gray said he is neutral in his official capacity but the Budget Bureau advised against enacting the bill as it conflicts with the president’s policy.
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Washington
Congress
Carl R. Gray, Jr
House Veterans Committee
Gray
Bureau of the Budget
Ligbt
Mrs Cantley Dies in Local Hospital
Mrs. W. M. Cantley aged 62 died in a local hospital today. She is survived by her son James William Cantley of Denver and a daughter Mrs. Sidney Hoffman of San Francisco. Funeral services will be held at 2 30 p.m. Wednesday at the Presbyterian Church with interment in Rose Hill. Active pallbearers are Bill Johnson Talbot Field Jr. Frank Kang Ray Turner Dick Watkins and Fran McLarty.
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W. M. Cantley
James William Cantley
Denver
Cole
Sidney Hoffman
San Francisco
Steve Coal
Presbyterian Church
Rose Hill
Herndon Cornellus
Bill Johnson
Talbot Field, Jr
Franke Kang
Ray Turner
Dick Watkins
Fran McLarty
Admit 400000 War Refugees Urged by Commission
The displaced persons commission urged Congress to admit about 406000 war refugees to the United States over the next four years, nearly double the current program. It cited slow resettlement and urged law changes aligned with President Truman’s ideas, noting 2507 displaced persons reached the U.S. from July to end of 1948 and predicting continued influx if approved.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Iruman
B Jrelutlahee
Vlurme
Peryang
Commission
Uge Curtiss
Cary Said
Pennsylvania approves WWII veterans bonus measure
Harrisburg approves a proposed $10,000 veteran bonus for World War Two service, passed by the House after Senate approval. The plan now heads to a statewide referendum next November. A separate note mentions disease-preventing flock treatment concerns tied to tick or flea challenges.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Jas
House of Representatives
State Senate
Winter snow record disrupts classes and travel
Snow totals reached five inches as a winter storm blanketed Hempstead and surrounding counties. Schools expect reopening Wednesday after delayed sessions and on the job classes resume. Roads remain slick with hazardous conditions forecast through midmorning. State police urged motorists to stay off treacherous highways until cleared.
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Thiment
Dog Hempstead
Wendesday
Bevnoo
Roeck
Clear Skies Do Not Save Texas Crops from Cold
Weather across the western and northern regions brought record cold, damaging crops in Texas and extending into Utah, Oregon, Minnesota, and the Dakota area. Early morning lows ranged from 10 to 20 degrees below normal in many states, with frigid air expected to persist tonight.
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Rocky Mountains
Utah
Oregon
Missigsippi Valley
North Dakota
Kola
Belo
Minnesota
Arkansas Offers Stock Haven for Western Cattle
H. K. Thatcher of the Arkansas Development Commission told reporter Joe Campbell that Arkansas could serve as a fattening stock haven. He cited snowbound western ranges and possible transport routes to feed cattle in cotton seed shortages, with trucks moving cattle toward Arkansas or the south to relieve Western overstock and southern shortages.
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Gordon. Brown
Washington
H. K.thatcher
Arkar
Joe
Cambell
Arkan
Thatcher
Arkansas
Diamonds Stolen From Bel Air Store Owner
Los Angeles on January 31 a jewelry claim valued at 257 500 was taken from the Bel Air district home of wealthy market chair operator Thomas R. Winans. He said the burglary likely happened while he and his wife slept and that his wife had not noticed the loss yesterday. A Miami Beach bank robbery report lists two gunmen and night clerks involved, with details of deposits and a teller room scene.
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Los Angeles
Bel-Air
Thomas R. Winans
Polit
Ae Af Perrney
Miami Beach
Fla
National Bank
J. W. Cameron
Tory Room
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Maye
Hempstead County
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Ivanko
Pelle
Gian
Watt
Alabama
Botus
Mandy Ileavowy
Horiness
J Montgmery
Ala Tere
Ahly Po Lows Puss Company
Palestine
U.S
China
Administration
Pension
Texas
Florida Bank
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