Fashion Show Hints At New Look For 1950 Skirts
Paris fashion notes press reports that the New Look may be echoed in 1950 designs with shorter skirts and spring styles. In Miami Beach, AFL leaders urged unity as John L. Lewis pressed for labor action, while a London arrest connected to A-bomb secrets raised global security concerns. The piece links labor, politics, and science to a broader warning about internationalist impulses and national loyalties.
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Paris
Associated
W Press
FBI
London
Claus Fuchs
Great Britain
Fuchs
Germany
United States
Britain
Our
Henry A. Wallace
Russia
No Man's Land
Two Jailed for Passing Hot Checks at Prescott
Two men Cecil Douglas Heidt of Bald Knob Arkansas and Ben Thachman Elam of Coolidge Arizona were arrested by Prescott Police Chief Johnson and Arkansas State Police Sgt J H Porterfield for alleged forgery and passing hot checks. The suspects admitted passing bad checks in Louisiana Texas Arkansas Arizona and Mississippi.
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Prescott
Nevada County
Cecil Douglas Heidt
Bald Knob
Ark
Ben Thachman Elam
Coolidge
Avivona
Chief Johnson
Guy Downing
Arkansas
J. H. Porterfield
Louisiana
Texas
Arizouna
Snd
Missigpi
Arkansas Weather Forecast Clouds Bring Warmer Sunday
A cloudy forecast for Arkansas calls for warmer temperatures this weekend. Light winds shift through the afternoon with a mild, unsettled pattern.
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Arkansas
Lewis Flatly Rejects Truman Truce Proposal
In New York and Washington the nation faces a looming labor dispute as talks between Western Electric bar tenders and the CIO Communications Workers of America seek wage and benefit deals while a telephone walkout threats to cripple the Bell system. UMW leader John L Lewis rejects Truman's three stranger arbitration plan.
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New York
Western Electric Co
CIO Communications Workers of America
Western Eleletric
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell System
Washington
Udy
Joseph R. Bransford
Western Electric
Margelis
Margolis
Cyrus Ching
Chiang
Southwest
Ern Bell
Mountain Bell
John L. Lewis
Truman
United Mine Workers
White House
Lewis
Ilinois
Lewis Wold
Hermal
Mr. Truman
Caast
Three Missing as Military Plane Crashes in Puerto Rico
A U S air force C47 transport with two officers and one enlisted man aboard crashed into the sea off Puerto Rico near the naval station two miles northeast of the harbor. Officials said there was little hope for survivors after the aircraft hit the water at full speed while departing between heavy rainstorms. Rescue operations mobilized with tugs and air support. the plane carried 3500 pounds of equipment for amphibious maneuvers. Identification of the crew was withheld.
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San Juan
P. R
U. S. Airforce
Army
Navy
Ollicials
Hoosevelt Road
U. S. Naval Station
Yerger N F A Members Attend Meeting
Four Yerger chapter members attended the Pesthederation at Lincoln High School in Washington Arkansas with L A Gaines state N A advisor presiding. The day included an sequential identification contest and conference of agricultural leaders with O dg Seymour district supervisor vocational agriculture.
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Yerger
Hed Lincoln High Schvel
Washington
Ark
L. A. Gaines
State N. A
Agriculque Leachers
O. Dg. Seymour
Yocrtional Agriculture
Masons Honor Washington Birthday With Lodge Banquet
Whitfield Masonic Lodge No. 239 plans a Washington's Birthday banquet at the hall on Ebon Street at 7 p.m. February 21. Rev S A Whitlow will discuss Washington the Mason. Tickets are available through lodge members.
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Whitfield Masonic Lodge
Wall
Washington
Ebontreet
S. A. Whitlow
Flight saga of Philippine vice president’s daughter grips Manila
Yolanda Lopez Puckett, daughter of vice president Fernando Lunes, fled abroad from the United States to avoid U S police over a child custody dispute. In Roswell New Mexico she was charged with kidnapping. her young son Bobby was brought to Manila via London with a nurse.
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Manila
Philippines
U. S
Yolanda Lopez Puckett
Roswell
N. M
United States
London
Bobby
Seale
Mel
Puckett
Ferinando Lunes
Lewin
Philippies
Pucker
Mercy Slaying Trial Could End Tuesday in Conn
Mercy murder trial of Carol Ann Papight, first of its kind in Connecticut, sits in recess as both sides present final arguments. A nine to three juror panel is expected. verdict likely by Tuesday night. The defendant pleads temporary insanity after shooting her father, Carl Poight, a Stamford police sergeant, on September 23.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Fes
Carol Ann Papight
Connecticut
John A. Cornell
Carol
Carl Poight
Stamford
Pollen Furve
Clifford Moore
Stir
Head of Bank of England Succumbs
London, Feb 4. Lord Norman longtime governor of the Bank of England died in his sleep at his London home. He helped form the World Bank of International Settlements and kept Britain off the gold standard. Norman viewed as a major figure in interwar finance, private and retiring in life.
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London
Lord Norman
Bank of England
Finance
U. S Federal Reserve Bank
Mans Hadan Neid
New York City
Brown Brothers
United States
Norman
Britain
World Bank of International Settlements
Hjalmar Sehachl
Adolf Hitler
England
World Talk of Two Babies and the H Bomb Timeline
A chaotic 1960s style collage questions the Bergman boy and a "Our Own Chunk of Sun" while pondering the H bomb. The piece weaves a chilling rape and murder case from Danville Virginia with a grand reflection on parenthood, fate, and societal responsibility. It references Marian Lisbyd, a schoolgirl killed on a country road, and the suspect George Thomas Halley, an ex convict on probation.
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Bergman Boy
Danville
Marian Lisbyd
J. Marian
J. A.tune
Tune
George Thomas Halley
Marlan
William A. Lloyd
Hailey
Ted
Red sabotage spread of Atlantic Pact shocks Europe
A Communist sabotage drive aims at undercutting the Atlantic pact and Marshall aid, now impacting France with wage protests and work stoppages, linked to Cominform aims. Paris says the effort centers on labor unrest, with dock workers at Marseille resisting ships to Indo China and supplies arriving sabotaged. American sources foresee stronger action in Italy as the wider plan unfolds.
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Europe
France
Italy
Indo-China
Bao Dai
Southeast Asia
L’huranite
Paris
Marsielle
Far East
Halley Overcome by Deed Led to Abby Home and Surrender
Halley fled to Abby and confessed the killing before heading to the Harn where he worked. Willian Cars, a farmer, already had heard of the death and fired his own gun when Halley showed up, holding the youth at gunpoint until police arrived minutes later.
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Halley
Oniuthe
Abby
Harn
Willian Cars
Ted
Key Club Plans Benefit Pancake Breakfast
The High School Key Club and the local Kiwanis club sponsor a pancake breakfast at the Cottage on Main Street Wednesday from 6 to 8 am. Proceeds support the Key Club project to purchase an electric erovle and scare bond for the school Syhinusium. Public invited.
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Key Club
Kiwanis Club
Main Street
Hydrogen Bomb Data Sparks Alarm Across Congress
A garbled OCR fragment describes British atomic involvement and a long tenure of a security agent who worked with American scientists, visiting installations and briefing on hydrogen weapon details. It hints at a 1948 cutover and UK information shared about the super-destructive hydrogen bomb.
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Amerita
American Atomic
Geere
Hig Og Fuchs
Scotland Yard
Klau Emil Julia Fuch
Bov
America
Support Grows for Excise Tax Slash in Washington
Washington February 4 Officials report growing Democratic support for cutting excise taxes beyond the administration’s proposal. Lawmakers from the Ways and Means Committee back deeper reductions and plan to trim taxes on theater tickets, local telephone bills, and photographic equipment. Treasury Secretary Snyder argues offsetting measures raise net revenue.
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Washington
Truman
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Way and Means Committee
Young D-Ohier
Young
Rep
King
D-Calif
Carroll Dcole
Treasury
Carroll
Community Concerts Representative to Visit Sunday
Community representatives announce a Sunday meeting at Hotel Barlow to discuss plans and talent for next winter's concert series. All interested should attend at 3 pm. The current series resumes Friday at the high school auditorium on February 10.
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Hope
Authorities seek cause of deaths of two contractors
In Little Rock on February 4 authorities investigated the deaths of contractor W. Keaton, 58, and his wife, 58, whose neighbor reported they had been absent for several days. Deputy Coroner L. ordered an autopsy as survivors include Bruce of Hope, with family living in the area.
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Little Rock
Hla
Hom
W. Keaton
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