Community clubs announce February meetings and events
In Hope Arkansas various society notices list events for February including Junior High department party at the Methodist church, Prudence Alifey Circle meeting at Mrs Reynersons home, Alpha Zeta Beta Sigma Phi regular meeting, Eastern Star at Mason Hall, and a Stamps Baxter Melody Boys program at Rocky Mound school to benefit March of Dimes and club projects. The Iris Garden club hosted a Valentine Tea with a beautification plan for Julia Chester hospital grounds and a panel on flower arranging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Rocky Mound
Baxter Melody Boys
Rocky Mound School
Warren Pickards Grocery
East Third St
Franklin McLarty
Hope Federation of Garden Clubs
Charles Wylie
H. C. Kyler
B. L. Rottig
Thompson Evans, Jr
Manuel Hamm
Iris Garden Club
BE. 0. Wingfield, With Mrs. Leo Robins, Mrs. J. A. Sowden
Paul Raley
Federation
City of Hope
McLarty
Wylie
Club
Linhray Spates
Leo Robins
Julia Chester Hospital
A. A. Albritton
Rey Anderson
F. N. Porter
Floyd Crank
E. 0. Wingfield
R. L. Gosnell
Jim Cole
Ben McRae
W. W Andrews
Alathean Class Meets In Shiver Home
Alathean Sunday school members and associates met at Mrs. Shiver home with hostesses Mrs. Harry Shiver Mrs. Qwen Nix and Mrs. Aubrey Albritton. The event featured Valentines Day decor story book dolls and spring flowers plus prayers and a business session electing a new secretary. The Willing Workers class held a Valentine banquet at the Fellowship Hall with 24 members and three guests. prizes were awarded and valentines exchanged. PEO Sisterhood AE met at Miss Beryl Henry's with program on The Cotty Cottage in Nevada Missouri and door prize won. refreshments followed with red and white Valentine motif.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Shiver
Qwen Nix
Aubrey Albritton
Alathean
Shiver
W. P. Singleton
John §. Gibson, Jr
J. S. Draper
Young People's Department
Fellowship Hall
A. BE. Mhoon
W. W. White
Luigi Steadman
Jess Gilliam
Homer Cobb
H. Paul Holdridge
Holdridge
Ruth Edmond
McCorkle
PEO
Beryl Henry
Ched Hall
F. C. Crow
Earl Powell, Jr
Cotty
Nevada
Ferrell Baker
Valentine
DeHavilland and Crawford Win Movie Awards
Hollywood voters unleashed the 1949 Academy Award race as Olivia de Havilland and Broderick Crawford led with top nominations. The lineup also included Kirk Douglas for Champion Gregory Peck in Twelve O Clock High Richard Todd for The Hasty Heart and John Wayne for Sands of Iwo Jima as social themes and war topics shape the awards season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Broderick Crawford
Olivia da
Havilland
Crawford
Kirk Douglas
Gregory Peck
Richard Todd
John Wayne
Iwo Jima
CIO Would Hike Taxes on Corporations
Francis M. Le May reports from Washington that the CIO endorsed parts of President Truman tax proposals but urged Congress to add measures. They seek higher personal exemptions for low income families, a wartime excess profits tax on corporations, a new levy on undistributed profits, and a top corporation tax around 5 percent tapering with payout but aiming to tax retained earnings. Stanley Ruttenberg presented the CIO position to the Ways and Means Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis M
LE May
Washington
CIO
Truman
Labor Organization
Congress
Trujuan
Stanley Ruttenberg
House Ways and Means Committee
Coming and Going: Visitors and Health News
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gunter and Mrs. Homer Beverley with son traveled to Center Texas to see James Gunter Jr in Warren hospital after a wrist injury Tuesday. He is reported to be doing nicely. Mrs. Dale Dunn from Fayetteville arrived Tuesday night to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. Cliac Franks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Gunter
Homer Beverley and
Center
Tex
James Gunter, Jr
Warren Hospital
Dale Dunn
Fayetteville
Cliac Franks
CIO air workers push 5 cents wage rise at Lion Oil plant
The CIO air workers union announces plans to demand a 5 cents an hour wage increase and other concessions from Lion Oil chemical division in El Dorado as the current contract nears expiration next month. Meanwhile Arkansas Resources and Development officials report White River Limestone Products Co. will build a $300,000 limestone processing plant near Batesville and operate it, expected to start next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
el Dorado
CIO Air Workers Union
Lion Oil Company
Chemical Division
Cline Franks
Little Rock
Batesville
Wayne C. Fletcher
Arkansas Resources and Development Commission
White River Limestone Products Co
Hospital Notes Brief Admissions and Discharges
Readable hospital notation shows patients admitted at multiple Arkansas towns including Washington Hope and Hope with names Julia Ghester Josephine Admitted W M Frazier Gerald Sission and discharged patients Mrs Jesse Morris son David Franklin Mary Lou Montgomery Mrs Emory Thompson and others in rapid list form. The fragment mentions several towns and patient movements across Arkansas facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Ghester
W. L. Lentz
Blevins
Alice Buckley
McCaskill
Jesse Morris
David Franklin
Hope
Mary Lou Montgomery
Lewisville
Gerald Sission
Rt 2
Emory Thompson
Ex Editor of Times Plunges to His Death
New York February 15 Former foreign editor of Time magazine Laird Shields Goldsborough 47 fell from the ninth floor of the Time Life building in Rockefeller Center. His body struck a passerby Joseph Padr 87 a Cass jeweler and recent immigrant before crashing to the pavement. Goldsborough wrote two brief notes one to notify his brother in law the other to notify his wife Florence MaConoughy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Laird Shields Goldsborough
Time Magaine
Time- Life
Rockefeller Center
Joseph Padr
Cach
Goldsborough
Florencee MaConoughy
Legal Notice No. 7061 in Hempstead Court
In the Chancery Court of Hempstead County Arkansas C W Barnes plaintiff versus defendant labeled taintiff in dispute awaiting further action with court records and upcoming deadlines for filings as listed in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chancery Court of Hempstead
Couns’ Wy Ark
Bama Barnes
C. Warnes
Dorothy Dix on Marriage and Modern Lifestyles
A Dororthy Dix column discusses how rising expectations and comforts shape young couples finances and happiness. It contrasts parents’ frugal beginnings with modern spouses seeking cars, clothes, beauty, and entertainment leading to strains on shoestring budgets. The advice also covers concerns about two women traveling with inebriated men and the need for proper chaperones and cautious conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Dix
California Cleans Up Gangsters
California crime commission reports southern California gang activity nearly halted but underworld rivalry remains, centered on Mickey Cohen and Jack Dragna. It cites Cohen and lobbyist Arthur H. Samish as social and business acquaintances, criticizes Los Angeles sheriff for negligence, notes regrouping to expand rackets, and includes Cohen's denial after his home was blasted. A second brief mentions mules for Greece and a new 35,000 kilowatt unit at Norfolk dam in North Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
California Crime Commission
California
William H. Stand Jey
Southern California
Mickey Cohen
Jack Dragna
Cohn
Cohen
Arthur H. Samish
Collier's Magazine
Los Angeles
Cohen Organization
Dragons
Cohens
Eugene Biscailuz
Crime Commission
Sherriff's Department
Mountain Home
Norfolk Dam
Arkansas
Be Fought in Cold Places Hot War May in Arctic Focus
Washington reports military planners take seriously possible cold weather war in Arctic regions with Russia. House subcommittee reveals army proposal for 4.018 billion defense budget for year starting July 1 and 8.259 million for research and development. Studies include Western Siberia conditions. Emphasis on insulation, rations, and equipment to operate in extreme cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Cowan
Washington
Russia
Artic
Army Quartermaster Department
Arctic
Siberia
Ag Weil Ag
Soble
Unclear fragment on military supply and bread amount
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a soldier, bread, and a 13 ounce reference but lacks coherent context or names. The readable portion hints at a discussion of clothing origins or heat components and a long time store, but no clear event or outcome is identifiable.
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Society
Prudence Alifey
First Baptist Church
Charles Reynerson
1510
South Main
Alpha Zeta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
the Hope
Order of the Eastern Star
Mason Hall
Shiver Home
Cotty Cottage
DeHavilland
Josephine
W M Frazier
Washington, Ark
Today & Thur
WW Bay
Ronald O'Connor
Charles Coburn
Snake Pit
Olivia Dehavilland
Times
Omers Evans
Clerk Seal
Tee Recor
Atte
Tor Platousel
G. W. McDowell
West 7Th St
Bethleham
Hempstead
Miss Dix
Mother
Father
Tith
Urati
Mi ‘Oke
Coca-Cola Company
Sd 'Cola Botteling CO
Texarkana
Greece
East Texas
Photos Papacristophilou
Fort Smith
C. C. McK
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Sey
Camis
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