Washington's Birthday Echoes Brotherhood Across Time
The piece reflects on American Brotherhood Week led by the National Conference of Christians and Jews. It links George Washington to early fights against prejudice and for national unity, arguing that equal rights and national brotherhood were shaped by his leadership and the fledgling Constitution. The essay urges ongoing civic work to ensure religious and regional differences do not fuel intolerance.
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James Thrasher
George Washington
Washington
American Brotherhood
National Conference of Christians and Jews
England
United States of America
Rehabilitation consideration for Monard Lang案件
Defense and prosecution discussed rehabilitating Monard Lang, 33, on trial for killing a playmate if he pleads guilty and if authorities assure care and rehabilitation for Howard, a 7 year old victim. Lang faces confinement after two confessions were offered. officials weighed plans with prison and state officials.
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Robert L. Loughran
Chicago
Monard Lang
Samuel Andalman
Lang
Altoyhey
Howard
Lonie Feiltek
Forest
Andalman
Daniel A. Roerts
Lackey Stresses State Aim of Protection for Land
Hendrix Lackey of the Arkansas Resources Development Commission said the state seeks the proving ground land for protection and to aid agriculture, denying plans to deprive individuals of land. He indicated a March 15 decision deadline and noted a Hope conference may occur with J M Houston of the Federal Land Bank visiting early March. Two petitions urge Arkansas to abandon the acquisition and urge Congress to oppose the Wherry bill if the state withdraws.
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Proving Ground
jState
Hendrix Lackey
Arkansas Resources and Development Commission
State Bureau
Associated Press
Lackey
J. M. Houston
Federal Land Bank
St. Louis
Arkansas
Arkansas Resources Development
Aransas
Ex Chorus Girl Shot Recovering From Ambush In Miami Beach
Former Broadway performer Eleanor McCoy, 40, recovering after being shot in the neck and side by two masked assailants on Pine Tree Drive as she returned with Irvin Fein from Copacabana. Fein was released on $100 bond. detectives pursue leads while noting prior attacks on McCoy in the Bronx and Brooklyn.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Eleanor McCoy
Copacabana
Peter Stewart
McCoy
Manhattan
Stewart
Gorman Phillips
Bronx
Fein
Brooklyn
G. W. Owens
Hope Teams Split With Wildcats In Local Action
The senior Hope team fell 89 to 26 to the Wildcats in a recent game. Junior boys seek revenge with a 21 point effort by Sunia. Tonight Arkadelphia hosts junior at 6:30 and senior at 8. B teams play at 3:15. Next week Hope welcomes Digivies and Riyls in tournament play starting Monday.
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al el Burady
Usain
Wildcat
Draft for New State Judicial Setup Completed
Little Rock February 21 The final draft of a proposed constitutional amendment to streamline Arkansas judicial system has been completed by the Arkansas Bar Association commission on court reorganization. Details were not released. The full proposal will be published April 1 in the Arkansas Law Journal and studied at the Hot Springs convention June 10 through 12. If approved an educational program would explain it to the public. The two commissions of judges and attorneys have worked on this proposal for two years led by Circuit Judge G Parham of Pine Bluff, who chaired the final meeting.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Arkansas Bar Association
Association
Garland Patten
Arkansas Law Journal
Hot Springs
Patten
Truman Voices Self Rule Aim In Puerto Rico Visit
President Truman told Puerto Rico that appointing an island born governor signals greater self government. He hailed equality beyond political emancipation and urged Puerto Ricans to decide their political relationship with the United States. The address greeted by Gov. Pineiro and officials at San Juan Island Grade airport outlined democratic cooperation and a path toward broader autonomy. The trip includes visits by the Williamsburg to St Thomas and St Croix, marking Truman's sixth trip abroad since taking office.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
San Juan
Puerto Rics
Truman
Puerto Rico
Gos
Jesus T. Pinero
Congress
United States
Finero
Key West
Two Party System Threatened Says GOP Chairman
Denver dispatch reports Republican national chairman Carroll Reece warned Western state leaders that the United States faces a threatened two party system breakdown. He cited radical followers of Henry Wallace and suggested the Democrats risk secession in the South unless a two party system is maintained.
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Denver
iPim— Carroll Reece
Peece
United States
Henry Wallace
Democrat Party
Reece
Democrat
Two Wildcat Oil Tests Near Stephens Reported
Two exploratory wells are being drilled near Stephens two miles south in Columbian county under strict secrecy. Tests include the LH Thomas Estate No 1 in section 16-19 and U S Currey No L in 5-10-49, with spudding by Petersen Drilling Co and Ouachita County activity near Wesson field.
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Stephens, Wey
Stephens
Columbis
Lee
Burnett
Thomas Estste
Ste Hen
Petersen Drilling Company
U. S
Ovimound Corporation
Ouachita County
Berry Ayphelt Company
G. W. Linkous
Smart Field
R. H. Crow
J. F. Smart
Columbia County
Travis Peak
Fires Destroy Pittsburg Offices
Two large fires destroyed a five story Jackson building at Sixth Street and Penn Avenue and a large A P warehouse at Lynn Way and Dallas Avenue in Pittsburg, causing about 600000 in damage. The Jackson building collapsed hours after the blaze began. Two people are missing including Mrs. Tree Wesbrook and firefighter Gerald W. Levy, while several firemen were treated for smoke inhalation and injuries.
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Pittsburgh
Pos
Golden Triangle
Jackson
Sixth Street
Penn Avenue
A. P
Lynn Way
Dallas Avenue
Tree Wesbrook
Cestier
Sung Drug Co
Gerald W. Levy
Hitchhiking Woman Jailed for Theft
Beulah, Mich., Feb 20. Beulah sheriff arrested Beulah Jeane McGuire, 38, of Pittsburgh, on charges she rifled a distant relative’s summer cottage of nearly $5,000 after a hitchhiking trip. She was bound over to the March term under a $10,000 bond.
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Mich
Pittsburgh
Fay Bryan
Beulah
Main Street
Elle Jeane McGuire
Pillsburgn
Ekvin Rockwell
Circuit Court
Big Flatte Lake
Wry Crawford
Crawford
Chicago
Daytona Beach
Bryan
Reflective Birthday Echoes From a Long Life
HAL BOYLE recalls a Kansas City wooden house childhood and a life reviewed in a stream of memories. He lists vivid, sometimes painful past experiences from childhood mishaps to adulthood misfortunes while musing on whether anyone would relive their life.
Byrd Urges Dixie Democrats to Hold and Decide
Senator Byrd told Virginia Dixie Democrats to keep forces ready and await events before acting on civil rights legislation. He urged a calm, deliberate approach, and warned allies to stand firm if Congress proceeds with reform measures. Southern leaders meet Monday to discuss signers and strategy.
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Jack Bell Washington
Ufi— Sensior Byrd
Virginia
Dixie
Byrd
Trumaan
Richmond
Congress
House
Laney
Arkansas
Cherry
N. C
Thurmond
South Carolina
Jester
Texas
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McGrath
Rhode Island
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Truaman
Southern House
Reps
Clark
North Carolina
Smith
Creas Cox
Georgia
Richards
Harrig
Gossett
Hobbs
Alabama
Sikes
Florida
Rep. Cohner
Mississipni
Tennessis
Louisiana Visa
MacArthur Backs Away From U S Visit Plan
Washington reports Gen Douglas MacArthur declined a House Foreign Affairs Committee invite to testify on China relief and Far East issues. He said he is too busy in Tokyo and cannot return to the United States for the hearing as the Japanese political scene shifts. Lawmakers debated whether to press him or invite Gen Claire Chennault instead.
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Washington
Perouse Foreign Affairs Committee
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Aberg
MacaArthur
Japan
Tme
Lawrence Smith
R-Wis
Avise MacArthur
Velara
Judd
R-Minn
Clane Chennault
Aly Cvhief
Genel
Arthur
Social Security Man to Be in Hope February 24
A Social Security Administration representative for Old-Age and Survivors Insurance will be in Hope on February 24 at the Artinis Employ diet OMitew to discuss special security account numbers and jobs covered by the Social Security Act. Learn how benefits may be forthcoming at age 63 or upon death, and how to protect your rights.
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Sovial Security Administration
Artinis Employdiet
Pan US
Ise Clings to Trees as Rain Lashes Region
Weather report notes continued rain and light ice with trees and wires affected. Forecast calls for more showers tonight and Sunday, little temperature change. Temperatures ranged from 3 to 43 degrees in the last 82 hours. Experiment Station measured .24 inches of rainfall.
Czechs Demand New Government Rally Demands New Cabinet
In Prague a large crowd urged Premier Klement Gottwald to form a new all party government immediately. He pressed Benes to dismiss ministers from three parties who quit, while Benes, in the presidential palace, gave no sign of action. Demonstrators swayed with red flags and chanted, as police guarded Svobodne Slovo newspaper offices and a nearby crowd departed quietly.
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Czechoslovakia
Klement Gottwald
Russia
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Gottwald
Benes
National Front
Constituent National Assembly
Communist Party
Johnny Huss
Czechoslovak National Socialist
Svobodne Slave
Bar Group to Consider Plan to Handle Claims
Arkansas Bar Association legislative committee will renew consideration March 18 of two proposals for handling claims against the state. The committee met yesterday in Little Rock and aims to recommend legislation at the Hot Springs convention in June. Proposals include a new bi vis commission of two chancellors and two circuit judges and extending workmen’s compensation coverage to all state employees with the supreme court handling remaining claims.
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Little Rock
iPi
Arkansas Bar Association
Carmilttee
Hot Springs
State Fiscal Control Board
Etberk
W. Price
Storey
W. J. Smith
Lite Rock
Supreme Court
Some Sections Favored With Warmer Weather
Weather notes show warmer conditions in parts of the midwest while regions east of the Rockies endure chill. Readings reach 20 below in North Dakota and Wisconsin, about 24 below in Minnesota and lower Michigan, near zero in northern New England, with moderation expected across the Midwest this weekend.
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Chicago
Uw Rockies
N Birla
Dlotida
North Dakota
Minnesota
Michigan
New England
Food Prices Slide While Other Goods Edge Up
Government Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a first postwar price picture showing a 3.5 percent drop in retail food prices across 12 cities from mid-January to February 17, with 13 of 20 foods down and some items like fresh fruits and vegetables rising. Separate surveys note steel price boosts sparking inflation concerns as markets remain nervous. traders see possible temporary stabilization amid narrow margins.
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Bichard Fiske
New York
Bureau Labor Statistics
Comrad
Ehiunge
Aepes
Pri Ty
Washington
J. Howard Metsrath
de RI
Democratic National Committee
Iit J Living
James J. Patton
National’ Farmers’ Union
Clark
Edwin C. Nourse
Council of Economic Advisors
Joseph M. Dodge
American Bankers Association
Cleveland
White
Catton
Chan
Devellimg
Attempt to Break Recording Ban in the Making
Hollywood reports a first attempt to breach the recording ban by musicians amid AFM chief James Petrillo. Stakeholders including Ike Carpenter and Hal Gordon deny commitments while Standard Radio Transcriptions notes letters sent to performers. The industry cites technicalities as other firms consider similar moves ahead of a potential injunction.
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Hollywood
Ike Carpenter
Noltee Gram
Standard Radio Transcriptions Co
Hal Gordon
Ward
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Pes
Pesrillo
Union Membe
Louis B. Teegarden
Secreta
Standa’ Stadio
Carpenter
Pear
Pe Teegarden
the Bachelors
Mischa Nogy
Jimmy Vite
Gordon
Regord
Mai Revord
Temperance Unit to Be Organized at Meet Here
Miss Helen M. Allen of Evanston will lead a temperance program at the Methodist Church at 3 pm Tuesday. The event aims to organize a Hempstead County branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and invites women from nearby communities to participate.
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Helen M. Allen Af Evanst Handls
Tional Woman's Christian Tenance Union
Hempstead County
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