Nashville News Change of Ownership Welcomed
Louis Graves named new owner of the Nashville News succeeding the Ferguson family who have published the paper since 1916. Graves, a Texarkana native and former Texarkana Gazette sports and city editor, served as Air Corps captain in World War II and moves to Nashville with a history of solid community stewardship. The piece notes industry tensions over newsprint prices and unions, contrasting publishers with print costs and steady production by paper mills nationwide.
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Louis Graves
Nashile News
Henry Ferguson
Ware Ferguson
C. E. Ferguson
Graves
Texarkana
Texarkana Gazette
Air Corps
Nashville
Ferguson Barthers
Fergusons
Hope
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Charles Jy. Ferguson
Nashville News
John P. Burke
Pulp
Swiphite & Paper
United States
Canada
Mgr. Burke
Isbor
America
Mr. Burke
Red Cross Parade Opens 1950 Campaign in Hope
The Hempstead County Red Cross drive kicks off with a 4:30 pm parade through Hope featuring the Hope High School band National Guard floats and a new ladder truck. County chairman Dr F C Crow urges volunteers in Ward Four and other areas while noting staffing gaps.
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Hempstead County Red Cross
Hope
Hope High School
National Guard
Yarlong High School
Fire Department
Rae Luck Motor Company
Walnut Street
F. C. Crow
Armed Forces
Ward Poor Hope
Dr. Crow
American Red Cross
Arkansas
Red Cross
Dogs Fail to Trail Escaped Leopard
Oklahoma City on February 27 reports that mountain lion hunting dogs failed to track the missing leopard. A helicopter from Fort Sill and a Denver Post chartered plane aided the search. Over 100 searchers, including marine reserves and police, worked the zoo area and nearby spots without success.
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Oklahoma City
Zoo
Byron Denton
Aveta
Cole
Fort Sill
William Kent
Colorado
Denton
Denver Post
India
Town Coed Murder Case Plea Entered in Arraignment
Bulletin reports Robert H. Bednasek pleaded innocent at arraignment on a murder charge in the strangulation death of Margaret Anne Gee Gee Jackson a University of Town coed. The case timeline remains pending with legal proceedings continuing.
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Town City
Robert HE. Bednasek
Margaret Anne (Gee-Gee) Jackson
University of Town Coed
Weather Forecast for Arkansas This Afternoon
Cloudy and cool this afternoon with increasing cloudiness. Warmer conditions expected Tuesday with unsettled skies and higher humidity across the state.
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Arkansas
Fulton PTA Benefit Style Show Tuesday Night
Fulton PTA will stage a style show at the school on Tuesday night February 28. Admission to this benefit event is 1 percent and 28 cents. The public is invited.
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Fulton Pta
B&PW Plans Benefit Show March 14-15
The Business and Professional Womens Club will present a home talent show It s A Date March 14 and 15 at the High school auditorium for the Student Loan Fund Miss Rickey Ryan arrives to start work on the production She met with Dorothy Henry Rosa Marie Mrs Martha Stephenson and Mrs Foy Hammons to plan rehearsals and cast Watch this paper for further announcements on participants and local support valuable to the season’s arts offerings
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Business and Professional Womens Club
Hcene
Student Loan Fund
Rickey Ryan
Dorothy Henry
Rosa Marrie
Martha Stephenson
Foy Hammons
Tom Wardlaw Opens Own Tailor Shop
Hope resident Tom Wardlaw has opened a tailoring shop in J. L. Green's cleaning establishment on Second Street downtown. He will serve as exclusive cutter for Storrs Schaefer Co of Chinalti and previously worked twenty years with Gorham and Gosnell Men’s Store. Wardlaw thanked friends and customers and offered to discuss tailoring problems.
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Warolay
Hope
J. L. Green
Second Street
Storrs Schaefer Co
Chinalti
Wardlaw
Gorham
Gosnell
Mr. Wardlaw
Retail Merchants to Meet Here Tuesday P M
A meeting of all retail merchants is planned at the Chamber of Commerce office on Tuesday at 2 p m. The purpose is to discuss establishing a school for sales personnel under the management of the chamber and local merchants.
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Chamber of Commerce
Two Seriously Hurt in Auto Wreck Here
Two people were seriously hurt late yesterday when an automobile driven by Howard McMillan of Hope Route 2 collided with another car driven by Fred Yates of Blevins Route 1 on North Hazel Street near Hope City limits. Stella Yates, 56, suffered chest and head injuries with severe lacerations, while Irene McMillan, 63, had head and hip injuries. Other occupants were shaken but not gravely hurt. investigators consider a third vehicle may have been involved. Both cars were badly damaged.
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Howard McMillan
Hope Rt. 2
Fred Yates
Blevins Rt. 1
Hazel Street
Hope City
Highway
Stella Yates
Irene McMillen
Imot
Nevada Youth Sent to State Boys School
A 14 year old boy named James Edward Norman, a former pupil of Mrs. Mollie Meador, is committed to the Arkansas Boys Industrial School as a juvenile delinquent while murder charges against him remain pending. The fatal blast at Blutt City on February 6 followed a gas stove incident.
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Mam
Sac
South Carolina
Pan American
New York
Pou
Coral Stables Hospital
New York State
Tesiba Bay
M. H. Hall Jr
Little Rock
Dwight Massey
Leslie
Arkansas
Prescott
Arkansas Boys Industrial School
James Edward Norman
Mollie Meador
Blutt City
Norman
Meador
Civil Rights Up to Senate Lay House Leaders
House leaders say civil rights bills passed in the 81st Congress stand as the record, with poll tax repeal and FEPC being moved, while the Senate shows no action. A Senate filibuster risk dims chances for anti lynch and FEPC measures, leaving enforcement as a political question for now.
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Washington
vPi
Ant Lynch
Congress
House
Enders
Senate
House Nset
Fair Employment Practices Commission
PFEPC
FEPC
White House
Hopes for Huge Spending on Show Grounds
Little Rock February 27 The Arkansas Livestock show manager Clyde E Byrd hopes for up to 5 000 000 in additional construction at the show grounds. Plans include completing the coliseum adding permanent buildings dormitories for 4 H and FIA members rocker display plants and a small rack and grandstand.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Livestock Show
Clyde E. Byrd
FIA
Nine Hours Sleep Cited As Universal Cure
Hal Boyle notes chronic health worries stem from imagination and stress. A hypochondriac’s arm fear leads to medical misadventure, while experts urge simple, grandmotherly advice: rest, reduce stress, and seek medical help only if sleep fails.
Westerling Arrests and UMW Strike Across Nations
Singapore reports the arrest of Westerling, a rebel leader who sought arms for an insurgent movement and faced possible death if extradited. In Washington, the United Mine Workers plead innocence on contempt charges as coal strikes deepen. Across the U.S., widespread industry walkouts cripple production, with 1.04 million workers involved and major steel and utility cutbacks looming.
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Singapore
Doneal
Donesi
Sho
Jakarta
United States of Indonesia
Westerling
Weaterling
West Java
Bandoeng
U.S
Singapore Criminal Department
River Valley Road
Washington
John le Lewis
United Minys
Gay
Richmond B. Keech
Pittsburgh
Virginia
Pennsylvania
St .Lous
Mike Palazzolo
Bia
Tiinois
Ilinols Commerce Commission
Coulpiit
Companien
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Haa
Aliquippa
United States Steel Corporation
Birmingham
Ala
Big Steel
Carnegie-Illinois Corporation
Steel
State Cannot Collect on Policy in $3768 Insurance Case
Arkansas Supreme Court ruled the state cannot collect 3768 allegedly due on an insurance policy after failing to prove loss within the required period. The case centers on a $1,570.06 burglary at E Ritter and Co in Marked Tree on Jan 12, 1947, where funds were stored with Ritter’s money in a cigar box and burglars stole the cash.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Pulaski County
Third Division
E. Ritter and Company
Marked Tree
Ark
M. B. Miller
Arkansas Revenue Department
Ritter
U. S. Fibelty and Garanty Company
Bulgarian Reds May Be Losing Hold
Rome reports the Bulgarian Communist Party pursues a continuous purge amid fears it is slipping from power. A source says two high profile trials loom: Anton Yugov, former deputy premier, and Gen IvanKinov with other senior military officers. Kinov may have already faced a secret trial.
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Rome
Bulgarian Communist Party
Anton Yugov
Ivan Kinov
Kinov
Hempstead county reads plans for farmers sweet potato program
Fragmented notes describe a meeting at Blevins school on Tuesday night at 7:30 to hear a report on the sweet potato program with local officials and Chamber of Commerce members arranging a motor caravan from Hope to Louisiana. Citizens and farmers are invited to call for volunteer car assignments amid discussion of welfare for farmers and community commerce.
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Hempstead
Blevins
Chamber of In
Aly
Ospelousas
Louisiana
Hope Chain
Cat
Tony
Cara
Dor
Tisey McRae, Jr
Chuck Armit
Colored School
Brevins
Judge Stephens
Warren Nesbitt Ang
Yi Ot
Cold Weather Hits Coal Stricken Areas Across Nation
The Associated Press reports continued cold weather grips the eastern half of the United States with shrinking coal supplies. Sub-zero readings spread in New York and Georgia reports show Albany at minus two and Atlanta at minus 20 as potential damage to fruit trees appears in the Southeast. Florida and the southeastern coast escape the worst of the cold.
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Associated Press
Florida
Bana
New York State
Albany
Georgia
Atlanta
Savanna
Charleston
Greensboro
N. C
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Chicago
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Archibald Palmer
New Orleans
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Claud J. Johnson
Batesville
Shiplay
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Frank McLarty
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Lyla Brown
Anthony
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B&pw
Tom Wardlaw
Nevada
Hal Boyle
Jules Y. Colemann
University of Colorado Medical Center
Indonesia
Indianapolis
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Oyler
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