Formosa policy debate highlights Truman and MacArthur contrasts
The piece notes former President Hagger urging defiance of China over Formosa while Truman rejects sending troops, stressing continued economic and political aid to Chiang Kai-shek. It questions how Formosa’s military role could affect U S security and urges considering General MacArthur's guidance given his past control of Japan and insights on the Orient.
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Herbert Hagger
United States
Formosa
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Reds
Chuang
Hoover
Chiang
MacArthur
Arkd
Orient
Ute
Public Eyes Two Court Cases Close Watch In State
Two cases draw close public scrutiny one before the Kansas Supreme Court and another in Hempstead Circuit Court. Herman Maxwell, an African American man, faces a rape case involving a white woman near DeAnn. a decision is due Monday January 9. Roland Gove of Haverhill, Mass is charged with murder kidnapping and armed robbery and given until January 9 to obtain counsel with trial likely January 16. Robert Hargert pleaded guilty to theft of a car and received a five year sentence.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Hempstead
Little Rock
Supreme Court
Herman Maxwel
Hope Negro
Expeelapol
DeAnn
Dexter Bush
Roland Gove
Haverhill
Mass
Gove
Bush
Robert Hargert
Do and W Men's Store Opens Under New ownership
Gosnell's Men's Store in Hope changes hands to Curtis Walker of Searcy and Charles Davis of Batesville. The shop becomes Do and W Men's Store with Tom Wardlaw as manager assisted by Bud White. Wardlaw has over 20 years with the business and White over a decade.
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Gosnell
Jh. L. Gosnell
Curtis Walker
Searcy
Charles Davis
Wardlaw
White
Chronology of State's Biggest Han hunt in Little Rock
Chronology recounts Arkansas prison break at Tucker prison farm with four escapees on Saturday killing guard Bill Bohannon, seizing arms, abducting farmer Vernon Woods and Vera Dean, stealing a car, wounding City Marshal Kenneth Brandye, fleeing near North Little Rock, and ongoing manhunt as Eaton surrenders and Deputy Fire Marshal Walter McClavey is wounded.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
James Perry Williams
James Rhuvark
David Dyer
Odus Eaton
Tucker
Bill Bohannon
Vernon Woods
England
Ark
Farmer
W. A. Dean
Woods
Dean
Vera Dean
Loanoke
Lonoke
Kenneth Brandye
Joe Trotter
North Little Rock
Eaton
Scot
Lee Burgess
Walter McLavey
Burgess
North Little Ock
Little, Rock
Little Ri
Worl Itberg
Waa
O. Stilwell
Okla
Walter
Indicts Maragon for Lying to Senate Probers
Washington reports John Maragon a former mystery man tied to a White House pass was indicted on four counts of perjury. The grand jury charged he lied about income sources and other financial details while testifying before a Senate committee probing five percenters. He faces up to 40 years if convicted on all counts.
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Washington
John Maragon
White House
Senate
Maragon
Kansas City
Harry Vaughan
Truman
Hattie E. Johnson
Salisbury
Charles Murray
Myron G. Ehrlich
Marauon
Union Trust Company
State Department
Greece
Maragun
Vaughan
Senate Committee
Maragan
R A McDougal Dies at 72 in McCaskill Home
R A Bob McDougal aged 72 died early today at a daughter’s home in McCaskill. He is survived by another daughter Mrs Herman Rhodes of McCaskill, Mrs Be Harper of Houston, two sons Charlie of Broken Bow Oklahoma and Alex of McCaskill. Funeral services set for Bell Chapel at 2 pm Thursday conducted by Rev Edgar Lulfesty.
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R. A
Bob) McDougal
Herman Rhodes
McCaskill
Be Harper
Houston
Texas
Charlie McDougal
Broken Bow
Okla
Alex McDougal
Bell Chapel
Edgar Lulfesty
Arkansas Weather Forecast Looks Cloudy with Rain and Snow
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with rain this afternoon and tonight. Snow is expected to spread, turning colder especially in the northwest tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures rise to near 15 to 5 in the northwest with colder conditions elsewhere.
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Arkansas
Dawes
Kiwanians Plan Ladies Night at Hotel Barlow
The Hope Kiwanis hold its annual Ladies Night dinner tonight at Hotel Barlow starting at 7 30 with Rev J M Hamilton pastor of First Methodist church as principal speaker. New officers to be installed include Mitchell Sparks president Ed Thrash vice president Lynn Browning recording secretary Deddy Jones corresponding secretary and J W Franks treasurer.
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The
Hope Kiwanis
Hotel Barlow
J. M. Hamilton
First Methodist Church
Hew
Mitchell Sparks
Ed Thrash
Lynn Browning
Deddy Jones
J. W. Franks
Reds conscript 150 000 for uranium mine labor
Berlin reports that 150 000 Germans are drafted for work in Saxon uranium mines. Sources claim ongoing shaft explosions cause up to about 1 000 deaths monthly, with 1 281 dead and 3 467 wounded in six months, plus 46 560 health impairments.
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Berlin
Sozialdetnorkrai
Socialist Party
der Tagespiegel
Socialist
der Tagespiexel
There Is Always Something Lost When a Home Is Broken Up
A New York family faces upheaval as Nina Palmer, two and a half, watches her first home break apart before sailing to Italy with George and Helen Palmer. The scene captures a child’s confusion and adult sorrow as packing, goodbyes, and the voyage to Hitalee unfold aboard the Vulcan.
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New York
Nina
Italy
George
Helen Palmer
Ning
Tivp
Taly
Hitalee
Zona
Wing
Vulcani
Palmers
Sue
Grey
Frances
Nia
Gazette Strike Reaches Eighteenth Day in Arkansas
Little Rock January 3 19 State Labor Commissioner C K Call planned a fresh attempt to settle the Arkansas Gazette strike now in its eighteenth day. The CIO American Newspaper Guild members walked out December 17 over a job security clause in a proposed contract. A distribution gift of 100 from the Journal AFL union was announced as part of support.
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Little Rock
C. K. Call
The
Arkansas Gazette
Gazette
CIO American Newspaper Guild
Dee
Call
Dy'ernauisnal Union
AFL
Aldes
Arkpwass
A T Jewell Receives AP&L Gold Service Award
A T Jewell, retired from Hope, is named among employees to receive Gold Star emblems marking service milestones at Sukansas Power & Light. The Gold Service pin party will occur in Pine Bluff on Friday January 6, recognizing twenty five year awardees and other long service recognitions.
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Sukansas Power & Light
Pine Bluff
A. Ty! Jewell
Hope
Congress Set for Second Fair Deal Battle
In Washington on January 31 Congress opens its second session with the State of the Union to follow the White House budget and economic messages. President Truman will address a joint session while Democratic leaders express optimism. Tax cuts dominate talks as Republicans press for reduced spending, and a new “mice tag committee” eyes administration proposals.
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Arvin L. Arrowsit Hashington
Congress
Truman
White House
Congressional High Command
Monay
Rayburn
Texas
Barkley
Senate
Lucas
Ill
House
McCormack
Mass
Martin (Mass
Martin
Farm Bureau to Fight Cotton Allotment Law
Routon of Hermmpstead County Farm Bureau says the American Farm Bureau Federation will hold a January 9 meeting in Washington DC with cotton state delegates to plan responses to inequities in current acreage allotment administration. Arkansas Farm Bureau leader President Joe C. Hardin will attend. The Hempstead County board resolved that 1930 cotton allotments should not fall below 70 percent of the average cotton acreage planted in 1946 and 1947.
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Bill Routon
Hermmpstead County
Hempstead County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
County Bureau Board
Rumors Hint at County and City Election Contenders
Political chatter swirls around county offices with Lucille Ruggles likely to run for county treasurer and J Woigent Jones seeking sheriff. Marcy Hawtorne eyed for county clerk, while Syelle Burke refuses reelection as Robert Turner contemplates returning to college. Sheriff Luton undecided. City races include attorney, clerk, and four alderman posts with Mrs Charles Reynerson aiming for reelection.
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M Lucille Ruggles
J. Woigent Jones
Sherill
Marcy Hawtorne
Syyelle Burke
Robert Turner
Claud Luton
Sherif
Hope Officer Captures One of Convicts
A state patrolman and a trusted inmate captured Odus Eaton, barefoot since the Tucker Prison Farm breakout, a few miles east of Little Rock. Eaton admitted splitting from three fellow convicts after the Saturday raid that killed guard Bill Bohannon, while authorities pressed a major manhunt with bloodhounds and reports of others at large.
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Tucker
Odus Eaton
J. H. Porterfield
Daggie’’ Brown
Eaton
George Douthit
Arkansas Democrat
Bill Bohannon
Bill
Little Rock
A. P
Arkansas
Lee Henslee
Flenslee
Porterfield
Douthit
Negotiators Reopen Talks Over Phone Trouble Dispute
In St Louis negotiators for Southwestern Bell and CIO Communications Workers' Division 20 met at the U S Conciliation and Mediation Service seeking to break a January 15 deadlock as Gov. Forrest Smith urged a grace period to avoid a strike by 50,000 workers. Union vice president Frank Lonergan said management has offered little effort and warned patience is thinning across the region. The row prompted governors in Arkansas Kansas Oklahoma and Texas to back arbitration if needed.
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St. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Vwaien
Forrest Smith
Missouri
Oday
Utility
CIO Communications Workers’ Division
U. S
Frank P. Lonergan
Missing Girl Sought in Eight States
Eight state search for a missing eight year old girl ended when Blunde Joyce Shyrm returned home by herself. Police said she slept under a neighbor's porch overnight because she was angry at her uncle. Robert Runof, who lives with her family, commented that she did not say why she was upset.
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Trenton
N. J
Blunde Joyce
Robert Runof
Formosa Seeks U S Aid in Eight Weeks Dispatch
Stanway Cheng reports from Taipei that U S military and economic aid may reach Formosa within six to eight weeks to help the nationalist government repel Red Chinese. Economic aid would come from unused funds while military aid centers on a congressional program. advisory status may vary. Governor Wu touts early economic reforms and calls for navy cooperation to curb smuggling and boost stability ahead of aid arrival.
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Stanway Cheng
Teipeh
Formosa
Weill
U. S
Economic Aid Administration
United States
Chiang Kai- Shek
Chiang
K. C. Wu
District Farm Bureau Meet Here Thursday
Ury McKenzie president of the county Farm Bureau announced today that a district Farm Bureau meeting will be held at Hempstea County Courthouse at 10 am. R. E. Short vice president of the National Farm Bureau is expected to feature discussion. Board members and township captains are especially invited.
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Hempstea County
Ury McKenzie
R. E. Short
National Farm Bureau
Aes
McKenzie
Stroble Goes to Trial in L A Slaying Case
An elderly baker Stroble faces trial in Los Angeles for the brutal murder of Linda Joyce Gincott. He pleads not guilty by reason of insanity as the court reviews the case and related legal questions.
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Stroble
Los Angeles
Linda Joyce Gincott
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