Lodge Fulbright plan would divide electoral votes by popular support
A reform proposal by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr and Senator J. W. Fulbright would keep the Electoral College but divide state votes according to the state’s share of the popular vote. Using Arkansas and New York as examples, the plan would shift the 1948 totals to reflect actual public support, reducing the winner take all effect while preserving two Senate votes per state. The idea aims to align electoral results with national popular support and curb distortions from large states’ margins. It also preserves state equality in overall Senate representation and invites broader regional influence in presidential selection.
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Massachusetts
Arkansas
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
J. W
Bill) Fulbright
Truman
Dewey
Thurmond
Wallace
New York State
Trumien
Fulbright
United States
Communists Renew Assault Around Tientsin and Suzhou
Communists open fire near Tientsin and southwest of Suchow after peace overtures from Chiang Kai-shek failed. Peiping city council seeks terms, Gen Fu Tso yi approves air drop of the peace plea, while Sun Yuanliang reports encircled 150,000 to 250,000 troops near Hsinyang deserting and eating horses.
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Nanking
Commmunist
Iurang
Tientsin
Suchow
Chiang Kai-shek
Peiping
North China
Fu Tso-yi
Ling-ming
Sudan
City Election Dates Set for Hope Municipal Races
At a City Democratic meeting here the preferential primary was set for February 17 with a runoff on March 3. Filing closes January 15 at 6 p.m. with pledges to Ray E McDowell or city hall. Nominating a mayor city treasurer municipal judge and an alderman from each of four wards. Current officials include Mayor Lyle Brown Treasurer Charles Reynerson Judge W K Lemley and Aldermen Darsey McRae Vic Cobb George Peck Frank Douglas. Brown and Peck recently appointed to unfinished terms after resignations.
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City- Democratic Central Committee
Ray E. McDowell
City Hall
Hope
Charles Reynerson
W. K. Lemley
Lyle Brown
Darsey McRae
Vic Cobb
George Peck
Frank Douglas
Albert Fink
Lyle Measie
Brown
Mr. Peck
Television Plane Now Developed Coast to Coast
Westinghouse announces a practical stratavision system linking airplanes and TV to expand broadcasting reach. A B29 Superfortress relays telecasts from a ground studio, achieving reception about 250 miles from the plane at 25,000 feet, enabling coast to coast TV and FM expansion.
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Baltimore
Westinghouse Electric
Westinghouse
Stratavision
Stratavision Broadcasting
TVA
Walter Evans
Watermelon Juice May Save a Life
New Orleans doctors race to save Little Joseph Duhy Jr a two and a half year old with a kidney ailment as they test watermelon juice after failed diets and glucose injections. State troopers traced melons from a roadside stand delivering five deep frozen fruits to the hospital, where physicians deem the juice the last medical hope for the child.
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New Orleans
Little Joseph Duhy
Little Joseph
New York
Joseph
U.S. Internal Revenue Office
Jagt
Roman Pere
N. J. Khoury
Leo Fisher
Second truckload of clothing to Warren ready
The VEW and Auxiliary with Kiwanis Club help prepare a second truckload of clothing for tornado struck Warren. The shipment is gathered from local efforts and will be sent to assist the affected area.
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Warren
Kiwanis Club
French Thank You Train Enroute to U S
The French thank you train leaves Mon Pernasse for Le Harre to be loaded onto the Magellan for a four or five day voyage to the United States. Forty nine box cars carry paintings statues fruits cheese and other gifts from ordinary French people as a symbol of Franco American wartime cooperation.
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Paris
Mon- Pernasse
le Harre
United States
U. S
France
Revised List Shows 52 Dead at Warren
Tornado toll fixed at 52 with four more deaths from storms in north Louisiana and near El Dorado Arkansas. Relief poured in from Arkansas and other states. Red Cross lacks storage for used clothing, welcomes new clothing. Bradley Lumber Co rebuilds after damage. Listed dead include Sam and Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Bartram, Frank Beard, and many others with ages, from Arkansas towns such as Pangburn Camden and nearby areas.
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Louisiana
el Dorado
Ark
Arkansas
American Red Cross
Bradley Lumber ‘Company
Sam Baker
Mary Bartram
Frank Beard
H. S. Bliff
Ben Braswell
Ethel Bryant
Joe Creed
R. , Derryberry
Carolyn Derryberry
Richard Derryberry
Clint Eason
Blanche Enos
Clifford Godfrey
H. EF. Greene
HE. Greene
Jesse Hamilton
Josephine Harding
Ben Hayes
Leonard Henderson
Hubert Henderson
Leonard Johns
Betty Jo Johns
Anne Johnson
Camden
State General Assembly Faces Full 60 Day Session
Little Rock January 6 UP The 75th general assembly convenes next Monday with a busy schedule. The State legislative research council approved or submitted without recommendation measures on sales tax reform highway funding budget and other topics. Proposals include a state budget of 135 270 408 for the biennium a 20 million per year highway program and abolition of the retail tax in favor of a 2 1/2 percent wholesale tax passed to consumers. Other items set licensing for insurance agents a three member state claims commission and continued legislative council funding. The council also authorized acquiring land near the capital up to 230 000 and noted revised highway bond plans totaling 29 million over four years with a single election and a cap of 3.2 percent interest. The council tabled a proposal to back a constitutional amendment limiting U.S. presidents to two terms.
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Little Rock
75Th
General Assembly
State Legislative Research Council
Arkansas
State Claims Commission
Supreme Court
Arkansas Bar Association
Legislative Council
University Medical
Legislaure
U.S
U. Ss
Berlin Club Reverses Enlisted Guest Ban
Berlin January 6 The Berlin club for American officers and civilians removed signs declaring enlisted men not allowed. The club manager said the ban on enlisted guests is suspended temporarily for discussion at an open membership meeting next Tuesday. The board approved the ban Tuesday night amid suspected army pressure to lift it.
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Berlin
Harnack House
Freight Rate Hike in Effect Tuesday
The newly authorized emergency increases in railroad freight rates take effect next Tuesday in most regions. Tariffs revised on file with the Interstate Commerce Commission set the date, with six percent hikes east of the Mississippi and four percent west, five percent in zone 1 western territory. The ICC estimates annual railroad revenue gain near 425 million dollars, pending intra state allowance.
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Washington
Jan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Mississippi River
Wisconsin
Iowa
Missouri
ICC
Jstate
Arkansas Senators Score Key Committee Posts
Washington reports Arkansas Senators gain major slots in the 3L Congress. McClellan moves to the powerful Appropriations Committee while keeping other panels, and chairs Executive Expenditures, also serving on Public Works. Fulbright joins Foreign Relations, leaving Judiciary but remaining on Banking.
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Washington
Arkansas
Congress
McClellan
Fulbright
Senate
Judiciary
House
Public Works
Boyle's Ambition No Secret Ten Bestest of Everything
Hal Boyle recalls his lifelong wish to be among the ten best of something and chronicles his rise as a “ten best” editor, his rival Ike Eisenhower’s prominence in lists, and his wife Frances’s quippy reassurance about his marriage and career.
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Boyle
Saratoga Man Crochets With the Best Theft
Saratoga’s Tra MeJunkins, once a resident, learned crochet after watching his wife and now markets crochet products at home. He and his wife plan entries in Leonard's Star-Telegram Quilt Show in February. Mrs MeJunkins entered an antique quilt from Hempstead County Arkansas before 1853.
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Worth
Judge Miller to Speak at U of A Commencement
Fayetteville Jan 6 UP US District Judge John E Miller of Fort Smith and Dr Fred Hoskins pastor of Plymouth Congregational church Des Moines Ia were named speakers for the University of Arkansas mid year commencement The ceremonies are Saturday Jan 29 Dr Hoskins will deliver the baccalaureate sermon at 9 45 am and Miller will give the commencement address at 6 50 pm
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Fayetteville
U.S
John E. Miller
Fort Smith
Fred Hoskins
Plymouth Congregational Church
Des Moines
University of Arkansas
Hoskins
Miller
Weather Toll in U S as Blizzard and Floods Rattle Regions
Weather distress hit Rocky Mountain and plains states with blizzard struggles while four southern states faced widespread flooding. Cold snaps chilled Utah Nevada and spread into Arizona California with subfreezing readings. Red Cross reports over 2 290 people fled homes in the Columbia Mississippi area as Columbus was isolated and fifty thousand acres flooded.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountain
Plains
California
Arizona
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
Carolinas
Atlantic
New England
Dakotas
Nebraska
Utah
Nevada
Milford
Ely
Nev
Utah-Nevada
Phoenix
Ariz
Presno
Calif
Metscury
Los Angeles
Red Cross
Columbia
Miss
Columbus
Drive Opens to Repeal Labor Law
Washington reporters note a fast start in Congress with Senator Elbert Thomas of Utah to introduce a repeal bill and Rep Lesinski of Michigan to lead a new labor bill effort, as President Truman urges repeal of Taft Hartley and restoration of the Wagner act with his proposed improvements. Republicans resist, aiming to preserve parts of Taft Hartley despite the president’s push. The AFL and CIO issue cautious views on the president’s Wagner act enhancements.
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Washington
Truman
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
Lesinski
Michigan
House Labor Committee
House
Congress
Labor Department
AFL
CIO
Arkansas Has Only Three Living Civil War Vets
Jonesboro veteran Alex Tippen, age 101, is among Arkansas’s last Civil War survivors. He enlisted as a drummer boy in Georgia, became a sharpshooter, was wounded three times, and later helped build early structures in Jonesboro with his brothers. He spent his birthday at St Bernard’s Hospital while visiting by W M Louder Smith, age 101, who also served in the war.
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Jonesboro
Arkansas
St. Bernard's Hospital
Alex Tippen
W. M. Loudersmith
Tippen
Georgia
Jontsboro
Malvern Crash Claims Second Victim in Hot Springs
A Malvern area automobile crash near a bridge abutment claimed its second victim today. Mrs. Pearl Matson, 69, of Hot Springs, died in a hospital from injuries suffered when the car struck the bridge abutment Wednesday. The driver, Mrs. W. B. Callins, about 33, of Hot Springs, was killed.
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Hot Springs
Malvern
Pearl Matson
Hot Spring County
Delver
W. BE
Callins
Hut Springs
Committee Would Limit Interest on New Bonds
A committee of the Arkansas legislative council would cap interest on proposed highway bonds at an average of not more than 32 1 2 percent. It recommends a popular election on the $28 million in issues sought by Gov elect Sid McMath, with a $7 million annual limit for each of four years. If other available funds for construction exceed 13 09 000 in any year, the following year’s authorization would be reduced by that excess. The panel backs all bond sales to the public and prohibits agent fees.
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Little Rock
Jan
Arkansas Legislative Council
Sid McMath
McMath
U S Leaders Shrug Off Cries of Socialism
Washington, DAN 4 A Democratic leaders shrugged off Republican cries of socialism as they push to enact most of President Truman's tax welfare labor program. The plan seeks swift action within the first 100 days and aims for final form by inauguration day. Senate leaders pledged speed though Republicans warned of factional risk and higher costs.
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Washington
Dan
Laaders
Teoman
Congress
White House
Truman
Lucas
Senate
Lueag
GOP
Qgargely
D Tail-Hartley Jabor Jaw Renwal
Truman's new education and housing push in 1950 budget
President Truman's education and housing programs are slated to cost over 500 million dollars of his 42 billion dollar 1950 budget. The White House anticipates a large share of military and fuel costs exceeding 15 billion dollars, with overall peacetime spending around 41.9 billion. The renewal deal centers on education aid to states and postwar programs, amid calls for higher taxes on magazines and newspapers.
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Charles Molny
Washington
Jan
Truman
Congress
Union
Ouf
White House
Health program fights and fears shape Truman era plan
The article outlines President Truman's prewar health and social proposals amid House division. Republicans critique expansion plans while Democrats gauge support. Health insurance, education aid, and old age security face bitter battles over cost and tax impact.
Governor Laney Reports $37,600,000 Growth in Arkansas
Governor Laney releases a printed state report summarizing four years of administration. He notes $37.6 million increased state revenue and $17 million in interest on bonds, with highway improvements and tax policy debates. He opposes reenacting the state property tax and cites revised taxes on whiskey and cigarettes.
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Little Rock
Laney
Thernet
People of
Arkansas
Bonde
Gary
Arkansas Texarkana AAU youth softball tournament tentative
Texarkana reports show tentative plans for an AAU softball tournament for boys with teams including Arg and Washington noted. Jail and parole board items mention paroles and commutations across Little Rock and other counties in Arkansas.
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Jimmy King
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Dianne Lovell
Erwin Lowe
Mary Jane Maginnie
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James Carlton McKinney
Charles Moore
Wayburn Moore
Bobby Moore
Linda Carroll Moore
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Alvin Reap
N. B. Robbins
Jim Sanders
Dim Simon
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A. D. Sinks
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J. E. Stewart
Sullivan
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John Whiteman
Assembly
Hal Boyle
America
Lord's Green
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Adolf Hitler
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Institute For the Study and Development
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Judge Miller
U of A
Ould &Con
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