Rise of Malek process boosts rice canning claims
A Persian American researcher M. Malek is credited by Arkansas state officials with advancing a rice processing method named Mhatelcizing that supposedly preserves vitamins and minerals. Collier's Weekly notes his steam processing technique reduces bran loss and protects the rice germ, a breakthrough cited amid debates on European recovery and U.S. policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
State Resources & Development Commission
Collier's Magazine
M. Yonun-Malek
Collier's
State Bureau
1928 20 Years Ago Today in Hempstead County Fog Record
The year 1936 Hempstead County suffered the greatest five fogs on record. R. A. Boyatt announced as mayoral candidate. First publication of The Bobcat Mellow, a school news page edited by T Bowden and a list of staff. McFaddin named to Attorney General post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempsteadt County
R. A. Boyatt
Mlayor
Bobcat
T. Bowden
Pauline Wood
Wai A Atkins
Gordon Carter
Sac
Louise Gentry
J. J. Jones
Talbot Beilds
Eleanor Foster
Lawrence Wright Massey
Dorothy Woorrow
Pate
Leien
Chickens Stolen From Komdgrfer Farm Under Investigation
Local sheriff investigates string of chicken thefts at Komdgrfer Farm Meat Hope. In less than a year, all chickens on the OB Kordyske Faro 8 avities of Hope on Reite a have been stolen. A total of two chickens have vanished. Residents warned to be vigilant for chicken thieves in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reite A
Truman's Blast Did Not Halt Gen. Graham Deals
Wellington Jan 13 A Wall Street broker testified Graham kept his wheat trading line open until Nov 25, seven weeks after President Truman’s grain criticisms. Graham, the president’s physician, said he left most commodities, except a small cotton purchase, and denied trading advice from others. He revised earlier claims about brokers acting without him and said he assumed full responsibility for the trades as the Senate probe wound up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Ren. Wallace
Graham
Truman
Harry Brisker
Bache & Co
Senate Appropriations Committee
Detg
Anderson
Pergison
R-Mieh
Ferguson
Gras Vane
Brisker
R-Mich
Bache and Co
Arkansas farmer hid dead wife's jewelry in underwear
Robbins Hides Jewelry of Dead Wife. Lonnie Robbins, an Arkansas farmer, is charged with poisoning his two year old and hid his dead wife’s jewelry in a secret pocket in his underwear, along with $500, after marrying Sadie Sue Duding in Abilene Texas. Autopsy found poison in the wife’s stomach. Robbins was arrested near Russellville after a week-long search by county and state officers. He denies involvement and awaits trial in the circuit court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Lonnie Rob
Wing
Arkansas
Coyce Casinver
Casinger
NM Robbins
Robbins
van Buren
Lial
Abilene
Tex
Sadie Sue Duding
Ark
Little Rock
Tebbins
Aullene
Rob Ts
Offie- Rawbins
Warith
Suger
Salary Raise for Gill Is Being Challenged
Gill's proposed salary rise from 35,000 to 7,509 faced SSA objection. SSA regional chief McDonald said federal auditors eased the objection pending Washington review. Gill was paid 7,500 yearly from April to June and may have received the same rate later in 1947 as audits continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible Rock
Fan
Arehabsas
Purifoy Gill
Social Security Administration
Washington
M. BE. Goss
Gill
Re Pt
Ka McDonald
SSA
Kansas City
Arkansas Gazette
Federal
McDonald
Iny
Sancitors
Sid Gil
Jne
Axe-Slayer Says He Can Clear Up 4A Murders
Tacoma dispatch reports Jake Bird, scheduled for execution, claims to have confessed or been linked to 44 murders, 11 of 12 already confessed. Prosecutor Steele notes 18 additional slayings linked to him, plus 14 more he could claim, while questions arise over the 1928 Harvey Boyd case and a stay of execution petition. Bird seeks clemency, but prosecutors urge carrying out the October 30 Kludt murder sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Jake Bird
Lear
Patrick M. Steele
Guv
Wallgreen
Negyra
New York
Los Angeles
Harvey Boyd
Bast
Eh Aha
Nebr
Claken
Eel Lukehart
Iowa State Penitentiary
Steele
Bird
Walla Walla Penitentiary
Bertha Kludt
Supreme Court
Birt
Sherman Lyons
Walla Walla
Tom Smith
Central Avenue
Beverly
Omaha
South Bend
Ind
Ogden
Utah
Highland Park
Publo
Colo
District Stock Meet Planned Here Jan. 22
Third District Livestock Show board members county agents and teachers chamber managers and county judges in the district will attend a meeting here Thursday January 22 at 7 p.m. A free dinner at Hotel Belwood will follow. The gathering aims to plan the coming year elect the 1938 board and officers for the show and discuss new buildings. The group has a $3000 cash balance. All interested in the district show are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
VEW Plans First Regular Meet of the Year
VEW to hold first regular meeting at 7:30 on Wednesday evening at the hut on Highway 67. All are invited to attend. transportation arrangements will be discussed and a Dimond Cake “713 pum” event noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VEW
Highway 67
Eastern Airlines Crash Fatal to Five Persons
Five people died and four were injured when two twin-engined DC-3s struck a pine on a Potomac river bluff near National Airport in rain and later snow. Nine aboard, including three crew, perished. pilots and passengers from Georgia, South Carolina, and Atlanta, with wreckage near Treasure Cove. The crash occurred after an early morning departure from Winston-Salem en route Houston to Boston, with contact lost before 3:40 a.m. East Coast witnesses reported wheels down, diversions cited, and the scene remained under investigation into the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eastern Airlines
Potomac River
National
Treasure Covey
Potomas
Capitol
South Carolina
Pacific
Ralph B. Samborn
D Jr
Atlanta
Houston
Tex
Boston
Winston-Salem
Washington Control Tower
Western Airlines
National Airport
W. A. Moorehead
Clinton
D.C
Joanna Cotton Mills
Goldsville
C. S. Mam
Arier
J. O. Jones Construction Co
California
L. Brandt
Biltmore Hotel
Pitt
Sandsborn
Beetet
Paul Sallavis
Oxon Hill
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Thirty Killed in Dominican Airlines Crash
News dispatch reports 30 people died in a Dominion Airlines passenger jet crash between Barahona and Santiago near Ciudad Trujillo. Among the dead were nearly all Dominican Republic baseball stars plus the pilot and a year old baby. the plane was completely demolished and victims were buried locally.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Persecs
Dominion Airlines
Barahona
Santiago
Almst All Focal
Petrillo Called an Economic Pirate
Washington January 1. James C Petrillo head of the American Federation of Musicians is called an economic pirate by Justin Miller president of the National Association of Broadcasters. Miller told the House Labor Committee Petrillo uses iron clad control to try to destroy record making and ban union musicians from television broadcasts. He warns the ban harms the real professional musicians and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justin Miller
National Association of Broadcasters
House Labor Committee
James C. Petrillo
Miller
Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
NAB
Carinas
Petry Kile
Rocket Sleds Hit 1019 MPH In Secret tests
Northrop engineers report unmanned rocket powered sleds topping speeds above 1000 mph on 2900 feet of track at Muroc. Tests in 1946 and 1947 used five solid rockets delivering 50 000 pounds thrust for 18 seconds. Braking and longer tracks could stop sleds before full length.
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Muroc Air Base
Calif
Jan
Wall of Sound
Northrop Aircraft
Northrop
I. Weaver
Ublra
Artificial Insemination Sows Legal Custody Question
Julie Striad petitions New York State Supreme Court to deny former husband visitation with daughter Antoinette born from artificial insemination. Striad gained custody in October claiming the child is not the ex-husband’s offspring. Antoinette’s paternity hinges on modern science and a high profile trial looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Julie Striad
Surgreme Court
Henry Clay Greenbert
Antoinette
Sun
Herman the Hermit tops annoyed Americans survey
A humorous Washington Dispatch traces readers letters about daily irritants with Herman the Hermit as the sole voice claiming no annoyances. Citizens from Arizona to Ohio vent about women smokers, noisy moonshine coughs, socks, and rude theater habits, culminating in the common grumble: the person behind you at the movie who crunches popcorn loudly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Hermnan the Hermit
Lbiss
Hermani
Herman
Los Gatos
Calif
Geatleman
Tucson
Aria
Seattle
Jen
Columbus
Ohio
Dallas
Lakeland
Fia
San Antonio
Tax Day Mail Flood Reaches Income Tax Bureau
Washington dispatch notes the approaching Tax Day brings a flood of letters to the Internal Revenue Service. Taxpayers describe quirky troubles from Alabama to Oregon, including claims of dependents, refunds, and misaddressed payments, with humorous anecdotes about past due bills and unreported arrivals.
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Washington
Alabama
Jin
Bill
Atavama
Tora Form
California
Internal Revenue Boys
Oregon
New Mexico
Preacher
West
Revenue Department
Weisenberger Quits as Hempstead Red Cross Head
Weisenberger resigns after fifteen months as Hempstead County Red Cross Chapter Chairman. He cites National Headquarters demand for a higher 1948 quota than 1947 and notes $2,392 raised in 1947 versus a requested $4,030 for 1948. He thanks workers and wishes successors success in 1948.
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Hempstead County
Weisenburger
Chayter Charman
Red Cross
Theater Manager Attacked. Bell Arrested for Assault
Finadoheater doorman LP. Bell aged 131 clasp the wound. Bart Young, general manager of the local theaters, was struck in the face causing stitches. City police arrested Bell on assault and battery. he was released on bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Finadoheater
Bart Young
Grocerymen to Meet at Hope City Mal Tonight
Daniels Collecting Agency calls a meeting of legal grocery men at Hope City Hall starting at 7:30 pm. All local businessmen are invited to attend.
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Daniels Collecting Agency
Hope City
Definite Orders Sought for Aid Plan Manager
Washington January 13 pressure grows in House to fix definite orders and limitations on who runs the European recovery program. GOP members Vorys and Chipherfield urge explicit directives while Douglas, the Britain ambassador, and Agriculture Secretary Anderson testify in parallel hearings on Marshall Plan details.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
House Repu
Vorus
Ohio
Chipperfield
GOP
Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Lewis H. Douglas
Britain
Arizona
Anderson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Hickenlooper
R-Iown
Farman
D-Ala
Jarman
Vorys
Truman
State Department
Four Seriously Hurt in Series of Accidents
State and city police reported five wrecks in the area within 24 hours, injuring at least four. Most serious occurred on Blevins-McCaskil Road near Natural Hill when a Stephens Grocery Co truck hit a pickup, injuring three of the W. B. Porterfield family. Mrs Porterfield and her child suffered head and facial injuries. Mr Porterfield had cuts and bruises. all were treated at a local hospital. Additional injuries included a Houston woman in a crash near Emmet, two women in a collision near Hope, and a Fulton school bus backing into a Chicago man’s car. Police investigated all incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blevins-McCaskil Road
Natural Hill
Stephens Grocery Co
W. 8
Porterfield
Jasephine Hospital
W. H. Morris
Houston
Texas
Prescott
Emmet
Mamie Belle Holt
Crit Stuart
Hope
Anulber
Floyd Johnson
Maulyern
Highway 67
Bot
Johnson
Fulton District
Charles Johnson
Nego
Robert J. Hansberg
Chicago
Hiegr Fulton
Anomobies
Linden
Lee
Kart Clayton
Second
Elm Street
Une
Industrial Corp Re elects Same Guard Board In Meeting
Industrial Corp. reelected the same board at Hoge City Hall. Members include UC. C. Sprugins, Llgud Spencer, N. BP. O'Neal, George Ferk, Lyle Brown, Joy Anderson and Ed Thrash. New officers to be announced soon. Of 741 shares, 485 were represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Industrial Corporation
Alu
Hoge City Hall
UC. C
Publicans Set Plan to Trim Truman Foreign Aid Budget
Reported discussion in Washington outlines a tentative $5.0 billion cut to Truman foreign aid outlays for the coming year. House Budget Committee to review details as Chaim Taber criticized the broad reductions and urged checking education welfare and housing requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Trumen
Chaim Taber
Senate House
Truman
Congr
Taber
War Books Now Here for Delivery
Hempstead County readers can pick up War Books at the Chamber of Commerce office on Third Street today morning. A few extra copies may be available for those who did not order. readers are urged to collect books as early as possible. Southern Publishing Company of Camden expresses regret for the delay in delivery.
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James Thrasher
Uuyzellas
Guages
Uwe
Saad Wee
TNE
Ameriagi
MSU
Yria Sais
U. S
Alans
Legislaion
Gmewinn Olne House
Foreign Altairs Committee
New Jersey
Witliams
Bath
Congress
Denis Gratia
Eaton
Hempstead County
Chamber of Commerce
Third Street
Earl
Pote
Kiwanis Meeting Features Speaker Rey Cook
Rey Cook served as Kiwanis speaker at the Barlo club gathering. Steve Cook, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, addressed the group on what it takes to get a job in religion. Guest participants included Terrell Armitage, Sumya McLarty, Liebling Patatos, EB Seb, and Stanley from Little Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rey
Steve Cook
First’ Presbyterian Church
Barlo
Jack Lowetharge
Terrell Chuck Armitage
Sumya Franklin McLarty
Hope
Liebling
Patatos
A. EB
Seb
St. Louis
Stanley
Little Rock
Negroes Buy Site for Park Near City Limits
Local leader Douglas reports the purchase of an acre tract just outside the city limits between the road and old Highway 67 for a park to serve the Negro community. Civic Improvement plans fund the project through public subscription with work to start as soon as about $900 is raised before March.
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Douglas
Feader
High School
Lang
Civic
Whig
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Alex. H. Washburn
Komdgrfer
Gen. Graham
Axe
Herman the Hermit
Hal Boyle
Weisenberger
Young
I. T. Bell
William, F. Arbogast
New Yorker
Cook
Kiwanis
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