Arkansas and Florida News Briefs From Jan 21
Jan. 21 reports from Florida and Arkansas cover a canceled air flight to Havana over cost protests and a Rock, Arkansas session on municipal consolidations, highway fund distributions, and a state women’s clubs convention. Other items note a college basketball game, a fatal house fire, and proposed health and marriage examinations measures.
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Rock
Baxter
Arkansas House
Plang
Conivention
Arkansas Ation of Women's Clubs
Springs
Truman Budget Sparks Senate Debate on Spending and Revenue
Washington hearings open on President Truman's 37.5 billion budget amid calls to trim spending to 32 billion by Senator Byrd and to cut taxes. Senator Taft argues a 3 to 4 billion reduction, while Senator George warns cuts may be limited. House figures stress maintaining budget balance and extending excise taxes if Congress acts.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Byrd
D-Va
Taft
Ohio
Georgia
George
Senate
Ebt
Hien
House Budget Committee
House
Budget Committee
Knutson
R-Minn
Aoay
Senateland
Two Die in Auto Truck Collision in Bearden Area
Camden January 22 Two persons were killed and no others seriously injured in an auto truck collision on U north of Bearden at nine last night. The deceased were Hubert Benson and Elmer Jones both of Bearden. The injured are ad Williford Pine Bluff and Tigher Jones Bearden. The Negro driver of the truck was uninjured.
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Camden
Harlow
Les Noth
Bearden
Ater
Hubert Benson
Elmer
Big Hoy
Jones
Ares
Ad Williford
Pine Bluff
Automobile
Tigher Jones
Elmer. Jones
Liquor Stores Held Up by Armed Men in Texarkana
Texarkana January 22 police report two heavily armed men robbed two liquor stores last night escaping with more than 1000 dollars. No arrests announced. Authorities request information leading to suspects.
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Texarkana
Marshall not a candidate strengthens bid for cooperation
Washington reports House Speaker Martin says General George C. Marshall’s declaration that he is not a candidate for political office places him in a stronger position to gain cooperation. Marshall recently took over as secretary of state and will lead a task with world impact, enabling easier cooperation.
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Washington
Martin
Miss
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Portal Pay Claims Could Strip Government of Bills
Washington reports Brig. Gen. Maurice Hirsch testified that portal pay claims may wipe out the 3 025 817 000 saved through renegotiation of lump sum war contracts. He told a Senate subcommittee that Congress might recognize a moral obligation on such contracts if back pay is collected by labor suits. Undersecretary Royall warned a possible 400 to 500 million liability on army wartime contracts, while noting navy renegotiations may not require repayment.
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Washington
Maurice Hirsch
Portal
Hirsch
Congress
Senate Judiciary
Kenneth C
Royall
Army
War Department
Department
Navy
Gostep
Mayors Conference Eyes Federal Housing Aid Split On Rent Control
Delegates at the United States conference of mayors expect endorsement of a federal public housing program, with possible split on rent control extension. Mayor Vincent Murphy of Newark backs legislation modeled on the Wagner Ellender Taft bill for 100,000 federally financed homes yearly while Senator Taft says he will reintroduce the measure and favors rent control extension in some form. The three day gathering in Washington features General Motors' Charles E. Wilson and AFL chief William Green as labor issues top the agenda. Church of New Rochelle urges reaffirming 1946 rent control. Taft indicates openness to ceilings if rents would otherwise rise.
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Washington
United States Conference of Mayors
Vincent Murphy
Newark
N. J
Taft
Ohio
House
Senate
Murphy
Charles E. Wilson
General Motors Corporation
Francis Case
R-Sd
AFL
William Green
Resolutions Committee
Stanley ‘W. Church
New Rochelle
Church
Arkansas bill to elect revenue commissioner considered
The Arkansas House elections committee backed a bill by Rep. Roberts to make the revenue commissioner an elective, two-year term position with a $5,000 annual salary, currently held appointively by Otho Aycock. The measure moves to the calendar for full House action, likely tomorrow. Also, the resolutions committee recommended rejecting Rep. Campbell’s concurrent resolution to review pre-session joint budget actions. The elections committee rejected Rep. Criner’s proposal for a joint committee to study school system reorganization.
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Little Rock
Arkansas House
Elections Committee
Rep
Roberts
Faulkner
Otho Ay
Cook
House’resolutions Committee
Campbell
Garland
Criner
Miller
Housing plan eyed to permanent NHA role and new homes
Officials at a housing conference welcomed Taft's pledge to reintroduce a long range measure. The plan would make the National Housing Agency a permanent central supervisor of federal housing operations and aim to add 150,000 new dwellings annually for ten years through FHA mortgage liberalization and related steps.
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National Housing Agency
Taft
NHA
FHA
Council of Economic Advisers report review raises doubt
The piece critiques the Councils first annual report to the President as dull and repetitive. It notes claims on full employment, economic philosophy, and future policy while highlighting the three advisers and staff earning 345000 annually, questioning if the expenditure yields fresh insight or a rehash of existing business commentary.
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Council of Economic Advisers
United States
Congress
Council
Rotary Club
Truman
Advisory Council
Street urchin linked to city sniper case
Police held a 14 year old wanderer known as The Gypsy for a rifle theft as the sniper terrorized Hell's Kitchen with shootings injuring at least three people. The boy, Frank with no remembered last name, lived in basements and shelters, claimed to have stolen the rifle and fired it in the street and into a house before a hearing in children's court.
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New York
Frank
Charles Casey
10Th Avenue
49Th Street
Vincent Callahan
10Th
L1st
Anna Hughes
Ninth Avenue
Hell's Kitchen
John Wyten
France Rejects Quick Return of German POWs
Washington reports France rejected a U S demand to immediately return 620000 German prisoners of war. Paris proposed that a third party, likely a non governmental agency, study the issue and outline a long range repatriation plan. France argues manpower shortages justify keeping the prisoners for up to 20 months after V E Day to use them on farms and in factories.
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R. H. Shackford
Washington
France
United States
U. S
Russia
Siberia
China
James F. Byrnes
Truman Family Attends Blossom Time Amid Picket Protests
Washington report says light pickets failed to block the Truman party from entering the National Theater to see Blossom Time. The Committee for Racial Democracy claimed the White House sought to sneak the president into a Jim Crow venue. The Trumans entered through the main doors and left quietly as pickets dispersed. The committee said it sent a telegram urging the president to refrain from patronizing the theater and to oppose racial discrimination in the district. Leon Ransom led the group, expressing hope the president is not aware of the incident.
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Washington
Truman
National Theater
Committee For Racial Democracy
Charles Ross
Secret Service
United States
National
White House
Leon Ransom
Ransom
Thompson Acts as Governor as Atlanta Bank Honors Checks
Acting Gov. Melvin E. Thompson announced the state’s main bank recognizes him as acting governor and will honor checks drawn on a $100,000 executive fund. He plans to draw salary from the fund on Saturday. A state-wide meeting by a civic group to press for an early gubernatorial change is set for Monday. Meanwhile, both Talmadge and Thompson expect a favorable court ruling.
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Atlanta
M.ef. Thompson
Executive Department
Thompson
Herman Tallmadge
Citizens of
Georgia
H. J. Kennedy
Barnesville
Kennedy
Herman Talmadge
Melvyn E. Thompson
Hope to Host District Band Clinic Next Week
Hope will host a district band clinic from January 31 to February 1, welcoming about 150 students from across southwest Arkansas. The event will be at Hope High School, with local citizens asked to house visitors for one night. Contact Mrs. J. S. Gibson Jr or others to offer lodging.
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Hope
Arkansas
Screen actress Laraine Day with Leo Durocher in El Paso
Laraine Day and Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher pose at their El Paso hotel after returning from Juarez Mexico where she obtained a divorce from J Ray Hendricks. A Justice of the Peace in El Paso later awarded them in a ceremony captured in this NEA Tele photo.
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Laraine Day
Leo
the Lip
Durocher
Brooklyn Dodgers
el Paso
Texas
Juarez
Mexico
J. Ray Hendricks
Justice of Peace
NEA
Four students killed in Monroe City HS vocational building blast
Four students died when a fire and explosion tore through a Monroe City high school vocational agriculture class as they rebuilt a farm tractor. Marty Redman died in hospital. Don McElroy Edward Cannon and Noble Engle were killed outright. Instructor Roy Layster and several others were hospitalized for burns and shock. Police tied the blast to sparks from an electric welder igniting gasoline.
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Monroe City
Monroe City High School
Marty Redman
Hannibal, Mo
Don McElroy
Rensselaer, Mo
Edward Cannon
Noble Engle
Roy Layster
Milton Hendrix
Jan Don Corder
Albert Lee Ely
Charles Burditt
Walter Carroll
Hanibal Hospitals
Robert McClintock
John McElroy
Mystery of Black Dahlia murder deepens in Hollywood
Detectives probe Elizabeth Short’s circle as they seek a lead from January through her nude mutilated body found on January 15. Witnesses name Edward Wellington and apartment 501 resident Paul Simone amid claims of a bitter quarrel, while police issue bulletins to locate the killer in Los Angeles.
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Olive
Elizabeth
Lynn Martin
Edward P
Duke) Wellington
Hollywood
Wellington
Miss Martin
Paul Simone
Miss Short
Simone
Black Dahlia
Robert
Red)Manley
Los Angeles
San Diego
George P. Bloomdahl
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