Rialto showing ends as crowd reacts to Hamiet
A crowded Rialto audience last night watched Lawrence Iivier's Hamiet finishing at 10 30 amid mixed reviews with a high school girl remarking the film seemed to end as many were killed. Meanwhile highway work progresses in Seventh and Third Districts with two major projects under way: Little Missouri river to Gordon, 358266 dollars for nine miles of hot mix asphalt and widening, and Hope Washington plus Ozen Nashville roads under RB HW Davis and Ben M Hogan contracts totaling 287922 and 135000 respectively, with substantial completion percentages.
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Rialtonate
Lawrence Iivier
Hamiet
Mickey Mous Travelogue
Hamilet
Missouri River
Missouri river-Gordon
Seventh Highway
Reynolds & Williams
Shave T
Hempstead
Hope-Washington
HW. Davis
Ozen-Nashville
Ben M. Hogan & Co
Split Over Abolishing Electoral College Emerges
Washington reports a party split on a constitutional amendment to end the electoral college for president and vice president. Senator Lodge says conservatives will oppose while elements from both parties push for change, including Southern Democrats. The plan would allocate electoral votes proportionally by state popular votes and end the unit rule, with no direct House or Senate base electing a president.
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Washington
Lodge
R-Mass
U. S
New York
Vermeont
Ex-Officer Receives Life For Slaying Radio Commentator
Beston Texas January 26 A jury of farmers and small town businessmen found former deputy sheriff Smithwick guilty of murder with malice in the July 29 slaying of radio commentator W. H. Billy Mason as he sat in his car in Alice's industrial district. Mason had accused Smithwick of owning property linked to Rancho Alegre a nearby sight club. Smithwick claimed his conscience was clear and said he will appeal.
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Beston
Tex
Big Sam Siithwith
W. H.billy Mason
Smithwick
Mason
Alice
Mie
Sturthwick
Weather forecast for Arkansas with freezing rain
Forecast calls for cloudy conditions across the state with colder temperatures in the southeast and north and west. Rain and freezing rain are expected in the south and northeast this afternoon, with much colder temperatures tonight and lows around 12 in the northeast and 1930 in the southeast. Friday remains cloudy and cold.
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Arkansas
Traffic and Liquor Violations Top Police Activities
Chief Clarence Baker released the annual 1049 department report showing 342 arrests from traffic incidents including drunken and reckless driving, 74 liquor cases, and 272 drunkenness cases. Major actions include 111 unlocked business doors found, two house prowlers sentenced, $8,347 in fines, and praise from Mayor Lyle Brown for speeding and drunken driving enforcement.
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Polles
Clarence Baker
Lyle Brown
Baker
No Change in Telephone Strike Threat
In St Louis Southwestern Bell Telephone Co and CIO leader Joseph A Beirne faced a drawn out press clash. Beirne called the Bell system un American blot while a nationwide strike plan was floated by telephone workers in Division 20. Southwestern Bell defended wages and conditions and warned no premium pay is justified as living costs stabilize.
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St. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Joseph A. Beirne
CIO
Communications Workers of America
Cincinnati
Beirne
Bell System
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Communicators Workers of America
Southwestern Bell
Preacher Is Charged With Murder in Va. Case
Grundy Va Jan 26 UP A 22 year old mountain preacher James Alfred Hagg of the snake handling Holiness sect faced murder charges in the death of his 18 year old wife Hazel Elizabeth and the two men who testified that Hagg denied the crime under truth serum while being questioned the sheriff said doctors gave sodium pentathol to Hagg as investigators checked blood strings from the couple s trailer the mother of a three month old child had been found beaten and strangled local authorities said an autopsy could not determine the exact cause of death the couple s infant was found in bed clothes in the trailer and Hagg s story of visiting his mother Monday night did not hold up before Richmond crime lab results were awaited
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Grundy
James Alfred Hagg
Alpert Keen
Welch
W. Va
Hagy
Keen
Ishmael Fletcher
Hazel Elizabeth
Fletcher
Huagy
Richmond
Five Trucks Collide Near Pine Bluff. One Killed
An early morning pileup on Highway 65, twelve miles northeast of Pine Bluff, involved five large trucks and killed Claude Harvey of Oklahoma City. Alex Schott, also of Oklahoma City, was injured and faces possible manslaughter charges. Schott’s head injuries were reported non life threatening.
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Pine Bluff
Ifi
Oklahoma City
Here
Arkansas
Philip H. Gray
Claude Harvey
Alex Schott
Oklshoma City
Jack White Produce Company
Highway 65
Gray
Schott
Colonial Baking Company
Jack Freeman
Little Rock
Scott Grocery Company
Terry Dairy Company
Arkansas Motor Freight Lines
Harvey
Daviz Hospital
Young FDR May Seek Governorship
New York reports rising speculation that Rep. Franklin D Roosevelt Jr. may seek the Democratic nomination for governor. The 35 year old liberal congressman will substitute for Mayor O Dwyer at the victory dinner and address party chiefs, with many leaders urging him to run.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
William O-Dwyer
Business
Alter
Finance
Q Dwyer
Shimself
O'Dwyer
Florida
Roosevelt
DiMaggio Wakefield Pesky Led Early Hit Leaders
Joe DiMaggio Dick Wakefield and Johnny Pesky are the only active players with 20 or more hits in their first majors season. Sixteen players have reached the same mark as a milestone for rookie hitting prowess.
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Joe DiMaggio
Dick Wakefield
Johnny Pesky
UAW Set for Long Strike Near Chrysler Plants
Detroit January 26. The CIO United Auto Workers began a lengthy strike over pension terms at Chrysler, idling about 106000 workers and halting 7000 daily car output. Talks may resume this week as mediation continues.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto
Chrysler
Ford
General Motos
Michigan
Comany
de Soto
Symouth
Dodge
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Bates
UAW
Bever ly Hills Housing Addition Emerges in Hope
A new Bever ly Hills development along the Ti & A Railway near 16th sheet grows from M. S. Bates' old stock pasture. Vincent Foster drives the project, already 32 homes built or under construction, employing over 45 workers and totaling about 806 600 upon completion. A neighborhood store is planned, tree planting is set, and streets will be blacktopped when weather permits. The site is near Garland Grade and Hope High, marking Hope’s largest construction project of the year.
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M. S. Bates
Ti & A
Beverly Hills
Vincent Foster
Achesons Stand Sparks GOP Wrath on Hiss Issue
Washington dispatch reports Secretary of State Acheson defended not turning his back on Hiss amid Republican criticism. Senator Mundt led a three hour attack on Acheson and administration foreign policy, questioning how far Hiss influenced policy and Acheson’s stance toward communists in the State Department. Rep. OToole criticized Acheson as harming due process and the Democratic way of life.
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Algerine
Roosevelt Truman
Mundt
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Hiss
Administration
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McCarthy
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Rep
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Brooklyn
Pilkinton Seeks Chancery Judge Post in Second Division
Pilkinton, a noted hops attorney and current prosecuting attorney for the Eighth Judicial District, files his corrupt practices pledge to run for Chancery Judge of the Second Division, Sixth Chancery District. He aims to succeed Judge Will Steel of Texarkana, who was appointed and not eligible for reelection. The district covers Miller, Hempstead, Nevada, Clark, Pike, Howard, Sevier, Little River and Polk counties. The 1949 legislature authorized a second chancery for the district. The other chancellor is Judge A P Steel of Texarkana, who oversees the First Division. Pilkinton will publicly announce via newspapers in the district soon.
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James H. Pilkinton
Eighth Judicial District
Will Steel
Texarkana
Miller
Hempstead
Nevada
Clark
Pike
Howard
Sevier
Little River
Polk
A. P. Steel
Pilkinton
Honest Man Reelected Treasurer of Local Union
Knoxville Tenn January 26 Andrew M Talmies reelection as treasurer of Hill City Lodge No 38 International Association of Machinists did not surprise. He will be 30 next March and has held the office every year since then.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Andrew M. Talmie
Talmie
Hill City Lodge
International Association of Machinists
Ghosts Get a Psychic Lesson in Quiet Hauntings
New York humor columnist HAL BOYLE riffs on a spectral houseguest Mrs. Gladys Drury, the ghost of a Bristol lady, haunting a Victorian home since 14 years ago. A church exorcism is joked about as the tale contrasts a gentle ghost with noisy weekend visitors, proposing kinder neighborly ideas.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Fle
Gladys Drury
Bristol
England
Whiliam Baker
Mrs. Drury
Aea Yuna Viger
Church of England
Direct signals edge toward ending coal strike crisis
Washington reports John L. Lewis may move to avert widespread coal shortages as unemployment rises. President Truman weighed Taft Hartley action while FBI warned protecting the nation from atomic weapon risk grows beyond World War I peak.
UnclearOCR Fragment: Civet Goes to Market
Fragment shows a garbled report mentioning New York and market actions. It references a mis-sent fur, a person named Malaya, perfume making, squeezing, a central location, and an 89 play in progress, but lacks coherent details or identifiable events.
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New York
Malaya
Maki
U S Discovers Huge Iron Ore Deposits
New York January 26 A five year American search for iron ore has climaxed with news of a rich strike overseas and in Labrador and Liberia The United States Steel Corporation claims a mountain of nearly pure iron ore in Venezuela while other deposits in Labrador and Venezuela broaden future supply Iron and steel are key to peacetime growth and defense and the Caribbean defense policy grows more vital with these finds
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New York
Atlantic Seaboard
North Atlantics
Labrador
Liberia
United States Steel Corporation
Venezuela
Lake Superior
Bethlehem Steel
Superior
Caribbean
Jee fishing continues until March 15 in Wisconsin
Wisconsin anglers are reminded that the statewide Jee fishing season remains open through March 15. Officials urge adherence to size limits and bag rules while reporting any violations to local game wardens.
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Wisconsin
FEPC Foes Still Holding Upper Hand
Washington voters report FEPC foes maintaining leverage as efforts continue to move the fair employment practices bill amid House rules committee opposition. Southern lawmakers warn against floor debate, while backers rely on two competing petitions to force action. Roosevelt and Powell clash over timing, then reconcile as party lines tighten.
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FEPC
Today &T
House Rules Committee
Ésebath
Ling Up
Aia
House
Rules Committee
Roosevelt
Lib
Powell IL
D-Ny
Powell
FEFC
Oagavelto
Governeur
New York
iPowell
Pele House
Hankin
D-Mass
Whitten Announces Run For Seventh District Congress
Vernon Whitten of Magnolia a South Arkansas lumberman and father of five announced his candidacy for Congress in the Seventh District He ran a close second in a three man race two years ago with Oren Harris winning a fifth term Whitten advocates limited government business freedom and world peace through a UN backed system He was born in Bodcaw Nevada County and has served as a schoolteacher and WWII flight instructor now leads sawmill operations and speaks to civic groups across the state
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Magnolia
Vernon Whitten
South Arkansas
Whitten
Oren Harris
Ay Whitten
South
Arkansas
Washington
United Nations
Bodcaw
Nevada County
Arkansas World Products Assn
Jach. Ate
Kansas
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