Axis Sally trial amid Dixie factory growth debate
Treason case of Mildred Gillars known as Axis Sally unfolds as opinions divide over its impact. The Wall Street Journal notes Dixie could become a booming, low cost market if 1949 shines, while southern states like Arkansas and Mississippi invest in new factories and plants to capitalize on regional manufacturing gains.
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America
Mildred £. Gillars
Axis Sally
Berlin
Sally
Wall Street Journal
Dixie
Atlanta, Ga
Valenne the Journal
Wall Street
Mississippi River
Star
Lyman Armstrong
Hope Citizen
Florence
Ala
Lyman
Arkansas
Little Rock
General Time, Inc
Westinghouse
Hope
Cobbwood, Inc
Southwestern Proving? Ground Military Reservation
Labor Law Repeal Bill About Ready
Washington reports an administration plan to submit a single package bill repealing the Taft Hartley law and restoring the Wagner act with improvements. A White House outline was drafted with Tobin Ching Herzog and Murdock present. Truman had not approved proposals but favored a one package approach.
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Washington
Congress
Wegner
Truman
White House
Labor
Tobin
Cyrus Ching
Paul M. Herzog
Abe Murdock
National Labor Relations Board
Thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
Bethel AME Center Plans Expanded Negro Education Program
Bethel Community Center for Negroes under Bethel AME Church is remodeling to offer a modern facility with a kitchen dining room library and social recreation spaces. Guided by Rev G Paschal a community board oversees the project inviting public participation in social and educational activities including dramatics music games and study groups.
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Bethel Community
Arnoin
Bethel Ame Church
Wastees
Pienius, Vic
Public Warning On Shell Dangers At Southwest Proving Grounds
Captain Asa Luter warns Hope residents about unexploded shells at Southwest Proving Grounds after a Worthey yard explosion. He urges reporting duds to the Bomb and Shell Disposal Team, stresses not to move ducts, and cautions against scrap-dismantling risks and trespass on government property.
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Asa Luter
Hope
Worthey
Blevins
Department of the Army
Southwest Proving Ground
Corps of Engineers
Aso &. Luter
Southwest Proving Grounds
West Division
Tom
Harry
Luter
Mignber
State Highways Closed by High Water in Arkansas
List of highways closed by high water across Arkansas dated Jan. 27. Routes include 34 from junction 38 to Augusta, 42 from Blideye to 73, 19 Prescott to Delight, 24 Blevins to Nashville, 10 Dierks to DeQueen, 83 Whelen Springs to 24, 23 Booneville to Waldron, and many more with note of bridges out or landslides. Includes regional sections from Little Rock to Leola, Sheridan, Litle Rock through Dark Hollow, and several washouts and bridge statuses. Also mentions a historical note on James Monroe and Madison era inauguration date.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Highway Department
Augusta
Oy Strom Hillemann
Prescott
Delight
Blevins
Nashville
Dierks
DeQueen
Whelen Springs
Booneville
Waldron
Ozark
Cass
Lavaca
Paris
Melbourne
Sylamore
Batesville
Newport
Mether Springs
Pangbura
Searcyu
Judsonia
Crossroads
Sheridan
Leola
Litle Rock
Dark Hallow
Paeyen
Arkadelphia
Camden
Plainview
Wewo
Atkins
Lamar
Sand Gap
Bridge
Eureka Springs
Gateway
Leslie
Mountain View
Manila
Dell
Powhatan
Lynn Vbridge
Lyn
Strawberry
Hoxie
Pocahontas
Pocahhontas
Ravenden Springs
O'Kean
Parahontas
Dauylion
Smithville
Red Jan
Arisable
Donalson
Red River
Garland
Little M
Ark
Smith
Harrison
Oklahoma
Oklahom
Harrison Wan
Burelsa Springs
Payetteville
Wiless
Northwest
Arkansas
White River
Ouachita
Idelphia
Oual
Norfolk Dam
Col
Kennsty
Newton
Little Rock Uys i
Guachita
Eagle’s Gap
Ozarle Denville
Little Rock Hope
Texarkana
Amputee Vets Can Reclaim Money for Auto Tags
Amputee veterans who bought state auto licenses may claim refunds after Feb 1. Governor McMath signed a bill enabling free tags from the state. About 400 eligible veterans exist in Arkansas. those未 who have not bought licenses should contact the motor vehicle division after Feb 1.
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Little Rock
Dean Morley
McMath
Morley
Revenue
Prent
Moriey
Fulbright Urges Fast Action on Arkansas Gas Pipeline
Senator Fulbright urged Secretary Sawyer to prioritize the Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Co. pipeline to boost Reynolds Metals in Jones Mills by supplying gas to Lake Catherine power plant. He warned a higher priority for Oak Ridge could delay the Arkansas line, delaying a 149 million pound aluminum production increase.
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Washington
Fulbright
D-Ark
Commerce
Sawyer
Arkansas
Senate
Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Co
Lake Catherine
Reynolds Metals Company
Jones Mills
Ark
Commerce Department
Steel Industry
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Sawyer Vesterday
H. K. Thatcher
Arkansas Development Commission
Oak Ridge
East Tennessee Natural Gas Co
Community Develop ment Clinic Set by Chamber of Commerce
A Chamber of Commerce led Community Development Clinic will convene in Hope on January 3 and February 12 to gather citizen suggestions for immediate and long term improvements. The Arkansas Resources and Development Commission and State Chamber of Commerce back the event with J B Tuohy directing. Cards will capture ideas on civic social economic and industrial development and feed into a comprehensive plan. The event is open to all residents with no funding involved and aims to boost a better, more progressive community.
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Chamber of Commerce
Arkansas Resources and Development Commission
Arkansas Economic Council-State Chamber of Commerce
J. B. Tuohey
Arkansas Economic Council-Slave Chamber of Commerce
Civid
George Robison
The
Hope Chamber of Consumerece
Bill to bar selling below cost passes Arkansas House
The Arkansas House approved a bill to prohibit selling merchandise below cost, aiming to curb unfair competition. Introduced by Rep. C. C. Davis, the measure defines cost as wholesale plus six percent and freight, with penalties and enforcement by revenue officials. The vote was 76 to 5, and the bill moves to the Senate for action.
Both Sides Say Other Stalling in China Peace
Chinese Communists and Nationalists accuse each other of stalling, dimming peace hopes. Reds seek de facto surrender, Nationalists fortify a new defense line from Hangchan to Wuchang, with Nanking near panic as foreign officials evacuate. Moscow says talks may last long. Chiang Kai-shek remains active in government.
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Associated Press
Yangtze Valley
Nanking
Shanghai
Hangchan
Nanchang
Wuchang
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Japan
Foreign Office
Moscow
Ching
Chiang Kaishek
Li Tsung-jen
Attlee
Britain
Israel
Labor
Bevin
Israeli Constituent Assembly
David
Ben-Gurion
Labor Party
Brussels Alliance
France
London
Russig
Economic Council of Mutual
Kremlin
Poland
U. S
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Italy
Russia
Tra C. Eaker
Big Jim Folsom Tells Alabama to Let Him Have a Chance
Alabama Governor James E. Folsom, known as Kissing Jim, says the legislature blocks his program after a landslide election. He calls his critics royal opposition, vows action this year to win public support, and cites progress like teacher pay raises while forecasting a political honeymoon year.
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Hal Boyle Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Hiz Jim
Jim
Folsom
Big Jim
Truman
Jim Docga
Prices in Most Extended Drop in Ten Years
Government officials said the cost of living is at its most extended downward shift in nearly a decade. The Labor Department planned to publish its December 15 consumer price index, showing declines that could undermine wage demands tied to higher living costs.
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Charles H. Herrold
Washington
Labor Department
Inter
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Dan Bradstreet
Ind
Bureau of Labor Statisticss
California
Europe
Nine Persons Die Violently in Arkansas Week
Nine people die violently in Arkansas over the week including a one month old child in a Newport garage fire. August Rocconi, 33, dies from a dynamite accident near Lake Village. Two Negro patients die in Saline county hospital truck crash near Collegeville. Chicago man Mitchell J. Wierzbicki shot at Camden drive-in. Sheriff reports J. D. Robertson charged with murder after discovery of his wife with Wierzbicki. Four others injured in the truck crash.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Preddie Lillard
James Lillard
Newport
August V. Rocconi
Hear Lake Village
Collegeville
Saline County
James Moore
Cleveland Diggs
S. 3. McGraw
Mitchell J. Wierzbicki
Chicago
Carden
J. D. Robertson
Camden
Bill Smead
Robertson
Wierubicki
Ned
Coffee Day To Benefit Polio Drive In Hope Hempstead
The March of Dimes campaign in Hope and Hempstead is boosted by a designated coffee day tomorrow. County Chairman Jim LaGressi announced that a portion of coffee sales will support the polio drive. Most local shops will participate with profits directed to the campaign.
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Hope and Hempstead
County Tomorrow
Hviday
Jim LaGressi
New System for Highway Contracts Is Defeated
Little Rock January 27 The Arkansas House rejected a bid to allow contracts to be let by management and abandon competitive bidding. Rep Claude Caffelt of Benton introduced the measure and it was referred to a committee after opposition. The House also received biennial appropriation bills and a liquor permit bill, and debated a three percent wholesale tax to replace the two percent retail levy as Governor McMath reiterated support for the retail tax.
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Little Rock
Arkansas House Today
C. C. Davis
Sebastian County
Senate
H. H. Pickering
Ashley County
Nathan Norton
St. Francis
James A. Gipson
Saline
Robert Harvey
Jackson
Commissioner of Revenue
Revenue Commissioner
House
Ninth Judicial District Court
Claude C. Coffelt
Benton County
Highway Commission
Tovlet
Jack Hornbuckle
Baxter County
Paul C. Davis
Washington County
Arkansas House
Claude Caffelt
Dalton Jennings
Tzard
H. O. Pickering
Aisley
McMath
Court Action Threatened in Rent Revolt
Tulsa leaders threaten legal action as landlords press a rent control revolt by notifying tenants to vacate within 60 days. The Tulsa Property Owners association, with about 3,000 rental units, links mass evictions to federal rent controls while critics in Congress denounce the protest as a revolt against decency. The movement spreads to Chicago Milwaukee and Kansas City as property owners weigh withdrawal from the rental market.
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Tulsa
Okla
Texas
Wright Palman
Dallas
Yacele
Patman
Wallace J. Murphy
Congress
Murphy
Baptist
Patmans
Tulsa Property Owners Association
White Murphy
Fred Winters
Washington
Myers
Cain
R-Wash
Robertson
Dva
Chicago
S. W. Lewandowski
Ernest J
Michigan Trces
Grand Rapids
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Thurman GL
McCormick
Ted
Elition
Budget Bills Beginning to Show Up in Arkansas Legislature
Budget measures begin to appear as twelve Senate introduced biennial appropriation bills for state agencies and commissions. Five seek increases totaling about 160000 while maintaining current levels, one proposes a reduction, and the largest asks 2100 for the prison system’s maintenance and operation over the two-year term. Two bills by Sen Olmer Burnside would make it a felony to remove a child in chancery court custody from the state.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Senate
Joint Legislative Budget Committee
Olmer Burnside
Jake Village
Chancery Court
Rapid flood danger as Little Red River swells near towns
Heavy rainfall across the region drives rapid river rises in Red River area. Two rivers, including the Little Red, threaten highways and homes as water tops flood stage, with Camden and other towns bracing for further inundation and power outages.
Band Concert Tonight at High School
A junior high school band concert is set for 7 30 tonight at the high school. About 20 senior members are expected to perform along with guests from nearby groups and a glittering weather outlook.
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Bsnds
Shport
Nashvil
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