Letter on liquor taxes and state monopolies in the postwar era
A reader letter argues for liquor taxation parallels with bread and mills, citing Alabama’s ABC monopoly profits of 13,402,044 in 1948 and distributions to state funds, welfare, counties, and municipalities. The writer notes Virginia Ohio and Pennsylvania use similar systems, and suggests Arkansas may adopt state liquor control as a tax and public-works model amid postwar tightening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Armstrong
Hope
Florence
Ala
Khey
Alabama
ABC
First
State General Fund
State Department of Public Welfare
County Departments of Public Welfare
Mabama
Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Seine
Arkansans
Taft urged to quit as GOP leader by dissident senators
Washington January 29 A Vermont senator Flanders a Republican critic of party leaders proposed Taft step down as Senate Republican policy committee head. He said Taft’s rigid leadership harms his reelection chances and would boost Ohio voters if Taft acted more independently. Taft defended his view of the GOP future during a speech in Niles Ohio asserting the party can survive past Democratic defeats and warning against a totalitarian creed abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ppa
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Flanders
Vermont
Republican Policy Committee
Taft Carlier
Pathgens
Niles
CIO
Democratic Party
Pastor Criticizes Dry Drive in Chattanooga
A prominent Chattanooga pastor labels the local dry drive as emotional manipulation aimed at banning liquor near churches. He argues the true problem is why people drink and criticizes sensational group tactics. The debate centers on a proposal to ban liquor or beer sales within 600 feet of churches and schools, backed by the Women's Christian Temperance Union and civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
William G. West
Christian Church
Alcobatics Anonymous
Yale School of Alcoholic Research
Hatha
Neoga
Women’s Christian ‘Fur Perance Union
Jury to Hear Recordings of Axis Sally in Treason Trial
Federal jury resumes trial of Mildred Gillars after recess to hear about 25 more Axis Sally broadcasts. Prosecution aims to prove Gillars tried to undermine U S wartime morale by appealing to GIs and jabbing at home front loyalties. Recordings include her calls for surrender and comments on soldiers and girlfriends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mildred
Gillars
Miss Gillars
U. S
Morrale
U. 5
Sally
Many Roads Still Closed Due to High Water and Ice
Arkansas highway department lists roads closed by flood and ice across the state. Notable blocks include routes from Little Rock to Cross Roads, Sheridan to Leola, and 67 east and west of Judsonia. Other outages affect Hwy 7, 16, 25, 46, 61W, and numerous connectors near Mena, Conway, Heber Springs, and Pocahontas with bridges out or under repair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas Highway Department
Au“Alista
Hillemmann
Birdeye
Prescott
Delight
Whelan Springs
Horatio
Mena
Batesville
Newpor
Heber Springs
Searcy
Pangburn
Judsonia
Conway
Wooster
Crossroads
Sheridan
Leola
Dark Hollow
Poyen
Delark
Arkadelphia
Sparkman
Camden
Amity
Princeton
Plainview
Junction of
Sonja Henie Loses Coats in Hotel Burglary
Police say burglars entered the Hotel Flerrre and Hawk suite of skater Sonja Henie in New York on January 2. Two coats valued at twenty eight thousand dollars were stolen, with the details from the hotel crime scene described by investigators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonja Henie
New York
jPolice
Ust
Screet
550 Seniors to Be Graduated at University
Fayetteville Tai reports about 550 seniors and graduate students to receive degrees at the University of Arkansas ceremony. U.S. District Judge Miller will deliver the commencement address. An honorary degree of Laws is to be conferred on Pekar Retoulive as part of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Tai
University of Arkansas
Meneehenk
U.S
Judes Jutit 1
Miller
Pekar
John Conlan
Hewwie
New York
Madison Square Garden
Huskins
Des Moines
Five Nations Form Council of Europe
Foreign ministers of Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg agreed to create a Council of Europe with a permanent commission and an advisory parliament. Italy may be invited first and a ministerial committee will run with a consultative assembly as an advisory body. Recognition of Israel by three Brussels allies was noted amid broader Europe unity chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels Alliance
Council of Europe
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Council
Italy
London
Washington
Europe
United States
Israel
Frace
cIsrael
Australia
Sw Nownevedheir
New Zealand
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Oklahoma Publisher Returns to Clarksville Paper
Mrs Effie Giacvanini and her late husband ran the John son County Weekly Graphic since 1930 Three Oklahomans who published papers at Claremore and Salina will arrive as editor and manager of the Graphic Crisedipigi to act as associate editor and sales representative B Giacominis husband died last November
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
Effie Giacvanini
Johnson County
Ousted Head Criticizes AEA Group
Little Rock Jan 29 UP ousted Education Commissioner Ralph B Jones criticizes the Arkansas Education Association saying it submerges its identity with the current political administration He accuses the AEA political action committee of backing temporary school funds boosts and other benefits He notes a banquet for Governor McMath and lawmakers used to persuade administrators to support the highway bend program and warns of using education for political projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ralph B. Jones
Jones
Arkansas Education Association
ALA
Education Department
State Board of Education
Mea
AEA
McMath
Temperature hits 17 degrees in Hempstead county record
A cold wave pushed the thermometer to 17 degrees last night, the coldest reading of the season in Hempstead County. No rainfall reported in the past 24 hours as unseasonably low temperatures persisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
Philippines
Manila
Jal
Nmoilo
Penay Island
Legislature Doing Fine Says McMath
Gov McMath praised Arkansas lawmakers for early session progress after three weeks as both chambers adjourn for the weekend. He cited administrative measures passing with little trouble while Attorney General Murry warned of confusion over Act 3 and county election commission selections. The joint budget committee proposed a $27.2 million education department budget with raises for top officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMath
Arkansas
Elc
House
Senate
Monay
State Racing Commission
General Assembly
the Murry
Murry
Seneral
Joint
Education Department
Bob Hope to Stay With NBC Network
Philadelphia January 29 Bob Hope the radio movie comedian will remain with the National Broadcasting Company He said I am going to remain the lone ranger of NBC The remark answered questions about a possible move to the Columbia Broadcasting System Mention is made of Tuck Bentley Ames Andy Red Skel Fay Bing Crosty as others tied to the network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Bob Hope
National Broadcasting Company
Lone Ranger
NBC
Ope
Columbia Broadcasting System
Tuck Bently
Ames and
Andy
Red Skel Fay
Bing Crosty
World faces prolonged danger of war says analyst
DeWitt MacKenzie notes in AP analysis that a lasting peace is unlikely for many years. He argues Russia will not abandon world revolution while it can advance it, keeping Cold War tensions, espionage, and subversion alive amid a two front struggle in Europe and Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Reyail
Armed Services Commille
U. S
Ren
Armerica
Russia
Bolshovisty
Lowever
Mascov
Thames
Europe
Asia
China
Burra Fuat
Mayall
Isms
Burane
Sentonun
New Labor Law Aims to End Court Injunctions
Washington reports the administration asks Congress to enact a single package repealing Taft Hartley and restoring Wagner with improvements, establishing a 9 day cooling off period. The plan stars an emergency fact finding board to propose settlements, with Tobin and NLRB officials leading drafting before sending to the Senate labor committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Truman
Tobin
NLRB
Paul M. Herzog
Abe Murdock
Cyrus AR. Chiang
County Negro Teachers to Meet Here
The Hempstead County Teachers Association will meet at Henry C Yerger High School in Hope on Saturday February 5 beginning promptly at 9 a.m. The program features Plans for a Rich School Life and Resurrecting Plans and the establishment of a Convenient Library for Hempstead County. President Ira W Harris announced the Executive Board approved the plan on December 14 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ehempstead County Teachers Association
Henry C. Yerger
Hope
Hempstead County
Ira W. Harris
Hempstead
Georgia Verger
Evelyn Burton
Blevins
R. H. Jacques
Bleving
T. L. Iave
Clow
Sue Emma Alien Blevins
Mathelmatic
G. S. Williams
Washington
Velma Frye
C. T. Walker
L. W. Williams
Naoma Yerger
P-T.a
Amma Blick
Mapu
Greece vows to ignore Communist peace overtures
Greece rejects a broadcast from the self styled Marxist separatist government led by Markus Vallades calling for peace talks. Officials say the overture is propaganda and part of guerrilla tactics to sow confusion while Athens remains firm against talks or concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vireles Ta
Markus Vallades
Teader
Foreign Ministry
Broadvast
America
Greece
Athens
Arkansas Records 15th Death by Violence
Arkansas reported its fifteenth violent death of the week when a man was killed in a traffic accident. R. R. Windle, 50, of Benton, died after the car wreck on Highway 7 near Owensville, east of Hot Springs. Earlier tallies included four traffic fatalities, five fire deaths, two drownings, one homicide, one apparent self harm death and one explosion death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Arkansas
R. R. Windle
Benton
Highway 7
Ownesville
Hot Springs
Investment Tax Reform Aims to Free Capital for Jobs
Washington January 29: Economists and industrialists urge ending high federal taxes that punish investment to boost venture capital and jobs. The piece cites studies on food firms, barber shops, and Alaska paper mill plans, arguing current tax policy depresses capital, delays equipment replacement, and risks industrial decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Hays
Clovis Copeland
Washington
United States
Avery
Wat Sovines
Fort Smith
Jess
Alaska
iInstead
Toney
Peny
America
Moscow sees North Atlantic pact as Western drive for world domination
Moscow denounces the North Atlantic pact as a Western military political plan to isolate the Soviet Union and push for world domination. The foreign ministry accuses Britain and the United States of aggression and of seeking to wreck the United Nations charter. The Western European Union and allied pacts are cited as steps toward a single defense and economic bloc in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Toda
Dee
Ministry of Forete
U.S. S
Britahy
Sta
Sovie
Ing
Germany
Japan
Ri Ts
Dip R Jas
U States
Britain
United Nations
The
Paper. Ly
Euopéan
Rapean
New - de
India
Nnu
United States
Ada
European Union
U.S
Russia
Uni
Gallup Defends Polls as Useful to Democracy
George Gallup, replying to President Truman, defends public opinion polls as one of democracy’s most useful instruments. He praises Truman for fighting for beliefs while noting polls reflect what the people think and should guide policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Gallup
Truman
Gallup
Asean Institute of Public Opink
Pra Jruman
Gotahead
Dni
Also Mentioned on This Page
ST Alex. H. Washburn
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Cy Forsythe
Chamber of Commercce
George W. Robison
Roy Anderson
George Peck
Alma Cunningham
Dallas
Texas
Rrchurdale Hefner
Adolphine Andrews
Catherine Cox
Nancy Martin
Jody Coffee
Jenifer Cox
Byron Denson Hefner
Axis Sally
Lamar
Sand Gap
Bridge Auth
Marshall
Wilt Springs
Eureka Springs
Gateway
Dell
Powhatan
Strawberry
Hoxi
Pocahontas
Raverden Springs
Hope Merchant
Chamber of Commerce
Five Nations
AEA Group
ABA
Aiken
Yesterdas Delay
GOP
Att
Morse
Ore
Arkansas Public Expenditure ~ Council
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!