Weather Humor in Daily Columns and Government Forecasts
A daily column notes abrupt weather shifts and a lack of humor in weather stories. It cites a cafe thermometer mishap and a railroader asking a friend to watch it, while editorials mock weather jokes and question the accuracy of official forecasts versus old folklore.
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Hope
The
Mercury
Trade
Shreveport
Third Street
Timbucu
America
New York
U S Chiefs to Discuss Spread of Communism
Tokyo January 30 The American joint chiefs of staff meet in Tokyo for first personal talks with field commanders worried by the spread of communism in Asia. They will stress strengthening U S Far East position and expanding naval and air forces, with Formosa and Yokosuka as priorities.
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Tokyo
Amercan Joint Chiefs of Staff
Tus
Asia
Joint Chiefs
Far East
MacArthur
Chiefs of Staff
Japan
Formosa
Yokosuka
America
George Brown's Home Damaged by Fire
George Brown's home on West Third street caught fire about 3 am today and two rooms were damaged along with clothes. Fire department says fault wiring likely caused the blaze. No loss estimate given as Brown was away at the time.
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George Brown
West Third Street
Hope
Mr. Brown
Arkansas Cloudy with Rain Tonight and Tuesday
Cloudy conditions prevail in Arkansas with rain tonight and again Tuesday. The southern and central portions see the forecasted likelihood of showers this afternoon, followed by a slight warming trend into Tuesday night.
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Arkansas
Secrecy Shrouds Atomic Energy Conference
Secrecy cloaks a talks among United States Belgium and Britain on atomic energy in Washington. The discussions reportedly cover uranium pricing Congo output division and potential U S access to most Congo uranium while debate swirls over hydrogen bomb decisions for the United States and Russia.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Belgium
Britain
Belgian Congo
Congo
Truman
Chicago
Harrigan C. Brown
Russia
America
U. S
Rep
Siston
Ohio
Senate-House Atomic Committee
China Reds Say American Is a Spy
Beijing radio charged American consul Douglas MacKiernan at Stoughton, Mays in Sinkiang with being exposed as a espionage agent. It claimed three White Russian confederates surrendered and named MacKiernan as a hard riding spy seeking to organize bandits in the Far Western Chinese province where Russia has special privileges. The alligator has a transparent eyelid. A lizard can regrow a detached tail.
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San Francisco
China
Radio Today
Douglas
MacKiernar
Stoughton
Mays
Sinkiang Province
Red Radio
MacKiernan
Russia
Lucille Ruggles Enters Hempstead County Treasurer Race
Lucille Ruggles, 27 of Shower Springs, announces candidacy for Hempstead County Treasurer as the first official entrant in the Democratic primary. She cites overcoming paralysis since high school and pledges diligent service to the office and county voters.
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Hempstead
Lucille Ruggles
Shower Springs
Ruggles
Yt Bhaye
Hope High School
Polio Drive Extended One Week in Hempstead County
Hempstead County extends the March of Dimes fund drive by one week to reach the $4,000 quota as $927.14 is reported collected to date. The 1948 drive saw $4,500 spent in the county, and organizers urge residents to contribute to help stricken children and hospital care. Contributions are mailed to Box 417 Hope Arkansas.
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Hempstead
Hempstead County
Box
Hope
Arkansas
Trying to Be a Comedian Depends on Your Writers
New York profile of Edgar Bergen and his writers on joke creation for radio. Bergen explains sourcing, trimming 700 800 jokes to 80 90 for a half hour program as he edits from midnight to 3 30 am. He emphasizes constant writer renewal and the craftsman role of a good comedy writer.
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New York
Edgar Bergen
Chariie McCarthy
Mortimer Snead
jAnd Bergen
Bergen
Jack Benny
Bob Hope
Milton Berle
Bergen Himsellf
McCarthy
Snead
Copys Ment
Los Angeles
Dorothy Kingsley
M-G-M
Inez
Berges
All King's Men Tops Hollywood Picture Poll
Hollywood voters named All the King's Men the best picture of 1947 with 28½ votes. Twelve O Clock High and The Heiress followed. Oscar contenders led in acting with Broderick Crawford and Olivia de Havilland earning top honors. The poll, first of its kind here, may hint at the Academy Awards next March 23. Louisiana's state flower is the magnolia.
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Hollywood
King's Men
Associated Press
Broderick Crawford
Richard Yodd
Kirk Douglas
Olivia de Flaviland
Susan Hayward
Deborah Kerr
Dean Jagger
Ralph Richardson
Voles
Jimmies Whitmart
Richardson
Mer ¢Clus McCaimbridge
Arkansas May Be First Party Harmony Stop
Washington reports the Democratic National Committee weighs a series of Southern state meetings focused on harmony and avoiding civil rights fights. Arkansas is named as a possible site with Raleigh hosts and Birmingham discussed as a rally later. Governors Folsom McMath Kerr Scott attended the Raleigh session, while invitations to others were limited or declined.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
South
Arkansas
Raleigh
N. C
Truman
Dixie
Agriculure Brannan
Sidney S. McMath
McMath
Folsom
Kerr Scott
North Carolina
Southern
Porder
Acheson
State Department
Judd
Jonathan Daniels
Ras
Dan-China
Anijels
Raleigh News
Soviet Union
Observer
Barkley
Daniels
Acheson to Seek New U S Aid for Korea Policy
Secretary of State Acheson returns to Capitol Hill to urge the House Foreign Affairs Committee to extend economic aid to Korea and China before February 15. Reports claim Moscow pressures on Communist leaders in Beijing include port access, labor, grain, and agents in industry. Rep Judd (R Minn) comments as the debate unfolds.
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Barney Livingstone
Washington
Acheson
Capitol Hill
House
Korea
Canme
United States
Asia
China
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Moscow
State Department
Soviet Union
Russia
Manchuria
Judd
R-Minn
Explain New Farm Program T Town Meeting at Hope City Hall
Economist Atkinson will discuss opportunities and provisions of the new Agricultural Act for Arkansas farmers. He explains the long range program and four year adjustment period from 1950s through 1954. Ury McKenzie and Oliver Ly Adams outline changes and local impacts for Hempstead County farmers.
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Atkinson
Hope City Hall
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
Fayetteville
Arkansas
Hempstead County
Ury McKenzie
Shower Springs
Hempstead
Theaters Raise 299.52 for March of Dimes Drive
The Saenger and filotto theaters contributed 299.52 with 8 percent to the March of Dimes 25 percent to Career Control and 15 percent held in reserve for emergency appeal. Manager Eddie Holland arrived and a committee led by Mayor Lyle Brown Fred Gresham and Mike Kelly oversees the drive.
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Eddie Holland
Lyle Brown
Fred Gresham
Mike Kelly
428000 Jewel Robbery Investigated at Madison Ave Apartment
New York FBI agents and police probed a 428000 jewel theft from the Madison Avenue apartment of Mrs Maxine Sanson wife of Stanton Sanson. Thieves ignored lesser gems choosing large platinum and diamond pieces likely inside jobs pointed to by the couple who have lived apart. Sanson Hosiery president, 49, said the jewels were insured and he joined the probe from Philadelphia.
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New York
Wan
FBI
Maxine Sanson
Madison Avenue
35Th Street
Sanson
Samson Hosiery, Inc
Philadelphia
Hunt for missing Air Force transport widens
Whitehorse Yukon dispatch reports a massive search for a missing four engine C 54 air transport with 94 aboard. Sub zero temperatures raise fears for survivors as operation Mike expands beyond Anchorage to treat a lone clue from a forest ranger near 40 miles southwest.
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Whitehorse
Washington
U. S
Éationgs
Traman
Snag
Miles
Yukons
Anchorage
Alaska
Great Falls
Mont
Mike
Kyle
Be, McMichael
San Antonio
Texas
Jong Actic
Mounting Civil Rights Battle Stalls House Machinery
Washington reports mounting civil rights clashes threaten to delay the House’s legislative flow for months. FEPC and related measures face delays in the Rules Committee amid partisan petitions, while southern opposition and administration support shape timing on key bills. The Senate advances equal rights amendments and a margarine tax repeal, with Korea aid and other items under consideration.
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Washington
House
Senate
FEPC
HEPC
Truman
House Rules Committee
Deadiauk
Dhassie
Korea
Hundred-Year-Old Court Fight Involving Hot Springs Bus Crash
In a historical case from 1948 a circuit judge ruled on damages after a bus collision near Hot Springs Inn. The dispute centered on whether the railway company bore fault for injuries to residents of Clarig and nearby claims against the Hot Springs Railway. The judgment reversed earlier findings, but the final decision found no merit in the company’s liability.
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Son “Preschatt
Pax
J. H. Logkadoo
Adame
Clarig
Hot Springs
Hot Springs Inn
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