Yokosuka Base Could Be Key Far East Naval Install
An Associated Press dispatch from Tokyo notes joint chiefs plan talks on Asia threats led by General MacArthur. The piece argues Yokosuka should be rebuilt as America's top Far East naval base, estimated at 60 to 600 million dollars to replace, with Guam fortification urged to avert Pearl Harbor and shorten Pacific war.
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Yokosuka
America
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Saturday Evening Post
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Chiang Kai-shek
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Chiang
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Franklin Roosevelt
Guam
Congress
Stores to Give Part of Sales to Polio Drive
Continuation of the March of Dimes campaign proceeds for another week as four local stores pledge 10 percent of Friday sales to the drive. Eddie Holland announces the plan at a Lions Club meeting, with a committee to coordinate fund raising. Hempstead’s campaign lags at about a third of the $4000 quota. donations can be mailed to Holland in Hope. An unrelated note mentions a weed-killing flame gun used in warfare.
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Eddie Holland
Focal
Owen
Turner's Grocery
Ae Dubic Hardware Co
Byer's Drug Store
Holland
Lions Club
Ling
Ben Gwen
Dons
Ald Moore
Rober Turner
Milton ‘Mosier
Eric Avehey, Jr
Poss Thornton
Hempstead
Edgie Holland
Iu Hope
Arkansas Weather Forecast With Cloudy Cold Patters
Weather forecast for Arkansas indicates cloudy and cold conditions with rain in the southern region and freezing rain in the northeast this afternoon and tonight. Wednesday will be cloudy and not as cold in the afternoon with temperatures 25 to 32 in the north and west areas.
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Arkansas
Seek to Avoid Phone Strike Called Feb 8
Washington January 31 The government mediation service moves to avert a nationwide telephone strike set for February 8. CIO backed Communications Workers under Joseph Beirne plans to jam lines if needed while guaranteeing emergency services. About 106000 workers to strike at 6 am, with 200000 more observers from delayed contracts by March 1. Wage demands remain unspecified amid calls for a higher 1 hour work week, better pensions, vacations, and shorter apprenticeship.
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Washington
William N. Margolis
Federal Mediations and Conciliation Service
CIQ Communications Workers
Joseph A. Beirne
Bell Telephone
Innea
Ihs
Mercy Slayer to Take the Stand Today
In Bridgeport, Mary Paight testified that her daughter Carol Ann was insane when she shot her father last Sept. 23. The 21 year old defendant broke down as her mother spoke, claiming the act was driven by grief and religious upbringing. The state seeks charges of murder and degree murder, with life in prison as the penalty. Defense argues temporary insanity. Continued on Page Two.
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Cone
San
Mary Paight
Carol Ann
Canter
David Goldstein
Meo. Paight
Boston Snubs Jap Diet Members See Warm State Welcome
Japanese diet members Taokeshi Yamazaki Chusuke Imamura and Takizo Matsumoto, snubbed by Boston officials, received a warmer reception from the Massachusetts legislature. Escorted by army officers and state department aides, they toured the state house and testified at judiciary hearings on proposed capital punishment reforms. The bills would let juries verdicts specify execution or life imprisonment in first degree murder cases. The visitors noted mercy laws differ in Japan, where mercy is allowed unless murder was based on base animal motives.
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Jam
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State Department
State House
Legislative Committee On the Judiciary
Massachusets
Diet
Taokeshi Yamazaki
Chusuke Imamura
Takizo Matsumoto
Japan
Grade Schools to Stage 3 Minstrels
The Dixie Minstrels, written and directed by Mrs. B C Hyatt, will be staged by Boys' Glee clubs from elementary schools in three performances this week at Garland Paisley and Brookwood. Interlocutors and end men are named for each show with Royce Weisenberger Jr. singing a vocal solo. Admission is free and open to the public.
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Dixie Minstrels
B.C. Hyatt
Garland School
Bill Bridgers
Johnnie Linge
Billy Osborn
Jimmie Jones
Jerry Baker
Paisley School
Willam Perkins
Jimmye Lewis
Wayne Smiley
Jerry Tant
Ronald Wayne Boyd
Brookwood
Terrell Grant
Don Bailey
Billy Davis
Roy Mullins
Elmer Grant
Royce Weisenberger, Jr
Last Chance for Local Auto Tags at Court House
The revenue office at the courthouse faces a rush as the deadline nears for state and city automobile tag renewals. Treasurer Charles Reynerson says the office will stay open past midnight to process buyers, with city tags nearly sold out and late renewals subject to court action.
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Court House
Charles Reynerson
Gaid
Negro Civic Leaders to Hold Baby Contest
The Hope Civic Improvement Association will stage a baby contest at City Hall Municipal Auditorium on Sunday February 5. The event features music and speakers with ten babies sponsored by Negro leaders and businessmen. Admission is free with a section reserved for white visitors.
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Hope Civic Improvement Association
City Hall
Battleship Missouri still grounded as salvage efforts fail
On January 31 salvage teams near Norfolk attempted to free the battleship Missouri grounded on a Chesapeake Bay shoal. Despite 13 tugs and two salvage ships applying about 80 tons each, the vessel remained stuck on a rock, with the bow shifting only slightly and officers grim as the operation was paused for a coordination rehearsal.
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Norfolk
Homer N. Wailin
Allan &. South
Chesapeake Bay
Missouri
Saline Tax Case Heads to Arkansas Supreme Court
The Arkansas Supreme Court will hear the dispute over the state tax commission’s plan to reassess Saline county property. Judge Garratt denied a special session for higher Benton property assessments and appealed his injunction. The case traces to Act 191 of 1949 and a 1929 statute defining assessment-authorization dates.
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Saline County
Arkansas Supreme Court
Sam Garratt
Garratt
Supreme Court
Tax Commission
Lloyd Hehry
Little Rock
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C. P. Newton
Third District Chancery Court
Rod Cooper
The
Herbert Green
Benton
Cooper
Four Hurt in Missouri Auto Crash Near Texarkana
Four people injured in a single vehicle accident on U.S. 70 near Mack's Tourist Court, Kansas City area youths and two girls, two critically. Driver Donald Johnson 20 of Chilhowee and four others rushed to Julia Chester hospital in Hope. Police said the runaways sought to Texarkana after a stop in Little Rock.
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Texarkana
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Mack
Milton
Mosier
Guy Downing
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Little Rock
Johnson
Codecrete
Johnson Warns America to Stay Strong
Secretary of Defense Johnson, in his first annual report, urges the nation to remain powerful and alert until international cooperation is accepted by adversaries. He warns of potential surprise attacks from the opposite hemisphere and notes Russia’s current stance.
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Washington
Johnson
America
Atomic energy commission notes peacetime atom progress
The Atomic Energy Commission said peacetime development of atomic power proceeds at an ever-growing pace and set new benchmarks in the program. It disclosed work on three forms of hydrogen potential and noted no plan to develop a hydrogen bomb, though options exist if President Truman approves.
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Frank Arey - Wevegs
Washington
Jansi
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AEC
Jongange
Congress
Truman
Smyth
Anid
Miney Accident On Third Street Involving Three Cars
A minor collision at Third and Louisiana streets yesterday involved Billy Kern Hope and R Smith of Gordon. Little damage occurred and no injuries were reported. City police investigated the incident.
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Billy Kern
Hope
R. Smith
Gordon
Third
Louwisiana
Patmos PTA Plans Wednesday Evening Film Session
The Patmos PTA will hold a study course on Wednesday evening February 1 at 7 o'clock in the high school. Two interesting films will be shown. All members are urged to attend.
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Language Won't Bridge Gulf Between Gorilla and Man
HAL BOYLE argues language will not bridge the gulf between gorilla and human. At the San Diego zoo three infant gorillas and Yale professor Dr. Robert M. Yerkes are tested to see if apes can learn English. Even if they learn to spell Africa or discuss algebra, captivity and lack of free choice may keep them in cages.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Arthur Brisbane
British Museum
Saturday Evening Post
San Diego Zoo
Albert
Buta
Bouba
Africa
Robert M- Yerkes
Yale
Baba
Danbs
Gorilas
Beatle
Merriwell
Feeye
Jooge
Bata
Bouyn
Renzo
Tor Zoo
Nariga
Wisé
Gorilla
Dr. Yerkes
Mothers and survivors alter Vietnam crisis and rail tragedy
A chaotic day across cities reports a housewife mother Maria Bianchi recovering in hospital after a Tet celebration disaster. In Moscow a diplomatic shift follows Vietnam recognition news. In Memphis builder J Walter Jones, 67, dies leaving major regional projects. Weathered air crash survivors rescued near Whitehorse as winter snow complicates search. Arkansas scene features a federal sentence trimmed for a prison farm escape conspirator amid a mud rain sleet manhunt.
Overrun 0 mainland found with new problem
A brief note reports an overrun incident on the mainland with a new problem tied to General Omar. Officials say the matter concerns security and requires further discussion to determine steps forward.
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