White Star Paper plans Arkansas mill near Prescott
The July Pulp & Paper article, reprinted by Nevada News Prescott, details Merritt-Chapman Scott building a 50 000 ton annual newsprint mill for White Star Paper on 475 acres near Prescott Arkansas by the Little Missouri river. It notes initial one machine and pulp mill, plus backing by local lumber firms and key executives from Dierks Lumber, Ozan Lumber, and related companies. The piece cites multiple Arkansass forest holdings and Tree Farm designations, with site and corporate leadership context.
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White Star Paper Company
Prescott
Pulp & Paper
New York
North American Pulp and Paper Industry
Nevada News
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
Ark
Little Missouri River
The
Paper Company
Southland Piper
Lufkin
Texas
Coosa River
DeVere Dierks
Dierks Lumber & Coal Co
Kansas City
Frances McD. Dierks
Kansas City Company
New Enterprise
New Dierks
Grande Ave
Forester
Mountain Pine
Dierks
Wright City
Okla
Arkansas
Frederick H. Dierks
Ozan Lumber Company
Delight
Arn
D. K. Bemis
James R. Bemis
Hubert Whitaker
Gurdon Lumber Company
Gurdon
Bierne
H.C. Cabe
Complete Program for Festival at Patmos
The watermelon festival program announced by J I Liebling and partners lists activities from 10:80 Fung raising to 7:30 Fiddlers contest. It includes Patriotism Address, welcome by James Pilkington, state district and county speaking at 1:00, Watermelon Queen coronation at 3:00 by Mayor Yyle Brown, community singing directed by H E Payne, and 7:30 singing and fiddlers contest directed by G Hatten.
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Patmos
J. I. Liebling
Larry Drake
Crisland
James Pilkington
Middlebrooks
C. A. Armitage
H. E. Payne
Yyle Brown
G. Hatten
Singing Service at Hope Church of Christ on July 16
The Churches of Christ in southwest Arkansas will meet at Hope Church of Christ at 5th and Grady streets Sunday July 16 at 7 30 p m for a singing program. The public is invited.
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Churches of Christ In
Southwest Arkansas
Hope
Arkansas Weather Forecast Buzzes With Mild Warmth
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Saturday in Arkansas. Temperatures rise slightly in the north on Saturday with highs near 85 and a low around 7. Rainfall about .06 inch is expected Thursday.
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Arkansas
Fragmentary Korea War communiqué leaks raise concern
A partially legible wartime dispatch references Lt General command in Korea and Sixth Division actions. It notes stalled enemy movement and a South Korean stabilization claim, but details are incoherent due to OCR damage and misread text.
Another Oil Producer in Bodcaw Field
Burnette Drilling Company brought in another producer at Bodcaw yesterday, the J.M. May No.2 No SE Section 8 Twp. 14-SR. 22 West in Nevada county. First reports indicate the new producer is twice as good as the discovery well producing about 100 barrels per day. Two pay sands were encountered, pipe set and both sections produce. Drilling moved to the next 40 east. Arkansda Fuel Oil has a lease on the next 40 east and the Carter Oil Co. has a lease on the following 40 south. H. L. Hunt has a diagonal off-set to the northeast and Sinclair Oil Co. has a lease on the following 40 east. Royalty trading is brisk as there are no leases available, with most held by large oil companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter Oil Co
H. L. Hunt
Sinclair of Co
All Companie
No Dunkerque in Korea Says Army
An army spokesman said American troops in Korea are not bleeing slaughtered and there is no dunkerque in sight. He noted a 2 hour period with 1 killed, 20 wounded, none missing and 14 non battle casualties. One of 50 B 29s on a mission was lost to non enemy trouble. another B 29 shot down near Seoul.
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Washington
Army
Korea
Pentagon
Europe
Seoul
Martindale Family Doctors Open Practice Here
Dr James G Martindale announces Dr Judd B Martindale will join him in medicine and surgery in Hope and Hempstead County They have moved to 614 West Avenue B with wife and daughter Betsy Judd a Hope High School graduate and former football star led the Bobcat squad as MVP and earned a gold football Dr Martindale trained at Hendrix College and Arkansas Medical School and interned at Charity Hospital New Orleans.
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James G. Martindale
Judd B. Martindale
Hope and Hempstead County
Young Martindale
West Avenue B
Betsy
Judd
Hope High School
Martindale
Hendrix
University of Arkansas Medical School
Charity Hospital of
Louisiania
New Orleans
John A Burrow Succumbs at Prescott
John A Burrow aged 61 and resident of Prescott died last night at his home. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Lanebyre Baptist Church. He is survived by a daughter, a son, and two sisters.
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Jonn A. Burrow
Prescott
Lanebyre Baptist Church
Lie Appeals for Ground Forces in Korea War Effort
U N Secretary General Trygve Lie urged 52 member states today to consider sending ground forces and other aid for the Korean War. He dispatched telegrams to urge support for the security council action, noting the urgent need for additional assistance and hoping the conflict may end in three to six months. He avoided commenting on atomic weapon use and did not name the United States, the Soviet bloc, or Yugoslavia as telegram recipients.
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Korea
Lie
U.N
Partiisan
United States
Soviet Bloc
Yugoslavia
Russian Bloc
Security Council
Mid-South seeks distribution system approval in Arkansas
Mid-South Gas asks the Arkansas Public Service Commission to authorize the $1,042,817 acquisition of gas distribution systems from Arkansas Power and Light in 21 cities and towns. It also seeks authority to serve 22 additional Arkansas cities with a $7,206,720 pipeline and distribution project and filed proposed rates for new cities. Rates start at 1.75 dollars monthly for 600 feet and 9 to 6 cents per cubic foot for higher usage.
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Little Rock
Mid- South Gas Company
Arkansas Power and Light Company
Arkansas
Mid-South
Arkansas Public Service Commission
Draft Board to Stay Open Five Days a Week
R. B. Cain secretary of selective service Local Board No. 29 announced today that the Local Board will be open Monday through Friday each week and closed on Saturdays. He urged rapid reporting of any changes in a registrant’s status or classification to keep records current.
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R. BE. Cain
Selective Service Local Board No
Gee
Decision Soon on Reserves and Guard Units
Washington notes a pending decision on calling national guard and armed forces reserves to active duty after the return of two joint chiefs from the Far East. An official says the Defense Department may recommend action to the White House but has not yet sent a formal proposal. General Collins and General Vandenberg are due in Washington after consulting MacArthur in Tokyo, with the Korean war shaping plans as units at home are tapped to fill East duties.
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Washington
National Guard
Armed Forcés
Joint Chiefs
Far East
Gald
Defense’ Department
White House
J Lawton Collins
Army
Hoyt Vandenberg
Air Force
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Collins
Nandenberg
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Genmar_ Bradley
Forrest Sherman
Joint Chief of Naval Operations
United States
Unusual Angles in Slaying in Detroit
Detroit police investigated the murder of 37 year old Vivian Stanley found in a weed patch wearing a nightgown and house coat. She was garrotted and her neck broken, with husband Crawford Stanley abroad. A neighbor Sampson 42 was questioned and held without charge amid loan and private detective angles. Detective work followed loans and shadowing, complicating a case tied to private investigators and monetary favors.
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Detroit
West Side
Vivian Stanley
Stanley
George Kimrare
Sam B. Sampson
Sampson
Mrs. Stanley
Crawford T. Stanley
Canada
Thomas
Stanleys
U S Invites Other Nations to Send Troops
Washington reports the United States quietly asked United Nations members to consider contributing ground forces in Korea. President Truman cited a State Department briefing as officials weigh foreign troop participation amid ongoing debates in Congress, with Pakistan and Formosa discussed as potential offers and Britain and France already engaged in Asia's anti Communist efforts.
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Washington
United States
United Nations
Korea
Truman
Acheson
Asia
Malaya
Hong Kong
China
France
Indochina
Hope Men Attend Showing of Safety Council Film
State police sergeant Milton Moser and Chief of Police Clarence Baker with Dr Emmett Thompson traveled to Little Rock for a private premiere of the highway safety road show sponsored by the Arkansas Safety Council. The program, approved by Governor McMath and state safety agencies, will be shown statewide as part of a comprehensive safety initiative.
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Sergant
Milton Mosier
Clarence Baker
Emmett Thompson
Little Rock
Arkansas Safety Council
McMath
Herman E. Lindsey
Arkansas
Arkansas potato crop hits smallest since 1924
Arkansas reports its 1950 commercial early Irish potato crop at 234000 bushels, down from 298000 last year and well below the 461000 bushel average. The report notes a general drop in yields across vegetables, with melons also cited as behind last year’s levels.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Body found inside a shark in Galveston Bay
The carcass of a human youth was found inside a shark netted by a shrimp boat in Galveston Bay. The torso measured about five feet in height. Officials and a biologist noted the shark could have traveled far, with digestion estimated at three days.
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Galveston Bay
Justice of the Peace
James McKenna
Malcolm Saunieer
J. L. Baughman
Rockport
Chiel” Marie
Texas Game
Fish and Oyster Commission
Baughman
Galveston
Mrs. E. L. Cox Dies in Hope Hospital
Mrs. E L Cox aged 50 died late yesterday in a Hope hospital. She is survived by husband three sons Roy Elledge Hermen Nathen Elledge two stepsons Quenton Cox Woodard Cox and a stepdaughter Mrs Watfrey Bobo. Funeral services at Central Church of Christ at 2 30 p m today conducted by the Rev H B Hudspeth. Active pallbearers named. Sea slugs range in color says National Geographic Society.
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E. L. Cox
Hope Hospital
Roy Elledge
Hope
Hermen
Houston
Nathen Elledge
Waldo
Quenton Cox
Woodard Cox
Peru
Indiana
Watfrey Bobo
Central Church of Christ
Hov
H. B. Hudspeth
Roy Burton
Orville Steadman
J. D. Srith
Harry Sinyard
Clint Crawford
Johnny McCorkle
Americans, Communists Clash Near Kum River Front
Reports say Communist forces crossed near Kongju and attacked the Kum river line guarding Taejon with artillery and night fighting. U S forces and South Korean police impose curfew as the battle looms, while morale remains high among U S troops and a GI in uniform inspires with pride.
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Korea
Tulete
Amiericana
Kongju
Kum
Taejon
Ta¢jon
Kum River
U. S
Red Army
Algo
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Alex. H. Washturn
Prescott Mill
McNab
Forest Rangers
Singing Service
Teejon
Bodcaw
J. Martindale
John A. Burrow
J. R. Glaze
Dallas
Glaze
Draft Board
NEA
Ed Hoffman
U.S
Safety Council
National Geography Society
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