Election Night at Star Building Leaves Post Office Lawn Littered
Associated Press dispatch from Lancaster reports 90 gallons of liquor seized at a still by treasury agents and state police. Moonshiners allegedly strained the liquid through a felt hat. Election Night at The Star building ends with cleanup, popcorn boxes, candy-bar wrappers, and empty bottles lining the lawn as parties wind down. The piece recalls past election nights and weather interruptions during celebrations.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Lancaster
Treasury
Hope Post Office
Star Building
Carl Bailey
Powers Asked Not Enough Sawyer Fears
Washington July 25 Secretary of Commerce Sawyer told the Senate banking committee that current powers for economic controls may be insufficient as military spending rises. He urged quick passage of authority to allocate scarce materials, direct their use, halt production, and set credit terms.
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Sawyer
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Congress
Truman
House
Rep
Vinson
Dga
Russia
United States
Armed Services Committee
Arkansas Girl Assigned to Ceylon
Miss June Morris daughter of Mr and Mrs F M Collins Winchester receives a state department appointment as secretary to the U S ambassador in Colombo Ceylon. She previously served as secretary to the U S Embassy in Mexico City. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers Wednesday and in the south portion this afternoon. Temperatures Monday high 84 low 69 rainfall .03.
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Whoence
Ceylon
June Morris
F. M. Collins
Winchester
State Department
U. S
Colombo
Morrig Bes Beet
Mexico City
Arkansas
Global War Fears Rise as Vinson Pushes Armies Strength
Rep Vinson calls for stronger forces amid warnings of a possible global war. He supports bills extending enlistment, lifting armed forces size limits, and funding of 10.49 billion dollars, arguing the U.S. trails Russia in tanks manpower submarines and air power. Voting expected in House today. In Hope, 1020 votes counted by 1 p.m. with Ward 1 leading. In Arkansas, the governor race narrows to McMath and Laney in the Democratic primary.
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Vinson
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
House
Senate
Truman
United States
Russia
Korea
Little Rock
Akansas
Sid McMath
Ben Laney
Arkansas
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Tru
Porter
Laney
J. L. Harris
M. G. Bankston
Camden
Ark
Philadelphia
McMath
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
U. S
Oklahoma Debates as Monroney Thomas Face Off in Senate Race
Primaries stretch across four southern states with Oklahoma centering national attention on the Senate contest. Incumbent Elmer Thomas and challenger Robert Monroney clash after a split field in July. Monroney attacks Thomas over military appropriations while Thomas defends farm policy. Louisiana and Arkansas races follow, with Senate and gubernatorial contests shaping the political map.
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Oklahoma
Elmer Thomas
Senate Agriculture Committee
Washington
Rep
Monroney
U. S. House
Thomas
Thmas
Senate
U. S
Korea
Arkansas
Long
Newt Mills
Monroe
South Carolina
Hugo Sims
Orangesburg
John J. Riley
Sumter
James B. Hare
Saluda
W. J B. Dorn
Greensboro
Louisiana
Oklahorma
Belgian Uprising Amid Strikes Bombings and Sabotage
A wave of strikes bombings and sabotage hit Belgium as martial law considerations surface to curb anti Leopold II protests. Interior ministry reports 48 acts of violence including 12+ bomb explosions. rail lines and roads disrupted. Spaak warned Leopold must account for wartime conduct to prevent a fight to the finish.
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Brussels
Belgium
Leopold II
Interior Ministry
Leopold
Paul-Henri Spaak
Spaak
Absolute zero on the Centigrede scale
The article notes that absolute zero is minus 273.16 degrees on the Centigrede scale, defining the lower limit of thermodynamic temperature. It presents the precise value as a fundamental constant in physics.
Youth Admits Wrecking a Passenger Train
A 1 year old boy in Caruthersville Missouri confessed to wrecking a Frisco passenger train by turning a switch and signaling light after watching a Dalton gang movie. Sheriff Claxton said the Memphis to St Louis train derailed at 50 mph causing one death and 13 injuries. No charges were filed. Nearby note mentions Mount Etna’s volcanic dust enriching soil despite danger.
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Caruthersville
Claxton
William £. Godgey
Holland
Daltons
Patton
Midwest
Young Godsey
Plan to Oust Reds Pledge Coast Guard Policing Pact
Representatives of ship operators and workers met with federal officials to agree on a voluntary plan under which the coast guard will do the policing of crews. The pact aims to remove disloyal or security risk crew members without delaying ships. Secretary Tobin said the meeting framed removal as essential to protecting American ships and national security.
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Coast Guard
Tobin
FBI
Naval Intelligence
Bucket Seat Torture Ride From World War Two to Korea
Reporter recalls the infamous aluminum bucket seats aboard wartime and postwar flights. The piece humorously laments enduring discomfort from My Lai-like descriptions and notes the cramped, rigid seating that persisted from World War II to Korea, with stewards and plane cabins shaping travel misery.
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Don Whitehead
Hal Boyle
Rute
Korea
New York
Tokyo
Mae West
Allies Prepare for Expanded Defense in Korea Debates
Britain and allied nations deliberate in London as Italy Portugal Norway the Netherlands Luxembourg and Britain review plans for expanded defenses and possible aid to Korean fighting forces ahead of a full dress debate in the House of Commons.
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Korea
S Mst
Ini Angral
Fais
Italy
Portugal
Ice
Norway
Luxembourg
Coving
Britain
Plang
Labor
House of Commons
House to Vote Out Limit and Armed Services
Washington July 24 The House planned action to lift limits on military size and approve a Truman cash request of about 10.5 billion dollars for the armed services draft operations and an emergency fund The move would lift the current total to about 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 adding six hundred thousand personnel for the current fiscal year to meet the Korea crisis and deter further aggression.
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Washington
Truman
House
White House
Ruman
Korea
America
Helium gas overview notional description
Helium is described as a colorless odorless and tasteless gas. The note presents a basic characterization typical of a scientific or educational reference.
American Air Forces Target Korean Front Lines
United States Fifth Air Force announced night operations against Communist forces in Korea as U S and South Korean troops pin them down along the Taejon Yongdong front and in the southwest at Kwangju. American bombers and fighters attacked bridges and coastal marshalling yards while carrier aircraft supported ground forces and North Korean invaders were reported advancing in columns.
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U. S
Taejon-Yong- Dong Highway
Kwangju
Kiorea
Fifth Air Force
Kore
Séoul
Chechen
Mustarige
Prescott Librarian Lena King Hurt Crossing Street
Mrs Lena King 08 Prescott city librarian and mother of Frank King was struck by an automobile while crossing the Second and Elm Street intersection in front of the library yesterday about 5 30 pm She was taken to Coro Donnel hospital Prescott with a mangled leg a broken arm and other injuries Hospital attendants held little hope for her recovery at 1 am today she had not regained consciousness The car was driven by Raymond Glasgow 34 Prescott No charges filed
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Lena King
Prescott
Frank ‘King
Elm Street
Raymond Glasgow
A F Greenlee Dies Suddenly at His Home
Alfred Franklin Greenlee aged 78 dropped dead while mowing his yard early today at his home on North MecHae. He lived in Hope for many years and is survived by his wife Rogie Greenlee, five children, and several siblings. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Alfred Franklin Greenlee
North MecHae
Greenies
Hope
Rogie Greenlee
Troy
Carl Greenlee
Sone George
Eldorado
Thomas
Pee
Arizona
Jack Soler Lege
Misz
Saber
C. Burrentine
Nashville
Verna Freeman
Harvey Greenlee Miller
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