Road signs and industry shifts in Arkansas and Texas
A column laments missing road markers at Main and Third in Hope Arkansas, urges continuous road numbers through towns, and criticizes signs on U S 67 and U S 87. It also notes Southland Paper Mills in Lubkin Texas expanding to 100,000 tons capacity and a $144 million total investment. The piece argues against dictatorship during economic crisis and extols democracy’s slower but steady crisis response.
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Main
Third Streets
Hope
State 20
Main Street
State 26
Shreveport
U.S. GT
Arkansas
U. S. 07
Little Rock
Texarkana
Ke Ou Trade Journal
Ib. Fisher
New York
Ndvises
Southland Paper
Mint
Dallas
Morning News
Oklahoma City
toDilly
Oklahoman & Times
Lufkin
Southland
Meat Rationing Return Likely Says Agriculture Dept
Washington reports a possible meat rationing resuming next year as supplies are forecast to fall by up to a billion pounds. Officials cite feed shortages and higher livestock costs, with May butter output expected 30 percent below last year and prices rising to lift production.
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Grant Dillman
Washington
Neidture Department
Epartment
Agriculture Department
Department
Butler
Evidence of U S Links With Nazis Found
Nuernberg reports an investigation linked several Washington sedition trial defendants to Nazi organizations after the United States entered the war. John Rogge says a report for the U S attorney general will be submitted by July 1, with no specifics released. He questioned 52 Nazi diplomats and officials, including Hans Luther and Hans Dieckhoff, former ambassadors to Washington.
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Nuernberg
UPY
John Rogge
Washington
America
Germany
Hogge
U. S
United States
Ragge
Hans Luther
Hans Dieckhoff
Fritz Weidemann
San Francisco
Herbert Scholz
Boston
Tor Naz
Paul Schmidt
Adolf HiUers
Munich
Hang Thomsen
Selecting Jury In Fourth Trial For Murder Names Ware Case
The remaining three seats in the jury box for the fourth Asterofi Ware murder trial are expected to be filled today after one juror was selected yesterday. From a venire of 3,000, jurors E. B. Ashcraft and John alias Tom Ware are charged in the 1941 killing of Ashcraft's wife. Three previous convictions were reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court twice and by the state supreme court once.
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Memphis, Techn
Veniremen
Ashcraft
John
Tom
Ware
U. S. Supreme Court
State Supreme Codet
Snow in June Hits Several States Across Midwest
United Press reports a rare June chill with snow observed in St Paul and freezing temps in Minnesota. Cold air spills from Pennsylvania to Nebraska, dipping into Iowa Indiana and Ohio with highs in the 40s. Meteorologists link the freeze to a strong Hudson Bay Arctic airmass, predicting possible low temperatures into the 10s if sun fails, though clouds could cap readings at around 55.
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United Press
St. Paul
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
Iowa
Indiana
Ohio
Hudson Bay
Sinais
Weather Bureau
Mnercury
France Issue May Go to High UN Body
New York delegate to the United Nations Security Council reports a sub committee investigating charges that Franco Spain threatens world peace has condemned the regime and urged the council refer the matter to the General Assembly. The panel recommends the council seek action from the assembly and endorse the three power March declaration by the United States Great Britain and Vatican, urging peaceful removal of the Franco government as an internal issue. If approved, the issue would reach the assembly in September.
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New York
Jung
United Nations Security Council
Franco Spain
General Assembly
Security Council
Nation
Feneral Assembly
United States
Great Britain
Vratica
Oscar Lange
Australia
China
Poland
Brazil
France
Americans Find Norway a High-Stat Hangover Zone
In Oslo the custom of skaaling makes Norwegians adept at communal drinking. Visitors must toast with each person, work aquavit into every gathering, and hostesses shout for each guest. Police punish drunk driving with 21 days in jail, while Americans are welcomed yet overwhelmed by the ritual.
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Hal Boyle
Oslo
Norway
United States
Brooklyn
Portland
Oregon
Tanganyika
Guatemala
Fife
Fjord
Senate Favors Diluted Labor Bill Version for Truman Plan
Senate approved a diluted version of President Truman's emergency labor program by a 61 to 20 vote, removing the draft provision and other key elements. The measure was sent back to the House in altered form as House members weigh action on the Case anti strike bill and await the president's move.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Senate
Truman
House
Jeff
Maritime Smith
Sen
Ate
Treasury
Congress
House Committee
Mr. Truman
Coal Strikers Plan Vacation and Garden Work
New York reports a 75,000 miner strike at the ninth major anthracite shutdown as old contracts expire. Negotiators in their fourth week show little progress toward a new pact while maintenance crews work to protect mines from floods and cave-ins. Independent miners in Bhimoku and Virginia’s operations run with different terms, and UMW President John L. Lewis remains distant in Washington while talks continue. Carthage high school valedictorian George Zahn leads a family with a tradition of top academic honors.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Amnion and
Opersular
Ladar
AFI
United Mine Workers
Bhimoku
Ins
Virginia
Thomas Kennedy
UMW
John L. Lewis
Washington
Algo
Pardon Board to Decide Fate of Wilie Francis
Louisiana pardon board will decide within a week if Wilie Francis, St Martinville Negro, must again face the electric chair. After a day-long hearing, witnesses described prior execution attempts, including a failed first switch and a second spark, while parallels in Texas and Mississippi were noted.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Pardon Board
Willie Francis
St. Martinville
Nero
Bertrand DeBlanc
St. Martinsville
A. P. Tureaud
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Ephie Foster
Wiltie
Texas
Mississippi
West Memphis Station KWMS Receives FCC License
Judge J. Johnson president announces KWMS West Memphis has been issued a license by the Federal Communications Commission. The daytime station will operate on 990 kilocycles. Other officials include Jack W. Rich vice president J. G. McCaa secretary treasurer J. O. E. Beck and Melvin Dacus directors.
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West Memphis
Fresh bid to avert maritime strike in Washington
In Washington June 1 CIO maritime leaders and ship operators resume efforts to avert a nationwide strike set for June 15. President Truman warned he will use the army navy and coast guard to keep merchant shipping running, drawing sharp rebukes from union leaders and prompting fresh government mobilization plans.
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Max Hall
Washington
CIO
Truman
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Harry Bridges
Joseph Curran
Committee For Maritime Unity
Labor
Schwellenbach
Secretary of Labor
Labor Department
Pope warns peace vanishing amid world bitterness and atheism
Pope Pius XII warned that peace is vanishing amid international strife and a general uneasiness. He urged Catholics to wage a world crusade against atheism, calling on French and Julian voters to reject godless political philosophies as communists campaign for supremacy in both caimires.
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Edward Murray
Vatican City
Pius XII
College of Cardinals
Caimiries
Terms Coal Truce Seen as Government Surrender
Washington March 31 Senator Byrd said the terms for settling the soft coal strike amount to a government surrender to John L. Lewis, describing the contract as a great victory for the miners and the fourth bow by the government to the UMW leader. Senator Pepper praised the agreement for miners welfare, noting a three member board to oversee the fund and urging acceptance amid labor legislation debates. Advise rs warned Truman against seizing anthracite, while the first railroad shipment from Orange County to New York marked a major milestone.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
John L. Lewis
Senate
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pepper D-Flaj
Avig
Truman
Pepper
Vail
Death of Women Brings Murder and Suicide Verdict
In Bowie county near DeKalb Texas two women were found shot in separate cars on a country road. Sheriff W H Prestey said it was murder and death by own action. Victims were Mrs Alleene Peavy age about 32 and Mrs J C Johnston about 42. Johnston halted, Peavy shot her then shot herself beside the other car. A small calibre gun was found beside Johnston.
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Fexarkana
Bowie County
Texas
W. H. Prestey
DeKalb
Alleene Peavy
J. C. Johnston
Presley
Demonstrators Clash With Monarchists in Milan Cathedral
Ansa reports Italian demonstrators forced King Umberto II to leave Milan Cathedral through an underground passage as clashes erupted in Duomo Square between monarchists and republicans. The king then departed for Venice to continue his campaign amid expectations of a national plebiscite tomorrow.
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Rome
Ansa
Umberto II
Milan
Duomo Square
Umberto
Venice
Royal Palace
Schuster
Senate Strike Version Summary Snapshot
Washington June 1 details the Senate version of the emergency strike control bill. It envisions national mediation for essential industry disruptions and allows presidential proclamations of national emergency to order recalls and set fair wages during government operation. It imposes jail and fine penalties for violations and grants injunctive power to the attorney general to enforce work stoppages during control.
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Washington
Senate
Umberto Urges Italians to Vote For Unity or Republic
Rome reports May g1-1- Thaly's 28,000,000 voters were urged by their sovereign to vote Sunday to choose between monarchy or a Republican form. King Umberto VIIs campaign aide called for serenely voting the institutional solution for reconstruction. PT's Togliatti argued the peace treaty and Trieste remained unsettled due to Allied manipulation.
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Rome
Thaly
Jn Arnal
Palcone Lucifero
Royal House
Umberto MV
Lucifero
House of Savoy
Umberto
Palmiro Togviatti
Italy
Trieste
Top Military Men to Report on Merger Plan
President Truman is to hear a report from top military and naval advisers on a plan to unify the army and navy. He gave war and navy secretaries until today to reconcile differences on armed forces coordination and said he would discuss the report with officials on Tuesday.
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Truman
War
Navy
Government moves to enforce soft coal contract gains
Washington1 June government acts to implement health and safety advances won by John J. Lewis for soft coal miners and extend this basis to aid the hard coal dispute. Administration officials announce a federal welfare fund 5 cents a ton, new safety code overseen by Bureau of Mines inspectors, and broader industry improvements to stabilize mining and national economy.
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Karl R. Bauman Ashington
John J. Lewis
Truman
Lewis
Penmsylvania
Joel T. Boone
Navy
R. R. Sayers
Bureau of Mines
United Mine Workers
Interior Krug
Krug
United States
Krug-Lewis
Boone
Coal Mines Administration
Vanderbilt Dean Possible Arkansas State Leader Candidate
The Arkansas board of trustees may interview Vanderbilt University law dean Philip Grant Davidson Jr for the state university presidency after Dr. A. M. Harding resigns for health reasons. Davidson is among candidates the faculty committee may recommend, with interviews possibly before Commencement Day as many board members travel to Fayetteville. Davidson was at his father’s bedside in Greenville, Mississippi, today.
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Jayetteville
University of Arkansas Board of Trustees
Harding
Lupont
Herbert Thomas
Pavetteville
Sarever
Dean Davidse
Prioy
Jetteville
Sunes Davidson Wes Ie
Creenville
Miss
Vanderbilt
Buviyanid Orr
Fort Simith
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Conecal
Carthage
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Carthage High School
Lyle
Keith
Homer
Lyle Zahy
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Maritime Group
In Fresh
Pope
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Charles Wide
Charles E. Webb
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