Letter to Congressman on Texarkana newspaper mail delays
A memorandum from a Fulton Route One subscriber complains of chronic delays delivering The Star and Arkansas Gazette via Texarkana mail terminal. The writer urges Congressman Ortis to press the Postmaster General for expedited service or switch to highway trucking, noting repeated late arrivals and multiple duplicate editions. Public notice copies are sent to the Arkansas Gazette and others.
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Star
Fulton
Post Office Department
Ortis Datris
Washington
Arkansas Gazette
Fulton Post Office
Texarkana
Missouri Pacific
The
Arkansas Gazelle
Mall Skrvyie
Arkansas
Hope
Lewisville
Dalton Bell
Harris
F.fulton
Hope Post Office
Loce
School Districts Split $2 Million
Little Rock on June 4 reports more than three districts in the state received about 2 million dollars in state aid. The State Education Department distributed 428,172 in transportation aid, bringing the fiscal year total to 2,296,753, with cities listed receiving varied amounts including Little Rock 224,592 and Pine Bluff 81,652 among others.
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Little Rock
State
Arkadelphia
Batesville
Paragould
Pine Bluff
Rogers
Russellville
Searcy
Springdale
Stuttgart
Texarkand
van Buren
Warren
West Helena
West Mermphis
Orphan Immigrant to Graduate from Suffolk University
Nicholas James Perella, 24, orphaned son of Italian immigrants, will graduate summa cum laude from Suffolk University next Tuesday after working as a cook's helper through a 24 year course. Two other colleges refused admission in 1948, and he received three Fulbright fellowships for study in France. He aspires to be a professor of French literature.
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Popua
Vine
Nicholas James Perella
Suffolk University
Parella
University of
Two Injured in Kitchen Blast at Diamond Cafe
An early morning explosion in the Diamond Cafe kitchen left Carrie Delaney seriously burned and Clara Muldrew with a head and shoulder injury when a gas valve was left open and a lighted match touched off the blast. The blast shattered jars, blew doors, and collapsed a light fixture. owner Bob Carroll was unharmed. The cafe likely cannot reopen before Saturday morning, June 7.
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Diamond Cafe
Severs
Carrie Delaney
Clara Muldrew
Bob Carrol
Carroll
Special Counsel Seeks Writ to Halt Arkansas Man’s Execution
Special counsel for Herman Maxwell of Arkansas says he will file in a Little Rock federal court to delay Maxwell’s Friday execution. Havela Flowers of Pine Bluff will seek a writ of habeas corpus and ask Gov McMath for a stay, contending Maxwell lacked counsel at all stages and the trial was conducted under tense conditions. The Supreme Court rejected a final appeal on April 21. Maxwell has been in Tucker prison death house since his 1949 conviction twice for rape of a white woman.
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American Civil Rights Congress
Maxwell
Sue
Flowers
Hope, Ark
Supreme Court
Tucker, Ark
Clark Returns From Korea Tour
General Mark Clark returns to United Nations forces in the Far East after a two day Korea visit. He met with President Syngman Rhee on the Korean political crisis toured Koje Island prisoner of war stockades and spoke with frontline commanders.
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Tokyo
Mark Clark
United Nations
Far East
Korea
Syngman Rhee
U. N
Koje Island
Front Ling
Trouble Brews in South Africa
Capetown reports police arrested 38 natives and barricaded Serowe, capital of the protectorate, to halt renewed native campaign for the return of exiled tribes chigitain Seretse Khama.
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Capetown
South Africa
Bechuanaland
Serowe
South African
South Dakota Tilt Narrowly Spurs Ike Taft Clash
A handful of votes may decide the Taft Eisenhower showdown in South Dakota as 1,722 of 1,947 precincts report Taft leading by a slim margin with about 15,000 votes left. Kefauver wins California and takes eight Democratic delegates. Humphrey not running against Kefauver here.
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Ike-Taft
South Dakota
Kefauver
California
Lions Falls
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Chicago
Taft GL
Eisen
Eisenhower
Associated Press
Sch. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Scout Camping at Pioneer Starts Monday
Field Scout Executive Ralph Johnson will leave Hope Thursday for Camp Pioneer to oversee the Caddo Council camping program. The camp opens June 8 at 2 pm and runs four weekly sessions through July 5 at 2 pm with activities such as swimming archery riflery hiking and wide games. Reservations for the first two sessions are filled. info and forms are from Haynes Bros Scout Department. Weekly cost is 10 dollars, cheaper than many regional camps, and Troops 62 and 90 of Hope plan large enrollments with Pres Scott also expected to attend.
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Ralph Johnson
Hope
Camp Pioneer
Caddo Council
Scout Department
Haynees Bros
Pioneer
Bob Whitmarsh
Presscott
City Council Approves Legion Meeting Place Use
Hope City Council met and approved allowing the American Legion to use the Elks building as a meeting place, with a clause that Legion activities must not interfere with Hope Youth Center meetings. A bill of sale for B. Bender was authorized to purchase the fire department’s old street flusher. The measurer was instructed to seek bids for roof repairs at Municipal Airport building. Police Chief Baker urged installing blinker lights on the highway approaches, including Highway 29, south of South Main Street.
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Hope
American Legion
Elks
Legion
B. Bender
Fire Department
Old Street
Municipal Airport
The
Baker
South Main St
Unruly Red Prisoners Hauled Out on Kose Island
June 4 dispatch reports American infantry and 38th Regiment tanks storming Compound 85 on Kose Island Korea. Troops captured about 92 prisoners, tore down three national flags, burned signs, and used tear gas to quell disobedience. Lt. Cal Kernan of Sant Antonio and Brig. Gen Foasier oversaw operations as three companies moved into the yard housing 4,200 POWs.
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Kose
Korea
Rottom Island
Gome
U. S
Pic
Wille Heywood
Chester
S. C
Gag
Tin U
Russians Shoot WLS Policeman in Border Fray
Berlin reports an American military policeman in a patrol jeep was wounded by a East German border guard near Machnowey Strassa on the Soviet boundary. Gen. Lemuel Mathewson denounced the act as barbaric and undisciplined, demanding punishment. The incident follows a tense shift as one-way patrol blockades ease on Berlin’s autobahn and Radio Berlin siege defies allies.
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Berlin
Bectin
Lemuel Mathewson
Inymer Wy
Machnowey Strassa
U. S
Mathewson
Radio
Germany
Radio Bertin
Tommy
Surgen Dengin
Soviet Content Commission
Yushed
C. F.C. Coleman
Kiwanis Club Plans Ballot Battalion for Voting Drive
Kiwanis members in Hope discuss the Ballot Battalion a cross-community campaign to counter voter apathy. Teddy M. Jones urges a nonpartisan coalition from civic groups to inform and mobilize eligible citizens for upcoming elections, aided by Rotary Lions and other organizations. The speaker cites low past turnout in 1940 and 1950 to stress the need for active citizenry.
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Hope
Kiwanis Club
Teddy M. Jones
Hope Club
Jones
Dorsey McRae
Rotary Club
H. M. Brants
Lions Club
Paul Me
Br&pw Club
Fred Robertson
American Legion
Ralph Johnson
Joney
America
Morgls i
Red Plans for French Strike Flop Amid Mobilization
June 4 dispatch reports a French strike attempt by CGT led unions failed as Antonine Pinay ordered thousands of police and troops to stay ready while workers continued normal duties. Government actions limited disruption and transport operated largely as usual.
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Pavis
Preminer
Antonine Pinay
Ordera
Gondormes
Bargia Homba
Magia
Controlcn General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Traveport Arlay
Scout Finance Drive Set for Early October
Eddie Whitman accepted the Chairmanship of the local Boy Scout Finance Campaign for early October. Teddy Jones announced the Pineywood District plan, aiming to raise funds for the 1933 Scouting Program of the Caddo Area Council. Whitman will join the Council Budget Planning on June 22 at Camp Pioneer to set required funds, with other district chairmen to be named.
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Eddie Whitman
Lncal
Teddy Jones
Theaddo Acen Coinel
Whitman
Aldo
Hopé Kiwonis Club
Caddo Area
Camp Ploneer
Teddy Joncas
Highway Sign Protection Plan Formed By Regional Group
An organization met in Gindony on Tuesday afternoon with delegates from Malvern Ate krdelphia Gordon Prescott and Hope to draft short term plans. The initial project aims to protect two highway 67 signs and coordinate traffic control, with signs expected to be installed in about three weeks. Temporary officers include secretary treasurer Arka delphia George Dewa and chairman H. C. Clem of Malvern, and Ray Lawrence of Hope.
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Gindony
Malvern
Ate Krdelphia
Gordon
Prescott
Hope
Highway 67
Trafftc
George Dewa
Arkadelphia
H. C. Clem
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Ray Lawrence
Chateman
Defense asks for 9.4 billion in supplemental funds
Washington reports President Truman requests a supplemental defense appropriation of 9.403 billion dollars for the next fiscal year. The package covers military pay raises public works and modernization, with 44.8 million for the Army 387.9 million for the Navy 1.538 billion for the Air Force and 860 million for the Defense Department office.
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Washington
Truman
Congreve
Art “Dng
Alaska
White House
Vaquanrt
Army
Navy
Air Force
Secretary of Defense
Lions See Film on Fishing Presented at Club Meeting
At a Lions Club gathering on Monday Eddie Whitmen showed a film on fishing in Mexico. Guests included Travis Witherspoon of Dumas and Bryan Ritchie of Presagolt.
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Eddie Whitmen
Mexico
The
Lions Club
Travis Witherspoon
Dumas
Bryan Ritchie
Presagolt
The Guy Who Makes Comedians Laugh at Henry Youngman
New York June 4 Henry Youngman one of the nation’s top comic talents is famed as a “comic’s comic” who can still make fellow comedians laugh. At 46 he tours widely and seeks his own TV show, boasting a store of fresh material and a knack for quick quips. He travels with a vast joke file, sending weekly gigs to friends and even mailing dollar bills to provoke laughs.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Henry Youngman
Freed
Hag
Tun
Henry
Groucho Marx
Fred Allen
Bob Hope
Milton Berle
Canada
Uberly
America
Miami Beach
Washington Strike Threat Shakes Steel Leaders Opinion
A June Washington move summons CIO leaders and industry chiefs to a strategy meeting amid rising tensions. Philip Murray’s mobilization and a 15 minute strike in Pittsburgh signal broad labor action as 680000 workers join across unions.
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Washington
UN Management
Londara
Zooalidka
CIO
Stoblwouleita
Topleval
John
Wethin
Philip Murray
Joramin
Supe
Ovdoy RelRing
Lanl
Jeadara
A. Spokormin
T Coplanen
Mas
Chalgm
Noven
New York
Ees
Piltsburuit
Jone
CIO Unies
Ae Murray
Gyal Govar Egedaa
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Clark
City Council
Dan Deluge
Red
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