Leopold the Third and Belgium’s King Return Question
A column critiques Leopold III of Belgium after a recent vote gave him a bare majority for restoration. The writer recalls his WWII surrender and abandonment of France and Britain, arguing Belgians remain divided and reject his throne. The piece links anti communist sentiment in Europe to support for Leopold as a lesser evil.
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Germany
Belgium
Leopold
Nother
Ady
Bel- Blum
France
Dunkirk
Britain
Hitler
Switzerland
Europe
Pleasant June Day Across Nation Announced by Weather
A pleasant June day was forecast nationwide with mostly clear skies. Showers were limited to Texas, Louisiana, southern Florida, and Minnesota and North Dakota near the Canadian border. Temperatures ranged with 107 at Blythe California and eight injuries reported from a Texas tornado near Kenny and Krump, with homes leveled.
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Chicago
U.S. Weather Bureau
Texas
Louisiana
Florida
Laks Superior
Minnesota
North Dakota
Blythe
Cail
Kenny
Houston
Tornadoes Hit Texas Towns Injuring Dozens
A tornado swept through three south west Texas counties injuring a dozen or more people, all non fatally. Crops were wiped out in Washington Austin and Waller counties as hail and heavy rain battered neighborhoods. The Ignances Janachek ski family narrowly escaped injury when their Klump home was picked up and hurled down.
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Kenny
Texas
Fuen
Washington
Austin
Waller
Ignance Janachelski
Leon
Klump
Washington County
Arkansas Weather Forecast Variation in June Heat
The extended forecast for June 6 to 10 shows temperatures about 24 degrees above normal in the northwest belt and 3 to 6 degrees above in the southeast. Normal lows 62 to 68 and highs near 86 to 88. Warmer by Sunday with slightly cooler conditions in the northwest Saturday. Precipitation moderate to heavy with scattered thunderstorms Wednesday and Friday into Saturday.
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Norman
War'mer
Court Decision Blamed In Dixie Racial Debate
Atlanta dispatch reports Southern leaders and voters reacting to Supreme Court anti segregation rulings. Figures like Willis Smith Herman Talmadge M B Thompson James Byrnes weigh impacts on campaigns in North Carolina Georgia and South Carolina amid calls for states rights and potential shifts in support.
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Atlanta
South
Tadey
Supreme Court
Dixie
Truman
Texas
Olahoma
Congress
North Carolina
Frank Graham
Willis Smith
Raleigh
Smith
Graham
Georgia
Herman Talmadge
Talmadge
M. B. Thompson
Eugene Talmadge
FEPC
James F. Byrnes
South Carola
State GOPs Plan to Reorganize
Harold Stassen, former Minnesota governor and 1948 GOP aspirant, told Arkansas Republicans that within ten years voters would elect GOP candidates to Congress. He spoke at the state convention opening as the party aims to appoint county officials to challenge Democratic machinery, shaping future GOP influence in the South.
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Harly Pershing
Little Rock
National Republican Party
Arkansas
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
South
Republican Party
Republican State Committee
State
University of Pennsylvania
Mitlee
Minor Blaze at Flooring Mill Quickly Extinguished
A fuel fire at Hope Flooring Mill about 7 10 last night was quickly brought under control by plant facilities and resulted in practically no damage. The Hope Fire Department made the call as a precautionary measure. state building in New York is 105 stories all.
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Hope
Empire Partment
New York
Hope Tree Planting Demonstration Planned Off Highway 28
After a Chamber of Commerce and Soil Conservation meeting, Hope hosts a tree planting demonstration on the Elmer Brows farm off Highway 28. Tom Fallon of Mongolia will operate the tree planter. Hempstead county landowners with unused acreage are urged to attend and place seedling orders by the 20th.
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Chamber of Commerce
Soil Conservation Department
Hope
Elmer Brows Farm
Highway 28
Tom Fallon
Magnolia
Hempstead
Fay Hammons
Sail Conservation Office
Order Nursery
Blevins Legion Post to Hold Open House
The Moore Harris American Legion post of Blevins with the auxiliary will hold an open house at 7 30 p m Thursday June in the school auditorium A special program is planned and refreshments will be served after a short business meeting All Members urged to attend by the adjutant wartime role noted by officials
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Hops Municipal
Wilbur
Stalb
Miami
Alr
Joe Call
T Hensey Collins
Bourbon
Conn County
Kentucky
Paul Less
Blythe
Funtley
The
Hope American Legion
Moore-Harris American Legion
Blevins
Wyen House
Bat
jCoy
Senate Edges Toward Rewrite of Foreign Arms Bill
Senate to rewrite a 1.22 billion foreign arms bill with tighter limits on presidential powers. Foreign relations hearings continued with Ambassador Harriman and General Bradley under new schedules while Senator Vandenberg pressed to narrow a broadly worded section feared to expand U S arms aid globally. Defense Secretary Johnson supported the rewrite amid objections by Senator Green who warned against arming non NATO nations and possible intervention in revolutions.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Comittee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
W. Averell Harriman
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense Johnson
Johnson
Senator Green
North Atlantic Treaty Group
Green
Ground Troops Essential Says Pace at West Point
Secretary Pace told West Point graduates that ground troops are essential to counter superior enemy forces. He warned the U S Army faces numerical and qualitative disadvantages in tanks and conventional equipment compared with potential adversaries.
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West Point
Pace
U. S. Military Academy
Sol
Gunmen Again Fire on Little Earl Shelton near Fairfield
Gunmen opened fire on Earl Shelton and Dellos Wylie as they sat by a garage two miles west of Fairfield along highway 45. Wylie was shot three times in the back and died. Shelton escaped. Sheriff Brown cited gunfire from across the highway with bullets striking the garage and surrounding grass.
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Fairfield
Shelton
Roitipanton
Dellos
Wylie
Flora
Ill
Asie
Little Marty
Highway 45
Here
Earl
Elmer Brown
Brown
Cause of Stock Market Plunge Undetermined
New York june 6 the stock market fell sharply with shares dropping about one dollar to six dollars amid heavy trading. ticker delays reached four minutes as experts noted no immediate news to justify the decline though a temporary downward adjustment was foreseen. General Motors announced a two for one split while other major issues including American Telephone U S Steel Bethlehem Steel Chrysler U S Rubber Montgomery Ward and Johns Manville remained under pressure.
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New York
Tapa
Wall Street
Bain
American Telephone
U. 8, Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
U.S. Rubber
Montgomery Ward
Person Radio
Zenith Radio
Kennecott Coopper
American Cyanamid
Allied Chemical
du Pont
General Electle
Southern Pacific
Standard of Wnw
Johns-Manville
Garages and Agencies to Close On Wednesdays Through August
A majority of garages and automobile agencies will begin closing each Wednesday afternoon through August 31. The closing establishments include J. B. Cook Co. Hope Auto Co. Lueck Motor Co. Gib Lewis Garage. Roger Clinton Bulck Co. Coleman Garage. Leo's Garage. Young Chev Walters Garage. Hemstead Motor. Byers Garage. Ward's Show and Nunn McDowell.
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J. B. Cook Co
Hope Auto Co
Lueck Motor Co
Gib Lewis
Roger Clinton Bulck Co
Coleman Garage
Leo's Garage
Young Chev- Walters Garage
Hemstead Motor
Byers
Ward's Show
Nunn-Mcdowell
Officer Exonerated in Fatal Weekend Shooting
Coroner's jury ruled a justifiable homicide in the shooting of 20 year old Hardin Haskins who attacked Officer Fulton Marshall R.A. Yarbrough as he was taking him to jail on a theft charge. The inquest led by Coroner RB W Herndon Jr fully exonerated the Fulton officer.
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Satuday
Hardin Haskins
Nagro
Fulton Marshall
Heroes Are Found By Those With The Heart to See
A reflective essay argues that heroes exist beyond celebrated figures and evolve with age. It traces personal idols from Dewey the bulldog to fathers and public icons like Buffalo Bill and Dempsey, then shifts to wartime heroes as ordinary, quiet figures who shape society without acclaim. The piece invites readers to seek heroes in their own neighborhoods and recognize their unseen influence.
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New York
Sam Saye
Dewey
Manila Bay
Achilles
Spy Lifetime
Buffalo Bill
Stonewall Jackson
Men-O-War
Jack Dempsey
Habe Ruth
Sir Galshad
Tom Mix
Hopalong Cassidy
Galahad
King
Prig
H. L. Menchen
George Bernard Shaw
Plane crash survivors found after Atlantic search
In a June 7, 1946 report from Miami Florida a U S destroyer said it picked up 97 survivors from a twin engine airplane crash 275 miles northeast of Miami The craft carried migratory workers from Puerto Rico bound for the United States The pilot warned he was going into the drink and several planes and rafts continued the rescue operation with coast guard and freighters aiding The fate of 63 passengers and crew remained unclear Mission coordinates recorded 27 degrees 51 minutes north 75 degrees 32 minutes west
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Miami
Fla
Lanfley
Atlantic Ocean
Here
Coast ‘Guard
Mosgaga
Cost Guard
West Air Company
Puerto Rico
United States
Sad
Juan
Wilmington
N. C
Nassau
Sar
Coast Guard
Oa Guard
Calicete
Indios Geanafonarine Alte Ue de
Antio
Joseph Haysey
Seattle
Wash
Purged members barred from party dissolution orders announced
June MacArthur reports that government orders purge and bar key figures from political parties. The dissolution action targets officials linked to writings and orders by Arturo. The move signals suppression of dissent and realignment within government circles.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Toda
Fiero
Ives Attacks Whitewash Charge in State Department Probe
Senator Ives says accumulating evidence shows the administration is whitewashing the state department amid McCarthy charges. A Senate foreign relations probe faces possible replacement by a special panel to review loyalty files, while McCarthy vows a speech using state department material to spur broader action.
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Washington
Ives
State Department
Trump
Nra
Senate Foreign Relations
McCarthy
Rwis
Tydings
Dady
Sm Ume
FBI
Tydingy Committee
Thye
Rminn
Iveshaw
High School Boy Prompted Inquiry by Mother and Faculty
A mother raised questions at a high school meeting about her son, prompting discussion with teachers and administrators. The session focused on student welfare and school policies affecting the youth’s academic path.
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Hill
Union County
Columbia County
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Hempstead County
Blevins Legion
Little Earl
State Dept
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