GM UAW wage pact signals new industrial statesmanship
The article lauds the GM UAW agreement as a principled, price-linked wage plan with no wage ceiling, tying increases to the cost of living index. It argues unions and management made concessions, avoids strikes, and could set a template for steel and coal sectors, dampening inflationary pressures if broadly adopted.
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Nationwide Radio Broadcasts Spotlight Hope City
The City of Nape received two nationwide broadcasts and a Golden Rule award from the Tell Your Neighbor program for local citizen help to tornado victims in Carlion Valley Louisiana. Mrs. Mitchell Sparks appeared on Hearts Desire program praising girls aided by the local youth center. Sparks and her husband traveled to Los Angeles for a Kiwanis convention. the radio-phonograph combo device awarded the Youth Center is on display at the Mik Building. Citizens are invited to visit the center and view the display.
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Nape
Carlion Valley
Tornada
Mitchell Sparks
Nope
Local Men Attend State Farm Bureau Meeting
Five Hempstead County Farm Bureau members attend the state gathering at Marion ballroom in Little Rock. Group led by Andrew Avery of Baird's Chapel vice president. Delegates include Warren Rider of Pampns Paul Dudney of Washington Bennie Coleman of Hope G I Vocational Agricultural Instructor Emmett Schools and Leg House Farm Program Director of KXAi.
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Farm Bureau
Marion Later
Little Rok
Hempstead
Andrew Avery
Baird's Chapel
Warren Rider
Pamnps
Paul Dudney
Washington
Bennie Coleman
Hope
G. I
Emmett
Leg House
Kxai
Helms Brother of Hope Man Dies in North Carolina
Thomas R. Helms aged 74, brother of Lex Welms of Hope, died yesterday at his home in Harking ham North Carolina. He was well known in Mone, having visited here several times.
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Thomas R. Helms
Lex Welms
Hope
Harkingham
North Carolina
Helms
Mone
New Industrial Plant Planned at North Main Corner
Twenty years ago plans announced for Mame Ire 60 an industrial plant to be located at the corners of Ask Avenue B and North Main. Officers listed include J B Gil as president D Barlow and A M Lee as secretary treasurer.
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Ask Ave. B
North Main
J. BP
Gil
D. Barlow
A. M. Lee
C. Schovley de Melun
Searcy
Hope
North Little Rock
Ddasu
Une Paper
Brown Wins Hope Mayor Race By Large Margin
Lyle Brown wins Hope mayoral special election by about two to one over John Vesey and Louie Carlson to fill the unexpired term of Albert Fink. Unofficial counts show Brown 995, Vesey 447, Carlson 33 with official results due in three days.
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Lyle Brown
Ioce
Auormney
Hope
John P. Vesey
Louie Carlson
Albert Fink
Mr. Fink
Brown Vesey Davison
United States Accepts London Plan for Western Germany
Secretary of State Marshall announced U S acceptance of the London Conference proposals for Western Germany. The plan creates a federal system with home rule while preserving occupying powers until mutual agreement. It includes safeguards against rearmament and supports European reconstruction, though French approval is uncertain and Congress may demand additional assurances.
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Germany
London
Western Germany
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Marshal
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France
Communist Is Only Czech Candidate for President
Prague reports the National Front led by the Communist party named Klement Gottwald as the sole presidential candidate to succeed Eduard Benes. Antonin Zapotacky was chosen premier. Gottwald is expected to be elected by acclamation in Parliament, which convened Monday. The new constitution proclaims the Czech oslovakian people’s Democratic Republic and consolidates power under the Communists after Benes’s resignation.
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Czechoslovakia
National Front
Klement Gottwald
Eduard Benes
Antonin Zapotacky
Gottwald
Benes
Zepotecky
Bishop Attacks Race Track Plan in West Memphis
Bishop William T. Watkins of Louisville condemns the proposed 2 million dollar Dixie Downs track near West Memphis. He cites gambling, bookmakers and family harm, noting law enforcement limits and cross-state pressure from Arkansas officials before a housing permit decision on June 22.
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Memphis
Louistville
Ben Laney
Arkansas
Laney
James Pleasants
Lite Roerk
Memphis Street Railway workers win raise agreement
Memphis officials announced a contract raising pay for about 1000 streetcar operators to 30.80 dollars for a 20 hour week, an increase of about 1.0 per hour. The agreement was reached yesterday between the company and the union ending negotiations in Memphis Tennessee.
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Tenn
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Mrs LaMarre Sues Meyer For 250000 Over Affair Allegations
The former secretary to Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers files a federal suit in New York for 250000, accusing Meyers of defaming her by remarks during Senate War Investigating Committee hearings. Meyers, jailed for perjury, admitted past affair with LaMarre and with her husband Bleriot LaMarre of Dayton.
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Bennett E. Meyers
Senate War Investigating
Mildred R. LaMarre
Dayton
Army Air Force
Meyers
Senate
Ms. LaMarre
Bleriot
Aviation Electric Corporation
Aviation Electric
Bleriot LaMarre
LaMarre
Harris to Open Campaign Headquarters in El Dorado
Congressman Oren Harris plans to open campaign headquarters at the Randolph Hotel in El Dorado Arkansas. He will fly in Wednesday and stay Thursday Friday and Saturday before returning to Washington to handle House business. This kickoff marks his bid for re election to the Seventh Congressional District.
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Ark
Oren Harris
Randolph Hotel
Wev C.ongressman
Harris
Washington
Herve
House
el Dorado
Selection of Blonde Has a Wife No Cash
A Daytona Beach story follows Dorothy Lawlor from Hempstead seeking a husband with $10,000. She cruises with Dan Wicker, who already has a wife and lacks cash, while chaperoned by Bill Howard and wife. They plan to return for cocktail hour at Danny’s Musical Bar, a hotspot since Dorothy’s arrival.
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Dorothy Lawler
Dan Wicker
Daytona Beach
Fla
Rockville Center
UPI
Dorothy Lawlor
Quese
Hempstead
N.Y
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Bill Howard
Howard
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Dorothy
Negro Held in Connection With Forged Checks
The sheriff's office announced that Elliott, Joewnog, is being held in connection with several forged checks cashed by Hope area businesses. Amounts ranged from 18.50 to 3 dollars across multiple establishments.
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Hope
Government of Turkey Collapses Amid Cabinet Resignations
Ankara reports Premier Hasan Saka's government collapsed under criticism of domestic economic policy. President Ismet Inonu asked Saka to form a new cabinet, with Mermeddin Sadak as foreign minister likely to stay. Turkey receives American aid under the Truman Doctrine as the new government is formed, possibly by week’s end.
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Ankara
Turkey
Hasan Saka
Futinga Poliy
Saka
Greee
Ismet Inonu
Mermeddin Sadak
Reep Peker
Peker
Reserve Officers to Meet at City Hall Thursday
The Reserve Officers Association of Hempstead County will meet at 7:30 PM at Hope City Hall. Col J F Sawallosh, OCR point instructor of Hot Springs, will address the group.
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City Hall
Reserve Officers Association of
Hempstead County
The Force They Respect Is Russia Says Inevitable Clash
A Moscow observer argues Americans misread Russia and that a third world war is possible. He claims Soviet leadership fears no decisive defeat and would welcome a broader conflict, while urging a show of American resolve to deter expansion.
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Lewis tells miners to stay on jobs after July 1
John L. Lewis urged 400000 coal miners to remain at work past July 1 as contract talks with operators continued in Washington. He proposed a 110 dollar monthly pension for elderly miners and retroactivity to July 1 for any new agreement, with five days notice to abandon the plan. The 200man UMW policy committee would endorse keeping mines operating.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
UMW
Gambler Killed in Gangland Style in Chicago
In Chicago on June 9 a 26 year old gambler Norton Polsky was shot to death in a gangland style killing on the South Side as he returned home. A witness Jerry Zegert described three gunmen and a waiting getaway car. Police linked the slaying with two prior gambler killings in May and June and tied the cases to efforts by Mayor Kennelly to clean up gambling.
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Norton Polsky
Polsky
Erry Zegert
Gond
St. Anthony's Hospital
Cap
Wiliam Touhy
Stathatos
Gela
Friedman
Touhy
Martin H. Kennelly
River Gauge to Be Installed at Fulton New Orleans
Col. John R. Hardin, army district engineer, to oversee gauge construction on the Red River at Fulton Arkansas. The project includes a steam erging cableway to measure discharge, erect 50‑foot towers, and install a gauging cay. Plans will be shown at the engineer offices in Shreveport.
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New Orleans
Joh R. Hardin
Army District
Red River
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Ark
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Tramway Able
Engineer Ui Fives Hiury
Shreveport
Arabs and Jews Accept Four-Week Palestine Armistice
By MAX BOYD in Cairo on June 9 Arabs and Jews accepted a four week truce in Palestine. Israel’s Tel Aviv government said it accepted the UN mediator Count Bernadotte's nine point plan. Trans‑Jordan Foreign Minister Mulki announced Arab states accepted the cease fire at 1 am EST Friday with no strings. UN officials at Lake Success welcomed the mediation but urged caution amid possible isolated clashes. Bernadotte planned a news conference to announce replies. neutral observers warned flareups could occur before the armistice.
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Fawzi Pasha Mulki
Lake Success
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Moshe Shertok
Folke Bernadotte
4-H Members Visit Station From Eight Counties
A large group of 4-H Club boys and girls from eight counties visit Station Clark Columbia Hi River Sevier and Hempstead for a farm research study day. County agents and leaders oversee talks on station programs including farm forage, woodlot management, home gardens, orchard management and insect control by University of Arkansas experts.
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Columbia
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Sevier
Hempstead
Fruitiani
Arka College ‘of Agriculture
Brambiia
Rex
Johnson
Russell
Lew
Hope
Robert E. Nelson
Extensi Farm Forester of
L. H. Burton
Fayettevill
Charles G. Lincoln
Fayetteville
Earl J. Allen
Fayetville
Hemppstead
D Ton
Cecil Station
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Confession Saves Man From Chair in Texas Killing Case
Huntsville Texas April 1947 Joseph Lee Saulter 34 faced execution for the fatal February 24 1947 stabbing of Mrs Thelma Leslie in a Galveston saloon. Cecil Barker 93 confessed to the murder saving Saulter whose fate hung on Barker’s affidavit and a governor stay Saulter had pleaded for life and will learn if Barker’s confession proves true authorities say. Mrs Ernest Wheat of Huntsville wrote for Barker to be questioned and Barker eventually confessed stating Leslie knew too much about his life. Saulter was tried in Galveston last July pled innocent and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the conviction with several witnesses testifying to the stabbing.
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Tex
Dune
Joseph Lee Saulter
Saulter
Thelma Leslie
Ay Galyzston
Cecil B. Brker
Barker Wis
Barker
Sauder
Sauber
Ernest Wheat
I.K. Kelley
Kelley
Leslie
Galveston
Thelma
Sauller
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Sauher
Lessie
Realtor dies in Memphis after Arkadelphia listing
Lewis Watson Jamurson, 48, Memphis real estate man and owner of a farm at Arkadelphia, Ark., died in a hospital here yesterday after a brief illness. He was widely known in Memphis and had built a local real estate practice over many years. He leaves a widow and two children. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Memphis
Venn
Lewis Watson Jamurson
Arkadelphia
Ark
Weapons Developed Too Fast
Washington reports that atomic weapons are improving faster than production costs can be budgeted. Bee Atomic Energy Commission spokesmen told the House Appropriations Committee that future weapons designs open many possibilities, including propulsion via nuclear power and new secret plants in New Mexico. The panel was told the commission seeks extra funds for immediate and long range production, with contracts approved totaling hundreds of millions while noting many plant details remain secret.
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Joseph L. Myler
Washington
Tomic
Bee Atomic Energy Commiss
House
Congress
Mexico
Carroll L. Wilean
Eniwetok Atoll
Hira
Nagasaki
Bikini
Ison
Owens to Open New Store in Magnolia
Local merchant Ber Owens announced he would open a new store in Magnolia. He plans to remodel an existing building and break ground on September 10, operating three stores in the area.
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Magnolia End
Nolia
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