Vicksburg to mark independence day tribute pageant
The city of Vicksburg prepares a three day observance beginning July 4 to honor its Civil War history. Dwight D. Eisenhower to visit as the main speaker while 700 participants stage a pageant recalling the siege and the 20 000 Confederate soldiers who fell there. The program includes a noon salute for Confederate casualties and signals a shift from mourning to celebration.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Vicksmermory
American City
Oly
Armiol
Europe
Vicksburg
Grant
Melsbure
Unty
Enhower
Spain
France
England
Confederacy
United States
Tokyo trial watchers guard child relief at courtroom
Report from Tokyo on the crime trial where guards cleared spectators amid cameras lunch boxes and hidden items. A Japanese woman attended with a six month old baby. police retrieved the child as the session ended.
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Tokyo
Japa
Postal Life and Casualty Offers 65 to 83 Age Policy
Postal Life and Casualty Insurance promotes a new accident policy for ages 65 to 83 with benefits including up to 500 for death, up to 100 monthly disability, up to 100 monthly hospital care, and surgical benefits. The plan costs just 1 cent per day with no agent calls. write for a free 16 day policy and beneficiary details.
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Postal Life & Casualty Insurance Company
Postal Life
Kansas City
Postal
Warnegice
Reds ace Blackwell fans telegrams after no hit game
Ewell Blackwell of the Cincinnati Reds reads several telegrams he received following his no hit no run performance against the Boston Braves in Cincinnati. Blackwell previously pitched four no hit no run games during his time in the Army.
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Nisa Telephoto Ewell Blackwell
Cincincinnati
Reds
Boston Braves
Cincinnati
Blackie
Army
Bomb fragment tragedy off Rotuma Island kills natives and boys
Messages from Suva report a 280-pound bomb, likely jettisoned by an American bomber, caused the deaths of two native men and seven boys on Rotuma after villagers found it, hauled it to shore, and later attempted to remove it at the high water mark.
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Suva
Fiji Islands
Rotuma
Fiji
Arkansas Highway Department
No. 4
A. G. Rives
Highway 67
Sth Anniversary Teletypesetter Marked by Installation
In June 1942 four southwest Arkansas papers started the first daily Teletypesetter Circuit in America delivering perforated tape to run the composing room and linotypes. By 1947 the circuit expanded to six papers with tape and two telegraph copy. The Star added infrared ink dryers, a glass beaded draw-sheet, and Teletype tape punchers, enabling faster automated work and reduced smudging.
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Southwest Arkansas
America
Hope Star
Camden News
Magnolia Banner News
el Dorado Eoening Times
Southwest Arkansas Teeletypesetter Circuit
DeQueen Daily Citizen
Stuttgart
Leader & Arkansanyer
Helena World
Texarkana News
The
Star
Arkansas
Minnesota Mining & Manuacturing Co
Associated Press News
Linotype
Ruth Calhoun
Fern H. Tarpley
George W. Hosner
the Star
Chicago
Aleutians
Hosmer
Teletype Corporation
Thomas C. Jobe
Old Gems Regain Use in New Set
Alicia Hart outlines ways to reuse small stones from old jewelry. The Jewelry Industry Council suggests centering a pin or bracelet charm with a diamond solitaire, resetting stones in a monogram compact, or massing gems in a sunburst clip or brooch to create a fresh, collectible look.
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Jewelry Industry Council
Mystery blast in Rotuma island letters hint at tale
In Rotuma island reports a group near a missile witnessed a man exclaiming that a knife looked like gold before a bomb exploded. One survivor provided a partial account through letters, describing the incident and its aftermath.
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Rotuma Island
Trapped tourists survive on Beartooth blizzard relief
During a ferocious Beartooth Pass blizzard, 70 summer vacationists, including nine children, endured 24 harrowing hours. Rescuers found three dead in a buried truck and brought survivors to safety as patrols and park crews cleared drifts up to 15 feet. Officials praised calm reactions despite exposed, thin clothing.
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Wyo
Bob Helm
Missoula
Mont
Engelberg
Sacramento
Calif
National Park Service
Edmund Rogers
Park
Beartooth Pass
Yellowstone Park
Red Lodge
Park Service Road
Veron Kaiser
Idaho
Alls
Richard Huckels
Akron
Ohio
John P. Baker
Grayling Mont
G. L. Rowe Luck
Wis
Rowe
Forrest City Man Pleads Guilty in Double Murder Case
Wil lie Lee Duke, 31, Negro, repeats guilty plea in first degree murder trial for the knife slaying of Ethel Boyd, co owner of a Forrest City taxicab firm. He faces death or life if found guilty of first degree, or up to 21 years for second degree murder.
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Forrest City
Willie Lee Duke
Ethel Boyd
Duke
Davis Plummer
Plummer
State
St. Francis County
Boyd
Roger West
Seabees
State Hospital
Emperor Hirohito Urges Unity to Solve Japan Crisis
Tokyo dispatch reports Emperor Hirohito addressing the Diet in a symbolic role under the new constitution. He appealed for national unity to overcome an unparalleled economic crisis and build a democracy based nation of peace and culture. He spoke in a polite, nondirective tone and wore a morning coat rather than uniform.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Japan
House Councillors
Road officials shuffled in Little Rock
C N White district highway superintendent at Pine Bluff will become state maintenance engineer July 1, succeeding R B Winfrey who resigned. H M McMurray will take White's post at Pine Bluff. J C Baker highway director announced the changes. In Missoula, a Canadian driver reported water in gasoline after hoses were swapped. a 400 gallon underground tank was found to be filled with water.
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Litle Rock
C. C. White
Pine Bluff
R. B. Winfrey
J. C. Baker
H. M. McMurray
White
Baker
Missoula
Mont
University of Arkansas College For Agriculture At
Hope
Rex B. Johnson
James O. Dockins
Victor M. Watts
The
College of Agriculture
Robert E. Nelson
W. J. Wisor
Earl J. Allen
W. J. R. Browder
Cecil M. Bittle
Lippert E. Ellis
Connie Bonslagel
Ubangis of Africa reportedly join Ringling show
New York fashion note reports Hulald Berry of Ringling Brothers says Ubangis of Africa have ceased public display of discs in clips. He adds the circus invited Ubangis to join the show this autumn. The note also cites oil as the most effective lice treatment, clogging pores to suffocate pests.
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New York
Africa
Hulald Berry
Ringling Brothers and
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Little Rock City Opposes Park Transfer to Veterans Admin
City Attorney T J Gentry says Little Rock cannot part with any portion of MacArthur Park for an $8 million Veterans Administration hospital or risk losing the University Medical School. Arkansas Board of Trustees heard bids from Hot Springs for the school, while Little Rock officials assert the park’s deed and 1892 act bind the grounds to remain in the city. The situation is set to continue with further legal and political maneuvering as page six continues.
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Little Rock
éPji
University of Arkansas Board of Trustees
University Medical School
Lewis Webster Jones
Jones
Veterans Administration
University Hospital
Memorial Hospital
Laney
University of Arkansas School of Medicine
Lewis W. Jones
MacArthur Park
Veterans Administration Hospital
T. J. Gentry
Hot Springs
Sam Wassell
Gentry
Fort Roots
Arkansas Supreme Court
Arkansas Veterans of Foreign Wars
Maurice
Footsy) Britt
Fort Smith
VFW
Corydon M. Wassell
Arkansas Navy
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Standard Oil adopts all occasion gasoline distribution plan
Chicago June 24 Standard Oil Company Indiana announced it will implement an all occasion system to distribute available gasoline for June July and August. The total supplies will roughly match last year’s period and be equitably shared among customers. Dealers and agents must limit deliveries as they are independent and allocations reflect capacity limits.
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Washington
House
Lecompte
Iowa
House Administration Committee
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Florida
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O'Toole
New York
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Arkansas
Tennessee
Virginia
Chicago
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Standard
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Supreme Court
Petrillo
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Joseph Hart Hall, Jr
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Syria
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Doyle
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J. D. McAlister
Billy Dan Jones
Billy Dan
J. Dy
Navy
Alicia Hartner
Hope Hardware
Elm Street
University Board
Beverly Hills
Cal
C. H. Andeson
New York City
Benjamin
Bugsy) Siegel
Siegel
Ernest Roll
Los Angeles
Bull
By Ralph Teatsorth
Ple
Anderson
Albert Greenberg
Flamingos Club
Smiley
Virginia Hill
Paris
Hell's Hitchen
Alex
H. Washburn
Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation
St. Francis
St. Francis Farm Bureau
Sweden
James Thrasher
Wisemower
Hisenhower
Eisenhower
Arkansas Medical School
New Era
Patmos
Anthony White Lumber Company
Hope Fire Department
United Press
Missouri
St. Joseph
U. S
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Nebraska
G.O.P
Fayetteville
University of Arkansas
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James ©. Dockins
Rice
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Joseph P. Fulton
Fulton
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London
Ernest Bevin
Foreign Office
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Clayton
No. 10
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Attlee
Hugh Dalton
Stafford Cripps
Board of Trade
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Lewis Douglas
Britain
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Texarkana
Byron Andres
Ed Morris
Miller County
Dexter Bush
James H. Pilkinton
Theo Johnson
Main Street
Mary Don Kiser
J. W. Kiser
Rose Hill Cemetery
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Billy Kiser
Wilkes
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Hal Boyle
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Rover Boy
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Standard Oil
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French National Assembly
Marseille
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Ramadier
Truman
Illinois
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Hugh White
UMW
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Kentucky
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Neb
Harry B. Coffee
Union Stockyards Company
CIO United Packinghouse
Coffee
CIO Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Kearney
N. J
Bethlehem Ship Yards
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
AFL United Mine Workers
Viday
Texas City
Tex
Revenue Department
Lansing
Mich
Frank D. Clancy
Arkansas Revenue Department
Mason Hall
Whitfield
National Labor
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Paul M. Herzog
NLRB
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Houston
Rr Reynolds, Jr
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White House
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Herzog
van Arkel
Charles J.” Wilson
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General Motors
Indy
Fairpark
Hempstead Courth
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Robert C. Rogers
Army Air Forges
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