Arkansas Highway Commission Faces Budget and Policy Shifts
The Arkansas Highway Commission reevaluated load limits and cancelled a previous policy, citing 1937 legislation and lack of authority. The panel endorsed moving business from Union Life Insurance to Little Rock, while authorizing staff to plan $400,000 in county road aid and to award contracts for road and bridge work valued at about $2.5 million.
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Éia” Rock
Jung
Tiesas Highway Commission
Rman C. C. Lambert
Hell
Wawial
Ian
Ammbert
Department
Murray Reed
Previent Life “and Accident Company
Union Life Insurance, Mapany of
Little Rock
McMath
Highway Direct
Lee
Roy Beasley
Entity of Cawlpment
Jones Mill to Be Idle By July 1 Strike
Jones Mill aluminuum plant workers in Hot Springs vote 527 to 6 to strike July 3 after contract talks with Reynolds Metals fail. The United Steel Workers of America says wage hikes, a pension plan, and no further employment cuts are sought. three Arkansas plants are involved with a July 1 contract expiration.
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Hot Springs
Jones Mill
Here
Shave
United Steel Workers of America
M . James Dickerson
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Hurricane Creek
Reynolds Metals Company
Dickerson
Truman Has No July 4 Plans, White House Says
Washington June 2. The White House stated President Truman has no trip plans for the July 4 weekend. Press secretary Charles G. Ross said there is no present intention for him to travel, despite reports he might attend a hometown celebration in Arkansas honoring Tessie Biffle, secretary of the Senate.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Mrr
Arkansas
Tessie Biffle
Senate
Charles G- Ross
Attorneys for Robber Seek Two Witnesses
Memphis June 24 Attorneys for accused bank robber Clyde Milton Johnson filed petitions to call two witnesses for his July 3 trial. He faces a $43 holdup charge from February and was wounded in a downtown pursuit after an FBI capture. Witness one Ichn E. Anderson, a 20 year federal inmate in Atlanta for a prior robbery, and witness two Billie Frances Hayes, described as the woman who helped Johnson escape from a Miami jail.
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Memphis
Clyde Milton Johnson
Johnson
FBI
Indianapolis
Monument Circle
Ichn E. Anderson
Federal
Atlanta
Billie Frances Hayes
Jonson
Miami
Pilot Killed in Crash Near Naval Air Station
Fayetteville Navy Lt. Charles A. Jones 27 of Fayetteville Ark died when his fighter plane crashed near the naval air station yesterday. A World War II veteran, Jones served in the naval air reserve squadron 9.
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Sywempnis
Tenn
Navy
Charles A. Jones
Fayetteville
Ark
Naval Air Station
Jones
T He
Naval Air Reserve
Steps Taken Against Czech Clergymen
Communist authorities acted against Catholic clergy accused of fomenting disorder in Slovakia and across Czechoslovakia. The Lidove Noviny report noted a widening church government clash, with Premier Zapotocky warning that law and justice would be used against those provoking unrest.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Slovakia
Lidove Naviny
Antonin Zatpatocky
Josef Beran
Zapotocky
Man convicted in Atlanta for 320 year assault case
June 24 Memphis jury convicted Albert I. Chessher of Atlanta of assault with intent to murder. Punishment set at 20 to 21 years. Betty Jean Ortega, daughter of an Atlanta salesman, found innocent as an accessory before the fact. Case tied to a hotel room shooting that left Army Sgt. Henry Glen Hynds near Amarillo partially paralyzed. Both Chessher and Ortega claimed self defense amid discussions over Hynds adopting Ortega’s six year old daughter.
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Memphis
UPA
Albert I. Chessher
Atlanta
Cheysher
Hynds
Events Signal New Struggles in Soviet Bloc
AP analyst DeWitt MacKenzie cites John Foster Dulles predicting intensified clashes inside the Soviet Union and its satellites. The piece notes uprisings in Czechoslovakia Hungary and Poland, Yugoslavia's Tito resisting Moscow, and religious crackdowns across the region as atheistic communism confronts deep belief in religion.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
John Foster Dulles
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
Dulles
Moscow
Mr. Dulles
Licny
United States
United Nations
Acheson
Hig Four Foreign Ministers Council
Paris
Colummn
Attacs
Vatican
Uniste
Homania
Bern
Josef Beyan
Achesan
Meeland
Bulgaria
Mamgary Ned
Korea
Bal, Sheviss
Letters to the Editor Policy Notice
Readers are invited to write letters criticizing editorials or commenting on facts in the pews autumns. Every writer must sign their name and address but publication may be withheld on request.
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Thia
Lts
Maine
Thank you for Arkansas help during our long search
Mrs T Elkins and Joe Elkins and families thank the Arkansas readers and the State newspaper for kindness and help in locating their loved ones since May 29 in Hot Springs. They express deep gratitude for ongoing support from the community and newspaper.
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Arkansas
Hot Springs
Dar
Cattle Spraying Schedule Guidance for Livestock Care
Basic guidance advises spraying cattle every three to four weeks to control pests. Ensure containers are leakproof and out of reach of children. Use approved products and follow safety practices. avoid exposing animals or handlers to harmful chemicals.
Streamlining Government Is Easy Explained
Washington on June 24 discusses the slow, step by step process of streamlining government. A Hoover Commission plan guides moves, with Truman and Congress initiating reorganizations in the State Department and ongoing debates on unifying the armed services. The plan foresees empowering the president with broader control via the national security council and resources board, while Congress weighs tighter unification and potential presidential orders.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
Truman
State Department
Department
Acheson IG
Armed Services
Senate
House
Johnson
Army
Navy
Air Force
Secreary of
Defense
James V. Forrestal
Naval Hospital
Unis
National Security Council
National Security Resources Board
Security Council
Chasen
Hiss Testimony Details Meetings With Chambers in 1934 1935
Hiss testified that he first met the party linked to Chambers in late 1934 or early 1935 when he was counsel to the Senate munitions committee. He said Chambers sought articles on the munitions inquiry and interest in aircraft firms and Du Pont, denying transmitting any restricted government documents.
County Agents Offer Garden and Property Tips
Practical advice from the county agent and home demonstration agent includes storing space guidance, hog feeding, late corn sowing, succession planting, pruning roses, and monitoring pests such as red spider and chrysan them, with mole control via traps and poison. Electric hoist use suggested for baying operations. More information available at university offices and agriculture publications.
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University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
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