Wealth, fame, and ideas in American thought
In William Feather's Our Daily Bread, the piece critiques money as a social exchange symbol while reflecting on what makes great men and ideas endure. It contrasts the nickel as a driver of transit with wealth and genius, noting Whitman and Carnegie as natural talents whose gifts differ and cannot be shared directly. The essay argues distance from a person elevates perceived greatness.
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William Feather
Imperial Type Metal Magazine
Trishman
Vassar College
Walt Whitman
Whitman
Carnegia
Carnegie
Johnson Defends Service Unity Amid Bombers Inquiry
Defense Secretary Louis Johnson rejected claims he seeks to destroy service individuality, calling reports lies. He welcomed a committee probe into the B 36 controversy and urged Senate backed measures to unify the Army Navy and Air Force, while Rep. Van Zandt pressed irregularities in bomber purchases.
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Washington
Defense
Louis Johnston
James E. van Zandt
R+ Pa
Johnson
Aged Prescott Woman Dies on Monday
Prescott native Mrs. Kate Dillion ward aged 15 died at her home yesterday. She was a member of the Christian church. Survivors include her husband Alfred Cummings of Prescott and Mrs. Fletcher Parker of Lewisville, a brother C. S. Dillon of Texarkana, three sisters Mrs. A. L. Porter Stephenville Texas, Mrs. L. B. Strait Lamesa Texas and Mrs. S. P. McGuire Gordon. Funeral services will be held at the family home at 3 p.m. Wednesday with burial in Prescott Cemetery.
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Kate Dillion Ward
Prescott
Christian Church
Say ‘Saeyysnep OA
Para
Alfred Cummings
Fletcher Parker
Lewisville
Borhter
C. S. Dillon
Texarkana
A. L. Porter
Stephenville
Texas
L. B. Strait
Lamesa
S. P
Hit Run Speedboat Amputates Swimmer Feet
A speedboat struck two 14 year old swimmers at Lake Tahoe near Roseville California. One girl Imogene Wittsche lost a foot, the other Janet Lutz escaped injury. The driver fled. deputy Brenzel said an arrest would be made today. Imogene is related to Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz. A separate Manila report notes two waterspouts killed a girl and injured nine on Bantayan island, Cebu.
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Brenzel
Imogene
Los Angeles
Calif
Eugene Biscailuz
Manila
Bantayan Island
Cebu
Philippines
Arkansas Weather Cloudy With Little Temp Change
Cloudy conditions persist across Arkansas this afternoon and tonight through Wednesday. Temperatures show little change with no significant precipitation expected as the period progresses.
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Arkansas
Hope Opens Melon Shed and Farm Market Project
Work begins on a 32 by 60 foot watermelon and produce shed at Hope's Farmer's Market on Highway 67 West. Mayor Lyle Brown spades the first earth in a ceremony as donations and city efforts support a facility to bring growers and buyers together with improved parking and services.
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Lyle Brown
Hope
George Robison
Rope Chamber of Commerce
EF. W. Copeland
Frank McLarty
Claude Sutton
Dick Erwin
B D. Forsythe
Agriculture Committee
The
Hope Chamber of Commerce
City of Hope
State Highway Department
Rule Chamber of Commmerce
Chamber of Commerce
State Highways Department
R. N. Mouser
Richard Erwin
Clana Sutton
Warren Gunter
Graydon Anthony
Paul Lewis
Hope Hardware Co
Ritchie Wholesale Grocery
City Lumber Co
Fred D. McElroy
Hope Builder's Supply Ca
Chamber of Commerce Seeks Large Melons for Out of Town Buyers
The chamber of commerce seeks a supply of melons over 100 pounds to fill orders from across the United States. B D Forsythe says farmers with oversized melons should notify the chamber office. Buyers have already sent payments, including one for a 160 pound melon from Fred J Frith of Pagadeip California, as the C of C acts as matchmaker rather than buyer.
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Hope Chamber of Commerce
B. D. Forsythe
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
United States
Hope
Forsythe
Fred J. Frith
Pagadeip
California
C. of C
War Hero to Be Returned for Burial
Pleoyett B. Rinehart, son of Mrs. Callie Rinehart of Patmos, will be returned for burial after being killed in action in France on June 21, 1944. Funeral services are set for Friday at Providence Church with American Legion supervision, burial at Betts Cemetery.
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Pleoyett B. Rinehart
Callie Rinehart
Patmos Re 2
Young Rinehart
France
Providence
WG Mites
American Legion
Betts Cemetery
New Woman Treasurer Honors Truman Appointment
Mrs. Georgia Neese Clark, the first woman named U.S. treasurer, visited the Kite House in Washington on June 25 to thank President Truman. She said the visit was a formal gesture to express her appreciation for the historic appointment.
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Washington
Georgia Neese Clark
Kite House
President Truman
Liberals Win By Landslide In Canada
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Louis St Laurent's Liberal party achieved a historic landslide in the national election, securing 191 of 262 seats with major gains in Quebec. The Progressive Conservatives earned 41 seats, the Labor Progressive group was crushed, and even LP leader Tim Buck failed to win his Toronto district.
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Ottawa
Louis St. Laurent
Liberal Party
Liberals
Progressive Conservative Party
George Drew
Ontario
Progressive Conservatives
Commonwealth Co- Operative Federation
Skelton
Hether
Quebec
Drewad
PC Party
Labor Progressive
Tim ‘Buck
Toronto-Trinity
Britain Seeks Dominion Aid to Shore Up Sterling Funds
London reports Britain will convene an emergency meeting with finance ministers from Commonwealth countries within two weeks to discuss measures to stem the drain on the sterling area. Officials warn dwindling reserves threaten a panic, as Cripps plans deeper import cuts to conserve dollars.
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London
Britain
Stafford Cripps
Arkansas Reaches 100 Polio Cases in Year
Little Rock reports its 100th polio case and fourth polio death for the year. Eddie Chambless, son of Mr and Mrs Ulysses Chambless of Paragould, died at a Little Rock hospital as health officials warn the season may peak earlier. Dr T S state health officer notes Little Rock hospital wards can handle acute cases if the situation worsens.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Eddie Chambress
Ulysses Chambless
Paragould
State Health Department
Department
de. T. T
University Hospital
Arkansas Crippled Children’s Hospital
Crippled Children's Hospital
Jacksonville
Slump Deepens as Production Drops Across Big Firms
Washington report shows a 10.8 percent fall in output from last November through May with June expected to shrink another 2 to 3 percent. Despite May output still above prewar levels, unemployment rises as plants close or slow, while debates on the economy pit Sawyer against Wallace and hint that big industries like steel and autos face a sharper downturn later in the year.
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Charles Molony
Washington
Porson
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Charles Sawyer
Henry Wallace
Sawyer
Wallace
Truman
Census Bureau
Oranch
Commerce Department
Boston
National Republican
Hugh D. Scot, Jr
GOP
Officials Named for Hempstead School Election Box
Officials for the special Hempstead county School District No.3 election are listed for the Columbus and Clow boxes. Columbus box judges are C R White Herbert Sipes B C Webb with clerks Charles Middlebrooks Guy Hicks and Sheriff J C Hipp. Clow box judges I W Harris T J Draper and W B E Sampson with clerks Isom White Ersalene Harris Sheriff R L Walker. Alternates named for both boxes. Election held Saturday July 2 from 2 to 630 p m.
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Hamad County
Hempstead County
Guards to Drill Captain Fuller Attends Armory Drill
Guards to drill tonight at the Armory under Captain Dorsey R. Fuller commanding Company A bard Infantry Arkansas National Guard. All members urged to attend.
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Dorsey R. Fuller
Bard Infantry
Arkansas National Guard
Arkansas Pilot Killed in Missouri Plane Crash
A light plane crashed near Neosho Missouri killing Ellery Shelton Womack 84 of Hot Springs Arkansas. Witnesses say the engine sputtered and the craft had been electing for some time before the crash as CAA investigators from Springfield begin the probe.
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Neosho
CAA
Here
Ark
Ellery Shelton Womack
Springfield
Yale Class of 1924 Lingers in Riches and Quiet Legacy
Old Eli's Sons of 1924 show strong finances and stable lives decades after Yale. The 25th reunion reveals average income around 17 210 with total earnings near 25 111, many married with lifelong careers in law banking and medicine. Despite high success rates, Frank Merriwell’s fate remains a curiosity as the piece notes strong self reliance among alumni and varied views on politics and taxation.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Frank
Merriwell
Yale
Eli
Yale University
Calvin Coolidge
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railway
Ivory Tower
Dyes Used to Mark Diapers Fatal to Babies
Lake Wales Florida June 28 An official inquiry follows four newborn deaths in three days at a hospital using bluish purple diaper ink. Doctors warned analine dyes in laundry markings may cause methemoglobinemia in premature infants. A fifth baby remains ill. samples of the ink will be tested for grand jury consideration.
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Lake Wales
Fla
American Medical Association
AMA Journal
Louis Edward Lamb, Jr
Walter W. Woolfolk
Bree Kelly
Man Admits Cruel Murder of Little Boy Peewee Eaton
Lansing news reports four year old Jay Walter Eaton killed in a dark vacant lot. Dudley Beatty, 29, confessed to police, saying he lured the boy with drinking and then slit his throat with a broken beer bottle. Beatty, estranged from his family and living nearby, also faced questions about possible sexual advances.
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Lansing
Mich
Jay Walter
Peewee) Eaton
Walter
Michigan
Dudley Beatty
Beatty
Paul Faylor
Beaty
Taylor T
Leslie Eaton
Alfred Jones
Eatons Tho
Inspector Taylor
Father of AP Writer Carl Bell Dies in Washington
Washington dispatch reports Carl K. Bell Sr. father of AP newsman Carl K. Bell Jr. died after a short illness at 63. A Waldron, Arkansas native, he had lived in Fayetteville, Ark. for many years. Survived by wife and sister Margie McKinna of Poteau Oklahoma. Funeral services set for Sunday in Fayetteville with arrival Friday.
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Washington
War Department
Carl K. Bell
Associated Press
Little Rock
Waldrow
Ark
Bell
Fayetteville
Margie McKinna
Poteau
Okla
Berlin's Railway Workers End 38-Day Strike
Berlin's West Berlin rail system reopened after 38 days as workers returned to posts and Soviet-directed management resumed control. Traff ic did not resume immediately while authorities prepared to run trains, with talks among Western and Soviet officials continuing to resolve economic deadlock.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Thst
Western
Germany
Allied Control Authority
U. S
Mikhail
Dragin
S. Semyonov
Soviet Union
George P. Hays
Riddlebergerg
Charles Gailey
Unite States
Meghalis Ee Mal
Hearing on Crash of Airliner Set for July 13
Memphis, Tenn. June 28 UP Leon Tanguay Fort Worth chief aeronautics investigator said July 14 is the tentative date for a public hearing into the American Airlines Convair crash. He noted the strike scene investigation is complete but not all needed information may be ready by July 13. Engines from the crashed plane have been shipped to Tulsa for inspection.
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Memphis
Tulsa
Oklo
Convair
Thit Geseral
Lewis 3 Day Week Plan Rejected by Coal Operators
White Sulphur Springs West Virginia June 28 coal operators were reported ready to reject John L. Lewis plan to forego a strike next month for a three day work week. operators voted in Pittsburgh amid legal risk worries that limiting output could violate anti trust laws. some privately liked the idea but feared the costs and loss of control. formal answer to Lewis expected at bargaining conference 3 p.m. EST.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
North
West
John L. Lewis
Pittsburgh
Jlo
Lewis
Central Pennsylvanian Coal Association
Operstors
Vader
Visiting Day at University of Arkansas Branch Station
Local station reports preparations for the 18th annual visiting and study day at the University of Arkansas Branch Experiment Station. Social study days will host 4-H groups from 20 counties on June 29 and 30. Principal speaker Friday July 1 is Ge Lewis Webster Jones president of the University of Arkansas.
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University of Arkansas Branch
Lewis Webster Jones
University of Arkansas
Vatican reports Romanian Communist purge of church leaders
Vatican confirms Catholic hierarchy loss in Romania with Archbishop Marton of Alba Iulia and Bishop Durcovici of Jassy among those affected. Official bulletin says Greek church separation efforts influenced by curbs on Catholic rites and immediate church conditions.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Romania
Ctum
Ainiepriaieae
New ‘See
Marton
Extension Service Farm Programs At Arkansas Grounds
A community gathering at the Arkansas grounds features Byron Hadenton County Agent and other specialists from theExtension Agriculture and Horticulture sections. Witches and cold drinks will be available as a general program unfolds with entertainment from club members across Arkansas. The Kansas Fish and Game Commission and Arkasas Forestry Exhibit will be showcased along with wildfire displays and recreational activities led by state officials.
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Branchton
Agen
Byron
Hadenton
Stead
Meade
Associat Forestry
J. Allen
Toulhurst
West
Arkansas
Graham
Hj Service
Kansas
Colston
Arkansa
Wall
Arka and Game, Commission
Kiwanians to Entertain Ladies at Fair Park
Kiwanians host eight annual gathering at F Exhibit Hall tonight with Mayor Lyle Brown as principal speaker Harv Texarkana noted for nation’s outstanding family relations. Dinner prepared by Hotel Barlow. All Kiwanis members and their ladies urged to attend.
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Fair Park
Lyle Brown
Harv
Hope Star 20 Years Ago Notes Highway paving and fair events
Recap of Hope area developments 20 years past notes highway 6% paving between Hope and Fulton with river bridge nearing 93 feet height slated for November opening. Watermelon festival planned for August with maid and queen contests rules to be announced. Boxing matches and skating rink at Promatesult and Robins site near Hop Tabernacle referenced.
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Heover
Hope
Fulton and
Fulton River
Watermelo Tval
Ly Boxing
Ciatches
Promate Sult and Robins
Hop |Tabernacle
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