Russia's Berlin squeeze play aims at Germany control
The piece argues Russia seeks to drive the western Allies from Berlin to gain leverage over Germany. It notes sit downs, blocked rail traffic, and Soviet claims of four power unity while Moscow pursues a free hand in Berlin and a unified western Germany. It warns that force would risk a new world war, and hints Moscow wants to avoid that outcome.
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Bulelin
Arkansas
Russia
Germany
James Thrasher
Berlin
Kremlin
Reich
Hitler
Mare
Stalin
Potsdam
Free Europe
France
Great Britain
U.S
Holief
Soviet Union
20 Years Ago From Hope and Washington D C
Twenty years ago today Fred Webb city recorder returned from the Democratic National Convention in Houston Mel. Growers toss off third game to 11 to 8. Hope will be first Arkansas town to vale Joe I Robinson on his run for president. His train will stop in Hope en route home. Gav Par gli and Congressman Silman rks on hand to erect E1500 attended Visiting Day at Experiment Station. University President J C Futrall spoke. The term Siamese twins was applied to Chang and Eng, born in 1811 in Mek Siam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Webb
City Recorder
Houston
Mel
iWartth
Hope
Arkansas
Tovale
Joe I. Robinson
Gav, Pargli
Silmanrks
Experiment Station
J. C. Futrall
Hempstead County Finances On Sound Footing Says Audit
An audit from the Controller`s office shows Hempstead County with a net cash balance of 29115.24 at year end and operating on a pay-as-you-go basis. Aubrey McCasland commends Judge Fred A Luck for retiring indebtedness and placing accounts on a cash basis. The 1947 surplus rose by 14047.07 versus 1946, including 11574.91 in County General and 3072.18 in County Road funds. Auditors express satisfaction with the county`s financial condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
Aubrey McCasland
Fred A. Luck
Evacuation of Palestine Ends as British Leave Haifa
British troops depart Haifa marking the end of 18 years of occupation with tanks guarding the harbor and UN observers taking control. Lt Gen MacMillan is the last to leave as the Union Jack comes down and the flag of Israel is readied to rise over the port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hewett Haifi
Israel
Palestine
Holy Land
Gordon H. A. MacMillan
Britain
Haifa
Joseph Hoffman
Baltimore
United Nations
Bit
U. N
Lucher Spiegel
Haifa Port
MacMillan
Marriott
Habor
Harris Booster Club Formed at Magnolia
Harris supporters in Colimbia county formed a booster club to back Rep Gren Harris in renomination. Dr Joe Rushton opened the meeting at Magnolia Inn. Richard Samuels was elected chairman with Dy, Joe Rushton as secretary treasurer. Mrs Floyd Wilson chaired the new ladies division. Attendees included groups from other counties with broad interest in government welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colimbia County
Gren Harris
Magnolia Roo
Magnolia Inn
Joe Rushton
Richard Samuels
Mympaisn
Harris
Floyd Wilson
Marshall Says U S Will Deal With Berlin Blockade
Washington June 30 Secretary Marshall said the United States will deal promptly with basic questions raised by the Soviet blockade of Berlin. He did not specify actions but affirmed U S stay in Berlin and said air transport will be maximized to supply civilian needs, with greater tonnage than initially assumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Belin
Hinty
London
Ernest Bevin
Kremlin
Berlin
Marshall
Army Air Force
Europe
Russia
Germany
Lincoln White
Walter Seed Hospital
House of ‘Commons
State Marshall
U. S
Bevin
Britain
Hamburg
Birges
Elbe
Traitor Is Given Life Sentence for Treason
Robert Best, a Wan ald radio propagandist for me German Nazis, was sentenced today by Federal Judge Francis S. Word to life imprisonment and fined $10,000 for treason. Assistant Attorney General TL Vincent Quint urged the death penalty. Best urged leniency, claiming his actions would have saved lives if followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Robert di. Best
Wan Ald Radio
Francis S.word
Best
Ford
Vincent Quint
United States
Charles W. Wartlett
Ciutt
Washington
Europe
Last British Troops Leave Palestine
Fourteen people are feared dead after a fishing boat explosion off Cedar Keys Florida. Two bodies have been recovered and two survivors describe the Sunday morning tragedy. Coast guards and volunteers searched dawn to dusk for others missing, as wreckage and life preservers drifted in the Gulf of Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Keys
Fla
Coast
Gulf of Mexico
Sandy Key
William Sanders
Ocala
Barber
EL. R. Burnett
Sanders
Allied Planes Transport Food Into Berlin
Berlin reports a major Allied air convoy of over 200 aircraft delivering food to the blocked city. Bevin and Marshall signaled readiness for four power talks once the Soviet blockade lifts, as airlift capacity expands with RAF and US planes amid high tension and a Russian balloon scare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Airforce
Berlin
U. S
False Berlin barrage scare debunked by U S Air Force
A long flown barrage balloon near the Berlin air corridor caused a false alert that Russians had erected a new obstacle to the air bridge into West Berlin. The warning originated from Frankfurt pilots and spread to Wiesbaden before officials said the “barrage” was an old balloon.
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Berlin
U. S. Air Force
Hfeclin
Frankfurt
Rhine- Main
Air Flight Service
Dolle
Bearlin
Wiesbaden
Curtis E. LeMay
Airforce Public Information Office
Galt
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Defines City Pauper as a Man Who Doesn't Have a 'Place In the Country'
HAL DOYLE reflects on urban poverty and the illusion of a country retreat. A city family seeks rural life, learns its costs, and returns to urban life while yearning for simplicity. The piece contrasts city and country fantasies with personal anecdotes and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Doyle
New York
Dell
Mother Mace
Oliver
Borshow
Rama
Thal
Brooklyn Bridge
Paleo
Gu Ult
Yugoslav Communists Call Independence and Army Strengthening
Yugoslavia's Communist leaders proclaimed independence and proposed a Balkan bloc uniting Albania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia under equal national status The program urged stronger discipline modern war techniques and closer cooperation with Bulgaria and Albania to defend independence and support democratic movements worldwide
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Yugaslavia
Furtther
Republic of
Bulgaria
Albania
United Nations
Organization of the United Nations
Promises of Candidates Are Nothing New
Arkansas gubernatorial candidates clash on roads and schools with old battle cries. McMath favors additional highway bonds. eight others back pay-as-you-go or tax shifts. Holt pledges vast road work without bonds. Mackrell wants all state highways paved and roads gravelled if needed taxes rise. Lonsdale seeks moratorium on bonds. Fleming touts past gravel miles. Loflin withdraws. Jennings silent on highways. Education funding divided, with taxes and consolidation plans debated. page continues.
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Jim Thomasson
Sam Harris
Arkansas
Yesteryear
Sid McMath
Lountacunriationg.com
Horace Thompson
Jim Mervitt
Jack Holt
James
Mac’ Mackrell
John G. Lonsdale, Jr
Charles Fleming
St. Francis County
Bobind Loflin
McMath
W. T. Jennings
Holt
Merritt
Thompson
MacKrell
Arkansas Educations Associaion
AIA
Graves Home From Church Conference
O A Graves returned from the South Central Jurisdictional Conference of the Methodist Church held in Texas. He served as a delegate from the Little Rock Conference representing eight states and noted Bishop Martin of Little Rock and the retirement of Bishop Se tocman of Dallas. A new bishop, Dawson of Shreveport, was elected and assigned to the Kansas Nebraska area. Graves was elected lay delegate to the quadrennial but could not attend due to illness.
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O. A. Graves
San Antonin
Tesxas
Graves
Little Uck
Uhe
The
Methodist Church
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
New Messey Craves
Paw &. Martin
Rock
Arkansaes-Fouisiah Ae
Bana Dawson
Shroveport
Charles C. Setocman
Dallas
Wow
Miartin
Kansas-Nebraska Hpc
Wallaselt. Worth
Wr. Dawson
Kansas-Nebrauska
Mness Tran
Candidates Attend All Meetings In Arkansas Gubernatorial Race
Rock June 30 The crowded governor contest features Hay Ed Loftin withdrawing and backing Sid McMath. Pie sales by James MacKrell fund his campaign while Miss Arkansas contest draws entrants. Democratic Central Committee to decide delegate instructions and primary timing as Sadler is named alternate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gob Brown
Ite Rock
Arkansas
Hay Ed Loftin
Fort Smith
Sid McMath
Hots Springs
New Port
James
Uncle Mac) MacKrell
Harvey G. Combs
William Harold Sadler
Haute Bee
Philadelphia
Aérshueb, Adams
Jonesburu
del Bate
Asseriaie Justice
Arkansas Supreme Court
Lokin
Ski Meath
Bodcaw Club Picnic at Fair Park on July 4
Bodcaw Club invites members and students of Godeaw period to attend a picnic at Fair Park on July 4. Those planning to attend should meet early in the afternoon and enjoy a picnic lunch served at é p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodcaw Club
Fair Park
Tae Botviny Chis
Mur Park
Sundas
Godeaw
Ép.m
U S Weighs Financial Deal With Tito In Yugoslavia
U S officials consider near final agreement with Yugoslavia over Tito assets. Reported terms involve about 30 million dollars tied to state nationalized properties and potential two way settlement. Talks linked to Cominform tensions and Moscow alignment, with uncertainty if Tito seeks Western help amid pressure.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Belgrade
Tmes Ubing
Hitler
Anxi
Tito
Moscow gHlies
State Department
Cavendish
Arkansas delegates head to Philadelphia tied to unit rule
Little Rock June 30 Arkansas Democratic state committee adopted a plan to send 22 delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia without instruction. A motion to give alternates a voice was withdrawn when it was linked to possible undoing of the unit rule. Delegation costs were set at $20 a day for two days travel, with departure July 8 and arrival July 1. A proposal to invite Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce to contribute convention materials for the Arkansas exhibit was approved. The committee also nominated alternates and named temporary chair Clyde Randall to preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Kansas
Philadelphi
Arkansag Galion
Bobort Taylor
Little Roe
Mit
Adoptiq
Hrvey GeiComba
Pims
Arkansas
Littebeck
Philadelphia
Leo P. Maughlin
Hot Springs
Comemerce
Jeff Seredun
Hazen
Jefferson-Jackson
nation _ Democratic committee
Sue
Combs
Laney
Clyde Randall
Fort Smith
Dorothy Allen
Binkley
A.J. Bal
Death Toll in Japan May Reach 5000
Fukui, Japan reports rising death toll from Monday’s earthquake and fire as officials list 3213 dead and 719 injured. Authorities fear the seriously injured could exceed 10,000. American medical teams worked through the night amid candlelight.
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Japan
Fukui
Ues
Douglas MacArthur
Fukui Chy
Ftn
American Medicak Aft
Night Conkraved
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Alexander Pope
Henry Wallace
R. B. Stanford
Aislin
William Feather
Chang
Eng
Mek- 2
Siam
Harris Booster Club
Magnolia
Beauty
Bishop
NEA
Mariruth Ford
Wheeling
Miss Ford
Moundsville
West Virginia
West Virgina
Dull
Mama
Mita
Che
Papa
Therm
Brooklyn
United Press
Ani
Lespedera
Nevon
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