Hereford stock auction nets near twelve thousand dollars
Nearly twelve thousand dollars was paid for 52 head of registered Herefords at an Arkansas Hereford Breeders Association annual auction in the Third District Livestock Show Coliseum. Top bull bought by Brannan Spencer Ranch. top cow sold by Toward Kidd brought 375. bidders from several states attended despite rain and cold. Col. Walter Britton of Texas was auctioneer. Bob Shiver and Johnny Branahan of Hope ran arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ina
Arkansas Hereford Breeders Association
Brannan-Spencer Ranch
Phil Hardy
Texarkana
Kidd
Murfreesburg
L. E. Scott
Little Rock
C. BP. Jones
Patmos
Worth Matteson
Foreman
Col
Walter Britton
Texas
Bob Shiver
Johnny Branahan
Hope
Marion Crank
Forensen
Rosewoon Ranch
Dierks
Hawkins Bros
John A Hawkins Jr
Fred Mc
Sarainga
Barlow
Nashville
M. L. Stuear
Tokio
Camp J
Dulogerfield
Bob McClure
Lewis and Campbell and
Glencrest
Bowman Ranch
Wade Atkinson
Beckman
West
McNeil
B. Thomas
Curtis
McCarthy Seeks Why McLeod Lost Personnel Powers
Senator McCarthy demanded a full State Department report on the reshuffle that removed Security Chief Scott McLeod from control of hiring and firing. He noted the move reduces McLeod’s powers and urged answers on the purpose and new personnel chief, while stating he has not spoken with McLeod or Secretary Dulles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herber Foser Washingon
Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy Fast
State Department
Scott McLeod
McCarthy
Rwis
Department
Schule
Dulles
McLeod
Blytheville to Funds for Base Construction
Blytheville area expected to see nearly 6 million dollars in contracts for construction at the new air force tactical air command base within 60 days. Air Secretary Harald Talbott and U S Senator John L McClellan indicated the base will be completed and ready by end of 1955 with a projected cost of 12 million dollars, down from a prior 18.8 million. One wing of light bombardment aircraft is planned and permanent personnel may total 3 000 to 3 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berramyanti
Air Force Tactical Air Command
Laval
Ajr
U. S
John L. McClellan
Arkansas
Harald Talbott
Blytheville
McClellan
Ipl
Join In Red Cross Aid Campaign Urges Help at wrecks
A driver follows a car crash on a busy highway and a man behind wants to aid victims but lacks first aid skill. Red Cross taught first aid to 778000 last year, urging volunteers to join the campaign and train to provide safe help at accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Federal Civilian Payroll Drops for January
The Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures reported January federal civilian payroll at 2,348,457, an 8,834 decline from December. The committee noted this marks the 11th consecutive monthly payroll reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Joint Committee On
House Group Set to Slash Excise Taxes
Washington House Ways and Means Committee favors broad excise tax cuts proposed by Chairman Daniel A. Reed aiming to reduce rates from above 10 percent. Secretary Humphrey cautions against sweeping reductions. projected revenue loss near one billion dollars yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Eisenhower
Republican
Democratic Committee
Daniel A. Reid
R-Ny
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Pen
Senate
Eifsenhower
Read
Treasury
Reed
British Vote Records Peace Budget Passed by Commons
London The House of Commons approved Britain's record peacetime defense budget 295 to 270 after Labour forced a ballot. Churchill urged acceptance without a vote to keep defense questions out of party bickering. The budget totals 1,639,007,006 pounds for the new fiscal year starting April 1, higher than the current year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Britain
Churchill
Stricken at Hearing Col Burdick Dies in Washington
Col Roy D Burdick a 0 year old retired Army engineer collapsed while testifying before a Senate subcommittee and died at Walter Reed Medical Center from a brain hemorrhage. He lived in Little Rock Arkansas and opposed the Millwood Dam project amid flood control funding requests for Red River area including Texas Arkansas and Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy D. Burdick
Senate
Walter Reed Medical Center
Burdick
Little Rock
Arke
Senate Appropriations
Millwood
Little River
Arkansas
Thesland
Red River Valley Association
Louis Graves
Nashville
Ark
Washington
Red River
Texas
Louisians
Texarkana
F. F. Webb Jr
L. R. Matthias
Shreveport
Ferrell's Resevoir
Marshall, Jefferson and Duingerfield
Ares
Mitchell Calls for Ike to Take Stand at Rally
Petersbug Florida rally speaker Stephen A. Mitchell urged President Eisenhower to confront Senator McCarthy, warning that Americans will vote against the Eisenhower Republicans if McCarthyism continues. He accused an unholy alliance with McCarthy and pressed for constitutional rights and unity against Democratic opponents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Fla
Democratic National Committee
Hisernhower
Sen. MacCarthy
Stephen A. Mitchell
McCarthy
MecCathy
al Pinellas County
United States
Ameria
Eisenhower
Sen
Fulton PTA to Show Film
The Fulton PTA will present a film tonight titled Secure the Blessings. All members and the public are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton Pta
The
Fulton Pfa
Indignation over drunkenness fines drives court cost rule change
In Baxter County Arkansas a man fined five dollars for drunkenness faced twenty two dollars and fifty cents in costs. The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that only state wide costs may be charged and voided local special fees that applied to Baxter County by a 1851 act. The decision highlighted limits on local legislation and mirrored a broader dispute over a Perry County vocational school act. Continued on Page four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Hatch
Little Rock
Baxter
Justice of the Peace
Arkansas Supreme Court
Baxter County
Supreme Court
Perry County
British Seek Truce in Kenya Fight
In Nairobi Kenya British officials began an effort to negotiate a truce with the Mau Mau terrorists who have brought fear to the region. General China, the captured No 2 leader, had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment for aiding authorities, and contact with the group was established through his letters to subordinates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nairob
Kenya
Britain
Mau Mau
China
Chicago Snow Heaviest in 15 Years Amid Citywide Shutdowns
United Press reports Chicago faced its heaviest snow in 15 years with 14 inch depths in the metro area and up to a foot at Midway Airport. Runways closed, 25 to 30 planes diverted to Milwaukee, nearly 1,000 passengers stranded, and 37 people rescued from stalled cars. A separate bitter cold wave stretched into Texas with zero lows threatening crops, while two girls, 12 and 18, were found frozen beside railroad tracks after fleeing a school recess.
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United Press
Chicago
Duy
Twindis
Missour
Lake Michigan
Midway Airport
Mitchell Field
Milwaukee
23Rd Street
Air Mall
Post Office
Naval Reserve
Pent Mazon
Texas
Panhandle
Rio Grande Valley
Department of Agriculture
Borger
Tex
Income From Cotton to Be Lower in Arkansas
Arkansas cotton farmers face an estimated 26 million dollar drop in income this year due to reduced cotton production. Economist T Atkinson of the Agricultural Extension Service warned some individual farmers will suffer larger losses, and urged replacing cotton with new crops and expanding per acre production elsewhere as partial offset. He spoke at a meeting of agricultural agency representatives in Little Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas
T. & Atkinson
Agricultural Extension Service
Atkinson
Agricultural Agency
Boeing Unveils New Jet Plane Rivaling Early Airliners
Boeing Airplane Co unveiled a 95 ton swept wing four jet prototype that promises to be the world’s future commercial carrier. The craft, capable of about 450 miles per hour, was shown near completion in the Seattle area plant alongside work on the Air Force B47 and B52 bombers. President William A. Allen said the aircraft’s know how stems from bomber construction, signaling near completion of the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boeing Airplane Co
Air Force
Boeing
William A. Allen
Hope High Junior Play Announces Specialty Acts
Hope High School juniors present Father Was a Housewife with specialty numbers between acts. Three Notes and a Chord features Joy Caffea Barbara Holder and Judy Barr with Jo Anne Hartsfield as accompanist. March 12 at 1 90 p m and 8 p m in the school auditorium.
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Hope High School
Joy Caffea
Barbara Holder
Judy Barr
Jo Anne Hartsfield
Sweet Mama
Ricochet
John Taylor
Mandelay
Sylvia
Gail Cook
Juanita Gilbert
Virginia Lafferty
Toby McBay
Patsy Martin
Shirley McBay
Patty Rogers
Billye Williams
June Willett
Joana Hartsfield
Captlyn Huett
Gloria Rothwell
Doris Huckabee
Mary Almond
Jerry Almond
Barbara Poti
Annette Olver
Eisenhower reads letters on the war effort at rally
Fragmentary OCR notes phase of Eisenhower remarks mentioning play and military arms policy. Names unclear in readable text but references to leadership and wartime mobilization hint at speech context and defense priorities.
Australia hit by second quake in three days near Adelaide
Adelaide region rattled by a strong earthquake marking the second tremor in three days. Townsfolk watched as houses shook between the hills and the sea but no damage was reported, while officials noted thousands of dollars in toppled masonry and cracked walls from the event. Queen Elizabeth II is slated to visit March 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
South Australia
Adelaide Hills
Dulles Plot Tied to Washington Congress Shootings
UPI reports a Puerto Rico sourced alert linking the Monday Washington shootings to a wider plot to assassinate U S leaders including President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles. FBI warned of possible further violence as Puerto Rican figures are cited in the scheme and security around officials increased nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Washington
United States
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Eisenhower
John Foster
Dulles
FSI
J. Eagar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Jamc
Hoover
Guy
Munoz Martin
Andé Antonio Ternes-Isera
Dukies
Caracas
Venezuela
Congress
Shere
County Red Cross Donations Reported for Hope ry Area
Contributions to the American Red Cross in Hope ry and surrounding areas total 1121.75 with many gifts from individuals and couples. Notable donors include Geo H Wright 15.00 Barlow Hotel 10.00 Roy Reed 50.00 and Mrs Josie Smith 9.60, plus multiple one dollar gifts and small sums. Previously reported 1053.60.
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American Red Cross
Hope Ry
Geo. H. Wright
Barlow Hotel
Ozan & St. Paul Monroe Stuart
Robins
A. T. Graves
W. Stevens
Carroll Tollett
Roy Tollett
Floyd Matthews
George Ross
R. L. Stuart
Kate Goodlett
F. B. Hanna
Luck Cowling
Roy Reed
W. It. Redley
W. D. Jones
J. O. Babe
Charpies Locke
Chas Irvin
Earl Robins
J. S. Crane
W. F. Robins
Smead
A. L. Christian
Willie Burroughs
Truman Hill
Leon Hines
H. A. King
L. J. Robins
Josie Smith
Bertie Norwood
Bettie Fletcher
Rush Jones
Q. O
Ralph Webb
Arthur Gray
Lent Begins for Many Christians Observances Start Ash Wednesday
New York report notes Lent began yesterday with Ash Wednesday as temples and churches mark a 40 day period of penance and self denial. Practices vary by faith and community and include dietary restrictions almsgiving and abstaining from entertainment or alcohol. Major weekly services and the nationwide observance are coordinated by the National Council of Churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New. York
Ational Council of Churchos
Denmark's New Party Debuts In Local Elections
Denmark's New Party makes its debut in nationwide local elections. Its platform echoed McCarthy era investigations. Social Democrats remained dominant, winning 57 seats and majorities in 61 of 304 towns. Single Tax and Communists suffered losses, with limited council seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copnhagn
Denmark
National Youth Party
McCarthy
United States
Social Democrats
Socialists
Copenhagen
Single Tax Party
Communists
All Around the Town and Arkansas Auction Notes
Yesterday's Hereford sale in the Coliseum touted as the association's best in Arkansas in months. One bull and nineteen cows sold for just under 512,000, top price from Bran nan Spencer ranch, second from C. P. Jones of Patmos. January Chamber report shows milks sales $18,426 and postal receipts up $6,021 from prior year. Telephone connections reached 2,906 in Hope versus 2,593 in January prior year. Weather reports note unseasonal warmth and a morning low of 20 after a 25 degree 24 hour period. Cold mornings have damaged fruit trees locally. court docket lists a Ward of 401 Pond Street.
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Coliseum
Arkansas
Brannan-Spencer
C. P. Jones
Patmos
Chamber of Commerce
Ene
Fapine
RAI
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Col. Burdick
Mitchell
Ike
New York City
House of Representatives
Lolita Lebron
Rafael Cancel Mirana
Andres Figueroa Cordero
Irving Flores
Flores
NEA Telephoto
Jack Bell
Doris
More County Red Cross
New Party
Igre
Ward
Pond
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