Truman speech cited and Red Cross drive opens Hempstead
Our Daily Bread notes President Truman meeting Miguel Aleman in Mexico City and pledging support for weaker nations, while warning against war fatigue. It also covers Hempstead County's Red Cross drive opening at Hotel Barlow aiming for a $5,036 quota, with detailed donor roles and committee reports.
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Truman
Miguel Aleman
Mexico City
United States
Mr. Truman
America
Destructive Water Wears Rocky Mountains Over Geologic Time
A noted geologist states that three major Rocky Mountain ranges were formed and eroded away by water over the past 30 million years. The finding highlights long term erosion shaping regional topography and underscores water's persistent role in mountain evolution.
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Rocky Mountain Ranges
Drive for Red Cross Opens in Hempstead Co
A local Red Cross drive begins in Hempstead County with advance gifts listed from multiple donors. Graves & Graves, Hope Brick Works, Citizens Natl Bank, First Natl Bank, Hope Hardware, Hope Basket Co, Hope Builders Supply, Anthony White Lumber Co, Graydon Anthony Lumber Co, Hope Auto Co, Bruner Ivory Handle Co, Gunter Lumber Co, Mr. and Mrs. Thos F McLarty, Saenger Rialto and New Theatres, Hope Star, and other supporters contributing amounts ranging from 50 to 100 dollars.
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Advance Gifts
Graves & Graves
Hope Brick Works
Citizens Natl. Bank
First Natl. Bank
Hope Hardware Co
Hope Basket Co
Hope Builders Supply
Anthony White Lmbr. Co
Graydon Anthony Lmbr Co
OO. Hope Auto Co
Bruner-Ivory Handle Co
Gunter Lumber Co
Mr. & Mrs. Thos. F. McLarty
Saenger, Rialto & New Theatres
Hope Star
Weisenberger Statement on 1947 Red Cross drive
Hempstead County Red Cross drive underway as workers donate time and money. Community members urged to contribute and support, with the Hempstead Chapter led by Royce Weisenberger calling for readiness and prayerful action to help carry on Red Cross efforts both locally and abroad.
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Ed Cross
Royce Weisenberger
Hempstead
Texarkana School Band to Play Here
The Arkansas High School Band of Texarkana, 82 musicians under director J R Brandon, will perform Friday night at 7 30 in the Hope High School band auditorium. Admission is free and the public is invited. A home and home agreement with Hope sends Hope Band to Texarkana later.
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Arkansas High School Band of
Texarkana
Hope
J. R. Brandon
Hope High School
Hope Band
Hialeah Racing Meet Closes With Black Helen and Juvenile Stakes
Hialeah Park ends its 40 day meeting with the Black Helen handicap worth 20000 dollars and the Hialeah juvenile stakes for a purse of 10000 dollars. Nine fillies and mares are expected in the Black Helen mile and a furlong with Miss Grillo carrying top weight of 130 pounds. Attendance for 39 days runs well ahead of last year while wagering trails the prior season.
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Miami
Fla
Hialeah Park
Miss Grillo
Sad Malden boy accused of murder sparks fury at courthouse
In Malden Massachusetts police say five officers protected 17 year old Robert L Coombes as he was led from the courthouse after pleading innocent to murdering 11 year old Jacqueline Maxwell Relatives attacked him with strikes claws and spits Coombes had been held without bail and was turned over by his parents The case follows Coombes release from reform school less than a month earlier amid renewed questions about juvenile sentences and monitoring Police say he admitted to the crime in a field near where the victim's body was found
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Hempstead
Red Cross
Barlow
Jeff Shemwell
Arkansas
Shemwell
Franklin McLarty
Royce Weisenberger
McLarty
Florence Wingfield
Army - Navy
Hot Springs
Little Rock
Leon Bundy
Lucille Carrigan
Elmer Brown
Drive
Himsself
Pacific Theater
Guy E. Basye
Earl Clifton
Remmel H. Young
Malden
Mass
Robert L. Coombes
Jacqueline Maxwell
Cambridge
Coombes
Reform School
Elizabeth Coombes
Francis Coombes
Shirley (Reform) School
Joy
Thomas A. Murray
Murray
Maxwell
Official election tabulation confirms Fink for mayor
The city Democratic mayoral race ends with Albert Fink at 786 to Vesey 765, a 21 vote margin, per secretary J. Pat Duffie. Clerk results show Charles Malone 1038 to Richards 429. Ward 1 alderman reads Dorsey McRae 833 to Rommel Young 621. Ward 3 alderman Lyle Moore 1156 to Clyde Fritz 277. Ward 4 alderman Frank Douglas 852 to Charles Taylor 615.
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Hope
Albert Fink
J. Pat Duffie
Fink
Vesey
Charles Malone
Richards
Dorsey McRae
Rommel Young
Lyle Moore
Clyde Fritz
Frank Douglas
Charles Taylor
Key Club Benefits Show Tonight At Hope High School
The Kiwanis sponsored Key Club of Hope High School presents a benefit program titled The Gay Ninties at 8 p.m. Tonight at the school. The public is invited to attend.
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Kiwanis
Key Club of
Hope High School
Ray Cooper Home Near Hope Burns to Ground
The home of Ray Capes near Hope on old Highway 67 burned to the ground around 2 p m yesterday. Very little was saved and the local Fire Department did not receive a call.
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Ray Capes
Hope
McLaughlin resigns Hot Springs mayor bid
Hot Springs mayor Leo P. McLaughlin, in a Hot Springs New Era ad, announces he will not seek re election in the April 1 city vote. He cites a special Garland County grand jury and possible nonfeasance charges, says his 20 year tenure aimed to run an open town with bookmaking fines, and states he will not participate in the general election or naming a successor, with continuation on page two.
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Hot Springs
Leo P. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Garland County
Garland
Arkansas
Clyde Brown
G.I
Brown
Sidney McMath
Air Corps
Earl Ricks
Grand Jury
France and Britain Sign 50 Year Military Alliance
In Dunkerque on March 4, France and Great Britain formalized a 50 year military alliance. The Dunkerque treaty reunites forces, with a scene of Allied flags amid war-ravaged streets. Foreign Minister Georges Bidault arrived from Paris to witness the signing while cheering crowds and flag waving schoolgirls lined the procession.
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Dunkerque
Great Britain
France
Tony
Georges. Bidault
Paris
Bidault
Treaties Seen As Start Of Peace By US Secretary
Secretary of State Marshall told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that four pending peace treaties with Italy Romania Bulgaria and Hungary mark a beginning of peace not dictated by any single nation. He urged rapid ratification while Byrnes pressed for swift action to end armistice regimes in the Balkans and ensure withdrawal of occupation troops. The four pacts would be the first formal peace treaties from World War I. Senator Pepper urged sending the issue to the United Nations for broader interpretation.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Marshall
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kngeing
Italy
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
United States
Senate
Balkans
Byrnes
Europe
Britain
Greece
Congress
Peppers
D-Fla
United Nations
Sugar Costs Dear Price for Cuban Sugar at Home
A humorous travel column details how American tourists in Havana face inflated costs and scammy rates amid Cuba’s sugar boom. It skewers high taxi fares hotel prices and souvenir racks while noting the island’s allure and anti-Yankee sentiment. The piece lampoons tourist rituals and concludes that visitors return to the United States loaded with pocketed dollars and a lingering stereotype of Cuba as a sugar paradise.
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Havana
Cuba
Miami
States
Antilles
Philadelphia
Councils Courts Can Control Liquor Permits
The Arkansas Senate approved by 26 to 6 a bill allowing city councils and county courts to approve state retail whiskey and beer permits with the revenue commissioner issuing all approved applications. Sen. Screeton urged local control, while other measures faced votes on pensions and library funding amid broader legislative activity.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Senate
Sen
Baker
West Helena
Screeton
Hazen
Blackwell
Pine Bluff
House of Representatives
Senate
Manor
Hot Springs
Maner
Sen. Fagan
Ouachita
Pope
Lockadoo
Arkadelphia
Arkansas House
State Library Commission
Rep
Lynch
Poinsett County
General Revenue Fund
Autry
Mississippi
Roberts
Faulkner
House
Turner
Cleveland
Lilienthal Nomination Faces Senate Close Hearings
Senate Atomic Energy Committee nears end of five week hearings on David E. Lilienthal for head of the Atomic Energy Commission. McKellar questions his Wisconsin money receipt in 1931 while Vandenberg signals support. Floor action expected next week with a possible vote tomorrow and an honorable discharge if confirmed.
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Lee Nichols
Washington
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
David E. Lilienthal
Aintment
Atomic Energy Commission
Kenneth McKellar
Tenn
Lilienthal
McKellar
Commission
Congress
Wisconsin
Chicago
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Public Service Commission
Philip la Follette
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Vandenberg
Tennessean
Senate
New York Cotton Exchange Closed by Strikers
The New York cotton exchange shut down until further notice due to a walk-out by United Financial Employees Local 205. The strike halted wool futures and tops trading, but did not affect the New York Stock or Curb exchanges.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Exchange Board of Managers
United Financial Employes Local 205
UFL
Newark Exchange
Cotton Exchange
New York Stock
Curb Exchanges
Truman Tours Mexico City During goodwill visit
President Truman spent a day in Mexico City with host President Miguel Aleman highlighting a Fiesta Popular at the national stadium. He later addressed guests at a state dinner reaffirming the good neighbor policy and urging inter American unity through the inter American system.
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Mexico City
Truman
Miguel Aleman
National Stadium
Mexico
National Palace
U. S
Walter Thurston
Jaime Torres
Hernando Cortez
Spain
Oaxaca
Nayarit
Jalisco
Aleman
Foreign Ministry
United Nations
Library Club Sponsors of Amateur Night
Ho Hig School Library Club presents an amateur night on Friday March 21 at 7 30 PM in the high school auditorium. Local women's and men's groups and students perform skits with prizes 10 7 50 and 5 dollars. A senior high king and queen and junior high prince and princess will reign. Ballots sold for one cent in stores and at the high school office. Committee chairs listed and proceeds benefit the high school library fund.
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Library Club
Ho Hig School
Coronation
Virginie Ann Magness
Jo Ann Card
Catherine Cox
Prudence Parker
Votin Booth
Polly Anna Williams
Hi School Library Fund
Brundidge O Neal Alley Case Delayed Again
In chancery court today Brundidge and O Neal alley case was postponed again. An informal agreement was reached to keep the cats accessible to public use until a court decision is issued.
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Brundidge-O’ Neal Alley
Chancery Court
Northeast Storm Wreaks Havoc Across Central New York
A severe wind driven blizzard paralyzed central New York with Syracuse hardest hit. The storm crippled transportation, forced school and plant closures, and left at least 14 deaths in the region as snow piled deep and power lines fell. Plow crews struggled to clear routes amid drifting snow and continuing gale force winds. Offshore shipping faced additional strain as high seas connected with the storm affected coastal waters.
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New York
Syracuse
Trion
Northea
Newland
New State
New
Asked to Support Campaign Amid War's Aftermath
The message urges public support this March for humanitarian causes and Red Cross work. It warns against renewed suspicion and greed after conflict, calling for unity, neighborliness, and shared humanitarian instinct to guide collective action.
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The
Red Cross
Church Ministers Campaign Urges Home Display This Week
Hope laymen sponsor campaign urging every household to display campaign windows during the week of March 10. Boy Scouts committee assists as ministers touch homes with messages amid a community outreach drive.
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Hope Boy Scouts
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