Millwood dam hearing highlights river development push
In Washington a Senate Sub-Committee hearing focused on Red River Valley river projects. Arkansas and Millwood interests promoted a 250000 request for a Millwood project report while Ferrells Bridge in east Texas drew major support and scrutiny over construction funding. Senators from Louisiana Texas Oregon Idaho and Arizona attended, with calls to expedite public works and doubts about costs.
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Kenneth Krase
Senate
Washington
Millwood
Arkansas
Hope
Nashville
Louisiana
East Texas
Ollow
Congress
Red River Valley Association
Hlwood
Red River
Ferrell's Bridge
Red River Valley
Allen J. Ellender
Russell Long
Lyndon Johnson
Price Daniels
Texas
John L. McClellan
Millwood Dam
Oren Harris
Guy Cordon
Oregon
Roy . T. Pressums
Louisiana State Department of Public Works
Ferrall’s Bridge
Sessums
Corps of Engineers
Budget Bureau
Ferrell
Senator Cordon
F. Webb, Jr
America
Louisiana Public Works
Marshal
Daingesfield
Lone Stay
Jefferson
Errell
Batchelor Charged With Helping Reds in Prison Camp
Cpl. Claude Batchelor, a former prisoner who stayed with the Reds then returned to freedom, was arrested at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio and charged with aiding the enemy. The government says his collaboration caused hardship for American POWs. Batchelor says he returned home after recognizing his wife Kyoko Araki Batchelor in Japan.
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San Antonio
Tex
Claude Batchelor
Reds
Army
Korea
Cpl
Edward Dickinson
Crackers Neck
Batchelor
Dickenson
Kyoko Araki Batchelor
Japan
Newamen
Admits Being a Red and Refuses to Talk in Senate Probe
Washington a former employee at the Federal Telecommunications Laboratories in Nutley New Jersey testified he joined the Communist party in 1936 and left in 1950. He named Frank McGee as the cell's educational leader, McGee then identified himself but refused to answer questions citing self incrimination.
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Washington
Federal Telecommunications Liboratories
Nutley
N. J
Peter A. Gragis
Long Island
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Communist Party
Telecommunications Laboratories
Frank McGee
Sen. McCarthy
Rwhs
McGee
Gragis
Yadis
L. R. College May Go Four Years
Dr. Granvilla D. Davis, president of Little Rocks Junior College, said trustees will decide on April 1 whether the school becomes a four year institution. If approved, LRIC would add a third year in September 1954 and a fourth in 1955, with accreditation likely per a North Central Association report.
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Little Rock
Granvilla D. Davis
Little Rocks
New York Port Paralyzed by Wildcat Strike
Wildcat strike by Independent International Longshoremen's Association and rival AFL union shuts port operations in Manhattan Brooklyn and Staten Island. Federal court restraining order cited by ILA leaders as discriminatory. Cunard Line assigns office staff to assist. passengers endure self carry of luggage as the Queen Elizabeth sails.
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New York
Wildcat
Union
Independent International Longshoremen's Association
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Staten Island
AFL
ILA
National Labor Relations Board
Queen Elizabeth
Cunard ‘Line
William Y. Bradley
Beer Is Beer Ruling Says Malt Liquor Taxable as Beer
Pulaski Chancellor Roney Parham ruled that Country Club Malt Liquor is subject to the same regulations and taxation as beer, despite being labeled liquor. Attorneys for distributors argued the malt product falls under beer standards with less than five percent alcohol. The state Beverage Control Board had sought to tax and regulate it as whiskey or hard liquor.
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Little Rock
Pulaski
Roney Parham
Country Club
Adobe Beverage Control Board
Boyle Down as a Coward Over Tomorrow's Science Tales
FOR HAL BOYLE WASHINGTON Excerpt shows Boyle rejecting the brave new world of tomorrow while admitting curiosity about science fiction. He cites a Washington meeting on regional planning, with Louisiana pushing a Texas project and Arkansas assisting, amid worries about Mars missions and interplanetary life. He notes authors of interplanetary thrillers once mocked atom theory.
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Boyle
Hal Boyle
Washington
Rocket
Ambrose
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Increasing Cost of County Government Seen in 5 Year Salary Scale
Hempstead County faces rising admin costs from 1947 to 1952 with expenditures growing from 30482.98 to 69710.35 as more deputies join offices. County clerk is the workhorse, while treasurer costs rise. debates ignore deputy salaries and lack of caps beyond $5000 for officeholders.
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Hempstead
Lillie
Middlebrooks
Anay
Final Day to Register for Hope Bridge Tourney
Saturday March 9 at 7:30 pm the first Bridge Tournament is held at the Youth Center. Registration at Herbert Burns Store Lewis McLatty John P Cox Drug Store and Ladies Specialty Shop or by calling the Bridge Committee. Arkansas Bridge Association aids Parks & Recreation. Prizes awarded to winners and second place pairs with a 1 66 per pair fee.
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Herbert Burns
Lewis McLatty
John P. Cox
Ladies Specialty Shop
Buddy Evans
B. L. Broach
Walter Sims
Ro L. Broach
Walter, Sims
Mike Kelly
Arkansas Bridge Association
Parks & Recreation Dept
Curtle Finch
Harry Robinson
Jean Hopson
Mared
Arkansas Weather: March Period Outlook
Arkansas forecast notes temperatures near normal for the period March 5 to 8 with normal minimums around 49 to 53 and maxima near 59 to 60. Warmer Friday night followed by a slight drop Saturday and a warmer trend Monday.
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Arkansas
Democrats Claim GOP Widely Split Rally Claims Unity Message
Democrats meeting in Miami Beach claim a split among Republicans around Eisenhower and McCarthy leaves the GOP unable to present a united front. Lyndon Johnson says the party will campaign on its record as the nation’s “party of responsibility” at a $100-a-plate dinner with Adlai Stevenson to follow, while Richard Russell urges a joint Senate House investigative committee amid multiple probes.
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Jack Bell
Miami Beach
Fla
Eisenhower
Party of Responsibility
Johnson
Adlai Stevenson
Ilinois
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
Richard B. Russell
Georgen
Washington
Senate House
Executive Department
Russell
Reds Blow Up Airport in Indochina
In Hanoi and Saigon the Vietminh raid on the major civil airport at Gia Lam damaged or destroyed several aircraft and damaged about a dozen planes. French high command noted most planes belonged to private firms requisitioned for military use. Censorship of Indochina dispatches has tightened recently.
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Larry Allen
Hanoi
Indochina
Vietminh
Gialam
Pac
Saigon
State Seeks to Recover VA Funds
Arkansas moves to file a petition with the Veterans Administration demanding repayment of 755,442 dollars to the state Education Department. Assistant Attorney General Claude Carpenter said the petition will be delivered to VA officials once signed by Education Commissioner Arch Ford. The action aims to recover federal funds identified in a state inquiry.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Veterans Administration
State Education Department
Asst
Claude Carpenter
Arch Ford
Death Penalty Set For Anthony Zilbauer In Kmiec Killing
Anthony J. Zilbauer, a 35 year old ex convict, is sentenced to death for the first degree murder of Andrew Kmiec, an insurance adjustor, shot to obtain Kmiec's car. The jury did not recommend leniency and the death sentence is mandatory under California law, with the sentence to be passed next Monday morning. Zilbauer's wife Geraldine testified she would do anything to help but later recanted on the stand, saying Tony urged her to claim knowledge of Kmiec’s alleged crime.
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Los Angeles
San Quentin
Anthony J. Zilbauer
Andrew Kmiec
California
Zilbauer
Kmiec
Tony
Arkansas Workers Return Home as Jobs Dry Up
Arkansas employment officials report a surge of residents who left the state for eastern and midwestern jobs are returning home. Interstate unemployment claims rose 69.8 percent to 14,360 since last October, with many affected workers from timber mills in Oregon and Washington and factories in Detroit and other centers. Meanwhile Arkansas jobless workers filing claims in other states totaled 1,232 last month.
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Little Rock
East
Midwest
Arkansas
Ava P. Webb
State Employment Security Division
Charles Kirby
ESD
Oregon
Washington
Detroi
Explosion Kills and Wounds Marines in Seoul Training Accident
The blast of a 2 mm shell during a training exercise in Seoul killed at least nine Marines and injured two yesterday. Several wounded are in critical condition. An instructor allegedly dropped the shell, causing the explosion that blew doors and holes in a hut. The 1st Marine Division rushed doctors and blood supplies, flying casualties to a hospital ship in Byehon harbor. One more died late yesterday, with others dying overnight. Names will be released after families are notified.
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Seoul
1St Marine Division
Byehon Harbor
Vieiling
Dega
Medical
Sith
Plane Missing 24 Hours Is Sought
Marseille dispatch reports Airmen and skiers combing the French Alps for traces of a U.S. Air Force plane missing for 24 hours over southern Europe. about 20 persons were aboard.
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Marseille
France
French Alps
U. 5. Air. Force
Trang
Europe
Local fund drive totals highlighted. students earn honors
Misguijeen Jester notes Heart Fund campaign collects 316.16 with thanks to contributors in Hempstead. Two University of Arkansas students on fall honor roll are Carlton Power and Sarah June Etler. Officials report race status and a bank officer is named in state association discussions.
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Misguijeen
Hempstead
University of Arkanses
Carlton
Power of Hope
Pod Sarah June Etler
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