End of 64 year oleomargarine tax hailed by House
The House passed a final measure by 262 to 106 to repeal the oleomargarine tariff, clearing the way for Senate approval and a President Truman signature. The column condemns the tariff's origins and notes postwar controls in foreign relations persist amid broader wartime anxieties. Judith Copion and Valentin A. Gubitchev were later convicted in New York federal court of spying for Soviet Russia.
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House
America
Senate
Truman
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
High Court
Supreme Court
Judith Copion
Valentin A. Gubitchev
New York City
U. S
Russia
Moscow
Democratic America
France Acts to Avert Gas Shortage
Paris at risk of a nationwide gas and electricity stoppage as Premice George Bidault's government orders a 100000 worker civilian draft to back wage demands. Unions approve wage increases while power plant workers threaten to walk out at midnight. Government offers 4.5 percent raise, 750 to 6000 francs, with penalties for those refusing to work.
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Paris
March
Premice
George Bidault
Woters
France
Weather Delays Seeding in Rice Belt
Unfavorable weather slowed seedings of the 1950 rice crop across the southern belt. Arkansas banks held lending until acreage quotas are set, limiting preparation. In Louisiana small rough rice lots sold around 8.19 to 4.60 per barrel with Zenith near 7.10 to 7.20 in northern Arkansas.
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Disas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Arkansas
Louisiana
Arkansas Forecast Calls for Cooler Afternoon
Weather outlook shows fall conditions with a cooler afternoon and lower temperatures. Thursday expected to feel chilly with continued fall air.
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Arkansas
Style Show to Feature Spring Fashions
Murder charge filed in Little Rock slaying of a lumber company shipping clerk. George Ferguson 38 charged with first degree murder after a fatal shooting Monday then reportedly killed himself. Hope fashion event advertised as local, sponsored by merchants and clubs, promoting four-section spring revue with garden, Easter events, and Easter Parade.
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Little Rock
John E. Coates
Pillis
George Ferguson
Durward
Miller
Sis
Saenger Theater
Aday
Ferguson
Hope
Hope Merchants
Federation of Hope Garden Clubs
Chamber of Commerce
Matco Theaters, Inc
Minstrel Men to Meet on Thursday
Minstrel Men call a 7:30 p.m. Thursday meeting for Cast and circle at the youth center. Under Harmett Thompson the Kiwanis Minstrel at Hope High is a big yearly show with new acts and music. It is a benefit for Hore Youth Center with proceeds to the Kiwanis project supporting city youths. Tickets available from Kiwanis members now.
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Harmett Thompson
Hore
Kiwanis Club
City Endorses Loan for Stock Show Building
The City of Hope votes to endorse a 21,000 loan for the Third District Livestock Association to build a 60,000 to 70,000 exhibit hall and show arena at Fair Park with a 50 year lease at 1 dollar per year. The balance comes from the district, aiming for a revenue producing unit.
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City of Hope
Third District Livestock Association
Fair Park
Hope
Norman Moore
N. Hervey Street
Ben Wilson
Spring Hill Road
Board of Public Affairs
Ier
High School To Start Night Typing Classes
Starting Saturday April 1, Hope High School offers a tuition based night typing course Monday through Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. Open to all, with contact John Martin at the high school for information. Some Tibetan monasteries have more than 1009 tama monks.
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Hope High School
John Martin
Man seeks sanity in court by cross examining psychiatrist
In Kings County New York a wealthy man named Wolfe, once convicted of murdering a Japanese actress, challenged a psychiatrist about his own sanity. The court ordered further mental tests and appointed two more psychiatrists to evaluate him after Wolfe asserted he was the Messiah and questioned Dr Solon Wolff on psychiatry and philosophy.
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New York
Lewis
Watte
Montreal
Wolfe
Solon
Wolff
Jesus Christ
Kings County
Brooklyn
Lane Goldstein
Matteawan State Hospital
Goldstein
Matteawan
Austria Seeks End to Foreign Armies in Vienna
Vienna March 8 Austria asks the four occupying powers to reduce forces pay own costs and yield most rights. A note listing Austrian proposals was sent to Moscow London Paris and Washington. Proposals aim to cut forces to token size return requisitioned housing abolish military courts arrest rights and put foreigners under Austrian jurisdiction. Gruber says a treaty could be signed in 14 days if Soviet talks proceed. Officials say Russians likely to oppose but may shield the plan.
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Vienna
Austria
Karl Gruber
Moscow
London
Paris
Washington
United States
Russia
France
Britain
Gruber
Influenza Hits Magnolia Public Schools Attendance Drop
Magnolia public schools report a sharp attendance decline due to influenza. Of 3202 students enrolled, 578 were absent, far above the usual under two percent. Officials stated there are no plans to close schools.
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Magnolia
Magnolia Public Schools
Burke's Store Sets Formal Opening This Thursday
Burke's Shoe Store formerly Henry Hitt to hold formal opening on Thursday March 9. Owner Syvelle Burke, Hempstead county treasurer in second term, brings decade in retail. Assistant manager Otha Taylor has 15 years in retail and church affiliations. Store carries Ale Step Life Stride Rablee Pedwin Buster Brown Barbara Brown shoes. Public invited to visit.
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Burke
Henry Hitt
Syvelle Burke
Hempstead
First Methodist Church
Otha Taylor
theBirst Baptist Church
Dr. Scholl
School of Practipe
Burke's Shoe Store
Life Stride
Buster Brown
Barbara Brown
VFW to Meet Nominate New Officers Tonight
The local VFW post will meet at 7:30 to nominate officers for the coming year. New officers will be elected at the March 22 meeting and installation will be held on April 12.
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VFW
Cancer Society Plans March 16 Campaign Meeting
Cancer Society to organize this year’s drive with state campaign chairman Ben T. Laney leading a delegation to visit Hope on Thursday March 16. A noon luncheon at First Christian church will feature Laney and Fort Smith volunteer W R Brooksher speaking. Also invited are workers from Pike, Howard, Little River, Miller, Lafayette, Sevier, Nevada, Columbia counties and Hempstead County Commander E W Graham.
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Ben T. Laney
Hope
First Christian Church
Laney
W. R Brooksher
Fort Smith
Arkansas
E. W. Graham
Hempstead
Pike
Howard
Little River
Miller
Lafayette
Sevier
Nevada
Columbia
El Dorado Man Named Head of Safety Council
Len J. R. Gordon of El Dorado Arkansas elected president of the Southern Safety conference at its three day session. The conference closed yesterday and will meet next year in Birmingham. New two year directors named include State Police Superintendent Herman Lindsey of Little Rock.
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Surmoms
Len
March
J. R. Gordon
el Dorado
Ark
Southern Safety Conference
Birmingham
J State Police
Herman Lindsey
Little Rock
Sin and its endless middle a reflection by Hal Boyle
New York writer Hal Boyle muses on sin, noting its beginning and middle yet seeming endless. He quotes Emerson, Seneca, Franklin, Shakespeare, and others, contrasting public condemnation with private practice and pondering sin as a state of mind versus outward act.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Calvin Coolidge
Emerson
Ben Jonson
T Boyle
Marcus Aurelius
William Sewell
Seneca
Mary Baker Eddy
Thomas Edwards
Navy Doctor Boone Critical Of Johnsons Hospital Cuts
Rear Adm Joel T Boone former White House physician and Medal of Honor recipient testified before a House armed services panel that Secretary of Defense Johnsons plan to close five general hospitals and cut operating costs is shortsighted. Boone said cuts threaten military medical training and that his removal from the joint plans division followed Johnsons opposition to the plan. The transfer prompted questions about Navy support and possible reprisals amid broader defense policy disputes.
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Washington
Navy
Johnson
Congress
Joel T. Boone
White House
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
House Armed Services
Army
Air Ftorce
Boone
Pentagon
Joint Plans and
Defense Department
Office of Medical Services
Department
Richard Melling
Forrest Kerman
Naval Operations
Sherman
Adm
Louis Denfeld
Ee Ny
House
Armed Services Committee
Denfeld
Armed Services
Negro 4 H Clubs Plan Observance
Guernsey 4 H leaders met with W Fleming and B Owen Cole to plan National 4 H Club Week starting March 4. Seven woodwork and handicraft articles were submitted for the county 4 H display opening March 9. The club will spend the week organizing a garden project with a chapel program Friday at Guernsey High and a Sunday church program.
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Guernsey
W. Fleming
B. Owen Cole
Hempstead County
Guernsey High School
Guernsey 4-H
Argusta Woods
Powers 4-H
Former Hope Resident Bever Dies in Prescott
Mrs. H. S. Bever aged 88 and a former Hope resident died today at the Prescott granddaughter’s home, Mrs. Ernest Hasiy. Survived by four daughters Ethel Curtis Hope, Raymond Selig Jonesboro, Beasie Brooks and Doris Bustin California, two sons Henry Camden and Ras Bever California, four Hope grandchildren Bert Moody Ted Merryman Paul Curtis LeRoy Henry. Funeral services incomplete.
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H. S. Bever
Hope
Ernest Hasiy
Prescott
Bever
Gus Parker
Ethel Curtis
Raymond Selig
Jonesboro
Beasie Brooks
Doris Bustin
California
Henry
Camden
Ras Bever
Cal
Bert Moody
Ted Merryman
Paul Curtis
LeRoy Henry
Vintage U. S. Marines headgear details noted
Historical note recalls the 1895 headgear of U S Marines as a spiked helmet, reflecting period military attire and style across the Orinoco river region in central Venezuela.
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Orinoco River
Venezuela
U. 58. Marines
Court Asked to Postpone Black's Execution
Arkansas Supreme Court was asked to delay the execution of Thomas Edwin Black after an appeal for a stay. Attorney Joe McCoy sought a new sanity hearing via Judge Tyg. Parham, arguing an insanity finding would bar the electrocution planned for Friday for the 1948 killing of nurse Betty Jane McCall near Fort Roots.
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Lile Hock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Thomas Edwin’ Bindkys
Black Ig
Betty Jane McCall
Forti Roots Veterans Hospital
Here
Joe McCoy
Malvern
Black
Jefferson Circuit
Union Warns Chrysler Will Pay for Strike
Detroit March 8. Chrysler strike leaders told company officials and thousands of strikers that the longer the walkout lasts the costlier a settlement will be. About 140,000 workers are affected and 20,000 gathered to hear Walter Reuther and other UAW leaders discuss pension goals and funding, with Reuther insisting on a funded trust and a $200 per month target, a plan likely to take years.
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Detroit
Chrysler
Walter Rauther
United Auto
Chrysler Ficials
UAW
Reuther
Eleven to Attend State Band Clinic
Eleven members of the Hopa High School band and director G. T. Cannon will leave tomorrow for Russellville to join the State high school band clinic. The group, chosen from over five hundred applicants by the Arkansas State Band and Orchestra Association, will form two bands of about 120 each and perform Saturday night in a concert before returning to Hope.
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Hopa
G. T. Cannon
Russellville
Clini
Loretta Ward
Dick Snell
Clara Allen
Betty Mader
Jean Arnold
Diane Bryan
Nelda Jo Thompson
J{mmie
Nell Wakefield
Jerry Bowden
Wilma Coleman
J. G. Darwin
Hope
Arkansas State Band and Orchestra Association
Texarkana
Nashville
Prescott
Hope Band Mothers Club
Catholic Priest Donates 93000 for New Parochial School
In Hot Springs on March 8 a Catholic priest, Rt Rev Monsignor William J. Carroll, gave 93000 to replace the old four room St Johns Catholic grade school with a new structure. The gift funds part of a separate building to serve as a home for many, aiding both St Marys and St Johns parishes.
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Hot Springs
William J. Carroll
St. John's
Many
Danie Special Brow Nettonay Four Four For All
Hempstead reports 9390 am club members attend the same event as part of the Danie special Brow Nettonay four four initiative.
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Danie
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