Dunham Critiques RFC Role in Crisis Era Probes
Detroit banker Dunham, RFC director, tells of poor political sagacity and flawed public contact as Fulbright committee discloses government loans to political friends and gamblers. He argues the REC failed its original purpose and that government lending in easy-money days bred scandal, urging abolition of the RFC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wajalter K. Dunham
Reconstruction Pinance Corporation
Ator Fulbright
Dunham
Fulbright
Miami
Detroit
RFC
Dunham Himsel
REC
Fulbright Committee
Puerto Rican Colazo Sentenced to Death in Blair House Attempt
Oscar Col Inzo a Puerto Rican, was condemned to death by electric chair after conviction on two first degree murder counts tied to an attempt to assassinate President Truman during the Blair House attack last November. A companion died at the scene.
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Washington
Oscar Col Inzo
Ruman
Collazo
Blair House
Hope to Host District Four Band Festival in Hope
Hope will host the District Four Band Festival on Friday April 12 with about sixteen to twenty bands expected. G T Cannon, band director, announced after consulting with district directors that Hope was chosen for its facilities and central location.
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Hope
G. T. Cannon
Directeur
Hamiltons Stadium
Band Mothers Club
Holt
Water Managers to Meet Here Conference Notice
Water and sewer district managers will convene a monthly conference starting March 22 with a dinner at Hole Barlow followed by a business session in Hope City Hall council rooms. The meeting will alternate districts each month and include the host district.
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Districk Water
Seasiog
Hole Barlow
Hope City Hall
Fulbright Urges DOJ Probe Into RFC Hearings
Senator Fulbright urged the Justice Department to probe RFC hearings for possible perjury and other violations. His Senate banking subcommittee voted unanimously to seek the inquiry after private testimony from RFC Director Walter L. Dunham who described pressure to resign and named C. Eshward Rowe as proposing the fall guy.
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Washington
REC
Justice Department
Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Banking
Earler
RFC
Walter L. Dunham
Dunham
C. Eshward Rowe
Subcommittee
Senator Capchart
D-Ind
Florida
Allies Making Short Gains in Korea Push Tokyo
Allied troops advance on the Korean front amid light resistance as a 70 mile drive continues. U S Eighth Army reports Chinese and North Korean Reds killed or wounded on opening day. Sabre jets intercept and scatter Russian jets with no damage. Frontline units push along the Han river and bridges near Seoul with varying gains and limited opposition. British observers note Reds seen moving north near Yongdu but no action reported in their sector.
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Tokyo
Korea
Eighth Army
Glenn T. Eagleston
U.S. 26Th Division
Han River
Seoul
U. S. 24Th Division
U.S. First Cavalry Division
Chipyong
Hongchon
Yongdu
Arkansas redistricting puts Harris and Tackett in same district
Arkansas seven U.S. representatives react to the state legislature's congressional redistricting plan. The new map compresses seven districts into six, moving Oren Harris and Boyd Tackett into the same fourth district. Harris supports the plan, Tackett notes personal costs but calls the district logical. Other lawmakers express mixed feelings, while population changes drive the redraw.
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Lile Rock
Machh
Arkansas
U. S
McMath
Oren Harris
Boyd Tackett
Harris
Washington
Tackett
E. C. Gathings
Wilbur Mills
Sil
Grond
Brooks Hays
Cliwe Rock
W. F. Norrell
Jim Trimble
Norre
Hope High School Home Economics Dept Praised by Educators
The Hope High School Home Economics Department was named one of two outstanding state departments and hosted renowned educators including Drusilla Kent Alma Kegg Miss Alma Kegg and Ruth Powell. Visitors praised the cottage improvements and the students as Miss Keys stressed Hope’s pride in the department.
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Hope High School
Drusilla Kent
Arkansas Stag
University of Tennesssee
Alma Kegg
Missy Frances Baily
Ruth Powell
Erica Reiman
Rock
Open Williamson
DeQueen School
Beryl Henry
Hope Scho
Merican
Kent
Huile
Miss Keys
Hope
Edna P. Amidaen
United States
Office of Home Economics Education
Ana Lauriia Dist. Quezailenango
Grate Biala
Central America
Atakeea
Wagh
Supreme Court Faces Bootlegging Morality Case
Justices debate whether peddling booze illegally counts as a crime involving moral turpitude. Arguments cite Kentucky context, tax evasion, and whether making whiskey falls under a harsher moral judgment, with Justices exploring definitions and prior standards.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Kentucky
Vinson
Justicus
Sam de George
Harvey
Palermo
Kaly
Apaghetti
de George
Cane Gola
Supreme Court Ag
Angufarmath
John F. Dayla
Solicitor General's Office
Thomas F. Dolan
Be George
Dolan
Davis
Kensucky
Vinalon
Frankfurter
Dojan
Justice Jackson
Haun
Congress
Supreme Courte
Vaughn Arrested on Liquor Charge Near Fat Man Park
Police report Vaughn was arrested on a liquor charge after an incident near Fat Man Park. Details say officers responded to a disturbance call and detained the suspect without further incident. No injuries reported and the case proceeds to arraignment.
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Vaughn
Arkansas Senate Adopts Budget After Fast Adjournment
The Arkansas Senate adjourned at noon after a day of wrangling over gas station tax provisions and pending bills. It approved a $30,000,000 school budget, raised the state sales tax to three percent, and sent four House-passed measures to the governor while two were defaulted.
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Tittle Rock
Arkansas Senate
Senate
Gasollon
Xesnon
Midwest Dairy Co Takes Over Olie s Plant
Midwest Dairy Co announces the acquisition of Oller Dalry at Hope. Dalry will continue as a local operation working with Midwest's Texarkana plant. The firm expands dairy by-products including oleo margarine cottage cheese half and half chocolate drink orangeade grapeade and buttermilk. Fortune s bea room becomes available through selected dealers in Hope Prescott Gordon and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oller Dalry
Hope
Wagt
Dalry
Peodugts Corporation
T. J.beck
Midwest
Beck
Olia
Texarkana
Fortune
Hope Area
Prescott, Gordon
Oule'a
Midwest Dairy Products Corporation
Quality Central
Your Midwest
N. A. Perry
Flower Show by City Clubs Set for April Dates
The annual spring Flower Show coordinated by the Moore Federation of Garden Clubs will run April 2 to 6 at the First Methodist Church. The theme is April's Wallspring, with displays of blooms and garden topics. Open to all. rules to be published later.
Big Four to Take Up Austria Treaty Talks
The Big Four foreign ministers meet to discuss an independence treaty for Austria and ease East West tension. Leaders aim to finalize terms at the next four power meeting with Karl Gruber observing. Trieste status and Russian concerns over Italy are raised as potential sticking points.
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Nequitloe
Big Pour
Austria
al Tata
Brita
Franca
United States
Karl Gruber
Tiuasia
Wealern Poers Heniah
Trieste
Adriatic
Trenty
Italy
Andre
Gromyko
oGe
Trigsto
Vaccination Push Vaccinates 2000 Dogs in Hempstead
More than 2000 dogs were vaccinated under the Hempstead County Rabies Control Program begun February 17 and ending today. Led by Hempstead County Agent's office and Dr. D L Rogers, about 1333 dogs in 30 rural precincts and over 750 in Hope were inoculated.
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Hope
Hempstead
Noy
We Have Built Buildings Now Let Us Build Bodies
Slogans of the 1949 1950 VFW Auxiliary cancer drive emphasize the shift from rebuilding structures to aiding child cancer care. Funds from a memorial trust fund supported Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City Missouri and a Grace H. Davie Memorial Fund aided treatment for pediatric cancer patients including leukemia and other cancers.
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VFW
Veterana of Foreign Wars
Jackson Memorial Laboratory
Grace H. Duyla
National
Sac-Tros
Aus
Children's Mercy
Kenvos
Chly. Mo
Slutars
Aliee Graham
Catherine B. Richardson
Abe
Omerysdey
Bribubiegs
Sina
Carey
Grace Hy Davie Nemorial Fund
Aibolakee
Harold W. Dergmu
York
Theo
Arkansas House Adopts Public School Bill Yet Adjourns
The Arkansas House adjourned after disposing of appropriation measures amid a tense floor session. A motion to keep the chamber in session failed 33 to 0, and a late adjournment proposal was voted down 45 to 40. The session highlighted debates over school funding and related bills, with continuation noted on the next page.
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Varden
Hottier
Senate
Billie
Rone Don
Latyatte
Paul van Porry
Wis
Frangrove
Craighead
van Dalgorn
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Alex. H. Wathburn
Justice Dept
Won
MacArthur
NEA Radio
Walter Cated
Midwest Dairy Co
Olie
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