Hope to Dallas: daily one stop air service proposed
Our Daily Bread discusses a plan to secure a daily one stop flight by American Airlines from Hope Arkansas, funded by a local pool to guarantee passenger revenue and offset costs, with air mail revenue offset. The column also considers Russia’s acceptance of a US trusteeship plan for Pacific islands and broader implications for postwar power politics and strategic control.
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George W. Peck
Charles A. Armitage
American Airlines
California
Little Rock
Hope
Texarkana
Arkansas
Russia
Pacific Islands
United States
Farast
Philippines
Marshall
Japan
Elbe
Germany
Manchuria
America
Far East
Amateur Night at Hope High School Postponed
The Amateur Night planned for Friday at Hope High School auditorium is postponed due to a high number of influenza cases in the community.
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Hope High School
Speeds Up Arctic Day Length Compared to Antarctic
The long Arctic day is longer than the Antarctic day as Earth's orbital speed increases later in the year, speeding daytime duration in the north.
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Arctic
Antarctic
Earth
Thankful Mothers in Bed Oregon End Basketball Season
Mothers in Bed Oregon express relief as the high school basketball season ends. Players dance in stocking feet to protect maple courts, but holes appear due to wear and tear, prompting the need for repairs.
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Thankful Mothers
Ore
Andres Morris to Face Trial on March 28
Texarkana judges set 10 a.m. March 28 for Byron Andres and Ed S. Morris to stand trial in Miller County on impersonating officers charges after a preliminary hearing. Bonds posted at $1000 each. Witnesses James Michaels and the Rev Perry F Baldwin testified detailing the alleged stops and bond requests. Additional witnesses including Rev Roy E Sanders and others are expected.
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Texarkana
J. D. Cook
Arkansas
Hope
Miller County
Byron Andres
Ed S. Morris
James Michaels
Perry F. Baldwin
Michaels
Rev. Baldwin
Roy E. Sanders
Sanders
Bill Beeson
State Patroman
James A. Mason
James Poor
James H. Pilkinton
Hope Lions Club to Install Tonight at High School
The Hope Lions Club will be formally installed at a Charter Night meeting at 7 o clock this Tuesday in Hope High School. Rae Luck will serve as president assisted by Foy H. Hammons and Leo Robins as vice presidents. Charter members listed include W. W. Andrews and Eddy J. Crain among others.
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Hope
Lion's Club
Hope High School
Texarkana Lions Club
Rae Luck
Foy H. Hammons
Leo Robins
Byron D. Hefner
Charles S. Wylie
Jerome Smith
W. W. Andrews
C. P. Witsil
Red Cross Drive Nears $5,036 Quota in Hempstead County
Hempstead County presses toward a $5036 Red Cross fundraising goal as rural communities urged to speed up donations. The drive lists numerous individual gifts from Mrs. Jeanette Corbell to Alma Atkins and a group contribution from Plunkett Jarrell Grocer Co totaling 50.00.
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Hempstead
Red Cross
Jeanette Corbell
Violet Ross
June Lewter
Lena Maryman
Mildred Davis
Virginia Keith
Marjorie Dennis
Betty Anne Andres
Sue Porter
Maggie Sue Bennett
Gladys Jones
Marjorie Lou May
Johnnie Hancock
Margie Mosier
M. Rogers
Bonnie Sisson
Muriel Griffith
Mary
Dorotha Faye Caudle
Alma Dean Purtle
Lottie Faye Edwards
Daphne Levins
Ora Mae Moody
Obera East
Plunkett Jarrell Grocer Co
Geo M. Green
Alicia Jones
Alma
Mary Ethel Perkins
Georgia Whittemore
Juana Stanford Sonserdaie Onsen
Marshall Rejects Soviet Reparations Bid at Potsdam Session
U S Secretary of State Marshall and British Foreign Secretary Bevin rebuked Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov for claims that $10 billion in German reparations had been removed from western zones. The meeting amid France's Bidault focused on Germany's coal, fiscal controls, and future reparations, with Potsdam agreements cited as superseding Yalta.
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Moscow
USS
Marshall
Soviet Union
Germany
Potsdam
Yalta
Molotov
Berlin
U.S
Ernest Bevin
V. M. Molotov
Bevin
Georges Bidault
France
Ruhr
Rhineland
Saar
Bidault
Russia
U. S
United States
Britain
U .S
Robert Murphy
McLaughlin Indicted for Bribery in Hot Springs
Hot Springs mayor Leo P. McLaughlin and three aides were indicted by a Garland county grand jury on bribery and city fund conversion charges. Indictments allege bribes from gamblers and auctioneers, plus failure to file a city financial report. bonds set for McLaughlin at 40500.
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Hot Springs
Leo P. McLaughlin
Garland County
McLaughlin
Charles Aainst
George McLaughlin
Walters
Sidney McMath
Clyde H. Brown
Judge Brown
McMath
The
Wight Starts Drilling Shearer No. 1 Well
Independent operator W. R. Wight and Katherine Ryan begin drilling the J. F. Shearer No. 1 in Section 13 Township 12 South Range 26 West near Crossroads. The 4000 foot test targets potential Tokio Woodbine Paluxy Glen Rose Travis Peak Cotton Valley and Smackover formations with surface casing due by March 20.
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W. R. Wight
J. F. Shearer
Township 12
Rrange
Wight
Katherine Ryan
Tokio
Woodbine
Paluxy
Glen Rose
Travis Peak
Cotton Valley
Smackover
Mr. Wight
Wheat Hits 30 Year High Then Drops Limit
Wheat on the Chicago board of trade surged above 3.00 a bushel marking a 30 year high before futures fell the full 10 cent limit near the close. Kansas City and Minneapolis markets mirrored the drop as shorts scrambling to cover contracts bought in a rising market.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Shorts
Minoe
Rhone Valley wine growers protest tar taint on wines
Wine growers along the Rhone accuse road tar used on nearby streets of imparting a tarred taste to their vintages sparking complaints and calls for curb- tar controls.
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Rhone Valley
History’s Remagen bridge tale shows how small events sway battles
HAL BOYLE recalls the Remagen bridge incident and how a German truck backfire or a withdrawn unit could have altered the outcome. The article contrasts survivor accounts from the 27th Armored Infantry Battalion and the 52nd, noting conflicting memories and reinforcing that truth in war is complex and often contested.
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Hal Boyle
Tampa
Fla
Ludendorf Bridge
Rhine
Remagen
Baltimore Sun
Irving J. Neuman
27Th Armored Infantry
Neuman
52Nd
Will
William M. Hoge
Ninth Armored Division
27Th
Holmuth
Cincinnati
Hoge
A.I.B
Cain
Abel
Chinese Predict Government Capture of Red Capital Nanking
A respected source claims Gen Chen Cheng forecast Yenan fall within a week as government troops move within 12 miles of the Communist capital. The report, presented to the Kuomintang central executive committee, conflicts with the official communiqué and follows reports of heavy Communist losses in Manchuria and Shantung victories.
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Nanking
Yenan
Chen Cheng
Kuomintang
Government Party
Central Executive Committee
Chen
Red
Manchuria
Shantung Province
Garland County mayor loses bid as party chair
Arkansas Supreme Court suit to disqualify Hot Springs Mayor Leo P. McLaughlin as Garland County Democratic Central Committee chairman is withdrawn. McLaughlin already left mayoral re election bid. he was indicted on bribery and public funds charges by a Garland grand jury. In Fayetteville university baseball spring practice opens with 67 players, 40 more expected after football ends. standout Richard Kilgallen among early hopefuls for the varsity.
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Little Rock
Hot Springs
Leo P. McLaughlin
Garland County
Democratic Central Committee
Arkansas Supreme Court
J. ©. Campbell
Earl Witt
McLaughlin
Campbell
Specal Garland Grand
Fayetteville
University of Arkansas
John
Davis
Hobart Hooser
Hooser
Richard Kilgallen
Meérehend
Paul Coleman
Crippled Children Clinic Serves 58 At First Baptist Church
Fifty eight patients attended the Crippled Children's Clinic at the First Baptist Church with representatives from Hempstead Nevada Lafayette Columbia Union Fike Miller Sevier and Little River. Doctors Mary Witt John Gray and A L Little led the event assisted by local nurses and welfare directors.
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First Baptist Church
Hempstead
Nevada
Lafayette
Columbia
Union
Fike
Miller
Sevier
Little River
Mary Witt
John T. Gray
A. L. Little
Naomi Watson
United Charities
Texarkana
Kate Hopkins
Howard County Welfare Dept
Blanche McNeill
Columbia County Welfare Dept
Nell Bryant
Pike County Welfare Dept
S. E. Haisty
R. E. Smallwood
Margaret Vaughn
State Board of Health
Verna Morris
Athelle Reeves
Public Health Department
Marguerite Burt
Nevada County
Bertha McClendon
Clessie Waddell
Iller County
Martha P. Welch
Miller County
F. N. Powell
R. E. Baker
All of Hope
J. W. Perkins
F. E. Howson
W. B. Mason
Otha Taylor
M. J. Johnston
Lester Huckabee
Syd MacMath
Ernest W. Graham
Carl Smith
Lucius Sasser
S. D. Cook
A. G. Ri
Century Bible Class to Meet Wednesday Night
The Century Bible Class holds its regular monthly social Wednesday at 7 o'clock. All members are urged to attend. Sound movies include A Voice in the Wilderness and a life of John the Baptist.
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Century Bible Class
John the Baptist
Weisenberger and Newbern Election to School Board
In a local election held last Saturday George P. Newbern Jr. and Anne Rowse Weisenberger were elected to the school board. The results reflect support from voters across the district.
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Weisenberger
Newbern
George P. Newberr, Jr
Anne Rowse Weisenberger
Schools Close As Flu Outbreak Hits Arkansas Students
Officials report about a third of students, roughly 450, absent in Little Rock area as influenza spreads. Negro schools stay open while overall attendance falls 20 percent. 5,194 cases in the state last week, epidemic conditions in parts of Arkansas.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
State Health Department
Students Barred From Theaters Amid Flu Outbreak
Manuel H. Young announced an immediate ban barring all school children from the Rialto and New theaters due to a flu outbreak. The action followed the dismissal of public schools at Perang as sickness affected about a third of the overall enrollment. theaters will reopen after the schools resume.
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Rialto
Manuel H. Young
Perang
Young
Japs Fear Loss of U S Influence
Tokyo reports show Japanese reaction to General MacArthur's press conference with mixed hopes for early peace and continued U S aid. Officials and intellectuals fear losing occupation restraints and UN guidance, while stressing need for loans to ease economic crisis.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
United States
United Nations
Ues
Congressional tax plan faces opposition amid broader policy debates
Lawmakers clash over a flat 20 percent tax cut with a proposed rise to 25 percent for the lowest brackets. Critics warn revenue loss, while supporters cite relief for the "little fellow." Battles also unfold on Greece Turkey atomic control and a national defense reorganization.
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Natson
Ways
Knutsen
Greece
Turkey
Truman
Ross
N. Y
Ihtredact
Sion
Senate Services Committee
Oif War E Patterson
Ote
James V. Forrestal
Sec
National Defense
Ha ‘ Kilgore
W. Va
Senate
Near East
Knutson
Brooklyn
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Alex. H. Washburn
James Thrasher
Andres
Morris
Lions Club
Gen. Marshall
Shearer
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