Durant the Autombile Pioneer Who Died Broke in New York
William C. Durant, 85, one of America’s foremost auto industry builders, developed Buick and Chevrolet and helped form General Motors. He lost most of his fortune in the 1929 crash, died broke, yet remains a bold, influential figure whose career shaped American enterprise and the motor industry.
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New York
William C. Durant
General Motors Corporation
Durant
Moscow
Buick
Chevrolet
General Motors
Berness
Senate Hears Lilienthal Nominations Amid Old Political Grudge
The Congressional Atomic Energy Committee debates David Lilienthal for the AEC chair as opponents tied to the New Deal press old political scores. Supporters affirm his integrity and fitness despite claims of communistic leanings, while critics warn against reviving partisan battles that threaten national security.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
United States
President Truman
Truman
Senate
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
David E. Lilienthal
TVA
Kenneth McKellar
Mr. Lilienthal
Tennessee
Lilienthal
McKellar
Moore
Oklahoma
New Deal
O’daniel
Texas
Washington
Republic
Mr. Lilenthal
Roosevelt
David
Moscow Meet Hinges on German Problem at Foreign Ministers
Washington observers warned that without a broad German settlement the Moscow talks would fail as council tensions rise between Marshall Bevin Molotov. Russians may gain little reparations if Germany stays split while a unified approach could force concessions.
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Moscow
Council of Foreign Ministers
Germany
Russia
George C. Marshall
Ernest Bevin
V. M. Molotov
Marshall
Bevin
Molotov
Georges Bidault
Stalin
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Fifth Avenue
Hope Council Takes No Action on Milk Sales
Hope City Council took no action on two requests. Borden Milk Co. asked permission to distribute milk in Hope, while local producers urged retaining the current pasteurization ordinance in Hempstead County. Also discussed were a school aid plan and highway repairs with no council action.
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Council
Borden
Hope
City
Hope City
D. A. Laird Marshall
Texas
Borden Milk Co
W. S. Atkins
Olie
Lyle Brown
Hempstead County
Bowie County
Bowie
Brown
E. P. Young
Hope School Board
Clifford Franks
W. B. Ruggles
James H. Jones
Brookwood
20 Percent Income Tax Cut Urged by Chamber
The U S Chamber of Commerce urged Congress to enact a flat 20 percent reduction in individual income taxes arguing it could be granted this year while helping reduce the national debt. The group filed its statement with the House Ways and Means Committee as the National Association of Manufacturers also voiced support for the 20 percent across the board cut.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Chamber
National Association of Manufacturers
Ways and Means
Local Lions Chartered at High School Ceremony
About 150 members and guests attended the event as the local Lions Club received its charter from Ben McCray deputy governor of District 7-B. Herbert Shull Sr. of Texarkana led the opening remarks and Phillip Alston spoke on Lionism.
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Lions Club
Ben McCray
Herbert Shull
Texarkana
Phillip Alston
Charles Armitage
Leo Robins
Luther Hollamon, Jr
W. W. Andrews
Cc. P. Witsil
County Red Cross Drive Passes Quota in Hempstead County
Hempstead County reached its Red Cross goal of 5036 today with an extra 171.02 added, making a successful drive. Local chairmen thanked contributors and urged any remaining funds be turned in promptly, listing numerous individual and company gifts from the community.
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Hempsted
Red Cross
Thenaaeae
Hamm Motor Co
T. E. Jackson
Blevins
Floyd Thomas
N. P. Nesbitt
J. W. Burke
H. M. Stephens
M. L. Nelson
R. C. Stephens
Carl Brown i
P.C. Stephens
Clyde Callaway
Roy Foster
J. E. Gentry
Mae Hampton
Homer McDougal
Ae Hope
Woman's Auxiliary Presbyterian Church
H. D. Linker
Sarah Jane Murphy
Herbert M. Whitehead
James T. Etc
Doris B
Joe Bee
T. M. Jones
Virginia F. Hicks
Ruth E. Edmonds
Norf Glen Parker
Walter L. Sims
Kathleen DeLousy
Coe
Jim McKenzie
Hospital for Negroes in Need of Funds
Ground breaking for the Benson hospital for negroes in Hope Arkansas was postponed to April 1 due to bad weather. The 50 bed facility is expected to cost about $50,000 with only $5,000 raised so far from local white and negro businesses and individuals. Checks go to Benson Hospital Co. and may be left at South Hazel street. City and county officials will speak and a white doctor will represent the local medical society.
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Benson Hospital
Avenue F
North Laurel Street
W. M. Benson
Benson
Benson Hospital Company
Nashville
Arkansas
Hope
Benson Hospital Co
South Hazel Street
Only Democratic Nominees File for City Offices
Filing for the general city election on April 1 closed with no changes. Only Democratic nominees, elected last February, filed. Reports said several independent candidates were weighing announcements.
U S Navy Displays Force Near Russia in Med Delta Show
The United States moves to project power in the Mediterranean as Congress debates a 400 million dollar Greece and Turkey aid bill. A naval task force will sail toward the Dardanelles for training and deterrence while lawmakers mull foreign policy revisions. Secretary Acheson and Secretary of War Patterson set to testify as hearings begin.
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Congress
Greece
Turkey
Truman
Mediterranean
Russia
Dardanelles
Navy
Marshall
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Acheson
Patter
Kiwanis Program Showcases Blevins High School Talent
Kiwanis members heard a Blevins High School student program arranged by Elmer Brown with R. McCracken introducing the group. Miss Jean Arthur Sewell sang It Might As Well Be Spring, Eveyn Willard spoke on St Patrick's Day origins, and a duet by Nellie Sewell and Eveyn Willard followed. Laurice Houser performed a reading, Herschee Lee recounted tall tales, and Nellie Sewell closed with The Bells for St Marys. Immediate Past President Clifton Franks urged Go To Church Campus efforts and a wall plaque was given to B. E. McMahon for wartime service. Guests included C. A. Armitage, Roy Anderson, and Milton All of Hope.
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Hope Kiwanis Club
Blevins High School
Elmer Brown
R. WcCracken
Blevins
McCracken
Jean Arthur Sewell
Eveyn Willard
St. Patrick's Day
Nellie Sewell
Laurice Ouser
Herschee Lee
Kiwanis Club
St. Mary's
Clifford Franks
Kiwanis
F. C. Crow
B. E. McMahon
C. A. Armitage
Roy Anderson
Milton All of Hope
Lewis Calls Off Threat of Coal Strike
John L. Lewis withdraws his contract termination notice to the government effective March 31 in compliance with a Supreme Court mandate. He had threatened to end the contract with the government last November 15, touching off a 17 day strike, now erased for March.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Supreme Court
Lewis
Secretary of Interior
Kru
Krug
Kruglate
T. Alan Goldsborough
United Mine Workers
Federal District Court
UMW
Vaccination Schedule for Hempstead County Dogs
State veterinarian Dr. J. S. Campbell and Arkansas Livestock Sanitary Board will vaccinate all dogs in Hempstead County during the week starting March 24. Two veterinarians operate under Act 171 of 1945 at 35 cents per dog with a detailed daily route across towns, stores, churches, and crossroads from Spring Hill to Rocky Mound Church and beyond.
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Arkansas Livestock Sanitary Board
Hempstead
Arkansas General Assembly
Spring Hill
Patmos
Hunt's
Rateliff
Bethehem
M. Hubbard
Huckabee Graveyard
Centerville
Jones
Hamiter
South End Main Street
Shover Road
Sutton
Hope and Shover Springs
Rocky Mound
Guernsey School
Fred Richards
Old 67
Sheppard
Emmet
New Mt. Zion
Cox's Station
Higgason
Fulton
Cross Roads
Gilbert
Blevins Road
Macedonia
Columbus Negro School
Blevins
Cantaloupe
Telephone Workers Back Strike Vote in Arkansas
Southwestern Telephone Workers Union members in Arkansas voted heavily in favor of a strike if wage negotiations fail. Traffic locals in Little Rock Pine Bluff Fort Smith El Dorado Fayetteville Helena Walnut Ridge Rogers Paragould backed the strike, though officials stressed the vote grants authority to call a strike only if other settlement methods fail.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Telephone
Southwestern Telephone Workers Union
STWU
Lena Trimble
Arkansas
Pine Bluff
Fort Smith
el Dorado
Fayetteville
Helena
Walnut Ridge
Rogers
Paragould
Trimble
Georgia Governor Thompson Ousted In Political Shakeup
In Los Angeles and St Louis dispatches a series of crime and political notes surface. Georgia’s governor Thompsons ouster is reported amid a broader set of violent crime stories including the Black Dahlia case and multiple Los Angeles killings.
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Los Angeles
St. Louis
Showdown for France as Communist abstains on confidence vote
In Paris a political crisis threatens Prime Minister Paul Ramadier as the Communist party abstains from a confidence vote on Ramadier's Indo China policy. Ramadier's government survives 421 to 0 with 166 abstentions, while Vice Premier Maurice Thorez exits cabinet without comment.
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Joseph W. Grigg, JR
Paris
France
Paul Ramadier
Communist Party
Ramadier
Indo-China
Maurice Thorez
Red Capital Falls as Nationalist Troops Enter Yenan
Nationalist Chinese forces crossed into Yenan at 10 a.m. after a 200 mile march from Lian capturing the Communist capital without apparent resistance. Mao Tse-tung and other leaders reportedly fled, and Peng Hsueh-pai hailed the occupation as a turning point, noting the city was stripped of movable assets.
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Nanking
Yenan
Lian
Red Capital
Ho Lung
Shensi
Mao Tse-tung
Information
Peng Hsueh-pai
Peng
Hu Chungnan
Tme Peng
China
Posey
Aogecto
President Truman Heads Back To Washington From Florida
President Truman returns to Washington from Key West after a week of rest. He plans to review developments on Greece and Turkey and the Soviet response as Congress authorized up to 400 million dollars for aid to defend against communism. The Sacred Cow plane set to depart Boca Chica at 1 p.m. CST and land in Washington about four hours later. Izvestia criticized the new policy as the president faced silence from the Moscow government.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Key West
Fla
Truman
Washington
Moscow
Greece
Turkey
White House
Boca Chica
Congress
Izvestia
Georgia Supreme Court ousts Herman Talmadge as governor
The Georgia Supreme Court, in a 5 to 2 ruling, holds that Lt. Gov. M. E. Thompson holds full gubernatorial powers, voiding Talmadge's claim after two months as acting governor. Talmadge vows to run again while Thompson celebrates the decision and moves to solidify authority. The decision cites the 1947 election and canvassing duties, with dissent by Justices W. Frank and Toler.
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Atlanta
State Supreme Court
Herman Talmadge Asennor
Georgia
M. E. Thompson
Talrugy
Ellis Arnall
Talmadge
Apes Thompson
Henry Grady
Iime
Thompson
W. Frank
Ler
Gargene Talmadge
Ernor
Sion
Eran
Henry W
Talnor
Rice Milling Firm Wins 150000 At Camp Near Jonesboro
A Rice Milling firm received 150000 in a settlement announced yesterday at Jack Construction Camp. The case involved bonding firms and a U S district court jury. The matter referenced a drier project near Jonesboro and an ar ce Baltimore district court action.
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Jonesboro
Craighead Rice Milling
Jack Construction
Campas City
Kans
New Arce
Baltimore
U. S
Rice Company
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