Birthday tribute to J R Williams in Out Our Way cartoon
Editor Alex H Washburn salutes J R Williams on his 60th birthday, praising Out Our Way cartoons for 20 years of humor and humanity and recalling Williams’s impact in oil camp Hope Star articles. The note highlights Williams’s loyal readership and Washburn’s tribute dated March 22, 1948.
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Howe, Ark
1927 Arkansas Cotton Crop Readouts Highlight Ahead of Harvest
Twenty years ago today the Arkansas cotton crop yielded near a million bales in a state tied to Dallas crime with a man held up and robbed of 34 dollars between Fulton and Texarkana. Miss Lillie Mae Ridgehill recites at Henderson College as Lindbergh receives a Congressional Medal from President Coolidge. Elizabeth Harrison leads BEPW programs themed “Friendship.”
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Dallas
Fulton
Texarkana
Lillie Mae Ridghill
Recita
Henderson College
Lindbergh
Coolidaye
Elizabeth Harrison
BEPW
Leased Proving Ground Land Draws 69 Bids
More than 69 bids were opened today at the Surplus Property land office for 34,800 acres offered for a year at the Proving Ground. About 14,585 acres drew bids with bids totaling over 32,261 in leasing permits. Jerome Smith announced that the highest offer on each tract would be recommended, with most bids subject to War Assets approval and many tracts limited to grazing.
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Proving Ground
Jerome Smith
Acres
James Flaherty
Porterfield
L. EB. Saulsberry
Edward Rhinehart
J. G. Harris
J. M. McWilliam
Robins
Joe Dunn
J. L. Bley
Uta d. BP. Huson
Ae Fred Ellis
Fred Bills
John Daines
Bib Dru Gaines
Gd J, QO. Baker
James Leslie
Lee A. Holt
Lee A. Hott
W. C Gentry
Bain
C. D. Ball
J. OQ
Baber
Ball
James W. Lewis
Jim Dotson
Vandenberg Supporters Propose New Plan for Convention
Michigan GOP leaders reportedly favor a plan to skip formal nomination and unite behind Senator Arthur Vandenberg’s 41 votes at the convention in Philadelphia. The aim is to avoid naming a candidate while keeping Vandenberg in the mix, hoping a spontaneous shift could propel him forward. Vandenberg has not been consulted, says supporters, who note he plans to attend as a spectator.
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Washington
Michigan
Arthur Vandenberg
Vandencere
Vandenberg
Birchigan
Philadelphia
Warwick
Canddate
Electrical Demonstration Planned Here
A demonstration show is planned for Tuesday March 23 at 1 00 p m. Oliver L Adams and Mary Dixon Extension Agents announce the event. W J R Browder Extension Bleacher Engineer of Little Rock will conduct the meeting at the TelE Tex show rooms in Hope city museum. All farm men and women are invited. The agents note many electrical uses on farm and home and say for as little as five cents electricity will do chores that a slug man can perform.
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Oliver L. Adams
Mary Dixon
W. J. R. Browder
Bleechea
Little Rock
Muse Af Hope
Tornado Damages Tinker AFB in Oklahoma City
A Tulsa era tornado Saturday night halted operations at Tinker Air Force Base, causing damage estimated at over 15 million dollars. Fifty two planes were destroyed or damaged, six people were slightly injured, and several buildings suffered destruction or damage. Maj. Gen. Frederick S. Boram stated the aircraft loss was only five percent of the base’s stored planes.
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Oklahoma City
Tinker Air Force Base
ATTC
Frederick 5. Boram
Senate Expected to Pass Tax Cut Bill Today
Washington reports the Republicans push a four point eight billion dollar income tax cut toward passage in the Senate with a likely two thirds majority. House leaders expect Senate figures of two point eight billion will pass without a conference, while Democrats question veto odds as President Truman awaits action.
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House
Truman
Moreso
Oregon
Knutson
George
Finance Committee
Olin D. Johnson
D-Sc
Thy Johnston
Russia Ready to Move East If Necessary
London dispatch reports official quarters say Russia has completed plans to shift operations to the Far East if Western Europe’s penetration stalls. Meetings on forming an Astate Cominform have been held in Harbin Calcutta with reps from Russia Inner and Outer Mongolia Communist China India Pakistan Indochina Burma Indonesia Malaya Nepal and observers from Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia and France. Investigations suggest Moscow seeks no further westward expansion, citing manpower as strength and material shortage as limiting factor while outlining a complex network of bureaus and youth movement activities.
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Far East
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Astate
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India
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Indonesia
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Universal military training urged by MIT head
MIT president Dr Karl Compton testifies to the Senate Armed Services Committee urging universal military training as urgent for national defense. He argues 1,600 hours of prep per trainee creates a stockpile of time for emergencies while warning that delays could threaten freedom amid Cold War tensions.
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Congress
Sime
Karl Compton
Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Senate Armed Services Committee
Truman
Defense Forrestal
Bridges
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Barge
Sre
Want Men to Help Clear Proving Ground
The local employment office led by Teddy Jones calls for men to decontaminate the Proving Ground with Weather permitting the project may start this week Roy L Bragley of Tulsa is the engineer in charge Deduciding work let to private contractors who are expected to move in soon Contact the Arkansas Employment office across lamination from the Postoffice for decontam work
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Teddy Jones
Roy L. Bragley
Tulsa
Postoffice
Hays Sees No Imminent War Says Peace Is Possible
Rep. Brooks Hays of Arkansas in his weekly letter rejects near term war. He argues Russia is not prepared and warns against weakening now. He credits President Truman’s message and congressional response as heartening to peace and freedom supporters.
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Brooks Hays
Arkansas
Russia
Sam
Truman
Underground War Plants Not the Answer
Washington reports military leaders favor dispersed industry over large underground plants to defend against air attack. Surveys found underground sites impractical except for storage, with key industries unlikely to move underground. Officials urge widespread decentralization and sub assembly plants to enable rapid recovery after a bombing.
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National Security Resources Board
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U S Truck Drivers Speak a Language All Their Own
Language lecturer Norman Lewis argues that working class speech will shape future standard English. He cites truck drivers and stevedores as evolving toward educated norms, and warns against strict adherence to outdated rules. He notes that elasticity in grammar reflects real usage and favors practical communication.
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U.S
William Shakespeare
Kentucky
Tennessee
Wagou Pi
Lewis
advo+ gates
Gramnay
Wpsts
Cacauneese
Italy toward united Europe after talks with Bidault
Premier De Gasperi and French Foreign Minister Bidault eyed a United States of Europe in discussions at Crea near Turin. Bidault announced a Western plan to return Trieste to Italy with Britain and France, aiming to boost peace and European unity ahead of Italian elections.
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Alcide de Gaspers
Georges Bidault
United States of Europe
Bidault
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Great Britain
France
Trieste
Italy
Tine Crea
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de Gasperi
Haly
Oneace
Yugoslav Protest Over Trieste Return Plan
Belgrade reports vigorous protest to the western powers over proposing Trieste be restored to Italy while Yugoslavia rejects no outright plan. Tito’s government says no agreement with Yugoslavia was sought and warns the move could fuel Chauvinist hate and disrupt peace efforts in southern Europe. The note signals possible future action by Tito but does not close the door.
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Trieste
Italy
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
United States
J Beitain
France
Europe
Tito
Russia
Moscow
Mrs McMahen Presents Students at Lions Club Hearing
Members of the Lions Club heard a speech and musical program presented by Mrs B E Mc Mahen, head of the high school speech department, who spoke on department work and a radiobroadcast from the school. Norma Jo Chaney read, Roberta Howard played Dark Eyes on piano, Nell Coffee sang Life Could Be Beautiful. Tonight at 8 Lions anniversary party with contests, games and gifts planned for members and guests.
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Lions Club
B. E. McMahen
Yoon
MrMahen
Radiou
Norma Jo Chaney
Ousic
Roberta Howard
Pia
Nell Coffee
Jo Rene Evans
Lions
Herald Tribune Editor to Wed Student
New York March 22 White uan Reid editor of the New York Herald Tribune will wed Miss Joan Brandon an undergraduate at Barnard College near July. Miss Brandon's mother Mrs Dorothy Brandon who is a member of the editorial staff of the Herald Tribune announced the news today. Reid is the son of Mrs Ogden Reid and the late Mr Reid. He joined the Herald Tribune in 1938 and has worked in the mechanical department as a reporter for the city desk and as a foreign correspondent in London. He served four years in the Navy during the war as a pilot.
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White Uan Reid
New York Herald Tribune
Joan Brandon
Barnard College
Brandon
Dorothy Brandon
The
Herald Tribune
Reid
Ogden Reid
City Desk
London
Jews to Set Up Own State in Palestine
A reported move plans a formal proclamation of a Jewish state in Palestine by Vaad Leumi, with Ben Gurion and others signaling statehood. Aviv serves as administrative center with a provisional 32 member committee and Haganah already fielding about 25,000 troops as civil conflict rages.
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Abba Hillel] Silver
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Vaad Leumi
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Haganah
White calls rights issue a cheap political trick in Deep South
Tuskegee March 22. NAACP leader Walter White denounces widening civil rights efforts as a cheap political trick and predicts continued Democratic loyalty in the South while Negro leaders at a seven-state NAACP session condemn regional education compacts limiting Negro college access as they press for equality in schools polls and personal safety.
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the Advancement of Colored People
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Birmingham
Truman
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VFW Auxiliary Sponsors Harmie Smith Ozark Mountaineers
The VFW Auxiliary will sponsor a musical program at city hall auditorium at 7 30 p m on Wednesday March featuring Harmie Smith and his Ozark Mountaineers with Debber Johnson Clint Habis Felton Pritt and Hank Lovklin providing numbers.
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VFW
Harmie Smith
Ozark Mountaiiers
City Hell- Auditorium
Debber Johnson
Clint Habis
Felton Pritt
Hank Lovklin
Court action to end coal strike faces Lewis
Washington, March 22. Court action to end the soft coal shut down loomed as federal officials pressed for miners to return to work. A conciliations board led by Cyrus S. Ching met at 2:30 p.m. EST. prospects for a settlement looked slim. Lewis refused to back to work until pension demands are met. the dispute centers on a 100 monthly pension for miners over 60 funded by a coal royalty. If Lewis defies an injunction, contempt penalties similar to 1946 could follow.
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Johnn. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Cyrus S. ‘Ching
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Legal Club
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Honey
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Anoth
Aged Hempstead Native Dies at 89 in Hope
An 89 year old Hempstead native, born in Washington Ark, died Sunday morning March 21 in Hope. Survived by three daughters and a son, funeral at First Methodist Church with J E Cooper leading assisted by Rev S Phen Cook. Burial at Rose Hill cemetery with active and honorary pallbearers named from Hope, Arkansas, and nearby towns.
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Stokes
Little Rock
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Malvern
Willi M. Duckett
P. B. Carrigan
Harry Barlow
Joh Turner
Add Turner
Prank ‘Turner
Gam McMath
Nel Rio
Texas
Sy. McMath
George Wright
L. M. Kile
Tully Heary
Chas
O ‘Thomas
Gus Haynes
Henry
Haynes
Olsen
F. N. Porter
W. PB
Claude Agee
Ray Anderson
W Merndon
Louis Marshall
Bert Wilson
Duffie and Franks Elected to School Board
Clifford Franks was re elected to a B year term last Saturday with more than 400 votes. Duffie polled 214, Franks 212, Hammons 200 and W. By 35. In all the votes cast not one was against the 18 mi.
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Duffie
Franks
Hammons
Henderson students stage Gilbert and Sullivan operetta
Hope Students in Henderson present The M. will be staged in the high school auditorium tonight. The production follows a successful run last week. Principal cast includes Charles Cultord Williams Pauly Dolphus and others in a community theater effort by local cast members.
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Henderson State Tea College
Gilbert Sullivan
Pr High School
Ap Pine Bioff
Aces
Charles Cultord
Williams
Pauly Dolphus
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