Contest Drives Nation Wide Teen Driving Championship
Arkansas speed safety drive invites teens to enter a state contest with district eliminations in seven districts led from Hope to Memphis. Prizes for state winners and a national grand prize. applications due by May 15 to the Arkansas State Police in Little Rock. district dates to be announced. The piece also notes Palestine UN expert opinion on partition and enforcement.
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JA Bulletin
Arkansas
Associated Transportation Flub
Memphis
Hope
Thisstate
Department of Tkabsas State Police
P.O. Box
Little Rock
Ark
Prescott Junior Class Play Set for April 2 at High School
Prescott High School's Brno Junior Class presents Kay Beats the Band on Friday April 2 in the school auditorium. Cast includes Mary Thomas Marion Hirt Artie Gee Pat Cox Douglas Burley Bobbie Lois Box Bobby Elgin Sid Davis Mary Worthington Calvin Danner with Mrs Charles Thomas as director and junior class sponsor guiding the production.
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Brno
Prescot High School
Kay
Mary Thomas
Marion Hirt
Artie Gee
Pat Cox
Douglas Burley
Bobbie Lois Box
Bobby Elgin
Sid Davis
Mary Worthington
Calvin Danner
Charles Thomas
Years Ago Today Pate Led First Association Drive
Hempstead County farmers plan a meeting to discuss cooperative buying and selling of farm products. Miss Helen Hayes McRae, pupil of Mrs. Robert Campbell, gave a violin recital at Presbyterian Church assisted by Marjorie Walker Cast of Junior Class play Charmed featured Dwight Andres J J Bowden J T Jones Cline Franks Howard Waddle Edward Cheeley Virginia Higanson Saronise Gentry Wilma Allans F es White Frances Patterson cruise Hannegan Edith Ruggles eresa Urban Elizabeth Green Hooper Alice Pritchura Mark Norton Pauline Wood Minigote McDowell Mildred Layloy.
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U. A. Pate
Hispirst Association
Hempstead
Helen
Hayes McRae
Robert Campbell
Presbyterian Church
Majorie Walker
Dwight Andres
J. J. Bowden
J.T. Jones
Cline Franks
Howard Waddle
Edward Cheeley
Virginia Higanson
Saronise Gentry
Wilma Allans
Fes White
Frances Patterson
Cuise
Hannegan
Edith Ruggles
Eresa
Urban
Elizabeth Green
One Hooper
Alice Pritchura
Mark Norton
Pauline Wood
Mignote McDowell
Mildred Layloy
Sunrise Easter Service Set For Sunday In Hope
The local Ministerial Alliance announces a union Sunrise Easter service at the third school stadium at 6 30 a m Sunday March 28 with most Hope churches participating The Rev Paul Holdridge of Gospel Tabernacle will deliver the Easter message The high school band and Glee Club will perform Arrangements are by Rey Anderson An offering will aid the Alliance for operating expenses and needy relief If weather is bad the service moves to the school auditorium Residents of Hope and nearby areas are invited
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Eagster
Hope
Paul Holdridge
The
Gospel Tabernacle
Thomas Cannon
Glee Club
B. Keltner
Lewis May Challenge Board Legality
United Press reports that John L. Lewis may challenge the Taft Hartley board’s authority amid the soft coal walkout affecting 400,000 miners and 624,000 workers idled in the broader strikes. operators contend the action may not be a legal strike. Other labor items note CIO Packinghouse Workers protests injunctions, Chicago printers reach a tentative contract, and a Buffalo sanitation wage demand pause.
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United Mine Workers
App
Ralph Helstein
CIO United Packinghouse Workers
Chicago
AFL International Typographical Union
CIO City
Buffalo
N_ C
Knoxville
Teii
Lewis
Blood flow increase during rest and exercise
A fragment notes from Britannica stating the lungs receive more blood at rest than expected and that during intense activity the flow can rise to about twenty or thirty agarls per minute. It mentions the figure ranges and general concept of cardiovascular response.
Air Secretary Reveals U S Bases Close Enough for B 29 Bombing Russia
Air Secretary W Stuart Symington told a Senate committee that B 29s based in North America could reach any part of the Soviet Union by next year with improved ranges and in flight refueling. Gen George C Kenney and Boeing officials backed the plan, noting tanker planes could accompany bomber formations to refuel midair. Officials stressed bases closer to the enemy are needed for sustained operations and Alaska or Labrador routes.
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Wasymington
W. Stuart Symington
All Russia
North America
Symington
George C. Kenney
Strategic Fair
Boeing Airplan Co
Syimington
Senate
Russia
Soviet Union
Alaska
Labrador
Philippines
Okinawa
Syrmington
Air Force
Britain
Kenney
Boeing
Tuell
Carl A. Spaatz
Congressional Committee
Lserador
Air Leaders Say Own Expansion Program Short
Senate air power advocates led by Senator Lodge argue the military blueprint for postwar air forces is too small. They push for 70 combat groups and a broader draft plan to meet tension with Russia, despite a $3.448 billion preparedness outline that maintains 54 groups.
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Washington
Senate Air Power
High Command
Truman
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Fers
Amallout
Lodge
Senate Armed Service Committee
Russia
Air Symington
Suspect Arrested in Rape Slaying Case in Wells Nevada
Petaluma California March 26 police arrested a 19 year old Hungarian war refugee Laszlo Varga on social security papers bearing the Wells Nevada address. He is charged in the rape and murder of minister's wife Mrs Billee Rahe Morning who was five months pregnant and killed in her Wells home last Monday. Varga was identified in a murder warrant as the man who called at the door while the husband preached. He was detained pending arrival of FBI agents after being taken into custody by Petaluma officers on a northbound bus along North Green Street. He wore a pin striped suit when seen by authorities and Nevada officials say the suit matched the killer description.
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Calif
Wells
Nev
del Cole
Laszlo Varga
Billee Rahe
Varga
Nevada
Ypsilanti
Mich
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hardy
North Green Street
Cole
Sla
U S Reports Plot Against King Mihai’s Life
The State Department said it received reports of rumors about a plot to assassinate King Mihai of Romania while he visits Washington. Officials declined to reveal sources or security steps, noting a three-guard detail for the royal party at the Shoreham Hotel. Mihai and Queen Melon remain under guarded protection as they prepare to depart for Lewroit, with the trip sequence and locations described by officials.
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Washington
State Department
Mihai
Romania
Secuny
Queen Melon
Shoreham
Washington Poolite
Home Economics Official Visits Hope High School Cottage
Miss Edna P Amidon chief of Home Economics Education Service visits Hope High School to view the remodeling in the home economics cottage. She is joined by Miss Alma Keys state supervisor and will speak at the Future Homemakers of America convention in Little Rock.
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Edna P. Amidon
U. S
Rady
Talion
Hope High School
Miss Amidon
Alma Keys
Arkansas
Hope Cottage
Hamilton Hanegan
Amidon
The
Future Homemakers of America
FHA
Robinson Auditorium
Little Rock
Germany
Forest Lands Offer Boom for Arkansas
Arkansas timber grows the fastest in the nation and could vastly profit from timber by applying business management to forest farming. Al Pollard, Hope Rotary speaker, highlighted that cotton declines while timber rises, with Arkansas timber industry valued at 165 million dollars yearly and 26 000 workers. He urged engaging small landowners, noted Nevada county program, and cited incendiary fires, enforcement gaps, and active lumber firms managing three million acres under sustained harvest.
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Arkansas
al Pollant
Little Rock
Hope Rotary Club
Barlow
Pollard
W. W. White
Robert H. Brooks
Keep Arkansas Greek Association
Nevada County
Doug Bemis
Prescott
Pallard
Indus Jhinky
Mt Pollard
Justice of the Peace
F. MM
Meade, Fayetteville
DeWitt Floyd
Billy Ed Basye
Carrol Hyatt
Oren Harris to Discuss Marshall Plan in El Dorado
Congressmen Oren Harris warns of international crisis building to a climax in Italy's April election. He predicts Communist moves in Italy and Finland, then Scandinavia, urging steps to pull out of Greece and Turkey and yield Mediterranean control to Russia. Continued on pane two.
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el Dorado
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Italy
Finland
Harris
Scandinavia
Greece
Turkey
Mediterranean
Russia
Arkansas Democrat
Ghostwriters Shape World Speeches and Public Image
Washington notes ghostwriter influence across politics sports and entertainment as Dr. Daniel Maresh of Boston University denounces hired writers. The piece recalls Raymond Clapper on speaking with one’s own thoughts and calls for a law requiring speakers to sign their own work.
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Washington
Daniel Maresh
Boston University
Marsh
Fred
Dr. Marsh
Raymond Clapper
Forum’ Magasine
Clapper
Howe
J Bryan Sims Succumbs in Little Rock
J Bryan Sims former state comptroller and 1944 gubernatorial candidate died in Little Rock at age 52 after months of heart illness. A Fountain native, he joined state service in 1922 as a county attorney in the plate comptroller office, rose to chief deputy comptroller, and became comptroller in 1949 after Adkins. He resigned in 1944 to run for governor against Ben Laney. Survived by widow and two children, his son piloted a glider in the Normandy invasion.
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Little Rock
Marc
U. J. Bryan Sims
Sims
Chricken
Fountain
Ashely Leaumty
Plate Comptroller’s
Romer M. Adkins
Ben Laney
Camden
Arkansas
France
Normandy
UN urged to send troops for Holy Land peace
The Jewish Agency for Palestine urged the United Nations to deploy troops in Jerusalem before the British mandate ends. Denmark and Norway troops in northern Germany were proposed as possible contributors, while Washington warned of widespread bloodshed if a Jewish Arab truce fails. President Truman called for a UN trusteeship to temporarily oversee peace and a truce to end Arab Jewish warfare.
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Palestine
UN Palestine Commission
Security Council
Sard
Ne Council
Assembly
Gen- 4 Assembly
Palestine Commission
Council
General Assembly
Jerusalem
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Holy Land
Germany
Washington
Fruman
U.N
Christ
Tel Aviv
Maly
jLuigi Longo
U S Funds to Help China Help Herself
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee endorsed a 469 million dollar aid program for China to aid its recovery and development. The plan covers a 12 month period with 403 million for China and 1915 may fund 469 million for 14 months, while a House stand on shipments to Russia remains to be debated. The report cautions against underwriting China's destiny and stresses aiding China to alleviate human suffering and stabilize its people.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China
Senate
House
Russia
Rep
Colmer
Mass
Ching
United States
Chese
Chima
Leffel Gentry Named to High MOP Position
Leffel Gentry named to high MOP post as Leffel Gentry takes key role in Missouri policy. Jay Letlut Getey of Little Rock noted as local attorney with influence in regional governance. Officials confirm moves amid city and state administrative reshuffle.
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Leffel Gentry
Fragmented OCR: Cyclones Bore Beneath Destruction
An OCRed snippet mentions Cyclones and destruction with garbled words. The readable portions reference a cyclone event, broad impact, mass of debris, and a mother mentioned among casualties, suggesting reporting on storm damage and fatalities.
Oklahoma Tornado Kills Thirteen Across Eastern Oklahoma
A deadly tornado swept central and eastern Oklahoma killing at least 13 people. The storm struck near Wetumka and Lenna, with multiple fatalities in rural communities and a fire following the damage near Wetumka. Tinker Field reported extensive aircraft loss as the system moved toward Sallisaw near the Arkansas line.
Conference of Methodist Women Here in Hope 1949 meeting
Sevent h annual meeting of the Woman s Society of Christian Service of the Little Rock Conference of the Methodist Church will be held in Hope March 29 to April 1 1949 at the First Methodist Church. Over two hundred delegates expected with a pageant Looking Backward Thinking Forward celebrating seventy fifth anniversary of Arkansas women's work.
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Woman's Society of Christian Service
Little Rock
Methodist Church
Hope
First Methodist Church
Hivotel Barlow
E. D. Galloway
Arkansas Methodism
Hope Choir
J. E. Cooper
Hope—Thost
R. H. Cole
Magnolia—Jurisdiction
J. &. Critz
Fayetteville
North Arkansas Conference
Robert Care
Blegins
B.D. Galloway
Pulaski Keights
Paul Vo Galloway
M Mc¢Swain
Mineral Springs
Brazil
George Meyer
Nashville
Methodist
EB. J. Rauschikolb
Ligue
Arkansas State Council of Church Women
Clifton Rule
Aoy Sbaught
Prescow
Prescott
Mae Wilhelm
Stuttgart
Narcotic
Truman Splits Up Rebelling Democrats
Washington March 26 President Truman’s refusal to back Dixie rebels and unify anti-Truman forces faces stiff resistance as Senator George Georgia says most party members prefer a single strong opponent. George notes few national figures want a nominating fight with the president, unless he steps aside. He cites Chief Justice Vinson as a potential alternative if he quits the court. Palestine policy appears to ease some dissent among supporters. California delegates reaffirm commitment to Truman.
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Truman
Jeff
George
D-Ga
Porter
Georgia
Fruman
Eldes
Georg
Rumseill
Chef Justice
Fred Vinson
Vinso Kentuckian
Okal
Palestine
Tse
Vinson
Weil
Bsc
California
Episcopals Observe Good Friday Service at St Mark's Church
The Rev. Dr. Northey Jones will preach on the last word of Christ at a Good Friday service in St Mark's Church. Observances include reflection on Jesus’ seven sayings from the cross as banks and many businesses close for the day.
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Christ
Northey Jones
St. Mark's Church
Soviets Seek to Take Over in Korea
Seoul reports Soviet plans to install a government in Korea. News notes UN plans for elections and Soviet radio control complicates attempts at recognition. Fragmentary text references a March date and a conference set for April 14.
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Korea
Seoul
The
United Nations
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