Road to Writing Failure and a Factory Letter Saga
A comically tangled reminiscence centers on a long exchange with Monument Co. of Minneapolis about Plane-O-Plate shaver parts. The writer imparts dates from 1951 to 1961, illustrating miscommunications between a writer and a machinery supplier amid office audits and a chaotic Christmas rush.
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New York City
America
Monument Co., Inc
Minneapolis
Minn
George Hosmer
Star Mechanical
Arkansas
Democrat
Little Rock
Ark
Foe
Seeas Democrat
Little. Rock
Mayer
Jeffers
Gioeiriog Wat
Wilson Delays Plan to Head Steel Strike
Washington reports defense mobilizer Charles E. Wilson postponed a top level meeting of officials on the steel strike threat set for April 8. He spoke with price and wage control executives instead and did not announce next steps. Wilson opposes the wage board's 17 1/2 cent hourly raise and other benefits, calling them inflationary, drawing sharp CIO criticism from Philip Murray. The CIO says companies will bear responsibility if the industry rejects the wage board plan.
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Washington
Charles BE. Wilson
Wilson
Wage Stabilization Board
CIO
Philip Murray
WSB
Villagers in Malaya Under House Arrest
General Sir Gerald Templer announces 22 hour daily house arrest for 5,006 villagers of Tanjong Halin in Malaya after a communist ambush killed nine people. Rice rations cut as punishment. 300 village elders summoned to schoolhouse to hear crackdown. Eight Malayan policemen and ten civilians injured. area has seen 40 incidents since January.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaya
Gerald Templer
Tanjong Halin
Gerald
Eal
Here
AEG
Herbert Griffin Named Head of Local VFW Post
In a meeting last night members of the VFW post elected Herbert Griffin commander of the organization. Other officers include Senior commander Ed Aslin Junior commander Lile McMahon Chaplain Rev. Charles Chambers Post Surgeon Dr. Jim McKenzie Trustee Steven Bader Trustee No 2 Ed Smith Quartermaster Claud Byrd and Judge Advocate John L Wilson.
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VFW
Herbert Griffin
Ed Aslin
Lile McMahon
Charles Chambers
Jim McKenzie
Steven Bader
Ed Smith
Claud Byrd
John L. Wilson
Student to Visit Local Industries
The Education Committee of Commerce chaired by Henry Haynes met with Horace Hubbard vocational counselor at the Chamber of Commerce. Hubbard outlined field trip plans for high school students to visit about five Hope industries next week and noted cooperation from local businesses. The class may produce radio and newspaper maps related to the field trips.
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Education Committee of Commerce
Henry Haynes
Sue Sommerville
Rosa Harrie
Teddy Jones
Chamber of Commerce
Horace Hubbard
Hubbard
Marlbrook to Hear Dr Williams
Marlbrook schedules a talk by John C. Williams of Washing toas as a special speaker on March 38. Local officials invite residents to attend and hear Williams discuss his work and insights.
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Marlbrook
Dr. Williams
John C. Williams
Washingtoas
Troops to Stay Overnight in Hope Five Nights
Mayor John L. Wilson announced 3 780 soldiers and 1 250 trucks will spend five consecutive nights in Hope from April 16 to 22. Five groups of 750 men and 250 trucks will use Fairpark as a temporary facility while en route to bases after maneuvers in Texas.
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Hope
John L. Wilson
Wilson
Fairpark
Texas
Salary Key Issue of Meet of Teachers
The 83rd annual Arkansas Education Association convention opened in Little Rock with about 5,000 teachers expected for two days of sessions. NEA president J Cloyd Miller urged high demand for teachers and urged administrators to push members into professional groups. Bal Kennamer was elected president of the Department of School Administrators, succeeding Hays Gibson. The AEAs Council of Education would consider amending the 1931 teacher multime m salary law and the Autry law to raise minimum salaries and guarantee payments if terms are cut short.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Education Association
Aeas Department of
J. Cloyd Miller
Deming
N. M
National Education Association
NEA
Bal Kennamer
Paris
Department of
Hays
Gibson
Conway
Arkansas Gazette Today
Aeas
Council of Education
Apa
AHA
Famous Contralto Dorothy Ellison Sings Here April 1
Hope citizens will enjoy a musical treat at city hall on Tuesday April 1 featuring contralto Dorothy Ellison with Horace Heidt show member Billyard Patterson. Tickets available at Chamber of Commerce for whites and at Hick's Funeral Home Lewis Grocery Market and Calvin's Place for Negro patrons.
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Hope
Gity.hall
Dorothy ‘Elgon
Hope Civic Improvement Association
Horace Heidt
Bilyard Patterson
Chamber of Commerce
Hick's
Lewis Gro
Mkt
Calvin's
Stevenson Declines Democratic Presidential Candidacy
Springfield March 27 UP Gov Adlai E Stevenson said flatly he will not seek the Democratic presidential nomination despite reports that President Truman urged him to run He reaffirmed he is a candidate for re election as governor of Illinois and nothing else The St Louis Post Dispatch claimed Truman offered Stevenson support if he wished to be the Democratic standard bearer and sought a continuation of the administration foreign policy Continued on Page Two
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Springfield
Adlai E. Stevenson
Truman
White House
Stevenson
Ilnois
Sixteen Injured in Chicago House Fire
Chicago dispatch reports sixteen people were injured when a three story rooming house on the near North Side caught fire. Seven were children. five leaped from windows to escape. Hilda Placencia, 18, suffered severe burns and was hospitalized. A family of five leaped from a third floor to a interior courtyard. Parseverado Chacon, 30, protected his son Gilbert, 7, leaping to safety with his wife Angelica, 25, and two other children. Jenne Salaszar, 22, leaped and struck Albert Brownf, 41, who raised the alarm. All were taken to Henrotli hospital.
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Chicago
Hilda Placencia
Passavant Hospita
Spring Prayer From The Poor Man's Philosopher
HAL BOYLE offers a lighthearted spring meditation noting the beauty of season despite daily annoyances. He invokes a humorous wide ranging list of common woes from taxes and price hikes to petty faults and neighborly foibles, urging forgiveness and patience. The piece blends humor with a plea for tempering gripes and finding grace in ordinary life.
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Hal Boyle
New York
4-H Club Boys View Dairy Demonstrations
Four H Club boys are invited to a dairy demonstration Friday at 9 30 AM at Donald Ray Brown and Lester E B Brown homes in Spring Hill. Donald Ray Brown and Richard Lynn Hunt will show basic dairy management practices including selection and care. A tour will inspect Vernon and Earl Brown dairy herd on Battlefield road. Transport is arranged from the County Agent Oliver Adams office at 9 00 AM for those lacking transport. The youth dairy study program ends at noon.
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Donald Ray Brown
Lester EB. Brown
Spring Hill
Donald Ray
Richard Lynn Hunt
Vernon and
Earl Brown
Battlefield Road
Chile
Brown
Oliver Adams
FBI rounds up former U S Trucking Corp employees
Banvers Mass March 27 FBI agents began rounding up former employees of the U S Trucking Corp after an armored truck robbery in Danvers Square. A source says investigators seek to learn if a former worker kept a key or helped obtain one. Boston police also questioned suspects over links to the crime and the nearby Brink's robberry.
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Banvers
Mass
VBL
U. S. Trucking Corp
Danvers Square
Federal Bureau of Investiation
FBI
Armored Car Service
Boston
North End
Brink's
Brinks
Danvers
U.S
Farmer Killed and Daughter Shot Near Sparkman
In Sparkman a 65 year old farmer Green Roberts was killed and his daughter Mrs Irene Holloway 32 was shot by a unidentified Negro prowler as they inspected a vacant house on Roberts farm. The slayer fled after binding Holloway and striking her hand with the shotgun blast.
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Sparkman
Reece A. Parham
Green Roberts
Irene Holloway
Parham
Roberts
Mrs. Holloway
Roberts Joins KXAB as Staff Announcer in Atles
Jay Roberts, 23, of Atles North Carolina joins Radio Station KXAB as a staff announcer. Manager J J B Tooley announced. Roberts previously worked at WGAT Utica WIAM Williamston and served in the Army in Japan. He helped launch WYTQ at Ovske, Japan.
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Jay Roberts
Atles
N. C
KXAB
J. J B. Tooley
Mr. Roberts
WGAT
Utica
WIAM
Williamston
Japan
WYTQ
Ovske
Grand Jury Finds 5 True Bills in Arkansas Highway Probe
Little Rock witnesses testified at the opening session of Pulaski County Grand Jury investigations into the Arkansas Highway Department. The probe, linked to the Highway Audit Commission findings, covered alleged bribery, bids, rock stockpiling, and campaign contributions. The session included testimony from Vaughan Freshour Crawford and others, with indictments later filed in circuit court.
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Little Rock
Rand
Highway Department
I. T
Red) Craweford
Vaughan
Gordon McNulty
Pluie Bluff
Max Tyers
Lyons Machinery Company
Waas
Goy
McMath
Vaughan, Freshour
Crawford
G. Wilson
St. Louis
HAC
J. C. Baker
Olen Fullerton
C.C. White
Pulaski County
John L. Carson
Lyons
M. C. Methvin
Forme
Mra
Sybil Carter
Tunisian Political Turmoil After Cabinet Minister Arrests
In Tunis and Paris political storms rise after France imposes martial law and arrests four top Tunisian cabinet ministers led by Premier Mohammed Chenik. Protests flare from Tunisian nationalists while Paris factions call for explanations from Prime Minister Pinay as ministers flee toward Geneva.
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Tunle
Tunisia
Youterday
Paris
Ant@yo
Parla
Geneva
Mohammed Chenik
MRP
Popular Reepublican Movement
Robert” Schuman
Pinay
Atelon
Schumang Minitry
Haw Ohdoge
Admlolotrabotec
Fragmentary Post 12 Era Recalls Food and Transport
A garbled note recalls Leone Huddleston and a Post 12 era event mentioning potato salad and a bus. Details are unclear, but the snippet hints at a local social or transport moment.
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Leone Huddleston
McCarthy Suit Raises Question of Immunity
March 27 reports McCarthy sues Sen Benton for two million dollars alleging libel slander and conspiracy over remarks about McCarthy's conduct. The suit questions whether a member of Congress can be shielded by constitutional immunity for spoken remarks. Benton offered to waive immunity and accept civil responsibility. Opinions among senators vary on immunity and accountability in such cases.
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Washington
McCarthy
Benton
Congress
Day
Sen
D-Conn
Iseuel Blatemont
Bunton
Senate
Ferguson
R-Mich
Hd Beliaves Congress
Mambar
Ben. Mulikin
Sen. Spaykman
D-Ala
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Dorothy Ellison
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Ay Roberts
KAR
Atest
Ile
Patek
Hall Place
Sth & Walnut
Lambert
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the Rock
Ar. Kkongun Highway Commission
J. B. Lambert
Helno
Highway Audit Commission
Ical
Highway Commission
Capitol
Highway Director
Prapork
Hornpalend
Maret
Dieke Hut
Saul
Betyaonp Ung
Roy Andersoiy
Geo. B. Newhart
Whire
Cour Jury
Sam Ingram
Oid’ Clare
Chonthami
Holly
Plana
Sallla Lou Hall
Lolita Lou Hall
Hogring
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