Reading detective paperbacks in wartime nostalgia
A columnist riffs on choosing pulpy classics, printing histories, and wartime book drives. He recalls dime gifts to troops, paperback origins, and a tale of sailors sharing stories, noting the paradoxes of war and leisure as readers chase thrillers.
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Telaitt
Wasling
Rye
Nick Carter
Americ
Rhaiss
Thad
James Bowie
James Black
Washington
Basse
Pacific
Nuither
Hopsyeleroy
Mie
Bus Loses Wheel Injuring Fourteen Near Hot Springs
A bus on U S Highway 70 near Hot Springs lost a rear wheel and slid off the pavement injuring fourteen of its twenty passengers. The vehicle did not overturn and several injured were treated at St Josephs Hospital. Driver Grer WN Douglass of Slot Springs was released after questioning. Personnel from Gare send Saline County Highway Department assisted traffic control.
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Qhot Springs
F Railways
U. S
Garesend-Saline County Inc
Mia
Little Ryck
Bernad Castleman
Graphis
Benson Predicts Butter Prices to Plunge This Week
Washington based Agriculture Secretary Eva Benson forecasts butter prices to fall 8 to 15 cents per pound this week as federal price supports are slashed. She will cut daily supports Thursday and may unveil a butter disposal plan to move stored stock. Retailers and wholesalers expect immediate price drops, potentially dropping below current levels. The initiative could include area based price breaks and test sales in certain cities to reduce the $281 million in federal butter stock. Continued on Page Three.
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Washngon
Eva I Benson
Hig
Butley
Benson
National Association of Food Chinas
Kror’ Igey Chalr
Violence Claims Lives of 12 In Arkansas Week
The Associated Press reports at least 12 people died in Arkansas for the week ending last midnight. Two North Little Rock women drowned when their car plunged into a creek west of Chivalah in Yell County. A second vehicle followed and struck the creek. Trey Bearden 31 and Mary Belle Whitley 38, both of North Little Rock, were injured. Conway Wells 83 of Cave City died when his car crashed into a bridge abutment near Newport on Highway 67.
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Arkansas
North Little Rock
Harold F. Webb
Justin Morris
Chivalah
Ark
Yell County
Fao
Wis
John Scott
Trey Bearden
Mary Belle Whitley
Noth
Scott
Bill Manes
Conway Wells
Cave City
Wells
Newport
Manes
Schedule of Lay-Services Is Completed
The Jay spu sker schedule for the Wednesday noon Union Lay services sponsored by the minister ial Alliance and the Hops Chamber of Commerce has been completed. The responsible committee is pleased with the response from those asked to serve as speakers and in other devotional roles. Services will be held at the First Baptist Church each Wednesday from March 81 to April 28 with starting time 12 40 and ending at 12 55, and the schedule will be strictly followed.
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Jay-spusker
Ministerial Alliance
Hops Chamber of Commerce
Ayilk the Eld
First Baptist Church
Tadpole Elwin Aims For Elephant Dream At Pond
A tadpole named Elwin in a pond refuses to conform to peers desires to be an elephant, inspired by a carnival poster. His mother urges contentment, while his pompous father boasts of family lineage as other tadpoles jeer. The story centers on youth seeking a grand future amid small-town doubt.
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HA Boyle
New York
Elwin
Sticks
Rik
Othe Tadpeles
Fohvin
Mathta
Oswald J. Frog
White House Picketed by Longshoremen Clash Over Dock Strike
Police estimate about 1 200 to 1 400 longshoremen arrived by bus from New York and elsewhere to picket the White House in a protest linked to the New York harbor dock strike. The march included contingents from the old International Longshoremen's Association and AFL ILA factions, with planned picketing at the National Labor Relations Board as it considers a labor dispute.
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Washington
New York
Metropolitan
National Labor Relatns Board
Consideration Tomato
NLRB
Old International
Longshoremen's Assn
CLA
le Fround
TLA
Jyolls
Aflala
ILA
Bangster
Pickering
Little Rock
Arkan
Sai
Supreme Court Ida
Vhief
Franklin County
Cleri
Derson
Sere Cole
Dion Huggins
Bunt
Harold
Wacaster
Cherry
Frankin
Huggins
Wee
Zener
1500 Saved as British Troops Return Home
In Algiers a shipload of about 1500 British soldiers survivors of a blaze aboard the Empire Windrush were saved after an engine room explosion. Among the saved were 277 women and children and 17 invalid soldiers. Four crew died. Officials offered no comment on sabotage amid Suez tensions.
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Algiers
Algerlail
Mediterranean
London
Admiralty
Transport Ministry
Suez Canal
Senate GOP predicts Eisenhower may sign excise tax bill
Senate Republican Leader Knowland predicted the president would sign an excise tax bill totaling about 912 million dollars as approved by the House, while noting heavy Senate cuts and a House rejection. The debate centered on reducing the excise tax on household appliances and abolishing the admissions tax on cinema tickets, with negotiations ongoing between Senate and House leaders and Eisenhower.
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Washington
Sena Respublican
Knowland
Walke House
Uve House
Senate
House
Senate House
Reporters Alley
Eisenhower
Air Force Flyers Escape in Great Falls Incident
Two Air Force fliers, including 25 year old Char Whitehead of Pine Bluff Arkansas, narrowly escaped harm near Great Falls Montana. Whitehead was hospitalized at the Great Falls Air Force Base hospital after the incident. details remain unclear.
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Great Falls
Mont
Air Force
Pineff
Ark
Char Whitehead
Pineluff
Great’Palls Air Force
Quiet Weekend Reported by City Police
City police described a very quiet weekend with late activity needing investigation. Julius Stewart Megrd was charged with carrying a pistol and discharging a firearm inside the city. A witness reported a shot at her home. A caller saw a man remove a bicycle from J D Bowell’s yard. The bicycle was recovered. Collision on West Second caused heavy damage to a vehicle door.
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Hope City
Julius Stéwart
Megrd
Viggie Stewart
Charles Gough
J. D. Bowell
Wicyela
Pressure Builds to Open McCarthy Hearing Soon
A Senate Investigations subcommittee pressures ahead in search of three top attorneys to lead and supervise the inquiry into Senator McCarthy Army ties. Indications point to hearings possibly starting this week as the panel debates selecting a competent, impartial counsel, with some members urging swift action amid staffing and backlogs.
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Senate
Lts
Avaid
McCarthy Army
Starling
R SD
Dosen
Jeeeph iRamand
Aphfer ‘Fadayon
McCarthy
Sourosa
Specifl
Alice William
J. Jaumesan
American, Bar Association
Poard
Paratrooper McVay Injured At Port Smith Home Incident
Camp Chaffee report of Sergeant Homer H. McVay, a veteran with 83 parachute jumps including two in combat, hospitalized with an injured back. The 82nd Airborne Division veteran, based at Fort Bragg, fell five feet from a ladder at his Port Smith home while on furlough.
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Camp Chaffee
Homer H. McVay
Army Hospital
McVay
82Nd Airborne Division
Fort. Bragg
Noc
Athia
Port
Smith
Judgment in Arkansas Court Awards 10000 for Property Damages
A Clark County Supreme Court judgment awards $10,000 in damages from improvements to a store building and tourist area. The ruling cites a dispute over widening projects on U S Highway 67 and involves Mitchells and others. The case connects to prior murder and property disputes referenced in concurrent legal matters.
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Little, Rock
Phel Arkahgas Supreme’ Court
Clark County
Clark
Reult
Mitchell
Cernon Mitchell
Alth F
Long
Len
Supreme Court
Opheldo
Jefferson
Loi ‘Grea
Mississippi Chancery
Cateepla
Charles
Bennemors
Fe Robbins
Kennemore
Robbins
Lowell Dick Ison
Digkgon
Meeting canceled as Cairo talks falter
A disputed gathering in Cairo collapses after factions fail to agree on a plan. No public statements specify remaining issues, leaving observers unsure of future negotiations and potential restart date.
All Around the Town by The Star Star
A local theater report notes Til a year's Klwants Mineral by Emmett Thompson drew mixed funds and public thanks. Norman Moore announces about 1250 dollars raised, earmarked for Is. Park. Cast includes many seventh to tenth graders. pageant and ward election hints follow with names and candidacies listed.
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Emmett Thompson
Norman Moore
Tlule
Is. Park
Rapsy Adams
Brenda Hamas
Judy Ratellit
Blaine Thompson
Beyelyn Ball
Mary Hall
Brenda Payne
Jo Any Roberts
Pat Atkerson
Judy Peaks
Linda Raloll
Mave Shopasot
Sue Burke
Ginny Herdonio
Beth Retiigi
Bobby Kay Turner
Mary
Judy
Han Marlene
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State Library Organization
Hope
J. T. Hill
Arkansas Library Commission
Imboden
Marie Pinexney
Little Ock
Tommie Dalley
The
Associated Press
Franklin
White House
Airforce
West Second
James Tautiehgek
Jin White
Wille
United States
Cairo
Joe Jones
al Jatery
Kathryn Lou
Cline Franks
Nersay
Eevee Man
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