Our Daily Bread on Post Office Bill and Free Press
The editor argues for equal treatment in postal rate increases for all newspapers and cites ANPA concerns over a House bill that would raise second class rates. He urges a fair, weight based schedule, notes Postmaster General Donaldson’s warning against discrimination, and reflects on Columbus and telescopes to illustrate progress and risk of dogmatic thinking.
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Congress
Post Office Department
House of Representatives
P. O
American Newspaper Publishers Association
ANPA
America
Jesse M. Donaldson
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Donaldson
Post Office
Arkansas Weather Forecast Light Clouds Tonight
Weather forecast shows cloudiness this afternoon and tonight with clearing periods. Tuesday will be warmer with rising temperatures and continued mild conditions across Arkansas. Local readers are advised to expect a gradual warming trend and variable skies.
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Arkansas
Stassen Says Capitalism Best Economy Plan
Harold E. Stassen told about 2,500 Chamber of Commerce delegates that capitalism is the most undersold economic system and socialism and communism are the most oversold. He urged American industry to educate workers to understand capitalism to curb socialism and win the cold war.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Russia
United States Chamber of Commerce
University of Pennsylvania
America
Stassen
Minnesota
Chamber
Herman W. Steingraus
Bodcaw Test Holds Oil Spotlight
Bodcaw area in Nevada county draws oil attention as Dick Burnett drills the W. B. May No. 1 near Bodcaw at about 5,000 feet and H. T. Pannell prepares the Austin Candle No. 1 nearby. Sohio moves in with the Ellis No. 1 near Falcon as lease values surge to as high as 300 dollars per acre.
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Nevada County
Bodcaw
Dick Burnett
H. TY. Pannell
Sohio Oil Company
Falcon
PTA Benefit Game Raises 145 Dollars at Hope High
Ozan man among mourned victims as six die in crash in Lebanon Tl May 1 11. Teachers and parents teamed in a benefit game at Hope High School raising 145 dollars for a new electric fountain. Proceeds directed to base clerks and families with extensive cooperation from local residents and students amid a tragic week.
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Ozan Man
Lebanon
The
Hope High School
P.I. A
Air Force
Frank H
sWolf
West
Sturayway
Walter Dents
Bridges
Lawrence Martin
Henry Chviss
Henry Hawthorne
Sne
Scou Air Base
Col
Kicnew
A. Livingstone
Bpachuckut
R. J
Maj
Donald H
Businessmen Betting on Better Days Rise in Orders and Inventories
New York reports show businessmen betting on brighter days with forward orders. March new manufacturing orders hit a postwar high, up 14 percent from February and a year earlier, led by durable goods. Industrial sales rose, especially in lumber, furniture, machinery, motor vehicles, and non-ferrous metals.
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Department of Commerce
Revival Starts Tonight at Church of Christ
Revival meeting begins tonight at 7 40 at the Church of Christ on 6th and Grady Streets with Bro Parsons of Magnolia conducting services nightly through May 7. The public is invited.
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Church of Christ
6Th and
Grady Streets
Bro. Parsons
Magnolia
Cancels Field Trip For Scoutmasters Training Course
The Scoutmasters training course field trip scheduled for tonight has been postponed indefinitely according to officials. No new date was announced and the decision affects all participants and attendees.
Encrease in Special Tax Collections Reported
Little Rock on May 1 Morley announced Kansas state special tax collections for the month totaled 6,000,630, showing an increase of about 160,000 over April 1949. The report highlights a steady rise in revenue from the state tax program during the period.
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Little Rock
Kansas
Morley
Arkansas Supreme Court Rules Civil Actions Cannot Be Filed Against Jail Inmates
The Arkansas Supreme Court reversed a Mississippi County Circuit Court decision involving foreclosure of a lien on a Negro harvest hand’s auto while he was jailed awaiting burglary and grand larceny trials. The court upheld the conviction of a Negro transient farm worker, John Renry Barnes, for stealing about $2,300 from a Blytheville store. It also reversed a chancery order about Hankins property curb removal after a street encroachment dispute with Pine Bluff city officials.
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Little Rock
TheArkansas Supreme Court
Mississippi
John Renry Barnes
J. W. Moore
Blytheville
Barnes
Moore
Barnes Auto
High Tribunal
Jefferson Chancery
Hankins
Pis
20Th
Pine Buff
Supreme Court
Cranks Blamed in Calls for Slander Case
Authorities blame crank calls and letters for harassment in the Dr. Hermann Sander slander case. Officials including Br Benjamin Burpee and Attorney General Willliam Phinney report threats and a bomb remark, with Chief James O Neill ordering an investigation as Sander awaits potential reinstatement.
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Hermann N. Sander
Benjamin F. Burpee
State Board of Regsistration In Medicine
Burpee
Willliam L. Phinney
Woilitama
Craig
Hubert E. Biron
Frost “Crunies
James ¥. O'Neil
The
American Legion
Inndianapolis
Legion
Sander
Val
New Hampshire
State Board of Registration In Medicine
Manchester
N. H
May Day in Berlin Quiet as Mass Rallies Mock Clash
More than a million Berliners, about 500000 per side, massed near the Hast West borders for rival May Day demonstrations. Police kept the peace despite stones and minor fights, with East and West sectors lined by German police and Allied troops, channeling crowds toward Potsdamer Platz.
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Berlin
Hast-West
Brandenburg Gate
den Linden
Hitler
Uece
Hevlin
Russia
Iorder
Potsdamer Platz
One Liquor Firm Lowers Price
Park and Tilford Distillers cuts whisky price by 32 cents per fifth and 60 cents per pint in Arkansas. The firm called the reductions the largest by any major distiller before the war. Prohibition advocates plan a statewide wet-dry referendum next November.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Park and Tilford Distillers, Inc
Texan Cox elected head of Arkansas VA agencies
Charles B. Cox of Austin was elected head of the state agencies handling veterans training programs at the closing session of the National Association of State Approval Agencies conventions in Arkansas yesterday. He was the Texan chosen to lead the organization.
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Springs
Charles B. Cox
Austin
National Association of State
Nationwide telephone strike ends as talks resume
Striking CIO Communications Workers of America members suspend picket lines after four-hour delay, averting a nationwide halt to telephone service. Teletype operators and other workers at United Press also walked off, while United Auto Workers near a Chrysler settlement, elevating pressure as Bell System talks resume with American Telephone and Telegraph and its subsidiaries.
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CIO Communications Workers of America
United Press Associations
United Auto
Chrysler Corp
Detroit
New York
Beil Telephone System
Western Electric Company
CWA
Bell System
Americ
Editor Putnam's bold stand for press freedom in Oregon
HAL BOYLE profiles George Putnam of Salem originator of a blunt policy urging truth and fearless reporting. Putnam endured punches and libel suits yet grew his Capital Journal from under 5 000 to over 18 000 daily circulation. He defends aggressive journalism and insists liberty is earned each generation.
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Hal Boyle
Salem
Ore
George Putnam
Putnam
W. Scripps
Capital Journal
Felf
Helds
Purism
Orgeon
Oregon
Ku Klux Klan
Prohibitionists
Townsend Movement
Fox
Jax
Chrysler strike hangs on contract wording says Weckler
Detroit May 1 Chrysler general manager Herman L Weckler said only the wording of a new contract held up the 97 day old strike while the United Auto Workers denied a breakthrough The union noted unresolved issues After talks aimed at a quick settlement dragged past 45 hours mediators pushed for progress The UAW argued language was the cause of delay while 89 000 CIO UAW members remained on strike and 50 000 workers at plants idled
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Detroit
Chrysler
United Auto Union
Herman L. Weckler
Weckler
CYO
United Auto Workers
UAW
CIO
United Auto
Chryslelr Corp
Kansas City Murder Case Remains Unclear in Brief Notice
A fragmentary item from the Kansas City newsroom notes a homicide investigation with limited readable details, mentioning a death in a room and an April context while offering no clear names, locations, or charges. Further specifics are unavailable in the surviving text.
Yerger Junior Class Play Thrills Local Audience Thursday
Yerger High school presents The Haunted Chair a three act mystery comedy drama by James F. Stone in the auditorium Thursday May 4 at 8 pm. Cast includes Minneola McFadden John Dell Scoggins Aurshy Moss Isaiah Stuart and others. Admission 15 25 35 cents. Sponsor and director Navml R. Yerger.
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Yerger High School
James F. Stone
Minneola McFadden
John Dell’ ‘Scoggins
Aurshy Moss
Isaiah Stuart
Ethel G. Davis
Matthew Williams
Laquita Johnson
Cleveland McClendon
Nona Jean Tyus
B. C. Allen
Maslyn Hamilton
Harvey Moore
Navml R. Yerger
Negro Garden Club Holds Banquet in Hope
The Zennia Garden club of Hope sponsored a banquet at Yerger lunch room on Friday April 28 from 6 to 8 p m Elector Campbell spoke on recreation and the need for a park in Hope. She is a graduate of A M and N college Pine Bluff and a teacher at Nevada County Training school Rosston
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Zennia Garden Club of Hope
Yerger
Campbell
Hope
A. M. & N. College
Pine Bluff
Nevada
Motor Damaged by Fire at Barrow's Grocery
A motor on an ice cream box at John Barrow's Grocery on Main Street caught fire near midnight and burned. Fire Department reported damage confined to the motor area.
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Barrow’s Grocery
John Barrow
Main Street
Former Hope Man Succumbs in Colifornig
Leslie Daniel, aged 55, a former Hope resident, died at his home in Corgna on Friday. Visitation and funeral services are scheduled for 1 am Tuesday in Texarkana. Survivors include Ma Agse of Texarkeng.
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Leslie Daniel
Hope
Corgna
Texarkana
Ma Agse
Texarkeng
May Day Display Echoes of Global Power Parade
The article notes mass demonstrations and red banners from Moscow to Berlin celebrating International Labour Day. Stalin leads a peacetime show of strength as Western Allied forces monitor occupation zones.
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Moscow
Berlin
Burma
Tlons
West Ber
Lei Stan
Stalin
sGen
Labor Day International New Legion
Elty
Banka
Herll
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Mien
Mt. Palomar
Cal
Saturday Evening Post
Bernard Schmidt
Mt. Jore’smar
Outer Space
Mr. Columbus
Ws&ather Forecast
PTA
REDS
U. 8
Frederick Rau
Mosine
By Sam Dawson
Cranks
Monaco
Texan
Kansas, City
Negro Garden Club
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