McBrien Named President at Henderson College
Dr. D. McBrien history professor at Arkansas State Teachers College Conway will become president of Henderson State Teachers College starting July 1 he was chosen by the board to succeed Dr Matt L Ellis who resigned to lead Hendrix College Conway McBrien is a Tennessee native and has taught at Conway since 1914.
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House committee urges unified food policy to curb black markets
Washington May 2 P A House investigating committee sharply criticizing parts of the governments food program recommended a coordinated policy from grower to consumer to ease shortages. It urged top priority for food production, a single food authority, revised pricing with sure profits for growers, hog price support up to 13.50 per cwt, and anti black market measures for eggs and sugar.
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Ancient mariner search for 100-year-old missing sailor
New York reports a 100-year-old retired seaman William S. Clark missing from Sailors' Snug Harbor. Police search the waterfront as officials suggest he may have run away to join the merchant marines.
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Ball bomb sprung by Fifth Army in Italy
Fifth Army soldiers in Italy fashioned a ball bomb as a heavy improvised device. T5 Howard Siein of Lexington Indiana is shown preparing the weapon, a concrete mass packed with 60 pounds of explosives and shrapnel from cartridges and glass. It was rolled down mountains to strike German positions below.
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Day's Barrage Shows 20,000 Tons Aimed At Axis
A U.S. mechanized field army can fire about 20,000 tons of ammunition from heavy guns in a 24 hour barrage. The figure underscores planned heavy fire as a cornerstone of impending victory over the Axis powers.
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Berlin Falls and German Surrender Push Near Linz
As Berlin falls and Hamburg Luebeck and Rostock are outflanked German resistance collapses across northern and southern fronts. Patton's Third Army links with Russians near Linz while Eisenhower's forces press toward Prague and the Italian front remains active. British and American units seize prisoners in large numbers and push toward Kiel coastal routes.
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RAF Mosquitos Hit Kiel Naval Base Four Times
Report says Doenitz may have fled Hamburg as British troops closed in and the British Press Association believed he could be in Kiel. RAF Mosquitos attacked the Kiel naval base four times last night in a bid to force surrender and show further resistance was pointless.
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Customs Costly in China On Such Occasions
Traditional Chinese wedding and funeral practices incur high expenses that burden families, sometimes leaving them poor as households observe costly customs and rituals during these occasions.
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Posthumous General Rank For Col Darby Ties War Hero
President Truman recommended a posthumous promotion for Col William Orlando Darby, who led American Ranger battalions in North Africa and Sicily. Darby was nominated for brigadier general and sent to the Senate after news of his death in North Italy days before victory. Secretary Stimson urged the accord, while Darby’s permanent rank remained captain of field artillery.
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Laval in Montjuich Fortress Prison Spain
Charles S. Foltz reports Pierre Laval the former Vichy chief of government is held in Montjuich Citadel above Barcelona after arriving by American car and landing by German bomber. He occupies a Ritz suite refitted for him, guarded by Madrid and awaits Allied disposition.
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Educator John Humble Dies After Illness in Little Rock
John Sherman Humble, 78, a retired educator and former instructor at Arkansas State College Jonesboro and former Kramer School principal, died at his Little Rock home after a two week illness. He is survived by his wife and a brother.
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