Pepper Defeated in Florida Senate Race by Smathers
The Florida senatorial race resulted in a 50,000 vote victory for George Smathers over Senator Claude Pepper. Issues included Taft Hartley, FEPC, deficit spending, and national health insurance. Pepper, tied to leftist views and allies abroad, was seen as a radical whose record and rhetoric harmed his campaign. Smathers criticized the president’s program while Pepper faced White House disfavor. The result is portrayed as a judgment on individuals and their past utterances rather than a referendum on party labels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Pepper
Florida
George Smathers
Miami
Pepper
Smathers
FEPC
Henry A. Wallace
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Truman
National ‘Action
Bodcaw School History Highlighted at Alumni Banquet
The Bodcaw High School Alumni Association holds its fourth annual banquet and reunion at Bodcaw School in Nevada county on May 6. J M Camp directs the program with Roy R Tompkins presenting Bodcaw history and Fred H Ward giving the benediction. The event features class roll calls from 1897 to 1950, music by Ruth Turner and Bodcaw Old Timers, and notes on the school's 1888 origin, 1915 tornado, 1916 bond issue, and consolidation fostering a regionally influential institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Martin
Bodcaw High School
Bodcaw
Nevada County
J. M. Camp
Veterans Vocational Training
Stamps
Boocan
Roy R. Tompkins
Okla. A & M College
Stillwater
Fred H. Ward
Stephens
Jed
Ruth Turner
Union Baptist High School
Bodean
J. T. Vestal
T. K. Munn
The
Baptist Association
Aged Washington Negro Woman to Be Buried May 4
An 86 year old Black resident of Hempstead for 40 years died at her home near Washington. She is survived by four sons, three brothers and one sister. Funeral services will be held at Rising Star church in Hope on Thursday May 4 conducted by Reverend N Glover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Rcuary
Hempstead
Washington
Rising Star Church
Hope
N. Glover
Chamber of Commerce
S Ig
Jim, the Closest to Us, Lost in War
An elderly man recalls his son Jim, wounded in Europe and paralyzed, and the pain of losing a child to war. He speaks of seven children, only five alive, and of a daughter who lived just three days. The father vows to keep Jim's memory while facing an uncertain future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Europe
Mom
Hal Boyle
Spokane
Wash
Coffucuy
Fee
Arkansas Weather Forecast With Showers Ahead
Weather forecast for Arkansas shows cloudy skies this afternoon with showers tonight and Thursday. The outlook calls for continued cloudiness and additional showers into the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Starzel urges slow approach to gambling information ban
AP general manager Frank Starzel told a Senate Commerce subcommittee that barring interstate transmission of gambling news could chill free press and set a hard-to-reverse precedent. He highlighted legal pari mutuel betting in many states and warned restrictions might spread to other news fields. The hearing also covered Kefauver crime probes, a phantom horse racing network, and a House Commerce inquiry into interstate gambling device shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank Starzel
Associated Press
Senators
Starze
Congress
Senate
Kefauver
D-Tenn
McFarland
D-Ariz
Senate Commerce Group
Western Union
House Commerce Committee
John E. Pickering
The
Main Institute
Chicago
Starzel
MacFarland
Continental Press Service
Cleveland
Ohio
Continental
General Mana
Rains Halt Field Work in Arkansas
General rains over the weekend stopped practically all field activity on Arkansas farms. The crop reporting service said the rainfall was welcome in most areas and ideal for bringing up recently planted crops, breaking down heavy clods, and providing moisture for small grains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas
Crop Reporting Service
New Low in U S Politics Cries Lattimore
Washington May 2 Owen Lattimore told senators that a new low in American politics had been struck by an attempt to attack him through his wife during his Senate testimony on charges of Communist influence in the State Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Owen Lattimore
Lattimore
Senate Foreign Relations
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Hickenlooper
Rtown
R-10wa
Lodge
R-Mass
Far Eastern Affairs Authority
Hackett Enters Race for Arkansas Prosecutor Post
Texarkana attorney C W Hackett announced his bid to serve as prosecuting attorney for Arkansas eighth judicial district comprising Hempstead Lafayette Nevada Clark and Miller counties. He pledged lawful, vigorous enforcement and personal outreach to voters, noting prior district support and his legal and civic experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Hackett
Texarkana
Ark
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Arkansas
Hempstead
Lafayette
Nevada
Clark
Miller
Hackett
Eighth Judicial District
Miller County
Pilkinton
Supreme Court of
State of Arkansas
Federal
Courts of Appeal
Supreme Court of the United States
Bar Association of
Pri Janary
Mrs McDaniel Dies at Home on E Third Street
Mrs Ida McDaniel widow of the late J H McDaniel died early today at her Mast Third Street home. Funeral services set for 2 p t Thursday at First Baptist Church by Rev S Rvy Whitlow. Burial at Mars Hill under Herndon-Cornelius. Survived by five sisters and five brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida McDaniel
J. H. McDaniel
Mast
Third Street
First Baptist Church
Rvy Whitlow
Herndon-Cornelius
Mars Hill
MeKamie
Fordyce Buller
Charlies MaClendon
Luwisville
Clarence Colgin
Otis Brooks
el Pasu
Lillian Risher
Petican
Lia
Fredd Lee
Hope
Ellis Lee
Canfield
Bob and
Camp Lee
Stamps
Thelt Lee
McKamic
Little Rock Rose Festival Opens With Queen Coronation
Little Rock, May 3 VPI The City of Roses begins its second annual rose festival tomorrow with a flower show at Roblingon auditorium and the coronation of the 1950 rose queen. Dick Powell, a native of the capital, will participate while June Allyson cancels plans due to a minor operation. The Little Rock Business News Club sponsors the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
VPI
City of Roses
Dick Powell
June Allyson
Roblingon Auditorium
UN Chief to Fly to Moscow for World Leaders Meeting
United Nations Secretary-General Trygve Lie announced he will fly to Moscow on May 10 to urge Russia to agree to a world leaders meeting aimed at ending the cold war and averting a global catastrophe. He warned against splitting the world into two camps and urged a meeting of heads of state to prevent a third world war.
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Paris
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Moscow
Russia
U. N
Lie
San Francisco
Stalin
U. N. Security ‘Council
Homecoming Sunday at Macedonia Church
Macedonia church in the old Wallaceburg community holds its annual homecoming on Sunday May 7 with Rev T M Armstrong a former pastor delivering the 11 o'clock message. Lunch at noon followed by cemetery decoration and gospel singing the public is invited and asked to bring song books
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Macedonia Church
Wallaceburg
T. M. Armstrong
Washington Honor Graduates Announced
Washington High School today named its honor graduates for the class of 1850. Valedictorian Billie Jo Hulsey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Hulsey, serves as yearbook editor, 4-H club president, class president and co captain of the basketball team. Salutatorian Vesta Jean Saunders, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Saunders, is secretary treasurer of the senior class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Messer
Washington High School
Billie’ Jo Hulsey
W. D. Hulsey
Vesta Jean Saunders
H. T. Saunders
Conference to Be Held Sunday at Washington
The Rev. E. D. Galloway of Hope will preach at the Methodist church in Washington Sunday May 5 at 11 a.m. The Quarterly Conference follows the service. A revival begins Sunday night May 7 at Columbus Methodist church with Rev. TY M. Armstrong assisting pastor Rev. W. C. Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Galloway
Hope
Washington
Columbus Methodist Church
TY M. Armstrong
W. C. Lewis
Prayer Services Canceled At First Presbyterian Church
Prayer services scheduled for tonight at First Presbyterian Church have been canceled. Services will resume as scheduled next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Senate Finance Committee Approves Higher Social Security Benefits
Washington May 3 The senate finance committee backed larger increases in social security retirement benefits than the house bill while voting against any tax-rate increase for five years. The panel said next decade payments would run about 110 percent above present law versus 100 percent in the house measure, with the average retiree benefit rising from about 28 to 49 dollars monthly and family maximum from 85 to 160 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
George
Congress
Four Local Youths Enlist in Service
Sergeant First Class Warren G. Short announced four area youths enlisted in the Army or Air Force. Army recruits Conrad Grisham Harold Higgason Jr and Robert N. McCullough head to Fort Riley with basic training or airborne plans. Williams joins the Air Force and goes to Lackland AFB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren G. Short
Army
Air Force
Conrad Grisham
Henry O. Grisham
West Fith St
Hope
Harold H. Higgason, Jr
Harold Higgason
Robert N. McCullough
Alva S. Willams
South Elm St. Hope
Williams
Lackland Air Forge Base
San Antonio
Tex
States Rights Fight Shapes Alabama Democratic Split
Alabama primary returns show nationally aligned Democrats near parity with the States Rights wing led by Hill and Sparkman. By May 3, tabulations favored regulars in key districts, with control of the state Democratic executive committee at stake amid intra party conflict over civil rights and party loyalty.
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Birmingham
Ala
National Party
Alabama
Truman-Barkley
State Committee
Hill
Sparkman
Democratic Executive Committee
Lister Hill
John Sparkman
Lawrence McNair
Bimingham
Js. Hill
McNeail
Thurman-Wright
Fragmentary 1948 Political Dialogue From a Seeming Campaign Text
Disjointed OCR reads like a slice of a political debate with references to Truman Taft Hartley FEPC and health insurance. Mentions Democratic and Republican positions and campaign rhetoric with unclear names and dates. The garbled lines hint at party lines and policy battles rather than a clear event.
Binaggio Pressure Tied To Kansas City Police Board
Jefferson City May 3 A Kansas City source says Charles Binaggio slain Democratic boss put heat on police board members R. Robert Cohn and Hampton Chambers after Gov Forrest Smith ousted them from the Kansas City Police Board Cohn and Chambers testified they faced pressure from Binaggio who allegedly exerted pressure over time and in various forms and they would fight back in court if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
R. Robert Cohn
Hampton
Chambers
Charles Binaggio
Kansas City
Police Board
Binaggio
Iine
Cohn
Taylor Invited to Join Truman Train Venture
Taylor invited to join Truman Train, Washington May 2. Report notes discussion aboard the train with Democratic officials about promoting Taft as vice president and lining up Wallace ticket. May 15 speech would outline Western tour details for the presidential race.
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Taylor
Truman
Washington
Glen Taylor
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U. S
Bodcaw School
Jims
U.S
C. W. Hackett
Little Rock Rose Festival
Macedonia
S. A
States Rights Group
Trails Pepper Beat
Sevelt
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