Sliced Thin Columist Links Labor Row to South Politics
Our Daily Bread columnist notes two major speeches at a CIO Textile Workers convention in Boston urging Southern organizing while Rhode Island Governor Pastore links parity with New England mills. The piece frames Northern labor and capital as driving actions against the South and questions U.S. stance toward Soviet Russia. It also references Rockefeller Foundation spending and U.S. protest over a missing American plane in Moscow.
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CIO Textile Workers Ofién
Bosyiom
CIO
Philip Murry
Murray
John O. Pastore
Rhode Island
South
New England
United States
United
Union Soviet Socialist
U S Criticizes Russia Over Baltic Plane Incident
The United States charged Russia with flouting international obligations over the Baltic plane shoot down on April 8. In a note to Moscow, the State Department dismissed Russia’s account as erroneous and condemned its handling of the incident.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Moscow
State Department
Clerk Selected Little Rock Rose Queen
A 19 year old office clerk with reddish hair Miss Margaret Ann Stubbs of North Little Rock is named Little Rock Rose Festival queen after defeating six schoolgirls in the final. She will reign over the festival tomorrow with events including a dinner, a Dick Powell appearance, and a parade. Selected by fifty members of the Young Men’s Business Association, Miss Stubbs works for Southwestern Bell and stands five feet five and a half inches tall, weighing 115 pounds.
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Little Rock
Margaret Ann Stubbs
North Little Rock
Young Business Menn‘s Association
Miss Stubbs
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Arkansas Weather Forecast With Clouds and Showers
Cloudiness and showers reported in eastern and southern areas this afternoon with cooler temperatures tonight. Saturday expected to be cloudy across the state with continued unsettled conditions and cooler highs.
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Arkansas
Extended Forecast With Mild Northwest Cooler Ahead
Extended outlook shows normal to slightly above normal temperatures with 6 to 8 degree boosts in the southwest. Normal lows 55-59 north and 60-63 south. highs 78-81 north and 81 plus south. Cooler northwest Saturday and Sunday, then warmer Monday. No major changes east and south. Moderate precipitation with scattered showers starting and around Tuesday.
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Cstr
More Money Bill Increases Indicated
Washington May 5 The house advances a $29 billion appropriation bill into major money sections with significant increases slated for the atomic energy commission and veterans administration. The plan includes boosting army engineers funds for flood control and rivers harbors, and adds air power to national defense.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Atomic Tnergy Commission
Veterans’ Administration
House
Appropriations Committee
AEC
Veterans Administration
Army Engineers
Maxwell Dies Suddenly at Home Here
Vestal Maxwell a 37 year old local sign painter died unexpectedly about 6 30 last night at his home here He is survived by his wife five children Jimmy Allen Patricia Gail Barbara Ann Carolyn and Gordon Maxwell Funeral services will be held at 2 p m Sunday at Unity Baptists church of Hope by the Rev Haw ard White and the Rev Doyle In Byam Active pallbearers art Little Warren Pickard Lile Easterling John Flowers Jim Warren and J Kennedy Forwar Leon Blevins 28 points against West Virginia University was the University of Arizona basketball teams single game 1948 49
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Vestal Maxwell
Jimmy Allen
Patricia Gail
Barbara Ann
Carolyn
Gordon *K. Maxwell
Unity Baptists Church of Hope
Haward White
Doyle In- Byam
Art Little
Warren Pickard
Lile Easterling
John Flowers
Jim Warren
J. ©. Kennedy
NLRB Examiner to Hear Wage Violation Charge
Walnut Ridge May 5 A national labor relations board examiner was to hold a hearing here on charges that 49 employees of the closed Walnut Ridge Manufacturing company were paid less than the minimum wage. The plant, affiliate of H. Seigfried and sons St Louis, laid off 200 workers. payroll was about $20 000 monthly.
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Walnut Ridge
National Labor Relations Board
Walnut Ridge Manufacturing Company
Walnut Day
Benn Weiss
NLRB
H. Seigfried and Sons
St. Louis
College Fight Centers on Nevada Widow
Little Rock May 3 Seven faculty members quit Central college over a dispute tied to finances and personnel clashes. Rev Irving M Prince said six instructors resigned in protest after Mrs Leslie Buchanan the dean of women and widow of a Prescott physician was fired for insubordination. The group included Ray Gardner librarian Mrs Gardner home economics J P Leveritt coach and physical education director Mrs F E Rothchild and Joseph Mitchell. Prince said Buchanan and the resignations had long opposed the administration. Mrs Buchanan could not comment and the resigners gave no public statement. The college in Camp Robinson area reportedly faced financial trouble.
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Little Rock
Central College
Uittle Baptist School
Irving M. Prince
Leslie Buchanan
Buchanan
Prescott
Nevada County
Central
Camp Robinson
Prince
Arkansas
Algei
Glee Club to Stage Operetta May 12 at Hope High
Hope High Glee Club presents An Old Kentucky Garden on Friday May 12 at 8 pm in the school auditorium. Tickets go on sale Monday. Lead roles include Thalia Chism and Bobby Messer with Herschel McBay as Colonel Saunton. Cast features many students and a duo-piano accompaniment by Beth Bridges and Ann Bar. Directed by Huth Hamilton and Helen Mursahil.
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Hope High School Glee Club
Kentucky
Stephen Foster
San Francisco
Colonel Saunton
Herschel McBay
Thalia Chism
Jeanie Staunton
Bobby Messer
Richard Morgan
Jack Taylor
Mary Hooper
Ghis Keith
Flosl Hartsfield
James Russell
Syd MacMath
Bob McPherson
Roberta Howard
Melvin Thrash
Jodie Coffee
Jim Edwards
Anita Copeland
Jim Yocum
John Andres
Glee Club
Beth Bridges
Ann Bar
Huth Hamilton
Helen Mursahil
Arkansas B P W Open Annual Conference
Arkansas Business and Professional Women clubs held their annual conference in El Dorado with a general session this afternoon. Dr Marion D Barnes from Lion Qi company research spoke. Geneva FP legislative director will speak tomorrow. officers to be elected tomorrow. Hockey uniforms are costly with Michigan State goalie using 193.50 dollars in gear.
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el Dorado
Arkansas Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Marion D. Barnes
Lion Qi Company Research Department
Geneva FP
Cotton crop tops 16 million bales in 1949
Washington May 5 agriculture department final report estimates the 1949 cotton crop totaled 16,127,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight, up from 14,877,000 in 1948 and above the 1938-47 average of 11,855,000. Total value of cotton and cottonseed around 2.548 billion dollars, lint valued at 2.262 billion, cottonseed at 284 million, versus prior year figures.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Indicted Sheriff Faces Hearing on Abatement Motion
Malvern May 5 A hearing was set on a motion to abate charges against Sheriff Ed Deere of Hot Spring county amid grand jury probes into liquor and gaming law violations. Deere, suspended by Circuit Judge Roy Danuser, bondsmen W D Whitten Jack Kight and Vance Jernigan hold bail of 23000.
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Malvern
Ed Deere
Hot Spring County
Roy Daruser
BR. W. Griswold
Deere
Kenneth Coffelt
Little Rock
W. D. Whitten
Hope and
Jack Kight
Vance Jernigan
Man Electrocuted In Accident At Tuckerman
Ray Fondeau of Little Rock, 22, was electrocuted when a short circuit developed in an arc lamp he was using in Tuckerman yesterday. His widow and a small son survive.
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Tuckerman
vPj
Ray Fondeau
Little Rock
Oklahoma Governor Says Oil Industry Healthier Than Years
Gov Roy Turner of Oklahoma declared the oil industry in one of its healthiest conditions in years in a report for the Interstate Oil Compact Commission spring meeting. He cited 24 million barrels of crude stocks as adequate for storage to meet refinery needs and pipelines, with gasoline stocks slightly high but demand rising.
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Biloxi
Miss
Roy Turner
Oklahoma
Turner
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Businessmen to Discuss Rat Control in Hope City
Hope business leaders meet at City Hall at 7 p m on Thursday May 18 to plan a city wide rat control program. The meeting follows talks with City Health Officer Dr Walter Sims and Chamber of Commerce manager Charles A Armitage with a U S Interior Department representative to design a lasting eradication effort. The program aims to unify all businesses to prevent rat return and protect health and property, with Interior Department oversight to ensure safe, proven practices.
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All Hope
Chamber of Commerce
Walter Sims
Charles A. Armitage
Chamber of Commercce
U.S. Department of Interior
United States
Department of Interior
Ketchel hailed as greatest fighter by Zigler in praise
Butte resident George Zigler, aged 67, recalls Stan Ketchel as the best he ever faced. He recounts Ketchel smashing his nose during a brick-removal dispute over bricks and a penny, noting Ketchel’s unmatched toughness. Zigler says Ketchel died young but outlived many peers and believes no future fighter will match him.
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Zigler
Butte
Mont
Pnd
Slaneley Ketchee
George
Jose
Georgy
Jes
Keliche
Blantey Ketchul
Foreign Aid Bill Heads To Senate Vote
Washington May 5 A 3 372 450 000 foreign aid bill moves to a senate vote as lawmakers forecast possible cuts of up to 500 million while administration supporters brace for amendments. Contally says votes exist to prevent any cut though House provisions may trim 25 million to 25 million. The measure is an authorization bill with actual funds to be set later.
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Washington
Senate
Bridges
Contally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Subcommittee
House
Truman
Delight Men Charged With Sex Violations
Two Delight Arkansas men face charges after alleged sex offenses with teenage girls in North Hempstead county. Deputy Prosecutor Royce Weissenberger said they posted $1000 bonds for appearance in Hope Municipal Court May 29. Accused are Joe Childers, 20, and J. S. Rhodes, 40, both of Delight. Victims aged 14 and 16 live near McCaskill. Incident on a bridge inside the Hempstead county line. Childers charged with carnal mistreatment and Rhodes with Statutory.
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Delight Ark
North Hempstead County
Royce Weissenberger
Mope Municipal Court
Big Joe Childes
J. S. Rhodes
Delight
McCaskill
Hempstead
Noted Poet and Critic Dies Unexpectedly
New York May 5 William Rose Benet 54 Pulitzer prize winning poet and critic collapsed on a street after a meeting of the National Institute of Arts and Letters council and died minutes later police said death was due to natural causes a family member said he had heart condition treatment He won the 1942 Pulitzer for The Dust Which Is a Room.
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New York
William Rose Benet
Hopes Dimmed by Red Announcement on German POWs
Frankfurt reports Tass announced the last German war prisoners, 17 538, were freed. West Germany and Allied officials had disputed Soviet tallies, with estimates of still millions held. The news sparked political tensions and skepticism about Russia’s wartime accounting.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Tass
West Germany
Aebra Man
United States
France
West Berlin
Russia
ThasTgader
Schumacher
Soviet Union
Tassgald
Weather and storm sweep broad western region with tornadoes
Rain and snow, plus strong winds, hit wide areas from Kansas to the Pacific coast. Abnormally cool conditions spread across the central plains while a severe storm in Kansas produced tornadoes and casualties. Snow fell in Wyoming Colorado and Nebraska with up to 14 inches in spots. Rain and snow expected in western Kansas and north central areas as winds reach 40 to 45 mph. Temperatures varied from 105 in Texas to 28 in Denver with mixed thunder activity in the northeast. A note on baseball lists Vic Lombardi as Pittsburgh Pirates smallest pitcher at five foot seven inches and 355 pounds.
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Associated Press
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Oklahoma
Texas
Rockles
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Colorado
Central Plains
Missouri Valley
Mississippi Valley
Pacific Coast
California
Great Lakes
Mercury
Laredo
Tex
Chicago
Louisville
Rock Springs
Wyo
Denver
Lucas for Civil Rights Ackon in Senate Turmoil
Fragmented OCR report shows Lucas proposing civil rights measures in the Washington Senate amid interruptions and Republican concern. References to PEPC bill, Taft sponsorship, and Dixie senators hint at a tense clash over civil rights action and party strategies.
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Washington
Lux
Senate
Ohio
Lucas
Wis
Taft
Dixie
Chrysler plant walkout prompts idle workers concern
Detyatt notes many workers idled as Chrysler plants begin monthly production. UAW and Chrysler back a three year pact aimed at volume output. Strikers report hardship for numerous families as talks continue. union leaders call the agreement the best in years.
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Detyatt
Chry
United Auto Worke
Chrysler
UAW
Dan
Local Honor Students Named in 1950 Graduation
The report lists valedictorian and salutatorian selections along with graduating seniors from Norman schools. It mentions Floyd McClellag and Mary Nations as notable honorees, with references to families and the upcoming Baccalaureate ceremony.
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Norman
Lan
Floyd McClellag
Mary
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