International Jitters Debate Takes WHO Stage
A Washington column discusses William Feather's debate on domestic life and a plan by the World Health Organization to gather psychiatrists for a summer conference on mankind's “jitters.” It questions mass treatment limits and the role of statesmen and economists in easing fear and anxiety worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Thrasher
World Health Organiztion
Landon
WHO
Sig
London
Das
Ehbaghk
New York
Moscow
Gral
Seaves
Vo M
Molotov
Vauch
Steward Held in Fatal Stabbing
Police hold Rudolph Serrea, an extract steward, in the fatal stabbing of Robert New Jr, port agent for the National Maritime Union and head of the Wallace for President committee. New, 28, died from a chest wound after a disrupted meeting at the Seamen's Home in Charleston. New was a Brooklyn native and led NUM efforts locally for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
S. C
May
Trp
Robert New
National Maritime Union
Chris Oviman
Rudolph Serrea
New
Serrea
Alexivated
Ile
Palice
Brooklyn
NUM
Negro Joint on North Hazel Street Padlocked
Sheriff Claude Sutton and deputies closed Calvin Dougas' Place No 1 on North Hazel Street under a temporary padlock order. A May 25 hearing will decide if the order becomes permanent as liquor sales were alleged in large quantities. Police raided the establishment and seized liquor. the state seeks to close the place as a public nuisance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude H. Sutton
Calvin Dougas
North Hazel Street
James Pilkin- Ole
Union Prevents Burial of War Hero in Jersey City
A House hearing probed a Jersey City funeral over Marine pallbearers. Union official John Carascilli admitted refusing a cousin’s request to have Marines carry Pvt Donnelly’s casket, though arrangements with family and the funeral director had been made. Rep. Wint Smith pressed that unions may dictate funeral operations. The hearing followed protests from Pvt Donnelly’s mother and testimony by undertaker Richmond Routh and Bayonne escort leader Rodger Barnes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. J
Iwo Jima
John Caraselji
APL Temasters Union
Diversutes
Wint Smith R-Kasy
Chaiman
Fred A. Hartley, Jr
R-Nj
House Labor Committee
James J. Donnelly
Ph Wet Donnelly
Wisdead
Rodger A. Barnes
Bayonne
Richmond F. Routh
Donnelly
Carescili
Caresci
Routh the Undertaker
Confidence Game Again Works Here
A local woman Elizabe Raglan was duped of $80 in a downtown street con. An unidentified Black man promised to hold her money while she cashed a check and was last seen rushing toward a freight train heading to Texarkana. Police alerted in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabe Raglan
Raglan
Texarkana
Park Cleanup Drive Seeks Volunteers for Wednesday
Park workers and community members are urged to help clean Fair Park on Wednesday afternoon starting at 2 pm. All ages welcome with a picnic planned after the cleanup. Hone Beverage Co and Uope Bottling Co provide soft drinks, local bakery supplies hot rolls, contact the chamber of commerce to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Park
R Pom
Hone Beverage Co
Uope Bottling Co
Chamber of Loimuinetce
Burma War Leaders Are Hanged in Rangoon Murders
Burma hanged former premier U Saw and six cabinet members for the July 19 assassination plot. U Saw faced the gallows at Insein jail near Rangoon after a private execution, while two others were hanged at Rangoon Central jail. Witnesses noted calm exits and final prayers as the executions proceeded with heavy security and suppressed press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Brown
U Saw
Burma
U’ Aung Saw
Insein
Xrangoon
Rangoon
Hmon Gyi
Maung Soe
Thet Hain
Hmon Gyi l
Myawhit Party
Wft U Annet Saw
Col Haburiing
Hope Tempco Melody Boys to Expand Radio Program
Hope and Arkadelphia mills announce the Tempco Melody Boys will be carried on KYRC and KXAR starting Monday May 10. The two stations are linking by wire, broadening Arkansas listenership to Little Rock suburbs with 1400 arcadel frequency and 1490 over KXAR. Barrett and Moulet plan expand reach as the program moves to KYRC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Tempco
Melody Boys
Hope, Arkadelphia
Hope
KXAR
Temple Feod Mills
Arkanas
Wayne Il" Barrett
Hope and
Arkadelphia Mills
Lemipte Peed
Mourras
KYRC
Arcadelhig
Hops
Arkadelphia
Perfornmygnee
Lew Hayes
Jucat Arts Sheteer
Little Rock
KVRC
Lape
Ashich
Tempeu
Ds Doubleu
Farrett
Raelu
Barrety L
Pouley
Wid Wy ML
Mure
Muha Wer Jrveru
Methodist Social Action Group Meets at Conference Drift
Boston May 8 The Methodist Federation for Social Action an unofficial group faced with opposition from church leaders refused to become an official body. After a 12 day session 738 delegates postponed final action to study the issue further. Two resolutions proposed coordinating social programs and sustaining a four year research committee. The debate remained unresolved as other resolutions crowded the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Gerber
Boston
Methodist Federation For Social Action
Daday
Methodist Federation
Ernest Fremont Tittle
Evanston
John Jr
Werner
Baltimore
Methodist Federation For Social
Weener
Jack R. Me] iMichael
New York
Federation
Lewis O. Tartman
Bible Class Plans Special Mother's Day Program
The First Methodist Church in Hope plans a special Mother's Day program by its Bible class. The oldest Methodist mother in Hope will be honored among the class members. Members of Ralph Routon and Mrs. Dale YL will participate along with the Chen tuoy Bible Class. The event seeks strong class participation during the regular Sunday School hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wal Hive
Whit Whey
Hralph Routon
Dale YL
Aroull
Feluss
Enc
Threatened Rail Strike Boosts Food Prices
The nationwide railroad strike threat sent embargoes on perishables and sent fruit and vegetable prices rising in New York and Chicago. Shippers warned prices would climb next week and consumers would feel shifts soon. Carrot and lettuce prices jumped in Chicago as firms rushed stock before the strike. The White House pressed to avert the walkout with talks planned between railroad operators and officials, with a possible later summon of union leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael O'Neill
Chicago
New York
Boston
Kansas City
San Francisco
Detroit
Los Angeles
Washington
Norman Walker
White House
John R. Steelman
Southern Governors to Open Session on States Rights
Mississippi Governor Fielding Wright leads a states rights revolt convention in Veckson opening Monday. About 1,200 delegates from 12 southern states and Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri attend. Leaders anticipate a show of protest against the national Democratic Party unless civil rights policy changes occur. Thurmond and Walker are mentioned as possible keynote figures. Ben Laney is named as permanent chairman of the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veckson
Miss
National Democratic Party
Mississippi
Fielding L. Wright
Wright
Indiana
Ilenals
Missourii
Nationalemocratic
Eigil
South Carolina
Strom Thurmond
Georgia
U. S
Waltes
George
Arkansas
Ben Laney
Xlales Righten
SS Representative at Employment Office May 11
Social Security notes underscore payments pending due to failure to file a claim. Those aged sixty five or older with employment under the act should file immediately to avoid future benefit loss. A SSA representative will be at the Arkansas Employment Office in Eloped at 2 pm on May 11 for further information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas Employment Office
Hay Cutting Bids to Be Received at Chamber Office
Bids for hay cutting by SPG Hay Cutting will be opened publicly at four oclock in the Chamber of Commerce office. The bid process is overseen by Stepe Development Corporation with noon Tuesday as the submission deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SPG
Stepe Development Corporation
Proving Ground Gaddustriy
Chamber of Commeree
Unusual lull of news in Russia slows wartime chatter
Moscow has seen weeks of unusual calm with veteran observers noting the quietest period since the war's end. While criticism of the United States and Britain persists, it is smaller in scope. U. S. Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith plans a 10 day Normandy trip for rest and possible meetings, with other diplomats also preparing for summer moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
May
Cadia
United States
Britain
Korea
U. S
Walter
Bedell Smilth
Normandy
Condon asks for public release of FBI letter on loyalty
Washington May report that physicist Condon petitioned President Truman to publish the FBI letter detailing his loyalty inquiry. The Commerce Department released letters between Condon and Secretary Sawyer, showing Condon urging full disclosure of all facts. Condon, director of the National Bureau of Standards, faced accusations from HUAC as weak on atomic security and associations with alleged Soviet agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward A. Cordon
Truman
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Etter
Condon
Commerce Department
Secretary of Commerce
Charles Sawyer
Sawyer
Naonal Bureau of Standards
House
Unamerican Activities
PRI
Cammerce
Averell Harriman
FBI
Committee
Indicted for Rape of Texarkana Girl by Ex-Convict
Texarkana May 8 A Bowie county Texas grand jury indicted Clea Tolley Smith an ex convict on a charge of raping a 14 year old New Boston schoolgirl. The victim said she was attacked after alighting from a school bus near her home and she was hospitalized. Prosecutor Maxwell Welch said the assailant was identified by the girl. Ottawa Canada reports chemical production now doubles its prewar level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Clea (Tolley) Smith
Bowie County
Texas
Experiment Station to Host 3000 Visitors in May
University of Arkansas Fruit and Truck Experiment Station will host study days May 11 12 and 13 drawing over 4000 visitors. Cecil M Bittle superintendent outlines programs forFFA and NFA and veterans on farm training with topics Bramble Production pasture development soil conservation wilt resistant watermelon breeding and orchard management presented by University of Arkansas experts and Hope and Fayetteville staff. Continued on page two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Arkansas Fruit and Truck Experiment Station
Cecil M. Bittle
FFA
NFA
J. E. Vaile
Assoc
College of Agriculture
University of
Lewellan
John V. Keck
Soil Conservation Service of Hope
Keck
Bite
Iif
Arkansas
V. M. Watts
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville
Watts
Robert E. Nelson
Textension Farm Forester of
Hope
The Subway of New York Is Place Where Anything Can Happen
A sprawling portrait of New York City subways as a microcosm where danger crime and chance converge. It portrays riders as a cross section of society including beggars performers and opportunists, highlighting risks and oddities from bedbugs to fake sales and lost lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Subway
New York
New York City
Mast River
Nhippia
Lesetter
Soidiy Jl
Boswell
Robby Burns
Stalin
Rewig
Brooklyn Bridge
Las
Owl
Keokuk
Broadway
Iran
Brooklyn
Russia Ready for Showdown With the U S
Washington May 2 The House Armed Services Committee urged strengthening U S ground and sea forces and expanding the air force to 70 groups over five years. A draft system for men 19 to 25 was recommended with two years service. The action followed by a dissenting minority and echoed prior Truman requests for universal training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Dobson
Washington
Congressional
United ‘St
House Armed Services Commi
Senate
House
Truman
Andrews
R-Ny
Jonathan Walawricht
End of European War Marks Three Year Anniversary
The article notes the official end of the European phase of World War II three years ago, with mixed public attention. German mayors urged neighborly openness and aid to persecuted groups, while Goering’s generals emphasized peace responsibility. In Vienna, U S forces commander Keyes urged lasting peace and duty, as Germany’s surrender was formalized in Berlin and Reims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
United
States
Germany
Frankfurt
Pamphi
Vienna
Gooffrey Keyes
U. S
Pation
Austria
Orief
Whch
Europe
Anget
Berlin
Reims
France
Vet Contact Man to Be in Hope Friday May 14
Donald F. Stearns Veterans Administration Contact Representative will be at the Hempstead County Courthouse Room ang Rope Arkansas Friday May 14 at 9 30 a m If you have any problems gaining your benefits or understanding the armed forces vote see this representative at that time
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald F. Stearns
Hempstead County
Rope
Arkansas
Uni
Road Committee to Little Rock Next Thursday
Local committee plans talks with state highway officials about street repair. An 11 a.m. appointment with the state director in Little Rock was announced by the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Rock
Chamber of
Enim
Isip
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Vigw
William Feather
Imperial Type Metal Magazine
Feather
Uber
Casidhen
Tran
Steward
Air Force
Seattle
Wash
N. Hazels
Union
Methodist Social Action Group
Russia
Ottawa
Canada
Hal Boyle
U.S
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