Britain Plays Both Ends Against the Middle in Cold War Debate
The piece cites British sources suggesting Britain may cede Mediterranean defense to the United States while possibly courting a large barter with Russia for grain and jet tech. It notes Bevin’s Moscow talks and warns of shifting Atlantic loyalties as Britain faces pressure on loans and economic leverage.
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United States
Mediterranean
Middle East
Britain
Middle
Empire News
London
Bevin
Moscow
The
People
Russia
Comsterna
Uncle Ees
East Africa
U. S
Washington
América
Red Camp
England
America
News of the World
Notice to Food Handlers for Official Certificates
Public eating and drinking places and meat markets require official Food Handlers Certificates. Applications and certificates are issued at the office of Dr. J. G. Martindale, City Health Officer, and must be shown when applying for employment. Aimed in accordance with U S Public Health Service and local health authorities. By direction of Hope Board of Health Dr. H D Linker City Food Inspector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Martindale
U. S. Public Health Service
State
City Health Department
City of Hope
Board of Health
Rice Millers Meet Draws Four Hundred Attendees
Approximately 400 rice processors brokers and dealers are expected to attend the annual Rice Millers Association convention in Galveston over Thursday through Saturday. W M Reid executive vice president said plans for the coming year would seek to avoid current government restrictions including price controls and a set aside of part of the crop for export through June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Rice Millers Association
Galveston
W. M. Reid
England at crossroads in a pivotal Anglo Soviet balance
The piece argues England must choose sides in the epochal clash between totalitarian Soviet power and Western democracies. It contends England risks a desperate policy if she tries to balance Russia and America, and urges selecting a partner and remaining loyal through forthcoming political conflicts.
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Ter
England
Russia
Britain
America
Anti Franco Drive Gains Steam Across Latin America
Venezuelan delegates discuss potential steps with Uruguay to request UN action against Franco. Britain and the United States weigh options to pressure Madrid while Trygve Lie seeks a stronger UN stance. Argentina backs Madrid, El Salvador and Dominican Republic maintain relations. Most UN members have no ties with Franco.
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Franco
Uruguay
Venezuela
Security Council
Lan America
U. N
London
Britain
United States
U.N
Trygve Lie
Lie
Spain
Argentina
Madrid
el Salvador
Dominican Republic
United Nations
Last Obstacle Eases as ACEW Workers Return to Jobs
ACEW and Western Electric settled a dispute prompting Washington action. Southwestern Bell officials expect service to begin normalizing by tonight or tomorrow morning and workers to return after notices are sent. ACEW picket lines remain at five Arkansas exchanges, delaying long distance service state wide.
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Brashear
Washington
ACEW
Western Electric
N. McCall
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
McCall
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Hot Springs
Camden
Pine Bluff
Southwestern Bell
Bell System
Arkansas
Taft says Truman health bill faces long battle in Senate
Senator Taft chairing the Labor Committee announced the GOP controlled Senate will not schedule the Truman health and disability insurance plan this year. He warned of a long and bitter fight before compulsory insurance is resolved and pledged hearings on health needs soon. Senator Murray said he plans to introduce a measure next week.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
GOP
Truman
Labor Committee
Porter
Murray
Dmont
Rails Grid for Record Wheat Crop
Chicago reports railroads expect to move a record billion bushels of winter wheat as harvests begin in Texas within 10 days and move north through Oklahoma Kansas and Nebraska by mid July. The Association of American Railroads orders 777 cars daily to western lines with increased elevator capacity and more hopper cars. Rock Island cites 37 000 carloads June 1 to August 23, up from last year and improved boxcar supply.
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Chicago
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Association of American Railroads
Eastern Lines
Santta Fe
The
Santa Fe
E Santa Fe
Rock Island
Vermilion Parish Tops Nation in Rice Growth
The census bureau ranks Vermilion parish Louisiana as the nation's leading rice growing area with 117,275 acres in 1944. Acadia falls from first to second with 113,576 acres. eight other counties account for 52 percent of 1,394,129 total acres. Arkansas County, Ark., ranks fourth with 89,807 acres.
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Ashington
Census Bureau
Vermilion Parish
Louisiana
Acadia Parish
Arkansas County
Ark
Schoolboys Sell Blood to Earn Spending Money
Memphis authorities investigated reports that high school students were selling their blood to clinics for money. Father John A. Elliott cited at least 23 students from his Catholic school selling blood at $10 per pint during Cotton Carnival, with others from different schools also participating.
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Memphis
Tenn
John A. Eliiott
Catholic High School
Father Elliott
Truman's Ill Mother Improves Slightly In Missouri
Grandview Missouri May 20 President Truman's gravely ill mother Martha E Truman 94 was described as just about holding her own after a restless night Her son and daughter Mary Jane arranged for her to rock in a chair for an hour and a half while doctors voiced cautious optimism Margaret Truman flew in from concerts to visit her grandmother and was greeted by a lucid moment before continued weakness.
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Grandview
Truman
Charles G. Ross
Martha E. Truman
Ross
Wallace H. Grehant
Kansas
Mrs. Truman
Mary Jane Truman
Margaret
Washington
Jackson County
Muchlebach
Margaret Truman
Kansas City
Muenlebach
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Mr. Truman
Wallace H. Graham
Doctors Seek Operation Hope for Blind Man and Dog
Doctors in New York weigh whether to operate on blind Frank Sewell of Anniston Alabama to enable him to become a seeing eye man for his dog Jac kie who is going blind. Sewell and his 20 year old daughter Maxine arrived last Wednesday after multiple consultations with specialists, with no date set for surgery.
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New York
Frank Sewell
Anniston
Ala
Sewell
Jackie
Ween
Ospital
Maxine
Hot Springs annexes 2.9 square miles, boosts population
Hot Springs council approved annexing 2.9 square miles, adding about 10,000 residents to a permanent population claimed at 40,000. The same meeting created a waterworks commission to oversee the municipal system.
Market Report Poultry and Produce Chicago May 20
Butter unsettled while receipts reach 789 and 763 with market unchanged. Eggs irregular with 37 107 receipts and market unchanged. Live poultry irregular with 29 trucks and 1 car reported. Fowl 31 leghorn fowl 23 roasters 38 43 fryers 35 39 prices unchanged wholesale market.
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Chicago
Livestock market report from National Stockyards Ill May 20
Hog prices uneven with barrows and gilts mostly 75.0 to 75.0 per hundredweight, sows 1.25 lower. good and choice 150-240 lb hogs 22.75 to 23.00, 250-270 lb at 22.00 to 22.75, 270-300 lb 20.50 to 22.25. Cattle and calves: good steers 23.00-24.00, good heifers 22.00-23.50, calves around 21.60-26.50 for vealers, cows 15.00-21.00. Sheep and lambs steady, clipped lambs steady, spring lambs 23.50-24.00.
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National Stockyards
Ill
Ammost
Leity
Market Wrap Sees Aiding Factors But Broad Apathy Prevails
New York stocks edged higher at the open then drifted with many leading issues ending near unchanged or lower. Volume around 900000 shares, blue chip N Y & Harlem fell 25 points to 259, while Goodrich American Telephone and others showed modest gains or declines amid a cautious session.
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New York
Rae
Goodyear
Goodrich
American Telephone
N. Y. Central
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Railway
Schenley
Woolworth
Douglas Aircraft
Glenn Martin
North American General Electric
Curtiss- Wright
Allied Chemical
Johns- Manville
Eastman Kodak
Harlem
Cleveland Graphite
American Export Lines
Colorado Fuel
Keystone Steel
Southern Pacific
Delaware & Hudson
Iinois
Eastern Air Lines
Chrysler
General Motors U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Dow Chemical
du Pont
J. «. Penney
Colgate-Palmolive American Woolen
Skelly Oil
Lion Oil
Kennecott American Smelting
West Indies
Cotton futures firm as gov buys bolster spots in New York and New Orleans
In New York and New Orleans on May 20, cotton futures rose with gains in July and other months as mill buying and short covering supported prices. Market cited anticipated government purchases and wet weather affecting crops, with strong notes on June through July contracts and a high middling spot around 37.12.
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New York
Texas
New Orleans
Grain and Provisions News Rally on Wheat and Corn
Chicago May 20 Wheat and corn rose sharply on the board of trade after reports of rust in the Texas winter wheat area and government corn purchases. Heavy rains and high humidity were said to encourage rust development among traders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grain and Provisions
Chicago
Board of Trade
Texas
Hope Star 1899 1927 Star Consolidated January 18 1929
The Hope Star lists staff and publishing details including editors and managers. It notes a lack of official confirmation for a July contract spurt, with Maw and wheat demand by commercial interests and reports of government market involvement for feed corn export. Trading closed higher for wheat and corn with modest oat gains, and various receipts and shipments are itemized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star of Hope
Consolidated
Commodity Credit Corporation
Southwest
Production and Marketing Administration
Kansas City Jury Indicts 27 in Vote Fraud Charges
A Jackson county grand jury indicted 27 people on 29 counts alleging vote fraud tied to the August primary. Secrets kept pending arrests as investigators traced false returns with help from the Kansas City Star. Senator Kem called for a Senate Judiciary inquiry into DOJ inaction on Missouri vote fraud reports.
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Kansas City
Jackson County Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Kansas City Star
Kem
Rmo
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Justice Department
Missouri
Fifth
NBC Executive Blasts Critics in Radio Industry
NBC vice president Clarence Menser assailed internal critics in radio industry calling their unprofessional attitude a defilement of their own work. He spoke at the Georgia Radio Institute at the University of Georgia and urged listeners to privately check schedules and tune to the programs they prefer.
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Athens
Clarence Menser
NBC
Menser
Meanser
Georgia Radio Institute
University of Georgia
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Trormn
Market Report
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Star Publishing CO. Co. & Palmer
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Emma G. Thomas
Hope
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Ctayette
National Advertising Representative
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