Bevin’s Views on Press Freedom Strain Past British Policy
Foreign analyst Der Mackenzie reports Ernest Bevin’s frustration with wartime press headlines and the modern tolerance for press freedom. Marshall agrees the era shapes policy, while Bevin recalls early Britain where interviews required formal requests and time, contrasting today’s rapid news environment.
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U. S
Marshall
Mrr
Bevin
Tain
Chinese urged to back Truman in anti Red fight
Former Chinese delegate Pan Chow-Ying urged the Peoples Political Council to abrogate the Sino Russian treaty and support President Truman in his anti Communist fight. He accused Russia of plundering Manchuria, raping Chinese women, and charged Molotov with insulting China at Moscow talks.
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Peoples Political Council
China
Truman
Pan Chow-Ying
Russia
Manchuria
Molotov
Moscow
Press access and the changing role of journalists in wartime
The account recalls early wartime reporting from Britain and France, detailing how press access transformed from elite to widespread. It describes the author’s plea to Field Marshal Haig for motor cars, which led to a surge of seven vehicles at GHQ, highlighting the importance of timely news and logistical support for correspondents.
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Lord Kitchener
Russia
Foreign Office
Liverpool
England
London
Britain
France
Field Marshal Haig
C-Inc
Mons
America
G.H.Q
Aig
Woman Cab Driver Is Murdered
Forrest City on May 22 a woman's body with a cut throat was found in a roadside ditch west of town. Ethel Ellis Boyd 35 owned a local taxi firm with her husband Frank. A taxi linked to the crime was found two miles away. investigators sought fingerprints bloodhounds and clues offerings about $400 missing.
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Forrest City
W. West
Ethel Ellis Boyd
Frank
Newly Named Ambassador to Uruguay Dies
William S. Howell 54 a Bryan businessman attorney and veteran diplomat died at 5 30 am just before leaving for South America to take the U S ambassadorship to Uruguay His death recalled Max Gardner who died February 6 in New York eight hours before sailing for England as U S ambassador to the court of St James The cause of death was believed heart trouble and was not immediately announced by the time of death his stepmother woke him to begin departure efforts
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Tex
William S. Howell
South America
U. S
Uruguay
Howell
Max Gardner
New York
England
Court of St. James
W. S. Howell
Market Report Poultry and Produce Chicago May 22
Butter firm with unsettled balance and irregular fees. Receipts near 599,027 with various price levels. hog market at National Stockyards steady to 25 cents lower. cattle and calves active with higher trends on steers and cows. New York stocks rallied modestly with several gains and declines. grain and provisions showed erratic May contracts with May wheat plunging late and oats and corn finishing higher.
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T. Louis Livestoc National Stockyards
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U. S. Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
Caterpillar
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Abbott Laboratories
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Monsanto Chemical
Schenley
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Sears Roebuck
Paconomy
Board of Trade
Hope Star 1899 1927 1929 Hope Arkansas notice line
A concise item notes 150 cars with no shipping sales and stronger demand for heavy grain. It reports bookings of 15 000 bushels and receipts of 47 cars, reflecting transport activity for Hope Star area in Arkansas.
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Star of Hope
Consolidated
New York Cotton Futures Dip on Moderate Volume
May cotton futures fell amid scattered liquidation by commission houses and New Orleans buyers. Prices ended 60 cents lower to 10 cents higher, with May at 27.39 to 27.61 and a spot middling around 36.77.
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New York
Commission House
New Orleans
New Orleans Cotton Futures End Mixed On May 22
Cotton futures in New Orleans showed mixed action with distant months supported by trade buying while near months faced pressure from long liquidation and hedging. Closing prices were steady with slight gains and losses across the board, reflecting uneven demand and hedge activity.
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New Orleans
Poison Gas to Be Made Into Cleaning Solvent
The Star-Bulletin reports 5 090 tons of poison gas stored at Schofield Barracks will be shipped by army transport in the coming weeks to the west coast to be converted into cleaning solvent. Gas stored in large cylinders will go to Bremerton Washington for processing. The army public relations office declined to comment.
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Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Schofield Barracks
West Coast
Bremerton
Wash
Army Public Relations Office
Dorothy Parker Divorce Suit Filed by Husband Campbell
Dorothy Parker, 53 year old writer and poet, was sued for divorce by Alan Campbell in Las Vegas on May 22. Campbell cited wartime separation and mental cruelty. Parker married Campbell in 1933 and is presently in New York.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Dorothy Parker
Alan Campbell
Miss Parker
New York
Campbell
Plan to choose L A playoff rep from fifth district
Little Rock or North Little Rock will represent the fifth district in the Arkansas high school class AA football playoffs next season. The district executive committee will select based on results against Pine Bluff Hot Springs El Dorado Blytheville and Fort Smith, including win percentage scored margins and red zone penetrations.
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Little Rock
North Little Rock
Greater Little Rock
Henes
James Abraham
Lonoke
Pine Bluff
Hot Springs
el Dorado
Blytheville
Fort South
Abraham
Shaw urges youths to read his books and let him rest
In New York on May 22, George Bernard Shaw sent a message to the World Youth Congress in Prague saying he is 99 and has nothing new to say, urging readers to "read my books and leave me die in peace." The dispatch was broadcast by the BBC and monitored by NBC. The text also notes a chemical name, p-aminomethylbenzenesulfonamide, as a newly discussed sulfa drug.
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New York
World Youth Congress
Prague
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
British Broadcasting Company
NBC
Rails Authorized to Boost Eastern Passenger Fares
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted eastern railroads east of the Mississippi and north of the Potomac permission to raise basic passenger fares about ten percent with five days notice. Sixty lines sought higher fares citing a combined 54.5 million dollar deficit in 1946. Southern and western lines offered no such raise.
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Washington
Mississippi River
Ohio
Petsomac Rivers
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern
Canada Eyes Higher Fares Following Eastern Lines
Indication emerges that Canada plans to raise fares by matching the lead of eastern rail lines. The note cites Canada’s size, larger than the continental US excluding Alaska by about 500000 square miles, as a factor in pricing strategy.
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Canada
United States
Alaska
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