Government destroys food sparks public outcry and reform bills
Washington reaction follows disclosure that surplus potatoes were ordered destroyed by a government agency. Senator Johnson of Colorado and Representative Murray of Wisconsin propose bills to ban edible food destruction. The incident highlights slow government action and price pressures amid shortages.
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Washington
Johnson
Colorado
Murray
Wisconsin
Department of Agriculture
Veto Threats Irk GOP Leader Halleck in Congress
House Republican Leader Halleck of Indiana denounced veto threat talk as detrimental to Congress. He pledged to draft and send good bills to the White House, warning against acting as a rubber stamp and noting presidents may not always veto unless bills fit their aims.
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Washington
House
Halleck
Indiana
Republican Congress
White House
Congress
Truman
First Deed for Reclaimed SPG Land Delivered
Hempstead County moves to recover about 53 000 acres taken for the Southwestern Proving Ground with the first deed delivered to Howard Houston of Hope for 80 acres. Jerome Smith of the Federal Land Bank announced a program to resell land to original owners, tenants, veterans, and the public, with future sales listing safety conditions and possible fence sections.
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Hempstead County
U. S
Southwestern Proving Ground
Jerome Smith
Federal Land Bank
Howard Houston
Hope
SPG
Houston
War Assets Administration
Mr. Smith
Hempstead
Proving Ground
Arkansas
Grandison D. Royston
Carrigan
Augustus H. Garland
Hope Star
Faye Anderson
Smith
GOP to Cancel Funds Voted by Democrats
Senate Republicans led by Bridges pledge to rescind about $1.0 billion in previous fiscal year appropriations to trim Truman era spending. They claim $4.5 billion in total cuts targets defense agriculture and other agencies while preserving economy. The plan follows a routine deficiency bill and CCC note payoff action advancing the treasury repayment strategy.
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Bell Washington
Bridges
Congress
Truman
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
New Hampshire
Treasury
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Capital Fund
Two Teens Drown In Lake Chicot Incident Near Lake Village
Two McGehee youths, James Carpenter and Buddy Oliver, drowned when a car left a bridge and plunged into an inlet of Lake Chicot near Lake Village yesterday afternoon. Another youth, Donald Butler, escaped.
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Lake Village
Lake Chicot
Here
James Carpenter
Buddy Oliver
Mc- Gehee
Donald Butler
Truman May Prolong Visit to Mother
President Truman may stay in Missouri to care for his ailing 94 year old mother Mrs Martha Truman who remains very weak with no notable improvement after a week of vigil. White House and hotel headquarters coordinate communications with Washington as a Navy plane shuttles papers.
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Grandview
Truman
Missouri
Martha £. Truman
Wallace H. Graham
Washington
Graham
White House
Mrs. Truman
Muehlebach
Kansas City
Navy
Matthew J. Connelly
Charles G. Ross
Margaret
Patterson
Independence
Roger T. Sérmon
Edgar Hinde
Freight Agents Elect New Arkansas Leaders
The Arkansas Railroad Passenger and Freight Agents Association elected Byron W. House of Little Rock as president and W. F. Linz Jr. of St. Louis as secretary treasurer. Al Talkington of Little Rock was named executive committee chairman at its first postwar convention.
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Little Rock
Arkansas (Railroad) Passenger and Freight Agents Association
Byron W. House
W. F. Linz Jr
St. Lewis
al Talkington
Socialist Is New Premier of Japan
Tetsu Katayama, 60, leads Japan's Socialists to a historic victory with 420 votes in the House of Representatives becoming the first Socialist premier elected by popular vote. He vows state control of key industries without immediate nationalization while aiming to form a workable coalition cabinet amid Liberal Party opposition.
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Tokyo
Tetsu Katyama
Japan
House of Representatives
Katayama
Imperial
Liberal Party
Shigeru Yoshida
Yoshida
Social Democratic Party
Meet Tonight on Municipal Swim Pool
A public hearing at Hope city hall 7:30 tonight by the mayor and city council tackles plans to construct a municipal swimming pool in Fairpark. Residents interested in a pool this season are urged to attend as discussions follow a conference with an out-of-town engineer linked to Texarkana and Texas pool projects.
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Hope City Hall
Fairpark
Texarkana
Texas
Negro Admits Forrest City Murder
Willie Lee Duke, 40, a farm hand, was held in an undisclosed jail after an eight hour desertion through East Arkansas woods. A coroner's jury recommended first degree murder charges in the knife slaying of Mrs. Ethel Ellis Boyd, 35, a Forrest City cab owner and driver. Duke was captured near Rose Lake five miles west of Forrest City by a sheriff's posse.
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Forrest City
Arkansas
Ethel Ellis Boyd
R. W. West
Willie Lee Duke
Duke
Rose Lake
Here
Reform Movement Fights Back in Hot Springs Gambling Era
Hot Springs experts say anti-gambling reform may push away big spenders while 400 casino workers face unemployment. After GI led reformers toppled a 20-year machine regime, casinos and punchboards closed, with reforms feared to end patronage of national visitors and a booming gambling economy. Grand jurors reported millions in gambling profits and local officials collected only a small share. The town, split on reopening, has cycled between open and reform eras for a century.
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Hal Boyle
America
G. I
Sidney S. McMath
Leo P. McLaughlin
Leo
Ot Springs
Jimmy Walker
New York
Het Zs
Het
Patioetoee
Ths
Central Avenue
Fourteer's
Booki's
Lo Cal
Arkansas
Nis
UN Balkans Commission Blames Yugoslavia in Greek Trouble
The United Nations Balkans investigating commission finds Yugoslavia chiefly responsible for backing guerrilla warfare in Greece with Albania and Bulgaria cited to a lesser degree. The panel also deems such support of armed bands across the Balkan frontier a threat to peace.
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Geneva
United Nations Balkan Investigating Commission
Yugoslavia
Greece
Albania
Bulgaria
Russia
Poland
United States
United Kingdom
France
China
Belgium
Australia
Columbia
Brazil
Syria
United Nations Security Council
Commission
Security Council
Balkans
Poppy Day Observance Aids Veterans In Hove
The American Legion Auxiliary leads Poppy Day in Hove with volunteers to distribute poppies and collect gifts for disabled veterans and families. The event honors war dead from World Wars and supports veterans’ welfare through contributions. A list of local volunteers and poppy sellers is provided.
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Hove
American Legion Auxiliary
M. McCloughan
Ks. M. MecCloughan
Fort Root
Wilma Jean Coleman
Kelley Marlar
Shirley White
Caroline Hawthorne
Arthadale Hefner
Anita Copeland
Dorothy Bullock
Betty Amos
Mary Hooper
Jo Ann Brown
Nell Foster
Patsy Thomas
Jo Ann Hudson
Adelphine Andres
Jo Ann Burrough
Manilla Berry
Mary Louise Copeland
Local Seed Store Hit For About $300 In Cash and Checks
Theft at McWilliams Seed Store reported to police yesterday involves roughly $300 in cash and checks missing around noon. Entrances were locked with no damage. officers suspect a pass key access. A single check found in a trash box behind the store. about $100 in bills and silver remained.
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McWilliams
Car Death Stuns Little Rock Resident
William Carson aged 70 of Little Rock was struck by an automobile and killed in the city last night.
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Little Rock
William Carson
Ex-Teacher Denies Paternity Charges in Indiana Case
In South Bend Indiana ex high school biology teacher Russell L Jackson defends against paternity allegations by claiming an automobile accident in 1946 left him unable to have sexual relations for 15 months He testified that he gave the girl a low biology grade and faced threats from the accuser The trial included statements from other North Liberty High School students and mothers about the girl's character
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South Bend
Ind
Doris Rawls
Russell L. Jackson
Jackson
North Liberty High School
Themelves
Diamonds in Arkansas: Hope Rotary hears update on Murfreesboro mine
Talbot Feild Jr told Hope Rotary the Murfreesboro diamond mine, 20 miles north of the Ho airport, may return to production with new capital and methods. Litigation over ownership has settled. 3000 feet depth could yield profitable gem and industrial diamonds, with Arkansas stones touted as tougher than world rivals and valued partly for industrial use.
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Ho Municipal
Talbot Feild, Jr
Hope Rotary Club
Barlow
Feild
Pike County
Iago
Winks
Son Estate
Logansport
Indiana
al Blick
Chicago
Glen Martin
Baltimore
Blick
Arkansas
Ford Company
Summer Band Classes Planned Here
Summer band sessions begin June 9 and run eight weeks through July 25 under director Mr. Cannon. Registration June 9 at the high school band room. returning members meet at 9 a.m. and new students at 10 a.m. to arrange schedules and lessons. In Cannon's absence, J. T. Luck conducts rehearsals. Luck is a Hendrix College music major and former Navy serviceman.
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Cannon
Oglesby
Chicago
Hope
J. T. Luck
Fred Luck
Luck
Hendrix College
Conway
Arkansas
32 Per Cent Cut in Agri Budget Favored
Washington May 23 House Appropriations Committee proposed a 32 percent cut in the Agriculture Department for the year starting July 1. The panel sent to the House floor an 805,143,576 dollar bill, reducing 383,427,742 from the President’s budget. The approved amount is 467,542,475 less than the department’s current year, with 225,000,000 in loan authorizations and 10,425,710 in miscellaneous appropriations. The action, part of a broader cut effort to trim nearly 6.9 billion from the President’s 37.5 billion budget for 1948, follows weeks of closed-door hearings.
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Washington
House Appropriations Commintes
Agriculture Department
House
Man
Senate Appropriations Committee
English Doctor Admits Mercy Killing
Dr Edwin A Barton Jr describes as mercy killing a patient who was near death and he poured chloroform on a towel to ease suffering. He says further cases may follow and argues euthanasia should be legalized though legal action remains uncertain.
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London
Edwin Alfred Barton, Jr
Barton
Cal Journal
Tor
Royal Acon
British Medical Association
Senior Play Tonight at Local High School
Tonight at eight o'clock the high school presents the senior play Nuts to You a three act comedy by Glenn Hughes. Nineteen seniors form the cast led by Glen May Betty Whitlow Bonnie Anthony and James Morrow with musical numbers by Clara Markin and a boys quintet. The two o'clock performance earlier today drew a city crowd and received an enthusiastic response.
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Glenn Hughes
Glen May
Betty Whitlow
Bonnie Anthony
J Bell
Johnny Gibson
Jack Betty Martin
Virginia Annness
Barbara LaGrone
Bill Will Sue Livingston
Charles Reed
Joanna Williams
Helen Fr
James Morrow
Johnny Br Charles Gough
Bobby Franklin
Jimmy Walters
Clara Markin
Jack Wells
Eugene Ledford Bell
Bob Walker Williams
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Gospel of Security
James Thrasher
Robertson
Wyoming
War and Navy
National Defense
National Security Council
Henry Alsace
Madison Square Garden
Defense Department
War and Navy Departments
Defense
State Department
GOP
SPG Land
Municipal Swim
Hot Springs
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