Foreign exchange woes highlight AP talk in Hot Springs
The Arlington Hotel in Hot Springs hosted a Sunday talk by Frank Starzell of the Associated Press on the global difficulty of exchanging currencies, with examples from the Low Countries, France, Germany, Sweden, and Shanghai. He noted foreign-subventioned presses, currency chaos, and the Shanghai Municipal Index, warning Americans to value stable money and strong government.
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Hot Springs
Arkansas
Associated ‘Press
Frank Id. Starzell
New York
Associated Press
Starzell
France
Germany
Sweden
Shanghai
Independent
Daton
Metala
China
20 Years Ago Today Brooks Sbhuks Narrow Escape
A garbled local item notes a near escape involving Brooks Sbhuks and a mention of a Celtics wink at Bridge Cree. Red River event at Fulton included dynamite used by a worker to clear driftwood from a fridge pi. Howe described as the cleanest town. two Hope boys joined Hendrix College paper staff with James Montgomery named news editor and Albert Graves as proofreader.
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Legion
Red River
Fulton
Ball
New Braussels
Texas
Edster
Howe
Twoa Hope Boys
Hendrix College
James Montgomery
Albert Graves
Arabs Debate Appeal to Halt Shooting War
Arab leaders in Cairo debated whether to heed the UN ceasefire plea in the Palestine war. Israel offered a cease fire. Egyptians and other Arab governments weighed joining the truce. U.S. and Britain urged Egypt to comply within 36 hours. Two Americans died in Jerusalem as fighting raged near the Holy Sepulchre.
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Cairo
Egypt
United Nations
Ahmed Kasheba Pasha
Security Council
U.N. Deadre
I A. m. Cst
U. S
Britain
U.S
Beiti
Palestine
Pinkney Tuck
Sir Ronald Campbell
Ahmed Shashaba Pasha
Battle for Arkansas governorship in 1948 veterans race
War veterans vie for Democratic nomination with Horace E. Thompson leading a field that includes Sidney S. Mewlath Jack Holt James Merritt and Bob Lorun. Campaigns open across cities as Merritt Lonsdale and Fleming unveil new planks while Thompson plans June 8 kickoff and Uncle MacKrell tours Mountain View Prescott Paragould Osceola Star City.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Horace E. Thompson
George W. Freeman
Ozark
Arkansas Veterans of Foreign Vane
Thompson
Sidney S. Mewlath
Jack Holt
James Merritt
Bob Ed Lorun
Fort Smith
Tuckerman
England
Malvern
Pine Bluff
Conway
Wilson
Internal Revenue Collector
James
Mae" MacKrell
Mountain View
Prescott
Paragould
Osceola
Star City
Mac
Merritt
John G. Lonsdale, Jr
Charles Fleming
Forrest City
Bearded Boys Entertain Linden Lions Club
A group of long whiskered boys and a blackface team from Linden Texas entertained Lions Club members at a regular meeting after parading through downtown to promote a centennial observance June 27 to 29. The luncheon featured lively chatter and jokes from the team, with guest Lions listed including J S Peery Capt Wells Paul Stone Burl Cameron and many others.
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Linden
Texas
Lions Club
Ely
Linden Lions Club
J. S. Peery
Capt Wells
Paul Stone
Burl Cameron
Boyce Daniels
Martha Daniels
Jlail
Bob Williams
Mister Caner
Otis Reynolds
Boos Monk Ren
Beia Boon
Robert Goodman
Billy &Yelum
H.W. Sheffield
Paul J. Uwawea
Jimmi Gailbert
Laurice Guibert
Hogue
Howard ‘Re
Cemetery Work Set At Shower Springs
The Cemetery Working Shower Springs committee has hired workers to clean the cemetery this week. All interested persons should contact the committee as soon as possible. Members are Roy Mullins, Edward McCuller, and George Crews.
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Shower Springs
Roy Mullins
dTeward pCuller
George
Crews
Fatal Arkansas Accidents Claim Six Over Weekend
Six people died in Arkansas over the weekend four in highway crashes and two by drowning. Beulah Jo Prince, 21, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J R Prince of near Paragould, was injured in a collision four miles west of Paragould.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Beulah Jo Prince
J. R. Prince
Paragould
Hope Youths to Attend Boys State Meet in Little Rock
Four Hope youths will attend the Boys State meet in Little Rock this week. The Lions Club will sponsor Charlie Wilson, Rotary backs John McLeod, American Legion backs Jimmy Dick Mammons, and Kiwanis backs WH Guns ter. The youths are juniors at Hope High School.
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Hope
Little Rock
Lions Club
Charlie Wilson
Rotary
John McLeod
American Legion
Jimmy Dick Mammons
Kiwaitis
WH. Gunster
Hope High School
Negro Slashed With Knife Near Hope. One Arrested
A Black man named L. D. Brown was seriously injured around Sunday on the Rocky Mound road three miles from Hope. Officers arrested Perry Ware, another Black man, after an investigation into the incident.
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Varly
Hope
Rocky Mound Road
Perry Ware
Attorney and Wife Plunge to Death in Chicago Hotel
Attorney Harry Grundy and his wife Laurena Grundy, both of Taylorville, plunged from their ninth floor hotel room at the Commonwealth on Pine Grove Avenue. He suffered epilepsy and mood fits, and authorities believe she may have tried to stop him. No one witnessed the fall. a hotel guest found the bodies.
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North Side
Harry Grundy
Laurena
Taylorville
Commonwealth Hotel
Pine Grove Avenue
Grundy
Albert Hoffman
Sheffield Avenue
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Leutenant
Hoffman
Jones
Navy
Colombia
Congress to Take Up U S Labor Laws
Washington May 24 Congress begins three weeks of scrutiny of labor laws under the Taft Hartley act. A key proposal would end union shop votes, allowing employers to hire freely while workers join later. Testimony from Senator Ives and Rep Landis precedes likely action this year.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Senate House Watchdog Committee
Senator Ball
R-Minn
Ives
R-Nj
Rep. Landis
R-Ind
NLRB
Ball
Congress
Must Bill to Work Congress Overtime
Washington May 24 A thick stack of mustc bills casts a shadow over Republican plans to adjourn Congress by June 18 Senate members likely to work extra hours and begin night sessions to push through controversial items unless squabbles delay action They hope to recess for conventions and return to finish bills in Washington summer heat The Senate resumes debate on the farm appropriation funding Agriculture Department plus four of the dozen appropriations have passed to Truman with more to come The European recovery program funds and other foreign aid items face funding decisions The agreement delays House origin of money provisions and Reconstruction Finance Corporation funding remains in play
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Harkinson
Washington
Congress
Jena
Tle
Senate
Truman
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
House Iver
Time to Isolate the Gossip Bug and Develop a Truth Serum
HAL BOYLE argues gossip wastes energy and harms homes and nations. He calls for a truth serum to detect gossip and proposes penalties, tracing gossip from taxi drivers to office water coolers and military slang. He sketches historical responses and envisions a science fix to curb hostile rumors.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Arkansas Sailor Shot to Death in Palestine
The former wife of Herbert M. Walker, U S Navy radioman who died from wounds in Jerusalem, says she did not know he was in Palestine. The navy reported the couple were divorced. Mrs Dorothy Jean Walker, 25, mother of a 20 month old son, expresses disbelief. Walker, born Fountainberg near Van Buren, Ark, enlisted December 4, 1939, married July 5, 1943, and is survived by a brother and four sisters, including Mrs Thomas Rush and Mrs Kermit Kiefer.
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Herbert M. Walker
U. S. Navy
Jerusalem
Palestine
Navy
Washington
Dorothy Jean Walker
Walker
Fountainberg
van Buren
Ark
Lloyd
Dallas
Tex
Thomas Rush
Kermit Kiefer
Fort Smith
Laney Calls Politicians in Arkansas Exposed Plans
Little Rock May 24 Laney accused moth eaten ex politicians of plotting to block recognition of Arkansas delegates at the Democratic National Convention. He labeled critics political cowards and said he would expose them if they threaten to purge him. Laney leads the State Rights Democratic group opposing Tru mans nomination over civil rights proposals.
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Little Rock
Laney
Arkansas
Arkansas, Democrat
Trueman
Washington
Democratic Party
Trutman
Stateaf Rights Democratic Organization
Truman
Pone
One-Term President Favored By George For 1948 Race
Senator George of Georgia urged voters to elect a strong one term president in November to cut spending and avoid bankruptcy. He warned 1949 deficits could reach 48 to 50 billion dollars and said he has not chosen a preferred candidate while watching party platforms.
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Jack Bell
Washington
VPI
George
D-Ga
Georgia
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Douge Mas MaccArthur
Hanie
Senate Appropriations Committee
Fink Waives Hearing as Key Witness Missing
Former Hope mayor Albert Fink waived preliminary examination on grand larceny and public property charges. Judge Kendall Lemley bound him over to the grand jury despite a missing witness, Billy Holdman. Bond set at 500 dollars per count. circuit court to convene first Monday in October.
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Fink
Hope
Kendall Lemley
Atorney
James H. Pilkinton
Billy Holdman
Pilkinton
Lemley
F Fink
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Circuit Court
Bond
Bink
Hope City
Local mayoral race chatter as filing rules stir candidates
The note details a contested bid for the Hope mayor's office amid a resignation. It cites filing deadlines, required petition signatures, and candidate fees. Possible contenders include John Vesey and Ta Feild Jr, with others named and law references to constitutional limits and past Arkansas cases.
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John
Hidaey
Lyle Brown
Lam
Charles Reyner
Jonn P
Vesey
Ta Feild, Jr
Downy Lanh
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Hamilton
W. A
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Arka
Wood
Pine Bluff
Cipal
Collins Ciennon
Gould
Ackans
Coa
Ae - Talbot Feild, JR
Ashdown Man Must Serve Sentence
Ashdown's EB C Bratton must serve a one year prison term after a Little River Circuit Court jury convicted him of embezzlement. An audit showed $7,000 shortage from 1942 to 1947 while Bratton managed Temple Cotton Oil Company's Ashdown mill. The Arkansas Supreme Court affirmed, ruling his grand jury statement was voluntary and admissible. It kept intact a Crawford Circuit ruling reducing a death claim and affirmed several damages awards in related cases.
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Arkansas Supreme Court Today
EB. C. Bratton
Little River
Me Bratton
Temple Cotton Oil Company
Ashdown
Supreme Court
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High Court
Grand Jury
Bratton
Crawford
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company
James T. Perryman
Tommy Perryman
Waile
Ray Aldridge
J. Aldridge
Hoosevelt Foster
Nancy Foster
Arab envoy says Palestine cease fire tied to Arabs’ willingness
Bulletin Lake Success on May 24 reports a senior Arab representative stating Arab nations will not accept an unconditional cease fire in Palestine. He notes that the Jews have pledged to halt fighting only if Arabs do the same, framing a mutual halt as necessary.
China names Wong Wen-Hao premier amid power shifts
Wong Wen-Hao, 59, rated China's leading scientist, was confirmed as premier by a legislature that forced Chiang Kai-Shek’s aide Chang Chan from power. The vote was 484 to 84, with a motion demanding policy explanations. Wong must rely on Chiang’s backing to push his program. He is expected to form a cabinet within two days.
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Nanking
Wong Wen-Hav
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Generaliss Law
Tegislature
Chiang
Chang Chan
Wong
Tne
Wong I
I Chiang
U S Cancels Flights Over Palestine
Wiesbaden May 24 The U S Air Force canceled all flights that might use routes over Palestine and to Daavan Saudi Arabia amid unsettled conditions An abrupt halt also affected a planned B 29 round the world flight from Dharan Germany to the United States The British reportedly considered similar suspensions as tensions in the region rise prompting the ATC to remove stops at Dharan Cairo and other points from routes
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U.S
Daavan
Saudi Arabia
Dharan
Germany
Cairo
ATG
Sely
Pen
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