Cotton stockings aim to lift cotton surplus
Washington report on David H Young backed by Agriculture to create wearables from cotton. He plans durable cotton hose for women, blending long staple cotton with mercerized fiber to rival silk in sport and daily wear, potentially boosting annual cotton use by several million pounds. Young’s past work with hosiery and foundation garments underpins trial samples and industry collaboration.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
David H. Young
Mr. Young
TL Loks
Steves
Leo
Bureau of Home Economies
America
Billy Rose
Realsilk Company
Indiaapolis
Hollywood
Ti Hollywood
Foundation
Macy
Highway Must Pay Its Share Gasoline Taxes Court Rules
Arkansas Supreme Court rules 5 to 2 that the Highway Department must continue to pay the 65 cent per gallon gasoline tax. The decision reverse a Pulaski County equity court ruling and preserves about $100,000 yearly to the state revenue department. No action taken on the Hempstead case as appellants may seek rehearing.
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Little Rock
Nct
Supreme Court
Highway Department
Pulaski Viioneerty
Arkansas Supreme Court
State Revenue Department
High Court
Nempstead
Appallees
Hope
Use Tax Sustainment by Dodge in Arkansas Ruling
In Little Rock Arkansas Chancellor Dodge sustained demurrers and dismissed a suit by John Mann of Marianna challenging the two percent use tax levied on articles bought outside Arkansas for use in the state. Interventions by Howe Lumber Co and Rose City Cotton Co were sustained. The ruling leaves open an appeal to the Supreme Court, with a possible decision by June 26.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Dodge
John Mann
Marianna
Z. M. McCarrall
Rom
Howe Lumber Company
Wabash
Phillips County
Rose City Colton
Pulaski County
Supreme Court
Arkansas Tax Agai
Who's News Missing Persons Quiz Sparks Headlines
This week’s news quiz hunts for figures in recent headlines. Identify the person behind each clue from four cases, with hints about names, nicknames, and roles. Answers appear on Page Two.
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England
North America
Austria
George Arliss
Harlan Gounty
Happy
St. Louis
Detroit Tigers
Buck Newsom
Amelia Burhart
Farmer Is Charged With Baby Killing
LANCASTER, 5. C. (1) Neal Brown, a young cotton mill worker, was arrested Sunday on a warrant charging him with decapitating his six month old baby with a butcher knife. Police Chief H A Montgomery said Brown’s wife stated he came home drunk and threatened to kill her, then killed the baby.
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Lancaster
5. C
Neal Brown
Hint
H. A. Montgomery
Brown
Neal
Tran
Montgomery
All Foreign Troops to Leave Spain This Week
Spanish nationalists announced General Francisco Franco would withdraw all foreign troops after civil war victory, with plans to complete by week’s end. Also noted is EE Ser Meerbaum a mineral used in making pipes, dug in Asia Minor and resembling cheese when mined before hardening on air.
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Spain
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Homp
Asia Minor
Vandenberg Seeks Senate Re-election Amid Presidency Talk
Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan announced plans to seek another Senate term in 1948 and indicated willingness to meet broader national responsibilities. He wrote in reply to Michigan Republicans asking to draft him for the Republican presidential nomination next year.
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Washington
Arthur Vandenberg
Mich
Senate
Vanderberg
Michigan
Lia
German Vessel Is Stopped by Japs
The Hamburg America liner Sauerland was halted and boarded by a Japanese warship near Hong Kong while en route from Singapore. German diplomats protested the action, which followed similar incidents against British and French ships in the same area.
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Shanghal
Hamburg-Amerika Line
Hongkong
Singapore
Sauerland
Ranpura
Hong- Kang
Germany
Japan
Riley Russell Lewallen Receives College Degree
STILLWATER Okla More than 650 students including Riley Russell Lewallen from Hope Ark will receive degrees at Oklahoma A and M College commencement exercises Monday morning May 29 Lewallen will receive a bachelor of science degree in agriculture with a major in animal husbandry He was active in agricultural organizations being a member of Alpha Phi national honorary agricultural fraternity Future Farmers of America Black and Bridle club of the animal husbandry department and Aggie Society
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Stillwater
Okla
Riley Russel Lewallen
Hope
Ark
Oklahoma A
M. College
Lewallen
Alpha Ela
Future Farmers of America
Black and Bridle
Aggle Society
25 Cases Heard in Municipal Court
Municipal Court Judge W K Lemley heard 25 cases Monday. Half involved drunkenness and liquor violations. Several defendants were fined or had bonds set, many pleas of guilty, some dismissals. Notable items include assaults, larceny charges, untaxed liquor, and driving without licenses. Eleven named individuals faced fines, bonds, or appeals.
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W. K. Lemley
T. B. Downs
Albert Johnson
Sidney J. Hall
Morgan Murray
W. E. Moses
McRae Feed Co
Mary Hall
Bennie Green
Crcuit Court
Cleophus Hullingsworth
Marriage of Justin Matthews Sr and Robbie Howze
Justin Matthews Sr 62 a former chairman of the State Highway Commission and Little Rock real estate operator wed Robbie Howze 32 in Little Rock on Sunday The report notes a box supper and gospel singing at Crank's schoolhouse ten miles south of Hope Thursday night June 1 with proceeds to buy a church piano and public invited
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Little Rock
Justin Matthews
State Highway Commission
Robbie Howze
Crank
Hope
World War Era Parity Territory Demand by Axis Powers
Rome editor Virginio Gayda argues that Italy and Germany seek global territorial parity to match wealthier powers. He says Britain and France must face the issue after the Malian-German alliance, with Tunisia and Suez labeled minor next to a broad, non peaceful push for colonial equity.
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Edward J. Kennedy
Rome
Italy
Germany
Virginio Gayda
Gayda
Mussolini
Tunisia
Danzig
Berlin
Britain
France
Giornale d'Italia
Sciarra Palace
Corsa Umberto
Great Britain
Europe
Suez
Jibuti
Jibali
Hue
A Thought Pardon Not Wrath Is God Best Attribute
A concise quotation attributed to B. Taylor declaring that mercy over anger defines divine virtue. The line emphasizes restraint in judgment as a higher moral quality. Public-facing motto style suitable for a brief newspaper card.
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B. Taylor
Rearmament fears big disasters for U S says Washington
Preston Grover Washington notes that the Squalus tragedy signals future dangers as rearmament speeds up. He describes submarine interiors and the Christmas tree dial system, outlining potential human or mechanical failures and the difficulty of saving crews in future crashes.
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Preston Grover Washington
Germany
Squalus
Memorial Services Planned For Squalus Victims In New Hampshire
Navy chaplain Commander A E Stone announced Memorial Day services for 26 crew members killed when the submarine Squalus sank. A 60 diver team labors to salvage the vessel from its watery grave off Portsmouth New Hampshire with the planned service set for Tuesday.
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Paismouth
N. H
A. E. Stone
Navy
Committee Favors Hulls Proposals
Chairman Fittman said the Senate foreign relations committee supports Secretary Hulls overhaul of the neutrality act. Hull proposes repealing arms embargo provisions and banning American ships from entering combat zones during war.
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Washington
Fittman
D-New
Senate Foreign Relations
Hull
U S Recruiting Drive Aims for 315000 Recruits
Washington officials outlined the most intensive recruiting campaign since World War I I aimed at nearly 315000 recruits or formations in the next 13 months to meet replacements and expansion needs of the air corps and other service branches.
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Washington
Air Corps
Labor Relations Board May Amend Regulations
Chairman J Warren Madden predicted the National Labor Relations Board would soon amend its regulations to allow employers in certain cases to petition for a collective bargaining election among their workers.
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Washington
J. Warren Madden
National Labor Relations Board
Pendergast Begins 25 Month Tax Evasion Sentence at Leavenworth
Pendergast, the Kansas City political boss, arrived at Leavenworth federal penitentiary at 8 45 a m to start a 25 month term for income tax evasion. Indictments against a dozen Pennsylvania Democrats for political contributions and conspiracy to cheat the commonwealth were sustained by Judge Howard Hughes in Dauphin County. trials set to begin June 12.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Fom Pendergast
Kansas City
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Howard Hughes
Dauphin County
Carl Shelley
Mind Your Manners Quiz and Buoyant Etiquette Answers
A vintage etiquette Q and A asks how a hostess should inform a visitor of arrival and stay length, whether a mother should join a young man’s guest, if a wife may open her husband’s letter, if one should knock before entering a family member’s room, and whether youths should say goodnight to chaperones at dances. It offers scenario solutions, including choosing to decline or explain an invitation when a houseguest is present.
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Peo
Baby Clipper Sighted Off Coast In Atlantic Flight
LONDON reports a plane believed to be Thomas H. Smiths baby clipper was sighted off Saint Bees in Cumberland at 6 30 p.m. The craft circled a guard station and headed south along the coast. In Old Orchard Beach Maine Smith began his Europe flight Sunday seeking a long distance test for light planes.
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London
Eng
British? Press Association
Thomas H. Smith
Saint Bees
Ciberland County
Engl
Old Orchard Beach
Main
Europe
Beles
St. John
Ea Atlantic
Smith
Ee Smith
Miner Freed After 65 Hours Trapped in Shenandoah
Robert Galligan, 38, a coal miner, was dug out after 65 hours in a rock and coal chamber near Shenandoah Pennsylvania. A one inch pipe brought air and stimulants to him as rescuers worked in a four foot square space, using dynamite to ease the rock while a vertical shaft was sunk at Locust Mountain. He was reportedly uninjured and in good spirits after his long entombment.
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Shenandolah
Robert Galsligan
Shenandoah
Robert Galligan
O. K
Galligan
Locust Mountain
New Orleans Cotton Opens and Closes Lower on Monday
New Orleans July cotton opened at 9.02 and closed at 0.93.94. Spot cotton ended dull, down 12 points with middling at 9.49.
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New Orleans
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Roosevelt
Washington Forum
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Tete-A-Tete
Robert BE
Wood
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Vandenberg
Michigan Republica
China Water
Riley Russell Lewallen
Eddie Thomas
Ceophus Hollingsworth
Sherman Wilson
Justin Matthews, Sr
Hitler
U. S
U.S
Labor Relations Board
Pendergast
Los Ang
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