Death of Charles Ferguson Ends Notable Fergusons Newspaper Line
The death of Charles E Ferguson at 57 ends a famed three-brother publishing family from HandtiX college area. Brothers Charis Henry and Ware Ferguson built a nationally known semi weekly paper in Toward county, with a farm operated operation. The brothers, born in Hope, led a harmonious editorial and mechanical team for decades. The obituary reflects on their career and the impact of their loss on the local press landscape.
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Charles E. Ferguson
Nashville Ews
Conway
Chariis
Henry
Ware
Buson
Iany Ames
Laws Post
Dispatch
Fergusons
Fergusong
Hope
Jim Ferguson
Housing Drive for Middle Income Groups
A Washington housing drive advances behind legislation to aid middle income families earning 2500 to 4900 dollars annually. The bill, backed by 21 sponsors, would offer federal loans to provide homes with payments not exceeding 55 dollars monthly. The measure, opposed by some as socialism, targets private builders’ limits and seeks broader housing for the nation’s growing middle class. The plan contemplates direct loans and cooperative housing forms, with hearings promised by Banking Chairman Spence as a broader fight over the administration’s housing program continues.
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Washington
Hugh LD
Mitchell
wWight
Stehell
Congress
West Coast
Pémnihstration
Democrats
Soioatenean
Aisa
Spence
O-Ky
Comperatives
Maual Housing Associations
Arkansas Weather Forecast Update
Cloudy conditions expected this afternoon tonight with possible thunderstorms. No significant changes in temperature or wind.
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Arkansas
Hope High School District Will Not Increase Millage
The Board of Education declares it will not raise school millage beyond 18 mills at the upcoming election. It seeks fair assessments with the equalization board and tax assessor to address inequities, urging taxpayers to cooperate. The district notes no enrollment surge but promises better facilities, programs, and trained teachers funded by fair taxation.
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Board of Education of
Hope High
Equalization Board
Hope
Board of Education
Attorneys to Seek Bail for Rutledge
Cedar Rapids May 26 Attorneys for Dr Robert C Rutledge Jr jailed since March 28 after a Cedar Rapids trial seek bail while planning a motion for a new trial He was convicted of second degree murder in a case tied to the death of Byron C Hattman a St Louis aircraft engineer Rutledge faces possible ten year to life sentence and a new trial hearing is pending
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Cedar Rapids
Robert C. Rutledge, Jr
Rutledge
St. Louis
Byron C. Hattman
Hattman
Lwie
Sydney
Walter J. Barngrover
Ruledge
Howard B. Goodrich
Goodrich
Hannibal
Barnsgrover
Walter Crissman
Mle
RFC Official to Confer on M&A Railway Harrigan
A Reconstruc tion Finance Corporation representative was due to inspect the Missouri and Arkansas railroad. H. P. Crowell would perform the inspection after Ark ansas group applied for a 1 250 000 loan to buy and lease the line. The visit was announced by Shertin Hurley of Harrison following his Washington trip. Arkansas officials tied the loan request to federal price supports and storage facilities, noting no storage or machinery exists to support crops like cotton and rice.
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E. A. Simpson
Berryville
Kansas
Taymery
Northwest Arkansas
College of “Agriculture
University of Arkansas
Saia Shulcily
Esys
Ants
Athes Carninaditius
Agsoviate
Aubrey ‘Gates
Thy Veeling
High Court to Review Record of Union Members
The Arkansas Supreme Court agreed to review the record in the case of six union members held in contempt by Washington Chancellor John K. Butt. Each was fined $80 and sentenced to ten days in jail for allegedly pricking a Fayetteville construction project in violation of a chancery court injunction. The court granted the union members permission for a review.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Washington
John K. Butt
Fayetteville
Supreme
Votes to Probe Air Policies and Purchases
The House Armed Services Committee voted to probe the nation s air power policies and aircraft purchases. Chairman Vinson proposed a $50 000 expense fund and said the inquiry would not be a whitewash. The panel will scrutinize procurement and the national air policy, with public hearings possible this week.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
House
Armed Services Committee
Rep
van Zandt
R-Pa
Rep. Short
Missouri
Cole
R-Ny
Floyd Odlum
Odlum
Johnson
Democratic Party
Defense
Symington
Land
Summer Wednesday Half-Holiday At Downtown Stores
Almost every business firm department store grocery shop and office in downtown Hope will close at noon Wednesday. This annual practice gives employees a half holiday during the hot summer months. The organizations will close every Wednesday afternoon for the next three months.
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Procery
Carly
Hope
McCrory Man Heads Junior Bankers Group in Arkansas
Tark May a ie Ota Milter of McCrory elected President of the Junior Bankers association in Arkansas. R J Daupherry Magnolia named vice president Jey Fuess Pine Bluff treasurer Howell No Davis Holepu sergeant at arms. The section held its annual convention yesterday at the French Academy.
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Ite Tark
Ota
Eisler Attacks Atty General After Extradition Fight
Eisler arrives in the United States amid a tirade against Attorney General Tom Clark calling him a fool. He denounces Britain’s extradition ruling and says he is happier and freer in the free soil of the peoples democracies after Britain released him and barred American perjury charges.
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Pitnene
Baez Ve
Gerhart Eisler
United States
Atty
Tom Clark
America
Iiwaph Ta J
England
Tondon
Europe
Britain
Eisler
Jeisler
Circuit Judge Breaks Arm in Fall in Fayetteville
Circuit Judge Maupin Cummings fractured an arm after stumbling from a step ladder at his home in Fayetteville yesterday. Chancellor John K. Butt acted in circuit court in Bentonville today to fill in for Judge Cummings.
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Fayetteville
Maupin Cummings
John K. Butt
Judge Cummings
Bentonville
Vet Kills Self While Talking to Ex Friend
Police tied a broken romance to the death of 26 year old veteran Jimmy Lee Feathers who killed himself in a telephone booth during a long distance call to his ex fiancée Alice Clark. A second body, Louis Holmes, Feathers’ cousin, was found mangled in a north Mississippi wooded area amid a complex case.
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Holly Springs
CUP
Jimmy Lee Feathers
Alice Clark
Notonly Feathers
Mississippi
Louis Holmes
Children Question Guru Says Kids Lead the Way
HAL BOYLE profiles Ellen Mcloughlin editor of the Book of Knowledge, noting 50,000 questions asked for the child reader. The service answers queries from around the world, excluding homework and formal studies, with a staff of 33 researchers and 100 coupon incentives for questions.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Hawokd
Gail
Ellen V._ McLoughlin
Miss McLoughlin
Book of Knowledge
Congress Seeks Narrow Arms Plan For Europe
Washington May 31 Congress moves toward a limited arms program for Western Europe and Greece and Turkey to back the NATO alliance. Senate leaders indicate not to push the larger $1.45 billion package, with action focused on the treaty and a smaller aid measure. House leaders say ratification will hinge on funding. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans a strong report as discussions continue.
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House
Rep. McCormack
D-Mass
Congress
Senate
North Atlantic Alliance
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
Truman
McCormack
Nationwide Health Plan Denounced by Dr Hawley
Washington May 31 A Blue Cross official, Dr Paul R Hawley, testified to a Senate subcommittee opposing President Trumans compulsory health insurance plan. He warned against a swift leap to a welfare state, urged a fact finding body to study health facilities, and argued the plan's cost and military and solvency risks.
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Washington
Paul R. Hawley
Blue Cross Program
Hawley
Veterans Administration
Senate Labor and Public Welfare
Truman
Haw Jley
Hitsulf
Gen. Clay Retires From Army After 31 Years of Service
Washington May 31 Gen Gueius D Clay former U S governor in Germany retired from the army today at Fort Myer Va after 31 years of service He won full general rank by presidential recommendation and congressional approval in recognition of his war record Mrs Clay received a bouquet of yellow roses as the general and her left in a temporary Quarleys on the Fort Myer parade ground Attending were acting Secretary Gray Assistant Secretary Tracey Voorhees General Omar Bradley and other senior officers.
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Washington
Gueius D. Clay
U. S
Germany
Inearby
Fort Myer
Truman
Congress
Mes. Clay
Quarleys
Sqreswell
Army
Gray
Tracey Voorhees
Omar N. Bradley
Brother of Hope Woman Succumbs
Ambrese Jerome Butler aged 4, brother of Mrs Charles I Lewis of Hope, died at home in Apington Via yesterday. Mrs Lewis has been at his bedside several age.
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Ambrese Jerome Butler
Charles I. Lewis
Hope
Apington
Lewis
Alger Hiss Goes on Trial Today for Perjury
New York May 31 Alger Hiss former state department official charged with perjury in an espionage probe goes on trial in federal court. The trial has been postponed six times after a grand jury indicted him last December. Chambers has alleged Hiss gave classified papers to Whitaker Chambers and discussed with him in early 1930s Washington.
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New York
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Perty
Hewever
Commmunist Party
House Un-American Activities Committee
Washington
Memorial Day Holiday Death Toll Tops 400 Across Nation
Associated Press reports 412 people killed in three day Memorial Day weekend accidents. Traffic crashes total 253 fatalities, 87 drownings, plus deaths from fires and other incidents. California led with 46 violent deaths, Illinois 93 second, Ohio 26 third amid 30 million vehicles on roads.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
California
Clinois
Ohia
Arkansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
President to Fly to Little Rock for Reunion
President Truman will fly to Little Rock Arkansas for the division's annual reunion arriving June 10 and returning the next day June 11 overnight. Officials said there is no plan for a trip to Des Moines Iowa for a Democratic farm conference on June 12 or 13.
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Washington
Truman
Little Rock
Ark
White House
Pruman
Des Moines
Iowa
Strikers Hurl Explosives in Bolivia Amid Siege
Strikers hurled dynamite from hilltop redoubts in a battle with Bolivian troops as a nationwide state of siege held. At Huanuni mine Howard Keller, a U S citizen and superintendent, was held hostage while 29 killed, including two American engineers, and two more mines and a railroad were closed. Foreign residents evacuated as 140 outsiders arrived in Oruro and Cochamba. Government blames the rightist National Revolutionary Movement for the uprisings and police stations were attacked amid ongoing clashes.
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Paz
Bolivia
Monique
Huanuni
Howard Keller
U. S
Washeld
Cantavia
High Andes
Oruro
Cochamba
Cavavi
Siglo Veinte
la Pz
Atmayo Properties
la Paz
Corovara
Revolutionary Movement
Uprisi Jngs
Tin Ming
Lhaid
Nore
Allies Plan Berlin Talks Amid March 31 Pause
Western powers held an unannounced morning session to map responses to Russia’s rejection of a political union for East Germany. British officials led by Bevin and Soviet envoy Vishinsky were present as Berlin talks faced possible collapse and aims to keep economic plans for Germany in play.
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Paris
Minigte
Russia
Germany
Ben
Deason
Ernest ‘Bevin
Freti
Robert Séhumea
Vishinsky
Moscow
West
Berlin
W. Deutsche Marland
Mari
Vishinalk
Steyrsaly
Vishinsky' Lin
Lilienthal Called Before Joint Group
Washington, May. Lilienthal to appear before a joint congressional committee on atomic energy. Senator Hickenlooper and Chairman McMahon push for direct questioning on agency management and alleged mismanagement. Hearing aims to clarify charges as the inquiry may run three weeks.
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Ay Oliver
Washington
Ryvid E. Lilienthal
Thismatia
Hooper
Iowa
McMahon
Lilienthace
Hickens
St. McMahon
Lilienthal
AEC
Hicken Aooper
Hean
90 Year Old Woman Marries Negro Dies in Los Angeles
Los Angeles May 31 Mrs Adelana Bug Nicholson aged 90, widow, died Saturday after years of illness. Her 28 year old husband Allan L G Wood said she had long life. The interracial marriage to Woods drew attention as one of California's early high profile cases in law.
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Zorn
Wass McLoughlin
Ireweh Hey Otek
Japan
Reasuay
Washington
Los Angeles
Adelana
Bug Nicholson
Allan L. G. Wood
Woods
California’ Supremes
Scholarship awards announced for Yale 1949 50 year
Professor Albert Cray leads a Yale scholarship drive naming six special awards for the 1949 50 academic year. The program honors a student from Little Rock and a 1941 graduate among the six recipients, reflecting campus efforts to support promising scholars.
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New Bayote
Albert B. Cray Teem
Guleau
Yale University
Bobbyidpe
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