Thanksgiving Hope After Churchill Wept in 1940
Virginia Cowies reports a London dispatch recalling Winston Churchill weeping at his grandson’s christening during Britain’s darkest days. The piece frames 1949 as a time of economic recovery and wary peace, noting Europe’s advance and Asia’s unresolved tensions as a reason for cautious gratitude this Thanksgiving.
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London Dispatch
Winston Churchill
Virginia Cowies
Britain
London
Churchill
France
Europe
Asia
West
Montgomery to Talk to Top Military Men
Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery arrives in the United States for a 12 day series of informal talks with General Eisenhower General Omar Bradley and others. He will discuss European defense plans tied to a North Atlantic force funded by a $1 billion congressional appropriation and the Western Union defense alliance. In Asia Li Tsung-jan and Chiang Kai shek clash as a new party may emerge while Hong Kong hospital headlup follows Li’s tour and a rift widens within nationalist leadership.
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Associated Press
Britain
Viscount Montgomery
United States
America
General Eisenhower
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joseph L. Codlins
Montgomery
Western Union Defense Alliance
Europe
England
Belgium
France
Holland
Luxembourg
North Atlantic
Congress
Russia
Far East
China
Tas Ieaders
Chiang Kaishek
Li Tsung-jan
Chiang
Chungking
Hong Kong
Dyinching
Second Community Concert at Hope High on Dec 6
The second in a series will be held in Hope High school auditorium on Tuesday December 6 featuring Alfred and Herbert Teltschik, a young American trained duo pianists hailed for abundant expression rooted in exans and informed by Austrian traditions.
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Hope High School
Alfred
Herbert Teltschik
Exans
Austria
DeAnn W O W to Present Flags at Supper Wednesday
DeAnn W O W Camp No 849 will present flags to churches and groups at a supper and program at 6 o clock Wednesday night November 23 announced today by Leroy Samuel of Deatin.
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DeAnn W. O. W
Leroy Sarmuel
DeAtin
Arkansas Weather Forecast Fair and turning colder
Forecast for Arkansas calls for fair skies and a drop in temperatures this afternoon and tonight. Expect lowest readings near 26 to 34 degrees tonight with further cooling into Tuesday.
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Arkansas
Coul
Gove Held for Grand Jury in Knox County Homicide Case
Roland E. Gove , 20, of Haverhill Massachusetts, charged with kidnapping and murder, refused to speak in Hope Municipal Court and was bound over to Hempstead Circuit Court grand jury. Examinations waived. held without bond. Also noted: Gracy Lindsey held for grand jury on burglary and grand larceny charges. Docket items list multiple minor offenses and dismissals. Hempstead Circuit Court expected to meet in January.
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Roland E. Gove
Haverhill
Mass
Hope Municipal Court
al Hempstead
W. K. Lemley
Gove
Lemley
Hempstead
Dexter Bush
Tom Seymour
Fulton
Lee Helton
Matthew Runnels
Sheppard
Falt
Seymour
Gracy Linsey
Walter 5. Slims
Coy Huskey
Ban
Kerpan
Alton
Rothwell
Gracie Lindsey
George Tucker
D. Adcock
L. L. LeCount
Winded stork helps baby twins born en route to Little Rock
Mrs. Johnny Gollcher, her twin daughters and a tired stork rested today after a highway dash from DeValls Bluff 42 miles away. The father rode with police escort as the car sped from Lonoke to Little Rock, where the second baby arrived on the bridge. Each newborn weighed about five pounds and were reported in good condition.
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Rock Oy
Johnny Gollcher
Gollcher
Devalls Bluff
Here
Carlisle
Lonoke
Golleher
Main Street
Little Rock
Nine Die Violently in Arkansas
At least nine persons died violently in Arkansas from Sunday incidents. An Osceola family of three, Ena Lee Jackson and her children Arthur Lee and Edna Mac, reportedly perished from suspected poisoning after drinking water tainted with rat poison. Sheriff Bergman said the husband Johnson was critical in a Memphis hospital. Separate killings and accidents across the state included a Texarkana shooting of John Collings Sheppard, a Roland man Finis Whitehead dying from a beating, and Mrs. Ed Dorch dying in a fire. A McGeehee girl Claudine Beasley died from injuries after an auto strike. Ernest Coker died in a kerosene fire accident near Texarkana along with injuries to Loren Roberson in a highway crash near Blytheville.
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Associated Pres
Arkansas
Osceola
Ena Lee Jackson
Arthur Lee
Edna Mac
Johnson
Memphis
Wiliam Bergman
Rass
Mitra
John Collings Sheppard
Texarkana
Finis Whitehead
Roland
Ark
Ed_Dorch
West Memphis
Claudine Beasley
McGeehee Negro
Burns
Eirnest Coker
Loren Roberson
Marston
Blytheville
Pedestrians Ignore Keep-Off Sign On New Memphis Bridge
Thousands of people crossed the new Memphis and Arkansas bridge across the Mississippi River before its opening. With no side rails and a two-foot opening in the middle, pedestrians wandered the span until police arrived to clear them away.
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Memphis
Memphis and Arkansas
Mississippi River
Glamour Gals Fight Back Over Lady Astor Remark
Hollywood reacts after Nancy Astor calls actresses wretched glamour girls. Charles Laughton defends Hollywood while the film industry council awards, to counter the attack, a flagpole prize and folding flagpoles are promised for nominees and winners.
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Hollywood
Nancy Astor
Motion Picture Industry Council
London
Britain
Charles Laughton
Lady Astor
United States
Council
James J. U Red Vanney
Gake Hamilton
Hot Springs
Nashville Lodge to Observe 100th Anniversary
The Pleasant Valley Lodge No. 30 of Nashville F and A Masons will mark its 100th anniversary with an afternoon and night program on Tuesday November 22. Principal speaker will be Claude Rankin State Land Commissioner.
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Pleasant Valley Lodge No. 30
Masons
Nashville
Wil
Claude Rankin
McMaths Get Pick of Turkey Flock
Governor McMath and family will receive the choice Benton county turkey for Thanksgiving. The pick comes from turkeys raised by Gentry producer T. H. Burns, who supplied high quality birds for local use.
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McMaths
Gentry
McMath
Chaice Benton County
T. H. Burns
Burns
Patient Knew How to Save Money on Vets
A downtown drugstore call brings veterinarian Harry E. Hansen to a farmer's home to inspect a ailing cow. The farmer refuses to be charged full price saying he has little money, leading Hansen to adjust fees.
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Causiun Apa
Harry E. Hansen
Dr. Hansen
New Chinese Party Emerges Against Reds and Chiang
Acting President Li Tsung-jen may lead a new anti-communist, anti Chiang Kai-shek party in China. Li, hospitalized in Hong Kong, would ally with Gen. Pai Chung-hsi and others to form a force expected to seek U.S. aid and adopt a tougher stance against the Reds. Observers note potential for wider dissension and influence in Washington.
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Wayne Richardson
Hong Kong
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Li Tsung - Jen
Chiang
Chungking
Formosa
United States
Pai Chung-hsi
Chan Chai Tong
Hainan Island
Hu Seh-yuc
Yu Han-mon
Kwangtung
China Mail
Pai
Grounded Flier Tries to Kill His Wife in Wichita
Wichita police report an air force lieutenant, Arthur E. Chatham, 82, angry over grounding and a cutback program, tried to kill his wife and threatened to kill himself and his four year old daughter Irene. He fired three times but surrendered after talks with Detective Carl Spriggs and a friend. He was moved to Fairfax Base Hospital in Kansas City for observation. No charges filed yet.
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Wichita
Kas
Air Force
Carl Spriggs
Arthur E. Chatham
Air-Force
Chatham
Organized Reserve
Spriggs
U S Silent on Remand to Use Force in China
Washington November 21 The Pi F rosh demands for U S force against the Chinese communists drew official silence from the state department. The push follows the imprisonment at Mukden of American consul Angus Ward and his staff since October 24 on charges of having beaten a Chinese employee.
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Washington
Pi-Froshi
United States
State Department
Mukden
Angus Ward
Die
Polish expels French envoys amid espionage arrest
In Warsaw a French assistant attaché, Andre Simon Robineau, was arrested on espionage charges and to be tried with Polish co-defendants. Two other French embassy staff were ordered to leave Poland within three days, while five Warsaw consulate employees tied to espionage face trial.
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Andre Simon Robineau
Szczecin
Stetlin
Warsaw
Paris
Robineau
Aymar de Bressin de Mere
Fernand Renoarx
Poland
Wroclaw
Robiman
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Communist Party
Prague
Gomulka
Laszlo Rajk
Rajk
France
Ex-Wife of Actor Stabs Herself After Dinner Date
Los Angeles witnesses a dramatic incident as actress Jean Wallace, ex-wife of Franchot Tone, attempts suicide with a butcher knife shortly after dining with Tone and their two children. Police label it a despondent act. her mother and Tone describe no reconciliation plans amid their 1941 marriage and recent divorce decree.
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Los Angeles
Franchot Tonel
Jean Wallace
Harl Carroll
Georgia Street
Tone
Santa Claus
Mary Ingham
Hollywood’ Presbyterian Hospital
Yama
Atiz
Patmos Program Homecoming Broadcast Planned Tuesday
Activities at Patmos include a barbecue at 6 p.m. Tuesday followed by a program with Congressman Oren Harris. Station KXAR will record and air the event from 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. Hundreds of ex Patmos residents and guests are expected to attend. The Hope delegation will travel in a caravan from the Chamber of Commerce offices.
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Activisies
Patmos
KXAR
Oren Harris
Hope
Chamber of Commerce
Alaskan Odds Favor Women for Husbands and Power Deal
In New York, Fairbanks Mayor Maurice Johnson and City Clerk B A Tonseth discuss Alaska’s rough life and sex ratio while signing a $4.4 million revenue bond to fund a new power plant and water system. Johnson notes Alaska lacks darkness in summer and remarks on dog teams, pagini gambling, and a light climate compared with New York.
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New York
Alasaka
Fairbanks
Alaska
Dohnson
Johnson
B. A. Tonseth
Manhattan
Ram Woodstock
Jack London
Robert Service
al Celor
Louw
Times Square
Survivors of Bermuda crash recall 19 hours adrift at sea
Hamilton Bermuda November survivors describe two six man life rafts tossed by heavy Atlantic swells north of Bermuda after a U S air force B 17 sighted them 400 miles northeast of Bermuda Two crew members drowned before rescue Fourteen survivors walked ashore on arrival at Kindley Air Base hospital The crash destroyed the tail and one raft The men drank rain water and used purification gear and rationed musty candy while awaiting rescue
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Kindley Air Base
John Grable
Marchfield Air Base
Calif
Grable
College Head Dies In Little Rock At 64
John A. Larson, 64, president of Lille Rock Junior College since 1930, died last night of a heart ailment. Born near Chanute, Kansas, he graduated from Emporia State Teachers College in 1912 and became a mathematics teacher at Lille Rock High School that year. He is survived by his widow, a son, and a daughter.
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Little Rock
John A. Larson
Lille Rock
Chanute
Kas
Emporia Jt
Snow Covers Large Part of the United States
A narrow band of snow stretched across the northern U S from the upper Missouri valley to New England with five inches in South Bend Indiana. Temperatures were mostly moderate but below freezing in the Central and Northern Great Plains and in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys and Great Lakes. The Gaetic Coast saw fog, while the rest of the nation enjoyed fair weather.
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U. S
Missouri Valley
New England
South Bend
Ind
Erica
Great Plains
Mississippi
Ohio River
Great Lakes
Dwindling Mine Welfare Funds Discussed
Washington, Nov. 21. John L. Lewis and other trustees debated spending dwindling coal miners welfare funds. Bridges, neutral on the trustees, questioned legal authority without a formal mining contract. About $13,000,000 has been collected since June 30, funds financed by a 20 cent royalty on coal.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Sensator
Styles Bridges
R-Nh
Hospitalill
Bridges
Charles I. Dawson
Louisville
Ezra van Horn
Summersand
Raped Body of Baby Found Near Fresno
In Fresno California an 18 month old girl named Josephine Yanez was kidnapped from her parents car in front of a dance hall at Huron. Her body was found in a muddy field near Huron with signs of rape and smothering. Deputy Coroner L R Webb called it the most vicious murder in Fresno county.
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Fresno
Calif
Huron
L. R. Webb
Josephine Yanez
Joe Yanez
Here
J. Ed Martin
Fresno County
Sheriff's Office
Sex case surge in Los Angeles after child murder
Los Angeles reports 25 sexual molestation cases in the week following the slaying of six year old Linda Joyce Glucoft. A mass meeting sponsored by Parent-Teacher groups will address handling sexual criminals. Fred Stroble, 66, faces preliminary charges for killing Linda after molesting her. he is in solitary confinement amid jailer concerns of inmate unrest.
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Los Angeles
Linda Joyce Glucoft
Fred Stroble
Baker
Linda
Stroble
Hope-Nashville Football Classic Tickets Go On Sale
Tickets for the Hope Nashville football classic at Huamimons Stadium on Thanksgiving Day at 2 40 p m are on sale downtown at Jacks Stewarts and Rays Andersons office Local fans are urged to buy early as one of the largest crowds is expected.
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Huamimons Stadium
Jacks
Stewarts
Ray Anderson
Suil
Hempstead Quorum Votes On Budget At Court Session
Hempstead quorum court met to approve a budget of 40,810 dollars, 39,810 of which was approved last year. The session listed allocations for County Courts Justice Courts Civil Courts Jail expenses and various agents, with attendees including Mrs G B Merson and J H Beauchamp. The meeting proceeded with anticipated final approval of the budget and detailed line items such as Sheriff and Municipal Court costs and records.
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H. E. Reed Frank
Simmons
A. Sewell
T. J. Drakes
DeLaurda
TBR
Arkansas
Chilren
Agen
Florence Crittenden
Three Negroes Wounded in Birmingham Streetcar Incident
In Birmingham Alabama three Black passengers were wounded when a streetcar conductor fired his pistol during a disturbance aboard the car. Witnesses offered conflicting accounts with some saying the conductor drew his weapon after an argument, while others claimed the shooting began with muttered curses and no arm seizure.
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Birmingham
Ala
al Street
Ascape
Gaid Sah
Samuel Lee
Willard Negro
John’ Garling
Wil
Williams
Weeks
William
Willams
Hempstead County Added to Crop Disaster List
Washington reports the agriculture department designated 17 Arkansas counties as disaster loan areas including Hempstead and Bradley. Farmers in these counties faced boll weevil damage and unseasonable rains, enabling access to government loans to support farming operations. Earlier this month the department designated 20 Arkansas counties as disaster loan areas.
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Washington
Ti Agriculture Department
Arkansas
I Bradley
Crittenden
Dallay
Hempstead
Howard
Lafayette
Lawrence Little River
Mt Nevada
Perry
Pike
Prarie
Line Sevier Sharp
Arkan
Prescott Rt 2 Resident Dies Amid Funeral Plans
William Rufus Cottin of Prescott Rt 2 died yesterday. He leaves a wife and son Frank Cobham of Prescott Rt 2. The funeral is set for today at Blast City with Rev Bilbp Lambey officiating. Johnny White and other pallbearers named.
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William Rufus Cottin
Be 188
PF. Prescott
Frank Cobham
Prescott
Cottingham
Pam
Blast Ci Rev
Bilbp
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