Thanksgiving Dates and Rail Safety Controversy Across States
A column discusses Arkansas and a few states delaying Thanksgiving to a different Thursday, and critiques the nationwide shift after President Roosevelt’s decree. It then shifts to the Long Island Rail Road crash, questioning whether rising fares and financial trouble compromise public safety and rail reliability. The piece links holiday timing debates to entrenched battles over rail service funding and regulation.
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Arkansans
America
Arkansas
F. D. Rooseveltt
Farmers Urged to Vote on Hempstead County Committeemen
Hempstead county farmers will vote by mail or in person on November 130 for three community committee members and a delegate to the county convention. Ballots must be returned to the county PMA office by November 20 or cast in person. late postmarks will be ignored.
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Hempstead County
Earl Martindale
PMA
Probers Find Train Ran Past Two Stop Signals
Gov Dewey says preliminary evidence points to human failure in the Thanksgiving eve Long Island wreck that killed 77 and injured 332. He and Mayor Impellitteri led investigations, demand rapid action, and ordered further study of the railroad’s safety practices.
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Long Island
New York
Long Teland
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Florida
State Public Service Commission
Celly
Vincent R. Impellitteri
Miami Beach
Cuba
Long Island Railroad
Times Square
Rockville Centre
Kew Gardens
Queens
Mags
Ide
Lhe
Mrs Clark Dies at 82 in South Hempstead County
Charity Clark aged 82 died at her home in south Hempstead County. Survived by Burl and Tracy Clark of Lewisville and Rev Floyd Clark of Rosin. daughter Mrs Bryan Bubo of Hope. Funeral 2 pm Saturday at Mt Nebu Church with Rev D C Alivey.
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Charity Clark
South Hempstead County
Ed Burl
Tracy Clark
Lewisville
Floyd Clark
Rosin
Bryant Bubo
Hope
Mt. Nebu Church
D. C. Alivey
Mass Theater Faintings Bring Lawsuits
Two lawsuits filed in Circuit Court over mass fainting of about 50 Joie theater patrons last Sunday afternoon. Plaintiffs include Anna Apperson et al claiming injuries to children aged 8 to 18. seeks $1,000 to $6,000 plus medical expenses. Defendants are the Joie theater and Tenarken Baramount Corp. Faintings followed a defective ventilating device lowering oxygen content.
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Carolyn Louise Combs
Joi¢ Theater
Tenarken Baramount Corp
14 Persons Die Violently in Arkansas
At least 14 people died violently in Arkansas this week. Six were traffic related. Rosie Lee Harris, 24, died Thursday from injuries after a highway crash near Pine Bluff. Ben Goza, 66, retired El Dorado oil driller, died Thursday at a Fordyce tourist court. ruled death by overdose of sleeping pills, with earlier coroner notes suggesting a heart attack. Fire caused four deaths and other accidents accounted for two.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Rosie Lee Harris
Pine ‘Bluff
Ben Goza
el Dorado
Fordyce
Carlton Macs
Goze
McCloy Warns Germans on Europe’s Defense Duty
U S High Commissioner John J McCloy told Germans at Kiel University that they must face defending freedom in Europe. He warned no one can preserve Germanys freedoms for them and noted rising doubt over German willingness to arm for West European defense amid recent Socialist party gains and upcoming Bavarian elections.
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Kiel
Germany
U. S
John J. McCloy
Europe
McCloy
Kiel University
German Socialist Party
Bavaria
North
West Germany
VEW to Hold Waste Paper Drive Sunday
Lyvell Burke announces that the Ramsey-Cargile Veterans of Foreign Wars Post will conduct a waste paper drive Sunday afternoon November 26 in Hope. Residents should bundle old magazines papers and cardboard on front porches for pickup. VFW members meet at City Hall at 2 p.m. and will canvass the area.
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Lyvell Burke
Ramsey-Cargile
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
VFW
Hope Art
Post
Burke
VFW Post
Garland School Adds Second Grade Under Miss Jane Carter
The newly established second grade at Garland School is taught by Miss Jane Carter. The southwest end of the auditorium is now a classroom with new desks equipment and books. There are 68 pupils in the second grade along with 4 in Miss Carter's room and 3 in Mrs. Johnson's. Mrs. Owen Atkins serves as principal.
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Garland School
Jane Carter
Earl Thomason
Mise Carter
Johnson
Owen Atkins
Sam Andrew
Brookwood
Dobka
Dave Pycahenilas
Red Cross Seeks Playing Cards for Men Overseas
Mrs. and G. Wingfield appeal for playing cards to be sent to soldiers overseas. Donors may leave cards at 116 North Pine Street on the front porch if no one is home.
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Red Cross
OG. Wingfield
The
MacArthur Leads Unarmed Flight Deep Behind Front Lines
Tokyo reports General MacArthur flew alone in an unarmed plane to within 66 miles of the Yalu River, the closest any supreme commander has ventured into enemy territory. Aides describe the mission as fearless reconnaissance, with MacArthur and a small escort observing Chinese defenses and key targets such as the Suiho dam while jets and antiaircraft pounded elsewhere.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Yalu River
Courtney Whitney
Ianju
M MacArthur
Paclor
Whitney
Suiho
Amercan
George EB. Stratemeyer
Far East Air Forces
Stratemeyer
Anneien Tioes
Moutains
Anthony
Sinviju
Yalu
Manchuria
Antung
Antunge
Sulho
Grand Coulee
North Korea
Solowa
Korea
Changjin
Pujon
Yalul
Hyesanju
Stacy
Powell
Herbert D. Powell
Monmouth
Ore
Story
Sinalja
Stratereyer
Stuy
MacArihuy
Mme
Qlace
Oil use in US for heating exceeds forty five thousand barrels
The article states that over 45,000 barrels of oil are consumed annually in the United States for domestic and industrial heating, excluding lubricant use. It also notes that 46 to 50 gold mines operate along a 50 mile stretch of South Africa’s Rand.
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United States
South Africa
Rand
Red Delegates Arrive as Peace Rumors Spread at U N
Nine member Chinese Communist delegation reaches Idlewild amid hopes for peace talks. Soviet Malik calls for Red China to join Formosa debate. U S Dulles declines to speak. Wu Hsuan says China seeks just treatment and friendship with the United States while talks shift to private diplomacy on Korea and Formosa.
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Jacob A. Malik
China
T. F. Tsiang
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Tsiang
Russia
Red
United States
Poliical Committee
Security Council
Malik
British Overseas Airways
Wu Hsu-chan
U. N
Formosa
Pacific
Asia
U. S
Korea
Peiping
Yuoslavia
Ales Bebler
Chou
En-Lai
Nortice
Douglas MacArthur
Council
Truman
U. S. Seventh
Flec
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