Air Force Navy clash warned in prison escape tale
Our Daily Bread comments on the Washington dispute between the Navy and Air Force over strategic priorities. A prison escape from a plane near Nashville Ark is described as sensational but the piece stresses caution in judging blame, noting past military and political disagreements and missteps.
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America
Navy
Air Force
Washington
Armed Services
Army
Billy Mitchell
Congress
Guam
Pacific
GW Roosevelt
Oglesby PTA Aids In City Market Drive
The Lions club marks a slow campaign to install metal street markers at every intersection in Oglesby. It plans to buy markers for 30 per set via House Number sales at 1.50 each. Starting Monday October 47 the Junior High School PTA will conduct door to door sales.
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Lions Club
Coopera
Uute
Owen to Open New Store in Texarkana
Owen announces Owen's Department Store will open in Texarkana early next year. He already runs stores in Hope Prescott Nashville Magnolia and Camden. The Texarkana shop will be a downtown two story building on East Broad Street to be remodeled with a new front.
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Owen's Department
Texarkana
Ben J. Owen
Mr. Owen
Hope
Prescott
Nashville
Magnolia
Camden
Texsikaya
East Broad Struet
Prowler Reports In Hope and Nearby Areas
Neuse prowlers operate in Hope with victims including Billy McCough near North Hazel street. Oliver Mills and others heard noises around 10:45 pm but investigators found no intrusions. Last week two homes were entered and robbed. Alvin Robison’s watch taken and Monroe Grant’s $30 to $40 loss reported at Bennett addition.
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Neuse
Nope
Billy McCough
North Hazel Street
Oliver Mills
Uumn
City Porlice
Alvin Robison
N. McRae St
Monroe Grant
Bennett Addition
Reverend Spragens to Speak at First Presbyterian Tonight
Rev John Spragens of Lite Rock will address the prayer meeting at First Presbyterian Church tonight starting at 7 21 5 public invitation extended by church officials and attendees.
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John Spragens
First Presbyterian Church
Weather forecast for Arkansas clears southeast region
Forecast calls for clearing skies in southeast Arkansas with partly cloudy conditions elsewhere this afternoon tonight and Thursday. Limited details mention Cuvier this afternoon and toutulit in the outlook.
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Arkansas
Cuvier
Frisco Drops Round in Move to End Service
Oklahoma City, Ort. A three judge Federal Court today denied Frisco Railroad petition to withdraw its appeal in the state supreme court to place its case before the federal court. The railroad seeks to abandon two passenger trains between Enid Oklahoma and Vernon Texas and Hugo Oklahoma and Hope Arkansas.
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Oklahoma City
Frisco Railroad
State Supreme Court
State Corporation Commission
Federal District Court
Supreme Court
Enid
Okla
Vernon Tex
Hugo
Hope, Ark
Conference aims to reopen Fort Chaffee as permanent post
Fort Smith near chaffee Arkansas faces possible continuation as a large inland training center after a Washington conference. Senator Fulbright and Defense Secretary Johnson agreed to reopen inspection to assess retaining the camp and avoid a spring shutdown. Arkansas Gov McMath and delegation press for an open minded review and firmer continuation of Fort Chaffee operations.
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Fort Smith
Jcamp
Chaffee
Here
Army
Defense Department
U.S
J. William Fulbright
Washington
Arkansas
Defense
Louis
Johnson
Arkansans
Sid McMath
McMath
Little Rock
Fulbright
KEPW
Steve Early
Yarly
Boyd Tackett
4Th
Hari T. Ricks
Clarence F. Burns
U S Snubs Newly Organized East German Parliament
High Commissioner John J. McClay rejected an invitation to attend East German parliamentary session where Communist Prime Minister Otto Groehl presented the East German government. In a separate item, Donaway W. Reynolds of the Southwest Times Record Port Smith Ark was elected to the American Society of Newspaper Editors board of directors.
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Berlin
Get
Jligh
John J. McClay
Otia Grolewohl
Washington
Det
Donaway W. Reynolds
Port Smith
Ark
Southwest Times-Record
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Parachute Escape by Military Prisoner Near Nashville
Pvt. Howard A. Shinneman, 23, a Clinton, Tl veteran, jumped from a C 52 over Arkansas during an air transfer from Forbes AFB Kansas to Barksdale AFB Louisiana. He hoped to win a $5 bet and reported to Barksdale, gaining brief freedom before capture by Sheriff Arthur E. Hicks in Buck Range near Nashville. He faces court martial for theft of a government pistol and AWOL after a 5 mile muddy escape.
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Nashville
Ark
Star
Hot Springs
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
Howard County
A. E. Hicks
Texarkana
Howard A. Shinfeman
Clinton
Arkansas
Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
Kas
Barksdale Air Force Base
Shreveport
Shinneman
Barksdale
Arthur E. Hicks
Soward County
Buck Range
Selior
Shrineman
Shionman
Barksdale Public Information
Shiineman
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Forbes Air Force
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Hinneman
Leavenworth
Navy
South Pacific
Air Force
Halsey Defends Lighter Planes Before Probers
Washington October 12 Admiral William Halsey urged a defense plan built on ready swift air strikes against troop and military targets. He pressed for lighter planes than the B 36 intercontinental bomber now central to policy. He argued mass attacks on large areas overlook modern needs and warned against war conducted by separate campaigns against civilian or industrial populations.
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Washington
William TP
Bull
Halsey
House
Armed Services Committee
Navy
Houchins Is Released on Bail in Murder Case
Harold Raymond Houchins Jr., 23, a medical student, was released on $3,000 bail after being convicted of second degree murder for the November fatal beating of Seth L. Reed, a Clarksville businessman, in a hotel room. The state alleges the pair engaged in unnatural sexual relations. Defense plans appeal to the Arkansas Supreme Court. In other news, Rev. Anthony Lachawsky of Conway was named chairman of a displaced persons committee to oversee placement of European families in Arkansas.
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Little Rock
Harold Raymond — Houchins Jr
Pulaski
Houchins
Seth L. Reed
Clarksville
Ark
Pidaski County
Jack Hart
Thei Arkansas Supreme Court
Anthony Lachawsky
Conway
Europe
Arkansan
Lyestergay
McMuath
Wonderful Life Feisty 73-Year-Old Criminal Regular
Berkeley, Oct 12. Mrs Frances Worthington, 73, jailed for parole violation, boasts a forty year crime record including close to half a million dollars stolen. She traveled the country on trains, bragging of a “Wonderful life” while reading her Bible, saying police are kind and she is comforted by scripture.
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Berkeley
Calif
Frances Worthington
Lansing
Kas
Kansas State
Ge Jies
Southern Pacific
Etla Beavers
the Industrnet
Worthington
Erin
Mrs. Worthing
Heat Wave Grim in Eastern and Southern States
The heat wave persisted across most of the eastern and southern states with mid eighties common in the hot belt. Rochester New York hit 88 a date record while readings stretched from 56 at Huntington West Virginia to 86 in Philadelphia and 83 in Washington. New York and Pittsburgh logged 64, New Orleans and Brownsville 101. A death toll reached 22 with Iowa Wisconsin Kansas Illinois Nebraska South Dakota and Wyoming affected. Federal foresters aided a road clearance near Missoula Montana after a snowstorm isolated 70 hunters. A rain band stretched from lower Michigan through Indiana Arkansas Louisiana to southern Texas. elsewhere the nation enjoyed generally fair weather.
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Associated Press
Mercury
Yeserday
Rochester
N. Y
Huntington
W. Va
Philadelphia
Washington
New York
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
Brownsville
Tex
Wisconsin
Kansas
Wyoming
Illinois
South
Dakota
Nebraska
Iowa
Missoula
Mont
Lower Michigan
Indiana
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Goldfish Rescued After Chimney Ordeal
Mrs. Jean Walker heard a rustle in her fireplace and found a large goldfish flopping at the cold grate. She plucked it from the chimney, bathed it to wash off soot, and it soon swam about briskly in the bath. A neighbor quipped a bird likely raided someone’s tank and dropped the fish down the chimney.
Ex Editor William Emmett Newport Dies in Memphis
William Emmett Newport former newspaper editor and state legislator died yesterday at his Memphis home. Newport edited the Halls Graphic and the Cleveland County Times and was linked with the Bruceton Times and the McKenzie Banner. He served Lauderdale County in the Tennessee Legislature in 1909.
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Memphis
Willian Emmett Newport
Newport
Tthe Halls
Tenn
Graphic
theCleveland County Times
Heber Springs
Ark
Bruceton
McKenzie
Congress Set to Slap Controls on Basic Crops
Washington reports the government plans to extend planting controls over six major crops to curb surpluses next year. Basic crops include cotton and tobacco with quotas and acreage allotments likely for 1950. Corn and rice face record supplies. peanuts and tobacco face tighter next year.
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Washington
Star
Charles F. Hrannan
Atas
Nylon Strips May Help Walking for Arthritis Patients
Boston doctors Dr. John Kuhns and Dr. Theodore Porter report nylon implants used in knee arthroplasty to separate thigh and knee bones. In three Robert Breck Brigham hospital patients, the nylon strips enabled normal walking, offering a cheap alternative to metal or muscle grafts.
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Boston
John G. Kohns
Thedore A. Potter
Robert Breck Brigham Hospital
Kuhns
Porter
Suspenders Claim to Trim Waistlines Across Men
An unnamed expert from the American Dietetic Association says suspenders help reduce waist sizes. A slim advisor notes some men unconsciously expand their stomachs to keep trousers up, while a study of 26 volunteers reportedly lowered waists by about one and a half inches after switching to braces.
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Heaver
American Dietetic Association
Hic
ONeill Nominated as Coast Guard Commandant
Rear Adm Merlin O Neil nominated to be commandant of the Coast Guard succeeding Adm Joseph Bailey who retires December 31. President Truman also seeks Senate confirmation to raise O Neil to vice admiral.
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Wersung Yy
Touran
Merlin Gneill
United States
Coast Guard
O'Neil
Joseph FE. Bailey
Truman
Senate
Griove Qo'neilk
Arkansas Cotton Farmers Urged to Follow State Experts on Weevil Control
Washington reports the agriculture department urges Arkansas cotton farmers to heed local entomologists Dwight Isely and Charles Lincoln. Secretary Loveland says state advice, not insecticide salesmen, guides boll weevil control as growers face late applications and insecticide shortages. Fulbright notes the department will investigate methods to ensure continued effectiveness in Arkansas fields.
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Arkansas
Washington
Agriculture Department
A. J. Loveland
Senator Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
Loveland
Loveland Yard
Dwight Isely
Charles Lincoln
Experiment Station and Extension Service
Fulbight
Two Fulbright Measures Defeated in Senate Vote
Washington Oct 12 The Senate rejected two amendments by Senator Fulbright to the comprehensive agriculture bill. One would boost this year's sugar consumption quotas by 500000 tons, the other would repeal the sugar quota act at year end. Fulbright criticized special handling of sugar among farm commodities.
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Washington
Senate
Wulbright
D-Ark
Arkansas
C and S Ask for Feeder Route Against Mid-Continental merger
Washington dispatch reports Chicago and Southern Airlines seeking a feeder route with 4003 miles across 11 Midwest states. They argue a trunkline with Parks Air would block Mid-Continent Airlines from Chicago while urging CAB approval of a merger or consolidation.
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Washington
Chicago
Southern Airlines
Civil Aeronautics
Parks Air
Mid-Continent Airlines
Kansas City
East St. Louis, T
Company New
A.coules
Chicago and Southern
Operatos
Minnéeapolis
Tulsa
Houston
New Orleans
CAB
Mid-Continent
Buying a House Is No Simple Undertaking But It Gives Something to Do on Sundays
A humorous New York piece advises cautious home buying with practical questions. It riffs on architectural styles, lot ownership, agent honesty, costs, heating, insulation, and daily life. The author notes a quirky personal habit of house hunting every Sunday for three years, totaling miles driven and gas spent, while maintaining sanity with a few psychiatrists.
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New York
Deor
Progress in Strike: 60 Claims Settled
St Louis reports progress in wage strike talks as 60 claims near settlement. Chief negotiators Paul J Neff and Theodore Short discuss in hopeful terms while rail unions foresee broader talks, but no final agreement yet.
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St. Louis
Pacific
Guy A. ‘Thompson
Ctee
Hesala
The
Paul J. Neff
Cendl Theodore
Pers Cor
Addi
Ratliga
Thompson
Whiteeuy Baliertptcy
Nett Shingit
RE. Davidsony
Arti
Cripps remarks on employment and output trends
London reports a Cripps statement noting full employment does not guarantee every individual job. He cites unemployment near 300,000 and a 25 percent rise in production over the past year, with total employment around twenty two million.
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London
Ocford Cripps
Cripps
Gaid
Jain
Brazil Train Accident Fatalities Reported
A train collision near President Perón’s terminal leaves at least twenty five dead and about one hundred injured. Most casualties were in the second class coach. Juan Perón, Evita, and cabinet ministers were at the scene. Official counts vary, with Argentinian nationals likely among the victims.
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Suenas Airés
President Enon
Nationa
Bartolome Mitre ‘Lin
Peron
Te Taao
Howe
Juan D. Peron
Evita
Argentina
Eva Foundation
Acue
Ecuador
Castilla
Fournier
Straits of Magellan
Rio Galles
Four Die in Arkansas Train Incident
Four persons die in Arkansas after a chaotic accident involving a freight train. The latest victim is identified as Harry W. Forbes who reportedly fell or were struck near the rails on Tuesday night. The details remain unclear as investigators search the wreckage and speak with witnesses.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Wes
Harry W. Forbes
North
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