Hope Lions seek funds for street signs and house numbers
Hope Lions club launches a door to door campaign to raise $1,000 to install street markers and house numbers in Hope Arkansas. The Star pledges $4 toward the effort as local businesses are asked to contribute at least ten dollars each to fund permanent street identification. Missouri Pacific strike may end soon boosting regional rail traffic. James Byrnes hints at possible gubernatorial run on states rights platform, urging a civic minded campaign for state governance.
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Hope
Hone
Aney
Mape Lions Club
Ark
Suday
James £. Byrnes
South Carolina
City protests rate increase for Bell Co
Hot Springs filed an intervention with the Arkansas Public Service Commission to challenge Southwestern Bell’s proposed rate increase. City Attorney A D Shelton called the plan unjust and unfair, citing high profits, license fees to AT&T, and purchases from Western Electric, arguing it reduces competition and keeps prices fixed. Hearing slated for November 7 to consider a roughly 16 percent hike over current emergency rates.
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Little Rock
Det
Arkansansas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Arkansas Public Service Commission
Hot Springs
Commission
2. C. Wine
A. D. Shelton
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Western Electric Co
Shelton
Cotton Ginnings in Hempstead County Lag Behind
Recissis report shows that 4715 bales of cotton were ginnied in Hempstead County Arkansas from the 1949 crop prior to October 1st, compared with 6171 bales for the 1944 crop.
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Hempstead
Arkansas
Hempstead Vestal Visits Washington County Ties
Revisits Hempstead C N Vestal once Howe resident and businessman now in Ventura California visiting Mr and Mrs J C Henry at Washington renewing old contacts in the county He formerly operated the Vestal Candy Co here Also Fort Sill identified pilot Lieut Floyd T Sires 25 Bayne Town died in a plane crash near Elgin Oklahoma on Saturday His body sent home with military escort Sires piloted an L-17 Liaison plane Three passengers parachuted to safety
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Hempstead
C. N. Vestal
Howe
Ventura
Californa
J. C. Henry
Washington
Vestal Candy Co
Fort Sill
Okla
Air Force
Anly
Elgin
Floyd T. Sires
Bayne
Sires
Arkansas Weather Forecast Cloudy With Showers
Cloudy conditions cover the afternoon and tonight with a west and northwest risk of showers. A slight chance of showers moves into the northwest tonight and into the west and north areas by Wednesday. Temperatures remain steady with no significant change expected.
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Arkansas
Northwest
New Fire Chief and Water Plant Head Nominated
At Hope City Council tonight two major actions loom naming a new manager for the water and light plant and appointing a new fire chief. Fire Chief James Embree is expected to resign for a sales job, with Alden Willis Seen as top internal prospect. water and light plant successor remains open though C. O. Thomas plans to stay until a successor is chosen. Clyde Zinn and Guy Grigg are the two discussed candidates for the fire chief post.
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Hope
James Embree
Embree
Alden
Willis
C. O. Thomas
Clyde Zinn
Guy Grigg
The
Joy
Steamer Sinks After Hitting British Carrier Albion
A gale collision in the North Sea near Berwick between the Albion aircraft carrier and the coal freighter Maystone sank the Maystone. Eight crewmen were known dead or missing from 24. three survivors were rescued. The Albion, towed from Jarrow to Rosyth for drydock, was newly built and near completion. it carried a civilian crew and had not yet been fully manned.
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Eng
Albion
North Sea
Farne Islands
England
Maystone
Por
Jder
Berwick
British Press Association
Jarrow
Rosyth
Satland
Royal Navy
Thomas Stone, Ltd
Swansea
Wales
James’ Fighting Ships
Soldier Bank Robber to Get Mental Test
Devails Bluff Arkansas October 18 A young soldier charged with robbing a bank to fund bringing his German wife to the United States was expected to be committed to a state hospital for a sanity test prior to trial. Circuit Judge W J Waggoner likely would send Charles Walden 26 Littl Rock to the hospital. Walden on furlough from an airborne unit in Germany allegedly took 1800 from a jar and was captured later at Stuttgart last Thursday.
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Wlinpoint
Stuttgart
Increase in Oil Production Looks Certain
El Dorado October meeting of the Arkansas oil and gas commission considered reinstating or easing blanket 15 percent cutbacks on production. After last summer’s curbs producers said markets could not absorb output. Chairman C. C. Bailey reported markets are being found, making higher production likely.
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el Dorado
iPi
Arkansas
State Oil and Gas Commission
Commmission
C. C. Bailey
Captain Keck Begins Two Weeks Active Duty Leave
Captain John Keck, commanding officer of Company B, 304th Heavy Tank Company, Organized Reserve, left yesterday for Camp Hood Texas for two weeks of active duty with the 2nd Armoured Division. He has 12 years in the reserve and received his reserve commission in 1998 after graduating from the University of Arkansas. He has served three years overseas in England with the theater.
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John Keel
304Th Heavy Tank Co
Camp Hood
Texas
2Nd Armoured Division
Univers of Arkansas
England
Urpbisn ‘Theater
Air Secretary Defends Air Force as 58-Group Plan Advances
Air Secretary Symington defended the air service before the House Armed Services Committee, blaming Navy critics for false charges as Congress moved toward approving 58 combat groups. The Senate-House accord would fund a record peacetime defense bill totaling over 17 billion dollars, including 157.6 million for Alaska and Okinawa construction and 50 million for a radar shield. The plan would add about 400 combat aircraft, with groups ranging from 90 to 75 fighters, and a 1.314 million to 1.48 million pay line for Western Europe allies, while President Truman faces political pressures on the 58-group air force.
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Senate
Russia
House
United States
Europe
Alaska
Pacific
Okinawa
Troney
White House
Truman
Ins
Lucas Ofllinois
Lucas
Symington
Navy
Air Force
Armed Services Committee
Marine Corps
Lions Club Eyeglass Fund Campaign Ends
The Lions Club announced funds for needy people to buy eyeglasses. About 80 recipients, mostly children, benefited in the period, but the fund is exhausted. A new drive will start in November to continue the program, otherwise it must end.
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Lions Club
Truman Names Wallgren to Replace Olds on Power Commission
President Truman designated former Washington governor Mon C. Wallgren to the federal power commission to fill the vacancy created by Leland S. Olds. The nomination requires Senate confirmation and comes as Mead was named to the federal trade commission to succeed Ferguson.
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Washington
Truman
Mon C. Wallgren
Federal Power Commission
James M. Mead
New York
Federal Trade Commission
Wallgren
Leland S. Olds
Power Commission
Senate
National Security Resources Board
Senate ‘Armed Services Committee
the Resources Board
Mead
Senate War Investigating Committee
Truman Committee
Mead A
The
Trade Commission
Garland S. Ferguson
Wall- Bréen
Legion District Twelve Meeting Highlights Renewal Push
Hope and Blevins posts represented at the District Twelve Membership Conference in Foreman as Post Commanders Jones and Willard led the meeting. District totals show membership doubled against last year with University of Arkansas Colonel ODay as principal speaker. Officials urged regionnaires to renew by November 11 and invited all veterans to join the American Legion.
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Joe Jones
Harry Hawthorne
Hope
Leo Willard
Austin Hendrix
Blevins
District Twelve
Foreman
Dean Murphy
O'Day
University of Arkansas
Arkansas Department of the American Legion
Jones
Willard
Cality
American Legion
New York City Nonsense and Plugs in a Fast Moving Town
In New York a self proclaimed man of character notes how press agents push ideas while citizens chase promotions. The piece skewers hype, vanity, and the city’s fast pace with satirical comments on politics, society, and a culture driven by appearance and publicity.
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New York
New York City
America
Hubbub-On- the - Hudson
Brooklyn
Nate
New’ ‘York
New Jersey
May Settle Rail Issues Today Trains Could Be Rolling
The nationwide steel strike threatens auto production with early shutdowns likely to last three weeks or more. If no settlement by next week, 1.6 million idle, 450,000 already out, plus 400,000 soft coal workers on strike. Government mediators plan talks. President Truman could intervene if settlements fail.
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St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Hope-Prescott
CIO United Steelworkers i
Aluminum Company of America
Cio-Usw
Detroit
Xxx
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
Truman
Cyrus
Ching
Federal Mediation Service
U. S. Steel Corporation
Tito May Release Archbishop Stepinac Amid Western Pressure
Washington sources report Yugoslav leader Marshal Tito could free Archbishop Aloysius Stepinac if Western pressure grows. U S Ambassador Cannon and Vatican officials are pressing for freedom as Tito weighs a strategic move to gain more Western support against the Cominform. The archbishop, sentenced to 16 years hard labor for Nazi collaboration after a 1946 Zatrob trial, remains a potential pivot in Cold War diplomacy.
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Washington
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Aloyssius Stepinac
Balkan
U. S
Cavendish W. Cannon
Tito
Vatican
Wren
Cominform
Stepinoc
Zatrob
Cannon
London
Ameiican
Reds Tighten Grip on China Shoreline
Chinese communists seized two key ports expanding control along 2000 miles of coast. Amoy port fell to rebel forces while Swatow, 115 miles south, also came under Communist influence. Observers say Amoy could serve as a base for an assault on Parmesa, as Nationalist forces in Chungking warn reforms are urgent to avoid a hopeless position. France faces a political crisis as leaders fail to form a cabinet amid wage freezes and devaluation pressures. UN Security Council prepares to discuss Soviet armament proposals including verifications, amid tensions over invasion sovereignty.
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China
Amoy
Hon Kong
Swatow
Parmesa
Chiane Kaishek
Chungking
Genin
Li Tsung-fen
France
Vincent Audol
Jules Mach
Henri Quenilie
Lake Success
United Nations Security Council
Tmkets
Russia
Soviet Union
Mother of Hope Woman Buried in Union Cemetery
Mrs. Mac Dozier Bailey, 78, mother of Mrs. Lois Hairston of Hope, was buried at Union Cemetery near here yesterday after dying at her Texarkana home Sunday. Funeral services were held at 1:30 yesterday at County Avenue Baptist Church in Texarkana.
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Mac Dozier Bailey
Lois Hairston
Hope
Union Cemetery
Texarkana
County Avenue Baptist Church
Mother and Daughter Face Charges in Poison Deaths
In Tunica Mississippi murder charges were filed against Mrs Ed Yerkey and her 18 year old daughter Rosie Lee for poisoned deaths of two men. The two other victims, including the girl's father and cotton picker Charles H Walton, were hospitalized. Authorities did not disclose motive. a preliminary hearing for the women is expected next week.
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Tunica, Miss
Ed Yerkey
Rosie Lee
North Mississippi
Charles H. Walton
Oxford
Miss
Edgar M. Hood
Tun
Ica County
Martin Garner
Robert Lee Bailes
Billy Bailes
Kilmichael
Jerkey
Yerkey l
Walton
Garner
Hood
Texarkana Flag Pole Sitter Pursues Budget Goal
Texarkana reports its first flag pole sitter Rudolph climbs a derrick on State Line Avenue to watch over the Community Chest effort. He vows to stay until the campaign meets its $82,827.18 goal as the street grid marks dollar totals along the border town.
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Texarkana
Salvation Aveng
Rudolph
State Line Avenue
State Line Avemue
Texas
Arkansas
Derrisk
Weather Disturbances Cause Flight Delays and Cold Front Travel
A winter storm swept through Montana and surrounding states, triggering fog and icy conditions. Airports reported delays as 21 airliners circled awaiting clearing skies while surfaces iced. Temperatures dipped into the single digits and 60s in other regions with light rain and dense fog spreading northeast.
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Porka
Cut’ Bank
Montana Point
Rover
Wesleyn
Aimeace
North Dakota
Wyoming
Nebraska
Rocky Mountain
Canada
Cook
Spontana
Nevada
Washington
Oregon
Tod
Great Lakes
North Carolina
Police Fail to Find Monty in bakery loot mystery
Long Beach California Oct 16 police searched for $20,000 stolen from a bakery near the ocean. A bedridden mother named Mrs H C Bartlett marked a spot on a crude kitchen map claiming her convict son hid the money. Detectives found only a four inch by eighteen inch hole in the bakery floor and metal fragments, with no sign of the missing cash.
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Long Beach
Calit
H.C. Bartlett
Kansas
Kans
Edward Towne
Bartlet
Angeles
Acer
Det
Martin
Dampnes
Bartlett
Tachi
Sonny
Fife
Wiliam C
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Lions Club Eyeglass
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John D Rockefeller, Jr
Stork Club
Manhattan
Brog Crocuy
Alcoa
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Janney
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