Prescott News Briefs of Club Meetings and Socials
Prescott entries list weekly club gatherings including Mary Jove Hamilton at the Mi diod at church monthly dinner. Wednesday Bridge at 2 30. Junior Music Club at Margaret Munter Scott's. First Christine church Callin paign meeting. choir rehearsals at First Methodist, First Christian, and First Presbyterian. and a Friday afternoon D A R event with remarks by Mrs J Hamby. Other items note Victory Home Demonstration Club, Arkadelphia football trip, Kiwanis film night, and several local visits and house guests.
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Yareld Lewis
de Tschaikovsky
Merry Gnlli
Dunesday
Margaret Munter Scott
Bridge Club
of Mes
G. Brummett
Victory Home Demonstration Club
John Stewart
Fifleen
Gould Wilson
WR. Durham
Theo Elgin
Madge Bayness
Kiwanis Club
Prescott Kiwans Club
Weely
George Easley
James V. McMahon
Hansel Herring
Colonel Ries Dies at 63 After World War I Service
Col William J Wiglus, who led the transportation service of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, died in Islays. He was 63. The note mentions calcium carbonate's similarity to marble and limestone in a separate line.
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Claremont
William J. Wiigus
Transportation Service
Islays
Five Die in Army Plane Crash Near Midland
Five air force fliers were killed when a B-26 bomber from Biggs Air Force Base El Paso failed to land at an intermediate field near Midland Texas in rainy weather. The aircraft exploded on impact with wreckage scattered. officials reported the largest piece weighed under seven pounds.
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Midland
Tex
Air Force
Lide
Amer
Fyle
Biggs Air
el Paso
Barksdale Field
Expelled U S Envoy Arrives in Germany
Prague reports Isaac Patch former American envoy to Czechoslovakia arrived in Germany with his wife and three daughters after being expelled on charges of leading an anti state espionage ring. Lemuel Meryn, a clerk at the American embassy, was arrested and accused as a ring leader. The Czech government claims confessions implicate Patch and Meryn. trial dates are uncertain.
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Prague
UPI
Isaac Patch
Jeff
Germany
Nuernberg
Pateh
Lemuel Meryn
Sovernment
Wes
Jaromir Wnechansky
Foreign Ministry
Hayue
Patch
Meryn
Professors Face Pay Ban for Extra Work at State Colleges
State-supported colleges may not use cash funds to pay professors overtime for grading papers beyond their legislated salaries. The supreme court ruling in a cash fund suit limits how agencies use cash from fees and extensions, barring overtime pay from those funds.
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Pi—Pynfasgars
Copetrolier
Afice
Salirday
Supreme Court
Cssh
Tale
Lee
Roy
India’s Ruler Attacks Mis Nation Issues Directly
AP foreign affairs analyst DeWitt Mackenzie describes Indian Prime Minister Nehru’s direct, forceful response to global and regional issues. The piece highlights his insistence on shaping Asia’s future, urging a strong role for India in world affairs and criticizing passivity in foreign policy.
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India
Dewitt MacKenzie
Neheu
Fiat
Southeast Asia
Iillions
Queysons Press Club
American New
Asie Stithig
Asia
Hal
Wwe
United
Biatlees
Togo
Bayern
Melia Vlads
Otel
Moekate
Nola
Ftella
Yatel
Man Shot On Downtown Clinton Street Leaves Witnesses Stirring
In Clinton a man shot multiple times on a crowded business street left witnesses shaken. Ruther Stott, 51, a Veterans Administration employee, was wounded thrice as bullets struck him. State Rep Bert Bradley witnessed the scene and described seeing a pistol used seconds after Stott collapsed. Martin Scott, 60, was detained with no stated relation to the victim. Stott was hospitalized in critical condition at Fort Bevis VA hospital after sustaining two bullets in the chest and one in the left hip.
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Clinton
Get
van Suren
L. D. Casinger
Ruther Stott
Veterans Administration
Chinton
Bert Bradley
Scott
Caster
Martin Scott
Luther Scott
Fort Bevis VA
North Little Rock
Three Elections May Signal U.S. Political Trends
Reports from Washington outline three U.S. special elections to gauge postwar public sentiment. GOP Senator John Foster Dulles faces a tough race against former Gov. Herbert Lehman as Democrats seek to fill the Wagner seat. In New York, Gov. Lehman has ties to President Truman and may campaign, while Brooklyn’s Lehman-led district eyes a Dem edge. California’s Fifth District tests West Coast views on national issues as Rep. Welch’s vacancy reopens a long-held seat. Republican Lloyd Cosgrove confronts Democrat John J. Shelley in a race shaped by AFL influence and voter fatigue. Charlie R. Ginny also appears on the ballot in an extended, unsettled field.
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Washington
Republms
John Poster Dulles
Herbert H. Lehman
Robert
Wagner
Lehman
Truman
George H. Fagkachen
Califone
West Coast
Republica
Richard Welch
Welch
Lloyd Cosgrove
John J. Shelley
American Federation of Labor
Charies
Ginvy
Henry A Wallace
Fragmented editorial snips on Asia and ideology
The text reflects a fragmented editorial voice discussing Asia including China and Nehru. It references communist overrun, ideology, and the claim that a society that delivers goods will endure, noting a skeptical view of mixed beliefs and ideological positioning. The passage is incomplete and reads as fragmented commentary.
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Asia
China
Nehru
Wiich
Sinerar Beliaf
Reed Named State Fire Marshal After Baker Death
Lonoke attorney J. Reed has been appointed state fire marshal to fill the post vacated by Jain Lee Baker. Reed will assume duties November 1.
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Lille Rock
Qet
Bersaard J. Reed
Lonoke
Jain Lee Baker
Reed
Arkansas Agency Would Move Wast Bayou Dam Site
A state agency proposes shifting the site of the Wast Bayou Dam to protect Arkansas limestone and silica deposits. The commission says construction at the proposed site would destroy the slate's vast limestone and silica resources.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Wars over armed services rift rages in Congress
Washington reports the House Armed Services Committee hearings reveal deep rifts among the Navy Army and Air Force over unification and defense spending. Core clash centers on the Navy’s carrier program the reach of Air Force jet defense and the role of Secretary Johnson in halting carrier construction amid broader power struggles and past corruption allegations.
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Washington
House Armed Services
Navy
Army
Air Force
Tog
Russia
Midvines
Japan
Jet Defense Johnson
House
Pentagon
John G. Crommelin
Congress
Johnson
Capitol Hill
Codvic Tt. Worth
Navy Department
Melin Dilsst
Closes Kansas City Championship Stakes at American Royal
The 33,000 five galloned Championship Stake was won by The Replica, owned by Mary Jolie McGrath of River Forest. The chestnut gelding earned 1,000 top prize. Second went to Society, owned by Plw Ouls Stables. Fourth and fifth places went to Brka and Golden Butterfly, with owners listed as Joenk Gun and Ten' ple Stephens, respectively.
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Kansas City
Mary Jolie McGrath
River Forest
American Royal Livestock and
Sheverr
Tn Society
Plw Ouls Stables
Midgefelds Genius
Meidvefield Park
Danville
Jaenk Gun
Look
Golden Butterfly
Ten
Ple Stephens
Meberly
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Ft. White, Jr
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al- Gee
America
Son
Allen Gee
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Paye Ree Is
King
Gee
Delphin
Hesterly
cKenzie
R. Manuel
Bryson
D. A. I. McKenzie
National iBgbiety of
Harkannas D. A. R
Js’ Hamby
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Victory Club
Tyan Prescott
Arkadelphia
A. E. Hammon
St. Petersburg
Florida
Chester A. Boggs
Portales
New Mexico
Jessie Crow
Jodie Waddle
Vernon Wadkile
Mt. Moelah
Prescott Saturay
C. Po Pittman
Tom Bods
Ethel Bemis
Texarkana
Jim Vancey
Ries
Taw
Georgia
Rehan
U. S
Eugene Bunch
Cheyenne
Wyo
Bunch
Lake Erie
Potomac
Sallor Ab
Stanly
Vollay
Benedividey
U.S
Virginia
Richmond
Mary Buckmeyer
Virginia Wilson
New York
By Douglas B. Gornell
Studebaker
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Schebeker
Archer Motor CO
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