Miss America pageant airs in Newark with talent highlights
Reading the Miss America preliminaries in New Jersey, contestants from Minnesota California and Montana perform in fashion and talent segments. Mary Latine Munn of Toronto wins praise in Sempre Libera while Miss Montana rides a nine year old mare for the talent display. Finalists and top contenders are to be announced after the 14 finalists are named tomorrow night.
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Cain eCity
N. J
D—Crj
Rpm
America
R Mtest
Ganaday
Sc Denver
Colora
Mercer
Litchfield
Jane-Ann Pederson
Santa Rosa
Iss
California
Matt Latine Munn
Toronto
Red
Minnesota
Gloria Arkhart
Minneapolis
Ignetétice
Nate
Romantic Farmer Admits Swindling 18 Women
Chicago reports a North Carolina farmer Jesse Thornton Vaughan of Roxboro was held without charge after police said he swindled 18 women over two years through marriage proposals. He described three swindles including a ring theft of 450 value, $123 cash, and pawned items, with alias disclosures.
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Chicago
North Carolina
Jesse Thorntont
Vaughan
Roxboro
N. C
George Tucker
Tucker
J. T. Vaughan
R. A. Goodman
L. BE. Davison
Cottonseed Loan Program Discussed By Officials
Memphis reporters note two day discussions among agricultural officials from twenty states about the new cottonseed loan program. Dr C D Wakter led sessions for the cotton brand production and marketing administration with Assistant Director John H Dean. The loan aims at a 49.50 dollar support price for cotton seed, the first such price support for the product. W B Crawley of Washington D C addressed the group on program challenges at the opening session.
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Memphis
C.D. Wakter
John H. Dean
W.B. Crawley
Washington, D. Me
PMA
Its Tough to Become a State Trooper in Arkansas
In Arkansas the path to state police is steep, with 28 trainees at the Little Rock school enduring dawn workouts, strict routines, and a 31 day program. Applicants face a lengthy screening from education to character, followed by a year of probation before earning the Arkansas state policeman title. A new state police building will be dedicated Sept 25, named for the only trooper killed in line of duty in 1944.
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C. B. Swartz
Little Rock
Arkansas
Camp Robinson
Jude
Jul Fugal
Frank McGibboney
State Police Commission
Doyne Hunnicutt
Meh
A. & Pavatt
Marlon
Picketing at Bell Aircraft Firm Stays Peaceful Amid Mediation
At Bell Aircraft Corp plant in Wheatfield New York peaceful picketing resumed under a state mediation amid a 13 week CIO United Auto Workers strike. Governor Dewey and a state mediator sought to avert further violence as about 1 unarmed picket line faced police, with 100 volunteer deputies and a union sound car present. About a dozen men were arrested earlier for disorderly conduct during prior episodes.
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Buffalo
Bell Aircraft Corp
Dewey
CIO
United Auto
Wheatfield
Sheriff's
Sve
Arthur Mussiner
Niagara County
Seed Sown for Another War Bar Group Told
The American Bar Association heard Robert F. Maguire urge that peace terms from World War II have sown seeds for another global conflict. He warned that unequal postwar conditions in Europe and Versailles-era resentments fuel authoritarian threat unless corrected, noting lessons from Yalta Moscow and Potsdam. Delegates closed the convention amid brisk business.
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St. Louis
American Bar Association
Nuernberg
Robert F. Maguire
Portland
Qre
Yalta
Moscow
Potsdam
Maguire
Europe
Witler
England’s Socialist Experiment Heads for Stormy Election
England's Labour government faces a stormy general election as economic crisis deepens. Analysts debate whether socialist policies worsened or could have been avoided by Conservative choices, with nationalization and wartime legacies under scrutiny ahead of the anticipated vote.
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England
Washington
John Bull
Sir Willliam Lawther
Great
Trades Union
Ronlaress
James Griffiths
Labor Party
Sir William
Iommunists
Britain
Furight
Attee
Bids Sought to Enlarge Red River Levee at Lafayette Ark
New Orleans dispatch reports bids will be opened Sept 28 to enlarge the Red River levee along the Lafayette district in Arkansas. The project covers a river section below Denison dam to guard against flash floods, connecting with work above Garland City. Completion is estimated at 210 days for about 195000 yards of semicompacted earthwork.
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New Orleans
Red River
LaFayette County
Ark
Denison Dam
Garland City
Former Arkansan Wins Mutual Giveaway Prize
Johnny Erp, 43, a former Arkansan and news editor for Nations Broadcasting Company, won Mutual Broadcasting System's "Meat Your Mate" jackpot in Chicago. He correctly named Bugs Bunny as the character in a contest riddle after enduring a demonstrated bout of rapid questioning.
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Chicago
Johnny Erp
Nations Broadcasting Company
Mutual Broadcasting System
Bugs Bunny
Anti McMath Group Organizes in Conway Meeting
In Conway a Cedar Grove barbecue marked the launch of an anti McMath campaign for 1950. Dave Ward, Conway bus body maker, was identified as the likely candidate though Ward’s role was not confirmed. The event, organized by Harry Lee Williams, drew about 174 people and vows to form 40 county committees to oppose McMath amid strong criticism from speakers.
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Conway
Sept
McMath
Cedar Grove
Here
The
Arkansas Gazette
Dave Ward
Ward
Harry Lee Williams
Tittle Rock
Arkansas
Hen Laney
Williams
Jack Holt
Charles Farish
Morriston
James Uncle MacMacKrell
Little Roe
Charles Fleming
Forrest City
Dr Chenault Resigns From Medical School
Dr H Clay Chenault of Hot Springs resigns as University of Arkansas vice president in charge of medical education due to ill health. He will advise only, after 17 years in the army medical corps and joining the Medical School in 1946. Acting dean W C Langston will continue, with no policy changes at the school.
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Little Rock
H. Clay Chenault
Hot Springs
University of Arkansas
Lewis W. Jones
Chenault
Army Medical Corps
University Medical School
Jones
W. CC. Langston
Contestants challenge each other in a televised quiz
Iro boasted about a two week trip, luggage, a washing machine, and more prizes. Erp, a University of Arkansas graduate, has worked on newspapers in Batesville Russellville El Dorado and Fayetteville and once led the International News Service Bureau in Little Rock.
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Iro
Erp
University of Arkansas
Batesville
Russellville
el Dorado
Fayetteville
Ark
International News Service
Little Rock
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