Railroads decline as autos and buses reshape travel
A reader notes the fading role of rail in favor of cars and buses, citing the diesel Frisco dinkey between Hope and Bayo, Okla, shut down by September 7, 1951. The piece traces postwar shifts from steam to diesel and electric, streetcar losses, and the rise of flexible travel that erodes passenger rail demand.
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Quankind
Taster
Frisco
Dinkey
Hope
Bayo
Okla
Enlirely
Hugs
Pittines
Destin
Chrysler First to Hike Prices in New Control Relaxation
Chrysler Corp announced the first proposed price increases under a new government relaxation of price controls. It filed suggested wholesale ceiling prices with the Office of Price Stabilization showing an average 6.4 percent rise. The Plymouth Cranbradk 4 door, Dodge Coronet 4 door, Be Soto custom 4 door, and Chrysler Winds for deluxe 4 door sedans would see notable price jumps.
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Chrysler Corp
Delight Man Is Arrested After Wreck
A highway department Jeep driven by Blalock of Delight collided with a auto driven by Lee Brynett of Forrest City about 145 am Sunday on Highway 67, miles west. Brynett suffered a broken rib and bruises. his wife was badly bruised. Blalock was arrested for driving while intoxicated and driving on the wrong side. He posted bond on ten counts. State Police investigators Hilton and Downing reported both vehicles badly damaged.
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Highway Department
Blalock of
Delight
Lee Brynett
Forrest City
Brunett
Blalock
Louis Hilton
Guy Downing
Grain futures mixed as gains lag behind cash market
New York at 4 p m October cot ton quoted 44 46. Mixed grain trend as wheat and corn sag from last weeks advances while oats firm on nearby deliveries rising about a cent. Soybeans steady to down a cent. lard up to five cents. Cash corn receipts 229 cars. country offerings liberal yet cash corn remains above September futures. no cash grain delivered on September futures.
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New York
Predicts Bumper Cotton Crop of 17 Million Bales
Washington reports the agriculture department estimates this year's cotton crop at 47,201,000 bales weighing 500 pounds gross. The figure, up 25,000 bales from last month’s forecast, contrasts with last year's small crop of 10,072,000 bales and the ten year average of 12,030,000. Acre yield set at 200.8 pounds and harvest area at 28,544,000 acres with 3.3 percent abandoned. States show Missouri 69 percent of normal yield at 3.2 per acre and 320,000 bales produced. Arkansas 77 percent, 2,251,000 acres, 1,640,000 bales.
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Washington
Agricuture Department
Missouri
Arkansas Farmers See Big Cotton Yield Forecast for 1951
Arkansas cotton farmers face a bumper year with a forecast 1951 production of 1,649,000 bales of 500 pounds each, up 140,000 from a month earlier. Acreage totals 2,251,000 under cultivation, about 4.2 percent below last spring, with yields pegged at 50 pounds per acre.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Miles Meek
Department of Agriculture
Ton. McPeek
New York
McPeek
Tate
J V Moore Jr Bruised When Thrown by Horse
J V Moore Jr was bruised yesterday when a horse bucked him off at Roy Frys ranch on Highway 6 7 west of town He landed on his back and was taken to Branch General Hospital with only bad bruises reported.
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Jewel V. Moore
Roy Fry
Hope Couple Hurt Slightly in Auto Accident
Mr and Mrs Fay dines of Hope were injured when their car skidded on wet pavement and struck another on a curve near Naples Texas Mrs Fay had a cut over her eye and bruises while her husband suffered chest bruises Both were treated at Julia Chester Hospital in Hope and released later An occupant of the Texas party was hurt but not seriously James said his car skidded on a curve and both cars were badly damaged The Hope couple had visited Tyler to see their daughter
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Fay Dines
Hope
Naples
Texas
James
Julia Chester Hospital
Daniel
Texas Par
Tyler
No Casualties From Surprising Long Beach Machine Gun Fire
A Long Beach incident saw 1576 .50 caliber bullets fired from a F-51 Mustang by the 14th fighter squadron over North Long Beach near the airport striking 25 homes with no injuries reported. Residents recalled the eerie night at 3:45 a.m. as bullets damaged structures and frightened families. The air force warned souvenir hunters about unexploded rounds that may detonate if heated or struck.
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Long Beach
Calif
North Long Beach
Sam McGill
14Bth
Virginia Country Club
Ralph Kemmerer
Kemmerer
Phil
Dawn
Air Force
Radley of Sardis Raises Egg Production Record
K F Radley of Sardis in Hempstead County reports an 118 egg average from 700 hens in eleven months this year with 45 percent production to date. His Barred Plymouth Rocks yielded 196 eggs per hen in 1950 and 1951 flocks are recorded. He has 270 pullets 12 to 14 days old laying 12 to 14 eggs daily and markets pullets at 3.4 pounds each. Local hatchery offers 72 cents per dozen for standard eggs, yielding a net profit of six dollars or more per hen.
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Karl F. Radley
Sardis
Hempstead
Oliver L. Adams
Mr. Radley
Plymouth Rock
Radley
Plymouth Rocks
Agent Adams
Dudley
Minor Accident in Washington Injures No One
An auto driven by J C Williams of Washington struck another vehicle in Washington shortly after 4 p m Sunday. No injuries and minor damage were reported. Jack Dodson drove the second car. State Officers Hilton and Downing said illigans was driving from a side street onto the highway when the collision occurred.
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J. C. Williams
Washington
Jack Dodson
Hilton and
Downing
Illigans
Nehru Agrees to Head Congress Party
New Delhi Sept 10 Nehru has agreed to head the ruling Congress party subject to ratification by about 400 delegates at a meeting in October He accepted informally a plea by the national committee to replace conservative Purshotramdas Tandon who resigned after a faction opposed Nehru's policies The committee met again yesterday and renewed the plea Nehru said he could not escape responsibility during the emergency and agreed to serve but asked a two day delegate session be held to ratify the choice He added the meeting should inspire India's 180 million voters who will elect Parliament next January and five members in the general elections next January The party was drifting away from the masses according to Han"}
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Congress
Purshotlamdas Tandon
Tandon
Regis
Hohan
Kennecott Sets Pattern in Copper Fuss
Kennecott's 12 cent an hour package increase sets a pattern for other copper firms to meet. Union president John Clark said locals in other plants would not accept less than the Kennecott raise, as sessions opened at the IUWM&S workers union convention. The wage boost includes a 16 cent increase and a 4 12 cent pension rise, seen as a real victory after a federal court order ended the strike that halted much of the copper industry.
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Ariz
Kennecott Copper
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
John Clark
Capper
Kennecott
Clark
Plastic Armor Claims to Stop .45 Bullet in Tests
The quartermaster corps announced new protective helmets and jackets designed to be lightweight and capable of stopping a .45 caliber bullet at point blank range. They will be tested under battery conditions in Korea with armored jelly to be used on military aircraft and mine clearing teams. The jackets use stiff panels of plastic fiber and multiple layers of fabric to provide protection.
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Wabinilon
Selirates
Ty Goliie
Korea
Quaerteramaster Corps
Tilker Venarena
Inter Tor
Ummy Ligison
Draftees Still Accepted for Enlistment in Area
Warren Short, local army air force recruiter, announced that under temporary selective service changes men ages 18 and older may volunteer for enlistment. A 24 month term is available with benefits for those seeking to discharge service obligations. For more information contact the Hope recruiting station in room 102 City Hall building. Office hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.
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Wilo Hive
Army
Air Force
Warren Short
Wits Area
Seth Short
Yncanvies
Lal Bidding
Hope
Slots Seized at Little Rock Club Raids
Little Ruej Sept 1 city police raided two fraternal club rooms confiscating five slot machines at the Filk club. A. Alexander secretary of the club was arrested. Three machines were taken from the Disabled American Veterans club where J. E. Nierstheimer, a janitor, was arrested. Both men charged with possessing gaming devices.
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Little Ruej
Alexander
Disabled American Veterans’ Club
J. E. Nierstheimer
Wit and wisdom from curbside Socrates and cluttered thoughts
A fragmentary collection of wry vignettes and quips about money patents politics marriages and daily life. It riffs on easy money dulling troubles celeb politics and social foibles with sharp humor and unfinished lines. The piece blends local flavor and satirical bits in a newspaper readers habit.
Quad Amputee Weds in Illinois Amid Wide Support
Pvt. Hubert Reeves, a one year old quad amputee who lost limbs in the Korean War, married Beverly Jean Hall yesterday at First Baptist Church in Joliet. Hundreds attended as gifts poured in from across the nation including $10,000 in cash from Joliet residents and a TV act from Eddie Cantor. The minister Ralph Blatt urged values over material wealth as Reeves receives his wedding ring.
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Joliet
Hubert Reeves
First Baptist Church
Reeves
Beverly Jean Hall
Winnington
Eddie Cantor
Rew
Ralph Blatt
Lake
Korea
Valley Forge State Hospital
Phoenieville
Hope native to relief Matco Theater manager ten days
Hope native Jack Bundy to relieve Matco Theater manager Eddie Holland for about ten days. Bundy serves as relief manager in the theater organization with headquarters in Fort Smith, assisting Remmel Young as manager. Bundy has been with Matco for several years since starting work in Hope.
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Jack Bundy
Matco
Hope
Eddie Holland
Mr. Bundy
Fort Stith
Remmel Young
Ruody
Maleo
City Paves 182 Blocks in Three Years in Mupe
The City Street Department under St N Mouser has completed 182 blocks of blacktop over three years. The program, funded via improvement district notes paid by property owners over five years, aimed to reduce street wear with no city profit. Mayor Lyte Brown praises residents, banks, and the department for rapid progress and vows further paving next summer.
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Uw City
St. N. Mouser
Wuri
Shoray Abe
Lyte Brown
Mivdn
Reliuk
Oswners
Jocat
iAent Diatrice
Agawitor
Attomys
Miding
Brown
Fea
Probe of Red Charge Brings Sharp Words in Korea
Munan, Korea Sept 10 UN officers clashed with Reds over a probe into a suspected northern violation near Kaesong. They found one billet and about a dozen 80 caliber slugs, with evidence deemed inconclusive.
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Munan
Korea
United Nations
Roda
Kaesong
U.N
Reds
Thay Mao
Andy
Ninison Officara
Walers
Sorh
Aften
Thation Chang
Uihila
Local Sergeant to England Named Senior Statistical Specialist
The Headquarters of the 7th Air Division at South Ruislip England announced Technical Sgt. Thomas 4 Turner of Hope Ark as a senior statistical specialist. Turner formerly lived Route 1 Hope and is son of Mrs. Mary E. Turner, with roots tracing to St. Mary’s University Hawaii and Miss Betty Clark of Hope. Turner enlisted in October 1941 and has a young child Thorne 4 Turner.
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7Th Air Dividision
South Ruislip
England
London
Thomas 4
Turner
Hope, Ark
Route 1
Hope
Mary E. Turner
Ark
Ogi!ber
St. Mary's University
Hlawite
Betty Clark
Thorne
Kroger Names New District Manager Willam Myers
Willam B. Myers, formerly merchandise manager at Kroger’s Columbus Ohio branch and leader of the Little Rock Kroger unit, was named district manager by president Joseph B. Tall. Myers, a 16 year veteran, succeeds W C Simashey who resigned. He will oversee two stores in central and southern Arkansas.
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Willam B. Myera
Columbus
Ohio
Kroger Co
Joseph B. Tall
Kroger
W. C. Simashey
Myers
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnuti
Theneral
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Keogar
Cindlewall
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Litte Rock
James Bradshaw Fraser
Arkansas Welfare Department
Keep Arkansas Green
Keep Arkansas Green Association
Mount Magazine Lodge
Booneville
K. F. Radley
Chevrolet
Ford
John McLean
Commercial National Bank
Elwood Wilson
Jessey S. Johnson
Ling
Curbstone
Nolgiman
Watt No
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Martindale
Bank Whi Cnt
State Agricultural Mobilization Committee
Whled
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Donym
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