Mail by 4 PM Deadline Sparks Public Comment
A Missouri PAGE article explains the 4 o'clock post office cutoff to meet a government trucking service. It notes readers should mail earlier to avoid delays and critiques Navy Army bureaucratic friction cited by Capt Crommelin and Admiral Halsey urging cautious naval focus.
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Hope
Robert MM. Wilson
Publicat
Missouri Paeille Sinke Emer
Navy
Army
Consolidated
Bureau
Knay
Department of Defense
Pentagon
Job C. Crommelin
William P. (Bull) Halsey
Pacific
Talks Start Between U S and Britain on Global Communist Threats
The Associated Press reports U S and Britain begin talks in Washington on global political problems to maintain a united front against the Soviet Union. They will cover Far Eastern policy, Germany, Atlantic defense, and China’s advance, following a British Canadian American conference on Britain’s economic crisis and dollar concerns.
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Associated Press
Britain
United States
Canada
Upi
Briwin
International Monetary Fund
Algg
Washington
Wallace Boene Named Editor At Daily Revelly
Blytheville student Anne Weedman appointed editor of the Daily Revelry at Louisiana State University. Other editors include Herping Moore of Lite Nook Art and Walkea Boone of Hope Ark with Wallace Boene listed as a staff member of the school paper.
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Wallace Boene
Beton Nouse
Lay
Anne Weedman
Blytheville
Thas
Reveilly
Louisiana State University
HeWspa Yur
Tie Sinc
Herpign Moore
Lite Nook
Art
Walkaea Boone
Hope
Ark
Prescott Courthouse Hosts Sunday Singing Featuring Doug Joes and Stamps Hillung
A Sunday program at the Prescott Courthouse invites the public to a singing event at 2 PM. Performers include Doug Joes and the Stamps Hillung Chubets, with audience participation and community entertainment planned.
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Prescott Courthouse
Doug Joes
Hillung Chubets
Arkansas Weather: Showers This Afternoon Then Clearing
A forecast for Arkansas calls for showers this afternoon and a clearing trend this evening. Temperatures will drop to around 43 in the northwest with cooler, fair, and diagnostic conditions Wednesday.
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Arkansa
Fair Aid
Yugoslavia challenges Russia at United Nations
Belgrade said Yugoslavia would take its complaints against Russia to the United Nations. Moshe Pijade, Tito’s top theorist, blasted Moscow in Borba, defending Yugoslavia against New Times accusations of duplicity with Albania and Greece. A Yugoslav U.N. delegation led by Foreign Minister Edward Kardelj travels to New York for the Sept 20 assembly session.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Russia
United Nations
Moshe Pijade
Marshal Tito
Borba
Pijade
Kremlin
Tito
New Times
Albania
New York
US N
Edward Kargeij
Atlantic City Pier Burns in Major Inferno
A fire ripped through 3000 feet of Atlantic City’s mil lion dollar pier early today. Fire chief Rex Farsley estimated damage at 200100 dollars as flames gutted the ballroom near the shore end. No injuries reported while onlookers gathered along the Boardwalk and police aided a hotel guest couple from the pier.
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Atlantic City
N. 7
Rex Farsley
Long Pleasure Palace
Electric Firm Awards 4-H Club Prize in Hempstead County
Southwestern Gas and Thetric Co. presented a $50 check to Hempstead County 4-H clubs, announced by county extension agents Liv er Ta Adams and Lorraine Warkwood. A. Hassell Jr. of Southwestern’s development dept presented the prize, noting funds may be used at the clubs’ discretion. Gray said Rural Development will assist in promoting better farm practices, with county agents conducting demonstrations on home lighting and related topics.
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Hempstead County
Southwestern Gas and Thetric_Co
Liver Ta Adams
Lorraine “Warkwood
Mempstead
A. Hassell Jr
Southwestern
Electric Company
Arkansas
Interst
Gray
Ian Rural Development
Funeral for Mrs Schweiker Wednesday at Methodist Church
Funeral services for Mrs Mika Schweiker who died yesterday at Boonesville will be held Wednesday afternoon at the Methodist church. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery with active pallbearers Denton Bush Mirwda Rogers Robert White Slyde Arnuld Donald Moore and Salden Steadman.
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Mika Scheuiker
Boonesville
Telus
Methodist Church
Rose Hill
Denton Bush
Mirwda Rogers
Robert White
Slyde Arnuld
Donald Moore
Salden Steadman
Roundup Club to Meet at Park for Supper and Activities
Roundup Club will meet at seven p m Thursday at Pair Park for a pot luck supper and other activities. All members are urged to attend.
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Youngep Clo
T Pon
Pair Park
Chuck Armitage Named Manager of Mepe Chamber of Commerce
Chuck Armitage yesterday accepted four positions as manager of the Mepe Chamber of Commerce replacing Cy Forsythe, who resigned. Armitage, a Hope figure, has previously led the chamber and came here in 1941 as technical advisor to Southwestern Proving Ground. He left the post November 1, 104 to enter private business in Magnolia and plans to move his family here once a house is secured.
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Charles A.chucks Armitage
Mepe Chamber of Commerce
Cy Forsythe
Armitage
Hope
Chamber of Commerce
Southwestern Proving Ground
Magnolia
Ex City Clerk Succumbs at Home Here
Ex city clerk 83 died at his home late last night after a life in Clark County and Hope since 1893. Survived by wife, a daughter, a granddaughter, and two sisters and a brother. Services will be at the family home Wednesday with burial in Rese WU cemetery.
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T.he Bikinesky
Clark County
Hope
MD Your
Wo G
McGill
Mary Frances
Bill. Inpsley
Little Rok
Joey Yalleson
Amity
Johny Killingsworth
Okolona
A Brulay
John Billingsley
Gurelun
West Avenue
Hey
More Enlistments in U S Army and Airforce
Enlistment notices list individuals including G Sheet recruiter aides, McNab, Sttygieton, Ethel Whose, Cornelius son of Me une Mis, Kenton Weve, Wilk gt, Paunus, Rithutille Sanith, and Alle Tt Smith among others. The fragment cites interviews, recruitment efforts, and community names in a wartime context.
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Surbesak
G. Sheet
Toule 2
Tubstet
Baptists Plan Groundbreaking Ceremonies
Groundbreaking ceremonies are planned to commence for a new audivelum project. The event will mark the start of foundation work with a ceremonial shovel turning. Local Baptist congregants and community leaders anticipate loans and funding arrangements to support construction.
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Jdie
Aey Dirs
Buotin
Whitlow
Workipen
Audivelum
Steel Strike Postponed for At Least Eleven Days
Pittsburgh dispatch reports the CIO United Steelworkers and six major producers agreed to an 11 day strike truce starting at midnight and lasting until Sept 25. Union accepts president’s board findings, yielding no further wage increase beyond the current 1.65 an hour, with three raises totaling 46 cents since WWII.
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Pittsburgh
CIO United Steelworkers
Truman
Maurice J Tobin
Daber
Tobin
Kansas City
CIG
White House
Republic Steel Eorboration
Cleveland
Republic
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworker
Murray
Store Demands to Change Copy of Ad
Barstow California report describes a radio announcer Si Willing endorsing shoes as selling for peanuts. A customer, Mrs. Nata Prino, bought shoes after arriving with 288 peanuts. The store changed the advertisement wording promptly to reflect the incident.
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Barstow
Calif
Si Willing
Nata Prino
Heuss Elected President of German Republic
Theodor Heuss, a 61 year old educator and three party rightist candidate, won the first presidency of the new West German republic in Bonn. Heuss received 416 of 800 votes on the second ballot, defeating Dr. Kurt Schumacher who had 312 votes. the final ballot had ended in deadlock.
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Bonn
Germany
Theodor Heuss
Hiller
Goyed
Kurt Schumacher
Socialist Party
Reds Could Take Europe Some Believe
Western European defense could be vulnerable to a Soviet attack, say United States envoys. The Senate committee released frank assessments forecasting holding the west with time and American aid under the Atlantic pact, while approving a 1.344 billion dollar aid bill for Western Europe and other free nations.
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Washington
United States
West
Senate
Europe
Connally
Brave
Paris
Efenses
France
Gathings Seeks Price Aid on Farm Crops
West Memphis on September 13 1944 Rep B C Gathings Democrat Arkansas urged Secretary Brannan to back cottonseed oil meal and winters price to ensure farmers get a fair price. He cited mills cutting cotton seed price to 47 dollars per ton from 50 and warned against any reduction harming farmers.
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Gathings
West Memphis
Rep
B.C. Gathings
D-Ark
Brannan
Judging Beauty Is a Job for Mrs. America Contenders
HAL BOYLE reports on a Mrs. America contest in Asbury Park where as many as 30 contestants paraded in evening gowns and swimsuits. Judges, including a homemaking judge, weighed looks, teeth, eyes, and hair as the field narrowed to three winners with California taking the top prize and a $6,000 bequest plus a year’s supply of groceries and optics scholarship.
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New York
Thado
Asbury Park
Dranees
Rover
Vnlunts M80
Mes
California
Citayah
Yeonklyn
Angeries
Ste
Saad Addy
Ligueca DL
Ruling Will Allow Giveaways to Run Until Court Decision
Chicago Sept. 19 The temporary injunction by Judge Michael J Igne blocks the FCC from banning on air giveaways. The stay delays the Oct 1 ban while CBS ABC and NBC pursue a New York federal suit challenging the ban.
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Chicago
FCC
Michael J. Igne
Federal Communications “Commission
New York
CBS
ABC
NBC
Arkansas Farmers See Fourth Largest Field Crop Output
Arkansas crop reporting said production for field crops in 1948 reached the fourth largest total on record, down two percent in August and about one percent below 1948’s peak. Estimated rapeseed and hay yields were mixed, with fruit crops improving slightly and corn and cotton showing varying gains. Weather and seed improvements boosted yields while acreage declines tempered totals.
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Arkansas
Federal
Distillery Blast Causes Major Property Damage
A tragic explosion at a distillery causes extensive damage estimated at 500000. Two workers, Louis Schrader and Oliver Wholay, were injured and rushed to St Francis Hospital in critical condition. Debris and shattered glass filled streets as a sweeping blast tore through the facility and nearby buildings.
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Sun
St Prancis Nospital
Lous Sehrader
Powria
Oliver Wholay
Washington
Heron
Stena Nine
Sulie
Cold Front Moves Eastward Across Plains and Coast
A cold front moved east across the plains as winds and rain whipped wide areas from Nantucket to the North Carolina coast. Below freezing temperatures spread through the region with frost forecast for parts of the north central area.
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Associated Press
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Mags
Cootagy
Canada
Dakotas
Nebraska
Montana
Midwest
North Central
Nantucket
Mass
North Carolina
Atlantic
Capte Hatteras
N. C
Pacific Coast
Fat Calf Auction Sale Set for September 2
Fat Calf and Baby Beef of the Junior Division in the Third District Livestock Show will be judged and sold at the auction Wednesday afternoon. L. Bebér of Little-Reef will grade animals by U S grades at 1 o'clock in the Tuniny Exhibitors Building. The junior calf sale begins at 3 o'clock with Cane Niles Head directing from Sutton Livestock Consultants of Hope. The Kroper Company offers two trophies for the champion steer or heifer in the Baby Beef and Fat Calf classes.
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L. C. Bebér
Little — Reef
Manning
Arkansas Chain State Council
U. S
Tuniny
Te Caneniles Head
Chine Sudtan
Sutton
Kroper Company
Yerger Schools See Light Enrollment Dip
Enrollment in the Yerger school system runs slightly lower than last year with a five week period showing reduced attendance across grades. The district notes slight declines in high, middle, and elementary levels and lists numbers for specific schools including Dutton and Waysnes Chapel.
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Yerger
Echools
Roundup Club to Show Film on Horses Tonight
Horse lovers have an opportunity to view a nine color film about Pamelsee's famous walking horses at Hotel Barlow tonight. Bon MeRse leads the program as the Roundup Club presents its showing, and the public is invited.
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O. Pamessee
Talks Renewed in Effort to End MP Strike
St. Louis Sept 13 Uni and management reps agreed to meet today to resume talks toward ending the Missouri Pacific railroad strike that halted the system. The walkout began Friday over 282 claims, affecting about 5,000 trainmen and 20,000 other railroad workers, with negotiations stalled after an earlier proposal was rejected by union leaders.
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St. Louis
Uni
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Sti
G' Thompson
Citizens’ Committee
Elmer. E Hilpert
Io Tee
Theapy
Union Represen
EST . Com
Thompson
Pri
Ain Railroad
Missouri Pacific-state
Rai
Judge Faces Trial On Assault Charge And Courtroom Outburst
Judge Robert Carpenter, a county civil jurist, goes on trial accused of assaulting attorney John Lockwood during a July 2 confrontation after an argument over alleged fraud and marriage. A pistol, rifle, and other items are offered as evidence. The case features testimony about a pre dawn incident and a courtroom drama as subpoenas unfold.
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Tnntel Sop
Robert Carpenter
Angeom ‘Ton County Civil’ Court
Marrife
Carpenter
Aftor
John Lockwood
Lockwood
M. i
I - Carpenter
Las Viey
Loekwood
Ellis Barrett
T Lockwood
Moore
Bes
Pansy Barnes Heads Oak Grove 4-H Club Election
Pansy Barnes was elected Gent of the Oak Grove 4-H at a club meeting hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Jamey E. yesterday. Other officers include Vice President Lou Barnes Secretary-Treasurer Princess Allen Song Leader Ray Faught and Recreation Leader Carroll Stewart.
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Pansy Barnes
Oak Grove
Elu
Jamey E
Lou Barnes
Trea
Princess Allen
Ray Faught
Carrol Stewart
Fred Stewa
Will
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