Prescott Fair Opens With Youthful Pageantry and Bird House Exhibit
Despite threatening weather a large crowd gathered in Prescott for the opening day of the 13th Nevada County Fair. Highlights included a Bair Queen ceremony, a parade, and a notable display of bird houses built by high school students.political dispatches note Pennsylvania results while urging local fundraising for infantile paralysis campaigns. readers urged to organize local activities and donate through postmasters to aid the national crisis.
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Preskott
Nevada County
Prescott
Hope High School
The
Star
Auttayuy
Jimmy la Grossa
Hone
Hempstead County
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
Sam J. Watkins
Arkansas
Nail
Pulaskia
Ony
Prescott Wadi
Ijah
Seine
Power Firm to Spend 75 Million in Three States
Middle South Airba ttles Inc plans about 75 million dollars in Arkansas Louisiana and Mississippi by 1951 part of an expansion program. Edgar L Dixon head of the corporation said the firm has spent 75 million in the area in the last five years. Dixon and other officials are in Arkansas on an inspection tour and have divested stock in several power companies.
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Little Rock
Middle South
Watere
Arkansas Power and Light
Mississippi Power and Light
Louisiana Power and Light Companies
New Orleans Public Service, Inc
Arkansas
Senate Split on Trade Bill Sets Stage for Vote
Washington September 11 Senate split along party lines as votes on the administration reciprocal trade bill loom. Administration leaders expect to lose few Democratic votes to defeat restrictive amendments and send the house approved measure to President Truman. The main clash centers on a GOP peril point amendment mandating tariff thresholds and public explanations for any below-threshold cuts.
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Raymond Lahr
Washington
Senate
Clart
Bb. m. Pdt
Truman
Congress
Tariff Commission
Fariff Yates
Demetrots
Parade to Be Best Held at Stock Show
Rae Lock, chairman of the Third District Livestock parade committee, says entries are ready for this year’s best parade. The main parade is set for Tuesday September 20 at 2 p.m. It will run in 12 groups with entries including civic clubs, automobile dealers, tractor firms, gasoline distributors, and industries. First prize 2125, second 75, third 50. Civic groups receive trophies. Register entries with Chairman Rue Suck.
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Rae Lock
Sail Entiies
Aomobile
Rue Suck
Arkansas Farm Income Shows Increase in 1949 First Half
Washington reports Arkansas farms earned 14.0 billion dollars for January through July 1949, a rise from the previous year, as the Agriculture Department notes the state posted gains while Iowa led with 1.17 billion. The data cover seven months and reflect broader national trends in farm income.
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Washington
Imj
Hkansas
Agriculture Department
Iowa
Ural Tata
Arkatics
Louisima
Union Studies Plan to End MP Strike and Coal Action
Union officials study a plan to end the Missouri Pacific strike as mine operators fear a broader coal strike. Talks with John b. Lewis stall on key contract demands for shorter hours higher welfare payments while miners prepare to walk out. In Missouri Pacific turmoil, 5,000 workers on strike and 20,000 others laid off. rail and regional impacts spread to Dallas with 400 Texas & Pacific layoffs.
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Charles H. Herbold
White Solphin
Springs
Wo Ya
John B. Lewis
Northern
Western
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Chick
Mississippi
T,hey
Mingrs
Ubless
Aupply
St. Louis
Fay
Railway Labor Act
National Railroad Adjustment Board
Cellereg
Wuniohs
National Adjustment Board
Absul J
Wabash Railroad
Tive
Missouri Pacific
Dallas
Tex
Texas & Pacific Railway Company
Blunt-Talking Navy Flier Loses Post
Capt. John G Crommelin a veteran Navy flier who spoke freely about unification last weekend has been removed from his staff post at the Pentagon. He was ordered to report to the chief of naval operations for reassignment, with no immediate indication of his new duty. The transfer follows Navy Secretary Francis P. Matthews remarks that no disciplinary action was planned. Crommelin, a former commander of the aircraft carrier Seapien, joined the Joint Chiefs staff months after War College attendance.
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Charles W. Corddry
Washington
John G. Crommefin
Navy
Pentagon High Command
Couvey
Hier
Chief of Naval Operations
Pentagon
Francis FP
Matthias
Cromimelin
Truman
Crommeelin
Crommelin
Adm
Lewis
Denfeld
Hivel
Seipan
Joint Chiefs of Staff
War College
Ziruus
Joint Chiefs
Vishinsky Pushes Big Four Meet At U N
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky heads to the United Nations in New York to urge an early formal meeting of the Big Four foreign ministers. He will face U. S. Secretary Acheson British Foreign Secretary Bevin and French Foreign Minister Schuman as they consider Germany and other postwar questions. Berlin blockade and Japan peace issues loom as key items for discussion.
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Andrei ¥. Vishinsky
U. N. Assembly
New York
Connerl
U. S
Dean Acheson
Henest Bovin
Robert Schiman
Vishinsky
Paris
Germany
U. N
Japan
Hhus
Li Ke
U S Rejects Boost in Gold Price Policy
Washington reports that Treasury Secretary Snyder notified the International Monetary Fund of the United States refusal to raise gold prices. He signaled a veto if needed to block any general increase favored by the fund. South Africa pushed a study for a higher price, while governors met to discuss the issue amid tensions with major buyers.
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Washington
UPI Seceretary of the Treasury
Snyder
International Monetary Turd
United States
Lab-Ovation Fund
Lyndey
Union of South Africa
Ide Arriyal
Jbank
Imajor Buyen
Adenauer Elected Germany's First Chancellor Since Hitler
Konrad Adenauer, 73, leader of the Christian Democratic Union, is elected first German chancellor since Hitler. Bundestag approves by 202 to 142 with 44 abstentions and one invalid vote, amid cabinet formation disputes and a new constitution. Heuss and Adenauer had argued over cabinet selection powers during the rift with Free Democrats.
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Robert Haeger Bann
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Christian Bernseat
Hitler
Bundstag
Adenmar
Free Democrats
Theodor Heuser
Bankeup
Heuss
Pccelient
Adenauer
Bundestag
Erich Koehler
Young Democrats Reminded to Buy Poll Taxes
In Little Rock on September 15 Wiley Thornton longtime chairman of the Young Democrats of Arkansas urged voters to pay their poll tax before October 1 to qualify for the 1950 Democratic primaries. Thornton noted the drive aims to ensure eligibility rather than influence voting choices.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Tly
Wiley Thornton
Young Democrats of
Thornton
Henderson College Inteuns
Thoevulan
Texarkana
McClendon Granted Temporary Permit to Self Milking
A garbled court notice details McClendon receiving a temporary permit to self milk amid a disputed sale by an unnamed dairy company. The document references legal proceedings in a Pope port town and lists multiple distorted place names, dates, and entities, with no coherent timeline.
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McClendon
KHL Wleclendon
Wustydeiter
Bordén Milk Co
Tuy
Little Rock Milk Dispute Settled Between Distributors and Producers
In Little Rock on September 14, the Central Arkansas Milk Producers Association announced a price dispute with Arkansas producers has been resolved. Officials indicated the deal ensures payment of three hundred dollars per hundredweight for raw milk. Company representatives stated both sides accept the settlement terms.
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Lille Rock
Noek Nik
Arkansas
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Nevada Theatrer
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Prescott Motor Company
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Kiwanis Club
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