Cornbread Aristocrat Probes Wealth and Power in 1820s Virginia Tale
Claud Garner’s new novel Cornbread Aristocrat follows Toby Giles a phoney Virginia gentleman who settles in Southwest Arkansas becomes rich through deceit in money cards and women. The book roots in Garner’s Texas valley experience and the Old Military Road era as Washington town life and era fall to the War Between the States.
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Hell
Claud Garner
Garner
Washington
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Toby Giles
Virginia
Arkansas
Toby
Wilkes-Barre
Maison
Pittsburgh
Captain Malgon
Mike the Grail
4- Clubs All Set for Show Competition
Hempstead County 4-H livestock judging team prepared for district competition with 12 members and leaders judging beef classes at A. W. Biorseth farm six miles east of Hope. District judging is Friday at 10 00 am at the Third District Livestock Show. Top ten advance to Arkapsos Show for a Chicago trip. county winners may go to Little Rock for State Show if age rules allow.
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Hempstead County
Arkansas
A. W. Biorseth
Hope
Byron Huddleston
Chicago
Hempstead
Little Rock
Hope Board Discusses Plan To Increase Mill Levy
The Hope Board of Education invites the public to tonight's meeting at the high school to discuss a proposed 7 mill increase. A vote is slated for Tuesday to float a $300,000 bond for three new buildings including two grade schools and a junior facility. Polling sites are Hope City Hall and Fulton School.
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Hope Board of Education
Hope City Hall
Fulton School
Huge Parade Opens Third District Show
Thousands lined the Hope streets to witness the Third District Livestock Show parade. Bands from Magnolia, Stamps, Lewisville, Prescott, Arkadelphia, and Hope, plus National Guard troops, contributed to a long, festive procession with cars, floats, stock, and a Baby Eagle train replica. Schools closed early to allow participation and attendance at the stock show. The fair park midway was being set up for a busy week with cattlemen and exhibitors preparing for judging and crowds. Tonight at 8 Burr Andrews presents top US videos at the pavilion as the midway remains open around the clock.
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Hope
Magnolia
Stamps
Lewisville
Prescott
Arkadelphia
National Guard
Missouri Pacific
Hope Publist
Sunset, Amusement Co
Cate
Gerard
Benton
Glencrest
Nashville
0. L. James
L. L. McDonald
Smackover
Yelton
Hot Springs
M. S. Bates
A. W. Bierseth
W. B
Caroline Lewis
Murfreesboro
Magnolia A & M College
Eleanor Waldo
Oliver King
Texarkana
Bill
New Problems Face Returning Congress
Washington weighs major issues as Congress reconvenes in November with tax on corporate profits and statehood for Hawaii and Alaska on the agenda. Debates continue over rent control as lawmakers face a crowded postwar agenda and a quick preholiday session.
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Congress
Washington
Hawaii
Alaska
Wahington
Truman
Senate
House
McGrath
Ways and Means
Re-Elected Nazarene Superintendent in Arkansas District
The Rev. H. Johnson of Little Rock was yesterday re-elected district superintendent of the Arkansas district Church of the Nazarene. Johnson's re election confirms steady leadership for the denomination's regional work as key officials noted continued growth and mission activity.
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E Dorado
H. Johnson
Little Rock
Arkansas
Church of the Nazarene
Rent Control to Get Top Priority in Congress
Washington reports federal rent control legislation gained top priority as the House Banking Committee reconvenes. Chairman Spence said hearings start soon with a bill ready for action this year. The current control ends December 31 unless extended.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Congress
Spence
D-Ky
Tighe E. Woods
House
Senate
Truman
Edwards to Build Church at Camden
B W Edwards, Hone contractor who built the Hempstead County Colehouse, was engaged as contractor for a $300,000 First Baptist church in Camden. Materials are being purchased and construction will occur in 1951. Potatoes dug too early will not keep well.
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B. W. Edwards
Hempstead County
Hope
Camden
Hope Observer Describes B-29 Raid over Korea
A radar observer from Hope Ark S Sgt Eugene C Nicholson described a strike by 36 B 29s on Hambung on Korea's northeast coast Saturday The bombardment hit a strategic military area of bar racks and training facilities and Nicholson said the target "just didn't exist" after the bombs hit
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Tokyo
Hope
Ark
Hambung
Korea
Eugene C. Nicholson
Missing Plane Found with 16 Aboard Alive
A U S air force B 50 bomber missing three days was found in Labrador with 18 military personnel alive. An RCAF Lancaster sighted the wreck, survivors sheltering as rescuers moved to evacuate the crew and four passengers amid bad weather and unclear cause of the crash.
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Halifax
N. S
Labrador
Royal Canadian Air Force
Goose Bay
Tucson
Arizona
Jake
Wilds
Arizona Desert
Air Force
Autumn Sun Blotted Out by Canadian Forest Smoke
United Press reports a massive smoke blanket from Canadian forest fires darkened the U S sky. The 200 mile wide, three mile thick haze stretched from Toronto to Knoxville and Iowa, causing fear and curiosity as birds sought roosts and daylight faded to eerie twilight.
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United Press
Weather Bureau
Toronto
Ont
Knoxville
Tenn
Iowa
Maxwell Case Again Before High Court
The Arkansas Supreme Court took under submission Maxwell's death sentence for a second time after his 1949 rape conviction near Hope Hempstead County. The case followed a prior reversal due to defense preparation time. Seven other criminal appeals were also heard, including larceny, voluntary manslaughter, and tax charges across several circuits.
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Little Rock
Herman Maxwell
Hempstead County
Arkansas Supreme Court
Maxwell
Hope
Ark
Supreme Court
Grover Fuller
Crawford
Wheeler Carson
Jewell Puterbaugh
Pulaski
John Hallen
Greene
L. C
Holman
Howard
Dierks City
Attlee Rejects Call for Early General Election
Prime Minister Clement Attlee answered Labor demands for another general election with a firm no. A No. 10 source said elections before 1951 require a parliamentary defeat for Attlee, who prefers to retain his narrow paper majority amid unsettled international affairs. Left wing Labour supporters press for early polls, while Conservatives expect party discipline actions after US-style debates over European plans.
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London
Britain
Labor Party
Schuman
Labor
R. W. G. Mackay
British Press Association
Mackay
Council of Europe
Strasbourg
Aneurin Bevan
Herbert Morrison
Bevan
Commons
Morrison
Attlee
National Executive Committee
Robert Schuman
Western
Europe
Clement Attlee
No. 10
Downing Street
Attee
House of Commons
Com- Tons
Former Partner of Sen Caraway Passes Away in Little Rock
John F. Guatney, 80, once partner of late U S Senator Thaddeus H Caraway and former circuit and chancery judge, died in a Little Rock hospital after treatment for bronchial pneumonia.
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Little Rock
John F. Guatney
U. S
Thaddeus H. Caraway
Circuit and Chancery
Two Arkansans Listed As Casualties In Korean War
Defense Department reports two Arkansans in Korea among casualties. Pfc. Raymond Clifton Powell of Hope and Cpl. Billy Clark Hawkins of Mineral Springs are cited as wounded and missing respectively. The dispatch describes Allied operations around Seoul with Marine and Army units moving to breach defenses and reach the capital.
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Arkansahs
Defense Department
Raymond Clifton Powell
Arthur Elmore Powell
Hope Rt. 2
Cpl
Billy Clark Hawkins
Esther Hawkins
Mineral Springs Rt. 1
Atrocities raise grim toll of missing soldiers in Korea
Twenty more American artillerymen were found shot to death near Wonsan on the south coast front. The victims, bound behind their backs, were cut off by North Korean troops three months earlier. Reports cite prior executions of prisoners near Waegwan on the Naktong river front. General MacArthur warned North Korean leaders they would be held criminally accountable under wartime law.
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Tokyo
Seoul
Duksoo Palace
Han River
Semenes
Stara
Duksov
Yongdok
Chinju
Bai
Sequl
Suwon Road
Redgunt
Lewis Chegty
Puller’ Regiment
Kimpo
Japan
Inchon
South
Koresy
Avislong
Tong Mak Sang
Mounaain
Seoul Army Barracks
Reda
Tho
U. S
Korea
Wonsan
Waegwan
Naktong River
Douglas MacArthur
Kim H Sung
Weekly Menu for Hope Public Schools
Hope High School and Kilimanjaro notes appear in the week's menu listing. The menu lists cabbage balls with mash potatoes and gravy on Tuesday, beans and potato salad on Wednesday, and Swiss liver with creamed potatoes on Thursday for Hope Public Schools.
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Hope High School
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Creative Age Press
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British Labor Party
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Caraway
Tenth Corps
Puller
Sang Om
Prisgn Arag
Hope Public Schools
Kilimanjaro
Africa
Parada
Gagie
Ian Paca
Regie
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