Weather outlook and local update from Decatur area
Fair this afternoon and tonight with cooler temperatures. Saturday partly cloudy with scattered showers in the southwest in the afternoon and winds from the southeast. Memorial Drive Methodist Church associates meeting at 7 p.m. for a check up. Mrs J C Russell continues ill at Decatur General Hospital. Mrs Alice Coby of Athens visiting the Russell family. Vic Smith leaving The Daily for Fitzgerald Ga. Deaths bring home Hodges A Black from Victorville Calif. Wheeler Lake Yacht Club meets Monday at 7 30 p.m. at harbor clubhouse. fishing rodeo plans to be discussed. Little Susan Bartlett suffers second and third degree burns from spilled hot coffee. Sheriff reports four arrests in past 24 hours. Hartselle J admitted to Hamil Clinic. Brenda King admitted to Decatur General Hospital. Allen Bowers released from Hamil Clinic. Rev Robert Maschke to preach at St Pauls Lutheran Sunday. James Abrams and Marvin Abrams visiting Nis weekend from Whitmire SC. Sgt Otto Fisher to visit for 29 day furlough in Atlantic City.
Whiskey Price Cuts Hit Alabama Retail Markets
In Montgomery on April 1, Alabama liquor board cut whisky prices by five to forty five cents per pint. Two year old straight bourbons fell up to 45 cents, while popular bonded whiskies mostly held. Scotch stayed near previous levels as blends also edge lower. officials cite possible further cuts if taxes drop.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Liquor Board
Sentative
Hoover commission avoids clear TVA changes in report
The Hoover commission on government reorganization largely avoided firm TVA recommendations. It noted divided views among members on how to govern electric power and irrigation ventures. A task force urged Congress to reconsider TVA repayments and new construction authorization, but the commission largely turned down those suggestions.
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Harry Synder
Washington Service
Washington
Hoover Commission On Government Reorganization
Tennessee Valley Authority
Congress
Haskings & Sells
New York
Arthur H. Carter
Andrew Stewart
TVA
Treasury
New Trial Plea Hearing Reset In Local Damage Suit
The hearing for Kyle Sotver of Valhermosa Springs against G I Taxi Co in Hartselle was postponed to April 30 by mutual agreement. Judge James W. Crow Jr will preside at 10 AM. A 136 count petition filed March 11 seeks further action after Sotvermosa Springs man was awarded 7000 for injuries from an automobile collision with the cab company vehicle.
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Kyle Sotver
Valhermosa Springs
G. I. Taxi Co
Hartselle
James W. Crow, Jr
A. T. Hanson
B R. McElroy
Morgan Circuit
Valdermosa Springs
Morgan
Sportsmen Meet at Flint for Morgan County Association
Regular meeting of the Morgan County Sportsmen and Conservation Association Flint branch will take place tonight at 7 at Flint junior high school. L P Miller of the TVA fish and game commission will be principal speaker and a film will be shown. The association now accepts women memberships.
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Morgan County Sportsmen and Conservation Association
Flint
L. P. Miller
TVA Fish and Game Commission
Association
Charles Sharples Dies at 70 in Birmingham
Charles B. Sharples co founder and vice president of the Commercial Printing Co. died at his home after about three months illness. A Nashville native he moved to Birmingham nearly fifty years ago.
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Charles Sharples
Birmingham
Ala
Charles B. Sharples
The
Commercial Printing Co
Nashville
Falkville joins Morgan county over-quota in fundraiser
Falkville slipped in under the wire late Thursday to join Morgan county in the Red Cross drive. Contributions pushed the county total to 13068, well over the 12735 quota, though some groups have not yet reported.
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Falkville
Morgan County Red Cross
Morgan County
Farm income in South doubles national rise says Fed
The Federal Bank of Atlanta reports Southern farm income last year reached 2.7 billion dollars, up 183 million from 1947, a seven percent gain. Mississippi led district states with 12 percent rise followed by Alabama at 11 percent, aided by record cotton yields and high prices. Mechanization and rising costs are noted as factors shaping the record.
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Atlanta
Federale Bank of Atlanta
Federal Reserve District
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Strikes Hit Transportation Sectors Across Cities
AP reports widespread strikes and walkouts affecting taxis, air radio crews, seamen, rail conductors, and brewery workers. About 400000 United Mine Workers stay off work for John Mitchell Day, while arbitration talks and union mergers unfold.
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Associated Press
New York City
Pan American World Airways
Canadian Seamen’s Union
Canada
Chicago
North Western Railroad
Akron, O., Transportation Company
CIO Transport Workers
United Mine Workers
John Mitchell
Mitchell
Railway Express Agency
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Oleo Showdown Roils House Over Aid Plan Debate
The article reports Republican filibuster claims to stall action on the European recovery program and Marshall plan funding, with Taft and Russell seeking a cut to $5,037,000,000 while leaders vow to press for a vote. Oleo margarine tax fights continue, and Taft aligns with opponents of Truman on tax hikes.
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Jack Rutledge
Washington
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Russell
D-Ga
Lucas
D-Ill
Congress
House Rules Committee
Rohio
Truman
Folsom Attacks Carpetbag Bloc in North Alabama Swing
Gov. James E. Folsom labeled a state senate bloc a carpetbag group that blocked his $40 million mailbox road plan and a rewritten constitution. He urged a $50 monthly old age pension and accused Birmingham interests of backing the stalled measures. He spoke at Walker County courthouse steps to about 600, then toured Double Springs Hamilton Russellville Moulton Tuscumbia Florence and Selma in a statewide tour.
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Jasper
Ala
James E. Folsom
Senate
Alabama
Walker County
Birmingham
Folsom
Double Springs
Hamilton
Russellville
Moulton
Tuscumbia
Florence
Selma
Cotton futures slip on midmorning trading in New York
Noon session reports show cotton futures down 10 to 20 cents a bale. July and October contracts quote around 243 and 278, with market activity muted as traders reassess near term supply and demand dynamics.
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New York
Miss Lawson Crash Victim in Auburn
Miss Mable Lawson seventeen died in a car overturn crash on the Tuskegee highway inside Auburn city limits. The driver, Robert Pinkard twenty one, a student at Auburn, survived. Funeral set for eleven tomorrow at Auburn First Methodist Church.
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Auburn
Ala
Mable Lawson
James L. Lawson
Alabama Extension Service
Tuskegee Highway
Drake Infirmary
Robert Pinkard
Randolph
Miss Lawson
Susan
James L. Lawson Jr
Auburn First Methodist Church
Brother Held In Knife Slaying Of Alabama Man
Alabama man died of knife wounds in Oak Ridge Tenn Police Chief C T Vettel said his brother was jailed on a murder charge Ernest Boatman 28 of Gadsden Ala was arrested on a murder charge and held at Anderson County Jail Clinton. The incident left John T Boatman 23 of Gadsden dead.
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Oak-Ridge- Tenn
Alabama
C. T. Vettel
Vettel
John T. Boatman
Gadsden
Ala
Ernest Boatman
Anderson County
Clinton
Boatman
Ata
Taylor Guilty and Appeals in Disorderly Conduct Case
A circuit court jury convicted Sen. Glen H. Taylor of disorderly conduct in Birmingham Alabama. He received a 50 dollar fine and 180 day jail term, sentence suspended. Taylor argued segregation laws caused the incident at a meeting entry. He said the case tests higher courts via appeal. City officials supported the verdict.
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Birmingham
Ala
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
Taylor
Eugene (Bull
Connor
Henry Wallace
Southern Negro Youth Congress
George Lewis Bailes
Circuit Court
Churchill Says Atomic Bomb Deters Reds As War Not Inevitable
Boston April 1 Winston Churchill declares the atomic bomb kept Europe and London safe from bombardment and warns war is not inevitable. He urges MIT audience to persevere against tyranny and warns appeasement would break peace. Truman expresses regret over canceled engagements.
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Cornelius. F. Hurley
Boston
Winston Churchill
Europe
Czechslvakia
London
United States
Massachusetts
Truman
Governor James Folsom Visits Elk River Summer Home
Governor James E. Folsom stopped at the Elk River retreat, the summer home of Athens automobile dealers the Littrell brothers, clarifying it is a private residence and not a managed camp. The outing followed a boat mishap the next day when Knox McRae of Decatur’s cruiser struck an underwater obstruction and needed rowing to shore.
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Elk River
James E. Folsom
Littrell Brothers
Athens
Folsom
Knox McRae
Decatur
Auburn President Talks School as Engine of Human Dividends
Dr. Ralph B. Craughon, president of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, told Auburn alumni at Why Not Car', Morgan County gathering that the school is a corporate enterprise owned by the people and is paying stockholders with vast human dividends. He hailed Auburn as a great technical institute, agricultural research center, and applied research contributor, noting rapid growth over the past decades.
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Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Tion
Subara
Treaties With France Britain Seen Imperiled
The report claims Russo-Soviet protests could imperil and possibly end the Atlantic pact with France and Britain. It notes U N and allied agreements face strain as Russia questions the value of the Western alliance. Churchill warns Europe risks Communist influence if actions fail.
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Russia
France
North Atlantic
United Nations
United States
Britain
Belsium
Holland
Luxembourg
Atlantic
U. N
Ington
Sow
Winston Churchill
Europe
Cielovakia
London
United Stat
Churchill
Kremlin ‘ x
Congress
Damascus
Husni Zaynj
Terry Wallace murder verdict stands after insanity claim
Oscar Wallace found guilty of killing Ada Adair last August in a case tied to Terry and Ada Terry's marriage. The jury rejected insanity and sentenced Wallace to 15 years in the penitentiary. Trial details indicate motive stemmed from bad feelings over Ada Terry's wife.
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Oscar Wallace
Lee
Buck
Lawre
Ernest
Clck
Terry
Mu &Ing
Adair
Ada Terry
Ada
Nesses
Mt. Hope
C. C
Charles
Bert Hubbard
Hubbard
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Huntsville
Osteen Tucker
Fayetteville
Harold Black
Victorville
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Hodges A. Black
Wheeler Lake Yacht Club
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George Hartselle
Hartselle J
Hamil Clinic
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W. Church Street
Allen Bowers
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St. Paul's Lutheran Church
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Marvin Abrams
Whitmire
S. C
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Fourth Avenue West
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Otto Fisher
Atlantic City
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Ken Reynolds
Tennessean
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