Dayton Strike Talks Amid Guard Mobilization
Defiant union members press for settlement as Governor Herbert plans a conference with CIO United Electrical Workers Union leaders and company officials in Dayton Ohio. National Guard mobilization orders surface while talks advance to resolve an eight day dispute with non-striking workers present at the meeting.
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Dayton, CO
National Guard
Unioisions Co
Thomas J. Herbert
Dayton
Louis Lohrey
Grey City Commission
CIO
United Electrical Workers Union
Ohio
National
Herbert
Ohio National Guard
Middletown
Donald Howard
147Th Infantry Regiment
James Shipley
Hamilton
Donald Hill
Greenfield, O
M. H. Stanley
Stanley
Nivis
Univis
Arthur Garfield
International Uew
Monay
William Snoots
Montgomery County Cio Council
Editorial contrasts Thurmond leadership and Georgia politics
The piece argues a new alignment under Gov. Thurmond marks a first feasible step toward a dual party system in the South. It portrays the coming campaign as the people versus a vast political machine that has centralised power in Washington and eroded state rights, framing freedom as the central issue. The Chronicle expresses readiness to join fights for states rights to preserve national liberty.
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Washington
Tennessee Voters Set In Democratic Primaries For Senate And Governor
Tennesseans prepare to vote in hot Democratic primaries for U S senator and governor. Estimates point to a record turnout possibly over 400 000 with Memphis leader E H Crump wielding decisive influence in Shelby county.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tom Stewart
Winchester
Estes Kefauver
Chattanooga
John A. Mitchell
Cookeville
Jim McCord
Gordon Browning
Memphis
E. H. Crump
Crump
Shelby County
Browning
Braves rally ends in dramatic ninth with Libby Sis ti's triple
The Braves pulled off a 7 to 6 win as pinch hitter Libby Sis ti delivered a bases loaded triple to deep right center in the bottom of the ninth. A paid crowd of 31 841 witnessed the thriller.
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Braves
Libby Sisti
Markets Climb and Slump Amid Week of Volatile Trade
Wall Street faced a volatile week with prices dipping around 1.5 billion and a broad blame game among analysts. The market recovered late Friday after a sharp drop, while grains across Chicago showed a steady slump with corn soybeans and wheat all lower.
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New York
Wall
Congress
Chicago
Board of Trade
Markets at a Glance Demand Slips Amid Weak Grain Hopes
Wheat shows hedging pressure while corn sinks to new lows with strong crop prospects. Oats remain easy with late-delivery steadiness. Hogs and cattle stay nominally steady as markets reset.
Thurmond rails against federal civil rights drive in Dixie speech
South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond lambasted federal civil rights measures arguing they erode states rights and boost bigotry accusations. He warned the South would resist what he called a national assault while urging Americans to defend local self government and oppose FEPC, anti poll tax, lynching and non segregation laws.
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Thurmond
FEPC
Truman Sees Airport Pride Amid Massive Air Show
President Truman praised the airport as a symbol of faith in peace and a contributor to lasting peace. Governor Dewey highlighted interstate cooperation in building the world’s largest air terminal. The air show featured 1,000 planes with 30 F-80s and three B-36 bombers, drawing crowds as jets passed in formation.
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Truman
Dewey
New York
New Jersey
New York City
4Th Fighting Wing
Camp Springs
Mr. Truman
Gov. Dewey
Fort Worth
Texas
Library Service Sets One Day Meetings in Eight Cities
The state's library service division announces one day meetings in eight Alabama cities including Tuscaloosa Florence Huntsville Anniston Birmingham Mobile Dothan and Montgomery on designated weekdays.
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Lbrary Service Division
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Florence
Huntsville
Anniston
Birmingham
Mobile
Dothan
Montgomery
Trio of baserunners spark rally as Sisti slides home
Fans roared for over a minute as three Tribal base runners raced around the bases and Sisti, the utility infielder, slid hard into third in a tense inning sequence.
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Sisti
Guardsmen Injured in Jeep Crash Near Macon Miss
Two Mississippi National Guardsmen were hurt in a jeep automobile crash near Macon Mississippi one seriously. Hinton of Jasper Alabama suffered internal injuries and Morgan of Port Arthur Texas had minor cuts and bruises. They were en route to intercept a Guardsmen convoy to Fort Benning Georgia after attending Mississippi Southern College in Hattiesburg. Morgan weighed 250 pounds a tackle and Hinton 220 pounds. Both belonged to the 35th ordnance medium maintenance company and were to escort a convoy for training.
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Macon
Miss
Mississippi
Im ‘Hinton
Jasper
Ala
Joe Morgan
Port Arthur
Texas
Morgan
Hattiesburg
Mississippi Southern College
National Guard
Tupelo
Hinton
Mississippi Southern
McNeese
Lake Charles
Southern
Auburn
35Th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company
Fort Benning
Textile Wage Hike Granted at Dan River Mills
Union workers at Dan River Mills won an eight percent pay raise in a two year contract affecting about 12,000 employees. The agreement raises average wages to 1.16 dollars from 1.07 and preserves the union checkoff while conforming to Taft Harley labor law. Regional TWUA director Boyd Payton predicted similar increases at other Southern mills. Cumberland Maryland was cited as the source of the prediction.
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Danville
Dan River Mills
Textile Workers Union of America
Boyd Payton
TWUA
CIO
Cumberland
South
Dan River
Payton
Virginia
Tulsa Accepts Bowl Bid From Memphis
The University of Tulsa football team will host the Delta Bowl classic in Memphis on New Year’s Day. University president Dr L Pontius said the contract will be signed Monday when Amvet representatives arrive. The opponent will be a team of equal prominence and strength, to be selected by the bowl committee during the season.
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Tulsa
Okla
University of Tulsa
Memphis
Tenn
L Pontius
Golden Hurricane
Exploding Gasoline Sets Widespread Fire
In Nashua Minnesota a tank truck exploded after a driver emptied gasoline. The blast hurled William Staff 40 feet and started fires destroying several buildings and two vehicles. Staff, 30, of Fergus Falls, was critically burned. a spark from an electric switch is believed to have triggered the explosion.
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Nashua
Minn
Minnesota
William Staff
Fergus Falls
Church of Christ to Erect Minister’s Home in City
The South Decatur Church of Christ announced plans to build a minister’s home at 1700 Ninth Avenue E. The $6,500 house will house B. C. Carr, minister, who currently lives at David Lipscomb College in Nashville and graduated there in June. Nearby building permits issued include a $400 Spruce Street addition for Thomas Hooks and an $800 porch and room addition for George Collier, plus a $500 dwelling for Morris C. Black on 11th Avenue E.
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South Decatur
Bucky Walters Fights Hard But Edges Toward 200 Wins
In Philadelphia, veteran pitcher Bucky Walters, 38, lost his bid for the 199th major league victory as the Phillies beat the Reds 4 1 in the second game of a doubleheader. Walters, returning from a knee injury, allowed nine hits but felt his knee held up and he aimed to win two more before the season ends.
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Philadelphia
Bucky Walters
Cincinnati Reds
Philadelphia Phillies
Walters
Bucky
Choctaw County Dedicates First Forest Observation Tower
At Butler Mountain a timber covered forest observation tower was dedicated by State Forester J. M. Stauffer before about 250 locals in a blackjack oak grove. He urged forest resources be treated as a business and called the program a model for other states while stressing economic ties to forestry. Ray Weston of the Alabama Forestry Council and Wiley Allen, county education chief, emphasized protecting forests to raise living standards.
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Butler, Alay
Choctaw County
J. M. Stauffer
Butler Mountain
Ray Weston
Alabama Forestry Council
Wiley Allen
Waterman Company To Extend Shipping
Waterman Steamship Corp announces scheduled freight service to depart tomorrow linking major Pacific coast ports with European and Mediterranean ports. Initial C-2 dry cargo vessels will serve Vancouver Seattle Portland San Francisco and Los Angeles with calls at Bremen Antwerp Rotterdam Genoa Trieste and Piraeus. The freighter SS Iberville will sail from Los Angeles to Rotterdam and Bremen.
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Mobile
Ala
Waterman Steamship Corp
Pacific Coast
Pacific
Waterman
Vancouver
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Europe
Mediterranean
Bremen
Germany
Antwerp
Belgium
Rotterdam
Holland
Genoa
Italy
Trieste
Piraeus
Greece
Iberville
Parliamentarian recounts longtime Communist ties of officials
The testimony cites Cramer as a longtime Communist, with Rosenberg Wheeler and Fitzgerald also named. Stripling claims Cramer's real name is Krivitsky and ties to Senator Pepper's office. Bentley lists CIO-PAC’s John Abt and Remington’s War Production Board contacts as Kremlin sources while denying wrongdoing and asserting innocence.
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Cramer
Communist Party
Rosenberg
Wheeler
Fitzgerald
Robert E. Stripling
Non American Activities Committee
Krivitsky
Senator Pepper
D-Fla
John Abt
Cio-Pac
Perlo
Miss Bentley
Ferguson
Senate
Remington
War Production Board
House
Kremlin
Three Men Die When Car Sinks Into Carolina Creek
A car left the road near Westminster South Carolina and plunged into a creek killing three men. Coroner J W Manley identified two victims as E J Garrett of Mr Airy Georgia and Herman Dillard Todd of Miami Florida. The third man was not yet identified.
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Westminster
S. C
J. W. Manley
E. J. Garrett
Plane crash near Spartanburg kills two men
Gilford Mason, 32, and Marion C. Boatwright, 41, died when their rented plane crashed into a cotton field near his brother’s house in Spartanburg South Carolina. Mason waved to his mother before the crash. both men were married and Mason left three children.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Gilford Mason
Mason
Marion C. Boatwright
Baseball Scores and Standings From Southern Association
The Southern Association reports Nashville and Mobile games with run totals, errors, and pitchers noted. Conner, Burgess, Oppliger, Staples, Garcia, Fleitas, Dietz, Dantonio and others are listed among team pairings and box scores across cities Nashville Chattanooga New Orleans Little Rock Birmingham and Birmingham performances summarized.
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Chattanooga
New Orleans
Garcia
Fleitas
Dietz
Dantonio
Baier Rites Set Monday
Last rites for Joe M. Baier Jr a Cullman resident will be held Monday at Sacred Heart Church in Cullman at 9 a.m. Interment is in the Catholic cemetery with Mass Service directing. Baier died suddenly of a heart attack Saturday at the Cullman Beverage Co where he was co owner. He was a fourth degree Knight of Columbus and state secretary of the organization and trustee for the building fund of Sacred Heart parochial school. Survived by widow Ottilia Link Baier one daughter Margaret Ann mother Joe Baier Sr one brother Frank and two sisters Mrs John Fromholdt and Mrs A T Ledbetter all of Cullman. Active pallbearers named Willie Abt Rene Clark Howard Edwards Pete Geisen Sr George Kramer Sr John Imbusch. Knights of Columbus No 1484 Cullman council will be honorary pallbearers.
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Joe M. Baier
Cullman
Sacred Heart Church
Marion Schwalle
OSB
Baier
Cullman Beverage Company
Knight of Columbus
Secret Heart Parochial School
Ottilia Link Baier
Margaret Ann
Joe Baier
Frank
John Fromholdt
A. T. Ledbetter
Willie Abt
Rene Clark
Howard Edwards
Pete Geisen
George Kramer
John Imbusch
Cullman Council of
the Knights of Columbus
Hungarian party picks Szakasits for presidency after Tildy resignation
The Unified Labor Party in Hungary nominates Arpad Szakasits, a former brick mason and socialist editor, to succeed Zoltan Tildy who resigned yesterday. Tildy left after his son in law Victor Csornoky, once Hungarian minister in Cairo, was arrested on treason and espionage charges.
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Hungary
Unified Labor Party
Arpad Szakasits
Zoltan Tildy
Tildy
Victor Csornoky
Cairo
Talks Move Toward Climax in Berlin Crisis Negotiations
Washington reports the Berlin crisis negotiations with Russia are accelerating toward a climax. Molotov pressed to meet the Western envoys as Smith Roberts and Chataigneau urged talks with Molotov or Stalin. Officials note Moscow censorship and downgrading East West relations while diplomats seek a diplomatic way out.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Russia
Berlin
Moscow
Molotov
State Department
Associated Press
Walter Dell Smith
Department
Smith
United States
Britain
France
London
Valerian A. Zorin
Foreign Office
Frank Roberts
Yves Chataigneau
Zorin
Stalin
East
Wes
Danube
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Andrei Vishinsky
Marshalls
Mara
Steak theft fines cited in Milwaukee court
George Nickel was fined 50 dollars for a disorderly conduct charge after admitting he took a two dollar thirty five cent steak from a West Allis meat market. He said he hid the steak in his hip pocket.
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Milwaukee
George Nickel
West Allis
Nickel
Community Notes Highlight Local Meetings and Visits
Local residents attend clubs and services as the Jaycees plan a supper meeting at Why Not Cafe. Church services feature Rev Maschke at St. Pauls Lutheran. Families travel to New York for a sister's operation while others welcome new births and report local arrests and police activity over the weekend.
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Jaycees
Why Not Cafe
Pretty Girl Telegraphist Joins Southern Railroading
CHAMLEE Ga July 31 7 Pretty Robbie Mauldin of Clemson College South Carolina is a railroad telegrapher at 23 years old She loves railroading says it gets in her blood Grizzled engineers were surprised when the brown haired operator began taking orders by voice and signal Her payback included a layover of 22 dollars as the Peach Queen train paused for her return to work
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Chamelee
Robbie Mauldin
Clem
Son College
S. C
Robbie
Southern Railway
Senate filibuster on poll tax bill could trigger cloture move
Senator Wherry of Nebraska said he will file a petition to limit anti-poll tax debate, a move known as cloture requiring 16 signatures and a two-thirds vote. If rejected, Republicans may seek to change Senate rules, prompting appeals and a fresh round of Southern talkathon.
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Senate
Wherry
Nebraska
GOP
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Dr N W Dougherty Named Secretary of SEC
Dr. N W Dougherty dean of engineering and UT athletic council chair has taken over duties as secretary of the Southeastern Conference. He succeeds the late Dr. W D Funkhouser of Kentucky and has previously served as acting commissioner after Mike Conner left. Dougherty, a former UT football star, is expected to be officially announced at the fall conference officers meeting.
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Knoxville
Tenn
N. W. Dougherty
University of Tennessee Athletic Council
Knoxville Journal
Dougherty
W. D. Funkhouser
University of Kentucky
Mike Conner
Bernie Moore
U-T
the Journal
Southeastern Institute program draws Alabama chamber executives
Fifteen Chamber of Commerce executives from Alabama attended the week long sessions at the Southeastern Institute for Commercial Organization Executives in Chapel Hill North Carolina. Paul Gene Hargrove left Sound for a visit to Washington. Mr and Mrs Warren Gardner returned to New Orleans after a vacation through Tennessee Birmingham and Decatur. Coach Shorty Ogle has returned from the University after a week there.
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Southeastern Institute For Commercial Organization
Chapel Hill
N. C
Chamber of Commerce
Alabama
Paul Gene Hargrove
Saund
Washington
Mrs. Warren Gardner
New Orleans
Tennessee
Birmingham
Decatur
Shorty Ogle
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Southern Association
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Oppliger
Staples
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Ronay
Dickey
R. J. Scott
Christian Cross
Do Somme
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Berkshire Hills
Ibo
Thomas Jefferson
Robert McWright
Mr. McWright
B. M. Cornell
St. John’s Episcopal
Roy White
Moulton 2
Clara Smith
Noram Sparkman
Sam Popeil
Popeil
Lavernia Roberts
E. A. Vogle
Trinity 1
Hamil Clinic
Corinne Greer
Rogersville
Howard Head
Jackson Street
Robert Maschke
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Roy McLemore
Decature 1
Decatur General
Boyd Draper
Mac
Lavera Wright
Dallas
Mary Huffaker
Mary Williams
the Daily
Wilsonville
Miss Williams
Juanita Williams
Wheeler Lake Yacht Club
John White Motors Company
Soea
Tee Boat
G. R. Hundt
Theda Mae Handley
Randolph Field
San Antonio
Tex
Hundt
New York University
Otis E. Kirby
Edgar
Mt. Eagle, Tenn
First Methodist Church
Alabama State Chamber of Commerce
Bill Sims
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Dougherty
SEC
Neil Kirk
Chiropractic Clinic
W. T. Grant
Grant
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