Folsom Asked To Name Day For V J Day Proclamation
Governor James E. Folsom is urged by the Pacific War Memorial Inc to declare V J Day on September 2 as a day of remembrance of World War II’s Pacific theater. General Robert C. Richardson Jr appeals for a national moment to renew faith and honor sacrifices that shaped U S democratic life.
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James E. Folsom
Alabama
Pacific War Memorial, Inc
United States
Pacific
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U.S.A
Pacific War Memorial
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Folsom
Decatur Police Link Stolen Nashville Car to Local Suspect
Florence report traces a stolen Nashville car to Decatur with endorsements matching stolen check photos. Detectives, highway patrols, and a Florence dealer link suspect Cozzalino to the vehicle, as Nashville and Knoxville clues surface and the car is recovered through police coordination.
Tennessee primaries shape race with Kefauver Crump clashes
Crump backs 62 year old forces in Tennessee while Kefauver faces Crump blasts in major ads. Kefauver adopts raccoon symbol amid coonskin cap appeal as August 5 GOP primary nears with Reece or Strawbridge for Senate and Acuff or Murray for governor.
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McCord
Browning
Kefauver
Vito Marcantonio
Alp-Ny
Tennessee
B. Carroll Reece
GOP
Allen Strawbridge
Dresden
Tenn
Roy Acuff
Murray
Huntingon
Hearing on mass picketing at Univis plant erupts in violence
Police used tear gas to quell clashes as about 50 picketers faced a crowd of 200 near the Univis plant. Rep. Clarke Hoffman arrives for a congressional Education and Labor panel hearing to define mass picketing under Taft Hartley and to probe both sides of the dispute.
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Clarke Hoffman
R-Michy
House Committee On Education and Labor
Hoffman
Univis
Maas
U. K
National Labor
Market Slide Marks Slow August Trading On Wall Street
Rallying efforts in New York bogged down amid trading indifference as early gains faded and turnover reached about 700 000 shares. Plymouth Oil spiked briefly around four points while leaders included General Motors Sears Roebuck Avco Dow Owens Illinois and J C Penney with losers such as Goodyear Goodrich Tire I H International Harvester and Standard Oil NJ.
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Plymouth Oil
General Motors
Sears Roebuck
Avco Mfg
Dow Chemical
Owens Illinois
J. C. Penney
Goodrich Tire
International Harvester
American Smelting
Johns-Manville
Farnsworth Television
Santa Fe
Standard Oil (Nj
Mission Corp
Gulf Oil
Grain futures edge lower amid early trading slump
Chicago grain prices opened with broad declines as wheat fall led losses across corn and oats. September wheat traded around 2.22 and corn near 1.65, oats at 0.715, rye mixed, and soybeans steady near 2.61 for November.
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Chicago
Nashville Livestock Market Report and Prices
Nashville market bulletin lists cattle with 1500 head. steers and heifers 25.00-30.00 for good weightier, cows from 14.00-24.00, bulls up to 23.50. Calves 25.00-31.00 for good weight, hogs 29.50 top in 190-230 lb range, sows 20-21. sheep 600 head with lambs around 1.00 lower, spring lambs 25.50-28.00, other ranges noted.
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Nashville
Tenn
Departments of Agriculture
North Georgia live poultry market hold steady with steady prices
Atlanta reports the North Georgia live poultry market steady with prices mostly unchanged from last week. Offerings ample to meet trade needs and trucker demand more active in parts of the area. Prices paid FOB farm for fryers of all sizes ranged as follows: New Hampshire Reds 33-34 cents, Barred Rock Crosses 31-33 cents.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
New Hampshire Reds
Markets at a Glance: Mixed Sessions and Variable Commodities
New York trading shows irregular stock activity as a rally fades. Bonds mixed with rails edging ahead while cotton falls on liquidation. Chicago wheat weak from hedging pressure, corn and oats lower with seasonal lows. Hogs steady to 25 cents higher at 31.10, cattle steady to 50 cents lower at 41.00.
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New York
Commission House
Chicago
New York Cotton Futures Close Down Across Board
Futures closed from 0.75 to 1.60 lower than prior, with Oct, Dec, Mar, May and July contracts slipping. Prices ranged from 31.24 to 31.92 per bale, middling spot at 33.05, off 45. N- Nominal.
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New York
Store Continuation From Page One Rural Workers Listed
Continued notes identify individuals linked to the Decatur area including Floyd Hogan Danville farmer Drew R Landers Decatur farmer Judson F Osborne Danville farmer Alton G Owen Hartsville farmer William L Pate Decatur telephone company employee Pearly Ryan Falkville farmer John W Payne Hartselle salesman.
ABC Board Debates New Wine Price List for Stores
Alabama ABC board opened hearings on the new wine price list that goes into effect September 1. Representatives from wine firms seek changes or additions in brands and prices and board members will reconvene Thursday to finalize approval before printing.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
ABC
Bessemer Boy Henry House Signed by Detroit Tigers
Detroit Tigers announce the bonus signing of Henry Frank House Jr. from Bessemer Alabama, said to be the era’s highest bonus with reports up to 75000 dollars. The 18 year old two sport star trained with Birmingham club and impressed at Briggs Stadium before joining Flint Arrows for the season. House will be purchased up from Flint after the 1949 season.
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Detroit Tigers
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Pig) House
Bessemer
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Flint
Mississippi Democrats Endorse Truman Slate Debate
Mississippi Democrats present a slate aligned with Truman and argue the new act lets voters choose which slate to send to the college. They say it offers the people another chance to express their preference.
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Truman
Texans Plan Rights Fight
Texans plan a direct attack on Governor Beau Jester over a proposed statewide referendum on the Presidency. Lloyd Price of Fort Worth says a brief will be drafted for the Democratic states committee meeting on Aug 9 criticizing State Chairman Robert W. Calvert and Rep. Sam Rayburn as disloyal to the state. The anti Truman faction won in three of Texas' four largest county conventions, pushing for a vote on Truman in the Aug 28 runoff primary to decide the delegation to the Democratic Presidential electors.
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Texas
Beauford Jester
Lloyd Price
Fort Worth
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Price
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Hillsboro
House
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Calvert
Jester
Rayburn
Democratic State Committee
Truman
Age Thurmond
South Caroina
Alabama AFL backs Truman in state electors drive
In Birmingham on August 2 the Alabama AFL Labor League for Political Education urged support for President Truman. State Senator Joseph N. Langan leads a campaign to place pro Truman electors on the November ballot as Alabama’s current electors are pledged to Thurmond and Wright. Langan to hold Montgomery meeting August 16 to select a Truman slate. he may seek court action if ballot placement fails.
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Mobile
Alabama
States Rights Democrats
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
AFL
Alabama Labor League For Political Education
Truman
Hugh W. Brown
Birmingham
Largan
Montgomery
Langan
Mrs. McGwire Passes At Albany Ga Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Pettey McGwire will be held at First Christian church in Cullman Tuesday at 2 30 p m with Rev. Tweedy Foster of Florence officiating Interment follows at Decatur city cemetery Drinkard s Brown Service of Cullman is in charge She died of a heart attack at her Albany Georgia home where she lived with daughter Mrs Dorothy Rucker She was a former Decatur resident and sister of City Clerk Joe Pettey Survived by two sons Alvin H McGwire of Atlanta and Frank L McGwire of Greensboro NC one daughter Mrs Rucker seven grandchildren three sisters Mrs M C Keyes Cullman Mrs Kate Owens Rogersville and Mrs Elizabeth Keyes Atlanta and her mother Mrs Mattie Pettey Cullman
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First Christian Church
Cullman
Tweedy Foster
Florence
Decatur City Cemetery
Drinkard
Brown
McGwire
Albany
Dorothy Rucker
Decatur
Joe Pettey
Alvis H. McGwire
Atlanta
Frank L. McGwire
Greensboro
N. C
Rucker
M. C. Keyes
Kate Owens
Rogersville
Elizabeth Keyes
Mattie Pettey
Charles Pogue Dies at 55 in Birmingham
Charles Pogue 55 longtime chief deputy in the Internal Revenue Department died after a long illness. Survived by widow and two daughters Mrs Warren Thrailkill of Gadsden and Raymond Mitchell of Birmingham.
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Charles Pogue
Birmingham
Ala
Internal Revenue Department
Warren Thrailkill
Gadsden
Raymond Mitchell
Birmingam
Budenz details Communist money networks and spy rings
Witness Budenz testifies on how the Communist party funded operations, naming funds from Hollywood, a California faction dispute, and a finance committee. He describes Moscow ties, the threefold party structure, blackmail mechanisms, and training in Moscow. Bentley accuses dozens of officials of passing secrets before denying some affiliations.
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Mich
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Budenz
California
Finance Committee
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Leonel Harris
Wall Street
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Golos
Clarence Derba
Alexander Biddleman
Control Commission
Communist Party
Senate
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Willaim W. Remington
Department of Commerce
Miss Bentley
Remington
Indianapolis
Typhoid Tests Are Positive in Decatur Report
The July monthly report from the Decatur branch laboratory lists specimen counts and positive results. Typhoid cultures show 5 positives out of 114 tests, intestinal parasites 1 of 51, malaria 0 of 158, venereal diseases 93 of 1759, agglutination 10 of 79, diphtheria 0 of 36, and tuberculosis 34 of 255. water 242 samples and milk 151 tested. Rabies treatments numbered 30 with 268 antenuptial certificates issued.
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Decatur
C. C. Johnson
Powers family notes and local hospital updates
Tanner family visits occur as Floyd Powers returns to Seattle after 30 days leave with relatives in Belle Mina. Local residents receive hospital updates for injuries and operations at Decatur General and related clinics, with moves to Trinity and ambulance transfers.
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Seattle
Wash
Irvin Powers
Belle Mina
R .C. McLemore and Son
Decatur General Hospital
Trinity
Congressional debate swirls over inflation and price rises
House and Senate grapple with President Truman anti inflation bids as Rep Spence and Sen McCarthy push testimony on price increases by large firms led by U S Steel. McCabe backs curb on installment buying while Taft and Elsen seek a housing bill compromise and poll tax debate looms.
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D-Ky
House
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Walcott
R-Mich
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Federal Reserve Board
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Paul Porter
Senate
Congress
McCarthy
Wis
GOP
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Truffian
Taft
Ohio
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Mass
Sénate
Wisconsin
Veterans
FHA
Steel freight rate cut urged by U S Steel units
Carnegie Illinois Steel Corp and the American Bridge Co propose a 40 percent cut in railroad freight rates from Pittsburgh to New York and Detroit. U S Steel President Fairless said the request aims to curb diversion of shipments and keep Pittsburgh mills competitive postwar.
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Pittsburgh
New York City
Detroit
U. S. Steel Corp
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
American Bridge Co
U. S. Steel
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Fairless
U. S
New York
United States
Three White Men Charged in Louisville Knifing Crisis
Clayton Alabama Aug 2 three white men Lehman Baker Lloyd Clark and Early Williams were charged with assault with intent to murder after a crippled black man was knifed on a Louisville street. The victim suffered a three inch facial gash and was treated by a doctor. All three men were held on five hundred dollar bonds.
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Ala
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Williams
Louisville
Lehman Baker
Lloyd Clark
Early Williams
Baker
Clark
Czech Immigrant Max Klein Arrives in Mobile to Start Anew
Max Klein, a former Czechoslovak wine maker, lands in Mobile aboard the Aloca Clipper with wife and 17-year-old daughter Alice after a nine year wait. He plans to move to Tucson to rebuild his life and perhaps return to wine making, recalling time in a concentration camp and wartime destruction of his winery.
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Mobile
Ala
Max Klein
United States
Alice
Klein
Tucson
Ariz
Caracas
Venezuela
Allied Ministers Plan Four Power Talks On Germany
Reports from authoritative charters say the Mos cow talks aim to ease the Berlin crisis and establish a basis for future four power discussions. The four powers seek a four power approach potentially at the foreign ministers level on Germany and other issues.
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Berlin
Moscow
Germany
Reds Ready to Talk Business in Berlin Crisis
Western diplomats pushed for a meeting with Stalin after Molotov's Moscow talks as Washington and London considered proposals to end the Soviet blockade of Berlin. Moscow signaled openness to discussions while warning Western Berliners of potential winter restrictions and control over city banks and industry.
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Stalin
London
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Moscow
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U.S
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Frank Roberts
Molotov
Yves Chataigneau
Germany
Europe
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