Truman Returns to Independence for Home Vote Frenzy
President Truman arrived in Independence to a home-coming reception as he campaigns in the Fifth District Democratic primary. James Pendergast backs Enos Axtell with CIO PAC support against Rep. Rog Slaughter, while Jerome Walsh aligns with Slaughter. Truman’s mother, Martha Truman, greeted him after landing from Washington aboard the Sacred Cow.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Independence
Harry S. Truman
Jackson County
North
Delaware Street
James Pendergast
Kansas City
Roger C. Slaughter
Pendergast
Enos Axtell
Cio-Political Action Committee
Jerome Walsh
Slaughter
Truman
Axtell
House Rules Committee
Grandview
Martha E. Truman
Ireland seeks United Nations membership in world body
Ireland applied for UN membership by cable from Prime Minister Eamon De Valera saying Ireland is prepared to accept UN Charter obligations. Iceland was expected to follow. Albania Outer Mongolia Afghanistan and Trans Jordan pending. The membership committee debates voting process as Albania advances.
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Larry Hauck
New York
Ireland
United Nations
World Agency
Eamon de Valera
Iceland
Albania
Outer Mongolia
Afghanistan
Trans-Jordan
Security Council
de Valera
Great Britain
U N
U. S
Russia
Norwood Rites Set At 3 This Afternoon
Funeral services for Rev. Rufus Norwood 77 will be held at 3 this afternoon at South Side Baptist Church. Surviving are three daughters Mrs Lulu Macouch Falkville Mrs M J Turner Decatur and Mrs F F Blankenship Arkansas and a son W F Norwood with pallbearers listed. Burial follows at the city cemetery Mutual Service directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Norwood
Seventh Avenue East
Sid Berry
Floyd Parker
Southside Baptist Church
Lulu Macouch
Falkville
M. J. Turner
Decatur
F. F. Blankenship
Probe Demands Review Of War Freight Rates
Senator Taylor of Idaho urged a Senate war investigating committee to probe military freight charges he calls excessive. He accuses railroad officers with wartime ties of negotiating favorable rates with former and future employers, potentially depredations on the national treasury.
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Washington
Taylor
Idaho
Armed Services
Senate War Investigating Committee
National Treasury
Mead
Records and Deeds in Morgan County Highlights Transfers
A compiled list shows numerous property transfers in Morgan County, detailing grantors, grantees, and sale prices. Transactions include individuals and entities such as Realty Investment Co., Decatur Homes Inc., First Federal Savings and Loan Assn, and Gregg Chevrolet Co. with amounts ranging from $50 to $6,900.
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Morgan County
Oneace Dean Harwell
Johnnie Hudson Aycock
W. L. Roberson
M. D. Whitworth
George Street
John Rainey
Josh Wright
George Stephenson
James Howell Stephenson
Lucy Straughter
Ernest Edward Straughter
G. C. McRae
W. R. Rogers Jr
Wilby M. Rogers
Murray O. King
Realty Investment Co
Howard B. Hovis
B. C. Shelton
Therold D. Franklin
State of Alabama
L. C. Henkel
O. M. Willoughby
W. H. Drinkard
Thorold D. Franklin
Mary V. Cross
R. L. Phillips
Willie Brake
Hubert Lynch
H. R. Leeman
Raymond C. Hamilton
J. W. Mitchell
R. M. Mitchell
Mary Mitchell
F. A. Reid
Coleman Taylor
Ruby Putman
Mary Thornhill
Marcus C. Smith
Roselawn Cemetery Assn
C. N
R. G. Ward
Jewel Brown
W. T. Ratliff, Jr
Lucille Brown
Carl Sykes
W. R. Crow Jr
Bettie G. Crow
Estella Hampton
City of Decatur
Charles E. Black
Joseph Delmore
Decatur Homes Inc
Cecil D. Bartlett
First Federal Savings and Loan Assn
S. H. Lamon
Earl W. Lamon
W. E. Sherman
Herschel E. Sherman
J. E. Sparkman
Kermit Bell
Herbert Stephenson
Hilda S. “Ry
Hilda Terry
J. A. Thorhill
Orville Drain
Decatur
Carl Slayton
Ace
H. O. Holmes
D. Hallman
Price Ervin Robbins
Home Co
Hill Ferguson Jr
O. L. Pitt
W. H. Thompson
B. F. Wear, Jr
H. L. Wood
R. Rogers
James O. Couch
Troy B. Murray
F. Dawson Lile
James A. Doane
Lawrence County Marriage Licenses and Deeds Report
Lawrence County lists marriage licenses for David Howard Reeves to Mary Christine Smith and several others along with multiple property transfers. Notable deeds include Laura D. Smith et al to D. A. Norton for $8,000 and Dee Gillespie to Hilliard Lackey for $2,000 with other transfers ranging from $100 to $3,500.
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Lawrence County
David Howard Reeves
Hillsboro
Ala
Mary Christine Smith
Courtland
Coy H. Waldrop
Tuscumbia
Ella Mae Berryman
Town Creek
Willis Glen Tapscott
Trinity
Juanita Doris Johnson
John Thomas Shelton
Baby Ruth Abred
Alvis Warren
Houston
Per Francis Smith
Birmingham
Russell Alvin Reeves
Kalamazo
Mich
Iva Mae Tucker
Deeds Dee
Mary Gillespie
Hilliard Lackey
Laura D. Smith
D. A. Norton
Co. J. Key
Lloyd Campbell
Hilliard
Ola Lacky
Dee Gillespie
L. P
Iola Montgomery
C. M. Montgomery
J. M. Dotson
Huett Dotson
Grady L. Young
W. T. Freeman
W. R. Green
Selma Trust and Savings Bank One
N. Hampton Adm
Train collision near New York claims two engineers
Two Long Island Railroad trains collided head on near New York City injuring more than twenty people. The passenger engine operator Daniel Wattawa of Ozone City was severely injured and amputations were required to free him from the wreck.
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Port
Washington
WN. Y
Long Island Railroad
New York City
Daniel Wattawa
Ozone Aemeg
Threat Against President Truman Revealed to Grand Jury
A self styled executioner who threatened the life of President Truman awaits grand jury action. Secret Service disclosed no identification or clues to location. The information concerns the would be assassin of the Chief Executive.
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Washington
Truman
Secret Service
Surplus Nails Sent to Veterans Housing Program
Fifty eight tons of surplus nails at Conley's Army general depot in Atlanta declared surplus June 4 will be transferred to the Federal Public Housing Authority for future construction of veteran houses, said George Lawson WAA regional counselor.
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Atlanta
Conley
Army General Depot
Federal Public Housing Authority
George Lawson
WAA
Secret Service Fiscal Year Activity Report Summary
A government report outlines the Secret Service activities conducted during the past fiscal year, detailing protective missions, investigations, staffing changes, and budget utilization across agencies and field offices. It notes operational highlights and compliance measures.
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Secret Service
Two Men Confess to Robbery of H. L. Kirby Store
City police report confessions from William Sullivan and Andrew Kirby admitting to the burglary of H. L. Kirby store on 9th Avenue East Thursday night. Chiefs Whitmire, and patrolmen Hunter and Parker led the investigation. goods including cigarettes and candy were recovered. Both suspects were jailed in Morgan County on burglary charges.
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William Sullivan
Andrew Kirby
H. L. Kirby
9Th Avenue East
J. B. Whitmire
Whitmire
W. C.hunter
W. H. Parker
Hunter
Parker
Sullivan
Kirby
Morgan County
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