Heavy Vote Forecast for Tennessee Primary Contests
Tennessee faces heavy turnout in a general and statewide Republican primary across 95 counties. Sen. Tom Stewart faces Kefauver and Judge Mitchell for the Senate while Gov. Jim McCord seeks a third term against Gordon Brown, with Crump backing McCord and Mitchell amid Shelby County influence.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Tom Stewart
Senate
Estes Kefauver
Chattanooga
John” A. Mitchell
Cookeville
Jim McCord
Gordon Browning
Chancery
James
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Grinmp
Memphis
Shelby County
Crump
McCord
Mitchell
Kefauver
Gene Cast
Hearing on Soviet spying centers on Silvermaster denial
Russell says Silvermaster was viewed as an underground communist agent around 1920 and lists him as a party member in various agencies. Silvermaster denies charges and claims he sought only review of his case by Currie through his lawyer. Mundt says committee aims to reveal the full Soviet spying story with Hiss testifying next.
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Currie
New York State
Silvermaster
Patterson
Communist Party
War Artment
Ussell
Russell
OGUP
Seattle
San Francisco
13Th Naval District
FBI
Mundt
Alger Hiss
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Chambers
Hiss
Washington
Secretary of
State Marshall
Miss Bentley
Robert E. Stripling
Elizabeth JT. Bentley
Farmers Meeting Set at Mt Zion Thursday Night
A farmers meeting will be held at Mt Zion church Thursday night at 7 30. The agenda includes milk and soil conservation. Carnation Milk representatives will discuss production and operation policies.
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Mt. Zion
Carnation Milk Com Bl
Market Gains Narrowly On Light Demand In Wall Street
Stock prices edged higher today as modest demand lifted leading issues by fractions to just under 3 points. Rail and steel groups led gains while trading was slow, with about 800000 shares volume. Richfield Oil General Motors U S Steel Bethlehem Steel and Dow Jones components rose on dividend news for Wesson Snowdrift and more while Caterpillar and J S Gypsum fell.
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New York
Richfield Oil
Standard Oil
N.J
Mission Corp
Illinois Central
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
Woolworth
Douglas Aircraft
Phelps Dodge
Westinghouse Electric
Philip Morris
American Woolen
Dupont
Wesson Oil & Snowdrift
Caterpillar Tractor
J. S. Gypsum
Markets at a Glance New York and Chicago Aug 4
Stocks higher as light buying lifts sentiment. Bonds irregular rails mixed. Cotton easier on hedge selling. Wheat easy unsettled by corn weakness. Corn weak with new seasonal lows and record crop forecasts. Oats lower with corn. Hogs steady and up to 50 cents higher at $31.50, cattle steady to 75 cents lower at $40.85.
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New York
Chicago
North Georgia live poultry market steady with mixed weights
USDA notes a steady North Georgia live poultry market with demand steady and supplies moving orderly. Outside truckers increase due to prevailing prices, weights mostly 2.1 to 2.65 pounds, few heavier lots. Fryer prices at farm pickup Tuesday afternoon and this morning show New Hampshire Reds 33 to 34 cents and Barred Rock Crosses 31.5 to 33.5 cents, mostly 32 to 33.5 cents.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Thange
F.o.b
New Hampshire
Nashville Livestock Market Report August Cattle Hogs Sheep
Nashville Tennessee August cattle stayed near steady with cann ers and cutters weaker while calves good to choice weighed 25.00 to 31.00 and hogs mostly steady with top 29.25 for 190 to 230 pound barrows and gilts. Sheep remained steady with good and choice spring lambs 25.50 to 28.00 and ewes 8.00 to 20.00 locally reported.
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Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Grain futures slip to new low as rains dampen demand
Chicago markets report corn sliding to seasonal lows amid rain across Illinois and nearby states. Wheat, corn, oats and rye all finish lower on the day with declines ranging from fractions to fractions and soybeans trading narrowly around $2.66 to $2.67 for November futures.
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Chicago
Ilinois
New York Cotton Futures Fall Sharply After Session
Cotton futures in New York on Aug 4 closed 5 to 40 cents per bale lower than the prior close. Prices for Oct through July contracts ranged from about 31.17 to 32.70 as trading showed broad weakness with middling spot at 33.00.
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N.Y
New York
Convicts Used To Pull Plow At Kilby Prison
State Prison Director Frank Boswell testified before a prison conditions committee that Kilby inmates pulled plows behind mules as voluntary labor. He noted some Kilby prisoners had wired to plows and that Atmore had used convicts for strawberry prep in a prior era. He alleged narcotics smuggling by relatives and some officials and said several employees were fired.
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Montgomery
Ala
Frank Boswell
Kilby
Boswell
Alabama
W.L
Doc) Martin
Greene County
Martin
Amore
Atmore
Army Recruits Five More Here
The Decatur Army recruiting station announced five enlistments from the Tennessee Valley area. Calvin C. Berry of Town Creek 2 joins Engineer Corps unassigned. Jodie T. Easterling of 410 W. Church Street enters the 11th Airborne division in Japan. Bruce Johnson of Somerville 2 signs for the Air Forces. Homer L. Jones of Red Bay joins the Air Force. Cornel M. Stephenson of Leoma becomes a husband and joins the Army. Stephenson is a World War II veteran who served in Europe.
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Tennessee Valley
Decatur
Calvin C. Berry
Chester Berry
Town Creek
Engineer Corps
Jodie T. Easterling
R. E. Davis
W. Church Street
11Th Air Borne Division
Japan
Bruce Johnson
I. B. D. Johnson
Somerville
Homer L. Jones
John L. Jones
Red Bay
Cornel M. Stephenson
Ruth Stephenson
Leoma
Tenn
Stephenson
Europe
McRae Agency In New Home On Bank Street
Knox McRae will operate a Hudson automobile agency in a remodeled portion of the Bank Street hotel building at Church and Bank Streets. The business aims to open around September 1 with a used car lot adjoining on the Bank Street side. The agency will handle sale and service of Hudson vehicles. the premises previously housed Farm Industries. An earlier Hudson agency in Decatur operated by Pride Motor Company was discontinued about a year ago.
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Bank Street
Church and
Bank Streets
Hudson Automobile Agency
Knox McRae
McRae
The
Daily Today
Hudson
Hudsons
Farm Industries
Hudson Agency
Decatur
Pride Motor Company
Republicans Target Virginia In Dewey Campaign Push
Democratic leaders fear Truman supporters may spark a three way race in November. Governor Dewey polled 38 percent in Virginia in 1944. Victor Johnston heads the GOP volunteer division planning Dewey-Warren clubs to mobilize independents in Virginia and other Southern states and the North.
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Page One
Virginia
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
GOP
Roosevelt
Victor Johnston
National Committee
Johnston
James H. Hansley Rites Set Thursday
Funeral services for James Henry Hansley 70 of Athens I will be held Thursday at 1 PM at Piney Chapel with Rev Fudge presiding. Burial will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery under Mutual Service direction. Hansley died this morning at his residence. He is survived by his widow two sons Joe of Athens and Walter of Louisville Ky three daughters Mrs WL Vinson of Athens Mrs James Jacobs of Athens and Mrs W BR Griffin of Louisville Ky
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James Henry Hansley
Athens
Piney Chapel
Fudge
Oak Grove Cemetery
Sar Hansley
Joe
Walter
Louisville
W .L. Vinson
James Jacobs
W. BR. Grifin
Revival to Begin at Forrest Chapel Services
Revival services start Sunday at Forrest Chapel with an 11 am sermon by the pastor. Daily sessions follow at 1:30 am and 7:30 pm, with a 7:00 pm young people's service. Evangelist James K Rodger will preach at 2730 as church urges prayer for a ingathering of souls.
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Forrest Chapel
Young Peoples
James K- Rodgere
Thurch
Danubian Talks and a Communist Cook at Belgrade
DeWitt Mackenzie reports on the Belgrade conference where Soviet pressure aims to grant Danubian states exclusive control of the Danube. UK and US resist what they call domination by Russia and its allies, fearing loss of free navigation and Western trade.
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Danube
Europe
Black Forest
Germany
Black Sea
Belgrade
America
Britain
France
Russia
Ukraine
Bulgaria
Romania
Yugoslvia
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Andrei
Vishinsky
Charles Peake
Itate
United Kingdom
Peake
Berlin Sees No Final Accord at Moscow Meeting
Berlin believes no final agreement was reached in Moscow though view exchanges with Stalin suggest a possible compromise. The blockade may lift when the four powers fix a date for a new Big Four meeting, now expected to occur.
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Berlin
Moscow
Stalin
People’s Council
Communist People's Congress
Western
Germany
People's Council
Worgen's
Mid-Week Nazarene Church Service Moves to Tonight
Church of the Nazarene at 510 Seventh Avenue West changes midweek prayer to Wednesday at 7:30 PM. Pastor Rev. J F Dunlap invites parishioners to study the church manual and Nazarene doctrine, origins, and government tonight.
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Church of the Nazarene
Seventh Avenue West
J. F. Dunlap
Manuel
Church of the Nazareng
Mrs. Lavola Smith To Speak At Mid-Week Service
Mrs. Lavola Smith will be the speaker Thursday at the Church of God in Austinville. The pastor serves as chairman. Good public interest is reported in the mid-week service and the invitation stands for all.
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Lavola Smith
Church of God In
Austinville
Somerville Church of God
Somerville
Thelma Quinn
New Albany
Ind
Six Agricultural and Industrial Projects Funded by Southern Research Institute
Birmingham August 4 Six projects are launched with Institute funds to boost the Southern regional economy. The six cover low cost housing with a basic dwelling unit costing about 900 to build. wood treatment to reduce humidity damage. sweet potato storage improvements. peanut storage to prevent spontaneous heating. new products from resins for plastic coatings. and methods to prepare large timbers for preservative treatment. Chairman Thomas W. Martin cites added value from private projects and potential indirect benefits from better resource use.
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Birmingham
Southern Research Institute
Thomas W. Martin
Martin
South
Convict Tries Three Ways to Die at Kilby Prison
A middle aged white inmate at Kilby Prison in Montgomery Alabama Herman L White about 40 of Jefferson County attempted suicide by setting fire to his cell slashing his wrists and arms and hanging himself with a bed sheet. Guards freed him after prisoners jammed the cell lock and cut him down he was hospitalized in fair condition and expected to live.
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Montgomery
Ala
Tennyson Dennis
Kilby
Herman L. White
Jefferson County
White
Dennis
Death Claims Geo W. Lindsay
George W. Lindsay 75 of Athens 3 died Tuesday in Birmingham from a heart attack at his daughter’s home. The body arrived in Athens and funeral arrangements will be announced by Spry's of Athens. He is survived by his wife two sons four daughters a brother a sister seventeen grandchildren and three great grandchildren. He was a long time member of the Methodist church.
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George W. Lindsay
Athens
Birmingham
Spry’s
Lindsay
Burrell Barksdale
John C
Jack
James H. Cole
B. F. Lambert
Eugene Pike
Huntsville
Wes Lindsay
Texas
R. E. Franklin
Mexico
The
Methodist Church
Marriages and Deeds Listed in Daily Records
Marriage notices: Billy Joe Collins age 17 of Hartselle wed Lee Marie Rodgers age 17 of Hartse. Deeds: Charles Hugh Parker to Newton B. Powell for 7500 dollars. W. L. Pratt to Forrest E. Burleson for 200 dollars. L. E. Sate to A. W. Kean for 1600 dollars.
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Billy Joe Collins
Hartselle
Lee Marie Rodgers
Hartse
Charles Hugh Parker
Newton B. Powell
W. L. Pratt
Forrest E. Burleson
L. E. Sate
A. W. Kean
Three-Wold Races Dictate Tight Congressional Battles
In three states incumbents held easy paths or led, but Missouri seventh district saw Republican Dewey Short face stiff opposition from Quentin Haden before victory. Kansas third district had Herbert A. Meyer barely ahead of Thomas D. Winter as two-thirds results came in. Virginia saw vacancy after J Lindsay Almond’s resignation with Mayor Clarence G. Burton winning in Lynchburg while all other primaries were Democratic except Virginia eighth district where Republicans drew far fewer votes.
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James P. Hart, Jr
Roanoke
Dewey Short
Quentin Haden
Missouri
Kansas
Herbert A. Meyer
Thomas D. Winter
Virginia
J. Lindsay Almond
Clarence G. Burton
Lynchburg
Mississippi Democrats Endorse Thurmond Wright Ticket
Mississippi's Democratic convention in Jackson pledged nine electoral candidates to the Thurmond Wright ticket and endorsed the Philadelphia walkout. Governors Thurmond of South Carolina and Wright of Mississippi were nominated for president and vice president as the state reaffirmed its states rights educational campaign and asked candidates to declare support for states' rights plans. A faction of 18 students opposed to states' rights spoke amid boos, while others urged party unity and national cooperation.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Thurmond Wright
Philadelphia
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding L. Wright
Democratic Party
Birmingham
Congress
George Maddox
Millsaps College
McComb
Hardy Clark
Natchez
Vanderbilt University
Clark
Thomas E. Dewey
Picket line tensions rise at Univis plant incident
Wernstaff urged federal action for fair treatment of Univis workers as police detained Hiram Payne a 22 year old veteran from the line. Two additional pickets Bruce Van Winkle and Martha Woodie alleged mistreatment. About 1,400 Guardsmen patrol the plant area while four men near a machine gun watch from the roof. Some 250 workers left the plant unmolested as union activity continues amid the standoff.
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United States of America
Univis
Herbert
Wernstaff
Hiram Payne
Bruce van Winkle
Martha Woodie
N Plant
Local Notices and Church Revivals Across North Alabama
Social updates list visitors and travels including Miss Jacqueline Johnson and others in Birmingham, trips to Virginia and Washington DC, and guests in Tampa. Religious events cover revival meetings at Sulphur Springs Baptist Hillsboro and Hillsboro Baptist tent meeting with Rev. Steadham and Rev. Wells, plus a Central Methodist prayer meeting with a film. Community happenings note hospital transfers, births, tonsillectomy, and Kiwanis barbecue plans at Delano Park.
Trial ends with verdict in shooting case at noon
The jury returned a verdict after witnesses testified at 11 45 A. M. Testimony for the state included Mrs W L Eubanks Melvin Wimberly Sheriff C B Humphrey Deputies Nuby and Kirkpatrick Appearing for the defense were H Grady George Buddy Berry and Quinton Stewart A statement by Campbell admitting presence with Moore and Wimberly during the shooting was read with the defendant’s consent Norris bar shot during a December 30 armed robbery attempt and was found dead with a .38 pistol in his hand Virgil Wimberly was shot in the right shoulder during the affray
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Argum
W. L. Eubanks
Melvin Wimberly
C. B. Humphrey
Nuby
Kirkpatrick
H. Grady
George
Buddyerry
Quinton Stewart
Campbell
Moore
Wimberly
Norris
Seine
Virgil Wimberly
Probe Ordered Of Paty Case In Georgia University System
Georgia's Board of Regents appointed a committee to investigate the arrest and conviction of University System Chancellor Raymond R. Paty on driving while intoxicated charges. Paty submitted his resignation. the board did not yet act on it. Regent Sandy Beaver pressed for Paty’s firing amid concerns over campus discipline.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Board of Regents
University Systems
Raymond R. Paty
Sandy Beaver
Gainesville
Dr. Paty
Paty
Beaver
Taft Wolcott push anti inflation plan in Congress
Taft and Rep. Wolcott outline moves to tighten bank credit by raising reserve requirements for deposits and bank notes and possibly reimpose time payment buy ing curbs. Details of housing bill to be settled at banks committee meeting.
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Taft
Rep. Wolcott “R-Michy
House Banking Committee
Senate
Wolcott
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Truman
House
Federal Reserve
Petition Aims liquor referendum in Etowah County
A petition asking for a liquor referendum in Etowah County has been filed with Probate Judge Frank A. Reagan. The signers are being checked for enough qualified voters to trigger an election before September 17. Legal sale of alcohol is barred in Etowah.
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Gadsden
Ala
Etowah County
Frank A. Reagan
Reagan
Etowah
Birmingham Police Chief Defends States Rights Heritage
Birmingham Police Commissioner Eugene Bull Connor said the champions of states rights protect free democracy. He spoke to the North Birmingham Merchants Association after walking out of the Democratic National Convention with half the Alabama delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Eugene
Bull) Connor
Connor
Alabama
North Birmingham Merchants Association
Pleads Guilty in Taxi Driver Murder Case
A 25 year old man Char lie Smith pleaded guilty in Mobile to the murder of a Mobile taxi driver. He was bound over to the Mobile county grand jury without bond after arraignment before City Judge Will M Bekurs in a heavily guarded courtroom.
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Mobile
Charlie Smith
Mobile County Grand Jury
Will M. Bekurs
Raineys Beauty Shop Hosts Annual Picnic at Het Field Lake
Raineys Beauty Shop staff and Rainey’s beauty academy students will attend a picnic this afternoon at Het Field Lake. The event follows a Friday evening meeting at 7:30 in the Masonic temple with Tennessee Valley members urged to attend.
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Catur
Masonic Temple
Tennessee Valley
Rainey’s Beauty Shop
Second Avenue
E. Vine Street
Rainey’s Beauty Academy
Hetfield Lake
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Geo W. Lindsay
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Mrs. W. F. Bush
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Bagh and Wiley Clinic
First Presbyterian Church
W. W Glass
Kirby Memorial Chapel
Wheeler Highway
Here
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Muscle Shoals Association
F. A. Steadham
Hillsboro
Hillsboro Baptist Church
Donald W. Wells
Pollard Baptist Church
Ashland
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Mary Helen Lyle
Smoky Mountains
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Decatur General Hospital
Maple Street
Brown's
Joe Henderson
Jackson Street
Baugh and Wiley Clinic
Tennessee Valley Livestock Coliseum
Courtland Road
North Alabama
Buna
Gijson Bea Conarie
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Delano Park
Fred Hunt
Jerry Brooks
W. Moulton
Dorothy Winning
Robert B. Hudson
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Prospect, Tenn
George Wells
Wadsworth
T. L. Trussell
Sycamore
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Logan
Clyde Miller
George A. Rice
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Order of White Shrine of Jerusalem
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