Former Georgia Governor Accused in Bootleg Probe
Atlanta reports the state revenue commissioner's $1,000,000 bootleg case spreading to high levels. Ex Governor M. E. Thompson and other Georgia political leaders are accused of shielding illegal liquor in 131 dry counties during their terms. Present agents C. D. Smith and J. T. Barfield say they were ordered to drop arrests.
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Atlanta
State Revenue Commissioner
M. E. Thompson
Georgia
Moultrie
C. D. Smith
J. T. Barfield
Markets Narrow Range on Wall Street as Prices Hover
New York August 4 The stock market stayed on a narrow price line with few moving more than minor fractions. Gains barely outweighed losses with a list of leaders including Studebaker Packard Douglas Montgomery Ward Deere Columbia Gas and American Telephone among gainers. Major declines or flat moves appeared elsewhere as government bonds fluctuated and key railway issues advanced little.
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New York
Studebaker
Packard
Douglas
Montgomery Ward
Deere
Columbia Gas
American Telephone
Edison
Anaconda Copper
Kennecott
Philps Dodge
Owens-Illinois
N. Y. Central
Union Pacific
Sinclair Oil
Paramount Pictures
RKO
Southside Baptist board to meet Tuesday evening
The board of deacons of the Southside Baptist church will meet Tuesday evening at 7 30 at the church. Charles Dowan Sr of Second Avenue was dismissed this morning from Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Paul Summers of 210 West Moulton Street announce the birth of a son Wednesday at Decatur General Hospital. Paul Barlow of 1013 Wadsworth Street was dismissed this morning from Hamilton Clinic Hospital. Clark Powell, Hamilton Clinic Hospital employee, was admitted yesterday. Miss Coleen George of Tower Avenue was dismissed Wednesday. Mrs Talmadge Ryan of 1508 Thirteenth Avenue East was admitted to Hamilton Clinic Hospital today. Friends will be glad to learn A C Baileys condition is better today. Bailey has been sitting at his home 612 Gordon Drive. Bob Cousar assistant pastor will speak Sunday morning at the First Presbyterian Church on the subject Predestination What It Means To A Christian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Summers
West Moulton Street
Decature General Hospital
A.C. Bailey
Bailey
Gordon
Bob Cousar
First Presbyterian Church
Communist Party witness testifies at Medina trial
In New York on August 4, Samuel J. Hall Jr of Birmingham Alabama testified as a defense witness in the communist conspiracy trial. Judge Harold Medina ruled on permissible questions amid tense courtroom clashes. Hall said he joined the party in 1946 and denied relations to Gus Hall, stressing long Alabama residence and non military or welfare office ties.
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New York
Communist Party
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Harold R. Medina
Samuel J. Hall Jr
13Th Ave
Birmingham
Ala
Medina
Hall
Anniston
Southern Conference of Human Welfare
George W. Crockett Jr
Crockett
Gus Hall
Cleveland
Georgia Governor Accused of Backing Bootleggers in Dry Counties
Atlanta August 1 Georgia officials including Gov M E Thompson were accused of protecting bootleggers who flooded dry counties with illegal whisky A counterfeiting angle was added with State Revenue Commissioner Charles Redwine citing testimony from a former revenue official a special investigator and others Records seized show over 1300 illegal whisky sales worth more than 1000 in six months in 1948 49 seized in an Atlanta raid and 7 cases confiscated Witnesses spoke of a 5 cent per case fee described as a campaign fund The probe names Thompson Rivers Phillips Musgrove Price and other liquor operators and says counterfeit stamps indicate widespread operations</S>
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Mercer G. Bailey
Atlanta
Farmer
M. E. Thompson
Georgia
State Revenue
Charles Redwine
Revenue Department
Redwine
Fulton
Thompson
E. D. Rivers
Glenn Phillips
Downing Musgrove
T. M. Price
Paul Webb
Charles Blaum
cam‘Bn
Simlar Rings
Savannah
Columbus
Albany
Ellen Bishop
Alcohol Control Unit
Braum
Geor&a
Iquor
Phillips
Revenue Commissione
Musgrove
Fayette County
Price
Blaum
Gov. Talmadge
Grains fluctuate in indecision at Chicago close
Chicago August 4 grains moved up and down with wheat up to 1 cent, corn higher by about 1 1/4 cents, oats near flat to up a penny, rye steady to a cent lower, soybeans mixed around 2 1/2 cents, and lard up to 20 cents per hundred pounds. September prices cited for each commodity.
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Chicago
Cotton futures steady as demand supports nearer months
In New York cotton futures gains were led by strong trade demand for nearby October and December with light hedging. Distant months rose on tight quota approval and private crop forecasts averaging about 15.1 million bales, ahead of government estimates. Futures closed 30 to 60 cents higher with several months at new highs.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Nashville Livestock Market Report August
Nashville Tenn August cattle demand steady to weak with 150 head sold. Yearlings 20.00-24.50, cutters 14.00-18.00, cows 14.75-16.00. calves 24.00-26.00 for good heifers, 19.00-23.00 for common. Hogs 500 head with barrows and gilts 22.25-22.50, sows 16.50-17.00. lambs 22.50-23.75, 17.00-21.50 for common lambs. ewes 7.00 and down.
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Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Markets at a Glance From New York and Chicago
Aug 4 reports show Bonas-Higher rails resume rally while cotton stays steady. In Chicago wheat steadies with late-session rally, corn firm amid selling pressure, oats steady with strong cash demand. Hogs steady to 25 cents lower tops at 2325, cattle steady to 50 cents higher with load lots at 27.50.
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New York
Chicago
Senate probes middlemen in government contracts
Investigators indicated that five percenter reports accuse middle men of selling influence with officials to manufacturers seeking contracts. Two Army officers Major General Alden H Waitt and General Herman Feldman were suspended. The probe began after a Massachusetts businessman said he paid Army officer James V Hunt $1,000 for help in obtaining a government contract.
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Ing. Senate
Alden H. Waitt
Herman Feldman
Massachusetts
James V Hunt
Housing program stalls in senate banking subcommittee
A $1.009 billion federal home loan plan, approved by a senate banking subcommittee, faces slim chances this session. Sponsor Senator Spirkman says backers expect full banking committee to take no action until the next session. The measure would let FHA boost guaranteed mortgages for economy homes and includes a direct law provision for up to $1 billion to cooperatives and non profits, but the full committee was expected to kill that.
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Senate Banking
Congress
Spirkman
D-Ala
Federal Housing Administration
Education Democrats Push for Further Discussion on Aid Bill
Four House Democrats urged the labor and education committee to delay action on a federal aid to education bill. Rep Steed of Oklahoma warned he may withdraw support for a administration bill to boost minimum wages if the education measure is not reconsidered. Steed was supported by Reps Sims Jacobs and Perkins Kentucky.
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House
Labor and Education Committee
Steed
Doila
Reps
Sims
DSC
Jacobs
Und
Perkins
Senate votes to sustain Barkiey ruling on farm surplus amendment
Senate roll call shows 52 to 32 in favor of upholding Vice President Barkiey’s ruling that Senator McClellan’s farm surplus amendment to the foreign aid bill constitutes new legislation subject to a point of order. Democrats supporting the ruling include Anderson and Fulbright. Republicans backing it include Lodge and Smith of Maine, with numerous others listed. Pairs announced: Sparkman for and Eastman against.
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Senate
Barkiey
McClellan
D-Ark
Anderson
Byrd
Chapman
Connally
Frear
Fulbright
George
Gillette
Graham
Green
Hayden
Hill
Hoey
Holland
Humphrey
Hunt
Johnson
Tex
Johnston
Fefauver
Kerr
Kilgore
Long
Lucas
Magnuson
McFarland
McGrath
McHahon
Myers
Neely
O Connor
Pepper
Robertson
Taylor
Thomas
Utah
Aiken
Baldwin
Donner
Dutles
Flanders
Gurney
Hendrickson
Ives
Lodge
Morse
Saltonstall
Smith
Maine
N.J
Thve
Tobey
Vdenberg
Wiley
Williams
Chavez
Ellender
Coiro
Maybank
McCarran
McKeller
O'Mahoney
Russell
Stennis
Okla
Brewster
Brickerridges
Butler
Cain
Capehart
Cordon
Edton
Ferguson
Hickenloop R
Jen
Will Wear Named Supply Pastor at Southside Baptist
Rev Will Wear of Moulton has been called by Southside Baptist to supply the pulpit until a new pastor is chosen. The retired minister has preached at Central Baptist in recent weeks and begins duties this Sunday August 7 as arrangements continue.
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Will Wear
Moulton
Southside Baptist Church
Wear
Central Baptist Church
Southside
Father of Local Physician Passes in Danville
Dr. and Mrs. Burt Ellis were summoned to Danville Kentucky by the death of Dr Ellis father. Mr Ellis died yesterday afternoon after four years illness at his home aged about sixty four. He will be buried in Danville Friday. He was a barber and father of four children.
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Burt Ellis
Danville
Ellis
Re E Ellis
Western alliance aims and Prague trials dominate front
The briefing notes Britain and the United States plan to discuss military training with Gen. Omar Bradley Adm. Louis Denfeld and Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg to visit Paris. A Czech army paper reports the priest Alois Fajsl jailed for treason and Vatican excommunication lines draw protests from Rome. Washington eyes arms aid cuts as Seoul reports 6000 border guards and cross border incursions amid Korea tensions.
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Britain
Omar Bradley
Army
Louis Denfeld
Navy
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Paris
Vatican
Prague
Alois Fajsil
Communist Party
Obrana Lida
Rome
Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Truman
State Department
Seoul
South Korea
Truman discusses China policy and economic views
President Truman defends his China policy as informed public opinion guidance and seeks to curb misrepresentation. He notes economic conditions and cautions that wartime excise tax repeal will wait for experts and Congress. He says a Mexico loan remains under consideration and touches on Defense reorganization pending analysis.
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China
Truman
Wall Street Journal
Congress
Mexico
Draft May Die Next June 25
Washington Aug. 4 Senators told Army Secretary Gordon Gray the peacetime draft act will likely die next June 25 unless a defense emergency arises. Chairman Tydings said this followed a secret session with Gray and General J. Lawton Collins. Congress will reconvene next January to consider extension or revision. The act required men 19 through 25 for 21 months. no draft calls have occurred since January as volunteers filled quotas.
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Washington
Army
Gordon Gray
Tydings
D-Md
Armed Services Committee
Gray
J. Lawton Collins
Congress
Armed Services
Prison officials clash over Cotney parole and jail policy
Draper prison warden testified Cotney slept outside prison walls on the reservation and made long distance calls under orders not disclosed. Prison Director Frank Boswell admitted giving Cotney special privileges and temporary parole moves. Reeves urged harsher prison classification and segregation to prevent youths from imitating older inmates. Boswell faces calls for investigation after a penologist accused him of mismanagement. Osborn Foundation Director MacCormick’s letter spurred a potential grand jury probe which Montgomery County Solicitor Seibels did not authorize without a warrant.
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Vic
Mitchell
Pardon-Parole Board
Draper
Cotney
Reeves
Frank Boswell
Clay County
Alabama
Boswell
Paul Meeks
Jefferson County
Austin MacCormick
Osborn Foundation
New York
MacCormick
Montgomery County
Temple Seibels
Seibels
Bill Clearing Way For Cut In Cotton Crop is Speeded
Washington August 4 1950 quick agreement by house and senate to speed to President Truman legislation clearing the way for cotton farmers to slash 1950 acreage. House bill authorizes Secretary of Agriculture to limit plantings to 21 009 000 acres with two thirds farmer approval. Senate already passed similar measure. conference to iron out differences. Pace bill aims to balance production with demand and protect price supports, allowing acreage reductions and referendums while setting wheat and peanut safeguards.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Secretary of Agriculture
Rehouse
Senate Conference Committee
Rep
Pace
Dga
Signs point to stronger business borrowing in fall season
Business leaders show confidence and may resume borrowing to build inventories for fall and Christmas. An official notes the shift could be seasonal, following the July uptick in unemployment to a yearly high of 59,720,000 and concurrent jobless increase, signaling mixed economic signals.
Marvin Frederick Released on Bond
Marvin Frederick aged 24 is free on an appearance bond after waiving a preliminary hearing. He faces grand larceny charges for taking a pistol and a check writer belonging to Olin McBride, with Sheriff C B Humphrey arresting him and Judge W H Long presiding.
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Marvin Frederick
W. H. Long
Frederick
Olin McBride
C. B. Humphrey
Lawmakers At Odds Over Large Budget Bill
Lawmakers labeled today's session a farce as amendments ballooned the bill to 20 million dollars. Two previously cut agencies were restored, including the department of records and reports and the local finance division. Critics warned the spending would invite tax hikes and future political pressure, urging lawmakers to slow down.
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Department of Records and Reports
Finance Department
Strike ends Hawaii dock strike by governor backed plan
Hawaii legislature recessed after backing Gov Ingram Stainback's plea to modify a house bill. Both chambers passed resolutions granting the governor authority to hire workers and set up committees to draft an amendment addressing dock profits and prestrike wages for stevedores. The May 1 strike involved 2,000 SLAW workers seeking a 32 cent hourly raise.
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Hawaii
House
Senate
Ingram M. Stainback
July job figures and home building drive record values
The article notes a seven and a half year high of 4 095 000 000 and 400 000 new job seekers, with about 100 000 finding work and 400 000 not. It also reports record getters in instructional work for July and the year’s first seven months, driven largely by private house building.
Jupiter completes its long solar orbit every 12 years
The planet Jupiter completes a full orbit around the sun once every approximately twelve years. This long cycle reflects its great distance from the sun and slow orbital motion relative to inner planets.
Officials Suspended Over Prisoner Beating Claims
Two officials at the Panama City convict camp, Captain Hollis and guard William Spivey, were suspended after inmates alleged beatings with a rubber hose. Chairman Alfred A. McKethan said the investigation continues and reform is required. Henry F Farrior will temporarily run the camp while the probe proceeds.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Panama City
Alfred A. McKethan
State Road Department
McKethan
Florida
Road Department
J A. Holtus
Wiliam Spivey
Hollis
Henry F Farrior
Chipley
Washington County
Bronson
Pearl McAden
Tampa
Charlie Moon
Millard Caldwell
McAden
Chicago
de Funiak Springs
Local Decatur Businesses and Shops Listed in Directory
A long list of Decatur area businesses appears, including clothing, hardware, drug, jewelry, shoe, cafe, grocery, service stations, theaters, banks, and multiple specialty shops. Notable names include Brittian Clothing, Belk Hudson, Goidel's drug store, J.C. Penney, Woolworth's, and Frazier Machinery, spanning retail, services, and industrial firms.
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Arrow Provisions
Quality
Cooper Wells
Pau Davis
State
Ra Childs
Darteen
Emporium
Samuel's Ladies Shop
Southern Shoe Store
Speake
Warren & Ratliff
Belk Hudson Company
Dillehay’s Drug Company
Watkins & Perry Brill
Red Hargroves
Bank Street
Empire Coal & Coxe Company
Bob Ward
L. E. Moody's
Gem Shoe
Clyde Denson
Chappell's
Harvey's
Union Compress
Clement's
Milam
Cornelian
Alfred’s
Hogan's
R. J. Blankenship
Pan Am
H. L. Nunley
Floyd's
Vinson's
J. T. Nelson
Baker’s Grocery
Mason's
South End
Dean & Britnell
Wood Lumber Company
Napp's
Park's
Savoy Cafe
White Way
Russell Nolan
Shelton’s Home Furnishings Company
Person's Furniture Company
Quality Company
D. A
Texaco
Sctvigg” Station
Police identify man in girl robbery case
Whitmire reports Clark positively identified as the girl robber. Clark, from Pritchard Alabama near Mobile, says he graduated from Murphy High School at fifteen and worked as welder butcher and simplex operator. He is unmarried. Whitmire credits Special Officer Troupe Highway Patrol Capt Thorson Sgt Little and F B I official A M Smith and all on duty for the capture and expects transport to county jail today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitmire
Clark
Pritchard
Ala
Mobile
Murphy High School
Highway Patrol
Thorson
Sgt. Little
State prosecutors outline 12 month plan in dog theft case
Circuit Solicitor George Johnson said charges will be filed and if the defendants stay out of trouble they will be apt pressed in 12 months. Mary Hart accused of involvement in chalk dog thefts from Robert Lakey in June 1948. Charges of grand larceny against James B. Henson were not pressed. Morgan circuit court will resume trial of its criminal docket at dam.
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George Johnson
Mary Harts
Robert Lakey
James B. Henson
Morgan Circuit Court
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U. S
Harry F. Byrd
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Second Avenue
Decatur General Hospital
Paul Barlow
Wadsworth Street
Hamil Clinic
Clark Powell
Hamil Clinic Hospital
Empoyee
Coleen George
Tower Avenue
Slade
Bishop
Nashville Livestock
Southside Baptist
Japport
Perry Co
X. Huston
Perry Memorial
Yokosuka
Commodore Perry
Japan
Frances M. Lemay
W. A. Barnett
Lauderdale County
James E. Folsom
Barnett
Wallace Malone
Houston
Luther Ingalls
Montgomery
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Escambia
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