Britain plans defense boost amid Atlantic Pact effort
Britain announced a plan to raise defense spending to about 9.52 billion dollars over three years if the United States aids the economy. The proposal would add roughly 616 million annually, lifting military outlay to 10 percent of national income and expanding arms production for Atlantic Pact forces. President Truman welcomed the move and urged other pact nations to follow. Netherlands moved to mobilize three divisions to speed defense production.
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London
Britain
America
U.S
State Department
United States
Holland
Truman
Washington
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Heated United Nations debate over Korea war blame
U S delegate Warren R Austin denounced Malik charges as slander while diplomats in the council denounced Malik as false. Malik pressed for a choice between peace and war, with votes defeating his agenda on Nationalist China seating and Soviet resolutions. Panama offered bases and transit, Israel offered aid to U N forces under Gen MacArthur.
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Unitedes
Korea
U. S
Warren R. Austin
Malik
Council
Austin
Soviet Union
Gladwyn Jebb
Jean Chauvel
France
United Nations
India
Yugoslavia
United States
Russia
Egypt
U. N
Panama
Israel
Gen. MacArthur
Alabama calls new special session after late adjournment
The Alabama legislature failed to finish work in special session No. 4 and Gov. James E. Folsom immediately called another session for next Wednesday. Folsom warned he would compel continued sessions if a reapportionment bill was not passed, though time is tight with a November transition ahead.
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Montgomery
Ala
James E. Folsom
House
Senate
Folsom
Secretary of State
Hillsboro Revival Services Set to Start Sunday
Revival services at Hillsboro Methodist Church begin Sunday at 7 30 p m led by Reverend L. Start times will be 10 a m and 7 30 p m each day of the week, continuing through August with evening and morning sessions scheduled.
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Hillsboro Methodist Church
FOR RENT: Nice 5 room house and one room efficiency
For rent a five room house with 112 baths electric heat and insulation. Also one room efficiency and two room upstairs apartments available. Call 1065-W for details.
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Nice
Apt
Giose In
Markets Report From Decatur Farm Prices
Cotton prices mids 36c strict low 34c. Cottonseed per ton 45.00. Broilers 0.25 delivered. Hens heavy 0.18. Hatching eggs 0.80 per dot. New crop yellow corn ear 1.39 shelled 1.45. White corn ear 1.94 shelled 2.00. Corn basis 15 moisture. No 2 new wheat onion free 2.15. No 2 new oats onion free 0.69. Other grains basis 13 moisture.
Wall Street rally gains momentum amid mixed afternoon trading
An afternoon stock market rally on Wall Street shows momentum after an indecisive morning. Many issues move into gains with some up over $1 a share, led by chemical, liquor, and miscellaneous manufacturing stocks.
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New York
Markets at a Glance: Mixed U.S. Commodities and Livestock
Stocks rise in select industries while rails rally slows. Cotton hedging for new crop. Wheat weak as cereals slip. Corn very weak on large forecasts. Oats weak with cereals. Hogs slow and steady down to 24.25 at top. Cattle active but soft.
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Chicago
Two American POWs Executed by North Koreans in Korea
A US medical officer reports North Korean forces killed two wounded American prisoners on the battlefield. Both had hands bound. one was shot in the head and the other bayoneted. Soldiers were tied and killed while being moved to safety near a ridge between lines. Reports note earlier executions of injured GIs and include scattered witness accounts from U.S. personnel. The tale is tied to a wider pattern alleged by frontline dispatches. The text also mentions Mauna Loa's summit height as a separate note.
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O. H. P. King
U.S
Korea
Associated Press
William R. Moore
Kum River
Robert G. Brown
Main St
Greenville
Tenn
Shafter Watts
C. W. Watts
Henry Vannadore
Parker St
Baxley
Sewally
Tellind Claus Cab
Tur Bend
Cpl
Kenneth Mills
Falfurrias, Co
Crump Machine Regains Power In Shelby County
In Memphis voters backed the E. H. Crump political machine in the Democratic primary and general election tests. Rep. Cliff Davis fended off J B McKinney, while Crump-backed candidates won key county and state posts including sheriff attorney general and county officials. S Watkins Overton was returned as mayor with no opposition.
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Memphis, Tenn
E. H. Crump
Shelby County
Crump
Congress
Cliff Davis
J. B. McKinney
Davis
S. Watkins Overton
Shelby
North Koreans Disengage as Pusan Front Holds Strong
Across the central and southern front lines the United Nations forces amid fierce fighting along the Naktong River hold a firm defensive line at Pusan. Allied commands report 45 enemy tanks burned and reinforcements pushing toward Chinju as U S Marines and other units shift to counterattack amid persistent North Korean patrols and air strikes.
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Naktong
Pusan
MacArthur
Chinju
Tokyo
Manchuria
Chongjin
North Korea
Marshalling Yard
Taejon
25Th
Kumchong
24Th
U. S. First Marines
Hawaii
Pian
Hamchang
U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Naktong River
U. S
Wongbun
United Nations
Yongdok
Epithets Fly At House Hearing
At a House lobby committee hearing Rep. Lanham shouted a racial epithet at Civil Rights Congress official William J. Patterson. Capitol policemen restrained Lanham after he advanced on Patterson, the session adjourned, and contempt of Congress may be cited for Patterson's refusal to reveal contributor names.
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Washington
Lanham
D-Ga
William J. Patterson
Civil Rights Congress
House Lobby Investigating Committee
Patterson
Capitol
Justice Department
Georgia
Scottsboro
Benedict F. Fitzgerald Jr
Congress
Fitzgerald
Double slaying shocks Chicago on Northwest Side
In Chicago on August 4 a man and wife were found murdered in their Northwest side home. Andrew Kondos 55 a railroad freight handler and his wife Caroline 51 were shot multiple times. A bloodstained motor tool wrapped in rags was left near the scene. The bodies were discovered by their daughter Lydia Pyka and her husband William Pyka Jr who returned home about 2 30 a m.
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Chicago
Andrew Kondos
Caroline
Kondos
Lydia Pyka
Willian F. Pyka Jr
Pykas
Mobile Fines Hit Jitney Operators During Bus Strike
In Mobile Alabama on August 4 police enforced a segregation law amid a bus strike. Two jitney operators were fined 100 dollars in recorder's court for carrying mixed white and Negro passengers while 100 jitneys operated, following regular routes with fares higher than the strikebound city buses.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile City Lines
Larry Is Held In Auto Case
A Tuscumbia man, Paul Larry, was jailed on auto theft charges for borrowing his father in law Sam Coats 1941 Buick. Larry was arrested in Decatur at 12:48 AM after Athens officers relayed the missing car. Officers J E Simms and O J Price made the arrest.
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Tuscumbia
J. B. Whittmire
Paul Larry
Whitmire
Sam Coats
Larry
Decatur
Athens
J. E. Simms
O. J. Price
Roy Jones Jr
Roy Loveless
J. B. Whitmire
Brady I. Harden
Senators oppose house price control plan and favor flexible timing
Senator Maybank and Senator Sparkman caution against the house amendment. They argue the President should have full discretion on when controls take effect to avoid rapid price increases. They warn the Fulbright idea could still raise prices before the labor department index reflects changes.
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Bright
Mayback
D-S. C
Maybank
Sparkman
D-Ala
Labor Department
Tent Revival To Begin Sunday With Texans Leading Services
A revival begins Sunday at the tent on Eleventh Avenue and Patterson Street in Decatur. Evangelist and Mrs W A Jones of Beaumont Texas will preach nightly. Prayers will be offered for the sick and Mrs Petty will give her testimony.
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Eleventh Avenue
Patterson Street
Decatur
W. A
Beaumont
Texas
Petty
Reece Leads In Tenn. Vote In GOP primary bid for first district
In Tennessee, Carrol Reece led the GOP race in the first district with 29,496 votes to 27,909 for incumbent Dayton Phillips from 27 of 295 precincts. Gov. Gordon Browning won the Democratic nomination with 197,614 to 158,674 for Clifford Allen.
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Nashville
Tenn
Carroll Reece
Congress
Tennessee
Reece
Dayton Phillips
East Tennessee
Ithe
John Jennings, Jr
Howard H. Baker
Baker
Jennings
House Committee
Phillips
Gordon Browning
Browning
Clifford Allen
House backs marketing quotas for cotton 1951 52
The measure would allow quotas if cotton supply exceeds domestic use plus exports, risking a planting race. Western lawmakers oppose the proviso fearing future expansion and larger allotments, while long term ties allotments to average plantings from the prior three years.
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Secretary of Agriculture
House
Morgan County Education Gains Growth and Training Efforts
The Morgan County figure rises to 226 from 216 with improved school attendance. Many teachers attended summer programs to raise qualifications, 17 white teachers hold master degrees and 116 have bachelor's degrees, while 26 negro teachers hold bachelor degrees. Pre school conference brings experts including Will Saunders and Dr Hoyt Brock for consultations.
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Morgan
Will Saunders
Hoyt Brock
E.S. van Cleve
State Department of Education
R. E. Jaggers
Florence
State Teachers College
Kyle Rigsby
U. S. Public Health Service
Walter Jackson
Frances Nungester
Decatur
Garland Smith
Cullman County
John T. Caldwell
Montevallo
Army mobilization totals by region and medical screening
The notice lists six regional army totals with states in each region and the reservists process. Reservists will be tentatively selected for medical exams at nearest facilities, then returned home and ordered to active duty if fit. They will have a grace period from the order date before reporting to training centers.
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Land
New Jersey
Second Army
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Virginia
West Virginia
Delaware Kentucky
Third Army
Georgia
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Mississippi
Florida
Fourth Army
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Fifth Army
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
Sixth Army
California
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
Rites Saturday For Mrs Hollingsworth
Funeral services for Mrs. Hollingsworth are set for Saturday at 11 A M at Mt. Saturdaturday. Sister will conduct the rites. Interment will be in Isom Chapel Cemetery east of Athens. Mutual Service directing. She died at her home 810 Malone Street Athens about 12 30 A M. Surviving are a brother and other relatives.
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Mt. Saturdaturday
Isom Chapel
Athens
Hollingsworth
Malone Street
Ellen
Atheon
Population of Ryukyu Islands Near One Million
The current population of the Ryukyu Islands is slightly under 1,000,000 with more than half living in Okinawa.
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Ryukyu Islands
Okinawa
Elks Lodge to Hold Stag Picnic at Cave Springs
About 200 Decatur Elks members plan their annual stag picnic Saturday at Cave Springs with a 2 noon start. Weather today: 74 degrees at 8 AM and zero rainfall in the last 24 hours. Thursday’s high reached 80 with a 61 degree low. Mrs. James H. Tolley and her sister Mrs. J. T. Miller returned from a month in the Carolinas visiting Lake Junibroka Asheville Hendersonville and Belton. Kathryn McLaughlin of Mamaroneck arrived Friday to visit Mrs. G R McLaughlin and Mr. and Mrs. Jack McLaughlin.
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Decatur Elks Lodge
Cave Springs
TVA
U.S
James H. Tolley
J. T. Miller
Birmingham
Carolinas
Lake Junibroka
Asheville
Hendersonville
Belton
Sieger
Kathryn McLaughlin
Mamaroneck, N. Y
G. R. McLaughlin
Jack McLaughlin
DuPont To Get H Bomb Work
Senator Mahon confirmed a pending contract between the Atomic Energy Commission and DuPont of Wilmington for hydrogen bomb work. The deal aims to advance the hydrogen bomb project with cost reimbursement plus a $1 fee, and should begin within two weeks.
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Washington
Mahon
D-Conn
DuPont Company
Wilmington
Del
Atomic Energy Commission
McMahon
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
Crawford Greenwalt
DuPont Co
Major Policies Are In Making In Far East Decisions
Washington dispatch reports Harriman will confer with General MacArthur in Tokyo on Korea and broader Far East policy. Key topics include the 38th parallel, a final Korean settlement, and Formosa status under U N scrutiny amid postwar tensions.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Tokyo
Truman
W. Averell Harriman
Douglas MacArthur
Harriman
Lauris Norstad
Air Force
Frank B. Lowe
MacArthur
38Th Parallel
United Nations
Korea
United Navas
Op Ngen
United States
U. N
Formosa
Western Pacific
Runaway Locomotive Kills Three Trainmen in Cheyenne
An unmanned locomotive careened eight miles downhill near Cheyenne Wyoming and struck a Diesel switch-engine, killing engineer Albert Chambers fireman Thomas Harris and switch man G R Crago. One injured, switchman S C Statz. Total wreck delayed Union Pacific traffic.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Albert Chambers
Thomas E. Harris
G. R. Crago
C. Statz
Union Pacific
Borie
Sherman Hill
Statz
Defense Guard Divisions May Apply for Draft Deferments
National Guard divisions may seek deferments as several units are called to active duty. Draft Director B Hershey said states receive credit toward future quotas for Guardsmen and reservists activated and men who enlist. Labor and Commerce departments list critical occupations and essential activities with possible revisions, with hardship cases considered but dependents not a grounds for deferral.
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National Guard
Lewis B. Hershey
Stote
Labor Department
Commerce Department
Johnson
Surprise lines mark early battle near headquarters
At dawn American units repelled a fresh Red assault as 600 troops arrived by back road and trucks. The 155mm artillery fired point blank while Americans formed a defense line. Casualties: Reds initially claimed 175 killed but later estimates put Reds at about 600, Americans 16 killed and 44 wounded. The Red commander was identified by a paybook.
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Michaelis
Bosa
Surat
Kosone Seys
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Hillsboro
Arree
Mr.Rich
Wall Street
Mauna Loa
May Lynn Garrett
Hatton High School
Lawrence County
William Garrett
Pege
Mrs. Hollingsworth
DuPont
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