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Partly cloudy this afternoon and Saturday with scattered thundershowers and gentle to moderate southeast winds along the coast. Admitted to Baugh Wiley clinic are Mrs J M Hightower and Mrs James E Sharp. Roy Austin admitted Thursday. Birth announced at Hamill Clinic Hospital for Paula Cheri Summers. Freeman Turner discharged from Hamill Clinic Hospital. Roy Poff of Pryor Motor Company nursing a broken hand from a fall. Revival at Northside Baptist Church reports 11 decisions for Christ. Local 4-H club camp attendees named. Sunday services planned at Northside and Madison churches. Bible class at St Johns Episcopal Sunday 10 a.m. Pamela Keyes admitted to Decatur General Hospital. Dismissals from Decatur General include Mrs Noah Adcock and J Robert Powers. Five people tried in recorder’s court this morning on various charges. Weekend visitors from Memphis. See DIARY on Page 2.
Continuing Post As Prison Chief Urged by Group
MONTGOMERY Aug 5 The legislative committee probing Alabama prisons urged the director’s post be made a continuing job not tied to four year terms but left to a sub committee to decide how. Bills in both houses would shift prison control from the governor to a board. The panel also urged a proper classification system segregation of prisoners development of prison industries employment and rehabilitation of convicts.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Talmadge Promises Probers In Georgia Liquor Ring
Gov Herman Talmadge said that members of a state protected bootleg liquor ring may face the penitentiary as he vowed to use all state resources to prosecute and convict the guilty. He linked former Gov Ellis Arnall to the probe and charged Thompson was pressured by Arnall and Rivers to replace the revenue commissioner.
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Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
M. E. Thompson
Georgia
Talmadge
Ellis Arnall
Thompson
Arnall
Man Hunted in Rape Attempt in Madison South Carolina
MADISON S C Aug 5 More than 200 armed men combed the hills around the town in search of a tall black man accused by Sheriff Eddie Weathers of attempting to rape a white woman. The assailant entered a home, demanded money, and the resident armed with an ice pick and a rifle repelled him. The man fled. a third shot may have wounded him. The search continued with Oconee and Georgia officers assisting.
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Madison
S. C
South Carolina-Georgia
Eddie Weathers
Weathers
Oconee County
Georgia
Sawyer Invited To Deliver Talk To Legislators
Rep Earl McGowin of Butter county announced that Sawyer was invited to speak before legislators. The Secretary is scheduled to be in Birmingham next week, offering a potential chance for lawmakers to meet him.
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Sawyer
Earl McGowin
Butter County
Birmingham
U S Embassy Guarded as Paris Plans Security for Protest
Paris August 5 two thousand police and soldiers in full battle gear guarded the U S embassy to block a communist protest against Atlantic pact talks. Military chiefs from the United States and France held talks on Western European defense as officials in London hinted France Britain Canada and the U S would join a supreme defense council for the Atlantic alliance.
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Paris
Place de la Concorde
United States
Fontainebieu
U. S. Air Force
Hoyt Vandenberg
French War Ministry
Vandenberg
France
Europe
Atlantic Defense Council
London
Britain
Canada
Supreme Defense Council
Atlantic Alliance
GOP Chairman Takes New Job
Washington August 5 A split Republican National Committee installed Guy G Gabrielson of New Jersey as chairman at a tight five vote margin over Axel Beck of South Dakota The 58 year old lawyer industrialist pledged neutrality between presidential and congressional candidates He succeeds Rep Hugh D Scott Jr of Pennsylvania a Dewey supporter who replaced Taft ally Carroll Reece Tennessee and continues the party’s shifting leadership.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Guy G. Gabrielson
New Jersey
Gabrielson
Axel J. Beck
South Dakota
Congress
Hugh D. Scott Jr
Pennsylvania
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Taft
Dewey
Carroll Reece
Tennessee
Truman Nominates Voorhees to Under Secretary of the Army
President Truman nominated Tracy S. Voorhees for promotion from assistant secretary to Under secretary of the Army. He also named Archibald S. Alexander, a 948 Democratic candidate for senator from New Jersey, to be Secretary of the Army.
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Washington
Truman
Tracy S. Voorhees
Archibald S. Alexander
New Jersey
Trimmed Down Appropriations Bill Is Passed
The Alabama House passed a general appropriations bill trimmed about 10 percent from current figures by a 92 to 4 vote after defeating two amendments to boost funding. Several amendments to raise hospital and girls training school funding were rejected. The measure largely matches a prior committee version, with 17 economy bills delayed and Governor Folsom’s executive amendments debated. Senate action included overriding a veto on related bills and plans for a two week recess.
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Montgomery
Ala
House of Representatives
A. K Callahan
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
State Training School
Morgan County
Norman Harris
House
James E. Folsom
Administration
E. L. Roberts
Etowah
State Revenue Department
Revenue Department
Senate
Rules Committee
Henderson
Senate Finance and Taxation Committee
Lee
Bee Line North May Be Used at Times Report
Mrs. Marie Tucker of the Decatur AAA says U. S. 31 from Ardmore to Pulaski may be usable before official opening. Work on the shoulders continues and motorists are warned to travel at their own risk. The Ardmore Pulaski stretch is part of the North South Bee Line highway and could save about 25 miles from Decatur to Nashville.
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Ardmore
Pulaski
Marie Tucker
Decatur Aaa
Decatur
Nashville
Tucker
Rent Decontrol Act Becomes Alabama Law
A legislative act abolishing rent controls in Alabama became law without the governor’s signature after the state supreme court ruled the governor could not return the bill once the house had adjourned. The measure removes rent ceilings statewide on May 10, 1950, despite Governor Folsom’s executive amendment attempt. Norman Harris, Morgan County, supported the act and the court found the governor’s constitutional right to return expired with the recess.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Supreme Court
House
Senate
James E. Folsom
Folsom
Harris
Norman Harris
Morgan County
Administration
Supreme Court
Administration Revises Arms Aid Legislation
Washington Aug 5 The administration rewrote its foreign arms aid bill trimming broad presidential discretion while keeping first year funding at 1.45 billion dollars. Senate and House committee leaders Connally and Kee introduced the revised measure directing aid to North Atlantic pact nations Greece Turkey Iran Korea and the Philippines. Critics urge deep cuts though Truman and the State Department oppose削.
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Washington
Truman
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kee
D-W Va
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Korea
Philippines
Tito Warns of Provocations as Yugoslav Troops Stand Ready
Belgrade dispatch reports Marshall Tito declaring a state of alert for Yugoslav troops to guard against provocations by Soviet-dominated neighbors. He cited clashes in Macedonia and said Yugoslavia would defend Marxism-Leninism even against its Western-friendly critics, while insisting he would not abandon socialism.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshall Tito
Tanjug
Macedonia
Balkan
Bulgaria
Albania
Greece
Tito
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
Red Army
Moscow
Skoplje
Cowhand's Six Gun Slays Rodeo Judge and Bystander
BIG SPRING Texas Aug 5 Bullets from a cowhand s sixgun killed a rodeo judge and an onlooking college student last night Herb Frizzell Brahma bull rider from Beaumont ignored about 2500 spectators when he shot Judge Henry Preston Buck Jones of Ranger at close range and then killed Carl C Myers 23 of Abilene president of the Hardin Simmons University Rodeo Association Frizzell was subdued by former Howard County Sheriff Jess Slaughter and jailed by Sheriff Bob Wolfne The shooting followed an earlier argument and left Jones dying in the arena Myers died of a thigh wound during hospital treatment while witnesses disagreed on the number of shots
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Big Spring
Texas
Herb Frizzell
Beaumont
East Texas Line
Henry Preston
Buck) Jones
Ranger
Jones
Carl C. Myers
Abilene
Hardin-Simmons University Rodeo Association
Slaughter
Frizzell
Cal Myers
New County
Wolf
Myers
Eleanor May Meet Cardinal in Spat Over Aid to Private Schools
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt says she is willing to meet Francis Cardinal Spellman to discuss differences over federal aid to parochial and other private schools. She noted Mayor O'Dwyer’s call for reconciliation and urged Spellman to propose the meeting. The dispute arose after Spellman accused her of anti-Catholicism, which she denied while opposing public funds for sectarian schools.
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New York City
Roosevelt
John K. Norton
Columbia University
National Education Association
Fort Walton Kid Burglar Issue Spurs Mayor Action
A barefoot eight year old burglar terrorizes Fort Walton stealing from a bank post office and a residence. Mayor W B Harbeson warns parents will be held responsible and a new recreation program is created to curb idle children as police chase the young culprit.
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Fort Walton
Fla
W. B. Harbeson
Bank of
Nathan Taylor
Sai
Harbeson
Hilary Ste
President presses leaders on ed aid bill amid school funding clash
The President summoned democratic congressional leaders to the White House to seek a path for federal education aid. The debate centers on using public funds for parochial and private schools as well as public ones. House Democratic Leader McCormack said Truman pressed for action, linking aid to a pledged campaign goal.
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White House
House
McCormack
Mass
Truman
Senate Amendment Targets Aid to France Over Morocco Bias
Senate debate centers on curtailing aid to France citing alleged discrimination against American ex-GIs in French Morocco who started businesses there after the war. The amendment would deny aid to any nation using unfair methods that block American enterprises.
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Senate
France
French
Morocco
Official Denies He Joined Klan
In Birmingham on August 5, the Ku Klux Klan leader charged Attorney General Albert A. Carmichael with being a farmer. Carmichael flatly denied the claim as Klansmen pressed the allegation, while William Hugh Morris, from jail, asserted Carmichael joined the Klan at Brewton, Alabama.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Albert A. Carmichael
Carmichael
William Hugh Morris
Brewton
Spinks plans talk at Tuscaloosa rally
White haired Klan spokesman Lycurgus Spinks announced a public address in Tuscaloosa on Sunday at 3 p.m. following a July 22 Klan meeting in Tarrant where he warned state officials of political retaliation over accusations of mob violence by hooded riders.
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Birmingham
Lycurgus Spinks
Tuscaloosa
Tarrant
Spinks
County Court to Open August 29th
Morgan county court will open August 29 with Judge W H Long announcing. The first week will be devoted to jury trials of the civil docket.
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Morgan County Court
W. H. Long
Wes
New Course In China For U S Now Chartered
Secretary of State Acheson proposes a shift in U S anti communist policy in the Far East in a white paper. He blames Chiang Kai Shek's Nationalists for the collapse and says the United States should encourage developments in China while opposing Soviet backed aggression. The Wedemeyer report is discussed and the letter to President Truman outlines American-Chinese relations since 1944 with a cautious look ahead.
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Washington
Acheson
China
America
Far East
Wedemeyer
Truman
U.S
Moscow
Russia
United States
United Nations
Chairman Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Chinang Kai Shek
Chiang
State Department
Li Tsung-Jen
Chiang Kai Shek
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Manchuria
United Nation
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