States Rights Movement Dies at Democratic Convention
Mississippi leaders say the States Rights Party collapsed at the Chicago Democratic National Convention. Governors White and Wright and Rep Hilton Waits recall a failed Southern unity bid as silence from other states doomed the shift. Byrnes would not commit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Chicago
Hugh White
Fielding Wright
States Rights
Hilton Waits
States Rights Party
Texas
Maury Maverick
San Antonio
John Clark
DeKalb
National Democratic
White
James Byrnes
South Carolina
Byrnes
Food Credit Expected After Drought Across Regions
FHA representatives report widespread crop and cattle losses from Virginia to Florida and Texas. They warn the urgent need is for loans to buy feed and seed for autumn, with a spring surge likely as rain improves conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FHA
Virginia
Florida
Texas
Smith
Arnall cites canning fruit shortages and steel price ceilings
Arnall warns rising living costs driven by reduced fresh fruit and vegetable supply for canning and higher price ceilings on steel copper and aluminum. He reports to President Truman and notes his OPS tenure since February 21 succeeding DiSalle who left to run for the U S Senate in Ohio. He also mentions ancient giraffes once named camelopards for their camel like bodies and leopard coloration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnall
Truman
OPS
Michael V. DiSalle
U. S. Senate
Ohio
Amusements Today Shows Classic Films Listings
The notice lists cinema showtimes and titles at venues in Hartselle Athens Falkville Mars and nearby towns. Featured films include Princess I ll See You In My Dreams and Samson and Delilah with stars Doris Day Edmond O Brien Kirk Douglas and Esther Williams among others with times from 1:00 to 10:15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess
Doris Day
Danny Thomas
Church and hospital notices signaled in local brief
Mrs Walter Leeman of 407 Sixth Avenue SW was dismissed from Ellis Meyer hospital today. Miss Martha Garrison of Ardmore was admitted to Baugh Wiley clinic today. Sermon at Central Methodist Church Sunday titled The Church of the Future by Dr T J Chitwood. Rev Bill Wright to preach at evening service. An old fashioned hymn sing at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church Saturday at 730 PM invites all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Leeman
Sixth Avenue
S. W
Ellis-Meyer Hospital
Martha Garrison
Ardmore
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
T. J. Chitwood
Central Methodist Church
Church of the Future
Bill Wright
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
South Carolina Democrats Back in Party
The South Carolina Democratic Party officially rejoined the national party after pledging its electors to the national nominees. The state convention showed many Democrats may vote Republican. A movement to put Eisenhower on the ballot by petition is under way while the GOP plans to offer Eisenhower electors despite a court challenge. Byrnes urged electors for Stevenson and Sparkman but warned against pledging to Republicans. He suggested a 10,000-signature petition could place Eisenhower on the ballot if demanded. Johnston and Maybank urged party regularity to maintain strength against civil rights legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
South Carolina
Democratic Party
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
James F. Byrnes
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
John Sparkman
Byrnes
National Party
Chicago
Stevenson
U.S
Olin D. Johnston
Burnett R. Maybank
Mrs. Beulah Adcock 66 Dies. Rites Saturday
Mrs Beulah Adcock 66 died at 4 AM today at 409 Fourth Avenue East She will lie in state at Central Methodist church and final rites will be conducted by Dr T J Chitwood at 4 PM Saturday Interment in the city cemetery Brown directing Survivors include four daughters three sons mother two sisters four brothers and eight grandchildren Active pallbearers are John Butler Julian Hardy Candlerin Newt Powell Welch Dinsmore and Albert Bivens
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Mae Adcock
Fourth Avenue East
Central Methodist Church
T. J. Chitwood
City
Brown
J. M. J. Flynn
Decatur
Tampa
Fla
R. F. Ricks
Tuscumbia
J. H. Hallitt
Winter Haven
B. J. Adcock
Childersburg
J. M. Adcock
Atlanta
P. F. Phillip
St. Louis
Mason Bolton
Toledo
Ruth Torrielli
W.F. Phillip
Sheffield
J. F. Phillip
G. R
T. M. Phillip
John Butler
Julian Hardy
Candler
Newt Powell
Welch Dinsmore
Albert Bivens
Adcock
Five Cuban Policemen Jailed For Plot Against Batista
A Havana military court sentenced five policemen to four years and two months in prison and two others to the same terms for conspiring against President Fulgencio Batista. The defendants allegedly plotted with members of the former government of Carlos Prio Socarras toppled by a March coup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Batista
Carlos Pino Socarras
Government backs 15 state hog slaughter plan to curb vesicular exanthema
The administration proposes paying half the loss to hog owners for destruction under a 15 state hog slaughter program. Eleven Southeastern states debate uniform controls to ease bans on hog and pork movement while disease cases remain limited to Georgia Alabama and Virginia. Georgia official Tom Linder backs the plan noting benefits for Georgia though no local cases yet.
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Washington
Alabama
Arizona
Georgia
Florida
Kentucky
Louisiana
Tennessee
Virginia
Mississippi
West Virginia
Carolinas
Georgia Agriculture
Tom Linder
North Carolina
South Carolina
Atlanta
Linder
Rain Relief Expands Disaster Areas for Farmers
The federal government added North Carolina and most of Arkansas to the disaster list, joining South Carolina Tennessee Alabama Georgia Kentucky Mississippi Massachusetts Maine and 44 Missouri counties. Oklahoma and Texas remain from the 1951 drouth as farmers become eligible for loans. FHA leaders pledged rapid relief and focus on fall seeding with spring planting likely to demand credit. Signals say drought eased in parts of the South and New England, though Arkansas still faces limited rain.
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North Carolina
Arkansas
South Carolina
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
Massachusetts
Maine
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Atlanta
Dillard Lasseter
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
New England
South
Weather Bureau
Birmingham
Ala
Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley
Pauli
Antoine
Tennessee primary tests McKellar Browning and Crump influence
Tennessee holds the fourth state primary of the week with McKellar seeking a seventh term and Browning pursuing a third term. Crump backs McKellar as voters weigh reform and political power, with 600 000 to 700 000 ballots expected as poll tax is eliminated. Missouri Michigan and Kansas results trickle in while Symington defeats Taylor despite Truman backing.
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Tennessee
Dixie
K. D. McKellar
Senate
Gordon Browning
Memphis
E. H. Crump
Crump
Browning
Sen
Estes Kefauver
McKellar
Missouri
Michigan
Kansas
W. Stuart Symington
Symington
J. E. Taylor
Taylor
Truman
U.S. Senate
Appropriations Committee
Albert Gore
Frank Clement
Public Utilities Commission
Clifford Allen Jr
Nashville
Clifford Pierce
Clement
FBI
Carroll Reece
Howard Baker
Tom Murry
Clifford Davis
J. B. Frazier Jr
Pat Sutton
Frazier
Raymond Prater
Raymond Graham
Sutton
Reeder Parker
Joe L. Evins
Percy Priest
Jere Cooper
Obituary notices two deaths in Alabama accidents
The notice states one man died at 2 14 AM, survived by a 5 month old son Robert Earl, parents Mr and Mrs W H Mullins, brother Randal Mullins and half brother H N Mullins, grandmother Mrs Annie Bell Nunley all of Toney Alabama. Funeral services are at Fifth Street Baptist church Huntsville at 2 30 PM with interment Maple Hill cemetery Spry Funeral Co directing. A second obituary reports Theodore Huey Collins 63 Brookhaven Georgia died in a U S 80 wreck near Opelika Alabama yesterday.
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Robert Earl
W. H. Mullins
Randal Mullins
Toney 1
H. N. Mullins
Huntsville
Annie Bell Nunley
Toney
Fifth Street Baptist Church
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spry Funeral Co
Highway Patrol
Theodore Huey Collins
Brookhaven
U. S.80
Opelika
State Traffic Toll Yesterday Worse Than A Year Ago
Montgomery report shows yesterday's traffic toll higher than a year prior. There were 25 accidents with 18 injuries, 2 deaths and $16,225 property damage, versus 10 accidents, 5 injuries, no deaths and $2,740 damage a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Highway Patrol
Porter Vaughan Rites Tomorrow
Final rites for Porter B. Vaughan 58 of 210 Fourth Avenue S W will be at 4 P M tomorrow at Central Methodist church. Rev John A Troxler and Rev Neely Crawford will officiate with interment at Roselawn cemetery. Vaughan died at home yesterday after a months illness. He is survived by widow Blythe Vaughan Decatur a daughter Hilda Howell Washington D C four sisters and two brothers. He was a baking salesmen a Westminster Presbyterian member American Legion Post 15 and WWI veteran. Pallbearers: J R Vaughan Clifford Vaughan Bayne Vaughan Phil Vaughan Clyde Vaughan Ed Holland Harold Vaughan.
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Porter B. Vaughan
Fourth Avenue
S. W
Central Methodist Church
Johnn A.troxler
Neely Crawford
Roselawn Cemetery
Brown Directing
Vaughan
Blythe Vaughan
Decatur
Hilda Howell
Washington,D.—C
Fred Yates
Findlay
Ohio
Wade Moses
Moulton
Russell Little
Paducah
Claude Aston
Claude B. Vaughan
Ft. Worth
Tex
Garmon Vaughan
Westminster Presbyterian Church
American Legion Post 15
J. R. Vaughan
Clifford Vaughan
Bayne Vaughan
Phil Vaughan
Clyde Vaughan
Ed Holland
Harold Vaughan
Toll Sweeps Back Up Rugged Slopes In Frontline Action
U N artillery and air power aided by warplanes shield against Communist forces in rugged terrain. Front reports describe sweltering heat and a see-saw struggle around Capitol Hill with light activity on the eastern and western fronts.
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U.N
Capitol Hill
Maurice Jackson Heads Decatur Underwriter Group
Maurice Jackson will serve as president of the Decatur Underwriters Association for the coming year. He was elected at a recent meeting along with vice-president Russell Bolding secretary treasurer H G Williams and national and state committeemen Watson Carlisle and John McGehee. Directors elected were Phil Nungesser L O Freeman Howard Belser B R Reese and W P Walker. Next meeting set for Friday August 29.
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Maurice Jackson
Decatur Underwriters Association
Jackson
Russell Bolding
H. G. Williams
Watson Carlisle
John McGehee
Phil Nungesser
L. O. Freeman
Howard Belser
B. R. Reese
W. P. Walker
Dutchman Breeches Wildflower Described
The text identifies the wildflower Dutchman’s Breeches as a wild form related to the bleeding heart species. It notes its classification and characteristics as part of plant taxonomy.
Record Tenn vote predicted in heavy rain across state
Heavy showers across Tennessee did little to curb a forecasted record Democratic and Republican primary turnout. Voters in Knoxville Memphis Nashville and Chattanooga braved rain to decide races for US Senate Governor and Congress with Crump backing McKellar and Browning amid a crowded field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Knoxville
Memphis
Chatttanooga
K. D. McKellar
Senate
Gordon Browning
E. H. Crump
Browning
Estes Kefauver
Burton To Preach At Central Church Sunday
Rev. C. E. Burton, former pastor of Central Baptist, will preach at 11 A M and 7 30 P M at Central Church next Sunday. He will attend Geneva Day and Judson Hawthorne’s wedding in Decatur. Interim pastor Dr. Clifford J. Allen is in New Mexico aiding the Glorieta Baptist Assembly.
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C. E. Burton
Central Baptist Church
Burton
Decatur
Geneva Day
Judson Hawthorne
Jacksonville
Clifford J. Allen
Mexico
New Baptist Assembly
Glorieta
Santa Fe
Markets Report From Decatur Prices Stated for Farm Commodities
Cotton middling 40.00 cents. strict low 38.50. No 2 mile 3.10. No 2 wheat new crop 1.95. No 2 oats new crop 0.80. No 2 yellow ear corn 1.83. Hogs price paid in Decatur 21.50.
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Decatur
Bethlehem Steel Reaches Final Contract With USW
Bethlehem Steel Co signs a final contract with the CIO United Steelworkers, becoming the second major company to reach terms. The agreement runs to June 30, 1954, with a wage reopening clause effective June 30, 1953. Philip Murray and J M Larkin announced the pact. Inland Steel and Wheeling Steel had signed earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bethlehem Steel Co
CIO
United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
Steelworkers Union
J. M. Larkin
Bethlehem
Signia
Inland Steel
Wheeling Steel
More Patronage Said Forthcoming Under Pres Ike
Montgomery ad says Dwight D. Eisenhower would expand political patronage beyond Truman if elected. John M. Redding, former Democratic campaign director, cites Congress blocking civil service for postmasters and marshals to gain spoils. He notes two cent penny postcards raised to two cents, blaming big business for Postal Department deficits.
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Montgomery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
John M. Redding
Redding
National Star Route Mail Carriers Association
Montgomery Advertiser
Congress
U. S
Alabama Signs 3 Outstanding Basketballers
The University of Alabama announced the signing of three athletic scholarships. Earl Touchstone from Beaumont Texas, Leon Marlake of Bradley High in Bradley Illinois, and George Linn from Columbus Ohio join as standout players. Touchstone is a 6 4 guard from Kilgore Junior College. Marlake earned 15 letters in multiple sports and scored 450 points in his senior year. Linn starred in four sports and averaged 22.5 points per game in his final high school season.
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Birmingham
University of Alabama Today
Earl Touchstone
Beaumont
Tex
Leon Marlake
Bradley
Ill
George Linn
Columbus
O. Touchstone
Clay Touchstone
Beaumont High
Kilgore
Marlake
Bradley High
Linn
Florence Gets New Tile Plant in Alabama Bond Offer
Florence Alabama plans to issue 1.3 million dollars in 25 year 5 percent first mortgage bonds to fund Stylon Corp Boston to build a ceramic tile plant in Florence The plant will be leased to Stylon for 25 years with convertible bond options and tax exempt interest The city will use bond proceeds to buy land construct buildings and purchase equipment Stylon will pay 82000 dollars yearly rent with a renewable option and no real estate taxes for 25 years Mass president of Stylon cited proximity to raw materials as a cost saving factor
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New York
Florence
Ala
Stylon Corp
Boston
New England Corporation
Styron
Joseph Mass
Mass
Styron Common
Gearhart and Otis Inc
Stylon
Georgia party factions clash over electors and deadlines
Gov. Herman Talmadge, Fortson and Atty. Gen. Eugene Cook oversee a board meeting to resolve a dispute in party slates. Pickett filed a slate, naming 12 electors, just before the 4 30 p m filing deadline, while rival factions faced court rulings and an electoral commission review.
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Herman Talmadge
Fortson
Eugene Cook
Talmadge
Pickett
Chicago
Roy Foster
Wadley
Spalding Superior Court
Foster
Chester A. Byars
Tuttle
George Z. Brinson
Frank ©. Evans
Enoch Callaway
W. R. Tucker
Lewis O'Connell
Roscoe Pickett Sr
H. H. Hedrick
Walter J. McGarr
Edgar E. Schulcraft
A. Josh Tumlin
T. J. Townsend
Prohibition Party
Electoral Commission
Revival to Start at Rural Grove Church in Decature
A revival begins at Rural Grove church in Decature on August 10 with morning and evening services for two weeks. Rev Dewey Crowe will preach, and Rev Smallwood invites all to attend. W H Waddell announced the event.
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Rural Grove Church
Decature
W. H. Waddell
Dewey Crowe
Smallwood
Wanted to Buy Jersey or Guernsey Milk Cow
Classified notice seeks to purchase one Jersey or Guernsey milk cow. Contact by phone at 3535 for arrangements.
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Jersey
Guernsey
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Eleanor Parker
William Bendix
Samson and Delilah
Hedy
Victor Mature
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Falkville
Esther Williams
Red Skelton
Howard Keel
Border
Ricardo
George Murphy
Iemple
D. C
Democrats
Mrs. Adcock
Morgan County
Sam McClendon
Newton B. Powell
Ginny Blackwell
Tooty Akins
Charles E. Poole
Albert Brewer
Harry
Decatur Underwriter Group
Central Church
O. C. Dobbins
Anniston
Alabama North
Sam Stern
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Talladega
Gadsden
Cullman
Bethlehem Steel
Pres
Ike
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Curtis Air Conditioning
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