Tobin Nominated for Labor Secretary Post
President Truman named Maurice J. Tobin of Massachusetts to be Secretary of Labor. Senate action was uncertain with Taft noting no rule allows cabinet picks before committee review, while Barkley push for confirmation argued the President may appoint in recess.
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Washington
Truman
Maurice J. Tobin
Massachusetts
Taft Rosiay
Senate
Tobin
Congress
Boston
Bay State
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Barkley
Kentucky
Taft
Inflation Fight Moves Through Congress Ahead of Elections
Congress cleared housing and anti inflation bills in a final session with Senator Barkley urging adoption of the White House program. Taft warned price controls won't work while Monroney praised the measure as limited in impact. The Senate rejected two price investigation proposals and the House passed the bill 337 to 11, setting credit controls and reserve requirements to curb inflation and support housing aid.
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Truman
Commerce Department
Congress
Senator Barkley
White House
America
Taft
Ohio
Recp
Senate
Barkley
House
Monroney
Okla
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Bank
Housin and Home Finance Agency
Woll
Nts
Wolcott
R-Mich
Markets at a glance Chicago grain and hogs steady
Wheat firm on government flour buying in Chicago. Corn mixed with September futures firm while other months slide. Oats steady with wheat. Hogs and cattle nominally steady signaling quiet demand.
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Chicago
Wheat Advances on Chicago Board with Gains Across Grains
Wheat rose about two cents on the Chicago Board of Trade with fair activity and short covering. September wheat closed up to 2.24 1/8 dollars, corn mixed around 1 cent higher for September contracts, oats up about 3/8 to 3/4 cents, rye up one cent, and soybeans 2 1/4 to 3 cents higher at 2.73 3/4 for November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Corfi
Wall Street Seesaw Amid Congress Uncertainty
The New York stock market drifted, with only Wednesday showing gains as investors worried about potential congressionally driven credit or price controls. Bertin stock hit five month lows while turnover barely exceeded 900000 shares on any day.
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Wall Street
New York
Congress
Bertin
Nashville and Birmingham play by Southern Association score notes
In a clipped box score style, Nashville 000 010 010 24 loses 24 to Birmingham 400 030 1x 8. Pitchers Wade Holloman and Bur gess Dorish Dickey appear in the lineups.
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Southern Association
Nashville
Birmingham
Wade
Holloman
Burgess
Dorish
Dickey
Truman program review after Southern filibuster stalls aid
The article notes a presidential push to expand low cost housing, while a five day Southern filibuster blocked the anti poll tax bill amid new hearings on communist infiltration. Republicans plan to seek rule changes next session to curb minority blocking power. The President’s 5 day estimate for passage appears unlikely.
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Mittee
Truman
Senate
Congress
Senator Ferguson Warns on Impeachment Powers Clash
In a Senate speech Senator Ferguson denounces Truman for withholding loyalty investigation records and warns of an "iron curtain" between Congress and government business. He notes Remington case shows executive secrecy and urges Congress to retain decisive power to secure information for proper legislation.
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Washington
Ferguson
Truman
Congress
Senate
William W. Remington
Remington
Commerce Department
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Roosevelt
Thompson Meets School Row During Campaign Stop
In Baxley Georgia the Appling County Board of Education threatened to keep schools closed this fall over a funding dispute. Board member Milton Dyal said the system faced a 30000 deficit, signed personal notes for bus purchases, and subsidized drivers while awaiting state aid. Governor Thompson denied promising aid, saying funds allocation is handled by the state education department.
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Baxley
Appling County
J. D. Pritchard
Thompson
State Department of Education
Pritchard
County Officials to Convene for Three Day Birmingham Session
The Alabama Association of County Commissioners will hold its three day annual convention in Birmingham starting August 16, with speakers including Gov. James E. Folsom Sen. John Sparkman and U S Rep Albert Rains. Auxiliary groups of engineers clerks and attorneys join this year and participate in the program.
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Yang
Alabama Association of County Commissioners
Birmingham
John G. White
James E. Folsom
John Sparkman
Commissioner's Association
White
Laula Dunn
Ward McFarland
Albert A. Carmichael
Ralph Eagerton
Alabama
Ed N. Rodgers
Alabama Road Builders Association
Claiborne Blanton
Dallas County
George Wilson
Jefferson County
E. C. Doody
Mobile County Board of Revenue
E. C
Bud) Boswell
Geneva County
Handy Ellis
Columbiana
Norman Harris
Morgan County
U. S
Albert Rains
Gadsden
Good Government League wins in Polk County election turmoil
Benton visiting relatives at Copperhill and McCaysville and Jane Freeman of Ducktown report William L. McGee of Isa bella arrested on a charge of attempted crime. GGL members posted bonds totaling 20000 for three other men amid frictions with Biggs associates as National Guard patrols were deployed to prevent further violence until ballots are counted.
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Copperhill
Raymond Radford
McCaysville
Jane W. Freeman
Ducktown
Polk
William L. McGee
Isabella
McGee
Good Government League
Burch E. Biggs
GGL
Biggs
Jim McCord
National Guard
Bomar
Radford
Crump Not Retiring After Dual Primary Defeats
Memphis political leader E H Crump blamed labor votes and the sales tax for his candidates’ losses in the Democratic primary. He denied rumors of retirement and noted Kefauver’s Senate win and labor influence in Memphis. He warned Gov McCord that the state sales tax hurt his reelection bid.
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Memphis
Tenn
E. H. Crump
Shelby County
Tennessee
Crump
Estes Kefauver
Labor
Kefauver
CIO
Jim McCord
McCord
Civinette Picnic Planned for Monday at Delano Park
The Civinette club announces its annual picnic Monday at 6 PM in Delano Park. All Civitans and families are invited. After supper, attendees will watch a civic club softball game at the park ballground.
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Civinette Club
Delano Park
Civitans
Civic Club
Park
Ballot Petitions Clash Over Qualified Voters
The North Carolina dispute centers on whether petition signers must be registered voters who did not vote in the May primaries. The 90 day deadline passed last Tuesday and the board ruled 18 000 signatures unverified. Progressives seek state supreme court review. states righters challenge the interpretation as unlawful. Executive committee plans a nominating convention in Winston Salem.
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Birmingham
Ala
Election Board
Wake county-Raleigh’ Superior Court
Progressives
Progressive State
Mary Price
Greensboro
State Supreme Court
Elections Board
Winston- Salem
Louisiana to Run Special to Houston Rally
Louisiana state chairman John A Barr said a special train will carry Louisiana Democrats to the Houston meeting on August 11. He predicted the Houston rally would be historic and long remembered. Gov Thurmond and Gov Wright are to deliver acceptance speeches as states rights standard bearers. The Mississippi group will also travel by special train.
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New Orleans
John A.—Barr
Louisiana
States’ Rights Democrats
Tostamy
Houston
Barr
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding L
Solons Take Dixie Stand
Mississippi's seven U S representatives pledged to back Governor Thurmond for President if the election goes to the House. They said they follow Mississippi convention instructions and will support the Thurmond Wright ticket in the House if required, opposing Truman civil rights policy. Reps Abernathy Colmer Rankin Whitten Whittington Williams and Winstead signed.
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Washington
Mississippi
Thurmond
South Carolina
House of Representatives
Wright
Birmingham
Truman
Thurmond-Wright
Abernathy
Colmer
Rankin
Whitten
Whittington
Williams
Winstead
Union Ducks Truman Opposed by Alabama AFL Local
An AFL electricians local in Birmingham announces opposition to the state AFL endorsement of President Truman for re election. The local adopts a resolution opposing Truman and the civil rights program while rejecting the state right ticket of Thurmond and Wright.
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Birmingham
Ala
AFL
Truman
C. W. Harves
E Electricians
AFL State Labor League
Alabama
J . Harvey
States Right
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Wreckage of Plane Found in Italian Alps
The U S Air Force announced the C 47 transport missing since Nov 28 1947 was found at 9000 feet in the Italian Alps 55 miles south of Turin. Two bodies were recovered near the wreckage of the 22 passenger plane en route from Pisa to Frankfurt after a long search during heavy winter snows.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Alps
Turin
Italy
Pisa
Kaiserslautern
Georgia Judge Attacks Wallace Russia Policy
McCorvey quotes U S Supreme Court figure Wyatt blasting Wallace and the progressive party as provoking war with Russia. He recalls Russian hostility toward American trains and attacks on U S soldiers. Frank Constangy praises Taft Hartley act for reshaping labor relations. Leigh M Clark elected President of Alabama Association of Circuit Judges with new officers named.
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U. S
Wallace
Russia
Wyatt
Georgia
Progressive Party
Berlin
Supreme Court
Communist Party
Hitler
Stalin
Frank Constangy
Atlanta
Man in Decatur Acknowledges Past Prison Term and Fraud Flags
Decatur police report suspect Traffansted tried to buy a 1050 dollar car with a bad check from Knox McRae Motor Co and a dress at Sherrows depart ment store, both refused. He confessed to stealing a car at 14, later questioned by Chief Whitmire as fingerprints go to the FBI. He had been released from Kilby prison on July 30 after transfer from Ft Payne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Knox McRae Motor Company
Sherrow’'s
Traffansted
J. B. Whitmire
Whitmire
FBI
R. A. .Troupe
State Highway Patrol
Traffanstell
Kilby
Ft. Payne
Ala
Alabama Labor League Urges Defeat of States Rights Movement
The state Labor League For Political Action urged citizens to use every means to defeat the states rights movement and to continue supporting the national Democratic Party.
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Truman
State Labor League For Political Action
Alabama
States Rights Movement
National Democratic Party
Alabama lawmakers back Thurmond Wright ticket campaign
Former Gov. Frank M. Dixon said all Alabama U S House members agreed to campaign for the states rights Democratic ticket of Thurmond and Wright. Rep. Sam Hobbs notified by phone, with Edward De Graffenreid and Carl Elliott yet to respond.
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Birmingham
Frank M. Dixon
Alabama
U. S. House of Representatives
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Dixon
States’ Rights Committee
Sam Hobbs
Selma
Edward de Graffenreid
Tuscaloosa
Carl Elliott
Jasper
Lister Hill
John Sparkman
Rep
Hobbs
Decatur Daily Briefs: Fire, births, and local notices
Grass fire on First Avenue E near Culver cleaners extinguished by city firemen with no listed losses. Local items include births at Decatur General Hospital, patients at Hamil clinic, and ambulance transfers. Community events note American Legion Auxiliary florals for Capt. James W. Lanier’s funeral and a sermon at St. Paul’s Lutheran.
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First Avenue
Culver Cleaners
American Legion Auxiliary
Post 15
W. M. Lanier
E Walnut
James W. Lanier
Veteran Books and Brooks Share War Service Backgrounds
Long passage notes Mr. Books as a World War I Navy veteran and Air Corps figure in the second conflict. It also recalls Mr. Brooks’s role on the Selective Service board during World War II, highlighting their military service histories.
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Geant
Air Corps
Mr. Books
United States Navy
Mr. Brooks
Se Ictive Service Board
Annual Mt Hope barbecue draws expected crowd near 500
About 500 people are expected next Thursday for the Mt Hope Community Soil Conservation club barbecue in Lawrence county. Athury Pick ens serves as club president. Attendees were told to meet at Leonard Roberson farm at ten oclock. Senator Lister Hill, invited, could not attend and sent a message citing TVA plans.
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Mt. Hope Community Soil Conservation Club
Lawrence County
Athury Pickens
Leonard Roberson
Lister Hill
TVA
Athletics Beat Browns 7 to 1 Behind Brissie
The pennant minded Philadelphia Athletics defeated the St. Louis Browns 7 to 1. Lou Brissie pitched steadily while Ferris Fain Pete Suder and Herman Franks contributed solid hitting for the A’s in a strong night game.
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Athletics
ST. Louis
Philadelphia Athletics
St. Louis Browns
Lou Brissie
Ferris Fain
Pete Suder
Herman Franks
Western powers face stall at conference as rift widens
Hope remains that talks will ease via compromise but warning from an informed source signals possible breakdown. Greek forces report gains against guerillas in Grammos as rebels relocate operations to Albania. France clears a hurdle as the Meshes committee blocks a communist motion delaying financial reform.
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Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Russia
Grammos
Markos Vafiades
Nikolitsa
Albania
Meshes Committee
The
National Assembly
Three Western Envoys Stand By for Molotov Talks
Envoys of the United States Britain and France expect a call from Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov to resume negotiations over Germany and Europe. After two long meetings with Stalin and Molotov the parties seem to be in a negotiations period with progress and objections noted on Berlin and the all German issue.
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Moscow
Germany
Europe
Stalin
Molotov
London
Russia
Berlin
Literary Gazette
Victor Mekrasov
The
Gazette
Potsdam
Warsaw
Soviet Union
America
England
France
Scout Training Saves Life Of Mobile Youth
Seventeen year old Bobby Mead of Mobile nearly drowned during a rope swing dive near a Mobile Bay beacon. Teammate Ralph Penning aged 13 recalled his Scout training and swam to assist, towing Mead to a boat and helping revive him with other swimmers.
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Mobile
Ala
Bobby Mead
Mobile Bay
Mead
Ralph Penning
Penning
Bankers Conference Hosts Limestone Leader At University
Basis in Memphis Tennessee to North Alabama counties shows long staple cotton commanding a premium over short staple. Mr Williams, president of Limestone County Bank in Athens, will participate in the Alabama Bankers Association second study conference at the University of Alabama this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wias
Memphis
Tenn
Alabama
Williams
Limestone County Bank
Athens
Alabama Bankers Association
University.of Alabama
Mystery witness testimony tightens wartime spy inquiry
The Congressional subcommittee plans to publicly question Koral and Perlo in Monday hearings after a Sunday session to map New York travel. Mundt hinted a mysterious witness could confirm a communist spy ring link with Chambers Miss Bentley and Browder, while Browder under subpoena declined cooperation.
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Whittaker Chambers
Washington
Perlo
Koral
New York
Mundt
Chambers
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Alexander Koral
Rep
Nixon
Calif
New Yorker
Browder
What Is Acne and How Chiropra c makes a cure
A medical note explains acne as an inflammatory skin condition tied to sebum buildup and gland destruction. It links acne to lowered body resistance and toxins from bowels and kidneys, then presents chiropractic pressure on nerves as the cure by restoring nervous energy flow.
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Solons
Union
Robert Harper
W. Moulton
Hamil Clinic
J. H. Russell
Decatur General
Decatur 2
Brown's Ambulance
H. J. Phillips
Ninth Avenue S
Decatur General Hospital
Blendena Hatfield
Riverview Avenue
Richard Sparkman
Decature
Baugh and Wiley Clinic
Bessie Boyd
Third Avenue W
Brown's
J. E. Parham
Madison
W. J. Harper
Sixth Avenue W
Ruth Farrer
A. D. Farrer
Holland Messer
Austinville
Edgar Kirby
Canal
Donald and
Robert Werner
New York City
Lelias Kirby
Otis E. Kirby
Highway Patrol
J. 8. Edwards
Fifth Avenue
Charles Williams Jr
Wilsonville
Mary Williams
the Daily Saturday Night
Lula Brown
Hartselle 2
Hartselle
Robert Maschke
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Tump Childs
Second Avenue
Neil Kirk
Grant
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