Reapportionment Turmoil Pauses Over Weekend In Alabama
In Montgomery the Alabama legislature faced a court invalidation of Gov. James E. Folsom's plan to create a 67 senator body. A Supreme Court ruling barred change from population basis until a constitutional revision. Senate and house recess dates shifted by amendments, while Folsom pressed for action. The clash over reapportionment deepened with filibusters and procedural fights as lawmakers considered a conference committee.
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Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court
Senate
James E. Folsom
Folsom
House
Lawamkers
Capitol
James B. Allen
Etowah County
State Supreme Court
Allen
British and Soviet Occupation Troops Leave Korea in 1948
In a heated closed session, Malik dismissed Austin's charges as slanderous while defying a protest from the United States and Cuba by refusing to rule on the South Korean representative's seating. Austin asserted Soviet restraint and accused North Korea of aggression, warning of puppet governments and tragic outcomes as he pressed for UN action to halt bombing and curb North Korean advances.
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Malik
Austin
U. S
Cuba
Council
Council Ag
Soviet Union
Massa
United Nations
Kosong Falls to U S Marines in Korea Front Push
Aug 11 U S Marines capture Kosong largest city to fall to Americans in the current Southern flank attack. Leathernecks fight through night crumbling opposition and seize the battered city amid fires and shelling. Marines seize enemy arms including Russian motorcycles and jeeps while probing for Reds and guarding against ambush near Seoul.
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Tom Lambert
U. S
Kosong Korea
Kosong
Weekly Meeting Of Oak Ridge Unit Held
The Oak Ridge W S C S met at the church on Monday evening. Mrs. Violet Cook led the business session planning a shower for a needy family. Mrs. Olin Cooper led responsive reading followed by Mrs. Gladys West.
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Oak Ridge W.S.C.S
Violet Cook
Olin Cooper
Gladys West
Ooper
Bernice Teensman
Abraham Shaia Claimed by Death at 80
Abraham Shaia, 80, died today at his home on 624 West Cherry Street after a long illness. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Brown.
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Abraham Shaia
West Cherry Street
Brown
Tornado Death Toll Averages Over 200 Annually
The article notes that tornadoes contribute an average of more than two hundred deaths per year, underscoring their deadly impact and prompting discussions on weather warning improvements and safety measures.
St Louis transit strike widens as buses halt service
Traffic Quill calls the stoppage a wildcat strike by misguided men as 11 bus lines stop and commuters wait for rides. Gov Forrest Smith seized the lines five minutes before a union strike deadline amid a wage dispute with AFL Electric Street Railway and Motor Coach Employes Union.
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St. Louis
AFL Electrical Street Railway and Motor Coach Employes Union
Forrest Smith
Oak Ridge
AFL Painters and Decorators Union
Atomic Energy Commission
AFL
Maxon Construction Co
AEC
New York
American Newspaper Guild
New York World-Telegram
Sun
Cincinnati
The
Electric Auto-Lite Co
AFL Metal Polishers, Buffers and Helpers Union
Lockland
General Electric Company
Editor's Son Killed Amid Hot Rod Drive Promise
Ferguson Town Talk editor William A. Hatcher loses 15-year-old son William Jr in a Kansas City crash while riding in a 1931 model car. The editor vows no letup in the paper's campaign against hot rod drivers as the front page carries two black-edged notes and page ten carries the death story.
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St.louis
Ferguson Town Talk
William A. Hatcher
William Jr
Kansas City
William
Glennnan Named To Atomic Commission
President Truman nominated T. Keith Glennan of Case Institute of Technology to the Atomic Energy Commission. The 44 year old Cleveland educator will fill the vacancy left by Lewis Straus’s resignation. Also named to the AEC advisory committee were William Libby Eger Murphree and Walter Whitman.
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Truman
T. Keith Glennan
Cleveland
Educcator
Atomic Energy Commission
Case Institute of Technology
Lewis Straus
AEC
Senate
William Frank Libby
University of Illinois
Eger V. Murphree
Standard Oil Development Co. Summit
N. J
Walter G. Whitman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Naval Officer Killed in Training Crash at Barin Field
A Navy attack plane crash near Barin Field during a carrier landing simulation killed Ensign Robert H. Searle 25 of Monterey California a 1948 Naval Academy graduate. Two other flight students Ensign Merril E. Labonte Pensacola and Naval Aviation Cadet Wilbert H at Chesterton Indiana were critically injured.
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Foley
Ala
Barin Field
Killair
Ens
Robert H. Searle
Monterey
Calif
Searle
Naval Academy
Merril E. Labonte
Pensacola
Wilbert H
Chesterton
Ind
Pohang airfield battles flare as Reds attack coast
Amid night fighting near Pohang Korea Reds push toward the airstrip while U S forces, tanks and South Korean troops rush reinforcement. General officers observe from a light plane as Marines and Army units hold the coast and river crossings. Night attacks, ambushes, and massed Red forces threaten key supply lines and the No 2 UN tunnel scene.
Market prices from Decatur show grain and poultry rates
Markets at Decatur list cotton middling 36 cents, cottonseed 45 per ton, broilers 25 cents delivered, hens heavy 18 cents, hatching eggs 80 cents per dozen, new crop yellow corn ear 1.39, shelled 1.45, white corn ear 1.94, shelled 2.00, corn moisture 16 percent, No 2 wheat onion free 2.21, No 2 oats onion free 69 cents, other grains with 13 percent moisture basis.
Wall Street opens lower on TV radio stocks dip
Trading on August 11 shows selling pressure centered on radio and television issues. The market slides with declines up to nearly $3 a share for some, while many stocks retreat 50 cents or more. Oils gain some ground with Sinclair and Richfield hitting 1950 highs as autos suffer broader losses. Major losers include Admiral Emerson Philco Radio Corp Zenith Motorola GM Chrysler Studebaker U S Steel Boeing United Aircraft AT&T Allied Chemical Dow Chemical Du Pont International Paper Union Pacific Standard Oil Johns Manville. Gains occur in Nickel Plate Montgomery Ward Consol Natural Gas Kennecott Copper Pennsylvania RR Superior Oil USG.
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New York
Sinclair and Richfield
Admiral Corp
Emerson Radio
Philco
Radio Corp
Zenith
Motorola
General Motors
Chrysler
Studebaker
U. S. Steel
Boeing
United Aircraft
American Telephone
Allied Chemical
Dow Chemical
du Pont
International Paper
Union Pacific
Standard Oil
N. J
Johns Manville
Nickel Plate
Montgomery Ward
Consolidated Natural Gas
Kennecott Copper
Pennsylvania R. A
Superior Oil
California
U. S. Gypsum
North Georgia live poultry market weak and prices ease
In Atlanta on Thursday and Friday buyers show fair to good demand while supplies clear in most sections. Heavy fryers remain short of full needs with prices 1 to 2 cents lower. FOB farm prices for broilers and fryers across all weights run 28 to 30 cents, mostly 28 1/2 to 29 cents.
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Atlanta
North Georgia
Nashville Livestock Market Report Aug 11 1948
Cattle sales in Nashville show limited volume with steady to firm trend early, later giving back some gains. Steers and heifers mostly 21.00 to 23.00 for cutters and commons, cannner cows 13.00 to 17.50, odd bulls 19.50. Bulk slaughter steers and cows rate 23.00 to 27.00 with general activity mixed.
Reds pressed at Kosong and Chinju front in Korea battles
AP reports American forces on the South coast repelled two coordinated communist attacks backed by heavy artillery. U S Marines captured Kosong and fought near a junction of the fifth army regiment and the 35th regimental combat team of the 25th division. US artillery and air support aided regimental posts as Red forces suffered about 240 dead in the Chinju battle over 24 hours ending Friday morning.
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Kosong
Leatherneck Corsair
Donald Sharon
Bakersfield
Calif
Sharon
Mnekune
Boyle
Korea
Air Force
Hal Boyle
Walton H. Walker
U. S. 8Th Army
Earle Partridge
Fifth Air Force
Pohang Field
Pohang
Eighth Army
Chinju
U. S. 35Th
8Th Army
35Th
U. N
U. S
Don Whitehead
Fifth Army
25Th Infantry Division
U.S
Point
Cans Explode Injuring Tot in Home Bean Cans Incident
Little Rose Mary Etheridge three, daughter of Mrs Jorene Etheridge, was treated for burns after two beans cans exploded near her at 1726 Sixth Avenue South. Grandmother Bertha Terry had removed cooling cans from a pressure cooker when a second can burst, sending hot beans over the child. She was taken to Decatur General Hospital for emergency care and discharged shortly after.
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Jorene Etheridge
Sixth Avenue South
Bertha Terry
Decatur General Hospital
Odd accident wounds M. F. Lee knee at Austinville home
M F Lee of 1807 Fifth Avenue South received a deep cut to his right knee while using a hatchet at his son in law Leon Smiths house in Austinville. The blade slipped cutting a blood vessel six teen stitches were needed and he was treated at Decatur General Hospital before returning home with blood loss noted.
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M. F. Lee
Fifth Avenue South
Leon Smith
Austinville
Lee
Decatur General Hospital
Funeral Services for Mrs Whitworth Held Saturday
Funeral services for Lizzie Whitworth 75 were held Saturday at 2 p.m. at her Decatur home. Rev. O P Bailey officiated. Interment by Brown. She died yesterday at 12:35 p.m. after a long illness. Survived by husband three sons two daughters two brothers and a sister.
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Lizzie Whitworth
Decature
O. P. Bailey
Brown
Tecatur Dia Ave Glimpses About Your Community
Community brief highlighting local happenings and notable sites along Tecatur and Dia avenues. Mentions neighborhood events, business openings, and public notices. Emphasizes upcoming dates and local resources for residents seeking services or information.
Chamber Board to Meet Over Resignations Today
The Chamber of Commerce board of directors will meet this afternoon at 3 30 P M to discuss the resignation of W D Sims Elmer Loyd. Loyd said an announcement would follow after the meeting. J E Stone Danville was admitted to Baugh Wiley clinic today. Baby Berry L Linderman son of Mr and Mrs John Linderman Decatur 3 was admitted to Decatur General hospital Thursday and discharged this morning. Mrs Kenneth Free 814 Oak Street was discharged from Hamil Clinic hospital today. Mrs Otis Roberts Decatur 1 was admitted to Decatur General hospital last night. The Community Chest board will hold its regular quarterly meeting Tuesday at 4 P M at the Lyons Hotel. Mrs Guy Steenson 205 Sixth Avenue West left Tuesday for Vanderbilt hospital Nashville for treatment. Noon temperature today 83 degrees TVA sub station reports. Maximum Thursday 84 at 3 P M with a 68 degree minimum per U S Weather Observer. At 8 A M today temperature 78 and rainfall past 24 hours .07 inches. James Olen Steele Danville was...
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Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
W. D. Sims
Elmer Loyd
Loyd
Baby Berry L. Linderman
John Linderman
Decatur 3
Decatur General Hospital
Community Chest Board of Directors
Lyons Hotel
TVA
U. S
Senate biked toward security bill clash with administration
Senators Mundt and Ferguson joined Senator McCarran in pushing a broad internal security bill carried as Truman’s recommendations. Senator Lucas signaled the administration would soon offer its own version. Opposition grew to universal military training as too costly, with Rear Admiral Houser stating a department bill to train teenage youths is being prepared for congress.
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Truman
Congress
Lucas
Illinois
Mundt
Ferguson
H. A. Houser
Defense Department
Senate Armed Services Committee
Department
Livestock Auction Report Shows Mixed Prices Across Lots
Cattle readings: medium to good lots 27.50 to 28.50 with peaks to 29.00 and load 890 lb. top good steers 30.10. cutter heifers 19.00. cutters cows 14.00 to 17.50, some canners 13.00 and below. common to medium 22.00 to 28.00. culled cows 21.00, few low good cows to 22.00. bulls 21.50 to 23.00, odd head 23.50. Stockers and feeders active 21.00 to 27.00, some 28. Calves around 50 count, steady. Good to choice weaners 29.00 to 31.00, common down. Compared with week ago, top uneven but bulk steady. Hogs 250 weight, barrows and gilts steady to 25 lower. good and choice 180–250 lbs 23.00, mixed weight 22.75, odd 265–300 lbs 22.00, most 140–170 lbs 21.00. Sows steady 17.00–19.00, mostly 18.00+. Compared with week ago, barrows/gilts 50 to 1.00 lower, sows steady. Sheep 75 head steady. Good grade spring lambs 25.00–25.50, no choice. Aged slaughter sheep strong, odd head to 10.00. Compared week ago, springers uneven, steady to weak. Aged sheep strong to 1.00 higher.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Department of Agriculture
New York Cotton Dips as Volume Shrinks
The cotton futures market in New York edged lower today with trading volume described as the smallest in quite some time. No specific price data or contracts are provided in the available text.
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New York
Markets at a Glance New York Aug ll Stocks Rally Halted
Markets at a Glance in New York show stocks lower amid a halted rally in televisions. Bonds mixed while rails move slowly. Cotton lower with hedging, wheat steady to a cent lower, corn about unchanged, oats easier. Hog prices steady to 25 cents higher around $24.00. cattle unevenly weak to strong.
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New York
Closing grain market steadies after early corn soybuy
Chicago August grain notes show little movement after an initial buying rush. Wheat slid 5 to 8 cents with September at 2.23 5/8, oats dropped about 5/8, rye eased to 1 1/4, soybeans fell 1 1/4 to 2 cents with November near 2.41 1/2, lard largely steady.
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Chicago
Prince Baudouin Oath Symbolizes Belgian Unity Hope
The assembly cheered as its president asked communists to depart. Prince Baudouin read the oath in French and Flemish, signaling a hoped unity amid Belgium's division between Walloons and Flemish. The Flemish were the commoners of Leopold, while the French speakers were his supporters.
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Prince Baudouin
Belgium
Sup
Leopold
Oes
Milk Board Won’t Appeal Court Edict On Milk Price
MONTGOMERY Ala Aug 11 The Milk Control Board voted July 25 not to appeal the Montgomery circuit court ruling which struck down the 20 cent a quart milk price cut. Executive secretary Charles W Kirby said no reason was given for dropping the suit and milk will remain as it was before the order.
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Ala
State Milk Control Board
Charles W. Kirby
United States weighs Universal Military Training plan
President and lawmakers debate Universal Military Training as a path out of crises. Estimates range from two to five billion dollars annually for prep and training, with calls for 250000 officers. Support and opposition surface among defense leaders, while other actions move on family allowances, surplus sales, and expanding women recruitment.
Army urges media restraint on troop alerts and moves
An Army spokesman urged news outlets to avoid reporting roundups of National Guard units or nationwide troop movements to protect security. Local notices of training moves may be published, but broader state or national roundups should not be publicized. He noted no breach of prior requests and said combat zone censorship is under study.
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Army
Douglas MacArthur
Army explains volunteer basis for reserves medical corps
The Army released a statement detailing quotas and criteria for reserve medical and dental officers. It stresses a voluntary approach and a nationwide, equitable distribution, with calls limited by orders from the Department of the Army and considerations of ongoing internships, training, and community health needs.
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Army
Department of the Army
For Sale: Masterson Place 40 Acres North of Moulton
For sale 40 acres of farm land with 20 acres in cultivation known as the Masterson Place. Contact owner M. Griffin at the place four miles north of Moulton.
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Masterson
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