Decatur Notes on Politics and Weather in Alabama
North Alabama readers see mixed political coverage with mentions of the States' Righters planning a Thurmond-Wright ticket in Minnesota, Truman group events in Montgomery, and FBI awareness of Communist links. Local weather foresees bumper crops with favorable harvest prospects. A Talladega jail escape case involves a Black defendant in a shooting of a taxi driver. Alabama political sentiment shows opposition to Truman and adjusted AP lineups for football reporting.
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Humphrey
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Anti noise laws spread as cities curb alarming sounds
A survey cites U S cities enacting quiet ordinances to curb loud horns, loudspeakers and noisy machines. Examples include Dothan and Atlanta banning wolf whistles, Miami Beach restricting sound machines, and Decatur urging stricter enforcement to protect sleep and work hours.
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Two U S Senators Duel Fervent Fences After Chance Meeting
In a light exchange at a social event Speaker Joe Martin and Senator Alben Barkley, though on opposite sides, joked about the high honors given to Barkley. Martin offered congratulations, and Barkley replied with a parable about a sailor and a Vice President who never hear from their two sons.
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Navy Justice Showcases Bias At Naval Research Lab
The piece contrasts reform in Army justice with a long standing naval code. It highlights Lt Kenneth L Curtis’s theft conviction for stealing a Navy generator found at Cmdr Louis R Hird’s lake cottage. Hird and Capt Hilford Owen escape harsher penalties amid questions of sanity and favoritism.
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GOP Young Blood in Court Sees Two Stumble Through Return
Dan Sullivan and Lincoln Fitzgerald were brought into Mount Clemens Michigan court last week for trial after fleeing the state nearly four years ago. The proceedings mark a victory for Macomb County prosecutor Ed Jacobs and spotlight a factional split within Michigan Republican circles.
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Close brush with death told at the club
Junius Smithers recalls a near fatal moment as he relives life passing before him. McBright interrupts, asking if Smithers saw him lend a five dollar bill in the summer of 1937, prompting tense reflection at the club.
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Dewey era clashes and Berlin airlift briefing from wartime notes
The piece blends political maneuvering around Mrs. Dewey Hay with a Midland Michigan GOP faction seeking Ed Jacob’s defeat. It shifts to a Berlin airlift briefing at Rhine Main where the Air Force rehearses for potential future blockades, noting Gen. Tunner’s streamlined flight briefs and snack-bar removal.
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Filibuster Threat Opens Next Senate Session in January
Washington, Aug 17 The Nation Today reports that Republican leaders plan a history making filibuster at the start of the new senate session on January 4. Taft predicts a protracted clash to close two loopholes in the cloture rule, with southern Democrats expected to resist any change as debate could stretch to a continuous day and night session.
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Customer confronts cigar shop over smoking ban
A customer questions a shop about selling cigars while banning smoking inside. The salesgirl smiles and explains they also sell bath towels.
Bathing suits and social levels in a shared world
A jumbled set of quotes on social equality and humor. It contrasts bathing suits as a social level with the idea of capital punishment as a deterrent. It notes a Mexican and American worker sharing a mine rabbit tale and a joke about rabbits at night. It references Hollywood censorship and a quip about an efficiency expert spoiled by one week off.
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Quotations and Snippets From A Crowded Campus
A collection of light anecdotes and quips from a college setting. A young father jokes about a fourth child and leftover grapefruit. A mother denies heredity in eccentric traits while a dean confronts a student about whiskey. A message on talent versus effort closes.
Bore boasts of a boastful hookup
An odd dialogue fragment contrasts a boastful speaker with a remark about an ashtray as a place for cigarette butts when there is no floor.
Ship Passengers Not To Get Liquor Into Alabama
Alabama liquor board refused a proposal to allow ship passengers to bring up to a gallon of liquor tax free via Mobile. Assistant Administrator McRee argued lack of authority and enforcement issues, saying the state must collect markup on all liquor entering Alabama and that exemptions could prompt broader claims.
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Montgomery
Ala
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H. G. Miller
R. P. McRee
McRee
Moscow menace and war talk in Pegler column
Westbrook Pegler argues the Russian stance grows hostile since Potsdam. He cites Soviet defiance, domestic communists, Henry Wallace’s party, and alleged U.S. treason. He calls for wartime powers, camps, and harsher action against traitors, tying to Truman and Roosevelt era policies.
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