Aliceville opens new livestock sales barn with community support
One of Our Market Needs Alabama magazine reports Aliceville dedicating a new livestock sales barn funded by 175 local stockholders who contributed over 25000 dollars. The first day sale yielded 74204 dollars from 678 head of livestock. The piece praises Aliceville’s facility as a model for other communities and notes Decatur’s marketing system as a contrast.
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Alabama Magazine
Aliceville
Decatur
Baseball Woes in the Southeastern League Echo Decatur Hope
The Anniston Star reviews Selma Cloverleafs finances as they stage a free night to salvage support while the Southeast League suffers from declining attendance nationwide. Small-town fans, rising costs, and competition from drive-ins and TV threaten continued Class B play and possible formation of a cheaper Class C circuit including Anniston Gadsden Rome Huntsville Decatur and Florence.
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Decatur
Tennessee Valley
Selma
Anniston Star
The
Cloverleafs
Jackson Senators
Selma Cloverleafs
Anniston Rams
Gadsden Pilots
Anniston
Gadsden
Vicksburg
Jackson
Meridian
Pensacola
Montgomery
Rome
Huntsville
Florence
Eleanor Roosevelt urges Truman to replace Defense Chief Johnson
In a confidential letter, former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt told President Truman to fire Defense Secretary Louis Johnson. She warned against freezing cabinet members and noted public distrust in Johnson amid anti Johnson mail. The letter urged Truman to consider Johnson's replacement for national defense.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Truman
Eleanor Roosevelt
Defense
Louis Johnson
Roosevelt
Johnson
State Acheson
White House
Acheson
Secretary of Defense
National Defense
Sugar Hoarding Stirs Food Shortage Back Home
The nation faces critical sugar stocks as hoarding persists despite appeals. Ralph Trigg, head of Agriculture Department commodity policy, testified that no sugar is available and consumption per person cannot rise. Senator Homer Capehart urged public shaming of hoarders while organizers push home front campaigns.
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G.I
Korea
Agriculture Department
Ralph Trigg
Senate Banking Committee
Trigg
Indiana
Homer Capehart
Redding Questioned Before Senate Confirmation
Jack Redding faced a thorough behind closed doors review before the Senate confirmed his appointment as assistant postmaster general. Senator Bill Langer of North Dakota pressed questions as Redding claimed to be a...
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Jack Redding
Senate
Sen
Bill Langer
North Dakota
Redding
Living with Regrets and the Path to Better Choices
The piece reflects on how life builds a record of deeds, successes, and regrets. It contrasts people who dwell on past mistakes with those who learn from them, urging readers to avoid living by regrets so future dreams can be pursued. It emphasizes agency and forward motion amid life’s mass of records.
Publicity Director Quip Echoes in Senate Debate
In a terse remark, Senator Zales Ecton of Montana cited a writer of fiction as a former director of publicity for the Democratic National Committee, prompting a dry dig at the political backstory during the session.
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Democratic National Committee
Zales Ecton
Montana
Truman opposes 10 percent across the board federal cuts
President Truman rejects a 10 per cent government spending cut saying it would cripple agencies and harm wartime efforts. Federal officials including Wayne Coy and Thomas Buchanan warn such cuts could undermine top secret projects and essential war production. They urge memo from agencies on which cuts would cripple operations as Korea news and censorship echo in the streets.
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Truman
Congress
Federal Communications
Wayne Coy
Thomas Buchanan
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Buchanan
Agriculture and
Interior
Cannon Sees Quiet GOP Probe in DC Appropriation
House Appropriations Chair Clarence Cannon of Missouri keeps Republicans in their place in closed door District of Columbia appropriation talks. He spotted GOP Rep Earl Wilson of Indiana in democratic territory near the head of the table and ordered him to move to the Republican end. Wilson retorted that he would move, angered by the rebuke.
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House
Clarence Cannon
Missouri
Senate
District of Columbia
Cannon
Earl Wilson
Indiana
Wilson
Mao Tsetung backs Korea in anti US war message
Chinese Communist Leader Mao Tse-Tung expresses strong support for the Korean people in their war against U S imperialist aggression. Observers note Mao left Peking August 11 for an unannounced destination, fueling speculation of a Moscow or Korean location.
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North Korea
Mao Tse-Tung
Kim Il Sung
U.S
Mao
Mao Tse- Tung
Peking
Moscow
Korea
United Nations
O Dwyer to quit as New York mayor and seek Mexico City post
Aug 15 announcement reports William O Dwyer will resign as mayor of New York City to become ambassador to Mexico City. The piece notes contemporaneous debate on atomic and hydrogen bombs impact, cites Maybank on cotton, and contrasts public alarm with dispersal hopes and urban resilience.
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Boston
William O’dwyer
New York
Mexico City
Newark
Stamford
O’dwyer
O'Dwyer
New Deal
Ted Roosevelts
Marcus D. Kogel
Edward J. Flynn
Dewey
Lucius D. Clay
New York Times
City of
Japanese Unconquered in Wit as They Top English Luck
A Tokyo dispatch mocks British English prowess after five years of occupation. Jokes hinge on a hotel desk boy named Boysan and a tale of whiskey, theater, and English translations of stage synopses at Imperial theater. The pieces expose language humor, spoofed plots like Marriage In Monte Carlo and Lilliam, and end noting theater chatter in Japanese only.
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Tokyo
INS
Imperial Hotel
Frank Conniff
Korea
Boysan
Washington, D. C
Valley Forge
Imperial Theater
Emperor’s Palace
Monte Carlo
Lilliam
Rene
Smart
Slick
Isabelle
Arockson, Crockson and
Brockson
Frank
Professor Boyle
Rolande
Henriette
Professor Boule
Mousecatte
July
Feitle
Danube
Aunt Holinden
Paris
Holinden
Ritzmann
Four Die In Hill Collision Of Car And Truck
Four people died and a three year old child was injured in a night auto-truck crash on U S highway 78 near Pen City Alabama. Victims were Ivan Ellis Vandyke and wife from Weatherford Oklahoma and Guy Randolph and wife from Enid Oklahoma. Dana Vandyke, three, remained in critical condition with severe head injuries at a local hospital. Investigating officers cited a hill collision that caused both vehicles to roll over an embankment.
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Pen City
Ala
Here
Ivan Ellis Vandyke
Weatherford
Okla
Guy Randolph
Enid
Vandyke
Dana
J. Y. Armstrong
Birmngham
Youth Drowns in Fish River Near River Park Landing
Norman Mikkelsen, 20, of Sonora near Summersdale, drowned when a speedboat overturned on a sharp turn in Fish River near River Park landing. He was riding with two friends who were dumped into the water. all were rescued except Mikkelsen.
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Summerdale
Ala
Norman Mikkelsen
Sonora
Here
Fish River
River Park Landing
Mikkelsen
J. Mikkelsen
Dr Edmund G Howe Dies In Tuscaloosa At 66
Dr Edmund G Howe former University of Alabama faculty member and head of Marietta College political science department died here yesterday at age 66 from a heart attack He maintained a summer home in Tuscaloosa Ala He is survived by his widow and two sons
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Edmund G. Howe
Marietta
Ohio
University of Alabama
Marietta College
Howe
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