Decatur area airport plan reported in newspaper column
The piece praises local efforts toward public works including a debt free stadium and an upcoming airport facility for Decatur Alabama. It argues for faster revenue sharing from state and federal governments, discusses Alabama tourism potential and a plan to build beachside cottages and a hotel at Gulf State Park, and analyzes a Gallup South poll on presidential candidates Thurmond Truman and Dewey.
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Decatur
Melrose
Massachusetts
Alabama
State Conservation Advisory Board
Gulf State Park
Foley
Florida Sea Coast
Truman
South
Thurmond
Mississippi
South Carolina
Rivalry at AFL Teamsters as Beck challenges Tobin
In a Washington Merry Go Round column, Dan Tobin, 72, and Dave Beck clash over succession. Tobin expanded power to appoint an executive vice president, naming Beck, seen as heir apparent, while Beck seeks to build his own labor empire, prompting Tobin to declare open war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Pearson
Washington
Robert S. Allen
AFL Teamsters Union
Dan Tobin
Dave Beck
Beck
Tobin
Seattle
Beck’s empire building faces rising union backlash
The piece details James R. Tobin and the Teamsters clashing with Beck over control of Boeing unions in Seattle, including strike actions, takeovers of Beck’s locals by Cecil Dunlap, and threats to remove Beck as executive vice president. Tobin asserts his authority while Beck fights for influence across labor and politics.
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Beck
Boeing
Seattle
International Machinists Association
Teamsters
Hartford
Conn
Teams
Tobin
Harvey Brown
Washington State Federation of Labor
Everett
Wash
AFL’ Metal’ Trades Council
Hargipe Beck
Mon Wallgren
State University
AFL International
Cecil Dunlap
Dunlap
International Union
Flynn
Musessini
Roosevelt
Hoover
Washington
Cost of starting a moderately large university
The Nation reports Bruce Biassat notes the price tag around 30 million dollars to launch a moderately large university. Educators warn college populations may double by 1960 and smaller schools face tougher times with science and engineering advances, prompting calls for larger facilities and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Biossat
James Marlow
Washington
Office of Education
Idlewild air rescue drill ends with real crash
An L-5 Cub during Idlewild opening ceremonies crashed while spectators watched. An Air Force surgeon parachuted in to aid the unconscious pilot and rushed him to hospital. Identity was uncertain until a staff sergeant from Indiana was confirmed, though the man insisted he was a staff sergeant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Idlewild
Air Force
James A. Trehearne Jr
Indiana
Veteran women’s advocate Edith Nourse Rogers likely winner
Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts appears unopposed this year as a devoted veteran legislation champion. The piece notes resignations of V Lewis Bassie and Kermit Egg, plus moves involving Clint Anderson and Randolph Feltus, with commentary on political funding questions.
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Edith Nourse Rogers
Mass
Lewis Bassie
Commerce
Charles Sawyer
University of Illinois
Martin Buckner
Flint
Mich
American Legion
National Defense Commission
UMT
Legion
Miami
Kermit Egg
CIO
University of Chicago
Agriculture
Clint Anderson
New Mexico
Federal Communications Commission
Anderson
White House
Randolph Feltus
Contact Lenses Through the War Changed Eyewear
The piece explains plastic contact lenses replacing glass since the war, their fit and use, and advantages for keratoconus and scarred corneas. It notes safety, need for proper fitting by an eye specialist, possible solution issues, age limits, and cautious expectations for first-time wearers. It ends with a brief Q and A on chest pains and tuberculosis misperceptions.
Costs and space needs for a new university project
Government studies estimate 130 sq ft per student in 85 moderately large US schools and project 185 sq ft per student by 1950. A 5,000 student campus would require about 925,000 sq ft of academic space costing roughly 16.65 million dollars, plus housing and initial start costs pushing total to about 27.53 million. Annual operating expenses could run around 7.5 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Education
Preachers Denounce Truman at Klans Rally in Alabama
Two Georgia Baptist preachers condemned President Truman’s civil rights program at a Russell County rally arranged by the Original Southern Klans in Phenix City Alabama. The event gathered members of the organization as it opened in the circuit court area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phenix City
Ala
Truman
Original
Southern Klans, Inc
Russell County Circuit Court
Mortgage default leads to sale of Fairview Lot 21 Decatur
Morgan County Alabama notices Johnnie R Appleton and Nadine Appleton default on a second mortgage to James S Ward recorded 1947. Ward will sell Lot 21 Block 21 of Fairview Property in Decatur at public auction in front of the court house under the legal hours, subject to the first mortgage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie R. Appleton
Nadine F. Appleton
James S. Ward
Morgan County
Alabama
I. James S. Ward
Court House
Decatur
Fairview
Fairview Land Company
Roosevelt Myth and fascism claim in N R A debate
Westbrook Pegler argues Roosevelt embraced fascism via the National Recovery Administration and union controls, praising John Flynn's The Roosevelt Myth as proof. He contrasts Roosevelt with Mussolini and Hitler, notes court challenges to the N R A, and previews further discussion of fascism’s persistence in unions.
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Roosevelt
National Recovery Administration
Hitler
Mussolini
John T. Flynn
Flynn
John Roy Carlson
U. S. District Court
John Flynn
Devin Adair
New York
New York Herald Tribune
H-T
Flynns
Rome
Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
N.R. A
Klansmen Attend Court Session as Speakers Present
About 100 spectators filled the court room while 15 robed Klansmen sat in the jury box. Rev. E.G. Johnston of Columbus Georgia and Rev. E. B. Slay, former Lockwood Baptist pastor in Atlanta, spoke at the session. Slay stated he resigned years ago to pursue Klan work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.G. (Parson Jack) Johnston
the Baptist, Tabernacle
Columbus, Ga
E. B. Slay
Lockwood Baptist Church
Atlanta
Morgan County Probate Court Mortgage Sale Notice 1948
Map of the addition in Morgan County Alabama records the mortgage sale. Proceeds pay advertising costs and conveyance, then principal and interest on the debt, with any balance to mortgagors. Dated August 23, 1948. James S. Ward mortgagee. Leroy McEntire Jr attorney. Aug 23-30 Sept 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Alabama
James S. Ward
Leroy McEntire, Jr
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Tennessee Valley- Printing Co., Inc
W. R. Shelton
Sociated Press
Associated Press
Nashville Tennessean
Dewey
Bascom Timmons
Alabama Automobile Association
Timmons
The
United States Associates of the
International Chamber of Commerce
Alice Tisle Hobart
Uncle Sam
Gallup Poll
Kentucky
Senator Barkley
Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
Arkansas
Florida
Louisiana
Texas
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Gallup
Wallace
Dixie
Progressive Party
al Smith
Smith
Herbert Hoover
New England
Wright
the Daily
McGrath
Wincbe
Union Grabber
International Teamsters
Earl Warren
GOP
Roosevelt Labor Campaign Committee
Franklin van Zelm
By Herman N. Bundesen, M.D
King
H. H
Entures Syndicate, Inc
Rap Truman
State OF Alabama
Pegler
By Westbrook Pegler
Westbrook
United States
Union
Big Jim Walters
Duzzit
Decatur Discount
Upstaire Over LaBoon’s Store
Jones Coal Co
Darling
Trace
Lee St
T. R. Harrison
Sonnel
Horns Price
McRae Motors
NASH
B. F
Ford” Wear
Mgr
Lee & Oak Sts
Sead de Sau
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