Legion Opens 31st Convention Faces China Policy Fight
The American Legion opened its 31st annual convention in Philadelphia with anti communist policy in China as the top issue. Delegates from 3 million Legionnaires consider about 1,000 resolutions while Truman attends and a distinguished service medal is awarded. A Western Pacific defense line plan and continued aid to anti communist forces in China dominate debate, with rival views on December China policy. The 40 and 8 group holds its own parade and women’s auxiliary officers are chosen, as Gen Lucius Clay speaks at a banquet.
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Lee Linder
Philadelphia
American Legion
China
Legion
Truman
Missouri
The
Women’s Auxiliary
Louis A. Johnson
U. S.-China
U. S
Far East
Erle Cocke Jr
Dawson
National Security Commission
Cocke
Japan
Alaska
Philippines
Women's Auxiliary
Norman L. Sheehe
Rockford, IL
Hubert A. Goode
Indianapolis
Ind
Lucius Clay
Germany
Baur Rites to Be Held Here Tuesday
Final service and interment for Osca Freed Baur who died Saturday will be held here on Tuesday with a requiem high mass at the Church of The Holy Name. The body will go to Decatur after services in Nashville. Pallbearers and active pallbearers are named. Survived by wife Marie Arantz, son Charlies Bernard Baur, two daughters Mrs. Mary Baur and others.
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Osca
Freed Baur
Bernard Baur
Detroit
Baur
Marie Arantz
Charlies Bernard Baur
Mary Baur
Nashville
Martin
Church of the Holy Name
Decatur
F. E. Dotson
J. M. Vaughn
Ira Ensminger
H L Norton
W. T. Stirling
J. W. Frazier
Robert Britton
C. Bateman
Amos Young
Lamar Penny
James
Wind blasts cause heavy damage at naval air station scene
Storm actions attributed to Maj. James Grimmer and Lt Comdr. R. R. Carusie caused about 100000 in losses with wings and rudders ripped from aircraft. Three light planes were damaged, a tree toppled an automobile injuring two people, and a hotel window shattered. Power outages and downed poles disrupted several communities with live lines across streets.
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James Grimmer
R. R. Carusie
Naval Air Station
Market declines spread through New York stocks
Aug 29 slow market slide continued with fractions to over a point losses across the list. Goodrich fell after talks to end the strike, Coca Cola rose to a year high before retreating, while U S Steel and multiple industrials sagged.
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New York
Goodrich
Coca-Cola
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
General Motors
Studebaker
Goodyear
Nickel Plate
Southern Pacific
American Telephone
Cotton futures slump amid slow demand and rain fears
Hedging and commission house liquidation dominate quiet trading as textile mills absorb contracts with demand limited to scale-down buying orders. Selling centers on nearby deliveries while traders anticipate delayed new crop picking due to heavy rains. Market awaits Washington farm price legislation developments and the government parity report due after market close tomorrow.
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New York
Commission House
Commission Houses
Washington
Grain futures drift in mixed trading on Chicago board
Chicago action shows soybeans fluctuating within a six cent range as contracts closed with mixed gains and losses. Wheat rose about four tenths to three quarters, corn up roughly a cent, oats steady to a quarter higher, rye down about a quarter to a cent, soybeans little changed to one cent higher, and pork products mixed with lard varying between a loss and small gain.
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Chicago
Nashville Livestock Prices Move Steady Across Cattle Hogs and Sheep
In Nashville on Aug 29 the Federal State Department of Agriculture notes cattle and calves mostly steady with price ranges for medium and good fed steers and heifers 22.00 to 24.50 per cwt and around 25.00 for load lots. Grassers 17.00 to 20.00, cows 14.00 to 15.25, bulls 13.50 to 16.00. Calves 18.00 to 27.00, hogs 19.00 to 20.75, sows 14.00 to 16.00, sheep 16.00 to 22.50 with fat ewes 7.00 down.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal State Department of Agriculture
Cattie
Markets at a Glance New York Aug 29 Stocks Fall
New York markets opened with mild selling weighing stocks and bonds while rails remained in supply. Cotton declined as commission houses liquidated holdings amid ongoing market softness.
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New York
Commission House
Chicago grain and livestock report shows firm wheat and higher hogs
In Chicago trading, wheat remained firm while corn held steady as producers report erecting farm storage. Oats were little changed amid quiet trade. Hogs rose to as much as 21.60 per hundredweight, up about 50 cents, and cattle held steady to 25 cents higher, topping at 29.65.
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Chicago
North Georgia poultry market eases slightly on strong supply
Atlanta August 29 Poultry market in North Georgia remained about steady with prices 41 cents lower than last week. Supply was fully adequate for light fryers and barely adequate for heavy fryers though the heavy fryer supply improved. Dressed poultry plants reported light demand. Prices paid for farm broilers and fryers this morning ranged from 26 to 28 cents per pound, mostly 27 to 44 cents, across all weights.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Five Convicts Still At Large After Camp Break
Five convicts remained at large after a break from the state road camp near Defuniak Springs. Three of the eight original escapees were recaptured during lunch, identified as Chester Drobek, Milton E. Richardson, and Charles O’Neal. Howard Wayne, 28, fled with Richardson and O’Neal. The other escapees are Sidney Knight, 22. Richard Arsell, 20. McDonald Brown, 23. and James Mills, 19, believed to be in the wooded area nearby.
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Defuniae Springs
Fila
State Road
Charles W. Wilkerson
Walton County
Chester Drobek
Milton E. Richardson
Charles O'Neal
Wilkerson
Howard Wayne
Richardson
O’neal
Sidney Knight
Richard Arsell
McDonald Brown
James Mills
Ner Defuniak Springs
Face of Lincoln carved into Mount Rushmore eye
A rock face in the Black Hills bears an immense likeness of Abraham Lincoln. The Mount Rushmore sculpture is described as so vast that a man could stand upright inside the eye of the carved Lincoln.
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Abraham Lencoln
Mount Rushmore
Black Hills
Cause sheep, lambs, and chickens in danger
A brief item notes concerns about livestock such as sheep and lambs and poultry including chickens. The article suggests potential threats or hazards affecting these animals and mentions related precautionary measures or authorities. The piece reads as a local notice on farm animal safety.
Six GAR Vets Hold Reunion in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on August 29 six Civil War veterans aged 100 or more gathered for the Grand Army of the Republic encampment. Notable attendees included 102-year-olds Charles L. Chappel of Long Beach and Robert Barrett of Princeton, 108-year-old James A. Hard, and 100-year-old Albert Woolson. A hospital set up for veterans remained unused as guards and police managed the large crowd while Rochester, New York sent a gift of cigars.
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Merrill Swedland
Indianapolis
Grand Army of the Republic
Charles L. Chappel
Long Beach
Calif
Chappel
Robert Barrett
Princeton
Albert Woolson
Duluth
Mich
James A. Hard
GAR
Rochester
N. Y
Gannett
Claypool
Veterans Administration
Florida hurricane toll and damage rise after Roanoke sighting
The storm moved from the Atlantic core across Florida causing extensive damage. West Palm Beach to Fort Lauderdale faced direct core impact with 60 mph winds, planes wrecked, a large beach area damaged, and multiple injuries. One death in Florida and one in Georgia, with preliminary losses estimated at 40 to 50 million dollars.
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Maryland
Georgia
Weather Bureau
Roanoke
Florida
West Palm Beach
Lake Worth
Fort Lauderdale
Atlantic
Lake Okeechobee
Suwannee
Grady Norton
International Airport
Andrew Jonkman
Biscayné Bay
Savannah
Teen pilot injured in storm encounter on airliner
Pilot Ronald C. Roy, 15, son of Mr and Mrs Richard Roy of St Paul, treated for a bruised thigh and released. The other boy, Michael Roth, 7, of Detroit, examined and uninjured. Alan Ackerson of Hazlet New Jersey, airline pilot, reported one of the roughest storms he had encountered. He flew by instrument last part of flight. plane undamaged but grounded for checks and passenger transfers arranged.
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Ronald C. Roy
Richard Roy
St. Paul
Michael Roth
Benjamin Roth
Detroit
Alan Ackerson
Hazlet
N. J
Ackerso
Airlines
Ackerson
Cooperation and Concession in Global Prosperity
A quotation emphasizes that a sound expanding world economy for lasting prosperity remains elusive. It argues that free nations possess the resources to achieve this task, but stresses that only through mutual concession and cooperation can the difficulties be solved.
Economy Order To Pass Senate
Washington August 29 administration forces beat an attempt in the senate to require President Truman to cut 5 to 10 percent from all funds appropriated by Congress. Majority Leader Lucas conceded defeat on a simple majority vote plan as parliamentarians said the issue could be decided by a majority. The rider, added to the 14.8 billion Army Navy and Air Force appropriations bill, faced veto risk and political doubt.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Congress
Lucas
D-Ill
House
Army
Southern Knights of the Ku Klux Klan claim reinvention
Hendrix, an electrician and leader of the Southern Knights, says the group is a reincarnation of the original invisible empire with 302 chapters and about 650,000 members across 12 southern states plus New York and New Jersey, fighting alleged heavy taxation and a communist state. He insists the Georgia Kluxers and Montgomery group are unaffiliated. Alabama Klansmen elected Dr Lycurgus Spinks at 64, while Georgia Klansman Samuel W. Roper became leader after Samuel Green’s death. A midnight protest near Iron City, Georgia, ended with gunfire involving Hendrix and local authorities, who say he fled toward Dothan, Alabama, though Hendrix denies running and blames the mayor and friends for the shooting.
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Southern Knights
Klux Klan
Hendrix
Outfit
New York
New Jersey
Georgia Klans
Montgomery
Ala
Georgia Kluxers
Atlanta
Samuel W. Roper
Imperial
Samuel Green
Alabama
Lycurgus Spinks
C. L. Drake
Iron City
Tallahassee
Dothan
Drake
Bomb death toll for Hiroshima revised higher by mayor
Mayor Shimzo Hamai of Hiroshima says the city lost between 210000 and 240000 people in the Aug 6 1945 atomic bombing, including about 30000 troops, a higher figure than previous estimates from U S and Japanese sources. Hamai cites ration card data to justify the count.
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New York
Hiroshima
Shimzo Hamai
Norman Cousins
Saturday Review of Literature
Hamai
U U. S
Vigil by 30 Gypsies for Injured Chief in Binghamton
In Binghamton New York thirty gypsies kept vigil at a city hospital room for their 75 year old chief critically injured after a highway crash. Another 70 camped near the outskirts and 200 more were expected from as far as California en route to New York City for a clan gathering. The chief’s son Thomas, now acting leader, said the band would stay in camp during his father's hospital confinement and that the group bands together when the chief is ill.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Binghamton City Hospital
California
John Stevens
Stevens
New York City
Thomas
West Coast Citrus Losses From The Storm Reach Record Levels
The storm caused widespread damage across Palm Beach County and surrounding areas. The Red Cross reported 383 buildings destroyed and 15,698 damaged in Palm Beach County alone, with 13,282 homes damaged and 1,483 major losses. Estimated total damage totals reached about 40 million dollars, with West Palm Beach Fort Pierce and Belle Glade among the hardest hit.
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McCarty
Lower
Indian River
Red Cross
Palm Beach County
Lake Okeechobee
Belle Glade
Pahokee
Canal Point
West Palm Beach
Fort Pierce
Big Lake
Miami Herald
Miami Daily News
Grady Norton
Palm Beach
Stuart
Vero Beach
Lake Worth
Canali Point
Rotary Club Tennis Meet Results Show Winners
Results through noon show boys singles Phil Hendrix Jimmie Wiley 6-2 6-3. Bobby Milam Billy Horn 6-1 6-1. Bobby Smith Jack Perkins 8-6 6-2. Bud Orr Carl Farrish 6-1 6-3. Boys doubles Dan Collins Bob Cox Dawson Crim John Gannaway 6-1 6-1. Joe Burns Jim Hunter Bob Milam Howard Busby 6-1 6-0. Girls singles Annsmey Eleanor Hamilton 6-1 6-0. Ladies singles Jane Long Eleanor Hamilton 6-0 6-0. Trophies on display Hunters Furniture Co tomorrow. First and second rounds to be finished by Tuesday night.
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Rotary Club
Phil Hendrix
Jimmie Wiley
Bobby Milam
Billy Horn
Bobby Smith
Jack Perkins
Bud Orr
Carl Farrish
Dan Collins
Bob Cox
Dawson Crim
John Gannaway
Joe Burns
Jim Hunter
Bob‘ Milam
Howard Busby
Annsmey
Eleanor Hamilton
Jane Long
Hunters Furniture Co
Vaughan Affidavit Cites No Improper Influence
James V. Hunt Washington management counsellor says the weekend inquiry yields conclusive evidence of the absence of any improper influence on his part. Senator Smith labeled Hunt the main star of the inquiry.
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James V. Hunt
Washington
Senator Smith
R-Me
Hunt
Liquor Arrests Lead Cullman Sheriff Office Action
Sheriff Shelley Hyatt reports two arrests on public drunkenness charges and three for violation of the prohibition law by officers of the Cullman Sheriff’s office. Deputy O W Hancock led the enforcement efforts in the county crackdown.
Mrs Violet King Rites Held At Fifth Street Church
Funeral services for Mrs Violet King, 45, who died Saturday after an extended illness, will be at 3 pm today at Fifth Street Baptist Church in Huntsville. Rev M G Wilson to conduct. Interment in Maple Hill cemetery. Pallbearers named: Clarence Carroll Otto Neal Howard Madox Herman Johnson Milo Pogue Thomas plus others.
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Violet King
Fifth Street Baptist Church
Huntsville
M. G. Wilson
Maple Hill Cemetery
Mutual
Clarence Carroll
Otto Neal
Howard Madox
Herman Johnson
Milo Pogue
Thomas
Oil boom marks Mississippi's 10th birthday as producer
Yazoo City Mississippi marks ten years since Union Producing Co sank the discovery well in Tinsley Field on August 29 1939. The industry now supports over 4000 workers with a 12 million dollar payroll across 33 fields and 1500 wells. Gov Fielding L Wright and industry leaders attend a stag banquet with principal address by N C McGowan of Union Producing Co.
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Yazoo City
Miss
Mississippi
Here
Union Producing Co
Tinsley
Frederic Mellon
Mellon
Enterprise
Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Fielding L. Wright
N. C. McGowan
Shreveport
Labor Regime and Rebels Stir Global Tensions
The Red thrust neared Jucheng as communist forces moved on Amoy opposite Formosa with nationalist reinforcements reported. In Bolivia, rebels at Cochabamba resisted government bombs and loyal troops, calling on civilians to join. The uprising was led by nationalist factions in both army and civil groups, sparked by the MNR under acting President Mamer to Urriolagoitia.
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Jucheng
China
Amoy
Formosa
Bolivia
Cochabamba
Mamerto Urriolagoitia
MNR
National Revolutionary Movement
Yugoslavs Unworried Amid Balkans Tensions
Belgrade August 29 Yugoslavia shows outward calm despite talk of a potential shooting war with Soviet dominated neighbors The government denies rumors of troop movements and sabotage while Tito era forces remain alert along borders The heavy troop concentration appears focused in Macedonia with disposition kept secret unless a showdown occurs.
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Alex Singleton
Belgrade
Yugslavia
Yugoslavia
Balkans
Russia
Economic Council of Mutual Assistance
Sofia
Bulgaria
Istrian
Trieste
Penninsula
Fiume
Marshal Tito
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
Tito
Macedonia
Istanbul
Albania
Greece
Unclear details on Atlanta plant license loss and related operations
Report notes continued operation of the Atlanta plant after its license was revoked on January 5. Shaw presented checks suggesting large activity post January 5 and an alleged link between Atlanta’s illicit traffic and the Augusta plant. A raid found liquor uncleared by state warehouses, some with counterfeit stamps.
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Atlanta
Shaw
Augusta
Decatur News Highlights Local Events and Weather
Wire short triggers Decatur fire response with no damage. Christian education board, Central Methodist church, meets. Judge Crow to hear cases in Athens Tuesday. Col. Cook from Columbia notes industrial progress and new bridge over Duck River. Weather reports: noon 81, Sunday 87 high and 68 low, .02 inch rainfall. Local residents Bobby Delmore ill at home. Peggy and Patsy Lipscomb return to Birmingham after visit with Lipscomb grandparents.
Senate groups back arms aid for European production
United States Senate committees approved using part of the 1.45 billion arms aid fund to buy tools equipment and raw materials for European factories to produce weapons. The 11 to 9 vote followed a Tydings amendment sponsored by Senator Tydings. Senator Vandenberg opposed immediate outlays arguing for a defense council first. General Omar Bradley testified that funding tool and material purchases would save taxpayers about 700 million.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Connally
D-Texas
Foreign Relations and
Armed Services Committees
Tydings
D-Md
Arms Services Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Defense Council
Atlantic Alliance
Council
Dulles
R-Ny
Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lowe Seeks Friday Vote On Five Election Bills
In Huntsville Alabama senator R J Lowe of Madison county plans to seek unanimous consent Friday to bring up for a vote five bills aimed at changing election laws. The bills moved from committee last week and are ready for a vote. administration and anti administration forces have been urged to allow consideration. All five measures passed the house by large margins.
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Huntsville
Ala
R. J. Lowe
Madison County
Senate
Madison County Post 37
American Legion
Grand Jury
House
Interest claim challenges Bowen in alleged loan case
Best denied Bowen had any stake and argued the numerous checks to the major liquor operator were for personal loans or merchandise rather than an interest in the case.
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Bowen
Best
Robeson Riot Draws Protest in New York
The Civil Rights Congress said a White House investigation may be sought into the Peekskill riot that disrupted a Paul Robeson concert. Eight injured, two seriously, as veterans clashed with concertgoers. proceeds were for Harlem Civil Rights Congress. A Harlem rally plans a delegation to Gov Dewey demanding police action and arrests.
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New York
Civil Rights Congress
Truman
Peekskill
N. Y
Paul Robeson
Will Lawrence
Congress
Justice Department
White House
Robeson
Harlem
American Labor Party
Lawrence
Thomas E. Dewey
Obsolete Tanks Sent to Chinese Nationalist Forces
A hundred obsolete Army tanks stripped of guns and markings were loaded at Alabama docks for transport to Chinese nationalist armies. Col Ta-Wei-T-Li confirmed the plan to salvage parts for repairing their tanks. Lt Col George W. Campbell said the light-model tanks, used for World War II training, were sold as salvage after guns and parts were removed and would go to a nationalist port in occupied China aboard the Sordl, sailing Wednesday.
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Mobile
Ala
China
Ta-Wei-T-Li
Anniston
Alabama
SSS Sorol
George W. Campbell
Ordnance Property Disposal Division
Washington
Col
Campbell
Polio cases show mixed trends across states
State Health Officer George Cox notes signs of leveling off in some areas while Connecticut Rhode Island and New Jersey still see rising case rates. Nationwide totals reach 19591 by Aug 27, with several states reporting fewer cases than last year though regions like the South compile higher counts.
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George Cox
Michigan
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Milwaukee
Wits
Iowa
Oklahoma
State Health Department
Calta
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Nebraska
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Arizona
Montana
Wyoming
District of Columbia
For Sale: New House on Two or Twenty-Two Acres
Property listing offers a new house with two acres priced at 2750 or a 22 acre option at 3250. Includes electricity. Located at Flint and Oak Ridge Road. Contact Roy O. Wyatt by day at 121 or night at 3024 XR.
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Flint
Oak Ridge Road
Roy O. Wyatt
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