Taft Blasts Durkin Labor Pick Spark Congressional Fallout
Senator Taft attacked President-elect Eisenhower’s choice of Martin P. Durkin as labor secretary sparking talk of a possible rebellious Congress. Observers weigh whether Taft’s stance signals a broad GOP clash or a limited conflict over Taft Hartley reform as power shifts in Washington.
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Joe Hall
Washington
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Congress
Truman
Ohio
Martin P. Durkin
Labor Post
Taft
GOP
Durkin
T-H Taft
Ohioan
Eli
Senate
Ranch and Strand Film Listings at Hartselle Showtimes
Beverly Michaels and Hugo Haas star in Ranch at 7:00 and 9:00 at Strand in Hartselle. James Stewart Arthur Kennedy and Julia Adams appear in Bend of the River at 7:00.
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Hartselle
Beverly
Michaels
Hugo Haas
Strand
Bend of the River
James Stewart
Arthur Kennedy
Julia Adams
Executions Reported for Czechoslovak Leaders in Purge Trial
Vienna dispatch says Rudolf Slansky and ten other Czechoslovak Communist leaders were executed after a purge trial. Among the dead are Vlado Clementis, Bedrich Geminder, Otto Sling, Ludvik Frejka, Bedrich Reicin, Otto Fischl, Rudolf Margolius, Andre Simone, Josef Frank, and Karel Svab. Three others received life terms.
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Vienna
Rudolf Slansky
Prague Radio
Kremlin
Slansky
Vlado Clementis
Bedrich Geminder
Karel Svab
Arthur London
Vavro Hajdu
Evzen Loebl
Loebl
Clementis
Frank
Svab
Dr Powell Addresses Decatur Lions on Luncheon Clubs
Dr W F Powell pastor of the First Baptist Church Nashville spoke to the Decatur Lions at Lyons Hotel about the role and service of luncheon clubs in American life. He stressed duty to help fellowman and was introduced by Rev William Johnson with Southside Baptist Church hosting a revival.
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W. F. Powell
First Baptist Church
Nashville
Decatur Lions Club
Lyons Hotel
William Johnson
Southside Baptist Church
Powell
Southside
H. Clay Herring
George Daly
Detroit
Mich
Bob Wilson
Florence
Finas Morgan
Peyton Finch
James Tapp
Decatur
Ray Ashwander
Sparkman Seeks More Foreign Aid Contracts For Small Firms
Senator John Sparkman said an earnest effort is under way to give small US businesses a fair share of foreign aid contracts. The Senate Small Business Committee chair sponsored a mutual security amendment and is examining steps to implement it during a world fact finding tour. He spoke after arriving from Frankfurt and meeting with MSA officials.
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Paris
Alabama
John Sparkman
United States
U. S
Senate
Small Business Committee
Sparkman
Frankfurt
MSA
All DAV Members Urged To Be Present
Disabled veterans of the Wheeler Brown Hendrix chapter ask all DAV members to attend Thursday at 7 30 p m at the new home for the reading of the contract for the purchase. Sandwiches coffee and cakes will be served. Ladies Auxiliary and prospective members are urged to attend as community projects and committee reports will be discussed.
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Wheeler-Brown-Hendrix
Ladies Auxiliary
Local notices and hospital updates from Decatur area
Arnold Holmes was admitted to Ellis-Meyer hospital. Mrs. James A. Mims and Mrs. Loyd Cox were dismissed. An Ellis Lodge 655 games night is planned for Friday at eight. The Jimmy Rodgers Fund reached 565 dollars with two new gifts from I R Neher and Lewan Methodist church. Charles C. Berryhill of the U S Navy has arrived in Korean waters aboard the U S S Twining. Pvt Clyde Bradley wounded in action in Korea. Dr T J Chitwood to lead prayer service at Central Methodist tonight. Edith McKnight guest of Mr and Mrs Ed Berry. Lt and Mrs Fred M Sittason to reside at Anniston while Lt Sittason serves at Fort McClellan. Atlee H Hoff to be brought from Vanderbilt to Decatur for Baugh Wiley clinic after brain surgery has shown no improvement. James Shook of 816 Fourth Ave SE rests from Gordon-Bibb for health. Miss Mabel Hanigan remains ill at 617 Third Ave SW.
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Atlee H. Hoff
Vanderbilt Hospital
Nashville
Decatur
Baugh- Wiley Clinic
Dulles Signals Protective Stance Amid Admin Shift
Dulles says protection of sound corruption free foreign service is essential and will be guarded by the new administration. He dodges questions about a Paris visit with Acheson for a NATO meeting. The move follows Truman era practice to ease the transfer of power as Eisenhower names Cabinet appointees. Humphrey, slated for Treasury, also consults with incumbent John W. Snyder.
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Dulles
Foreign Service
Paris
Acheson
North Atlantic Treaty Council
Eisenhower
Truman
George M. Humphrey
Secretary of the Treasury
John W. Snyder
Negroes Under Bond After Dogs Disappear In Valhermosa Area
Charley Jefferson and Buster Wilson two Morgan county Negroes were released on $300 bond each on petit larceny charges connected to the theft of two dogs from Valhermosa Springs. The dogs owned by local residents had not been recovered.
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Charley Jefferson
Buster Wilson
Buster Ray
Morgan County
Valhermosa Springs
Valhermosa Springs 2
Clyde Miller
Sheriffs Office
George Washington's long tenure in Virginia legislature
George Washington served as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses for sixteen years, representing colonial governance and shaping early colonial law.
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George Washington
Virginia House of Burgesses
Rumors Fly In Robbery Probe
Federal grand jury hearing evidence in the Brink's $1 219 000 holdup of January 1950 faced rumors of witness testimony tomorrow and a day off. Prosecutors and the FBI refused to confirm details as reports circulated about suspects and the getaway car. Thursday is expected to be a "show" in Boston.
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Boston
U. S
FBI
United States
Department of Justice
Sun Reporter Indicted Again for Impersonation
Chicago Sun-Times reporter Ray Brennan was indicted again on two counts for posing as an official to obtain a secret Senate crime investigation transcript. The second grand jury charged he falsely claimed to be Senate Crime Investigating Committee office manager to access Captain Dan Gilbert's testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ray Brennan
Chicago Sun-Times
Senate
Brennan
Alderson Reporting Company
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Chicago
Dan Gilbert
Gilbert
Negro fugitive captured with spotter plane in Alabama chase
John Smith nineteen, pursued twenty miles by bloodhounds after threatening a Montgomery woman. A spotter plane guided deputies and Kilby Prison dogs to arrest him just over the county line in Lowndes County three hours after the report.
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Montgomery
John Smith
Smith
G. S. Mosley Jr
Mosley
Vincent Price
Price
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Kilby
Dannelly Field
Traffic accidents report versus prior year
Highway Patrol logs show yesterday there were 16 accidents with 10 injuries and $5 555 in property damage and no deaths. A year earlier 38 accidents caused 20 injuries one death and $12 320 in damage.
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Montgomery W
Highway Patrol
Birmingham textile executive reelected to Fed Atlanta term
Donald Comer of Birmingham was reelected yesterday to a three year term as a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Donald Comer
Birmingham
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Growth Of TVA Area Revealed
TVA analysis of the 1950 census shows 5.912 million people live in counties wholly or partly within the Tennessee River watershed or TVA power area. Watershed counties total 125 with 5.545 million people. power service counties 170 with 5.062 million. Estimated watershed population about 2.8 million and power service area about 4.9 million.
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TVA
Tennessee River
Land Acquisition Study on TVA by SD State Economist
Kris Kristjanson, agricultural economist at South Dakota State College, completed a survey of TVA land acquisition and family resettlement tied to Tennessee River reservoirs. The study, sponsored by the Northern Great Plains Council, aims to apply TVA lessons to Missouri basin projects and notes TVA's unique land purchase and farm readjustment support compared with other regions.
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Kris Kristjanson
South Dakota State College
Brookings
South Dakota
TVA
Tennessee River
Missouri
Kristjanson
Northern Great Plains Council
Council
Lodge Oven House Draws Big Crowd
Decatur Moose lodge held an open house attracting a large turnout with members and former members and their wives invited. Entertainment included Mooseheart and Child City films and a hillbilly band, plus a steak supper.
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Decatur
E. E. Thompson
Markets Report From Decatur Farm Markets
Markets in Decatur show cotton middling at 34.75 cents and strict low at 32.75 cents. Prices for commodities include No 2 mile at 2.95 dollars, No 2 wheat at 2.05 dollars, No 2 oats at 85 cents, No 2 white ear corn at 2.00 dollars, No 2 yellow ear corn at 1.70 dollars, and hogs at 17.00 cents per pound.
Nashville cattle and hog market holds steady amid irregular trade
In Nashville trading, about 1 000 cattle saw steady to uneven bids with steer prices 20.00 to 25.00 and cows 12.50 to 16.00. Calves moved 175 steady. hogs, 800 head, active with open steady on butchers and sows 50 off, barrows 17.25 to 17.50, lightweights around 15.00, and sheep 75 head with limited quotes.
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Nashville
North Georgia live poultry market unsettled with weaker undertone
Atlanta market report shows unsettled conditions and a weaker undertone with offerings and supplies up in some cases while demand remains fair. Prices paid at farms today show broilers or fryers under 3 1 2 lbs selling at 30 1 2 to 31 cents per pound.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Rites Thursday For Mrs Poole
Funeral services for Mrs. Charles Poole 47 Decatur will be at Flint Church of Christ at 2 PM with Luther F Browning and T A Thompson officiating. Burial Mt Pisgah cemetery Peck directing. She leaves a daughter Mrs Oakley Cole three sons two sisters four brothers and four grandchildren.
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Charles Poole
Decature
Hartselle
Flint Church of Christ
Luther F. Browning
T. A. Thompson
Mt. Pisgah
Peck
Peck Chapel
Auto Parts Seized From Benayon For Hong Kong Route
Sixty seven cases of motor car spare parts mostly American were seized by customs from the 8079 ton British freighter Benayon bound for Hong Kong. The spares valued at 400000 Straits dollars approx 132000 U S dollars. The shipment was believed headed for Communist China and included spark plugs electrical equipment brakeshoes and maintenance spares mostly new.
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Singapore
Benayon
Hong Kong
U. S
China
Speaker Urges Vigilance to Keep Government Within Limits
Geo Sletcher told Exchangites at Pitts motel last night that citizens must demand full public disclosure of government operations to curb abuses. He praised a free press as essential to expose secret actions and keep agencies in check. Exchange named George LaBoon to chair a committee for removing city Christmas decorations after the season. contract held by Exchange. Work on decorations finished with 37 attendees reporting.
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George Sletcher
Exchangites
Pitts Motel
Exchangie George LaBoon
Exchange
Navy plans third supercarrier amid budget debate
Defense Secretary Lovett disclosed budget inclusion for a third 60,000 ton carrier, alongside USS Forrestal and USS Saratoga, as White House and Budget Bureau review proceeds. He also rejected Air Force claims of four separate air forces, expressing disagreement with Gilpatric over carrier air power.
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White House and Budget Bureau
Congress
Defense
Robert A. Lovett
Forrestal
Saratoga
Lovett
Air Force
Roswell Gilpatric
United States
USAF
Navy
Marine
Army
Dan Kimball
Davies committee report cites testimony on CIA contacts
The Davies committee said he testified falsely by denying recommending the CIA employ individuals with Communist associations. The State Department briefly suspended Davies last year for a loyalty and security inquiry, then cleared him and restored him to duty.
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Central Intelligence Agency
State Department
Davies
Earnings limit to $75 a month for social security beneficiaries
The Social Security Administration informs that beneficiaries may earn up to $75 per month without losing benefits, up from $50, starting September. Self employed earners must not average more than $75 monthly, or $900 annually, to retain payments. Those over 75 or not covered by the act may cash checks regardless of earnings. Beneficiaries or self employed workers should notify the SSA if earnings exceed the limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ware Foster
Social Security Administration
Foster
Congressmen Return to Huntsville for Overnight Session
Congressmen head to Huntsville for a night session to begin drafting their report. Chairman is Robert E. Jones of Scottsboro for the eighth district with members Henry Larcade of Louisiana Frank E. Smith of Mississippi Thaddeus Machrowicz George A. Dondero Homer Angell Russell Mack and Howard H. Baker.
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Huntsville
Huntedville
Robert E
Bob) Jones
Scottsboro
Eighth
Henry Larcade
Louisiana
Frank E. Smith
Mississippi
Thaddeus M. Machrowicz
George A. Dondero
Michigan
Homer Angell
Oregon
Russell Mack
Washington
Howard H. Baker
Tennessee
State Department pressure cited in panel inquiry delay
A jury member alleged State Department pressure to withhold a report, while the department said it has no authority over U.N. personnel but has informed the U.N. of Americans it believes to be Communists.
State Revenue Highlights from Last Month
Total state revenues reach 20 773 dollars with key gains in gasoline tax at 3 530 025 versus 3 510 661 last year and tobacco at 618 279 versus 642 504. Income tax drops to 184 907 from 258 991 while overall figures show shifts in major streams.
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Aaron Slick
Punkin Crick
Alan Young
Dinah Shore
Robert Merrill
Roxy
Shirley Yamaguchi
Don Taylor
Maureen O'Hara
Jeff Chandler
Mars
Falkville
Tucson
Rod Cameron
Wayne Morris
America
Dr. Powell
Lions
DAV
Jplimale
Arnold Holmes
Thirteenth Avenue SE
Ellis- Meyer Hospital
Ellis-Meyer Hospital
James A. Mims
Eighth Avenue NW
Loyd Cox
Ellis Lodge
First Avenue
Jimmy Rodgers
Charles C. Berryhill
U. S. Navy
Berryhill
Sallie Berryhill
U.S.S. Twining
Defense Department
Clyde Bradley
Ben Bradley Jr
Madison
Korea
T. J. Chitwood
Central Methodist Church
Edith McKnight
Plymouth
Ed Berry
Gordon Drive
Fred M. Sittason
Fort Lee
Virginia
Anniston
Sittason
U.S. Army
Fort McClellan
Lillian Buchanan
F. M. Sittason
James Shook
Fourth Avenue SE
Gordon-Bibb School
Mabel Hanigan
Third Avenue
Valhermosa
Sun
Federal Reserve
Yacht Club
Decatur Yacht Club
Clifford Vaughan
Gerald Neher
Herman Free
R. A. Lee
Leonard Moody
George LaBoon
Euel Garrison
Burford Hough
Nashville Livestock
Mrs. Poole
Reds
Geo. Sletcher Club
Napsuke Diamonds
Second Ave
Rumadol Formule
Great University
Rumadol
Hagerty Drugs Walgreen Agency
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