TNT Found Aboard Ship Reveals Explosive Shipment
TNT discovered in two of 26 cases bound for Tel Aviv and Haifa from New York aboard a barge to Gravesend Bay. Police report 14,000 pounds of TNT in the cargo, with another case containing machinery. further shipping links tied to Oveda Trading Co and Mar-Tech Export Corp in New York City.
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Palestine
Ravesend
Aid
Patrick W
Flannagan
Jersey Cities
Nersey City
Agan
Piline
Haboreg, Ltd
Tel Aviv
Paleon
Esglass
Oenicia, Ltd
Haifa
Gravesend Bay
New York
Frank Laughlin
U. S. Customs Service
Oveda Trading Co
West 42Nd Street
New York City
Mar-Tech Export Corporation
Congress Hints At Domestic Agenda In Campaign Year
President Truman faces Republican pressure on inflation controls and tax cuts as foreign aid, defense, and health legislation loom. Taft outlines inflation tools and a broad GOP program including trade, housing, education aid, and St Lawrence Seaway links.
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Herbert Hoover
Bernard Baruch
Truman
GOP
Congress
Martin
Mass
House
Senate
Senate Republican Policy
Tman Taft
Ohio
Foreign Relations Committee
Taft
St. Lawrence
For Information Service
Death toll climbs from Cotton Valley tornado losses
Shreveport report says the New Year storms raise the death toll to 23 with new fatalities including 9 year old Johnny Livings and 44 year old Lessie Allen in the Cotton Valley area. The toll rose from 14 to 23 as weather damaged homes and knocked out power across the region.
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Shreveport
Cotton Valley
Johnny Livings
Wis
Lessie Allen
Markets Open 1948 With Rail Upswing Amid Weather Disruptions
The New Year began with strength in rails and a continuing carrier upturn, but industrials showed many exceptions as weather halted wire services and trading. Stocks paused on Saturday and other markets also retreated while tax selling from 1947 narrowed reinvestment hopes. The AP 60-stock index rose to 66, rail index to 38.6, with a four day volume of 4,818,390 shares.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Curb
Associated Press
Grain price report from Decatur markets
Decatur market notes show No 1 soft wheat at 3.05 dollars, ear milling white corn 2.25, shell white corn 2.35, ear yellow corn 2.20, shelk yellow corn 2.30, Milo 3.65, barley 1.70 per bushel, oats 1.22 per bushel. Prices reflect current commodity values for farmers and traders.
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Decatur Grains
Wheat Drops Sharply on Cash Grain Sales Spark
Wheat fell sharply on the Chicago board of trade after Kansas City reports of heavy cash grain selling as the new year began. Corn and oats followed with declines, while soybeans rose slightly. May wheat at 2.89 1 4. May corn 2.51 3 4. Oats 1.17 3 4. March soybeans 4.09.
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Chicago
Board of Trade Today
Kansas City
Walled City in Jerusalem Sees Riot and Gate Lockdown
Violent fighting erupts in Jerusalem's old walled city as Jews and Arabs clash over the Western Wall. Arabs have held the wall for two weeks while shops burn and casualties mount. gates are sealed and the area isolated amid a 40 mph dust storm.
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Jerusalem
Old Walled City
Old City
Debris of bomber found in Alaska
Debris from a B-29 bomber including two wheels a wing tank and nose strut was found on the beach of Knik arm Anchorage officials said the wreckage supports belief the California bound Superfortress exploded over Cook Inlet after takeoff from Fairfield-Suisen Calif nine crewmen remain missing as a blinding flash was observed.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Knik Arm
10Th
Cook Inlet
Fairfield-Suisan
Calif
Florida fishermen leave water as red tide blamed
President L C Yeomans of the Florida Commercial Fisheries Association said many West coast fishers are exiting the business due to scarce catches. He noted no clear reason for the shortage, though the mysterious red tide linked to previous fish kills is suspected to play a role.
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Crystal River
Fila
L. C. Yeomans
Florida Commercial Fisheries Association
Yeomans
Florida
Milemma
President Truman Sets Up Anti Inflation Act Administration
President Truman issued an executive order creating a machinery to administer the Republican anti inflation act. He assigns coal and energy allocation to Secretary Krug, agriculture trading and commodities to Secretary Anderson, transportation facility allocations to J Monroe Johnson, and other agreements to Secretary Harriman with final approval by Attorney General Clark.
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Washington
Truman
Secretary of the Interior
Krug
Anderson
J. Monroe Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation
Secretary of Commerce
Harriman
Clark
County store shooting tied to local men and sheriff
The report details a fatal shooting at a Moulton Decatur area store with Virgil Norris killed and Moore Campbell and others involved. Statements from James P Campbell and Moore describe a rifle discharge and a later confession while authorities recovered a .22 rifle under Mud Tavern Creek bridge and questioned witnesses including Jim Decatur.
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Joe
Wimberly
Norris
Campbell
Moore
Moulton
J. D. Moore
Melvin Wimberly
Moulton-Decatur
Charlie Moore
Mud Tavern Creek
Imberly
James P. Campbell
Virgil Wimberly
Melvin
Humphrey
Jim Decatur
Nuby
Kirkpatrick
Bryant and
Vinson
Flanders Pursues Meat Rationing Between Prices
Senator Flanders as head of the economic sub committee weighs stand by rationing legislation while opposing price ceilings. He warns too many ration stamps raise demand and prices, too few depress production and boost black markets. He plans talks with Anderson and meat packers as spring shortage looms per Agriculture Department.
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Itvall
Anderson
OPA
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Business Totals To Reach New Marks
The Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank reports 1947 district totals likely exceed 1946 records. Department stores may hit 527 million, up from 507 million, with loans rising as businesses expand. Debits to individuals exceed 1946 by 12 percent, and several southern cities post double digit gains.
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Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank
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Miss
Gadsden
Ala
Montgomery
Columbus
Albany
Macon
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Tampa
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New_Oreans
Decatur Residents Share Holiday Travels And Local News
Decatur area residents Mack Ferguson Hollis Cox Royce Messer and Roy Williams enjoyed holidays on hunting trips. Local residents face hospital moves arrests and college travel announcements including Marjorie Scroggins Mt St Joseph College and Kathryn Ann Wiley Stephens College. Weather records report 49 25 with several relocations of patients and students returning to Alabama programs.
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Hollis Cox
Royce Messer
Roy Williams
Decatur 3
Decatur
New Strike Wave Is Due
Irving Brown of the American Federation of Labor warned that a new wave of communist inspired strikes in France and Italy could cripple the European economy and threaten the Marshall Plan. He urged European unions to consider forming a counter labor movement and expects an international conference of trade union representatives in Europe within two to three months to support the Marshall plan.
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France
Italy
Irving Brown
American Federation of Labor
Brown
Europe
Russia Sends New Notes to Allies for Japanese Peace Treaty
Moscow radio reported Russia sent notes to the United States Great Britain and China renewing a proposal for the Big Four to draft a Japanese peace treaty at a special foreign ministers conference this month. China’s Wang Shih-Chieh noted the Potsdam agreement lacks explicit council powers for treaty preparation.
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Moscow Radio
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United States
Great Britain
China
Soviet Union
Ignour
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Council of Foreign Ministers
Jjapan
Broken vessel found near Kodiak
A Navy search plane from Kodiak located the broken cannery tender Spencer on the rocky coast opposite Kodiak Island. Six survivors reported no injuries. It was unclear if more crewmen were aboard or if any were lost. The plane dropped a note, rations, and clothing.
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Kodiak
Alaska
Spencer
Kodiak Island
Marshall Returns to Push European Recovery Plan
Secretary of State Marshall returns from a North Carolina vacation to rally support for the 17 million dollar European recovery proposal bearing his name. Charles E Bohlen, State Department counselor and Russian expert, will speak Monday in Madison Wisconsin, likely addressing criticisms since President Truman’s submission of the program.
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Washington
North Carolina
Charles E. Bohlen
State Department
Madison
Wis
Truman
Lu Yu and the First Book on Tea in 8th Century China
The historical figure Lu Yu, famed as a picturesque Chinese clown of the eighth century, is credited with writing what is believed to be the first book about tea. The work shaped early tea culture and brewing in China.
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Lu Yu
Film figures fined for game law violation in Bakersfield
Clark Gable Frank Morgan Johnny Mack Brown and O C Dull each fined 200 after pleading guilty to game law violations. MGM attorney Michael Cohen said the party regretted the infraction. Gable originally faced 25 ducks but a court conference revealed a mixup. he had six. Brown, ex Alabama star, pleaded guilty to 12 ducks, Dull 13 and Morgan 13.
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Calif
Clark Gable
Frank Morgan
Johnny Mack Brown
O. C. Dull
Justice of the Peace
Frank Noriega
Michael Cohen
MGM
Dull
Gable
Cohen
Les Arnold
Brown
Alabama
Morgan
Folsom Criticized By Local Leaders After Radio Address
Four amendment supporters including Sen Bruce Henderson and Albert Boutwell condemned Governor Folsom as a “friend of the common man” while accusing him of sabotaging local institutions and vetoing farmers relief. Beck charged lack of union labor in Folsom's newspaper and urged opposition to all amendments. The self-starter and four local amendments face votes Tuesday.
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City Auditorium
Bruce Henderson
Wilcox County
Jefferson
Albert Boutwell
W. M. Beck
DeKalb
Norman Harris
Morgan
Beck
Friend of Labor
Opposition to Self Starter Amendment from Alabama Old Age Pension Group
Haleyville Alabama January 3 1948 officers and directors of the Alabama Old Age Pension Association Inc issued a joint statement opposing the self starter amendment on the upcoming Tuesday ballot. J H Kelly president of the association led the statement with T W Bryan H J Stewart and Joel T Curtis named as officers. George W Beasley of another pension group endorsed the amendment but Kelly said Beasley is not an officer of the association. The group reaffirmed its opposition to the amendment.
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Haleyville
Ala
Alabama Old Age ‘Pension Association Inc
J. H. Kelly
George W. Beasley
Alabama
Beasley
Kelly
T. W. Bryan
Clanton
H. J. Stewart
Huntsville
Joel T. Curtis
Alabama leaders spar over amendment and governance
Boutwell ridicules Folsom claims that voting against the amendment supports pensions and roads, calling four charges against the Governor. Henderson urges voters to act to defend democracy while Harris lists amendment aims and the legislature’s inaction on bonds and taxes. Ingalls accuses Folsom of extravagance and one man rule, challenging exams bills and state purchasing controls.
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Boutwell
Folsom
Alabama
Sen
Henderson
Harris
Clanton
Montgomery
Luther Ingalls
Ingalls
Examiners of Public Accounts
ABC
Prisons and Oyer Purchasing Department
S. Supreme Court
Ala
Freak blast damages Armour Gas building in Macon
In Macon Georgia a freak flame flash razed the Armour Gas Corporation building in the south suburbs causing about 21000 in damage. Corporation president D Dana Price said vapor from an empty railroad tank car settled near the building then sparked off. Firemen from the nearby naval ordnance plant fought the blaze before it reached two large propane tanks. The explosion sent flames through a side door where four workers were present. Insurance covered all but 8000 of the building owned by Joseph Hadaritz.
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Macon
Armour Gas Corporation
D. Dana Price
O. R. Waldrop
Ed Jones
Joseph Hadaritz
Price
Alabama constitutional fight over self-starter amendment heats up
Alabama’s political battle over the self-starter constitutional amendment intensifies as Gov Folsom and lawmakers campaign on whether the legislature can convene without the Governor’s call. The dispute racks factions, with Henderson accusing the Governor and Beck attacking state leadership while four other amendments go to a Jan. 6 vote.
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Congress
Alabama
Montgomery House
Folsom
House
Senate
Bruce Henderson
Wilcox County
Henderson
Beck
State Chamber of Commerce
DeKalb
Missing Berry Found Safe in Daytona Beach Oceanfront Hotel
Barbara Virginia Berry 18, a Merchantville New Jersey coed, was located in an oceanfront hotel apartment in Daytona Beach. She told her parents she left a letter explaining her departure and said she would contact them when settled. Police will not act unless requested by her father.
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Fla
A. O. Folsom
Barbara Vised Berry
Merchantville
N. J
New Jersey College For Women
Folso
Folsom
Miss Berry
New Jersey
Berry
Drevel Hill
News-Journal
Barbara Virginia Ber
Orlando
Daytoria
Beach
Secret of Sandia Base Described as Guided Missiles Project
Washington reports the Sandia base in New Mexico is designated the guided missiles project by the Army. Secretary Royall will inspect the project on January 9 during an eight day, 6000 mile Western defense and science tour. Major General Leslie Groves leads the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project.
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Washington
Sandia Base
New Mexico
Army
Kenneth C. Royall
Royall
Sandia
Armed Forces Special Weapons Project
AFSWP
Leslie R. Groves
Marauding wolves blamed for livestock losses in Tennessee
In Chapell Hill Tennessee a state official named a representative to aid farmers amid wolf predations in a two-county area. A 50-man posse scoured the region after livestock killings. only a single animal killed by a car near Caney Springs December 26 was attributed to wolves by veterinarian C A Dean of College Grove.
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Chapel Hill
Tenn
Tennessee State Department of Citation
Cate Shall
Caney Springs
C. A. Dean
College Grove
Storm wipes out clues in Iowa cattle theft
Moravia Iowa January 3 sheriff A G Morlan says a New Year storm destroyed all clues in a $1400 cattle theft. Seven Hereford cattle valued at $200 apiece were stolen from a farm east of Moravia and likely hauled away Wednesday before the snow and ice storm hit Southern Iowa. The sheriff noted the weather destroyed any possible leads.
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Moravia
P— Provin
A. G. Morlan
Iowa
Forest Main
Morlan
Commission Packs Up To Go Home
Tons of documents fill a 14 story Rittenhouse Square building as the Securities and Exchange Commission leaves Philadelphia for Washington. By a week from Monday the agency will resume operations in the War Assets Administration building in D C to police Wall Street.
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Philadelphia
Rittenhouse Square
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington
Wall Street
War Assets Administration
Churchill in Marrakech Hospital for Bronchitis
Report from Marrakech says Sir Winston Churchill visited a civil hospital for medical treatment after a cold developed into bronchitis. The bulletin notes he is not seriously ill and his condition improves with treatment.
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Marrakech
French
Trocco
Jan
Winston Churchill
Oran
Churchhill
Churchill
Mass Arrests Protests At Spanish Embassy
In Buenos Aires police detained 355 demonstrators including women outside the Spanish embassy to protest the execution in Spain of Agustin Zorca Lucas Nunez. The incident drew wide attention as authorities acted to disperse the crowd.
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Buenos Aires
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