Six days left to pay poll tax and vote against governor candidates
Earl Tucker notes only six days remain to forget a dollar and a half poll tax with eleven governor hopefuls. Decatur may lack organized professional baseball this year despite having a modern field, as the city faces broader hurdles to joining the Southeastern League and drawing regional fans.
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Earl Tucker
Thomasville
Decatur
South
Anniston
Gadsden
Mundt Warns of Soviet Atom Stockpile Threat
Senator Karl Mundt argues Russia has a rapid strike armament that could devastate the United States in 90 seconds if war erupts. He warns of the danger of massed bombs and urges readiness, contrasting U S preparation with potential Soviet capabilities.
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Karl Mundt
South Dakota
Russia
United States
Sam
Holt Declines Re election After 19 Years of Service
Limestone county board of revenue chairman J Melvin Holt announces he will not seek another term. He leaves a county road system praised for quality after a long career in public service with no stated new job or plan.
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Holt
J. Melvin Holt
Limestone County
State Highway Department
U. S. Bureau of Roads
Sparks
Birmingham News Criticizes Loyalty Pledge Requirement
The Birmingham News criticizes the Jefferson County Democratic Executive Committee for adding a loyalty pledge for candidates. It notes the state committee already requires a pledge and prohibits counties from adding conflicting qualifications. The paper questions the local move as unnecessary and hints at political theater.
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Birmingham News
Jefferson County Democratic Executive Committee
State Committee
Jefferson County Committee
Tax cut costly to government says Dingell
Representative John Dingell argues to President Truman that Congress overcut internal revenue agents, saving 20 million but causing 600 million in uncollected taxes and 300 000 fraud cases dropped or pigeonholed. He notes many agents were rehired. Senator Millikin jokes about Echo Park dam and GOP leadership.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
John Dingell
Michigan
Internal Revenue
Dingell
Internal Revenue Bureau
Senator Millikin
Colorado
Millikin
Echo Park
Nixon and Groves Namely Respond to Un American Hearings
A New York dispatch cites quotes from Rep Richard Nixon and Lt Gen Leslie Groves on the House Un American Activities Committee and the H bomb race. Tingfu Tsiang discusses U N dynamics and Formosa, while Chiang Kai Shek’s forces and Madame Chiang are referenced amid concerns over Chinese representation and potential vetoes.
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New York
INS
Richard Nixon
Cal
House un-American Activities Committee
Hiss
Elizabeth Bentley
Cham
Frankfurter
Reed
Chambers
The
un-American Committee
Leslie R. Groves
Remington Rand
Kremlin
Tingfu Tsiang
U. N
Security Council
Formosa
Generaligsimo
Madame Chiang
United States
Gen. Stilwell
Europe
Asia
China
Peace offensive from Moscow stirs U.S. alarm over H bomb
A secret National Security Council session links a Moscow peace offer to a possible hydrogen bomb reveal. The article notes U.S. insistence on inspection tied to any international control plan and recalls earlier leaks and statements shaping policy. It also discusses coal industry troubles, overcapacity, and shifts in energy use impacting labor and prices.
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State Department
Pentagon
Atomic Commission
Moscow
Kremlin
National Security Council
Truman
U. S
John McCloy
Asst. Sect. of War
Army Ordnance
Douglas
Illinois
Einstein
Smyth
Lilienthal
Miners Rebel Against John L Lewis in Pennsylvania West Virginia
Growing discontent among miners amid a 33 a week wage cut and a sapping industry fuels a mass grumble against John L Lewis. In Pennsylvania and West Virginia the revolt is strong enough that CIO President Phil Murray, Lewis ally turned rival, could pull miners away from him.
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Lewis
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
CIO
Phil Murray
Murray
UMW
Move with Society Says Delinquent Girls Learn belonging on Welfare Island
ARLIE B DAVIDSON reports on a City of New York Girl's Camp for delinquent girls on Welfare Island. Girls testified they learned to move with society and share authority, reducing hostility to ward authority. The program aims to give them belonging and a new lease on life through social participation.
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Welfare Island
East River
New York City
New York
Local events and notices from Decatur area
Two years ago today Carl Cartwright plans a high school auditorium program for the senior class fundraiser featuring magic and ventriloquism. Bowling results report the Tigers over the Demolays at the Y with Hagerman Garnett Ligon Proctor and Winfrey for the Tigers and Hatfield Jr Nebrig Hodson Young Speer for the Demolays. Albany women donated to a Benevolent hospital shower while Dr. W L Dinsmore remains at home ill. Miss Ruby Mae Garrison and Miss Eva Thompson visit Tuscumbia. Mrs. Myrtle McCowan visits Athens. Mrs. W H Jarman remains ill on West Moulton Street. Week’s film listings include Her Marriage Vows with Monte Blue and Beverly Bayne. A Twin City Glee Club is formed at Mrs. William Motes home with R A Lee president Buford Motes vice president rt Childs secretary treasurer Bethea Stedham director of publicity.
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Tigers
Hagerman
Garnett
Ligon
Proctor
Winfrey
Hatfield Jr
Nebrig
Hodson
Young
Speer
William Motes
Twin City Glee Club
R. A. Lee
Buford Motes
Rt Childs
Bethea Stedham
As Pegler Sees It on Red Scare and Hiss Trial
Pegler argues the public underestimates the Communist threat and defends the conviction of Alger Hiss. He condemns The Washington Post and The New York Times for soft views, praises Roosevelt’s era for exposing communists, and critiques Felix Frankfurter’s influence. He cites Eleanor Roosevelt and press connections as part of a broader anti communist narrative.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hiss
Washington Post
Post
Alger Hiss
Benedict Arnold
New York Times
Roosevelt
Departments of State, Agriculture and Interior
Treasury
Department of Justice
New Deal
Hanns Eisler
Torquemadas
Committee On
Felix Frankfurter
Henry L. Stimson
Dean Acheson
Supreme Court
Frankfurter
Thomas Murphy
Lee Pressman
Labor Relations Board
Pressman
Communist Party
Harvard
Russia
Gene Meyer
Different Treatments for Bronchiectasis and Birthmarks
A magazine column explains that bronchiectasis may be treated medically or surgically depending on age and disease spread, with postural drainage and six months of medical care before considering operation. It notes surgery for birthmarks by skin specialist review, with alternatives like radium or CO2 snow.
AFL Leaders Call Denham Unfit Over Labor Speech
The AFL executive council denounced Robert N. Denham as unfit for his government role after he argued anti-trust laws could target labor unions. Denham, NLRB general counsel, claimed the AFL teamsters union could cripple industries, drawing sharp rebuke from Green Tobin and others in Washington.
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Miami Beach
Fla
American Federation of Labor
Robert N. Denham
AFL
Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
AFL Teamsters
AFL Council
William Green
Dan Tobin
Teamsters
NLRB
Alabama Council of Home Demonstration Clubs Opens Board Meet
Officers closed a two day board meeting in Auburn on the Alabama Polytechnic Institute campus. Mrs T F Holoway of Covington County presided over the group of leading farm women from across the state.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama Council of Home Demonstration Clubs
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
T. F. Holoway
Covington County
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Decatur Daily
Alabama
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
W. R. Shelton
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MAIL
Birmingham Post
Raleigh
Drew Pearson
Avi Ey
International News Service
Bureau of Mines
Seaboard
Federal Power Commission
Living Today
Arlie B. Davidson
Davidsos
Carl Cartwright
Moulton Street
Albany
Benevolent Hospital
W. L. Dinsmore
Ruby Mae Garrison
Eva Thompson
Tuscumbia
Myrtle McCowan
Athens
W. H. Jarman
West Moulton Street
Monte Blue
Beverly
Bayne
Pegler
Dok Pegler
Westbrook
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King
Hubert F. Young Investment Securities
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King Merritt & Co
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