Truman forecasts 1948 victory and roosevelt as running mate
President Truman predicted victory over the Dewey Warren ticket in 1948 and said Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt would be an acceptable running mate. He dismissed questions about withdrawing from the race and noted the vice presidential choice rests with the national convention.
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Washington
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Philadelphaia
Trumah
J. Howard McGrath
Democratic National Committee
Jeres
McGrath
Clare Boothe Luce
Conn
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Malvina Thompson
George Owen 14 Dies In Hospital
Funeral services for George Owen 14 of Danville will be held Friday at 3 PM at Danville Me ist church with Reverends Sammie M Stabler and D C Prince officiating Interment will follow in Johnson chapel cemetery He died at 240 AM this morning at Decatur General hospital He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Alton Owen and one sister Margarite Pallbearers are Arthur Lee Jr Robert Myers Houston Kelsoe Leon Poole Gilbert Spencer Jr and Charles Maples Honorary pallbearers include Delos Garnett Dorman Pope Raymond Compton Hansel Glover Murray Wilson Landers Louis Glenn Lanier
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George Owen
Danville 3
Danville Meist Church
Sammie M. Stabler
D. C. Prince
Johnson Chapel
Peck
Direc
Decatur General Hospital
Alton Owen
Margarite
Arthur Lee, Jr
Robert Myers
Houston Kelsoe
Leon Poole
Gilbert Spencer, Jr
Charles Maples
Delois Garnett
Dorman Pope
Raymond Compton
Hansel Glover
Murray Wilson Landers
Louis Glenn Lanier
Marriages and Deeds in Daily Records
Daily Records lists marriages for Carroll Hill of Moulton to Mary Helen Posey also Less Kelley of Tanner to Omie Campbell both of Moulton. Deeds show H. B. Beard transferring to Lena Sentiff for $19.20 and city education board paying Alvis Briscoe $150 plus a transfer from B. Oden to L. G. McDonald for $3.
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Carroll Hill
Moulton
Mary Helen Posey
Less Kelley
Tanner
Omie Campbell
Deeds H. B. Beard
Lena Sentiff
City Board of Education
Alvis Briscoe
A B. Oden
L. G. McDonald
Tax collections and allocations report details
The report lists various tax figures including education and poll tax receipts for the year, and amounts for cities such as Austinville Decatur Falkville Hartselte Trinity with individual figures. It notes poll tax total of 10 008 00 and explains real estate and personal property tax figures include 296 96 interest. Funds marked for fees and commissions go to the Board of Revenue to cover salaries and equipment for the tax offices.
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Education
Austinville
Decatur
Falkville
Hartselte
Trinity
Delta
Board of Revenue
Negro Playgrounds Will Open Monday
The West Side playgrounds at Cain and McCartney Streets will open Monday July 5 with a free program by the ICWU at 4 P M. Members and boys were asked to be present. R Summer plans to attend.
Weather Forecast Notes Scattered Thunder Over Alabama
Forecasters expect cooler conditions with partly cloudy skies and scattered thunder across parts of Alabama. The outlook includes variable winds and a chance of brief showers in the afternoon.
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Bevin
Alabama
Nashville Markets Report Cattle Hogs and Lambs Prices
Nashville livestock market report shows steady to slow trade. Cattle mixed with feedlot sales 24.00-25.00 for slaughter cattle and 21.00 for low good cows, vealers 21.00-26.00. hogs steady with top 27.50 at 190-230 lb, 24.25-26.00 for lighter 120-180 lb. sheep steady with spring lambs 26.00-26.50 and ewes 7.00-9.00. overall volume around 900 head sheep, 500 hogs, and various cattle listings.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Archbishop Opens Eighth Lambeth Conference In Canterbury
The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Geoffrey Fisher formally opened the Eighth Lambeth Conference of Churchmen in Canterbury England. He urged all Christian peoples to pursue unity and fellowship and noted progress in visible unity amid forces hostile to the faith. Some 330 bishops attended including 75 from the US Episcopal Church and Anglican delegates from Scandinavia Cyprus Jerusalem Greece Serbia Poland and other regions.
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Canterbury
Eng
Protestant Episcopal Church
The
U. S
Scandinavian
Cyprus
Jerusalem
Poland
Notable sports star and Kiwanis speaker recalled
A long career profile lists college football honors for a Decatur High School graduate, including All Southeastern and All American selections at Alabama and Navy. It also covers his Naval Academy service, Knute Rockne Trophy, and later roles coaching at Navy and Pacific Fleet teams. The Kiwanis talk in Los Angeles featured remarks on party politics and civil rights.
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Decatur High School
Alabama
Associated Press
Texas A and M
Dallas
Texas
Boston College
Miami
Florida
U. S. Naval Academy
Knute Rockne
United One
Navy
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Bermuda
Destroyers Pacific Fleet
San Diego
Calif
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Los Angeles
Kiwanis
Williams
Harold Michelson
Decatur
Philadelphia
Washington
Glenn Taylor
Joseph Martin
Dewey
Warren
Robert Taft
Harold Stassen
Stassen
South
County Agent Board Names Attendees in Cullman Meeting
Forty Kinson and George E. Beall chaired a Cullman county session with attendees including H. G. Pinkston of Cullman L. H. Little of Moulton F. K. Agee of Athens L. T. Wagnon of Hartselie J. B. Mitchell of Huntsville P. A. Williams and Cecil Davis as assistant county agents plus J. C. Kidd Timber H. B. Price S. P. McClendon K. M. Fundess and C. R. Morrow all listed as assistants or officials in Cullman and Athens areas.
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Kinson
George E. Beall
H. G. Pinkston
Cullman
L. H. Little
Moulton
F. K. Agee
Athens
L. T. Wagnon
Hartselie
J. B. Mitchell
Huntsville
P. A. Williams
Cecil Davis
J. C. Kidd Timber
Finland Sets For Election In Free Secret Ballot
Finland votes today and tomorrow for a new 200 seat parliament in a six party race. The popular democrats including communists and socialist unity party trail, with 47 to 51 seats forecast. Observers note a post pact independence pledge and a cabinet crisis recent events.
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Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Popular Democrats
Communists
Socialist Unity Party
Yrjo Leino
Berlin Crisis Deepens as West Reaches for Food Aid
The Soviet delegation walks out as Kalinin claims Berlin is part of the Soviet zone and calls for currency reform. Western powers push to open Western sectors, with 2,000,000 Berliners facing hunger. Britain and the U S fly in hundreds of planes while Bevin and Marshall vow continued aid and dialogue. U S officials announce B 29s will rise to 30 in Germany. Trains await to run supplies if Helmstedt Berlin line opens.
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Berlin
Kommandatura
U. S
Britain
France
Kremlin
Paris
Foreign Ministry
Helmstedt-Berlin
Helmstedt
Germany
Democrats weigh running mate as Truman gains momentum
Four party leaders and delegates, including Scott W. Lucas of Illinois, support Truman as a Philadelphia spotlight grows. J. Howard McGrath says the vice presidential choice remains unsettled after a White House briefing, while regional centers and big industrial states figure in the likely ticket dynamics.
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Maryland
Scott W. Lucas
Illinois
Truman
Chicago
Roosevelt
Missouri
Philadelphia
J. Howard McGrath
White House
Woman Injured In Accident North Of Here
Mrs. Arthur Westcott of Lake Worth Florida suffered serious injuries when the car she rode in overturned on Highway 31 north of here Wednesday afternoon. Her husband and a nephew escaped injury. Mrs. Westcott was taken to Decatur General Hospital for treatment.
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Arthur Westcott
Lake Worth
Fla
Decatur General Hospital
Here
Westcott
Lakeside Drive
Decatur General
Georgia Demos Move Toward Open Primary For Negroes
Georgia Democrats convene to open the primary to Black voters amid court rulings against excluding them. Herman Talmadge, heir to Eugene Talmadge, expected to announce his gubernatorial run as 5,000 supporters gather for a prelude to the September 8 Democratic primary. Leaders call the move inevitable and plan no subterfuge. Herman will speak at noon with Marvin Griffin and T. Hicks Fort among other speakers.
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Georgia
Macon
Mermanana Reugai
Truman
Herman
Georgia Supreme Court
Thompson
Talmadge
Marvin Griffin
Bainbridge
T. Hicks Fort
Columbus
TVA Chief Warns On Johnsonville Plant Funding
The speaker argues that eliminating the New Johnsonville plant appropriation hinders the TVA power system and national security. He notes Senate restoration failed in House, stressing the plant is needed for peacetime demand and critical industries amid limited power capacity.
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B&erhorsé
House of Representatives
Johnsonville
Senate Appropriations Committee
National Security Resources Board
Aluminum and Chemical Industries
TVA
Senate
Recruiting Quota Surpassed. Decatur Station Exceeds Plan
Officials at the Decatur Army recruiting station report Morgan county reached 150 percent of its June quota, with 23 enlistments accepted toward a 17 person goal. North Alabama stations hit 140 percent, meeting a 20 enlistment target.
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Decatur Army
Morgan County
North Alabama
Decatur
TVA Salary Raise Talks To Resume
Negotiations for salary increases for about 4 650 white collar workers of the Tennessee Valley Authority will be resumed in July. TVA personnel director Harry Case and AFL official A R Carson said after a one day conference they could not reach a conclusion. Carson said the session would reconvene in about three weeks.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Harry Case
TVA
A. R. Carson
Florence
Ala
AFL
International Union
Congress
Civil Service
Postal
P&y
Tennessee Valley
Carson
Tito Defies Cominform as Yugoslavia Rebuffs Tito Incident
Bulletin notes Tito's public refusal to recant after cominform accusations of flirting with the West and pursuing anti Russian policy. It highlights three observed facts: Tito's strong position, popular support among Yugoslavs, and Stalin's miscalculation. Bulgarian press reiterates unimpaired relations with Yugoslavia despite party alignment with cominform.
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Cominform
Tito
Russia
Moscow
Balkan
Georgi Dmitrov
Kremlin
Stalin
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Bulgarian Communist Party
National Council of the Fatherland Front
Tito receives unified support amid Cominform clashes
Borba shows Tito visiting Belgrade with army and party telegrams backing his leadership against Cominform condemnation. The Yugoslav division he once led in 1941 stood by him, while Bulgarian readers are urged to recall Yugoslavia Bulgaria ties amid calls for unity.
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Cominform
Belgrade
Tito
Borba
Nearlgrade
Dresed
Communist International Information Bureau
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Truman Signs Housing Bill Sours Over Patchwork Plan
President Truman signed a Republican modified housing bill and criticized the Taft Ellender Wagner plan as failing to meet long term needs. He said the measure is political patchwork and that public housing provisions were stripped by the GOP. The measure lets RFC buy GI home loans up to 10000 and allow banks to sell up to 25 percent of GI mortgages they hold.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House of Representatives
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
National Mortgage Association
Truman foes and Eisenhower talk shape Democratic plans
President Truman meets with J. Howard McGrath as Democratic strategists hint at Eisenhower’s possible draft for the Philadelphia convention. Southern Democrats press for Ike while other leaders urge restraint before the nominating roll call.
Johnston seeks dismissal in paternity suit against Gov. Folsom
Mrs. Johnston appeared in Decatur court on June 16 asking to drop her March 2 petition to declare Gov. James E. Folsom her common law husband and to have him named father of her son James Douglas 2. Companions and witnesses included Carter E. Putman and attorney Kingman Shelm igham who filed objections to dismissal and sought a guardian for the child.
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Ton
James E. Folsom
Kingman Shelmingham
Shel
Johnston
Pettions Meon
Hher
Nashville
Folasin
Mount Zion singing event set near Hartselle on July Fourth
The annual Mt. Zion singing program five miles southeast of Hartselle is slated for Sunday July 4 at 7 30 PM. Ministers and musicians expected. theme Let Freedom Ring based on the four Freedoms from the Atlantic Charter. Public invited.
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Mt. Zion
Hartselle
Ministry of Music
Central Methodist Church Soday
Reward Set for Lead in Moulton Death Case
A $200 reward is offered for evidence leading to arrest and conviction in the death of 61 year old farmer avid Melson whose body was found in the ashes of a burned home on Moulton highway. Sheriff Byars says the case is at a standstill with no arrests. The house owner was J B Moody. A resident named Tom White escaped injury.
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Avid Melson
W. A. Me Nm
Moulton
Lawrence County
G. D .Byars
Daily
Melson
J. B Moody
Tom White
Decisions By Supreme Court of Alabama Listed
The Alabama Supreme Court announced today a set of decisions including petitions for certiorari to various circuit courts and appeals. Notable items include affirmations in several ex parte cases and reversals with remands in others, with actions affecting Mary F. Smith, Eva Neal Bains, Kay V. state, Sylvester Junior K, and Herbert E. Newton v City of Tuscaloosa among others.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Foster
Justice
Mary F. Smith
W. H. M. Hall
Court of Appeals
Livingston
Bituminous Gsualty Co
Katherine Richards
Admix
Clark and Creel
Walker ‘Circuit Court
Debardeleben C@l corporation
Katherine Richars
Clark and Creel, & al
Parker Circuit Court
Eva Neal Baig
Eva Neal Bains
Hon
Garger F. Goodwyn
Petiti
Lawson
Rere
Sylvester Junior
Kay
State
Seaborn Jarrell
Chambers — Court
Riley Freeman
Lular
Cullman Circuit Car
Equity
Cuty
Anniston
John D. Fricke
Pro Ami
V. C of
Guntersville
Hall Circuit Court
Simpson
Herbert E. Newton
City Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa
Wife Held In Stabbing Of Husband In Alabama
In Eutaw Alabama a 50 year old barber Georg Furse was stabbed to death at his home yesterday. His wife Mary Hays Furse 50 was taken into custody and held for investigation. She was moved to Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham due to Greene County jail construction.
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Eutaw
Ala
Frank Lee
Georg Furse
Furse
Mary Hays Furse
Ferson County
Birmi
New
Greene County
Acuff Reports Candidacy for Tennessee Governor
Knoxville July 1 Famed hillbilly singer Acuff announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor of Tennessee He said he would campaign vigorously and possibly return to Tennessee for the primary after a Hollywood studio appearance Former Republican Chairman B Carroll Johnson of City Tennessee also qualified for nomination contention
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Knoxville
Tenn
Acuff
Iee
Republic
Opry
Stationville
Hollywood
Tennessee
B. Carroll
Johnsen City
Can
Fragmentary notes on Royall unions action and Steeleman pelt forts
The fragmentary text indicates Royall and Carl McFarland engaging with unions. Royall declines to answer future action, while McFarland and others discuss stepping in. The passage remains incomplete with no clear event or outcome.
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Steelman
Royall
Carl McFarland
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