Thanks From Cruismen For Lake Yacht Club Cruise
Ed E. Hayes and Bart Leiper express gratitude for the Decatur hosted Tennessee Valley Ho Cruise. The note credits Wheeler Lake Yacht Club Chamber of Commerce local committee led by John White and Coast Guard Auxiliaries for a successful event inspiring future cruising and inquiries from distant owners.
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Lake Yacht Club
Decatur
Ed E. Hayes
Bart Leiper
Tennessee Valley Outdoors, Inc
Tennessee
John White
C. F.chapman
Motor Boating
Tennessee Valley Outdoors
United States Coast Guard
World tensions and uprisings across war torn regions
Report cites Soviet stance toward Stalin and Tito while Berlin blockade looms and U S aid aims to outpace hunger. Chinese truce talks, Malaya guerrilla violence, Italian strikes, Palestine peace efforts, and Greek rebel sieges frame a global unrest picture with Bernadotte visiting Cairo and Panamanian faction fighting noted.
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Soviet Union
Stalin
Tito
Berlin
U. S
Germany
South Korea
U.S
South
Malaya
Italy
China
U. S Marine
Folke Bernadotte
Cairo
U. N
Palestine
al Misri
Bernadotte
Israel
Jerusalem
Foochow
Panama
Russia
Ceylon
Eire
Finland
Austraia
Trans-Jordan
Portugal
Grammos
Markos Vafiades
Albania
Gadsden Man Wallace Gillespie Dies After Gun Accident
Wallace C. Gillespie 28 dies in Gadsden hospital after a gun in his hotel room discharged while he was playing with it. Funeral Saturday at Caddo Methodist Church with burial at nearby cemetery. He leaves a wife, four sons, and several siblings and parents.
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Wallace C. Gillespie
Gadsden
the Daily
Gillespie
Holy Name of Jesus Hospital
Caddo Methodist Church
Statum
Tracy
Tim McCoy
Dwight
Truman
Clifford Gillespie
Moulton
Willard
Nokomes
Decatur
Quviq
Timothy
Henry Cahela
K. F. Weather
Melford Richard
Dean
Carolyn Gilless
Ward Gillespce Gillespie
Broken P
Willis Sapp
Mitchell Smith
Long. Pie
Miner Found Dead on Railroad Near Cordova
Harvey Echols a coal miner was found dead on a railroad right of way about a mile from Cordova Alabama Police Chief J J Lane reported he had lay on the desk for several hours before the discovery and said a train apparently struck him sometime earlier
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Cordova
Ala
Harvey Echols
Echols
J. J. Lane
Rail carriers lead market as holiday weekend nears
Markets in New York saw railway issues regain leadership with gains around two points. Other stocks wandered within a narrow, irregular range while volume remained light. Traders anticipated the long holiday weekend and lightened holdings. News that U S Steel and others charged John L Lewis with unfair labor practices did not affect prices.
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New York
U._S. Steel Corp
John L. Lewis
Grain futures retreat on warm Midwest forecast
Chicago grain prices slipped on the board of trade as warm Midwest weather signaled a strong corn weekend. Wheat fell 11 2 13 4 cents to July at 2.30 3 4 1 2. Corn declined 3 4 to 3 3 8 lower, July at 2.19 1 8. Oats shed 3 8 1 2 to July at 89 3 4 7 8. Soybeans eased 1 to 2 1 2 to July at 4.11.
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Chicago
Board ‘of Trade
mid-West
Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices Slide in Nashville Market Report
Nashville July 2-4 cattle slaughter cattle weak overall with most prices down 1.00-2.00 on lower grades. Hogs steady to higher on light weights and top barrows at 28.00, sheep and lambs mixed with spring lambs up 50. Prices reflect limited demand as market closes for July 4 holiday.
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Nashville
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Markets at a Glance New York July 2 4
Markets at a Glance reports stock activity in New York with rails oils leading gains while bonds are mixed. Cotton falls on favorable private crop reports. Chicago wheat weak due to Kansas harvest expansion. corn and oats down with July drop. hogs unevenly steady to 1 lower with top near 29. Prices for other commodities hover around week’s highs.
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New York
Chicago
Kansas
Woman dies after sharp object attack in Hornell
Fredesi Lee a 40 year old Black woman from Dothan Alabama died in St James Mercy hospital after Monday night quarrel in Hornell New York. Her husband Frank Lee 39 was arraigned on a first degree charge and held for the September grand jury. Police said she suffered multiple stab wounds to chest abdomen and back from a pocket knife during a quarrel. Lee had come to Hornell to reclaim his wife who had come to seek work three weeks earlier.
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Lee
Hornell
Alabama-Auburn gridiron fever stirs Decatur crowds
Alumni and fans in Decatur show early zeal for the 1948 football season as ticket blanks go out for next year. Private Judge T. C. Almon, a 1912 Auburn and 1917 Alabama Law School graduate, faces a double chance at prized seats for the Alabama Auburn game.
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Decatur
University of Alabama
Auburn
Alabama
T. C. Almron
Almon
Alabama Law School
Alabamian Among Plane Crash Dead
Four Americans were killed when a transport plane crashed. The victims include an Alabamian among the dead in the fatal incident near Frankfurt Germany on July 2. Investigators continued to assess causes and identify other passengers.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Florence Kiwanis Horse Show Set for July 14
Florence Kiwanis charity horse show announced by Oscar Lewis will be held at Florence fairgrounds with 6 000 seats and 100 boxes. The event offers 2000 in cash awards across 14 classes with Leon Cole and his organ and Gilbert Orr as announcer. Judges include J G Walker of Wartrace Tennessee and Homer Murray of Woodburn Kentucky for walking and gaited horses.
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Florence Kiwanis Club
Oscar Lewis
Florence Fairgrounds
Lewis
Leon Cole
Gilbert Orr
J. G. Walker
Wartrace
Tenn
Homer Murray
Woodburn
Rail unions and army wage feud tests court ruling
The three unions the locomotive engineers firemen enginemen and switchmen wrestle over wage claims as secretary Royall faces potential role in a government seizure. Goldsborough bans strikes with a permanent injunction while unions seek appellate review and Steelman pushes for conciliator help amid stalled labor talks.
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Steelman
Goldsborough
Royall
President Truman
Vetera
Circuit Court of Appeals
Folsom's Suit Dismissal Challenge in Alabama Court
Judge Crow rules on petitions to dismiss the case as Shelburne argues for next friend authority. Folsom remains unavailable for comment as he and his wife depart on an overnight cruise after a brief, controversial public life. The governor’s political bid and national convention prospects are noted.
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Shelburne
Johnston
Birmingham
Carter E. Putman
Putman
Bud
Boswell
Geneva
Folsom
Crow
Mobile Yesteray
Jamelle Moore
Ruoff
Air Force Pilot Killed In German Crash Near Munich
U S Air Force officials identified victims including Maj Harold Noland of Gordo Alabama. His wife lived in Germany with him. Noland piloted the ill fated plane which crashed near Munich during training.
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U. S. Air Force
Germany
Harold Noland
Gordo
Ala
Major Noland
Munich
Murder Trial Evidence Is Deliberated
Mobile county circuit court jurors resumed deliberations in the murder trial of Lloyd Copeland a five time married former Mobile fire captain now tavern operator accused of killing his third wife Mrs Lottie Copeland. Copeland testified she had disrupted his marriage and he claimed alternating love and hate. Mrs Copeland was shot five times at her beauty parlor last March and Copeland surrendered when police arrived.
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Mobile
Lloyd Copeland
Carl M. Booth
Mobile Fire Department
Copeland
Lottie Copeland
Lottie
Beating Murders Shock Tulsa Neighborhood
A 42 year old woman, Ruth Norton, an elevator operator, was found beaten to death in her Tulsa apartment. Earlier, Mrs J B Cole 38, her daughter Doris 13 and neighbor Levon Gabbard 14 were found beaten in a nearby unit. Police noted the assailant left two teenage boys names written on the girls legs.
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Tulsa
Akla
Ruth Norton
National Bank of Tulsa
J. B. Cole
Doris
Levon Gabbard
Coles
Miss Retha Austin Dies at Tennessee Sanatorium
Funeral services set for Miss Retha Austin 46 Florence 2 at Holland Creek Methodist Church in Tennessee. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Survived by sisters Mrs. W E Mangum Mrs G Fisher Miss Trilby Austin all of Florence 2. brothers Stanley and Taylor Austin Florence 2. aunt Mrs Lithey Howard Savannah Tenn.
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Retha Austin
Florence
Holland Creek, Methodist Church
Tennessee
W. E. Mangum
G. Fisher
Trilby Austin
Stanley
Taylor Austin
Lithey Howard
Savannah
Tenn
Tech Student sentenced to a year for assault and battery
Carmen G. Policastro a former Georgia Tech student was sentenced to 12 months in prison after pleading guilty to assault and battery in an Agnes Scott dormitory last April Judge Frank Guess Dekalb superior court imposed the sentence despite a leniency plea from the mother of Nutley New Jersey. Policastro entered several rooms via a fire escape, fled from police and was shot in the leg. He was originally charged with assault with intent to rape but indicted on the lesser count.
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Atlanta
Carmen G. Policastro
Georgia Tech
Agnes Scott
Frank Guess
Dekalb Superior Court
N. Ju Youti
Policastro
Women’s College
Alabama Walkout Delegates Eye Early Eisenhower Nomination
Delegates align behind former Lt. Gov. Henry Ellis as delegation chair and push to place Eisenhower first on the roll call. Gessner McCorvey led the walkout effort but lost his bid for delegate. Sweet recalls Truman nomination in 1944 and cites Robert Kerr as personal pick.
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Henry Ellis
Ellis
Eisenhower
Alabama
Gessner T. McCorvey
Sweet
Truman
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
School Official Dies At Wetumpka
G R Welden 67 longtime Elmore county schools superintendent died here from a heart attack. A Rockford native, he lived in Wetumpka 45 years and had been mayoral candidate in the July 13 primary. Welden first served as county superintendent from 1923 to 1932 then returned in 1942 until his death.
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Wetumpka
Ala
G. R. Welden
Elmore County
Rockford
Welden
Coosa
Bibb
Fayette
Marion County
Hyde To Head State Society
Edd H. Hyde of Fayette was elected president of the Alabama State Society of Washington. Hyde had been treasurer and is an aide to Senator Sparkman. Charles Brewton of Scottsboro became treasurer, replacing Hyde. Eleven officers include vice presidents from each Alabama congressional district and Jeff D. Harris of Montgomery as sergeant at arms.
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Washington
Edd H. Hyde
Fayette
Alabama State Society of Washington
Hyde
Senator Sparkman
D-Ala
Charles Brewton
Scottsboro
Hill
R. B. Vail
Ray Minette
Frank Boykin
Mobile
Ada Price
Foley
E. Wise
Dothan
Harrell T. Vance, Jr
Talladega
Albert Rains
Gadsden
Paul Duncan
Tuscumbia
William Young
Vernon
Robert Jones
Pauline Byrd
Birmingham
Jeff D. Harris
Montgomery
Party scenes shift as Eisenhower looming in 1952 races
The piece covers Democratic and Republican maneuvers ahead of the 1952 nominating conventions. Truman supporters push for Ike opposition, while Dewey aides anticipate campaign help. Delegates in Virginia and Georgia pore over platforms and potential ticket selections amid civil rights debates and rumors of a presidential bid.
Steel owners and Lewis clash over union shop in coal deal
Major steel firms oppose the Lewis contract arguing it undermines a wage settlement and risks coal shortages. If the NLRB upholds unfair labor practice charges a court could bar the union shop in mines tied to steel companies. A shutdown threatening $60 million annual coal output hangs on whether captive pits sign the agreement.
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Lewis
Republic
Bethlehem
Jones and Laughlin
Robert N. Denham
NLRB
Lewis’ Union
Steel
CIO
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
NLRP
Truman
Impeachment Rule Cited Says Governors Appointees Not subject
Attorney General Albert Carmichael stated that state officials appointed by the governor are not subject to impeachment where other removal methods exist. He cited highway and finance directors as not being state officers under impeachment provisions, serving at the governor's pleasure. He noted a merit-system act for Dothan as constitutional.
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Montgomery
Albert Carmichael
Montgomery Circuit
T. Seibels
Grand Jury
Seibels
State Highway and Finance Department
Montgomery Grand Jury
Carmichael
Highway Department
Department of Finance
City of
Dothan
Peat Bogs Formed From Generations Of Moss Remains
Peat bogs arise from the accumulation of moss plant remains over countless generations. The process preserves plant materials in waterlogged, anoxic conditions, creating a dense, fibrous substrate used for fuel and other purposes throughout history.
Sunday school opens in new Cave Springs building
Sunday school will be held in the newly completed Cave Springs Baptist church building in Priceville Sunday at 10 A M. Mr and Mrs M H Beasley of 1609 Seventh Street South have a daughter born Thursday at Hamil clinic. Mrs H L Johnson and infant son of 617 Tenth Avenue West were dismissed from Hamil clinic today. Mr and Mrs D C Smith of Somerville I are parents of a son born today at Hamil clinic. Mr and Mrs O L Newsom of 505 West Market have a son born Thursday at Hamil clinic.
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Cave Springs Baptist Church
Priceville
M. H. Beasley
Seventh Street S
Hamil Clinic
H. L. Johnson
Tenth Avenue W
D. C. Smith
Somerville 1
O. L. Newsom
W. Market
Budget Surplus Declared as Record High by Treasury
Secretary Snyder announced the 1948 budget ended June 30 showed a true surplus of 8.419 billion dollars the largest in history. He noted congressional reckoning would reduce it by about 3 billion due to a bookkeeping change.
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Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Snyder
Congressional
Congress
Geet
Pension Hikes Made Law
President Truman signed into law pension boosts for widows, children, and dependent parents of veterans who died in service. The measure increases payments by more than 30 million dollars annually with new rates for widows with various numbers of children and for orphans and dependent parents, applying 2 percent less for peacetime deaths.
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Washington
Truman
Yugoslav Split Deepens as Tito Backers Stand Firm
Belgrade dispatches show Yugoslav communists backing Tito amid Cominform rift with Albania and Bulgaria. Western diplomats warn of possible Balkan bloc shifts while Greece’s guerrilla war garners cross party support and UN accusations accuse Yugoslavia of aiding the Greek fight.
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Tito
Yugoslavia
Bucharest
Cominform
Belgrade
Washington
America
Greece
Albania
Bulgaria
Balkan
Rome
Markos Vafiades
United Nations Commissions
Russia
Communist Central Committee of
Slovenia
London
Trieste
Free
European Recovery Program Spend Plans
The program will allocate funds as needs arise, directing expenditure to support recovery efforts as conditions develop yesterday noted.
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Philadelphia
William Neale Roach
Democratic National Convention Committee
Dorothy Vredenburgh
Vredenburgh
Democratic National Committee
Bellevue Stratford Hotel
Miss Austin
Tech
Sally
Littlejown
State Society
Georgia
Sparkman
Chaiman Knutson
R-Minn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Dewey
White House
Thomas E. Dewey
GOP
McGrath
Francis J. Myers
Pennsylvania
Myers
Bellevue- Stratford
General Eisenhower
Hatch
Mr. Truman
Columbia University
Jacob M. Arvey
Cook County
Democratic Central Committee
Richmond
Virginia
Dixie
Macon
Richard B. Russell
James C. Haggerty
Albany
Haggerty
Harry Moses
Aia
Copenhagen
Marshal Tito
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