Rayburn and Russell Favored by Texas Delegations in DNC Race
In Texas, rival Democratic delegations to the Chicago convention rally around Rayburn and Russell as first ballot favorites. A split survey shows Loyal Democrats backing Rayburn and Kefauver while Shivers led conservatives favor Russell and Kefauver with Stevenson and Byrd also getting support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Sam Rayburn
Richard Russel
Texas
Associated Press
Rayburn
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Allan Shivers
Russell
Shivers
Robert S. Kerry
D-Ohia
Stevenson
Kefauver
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Chicago
Truman Campaigns in Arkansas Dedication Tour
The article notes President Truman railing against special interests including private power companies and the medical association while praising 20 years of progressive policies. He argues these measures aided World War II victory and stave off Communism. He travels by train through central Arkansas toward Missouri, dedicating Bull Shoals and Norfolk dams in Newport. he predicts 1952 whistle stops will differ as he aims to work for the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Medical Association
Ruman
Truman
Arsas
Missouri
Bull Shoals
Norfolk
Newport
Ark
Movie Listings at Local Theaters Showtimes
The page lists showings for ROXY SUNSET STRAND HATFIELD venues with films including Les Sirocc occ Humphrey Bogart Marta Toren Lee J Cobb, Two Tickets To Broadway with Tony Martin Janet Leigh Gloria Haven, The Son Of Dr Jekyll with Louis Hayward Jody Lawrance Alexander Knox, The Mob with Broderick Crawford Betty Buehler Richard Kiley, and Mars Faithville Rhubarb featuring Ray Milland Jan Sterling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ROXY
Broadway
Tony Martin
Janet Leigh
Gloria A Haven
Sunset
Dr. Jekyll
Louis Hayward
Jody Lawrance
Alexander Knox
Eleven Cage Fixers Sentenced in College Scandal
In New York eleven admitted basketball fixers were sentenced after a year and a half of the college scandal. Judge Streit urged criminalizing subsidization of athletes. Joseph Benintende received four to seven years, Jack West two to three years, and Jack Rubinstein two and a half to five years for bribery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Sessions
Saul S. Streit
Joseph Benintende
Jack West
Brooklyn
Jack Rubinstein
1952 Campaign Whistle Stop Tour Prompts Support Appeals
President Truman rejected a renomination bid while urging support for fair deal programs and public power. Democratic hopefuls Kefauver Russell and Harriman tracked delegates from Kansas to Washington as the party neared the nominating fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Associated Press
Topeka
Wichita
Kansas
Richard Russell
Georgia
Averell Harriman
Washington, D. C
Trial Testimony Details Shooting Linked to Love Triangle
Spaniard Spain testified that he fired from a truck at Lacey as Lacey kicked and tried to force the door. He said years of bad feeling dated back to Lacey's wife who alternated marriages among them. Lacey died after being shot near the Green Lantern nightclub in Madison County near the Limestone line. he died at Huntsville hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Lacey
Green Lantern
Madison County
Limestone County
Huntsville
Group crosses border to Soviet zone checkpoint in Berlin
A four person group, driving a car with American plates, traveled to a Soviet military post at the Madinow area after passing iron road spikes marking the boundary between the American sector and the Soviet zone. The entourage appeared unfamiliar with the border situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madinow
Berlin
Germany
Community and Hospital News From Decatur and Area
Admissions to Decatur General hospital include Garry Wayne Evans son of Mr and Mrs Paul Evans Mrs Ray Frederick and Mrs Roy Fite Recent dismissals from Decatur General hospital include Larry Allen Paulette Porter and Jimmy Cantrell Dismissals yesterday include Thomas Warren Annie Frances Melson Mrs Felton Goodson and son Mrs Ernest Goodson Bettye Blackwell C C Corum Larry Tansson J C White Jr Upcoming church and club meetings are announced along with local weather and river stage updates and building permits issued for area construction across Decatur and nearby towns
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur General Hospitals
Garry Wayne Evans
Paul Evans
Ray Frederick
Seventh Avenue East
Roy Fite
Cornelian Court Apartments
Decatur General Hospital
Larry Allen
J. H. Allen
Union Grove
Paulette Porter
Edward Porter
Winter Garden
Fla
Jimmy Cantrell
J. E. Cantrell
Jackson Street
Thomas Warren
Moulton
Annie Frances Melson
Danville
Felton Goodson
Congress Debates Fair Trade Bill and Miners Control Act
Congress debates restore full effect to fair trade laws with states, arguing the bill would bind retailers who did not sign agreements. House considers mine emergency powers and a plan to add 16 federal judgeships, while Katyn massacre charges surface and Senate approves Western Germany defense pacts 77 to 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Dill
Supreme Court
House
Senate
Truman
Russia
Katyn Forest
Smolensk
Rep. O'Konski
R Wis
Europe
Germany
Free World Defense Alliance
Six Die in Savannah Tennessee Auto Crash
Six persons died in a crash near Savannah Tennessee when a 1952 sedan sped up to 100 miles an hour and struck a lighter car. Victims include Frank Wilkerson 59 and Belle Wilkerson 53 plus three Wilkerson relatives aged 56 12 and 12 from Savannah. Also killed was Ann Funderberk 12 and Emmett Woodrow Parrish 27 of Waterloo Alabama. Robert L Melton 26 of Mishawaka Indiana drove the fatal car and was hospitalized in Memphis in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Tenn
Charles Lay
Olive Hill
Lay
Frank Wilkerson
Belle Wilkerson
Wilkerson
Betty Lou Wilkerson
the Wilkerson
Ann Funderberk
Emmett Woodrow Parrish
Waterloo
Ala
Robert L. Melton
Mishawaka
Ind
Melton
Memphis
Offer to end Republic strike rejected by steel firm
In Cleveland CIO-United Steelworkers leader William F. Donovan said he offered Republic Steel Corp. a contract based on the Pittsburgh Steel Co. agreement to end the strike. Republic reportedly rejected the proposal, noting the Pittsburgh pact’s 12 1 half cent raise and a modified union shop as a temporary measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
Pittsburgh Steel Co
William F. Donovan
Cio-United Steelworkers
Republic
Donovan
Pittsburgh
Birmingham Man Dies of Heart Attack at Noon
Funeral services for Chase Cornelius of Birmingham were arranged today by Browns. Cornelius a tire company worker was unloading tires at the Royal Tire when he suffered a heart attack at noon and died on arrival at Ellis Meyer Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chase Cornelius
Birmingham
Brown’s. Cornelius
Royal Tire Company
Ellis-Meyer Hospital
Slick Road Blamed For Auto Collision
Property damage totaling 350 dollars resulted from a two car collision on U S 31 four miles south of Decatur last night. A 1948 Chevrolet driven by Charles Edward Stewart Decatur 3 struck the rear of a 1951 Ford driven by William Pruitt Walker Decatur 1 as the Ford attempted a left turn. Patrolman J E Tucker cited slick roads as the apparent cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. 31
Decatur
The
Highway Patrol
Charles Edward Stewart
William Pruitt Walker
J. E. Tucker
Former TVA Official William L. Sturdevant Dies
William L. Sturdevant former editor of Scripps-Howard papers and TVA information director died last night in a Boston hospital He would have turned 53 July 25 after more than a year of heart ailment Sturdevant joined TVA 19 years ago following Congress creation of the agency
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
William* L. Sturdevant
Scripps - Howard Newspapers
The
Tennessee Valley Authority
Boston
Sturdevant
TVA
Congress
Ministers Reach Half-Century in Augustana Synod
Two ministers celebrate 50 years in service at the 93rd annual Augustana Lutheran Church synod. Rev. Peter Froeberg of Brockton Mass retired in 1946 but preaches weekly, Rev. J. E. Lorimer of Chappell Neb travels to preach nearly every Sunday, and Rev. A T Lundholm of Rock Island Ill remains active as editor of The Augustana bi monthly Swedish newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Peter Froeberg
Brockton
Mass
J. E. Lorimer
Chappell
Neb
A. T. Lundholm
Rock Island
Augustana Lutheran—Church
Froeberg
Lorimer
Lundholm
Augustana
Western Germany under NATO security guarantees without NATO entry
The Senate approved an agreement by 72 to 5 to bring Western Germany within NATO security guarantees while not admitting it to full NATO membership. The move aims to end occupation and restore Germany as a sovereign nation within allied defense commitments.
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Germany
Senate
Western
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Market Report Highlights Farm Commodities and Hog Prices
Middling cotton 40.00 cents and strict low 38.50. No 2 mile 3.10 dollars. No 2 wheat new crop 1.95. No 2 oats new crop 80 cents. No 2 yellow ear corn 1.83. Hogs price paid in Decatur 20.50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Market Report Nashville Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices
Nashville market notes show cattle and calves quoted utilities through primed values with good to prime calves 26.00 to 30.00. Hogs 190 to 230 pounds mainly 21.00 with 21.25 for about 75 head. sows 17.00 to 17.50. Sheep lambs 26.00 to 28.00 and 19.00 to 26.00 for utility and good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Choice
Poultry prices steady at North Georgia market
USDA reports North Georgia live poultry market steady to firm with adequate offerings and fair demand for light weights. Prices today show broilers under 3 pounds at 25 to 27 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Cotton futures ease as liquidation and hedging spread
New York cotton futures declined with scattered liquidation and hedging. Demand for contracts was subdued with late afternoon quotes down about 1.10 to 1.35 per bale from the prior close. July 40.00, October 36.92, December 36.71.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
New York
Automatic Mousetrap that Eludes Human Contact
A. G. Burns of Farmland Indiana introduced an electric mousetrap that kills mice without human contact. The device captures and stores the corpse in a drawer that slides out for easy disposal, resetting automatically within a fraction of a second. Jalco Motor Co. of Union City Indiana is manufacturing it in volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. G. Burns
Farmland
Ind
Jalco Motor Co
Union City
Heatwave Hatches Six Goslings in Centralia Farm
Centralia Illinois reports a farm wife from Keyesport saying six goslings hatched from goose eggs left under a hen. Temperatures near 100 degrees over a week accelerated natural hatching after eggs appeared abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
Ill
Southern Illinois
Keyesport
Heniy Schmitt
Federal grand jury orders bond for Oliver in county case
Commissioner Claude Pipes reports Oliver was ordered held by the federal grand jury with bond set at $1000. He failed to post bond and remains confined in Madison County jail.
Katyn Controversy Over WWII Mass Graves
The article recalls the 1940 disappearance of Polish officers and the 1943 discovery of crude graves. Exhumations yielded 4,258 bodies, with Nazi blame shifting to the Russians and Moscow countering that the Germans killed the Poles after seizing Smolensk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Smolensk
Beers at Jackson Barbecue Divides County Officials
County Judge J. K. Thompson and Solicitor John B. Tally allege beer was dispensed at last week’s peace officers barbecue in Jackson while Sheriff Lawrence Sebring, who organized the event, denies any beer was present. The gathering drew more than 500 enforcers from seven northeast Alabama counties in a dry county region.
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Scottsboro
Jackson County
J. K. Thompson
John B. Tally
Jackson
Alabama
Lawrence Sebring
Enforcements
Madison
Thompson
Six Decatur men enlisted in regular Army and Air Force
Six Decatur men were among 22 enlisted in June in the regular Army and Air Force, per TSgt Omer B. Bunch. Names include James V. Speakman and Bonnie B. Wood in the Air Force, and James Ray Brown, Charles E. Jackson, J. W. Clardy, and Richard T. Black in the Regular Army, with several others from surrounding towns also enlisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Regular Army
Air Force
Tsgt
Omer B. Bunch
James V. Speakman
Jackson Street
Bonnie B. Wood
Eighth Street
James Ray Brown
Olive Street
Charles E. Jackson
Sherman Street
J. W. Clardy
Church Street
Richard T. Black
Seventh Avenue
Clifton Hensley
William K. Gordon
Lexington
Paul D. Greene
Huntsville
Robert R. Green
Tanner
Joe J. Hollis
Moulton
Elga J. Smith
Hartselle
Lamar L. Bauer
Athens
Lewis E. Sammet
Robert D. Anderson
Lattimore Group Criticized for Communist Ties by Senate Subcommittee
The Senate subcommittee found Lattimore and associates within the Institute of Pacific Relations had pro Communist links. It claimed IPR activities influenced U S public opinion and Far Eastern policy, with Vincent labeled the key State Department influence, while noting most members supported IPR for scholarly aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lattimore
Communist International Organization
Institute of Pacific Relations
Senate
IPR
United States
Institute
John Carter Vincent
Vincent
State Department
Pacific Affairs
New Officers Take Over At Decatur Rotary Club
At the weekly Decatur Rotary meeting new officers assumed duties. Retiring President Al Shelton passed the gavel to incoming President Spence Hicks as Tom White became Vice President and Bill Jenkins Secretary. J Walker Darrah is Treasurer with Frank Yaney Sergeant at Arms and directors include Hicks White Shelton Malone Clark Pride and Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Rotary Club
al Shelton
Spence Hicks
Tom White
Bill Jenkins
J. Walker Darrah
Frank Yaney
Hicks
White
Shelton
Charles Malone
Prentiss Clark
Harvey Pride
Julian Harris
Sims Is Speaker At Lions Meeting
Bill Sims secretary-manager of the Chamber of Commerce spoke to the Lions about his recent trip to Washington D C for the annual meeting of the U S Chamber. The club gathered at noon yesterday at the Cornelian Court Hotel with guests Dr Pete Young of Shreveport and Russell Lynne of Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Sims
Chamber of Commerce
Lions of
Washington, D. C
U. S. Chamber
Cornelian Court Hotel
Pete Young
Shreveport
Russell Lynne
Decatur
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FEPC
Steven‘son
President Truman
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Neuches County
Sirocc Occ
Humphrey Bogart
Marta Toren
Lee J. Cobb
Mars
Faithville
Rhubarb
Ray Milland
Jan Sterling
Harry
Westside Baptist Church
T. J. Chitwood
Central Methodist Church
Arthur Wright and
Huie Wright
Somerville
Southside Baptist Church
Delano Park
Decatur Civitan Club
Decatur Iron and Steel Company
Tennessee River
U.S. Weather Bureau
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Florence
Red Cross
Martha Borden
Avenue
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Buena Vista Circle
Sixth Avenue
H. B. Bowzee
A. T. Palmer
Central Baptist Church
Sunday School
Pulpit Committee
Pat Brock
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
William F. Hoover
U. S. Air Force
Korea
Mrs
Mitchell Williams
Tommy
Silver Springs, Fla
Ernest Edwards
P. T. Terry
Hillsboro
Levi Magnusson
Ardmore
John Amos
Russellville 4
Steel Company
Jaycees
Jaycee
Decatur Country Club
Meredith Woodall
Daren Easter
Bob McGregor
J. B. Hewitt
Nashville Livestock
Katyn
Jackson Barbecue
Sims
Lions Meeting
Neal Stephenson
Austinville
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