Communists Propose New Plan to Break Truce Deadlock
Communist negotiators in Korea offered a new plan to break the truce talks deadlock and discussed prisoner repatriation with secret sessions. Allied Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison Jr. said the plan may be important or may not, and called for adjournment to Friday to study it. The proposal involves reclassifying captives by nationality and area and allowing immediate return of South Koreans held by UN forces while insisting on the return of all Chinese prisoners.
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Munsan
Korea
Deadloeck
William K. Harrison Jr
United Nations
Red
Reds
No New Move In Custody Fight Is Disclosed Here
Mrs. A W Tyer, 24 of Decatur, has heard nothing further about her late husband s first wife s attempt to gain custody of his 11 year old son Pete The boy has lived with Tyer and his second wife for four years Mrs Tyer learned in Decatur June 14 that the divorced wife s lawyers tried to intercept her in San Francisco She returned after Brigadier General Tyer s death May 27 He was vice commander of the Japanese air defense force and a veteran of the Air Force Mrs Tyer plans to make a home for herself and Pete in Montgomery where she and Tyer met and had many friends Her mother Mrs G W Barker said she is considering enrolling the boy in Starke military school Mrs Tyer was confined to a Montgomery hospital for nervous exhaustion from the strain of her husband s death and the custody move
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A. W. Tyer
Decatur
Pete
Tyer
Fire kills cattle and hogs at W. H. Mitchell farm
A fire at the W. H. Mitchell farm near Alpine destroyed a large barn and killed 11 cattle and several hogs. Mrs. Mitchell estimated barn value at about 10 000 dollars and livestock value in the thousands. The farm lies about three miles northeast of Alpine.
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Alpine
W. H. Mitchell
Here
Movie listings with star pairs and showtimes at multiple theaters
The page lists film titles with leading actors and showtimes across venues including ROXY Tarzan And The Amazons SUNSET The Lone Star STRAND Hartselle Westward The Women HATFIELD Athens Santa Fe HELITE Mrs O Malley and Mr Malone with respective cast lines and times.
Convention Wrangle Over Taft Eisenhower Delegates Heats Up
The 104 member national committee met to resolve the Taft Eisenhower fight for Louisiana’s 15 delegates and the 604 votes needed for the nomination. An AP tally gave Taft 493 to 412 over Eisenhower with contests likely at the credentials and floor. Ike supporters cried foul while Taft backers claimed committee votes let them seize Louisiana, as Dewey predicted gains for Eisenhower among governors and delegations.
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National Committee
Eisenhower
Louisiana
Associated Press
Taft
Fourth of July notices and local church plans in Morgan county
Sheriff urges safe Fourth of July activities while church services and revivals outline a holiday weekend schedule. Rev. Askew speaks at First Baptist morning service, joint evening worship planned at First Presbyterian, Greenbrier revival begins, and vacation Bible school starts. Local hospital updates note Evelyn Miller injured and several dismissals. weather river stages listed and Wolverine plant halts operations for Fourth of July.
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First Methodist Church
First Presbyterian
First Methodist Churches
First Presbyterian Church
P. D. Wilson
First, Methodist
Greenbrier Baptist Church
Covell Keenum
Eisenhower vows to roar out for fair play at GOP convention
Eisenhower moves from Denver toward Chicago promising clean, decent operations for the Republican National Convention. He clashes with Taft backers after delegates contests, plans talks to delegates and leaders at the Hotel Blackstone in Chicago, while leaving convention maneuvering to his supporters.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chicago
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
GOP
National Committee
Taft
Florida
Georgia
Blackstone
Eisenhower Train Trip to Highlight Delegate Fight
Eisenhower plans a campaign train tour with stops and talks as the Chicago delegate situation evolves. The first stop was set for Brush, Colorado at 1 40 p.m. EST with rapid telegram and telephone updates flowing into Denver headquarters from communities along the route through Colorado Nebraska Iowa and Illinois seeking a special halt.
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Colo
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Colorado
Nebraska
Iowa
Ilinois
Plant Sites Studied for Moulton Shirt Plant
Steel and windows for the shirt factory’s construction in Moulton have been ordered with a six week delivery. A building committee will select the site and report to the Moulton Development Corp. Directors. The plant’s cost is around 46000 dollars and will be locally owned and leased to Partrait Shirt Company for operation.
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Moulton
Moulton Development Corp
Partrait Shirt Company
Construction Resumes at Chemstrand Plant After Strike
Construction at the Chemstrand plant on Courtland highway has resumed following a settlement of a strike not involving Chemstrand. The dispute centered on which craft should install couplings on motor shafts when supplied detached. A poultry plant Farm Industries, Inc. remains on strike with no negotiations scheduled.
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Chemstrand
Courtland Highway
Chemstrand Corporation
Farm Industries, Inc
Governors clash over delegate disputes at Taft convention
Taft floor manager Tom Coleman chides governors to study parliamentary procedure. David Ingalls and other aides debate rules on disputed delegations as Eisenhower forces align with governors. The Republican National Committee faces possible appeals to the convention on delegate decisions.
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Tom Coleman
Taft
David Ingalls
Ingalls
Ike
Eisenhower
Houston
Guy Gabrielson
Republican National Committee
Street Widening On Moulton To Finish Soon
City plans to complete East Moulton Street widening and curbing between Fourth and Sixth Avenues very soon. State Highway Department will resurface Moulton Street from Sixth Avenue to the city limits within 30 days. A separate plan aims to widen U S Highway 31 through the city, with Washington awaiting timing.
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Fourth
Sixth Avenues
Rutledge Thomas
Streets Committee
State Highway Department
Sixth Avenue
Highway Department
Washington
Thomas
Fossil Kangaroos Weighed as Much as Small Horses
Some fossil kangaroos are believed to have weighed as much as small horses and had feeding habits similar to those of horses, according to new paleontological findings.
Morgan County Baptist Picnic Set Near Cold Springs
Rev D F Hickman invited all Morgan County Baptists to a county wide picnic near Cold Springs tomorrow. Activities begin at 9 30 A M with pleasant weather noted 78 at 7 A M and 88 at noon following a 91 degree high yesterday per the TVA sub station.
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D. F. Hickman
Cold Springs
TVA
Farm Markets Report From Decatur
Decatur markets show cotton at middling 40.00 cents and strict low 38.50 cents. No 2 mile priced at 3.10 dollars. No 2 wheat new crop onion free 1.95 dollars. No 2 oats new crop onion free 80 cents. No 2 yellow ear corn 1.83 dollars. Hogs bring 20.50 cents.
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Decatur
North Georgia Live Poultry Market Steady to Firm
USDA reports North Georgia live poultry market steady to firm. Offerings moderate to light and demand active for weights over 2.70 pounds. Farm prices for 24 hours ending 10 a.m. show broilers or fryers under 3 pounds at 26 to 28 cents.
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Atlanta
USDA
North
Georgia
Nashville Livestock and Cotton News Across Markets
Federal state agriculture cattle and hog futures show modest gains and steady prices with cattle at 14.50 to 20.00 for commercial cows and hogs rising about 25. Lamb and sheep values steady to mixed. In New York cotton futures rose mildly after early weakness as mills buy to cover raw needs for upcoming quarters.
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Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
New York
Chicago Weather Slows Grain Market On Rain Driven Decline
Midwest rainfall and a private forecast of corn output above 3.3 billion bushels pushed grain prices down on the board. Wheat fell around 4 cents with July at 2.284 to 2.412. corn slipped about 7 percent to July futures near 1.80. oats moved lower to higher in July. rye held steady to slight decline at 2.10.
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Chicago
Midwest
Board of Trade
Funeral Held For Child In Lawrence
Funeral services for Billy Joe Moran seven week old son of Mr and Mrs Windell Moran were held at 11 o clock this morn at Flat Creek church Rev Dennis Tucker officiated Burial was in the adjoining cemetery The infant died at 8 o clock last night at the home of his parents Surviving besides the parents are a brother Robert Allen a sister Shirley Faye and grandparents Mr and Mrs R L Moran all of Moulton 2
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Windell Moran
Moulton
Flat Creek Church
Dennis Tucker
Robert Allen
Shirley Faye
R. L. Moran
Moulton 2
Donations Pour In For Riverside Park Improvements
The Riverside Park Board announced continued donations from multiple donors including a friend topping $5 and $2 gifts from Jack Mason and another friend, plus $4 from Why Not Care and $25 from VFW Post 4190. The board thanked Mr and Mrs Waverly Loosier for providing leaning forms for concrete benches and tables.
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Riverside*Park Board
Jack Mason
VFW
Park Board
Waverly B. Loosier
Injured Driver Dies in Tuscaloosa Car Crash
Russell Hardy 28 Holt died in a Tuscaloosa hospital after a car went off an embankment near Holt earlier in the day. The collision caused severe injuries and led to his death last night.
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Tuscaloosa
Russell Hardy
Holt
Typhoon Roars Through Philippine Islands
A violent tropical typhoon roared northwest across the China Sea spilling devastation on six central Philippine islands and two more. At least 85 dead 42 missing thousands homeless and millions in damage. Winds reached 115 mph with heavy rain improving after passing near Manila.
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China Sea
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Sirgao
Leyte
Cebu
Negros Occidental
Panay Island
Talladega Boy Struck and Killed Near Sylacauga
A nine year old Talladega County boy was struck and killed by an automobile about eight miles south of Sylacauga. His older brother Billy Ricks, 12, was injured and taken to Sylacauga Hospital as authorities hunt the driver. Bobby Ricks of Fayetteville is identified as the deceased.
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Talladega County
Bobby Ricks
Fayetteville
Billy Ricks
Oliver McDuff
Union signs with 30 firms offer modified union shop
Over recent days the union reached agreements with more than 30 smaller companies to implement a modified union shop. New employees are required to join the union but may withdraw between the 20th and 30th day of employment.
Churchill rebukes critics over Alexander remark
Prime Minister Churchill told angered Laborites that Alexander's statement had done no harm to United Nations troops in the field and emphasized Allied reserves remained in his own hands.
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Churchill
Alexander
United Nations
Mrs Smallwood rites set for today at Center Grove
Final rites for Mrs Mattie Smallwood 75 of Hartselle will be held today at 2 30 PM at Center Grove church with Rev Dewitt Prince officiating. Interment will be in the adjoining Peck cemetery. She died Monday at 6 30 PM at her home and is survived by eight daughters five sons a sister and a brother plus many grandchildren.
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Hartselle
Center Grove Church
Dewitt Prince
Peck
Smallwood
Daisy Smallwood
Mary George
Somerville
Bernice Brown
Joppa
Winton Skimshorn
Dave Collins
George Henry
Ellie George
Lacey
Edward
Tom
Luke
Paul Smallwood
Jack Smallwood
U. S. Navy
Cuba
Malcolm Julian
Robert Ryan
The
Red Oak Methodist Church
Lawmakers pass funding packages and clash over McCarthy Benton
Lawmakers approved major funding for the Labor and Agriculture departments and district operations while debating a three billion dollar military construction bill. A Senate clash erupted as Sen. McCarthy accused Sen. Benton of pro-Communist ties and sought probes of Benton’s income tax and campaign spending. Benton pushed a counter resolution to expel McCarthy citing perjury and deceit.
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Labor Department
Federal Security
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District of Columbia
Armed Forces Reserve
House
Senate Armed Services Committee
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McCarthy
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D-Conn
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Wisconsin
Soldiers Stop in Decatur En Route to Fort McClellan
The Tennessee National Guard's 117th infantry regiment from twelve West Tennessee towns paused at the Why Not Cafe in Decatur for meals and refueling on the way to Fort McClellan. Maj. Forrest Durand confirmed 67 officers and men were present as the unit prepares a two week summer encampment under Col. A. A. Taylor of Jackson, Tenn.
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Tennessee National Guard
Fort McClellan
117Th Infantry
30Th Division
Forrest Durand
West Tennessee
117Th Regiment
Col
A. A. Taylor
Jackson, Tenn
Austinville Baptist Vacation School Receives Commendation
Austinville Baptist Church announced today it received a letter of commendation from the Alabama Baptist Sunday School Department for the quality of work in its recent vacation Bible school. The program featured athletics visual aids and creative handwork alongside the regular activities. H. R. Leeman was principal of the school.
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Alabama Baptist Sunday School Department
H. R. Leeman
General Ridgway Visits Denmark for NATO Command Visit
Gen. Matthew Ridgway arrived in Copenhagen for his first Denmark trip as NATO supreme commander. Police quelled scattered Communist protests timed with his arrival as he planned talks with Danish cabinet ministers and defense chiefs. An inspection of Karup Air Base in Jutland was scheduled for tomorrow.
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Denmark
Matth B. Ridgway
NATO
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Jutland
Army officer’s crash kills truck driver near Troy
An Army officer’s car crossed into a heavy transport truck on Highway 231 near Troy. The truck exploded and the driver, a 28 year old white man identified as Troy E. Martin of Bessemer, burned to death. Lt. Clarence Pierce and a pickup passenger were injured but others escaped serious harm.
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Howard
Birmingham
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Bessemer
Howard Hall
Martin
R. C. Edwards
Clarence Pierce
Camp Rucker
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Pierce
Gussie Joiner
John Williams
Truman Defends Free World Against Soviet Threats
President charged communism uses force unchecked by ethics and aims to subvert free governments. He said Soviet policy threatens world peace by stirring class warfare and conquest. He noted progress since Korea tilting toward security for peace-loving nations. Acheson forewords the 326 page report as steady progress toward a peaceful world.
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Soviet Union
Truman
State Acheson
U. N
U.S. Senator Denies Perjury Allegations in Bonn
Senator in Bonn rejected perjury charges as he explained in Germany that the push to probe the Treasury and related agencies arose from testimony tying Harry Dexter White and Solomon Adler to a wartime Soviet espionage ring in the United States.
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Bonn
Germany
McCarran
Treasury
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Treasury Department
Eight New Polio Cases Reported in Alabama
Eight polio cases were reported in Alabama last week raising the year total to 42. The 1952 tally remains far below last year’s pace with 86 cases by this date in 1951. One case previously reported earlier appeared this week and involved Chambers County with seven cases in Calhoun Coffee Etowah Jefferson Limestone Marengo and Montgomery.
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Alabama
Chambers County
Calhoun
Coffee
Etowah
Jefferson
Limestone
Marengo
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