North Alabama grain market growth noted in flour mill operations
The Daily highlights Alabama Flour Mills and North Alabama grain market development as a key Southern progress chapter. It cites milder winters claimed by some and mentions The Saturday Evening Post weighing warmer weather, while noting the senate 76 to 0 vote on draft extension and broad support for Truman against communism.
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the Daily
Alabama Flour Mills
North Alabama
Southern Progress
North
Alabama
Saturday Evening Post
Senate
House
Truman
United
Hall backs voting machines in counties over 50 000
Grover Hall Jr editor of The Montgomery Advertiser favors equipment in larger counties and says Montgomery County shows low error rates with machines. He notes public sentiment supports the move and cites previous doubts from The Daily about ballot handling and potential costs, inviting reader letters.
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Hall
Grover Hall, Jr
Grover Hall Sr
Montgomery Advertiser
Daily
Montgomery County
The
Orer
Alabama’s push to accelerate growth through state agencies
The piece argues Alabama has matched regional gains and can move faster with stronger state support. It urges studying the Carolinas, expanding agencies for development, and expanding opportunities to keep trained residents from leaving for other states.
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Carolinas
Alabama
Tennessee Line
Gulf
Ala
North
South Carolina
Stalin and Korea and the long cold reach of empire
Drew Pearson argues that Soviet aims in Korea reflect a broader pattern of seeking warm water ports and strategic outlets. He traces Russian expansionist logic from Finland to Iran, the Dardanelles, and the Liaotung peninsula, noting Japan's historic role and the Portsmouth treaty that granted Korea to Japan.
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Washington
Joe Stalin
Siberian
Japan
Kremlin
Finland
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Baltic Sea
Dardanelles
Iran
Indian Ocean
Gulf of Persia
Far East
Korea
Liaotung Peninsula
China Sea
Teddy Roosevelt
Portsmouth
Manchuria
Sakhalin
Vladivostok
Asia
Russia
Glimpses of Asia and Europe from a journeyman reporter
A veteran columnist recounts travels from Sakhalin to Vladivostok and through Manchuria and Mongolia in 1925. He notes Bolshevik detention in Khabarovsk, Soviet aims on Manchuria and Asia's industrial core, and early Cold War tensions including Chiang Kai-shek's alliance and shifts in Baltic regions amid global power plays.
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Sakhalin
Siberian
Amur
Khabarovsk
Manchuria
Harbin
Vladivostok
Korea
Gobi Desert
Mongolia
Urga
China
Gobi
Chiang Kai-Shek
Russia
Borodin
Stalin
North Asia
Japan
Germany
Berlin
Schuman
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Finland
Baltic
Baltic Lake
U. S. Naval
Love versus hate as world moves in faith and fear
Edith Robertson argues love keeps the world turning through understanding and patience while hate erodes rights and fosters fear and tragedy. She warns most human affection is shallow and collapses in life’s storms, leaving only surface appearances.
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Edith Robertson
Formaf
Yankees 1926 pennant surge linked to Barrow Huggins feud
Ed Barrow recalls shaping the 1926 Yankees by removing critics and rebuilding after a seventh place finish in 1925. He blames lack of authority under Miller Huggins and cites Ruth and Meusel, Lazzeri’s rise, and a sensational article as the spark that rallied the team to victory. The piece also touches on Hoyt’s role and the World Series push in St Petersburg.
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New York
Ed Barrow
Yankees
Miller Huggins
Barrow
Huggins
Wally Schang
Whitey Witt
Deacon Scott
Walter Pipp
Ruth
Meusela
Bar
Row
St. Petersburg
St. Louis
Braves
Tony Lazzeri
Crew
Dodgers
Brooklyn
Dazzy Vance
Atlanta
Yankee Stadium
Mark Roth
Mark
Waite Hoyt
Hoyt
Waite
Florida
Bill McGoehan
Heywood Broun
Truman
Henry
Chinatown
Eleanor Roosevelt
Soviet leader faces checks from Tito over southern slavs
He is thwarted by Tito in attempts to extend Yugoslav influence to the Adriatic through the land of the Southern Slavs. an invasion of Yugoslavia may be planned next. He may also return to Iran for oil.
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Tito
Adriatic
Yugoslavia
Iran
Stalin aims to dominate North Asia via Korea and Japan
The piece argues Stalin seeks Asian hegemony, with Japan as the final obstacle. It notes Korea as a strategic staging ground for pressuring Japan, and flags Truman’s Korea use as pivotal, while predicting Stalin may delay and await a favorable moment.
Shirley Temple and the un American activities committee
The piece recalls how the House Un-American Activities Committee once cited Shirley Temple amid communist fears. It notes that the committee did not name her a communist, cites Matthews on propaganda use of famous names, and records rebuttals by Ickes Perkins Broun and Crosby. It also defends the committee’s role in exposing Soviet influence.
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New York
Jilly 5
House
UN American Activities Committee
Shirley Temple
Parson Weems
Washington
Shirley
J. B. Matthews
Matthews
Communist Party
Ce Soir
Clark Gable
Robert Taylor
James Cagney
Miriam Hopkins
Bette Davis
Harold Ickes
Frances Perkins
Heywood Broun
Ickes
Hollywood
Francis Perkins
Broun
Harold
Fran
John Crosby
Ireene Wicker
Miss Wicker
Dr. L. H. Clemons Joins Cullman Medical Community
Dr. L H Clemons aged 35, recently of Falkville, has moved to Cullman and leased the clinic of Dr T D Beatty on Second street and second avenue. He was discharged from the Army on November 1 1945, formerly lived in South Alabama, is married with two sons Phillip and Terry, and will reside at the Reeder Home on Gunt ersville Highway.
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L. H. Clemons
Falkville
Cullman
T. D. Beatty
Second Street
Second Ave
Clemons
South Alabama
Phillip
Terry
Reeder
Guntersville Highway
Local Personal News Highlights Trips and Visits
Mrs. Margaret Lucas and daughter Mary Charles plan to leave July 10 for Pitman New Jersey to visit Mr. and Mrs. Paul Weisz. Frances McPherson returns home to Blount Springs after visiting Mrs. Lucas, Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Kinney and son Rodney, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kinney, and Mr. and Mrs. Olan Brandenburg. The Kinneys vacation at Panama City Fla with Mrs. Luther Morris and daughter Lynn joining later. Spencer Kinney will visit Mildred Kinney in Jacksonville Fla before returning. Bob Gilbert of Birmingham visits his mother Mrs. Ila Gilbert.
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Margaret Lucas
Mary Charles
Pitman
New Jersey
Paul Weisz
Frances McPherson
Blount Springs
Spencer Kinney
Rodney
Carl Kinney
Olan Brandenburg
Panama City
Fla
Luther Morris
Lynn
Mildred Kinney
Jacksonville, Fla
Bob Gilbert
Birmingham
Ila Gilbert
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Decatur
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
TTL
W. R. Shelton
Associated Press
MAIL
Tee Washington
Drew Pearson
Pearson Odyssey
By Arlie B. Davidson
Davidson
Pegler
By Westbrook Pegler
Westbrook Ee
Southeast Asia
Formosa
Philippines
Indonesia
Straits of
Fusan
Fusan Straits
United States
Javia
Orient
Joe
Sa Ferry
International News Service
U. S
Eislers
Browders
J. Peters
Pelley
Dennis
Alger Hiss
Cullman News
Union Hill No. 2
Herman Hale
Dripping Springs
Ebenezer
Piney Grove
Care
Venient
FDIC
Federal Reserve System
Morgan County National Bank
Decatur, Alabama
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