Border clash over crabber death sparks Maryland Virginia tension
The 60 year old Crisfield fisherman Earl Nelson was shot near the Tangier Pocomoke border while crabbing. Maryland says he was in state waters. Virginia says he was illegal in their territory. Officials from both states investigate under gubernatorial orders.
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Crisfield
Earl Nelson
Maryland
Virginia
Chesapeake Bay
Virginia Conservation
Charles M. Lankford, Jr
Nelson
Salisbury
Potomac River
Tangier
Pocomoke Sounds
Albert Rich
Rich
Three Clubs Dominate Southern Association All-Star Picks
Nashville Birmingham and Atlanta lead the 19 man all star after a vote by league writers. Picchota Brown and Sawatski repeat as top choices with Modica traded to New Orleans after selections. The squad meets Nashville on July 12 with alternates named for each position.
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Birmingham
Ala
Nashville
Atlanta
Pete Modica
Barons
New Orleans
Vols
al Picchota
Little Rock
Carl Sawatski
Norman Brown
Joe Brantt
Picchota
Frank Marino
Pete Mallory
Bobby Brake
Sawatski
Dapper
Joe Frantz
Harold
Tookie) Gilbert
Dave Williams
Bevan Strickland
Fred Hatfield
Russell Rose
Mobile
Norm Koney
George Shuba
Lloyd Gearhart
Babe Barna
Rege
Chet Hajduk
Lindquist
Newsom
Chattanooga
McConnell
Early
McDonald
R. Brown
Simpson
Amputation Of Foot After Gun Blast
Elmer Guthrie a 17 year old from Logan is resting well after his left foot was amputated at Cullman hospital. He told Sheriff Shelley Hyatt the wound was for personal safety reasons and is listed as AWOL from the armed forces.
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Elmer Gutherie
Logan
Cullman Hospital
Cullman County
Shelley Hyatt
Gutherie
Hyatt
Markets Rise for Fifth Straight Day on Wall Street
Demand for stocks increased and the market advanced for the fifth day in a row. Turnover surpassed 1,000,000 shares. Commonwealth & Southern blocks boosted activity, with C&S gaining 1 8 after Wilmington news that a court approved a dissolving plan. Major gains in General Motors, Chrysler, US Steel, Bethlehem Steel, and others. several energy and chemical stocks also rose.
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William PD
Horgan
New York
Commonwealth &Southern
Wilmington
Del
General Motors
Chrysler
Studebaker
U. S. Steel
Bethelehem Steel
Woolworth
Caterpillar Tractor
Curtiss-Wright
Schenley
Benguet Consolidated Mining
American Telephone
Consolidated Natural Gas
Kennecott Copper
American Smelting
American Can
General Electric
Dow Chemical
Southern Pacific
Illinois Central
Nickel Plate
Richfield Qi
Superior Oil of California
Standard Oil
Skelly Oil
Gulf Oil
North Georgia live poultry market steady with firm undertone
North Georgia live poultry market remains steady with a generally firm undertone. Demand is good in most sections. supplies of light broilers and fryers are ample while heavy fryers are only slightly short of full demand. Prices paid to growers range from 21 to 27 cents, mostly 22 to 23 cents.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Cotton futures ease on profit taking and liqudation
New York July cotton futures fell as commission houses and New Orleans selling cooled prices. Near term liquidation ahead of July 13 contract expirations weighed on values, while slow demand for new crop and delayed Rio Grande Valley harvest kept buyers cautious. Six seven transfer notices noted. ECA raised UK third quarter cotton credits by 24 million dollars and set other regional authorizations. Late trades show July at 33.02 cents, October 29.45, December 29.39.
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New York
Commission House
New Orleans
Rio Grande Valley
Washington
ECA
United Kingdom
Germany
Korea
Japan
Markets at a Glance: Mixed U S Stocks Rise Fifth Day
New York reports higher stocks for the fifth straight day while bonds rise on demand. Cotton falls as New Orleans selling continues. Chicago wheat shows strong activity with mills buying. corn and oats firm. Hog prices range lower, top at 21.75. cattle steady to higher, top 28.75.
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New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Nashville Livestock Market Report Summary
Nashville livestock report lists cattle 21.00 to 25.00 per hundredweight for good steers and heifers under 1000 lbs, cows 10.50 to 15.00, bulls 17.50 to 19.25, calves 18.00 to 25.00. Hogs steady to 50 lower with barrows 21.25 to 21.50 and sows 15.00 to 16.00. Sheep and lambs show spring lambs 23.50 to 25.50, typical lambs 18.00 to 23.00, slaughter ewes 7.00 down.
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Nashville
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Wheat and grain futures rise in Chicago trading
July wheat climbs above 2.00 amid bread buying. corn gains near 7 to 8 cents. oats up 5 to 8 cents. rye advances 3 to 4 cents. soybeans rise about 1 3 4 to 5 1 4. lard drops 8 cents per hundred pounds to 10.55 for July.
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Chicago
Board of ‘Trade
Wage Talks reopen between U S Steel and CIO United Steelworkers
Officials of U S Steel Corp and the CIO United Steelworkers resumed wage talks that could set patterns for major industries. A fourth round of post war increases or a nationwide steel strike since 1946 are possible outcomes.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
Cio-United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel
George Nathan
U. S
Nathan
Washington
New York Herald-Tribune
U.S
Vinson Moves to Cut President's Control of Armed Forces
Chairman Vinson of the House Armed Services Committee tried again to clip Presidential authority over military unification. He proposed amendments to exclude military departments from the reorganization law and block a single military chief of staff, arguing to prevent a military dictatorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Truman
Congress
Defense Johnson
Senate
Opposition To New Tax Plan In Georgia The Tax Revision Debate
Atlanta July 6 Opposition to Governor Talmadge s 20 million tax plan grows as critics call for permanent reform ahead of a special session July 18. Former Governor Thompson argues the plan merely restores prior salaries, contends rising tax collections mislead the public, while Rep Greer and Durden urge study by the tax revision committee before any changes. They oppose raising gasoline tobacco and alcohol taxes and oppose taxing proposals viewed as a hodgepodge.
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Atlanta
Talmadge
Georgia
M. E. Thompson
Valdosta
Thompson
John Greer
Lanier County
Greer
A.N. Durden
Albany
Adult Department To Be Honored Tonight At Prayer Meeting
The Sixteenth Avenue Baptist church will honor the Adult Department this evening at 7 30 oclock. Rev E N Chandler pastor urges all adult members to attend and asks young people to support the prayer services. The pastor will lead the services and conduct the study. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
E. N. Chandler
H. M. Watson
Church of the Nazarene
Richmond Virginia Leads Global Cigarette Output
Richmond Virginia becomes the world’s top cigarette producer surpassing major cities with about one third of the U S output. Local factories drive vast production figures and employment as manufacturers claim dominance in supply.
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Richmond
U. S
Kiwanis Meet Moves To Woodall’s In Decatur
Continued page one reports the Decatur Kiwanis club meeting at Woodall’s since Hotel Lyons dining room is closed. Charles Winston returns from the Atlantic City convention and will report. Morgan County arrests for vagrancy public drunkenness and other offenses are noted with a Morg an sheriff and local officials.
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
Woodall’s
Hotel Lyons
Charles Winston
Atlantic City
Morgan Sheriff's Office
Truman Report Is Due Monday
President Truman's mid year economic health report is due to reach Congress on Monday with the message "quite long" and subject to polishing and possible rewriting. Budget Director Frank Pace discussed the deficit and budget options during daily talks. Senator Flanders warned the economy could slip if businessmen fear recession and urged a strong pep talk to merchants in the upcoming report.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Frank Pace
Flanders
R-Vt
Berlin May Get An Election
Western powers plan a general Berlin election after four occupation powers meet to normalize life in the divided city. An American official predicted the move amid hoped talks with Soviet delegates and debate over the Little Occupation Statue set for West Berlin May 14.
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Berlin
Germany
Paris
Alexander Kotikov
Kotikov
West Berlin
Socialist Unity (Communist) Party
Discharge Announced for Sergeant Ben L. Roper Jr
Nagoya Air Force Base Japan announces the discharge of Sergeant Ben L. Roper Jr son of Mr and Mrs Ben L Roper Sr Route 3 Decatur Alabama. Roper stationed at Nagoya with the Fifth Air Force Occupational Air Force for Japan. He is a graduate of Austinville High.
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Nagoya Air Force Base
Nagoya
Japan
Ben L. Roper, Jr
Ben L. Roper
Decatur
Alabama
Walter C. White
Nagoya Honshu
Roper
Fifth Air Force
Air Force
Austinville High
No Communists in Schools Says Educators at NEA
Boston July 6 The National Education Association with 825000 teachers adopted by voice vote a stand that Communist Party members should not be employed as teachers. The move follows a policy commission report signed by Columbia University President Dwight Eisenhower and Harvard President James Conant. Critics said the statement was ill conceived and would worsen Cold War tensions and start a witch hunteler.
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Boston
National Education Association
Communist Party
Communist Party of the United
Rose Russell
CIO Teachers’ Union
New York City
John K. Norton
Columbia University
Teachers College
Norton
NEA Educational Policy Commission
Columbia
Dwight D. Eisenhwer
James B. Conant
Harvard University
Russell
You Hse
Singers Plan A Meeting Soon
Decatur Barbershop Singers file monthly gathering July 11 with a business meeting and watermelon cutting at Seneca Springs on Trinity Mountain at 7 30 p m. The chorus will entertain with the Barons and Bama-Four quartets. Music Director Wilson Morgan says fall and winter concerts are planned beginning late September or early October. The public is invited to the open air song fest. discussion and business parts are for members and prospective members only. Refreshments of cokes and cookies will be served.
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R. H. Breckenridge
Decatur
Barbershop Singers
Seneca Springs
Trinity Mountain
Bama-Four
Wilson Morgan
Ublic
Salem WSCS In Full Session
The Salem W S C S met at the church on June 28 with 10 members and one new member. Hymn opening prayer and minutes, then a secretary report on publications and literature. The program featured a lesson titled In the Light That Shines Through The Darkness and scripture read from First Corinthians. The group adjourned to meet July 12 at the church.
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Salem W.S
Pearl Foote
Sallie Cole
Coriinthians
Cleanup at Childers Graveyard July Ninth
Residents of Falkville are invited to meet at the Childers cemetery at seven o'clock on July 9 with tools to clean the grounds. Preparations are underway for a decoration on July 10. Public attendance is encouraged.
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Childers Graveyard
Childers
Falkville 1
Sergeant Roper Enlists and Sails to Japan in 1947
Decatur Alabama resident from the class of 1946 Sergeant Roper entered military service on 3 October 1946 at Fort McClellan. He arrived in Japan at Yokohama on 16 June 1947 and was assigned to the Fifth Air Force, later serving at Nagoya Air Base as a clerk in the Base Finance Office.
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Decatur
Alabama
Roper
Ft. McClellan
Japan
Yokohama
Fifth Air Force
Nagoya Air Force Base
Flag to Fly Daily If Weather Allows at Main Building
The flag will be displayed each day when weather permits on or near the main building, ensuring visibility and proper protocol. Authorities emphasize adherence to timing and safety considerations for daily display.
Mojave Desert Records High Heat and Low Rainfall
The Mojave Desert shows arid conditions with five to six inches of annual rainfall and summer temperatures that frequently reach 120 degrees.
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Mojave Desert
Perle Mesta Confirmed as Minister to Luxembourg
In Washington on July 6, the Senate confirmed President Truman's choice of Mrs. Perle Mesta, a noted hostess and fundraiser, as minister to Luxembourg. Sen Donnell opposed, but the nomination passed on a loud voice vote with only his dissent recorded.
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Perle Mesta
Washington
America
Luxembroug
Senate
Truman
Donnell
R-Mo
Trumans
Mesta
Court upholds Taft-Hartley ruling on hiring halls at Great Lakes ports
The U S Court of Appeals upheld a National Labor Relations Board finding that the CIO National Maritime Union hiring halls discriminate against non union seamen in violation of the Taft Hartley act at Great Lakes ports. The NMU plans to appeal to the Supreme Court as it argues hiring halls are essential to union strength. Herman Cooper NMU counsel noted the NLRB agreed not to close halls pending the decision.
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New York
CIO National Maritime Union
Great Lakes
U.S. Court of Appeals
National Labor Relations Board
U. S. Supreme Court
Herman Cooper
NMU
NLRB
Supreme Court
Pete Jarman Plans August Departure for Australia
Pete Jarman new United States Ambassador to Australia will sail August 14 from Los Angeles aboard the freighter Mattawunga with Mrs Jarman. A former Alabama congressman he spent 12 years on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The voyage lasts about 20 days with longer 48 day options.
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Washington
Pete Jerman
United States
Australia
Los Angeles
Jerman
Mattawunga
Jarman
Alabama
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Vancouver
State Department
Funeral services for Mrs Annie George held at Lebanon Baptist Church
Mrs Annie George, 76, died at her home in Hartselle about 3 10 A M. Survivors include husband Arthur five sisters Dashie McCaig Willie Denton Dona Wood Molly Rickard Cora Winfrey two brothers Argie McCaig Sammy McCaig and four grandchildren Pallbearers are nephews Funeral under Peck funeral directors with burial in the adjoining cemetery
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Annie George
The
Lebanon Baptist Church
Harry C. Wiley
Lannie Smallwood
Peck
George
Hartselle
Arthur
Dashie McCaig
Willie Denton
Tuscumbia
Dona Wood
Molly Rickard
Marshton
Cora Winfrey
Louisville
Argie McCaig
Falkville
Sammy McCaig
Trinity
Cripps Calls for Immediate and Long Term Dollar Policy Act
Cripps urges rapid corrective action and long term measures. He orders all British government purchasing to delay dollar buying where possible. Existing contracts stay, new purchases need urgent national interest approval. Dollar use limited to essentials and imports at reduced rates.
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Cripps
List of names appears in historical notice
A long comma separated roster of individuals including War Dunaway Robert P Duncan Shelton H Dunn Modie Elliott Henry Estes Rice Farley Ezell Fields Roy Gosline Elvin Grantland Lynn Hagood Roy Hamilton Hershell Hamp Bruce Hampton Edward Harris James Henderson James Henderson James Hendrix Gurnie Higdon Obie Hill Tillman Hill Davis Hodges Atlee Hoff Jr Joseph Houser Frederick Howard John Huddleston William Hulsey Robert Hunter James Isbell Edwin Johns Burtis Johnston Earl Johnson James Johnson Ben Johnston Jr Millard Kennedy Frank Kirby Jr James Lanier Eulas Latham Marvin Latham Earnest Lemons Grady Linley James Looney James Lynam June Martin Edward Matthews Robert McDougald Hudson McElroy Jr Jay Melson Denson Mizell France Mitchell Howard Moore John Mullins Clarence Nicholson Helen Norris Leon Norris Willis Parker John Payne Harry Pearce Willie Price William Priest Jessie Prince Harold Pruitt Rube Puckett Jr Edward Purser Howard Putman James Raley William Randle Homer Renager Herald Reeves Grady Rice George Rice Arlin Ridgeway Arville Roberts Hal Roberts Lyle Roberts Ewing Robinson Robert Rollins Kenneth Rooks Max Rowe James Russell James Russell Calvin Sapp Billie Shackleford Joe Shelton John Shockley William Simmons Paul Simrell Homer Sims Gene Sivley Wayne Slate Joseph Smith Eugene Sowers Fred Speake Jr Garland Sanders Edgar Stockton James Strickland Gaines Stuart Tom Taylor E L Thomas James Thomas Walter Thompson Albert Thornhill Fletcher Todd Elys Tucker James Tyler Benjamin Vaughn Ernest West William Wade Rayburn Walden Melvin Weaver Fred White Hallie Williams Quiller Williams Marion Winkles Samuel Winton.
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James M. Henderson
Thomas J. Hendrix
Gurnie H. Higdon
Obie D. Hill
Tillman P. Hill
Davis J. Hodges
Atlee H. Hoff Jr
Joseph T. Houser
Frederick W. Howard
John ©. Huddleston
William P. Hulsey
Robert W. Hunter
James S. Isbell
Edwin W. Johns
Burtis Johnson
Earl L. Johnson
James D. Johnson
Ben E. Johnston Jr
Millard C. Kennedy
George E. Rice
Arlin L. Ridgeway
Arville L. Roberts
Hal E. Roberts
Lyle T. Roberts
Ewing Robinson
Robert Q. Rollins
Kenneth Rooks
Max Rowe
James D. Russell
James K. Russell
Calvin Sapp
Billie B. Shackleford
Joe K. Shelton
John T. Shockley
William L. Simmons
Paul L. Simrell
Homer Z. Sims
Gene M. Sivley
Rayburn M. Walden
Melvin L. Weaver
Fred H. White
Hallie Williams
Quiller Williams
Marion E. Winkles
Samuel C. Winton
Heat Wave Sets City Records and Causes Fatalities
A scorching spell pushed temperatures to near 100 across multiple cities, with Philadelphia at 99 and Lancaster reaching 101 for consecutive days. Ohio reported four heat deaths while a 100 degree pavement hazard on US 60 near Owensboro prompted railroad workers to warn motorists until state police arrived.
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Philadelphia
Lancaster
Ohio
U. S. Highway
Owenstoro
Louisville and Nashville
Night riders terrorize Jefferson County with cross burnings
Mrs Elizabeth Studdard of Lynn Park says her family and two men were flogged in April by 70 to 100 robed assailants west of Birmingham in coal mining communities. Victims include Opal Studdard and two unidentified men. named suspects are Albert Sanders and Ruxford Spradlin. No motive stated.
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Jefferson County
Birmingham
Elizabeth Studdard
Lynn Park
Opal
Cripps outlines British response to European payments scheme
Cripps says a new import program may be ready by September after talks with Commonwealth finance ministers. He notes possible curbs on consumption of certain dollar- area foods and raw materials and the need to reduce export prices. He warns the easier policy of exploiting unlimited demand is over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Dominions
Cripps
Britain
Suspect Details Slayings and Confession Emerges in Sonoma Case
Guldbrandsen told how he and Flint and Jensen were attacked after a weekend at Jensen’s cabin. He described striking Flint and Jensen with a pestle and later murdering Mrs Paget. He said he tied Paget to a tree, fled to Eureka, then surrendered to reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Neumeier
Guldbrandsen
Sonoma
Flint
Waler
Hodgkinson
Sheriff's
Charles Cavagnaro
Jensen
Hirself
San Mateo
Accident Toll Over Fourth of July Break Surges
The Associated Press reports a record 711 people died in violent accidents during the three day Fourth of July holiday. The National Safety Council calls the toll shameful and disgraceful as it nears the all time high for any holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
National Safety Council
Lost government check near courthouse and Elmore's
A government check is missing between the courthouse and Elmore's. Contact Myrtle Aldridge at 106 1 2 West Church St or reach The Decatur Daily for details.
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Courthouse
Elmore’s
Myrtle Aldridge
West Church St
Decatur
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Goodwater
Morgan County Medical Society
Cornelian Court
Oscar Carter
Moulton Heights
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G. M. Tristannant
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George Porter
Central Baptist Church
Delano Park
Elmer Ange
Ben Roper
Salem
WSCS
Pete Jarman
Mrs. George
lIlness
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Radio Shack
Moulton St
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