Bloodshed Expected as Japanese Labor Unrest Grows
Allied and Japanese officials warn further violence as national emergency looms after the assassination of Sadanori Shimoyama, president of the National Railway, amid mass rail layoffs. Miners protest, rails sabotaged, and Communist influence rises as Yoshida weighs outlawing the Communist Party.
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Tokyo
Japan
Ibaragi Prefecture
Sadanori Shimoyama
National Railway Corporation
Shimoyama
Mito
Eighth Army
National Rural Police
Douglas MacArthur
Russia
Yoshida
Communis
MacArthur
Homecoming for Dr Omer Roan Dinner Honor Texas Family
A July homecoming dinner honors Dr. and Mrs. Omer Roan of San Texas with Son D A Roan hosting at Eva. Numerous relatives and friends from Decatur Baileyton Joppa Adamsville and other places attended, sharing a picnic style meal and greetings.
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Omer Roan
San
Texas
D. A. Roan
Eva
Jay
Mamie Livingston
Bedaan
Louisville
Kentucky
C. R. Lanier
Patsy
Savannah
Tennessee
Andy Stanley
Adamsville
A. M Ryan
Avery Ryan
A. L. Ryan
Jimmy Dan
B. G. Ryan
B. G. Jr
Marie Goce
Decatur
Jack Stanley
Tuscumbia
L. M. Goren
Arizona
George Wallace
W. C. Martin and
Norman
Bertis Rasco
Billie
Wagg
Mary Lee
Cullman
Daisy
Elsie Crawford
Joppa
Clyde Crawford
Joe
Tommy
Betsy
S. G. Branley
J. G. Stanley
Levy McKee
Suzanne
Eston Lewis
Liland McKee
Billie McKee
Frances Oden
Annie Bell Hamilton
John W Utter Dies in Alabama Home at 77
Funeral services for John William Utter will be held Thursday at 5 p m at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church. The 77 year old retired carpenter died Wednesday at 9 30 am at 1028 Tower Avenue after a long illness. He was born in Indiana and lived most of his life in Alabama. Survived by wife Lela Utter three daughters Mrs H C Bees of Decatur Mrs J H Turner of Orleans and Mrs J L Williams of New Orleans and one son Uther of Paducah. Also a brother Frank Uttertur and a sister. Pallbearers include Chesley Cuttom and Wesley Turner Harry Johnnie Buford and Houston Gulley. Burial in city cemetery with Brown directing.
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John William Utter
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
E. M. Chandler
L. FE. Town
Tower Avenue
Carpenter
Indiana
Alabama
Lela Utter
H.C. Bees Decatur
J. H. Turner
Orleans
J. L. Williams
New Orleans
Uther
Paducah
Frank Uttertur
Decatur 3
de Chesley
Cuttom
Wesley Turner
Harry
Johnnie Buford
Houston
Markets slip after six-session rise on Truman bullish note
New York stocks eased today after a six-session gain, with declines from fractions to about a point. Early strength faded as buying waned, though late demand revived some issues. Turnover reached about 900000 shares, while cotton futures drifted lower amid awaiting government acreage figures for 1949 crop and ample nearby July liquidity.
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William D. Horgan
New York
Truman
New Orleans
Poultry Market Steady Amid Strong Demand in Georgia
North Georgia live poultry market remains steady to firm with a firm undertone. Trucking demand is very good while heavy fryers are in short supply. Dressed poultry demand is moderate to good and weekly stock clearances show sales today limited to 2 1/2 to 4 pound birds. Prices paid FOB farm for broilers and fryers picked up midweek and this morning ranged from 22 to 27 cents per pound, mostly 22 1/2 to 23 cents.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Market summary cattle hogs and sheep Nashville July 7
Nashville reports cattle receipts small and steady. Steers and heifers mostly 21.00 to 24.00 with high quality 24.00 to 25.00. cows 10.50 to 15.00 for cutters, beef cows 15.25 to 17.00, bulls 14.00 to 17.50. Vealers 24.00 to 25.00. calves 18.00 to 22.00. Hogs at 21.25 top, most weights steady. sows 15.75 to 16.50. Sheep market fully steady to slightly higher. spring lambs 24.00 to 26.00, short aged ewes about 7.00 down. Western yearling stock ewes 30.00 per head.
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Nashville
iFederal State Departments of Agriculture
Markets at a Glance New York July 7 Summary
Markets at a glance show stocks down for the first time in six days while bonds rise as government issues weaken. Wheat in Chicago firm on mill purchases while corn slides on easing rains. Oats firm on crop reports, though overall sentiment mixed with upside price pressure near 30 cents in oats.
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New York
Chicago
Wheat Surges Toward Five Month Highs On Trade Board
Chicago July 7 wheat prices pushed toward a five month peak as buying extended on the Board of Trade. Traders watched for further support amid buoyant demand and supply concerns.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Alabama grand jury seeks all high Klan officials
Jefferson county grand jury probing Jefferson county mob violence requests identity of every high Klan official in Alabama. Notable figures testified including Dr. E P Pruitt secretary Dr John R Jones and E E Campbell with records sought for Klansmen statewide as flogging incidents rise in coal mining areas near Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Jefferson County
Emmett Perry
Perry
E. P. Pruitt
Federated Ku Klux Klan Inc
Pruitt
John R. Jones
Talladega
E. E. Campbell
Jones
Klan
Campbell
Robert E. Lee Klan
William Hugh Morris
R. M. Arnott
Morris
Ku Klux Klan
Reds Trying To Strangle Tito
The Associated Press reports that Poland and other Cominform members cut trade with Yugoslavia, tightening pressure on Tito. Greek reaction shifts toward possible reconciliation, with Embros urging steps toward friendship, while terms risk ending aid to Greek rebels and Yugoslav claims in Macedonia.
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Associated Press
London
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Poland
Tito
Athens
Embros
Greece
Balkan
Moscow
United Nations
Balkan Commission
Greek Macedonia
Honor Young People At Central Church
Central Methodist Church hosts a Young People service Sunday morning with reports from Intermediate Camp attendees. Paul Howe Eubanks of Asbury College preaches, as Rev. G. M. Davenport leads sermons on David, including Sunday night on David's Success. the public is invited.
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Central Methodist Church
Cook Springs
Paul Howe Eubanks
Asbury College
G. M. Davenport
Central
David
Paul Eubanks
Wilmore
Government Employees Hit Record Numbers
The Census Bureau reports April totals for federal, state, and local workers at 6,219,000, a three year high, with public payrolls reaching 1.375 billion dollars due to more staff and higher pay across levels of government.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Market ends third straight day higher amid mixed grain gains
The market saw continued advances but not as strong as yesterday as selling orders and mill buying balanced. Wheat rose to July at 2.02 1 4, corn up 1 8 1 4, oats up 1 1 4 to 1 7 8, rye down 1 2 2 1 4, soybeans off 4 to 6 1 4, July prices listed. lard down 7 to 25 cents per hundred weights, July 10.32.
Local News Roundup From Morgan County and Nearby Areas
Dismissals, visits, and civic notes populate the county scene. Floyd Johnson loses position at Baugh Wiley clinic while Sadie Johnson travels to Birmingham on business. Murfreesboro and Decatur figures visit relatives in Birmingham and Decatur respectively as Morgan Board of Registrars hours near end. Disabled American Veterans meet at 8:30 PM, Patented injuries prompt care after a fan accident. Local family illnesses and travel, plus sheriff raids cracking down on punchboards, mark the week.
NLRB Hearing Reaches Decision Point at Wolverine Plant
An all day NLRB hearing at the Wolverine Tube Division in Decatur reviewed job classifications to determine proper bargaining units and whether an election will be held. Five unions and Wolverine supplied representatives, with attorney Gilbert Cohen noting the filing will go to Washington for a ruling. Union factions include UAW IAM IBEW Plumbers Local 760 Carpenters Local 309 and others seeking different qualifications and unified representation.
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Wolverine
National Labor Relations, Board
Copper Company
NLRB
Decatur Mill
Gilbert Cohen
Atlanta
Washington, D. C
Cohen
Frank W. Oakes
Wolverine Industrial and Public Relations
D. D. Decker
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Geibel
United Auto, Aircraft and Agricultural Machinery Workers
UAW
A. H. Attaway
International Association of Machinists
Lodge 1500
Paul Chipman
Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 760
W. L. Dean
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
D. L. St. John
IAM
Electrical, Carpenters and Plumbers
Body Stuffed In Barracks Bag
The body of a three year old boy was found stuffed head first in an Army barracks bag in his basement in Chicago. Police suspect a child play gone wrong with a possible Hangman game. A chalked inscription hang noose club and gallows drawing were found on walls. Rope burns around the neck and a crossing of legs marked the scene. The boy had vanished a day earlier, a well dressed man about 50 seen in the area was reported to police by the mother.
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Chicago
Thomas “Whitey” Laux
Hang Noose Club
Thomas Murphy
Stockyards
Stops Applications Sell Home Mortgages in RFC Action
Washington July 7 The Reconstruction Finance Corporation halted taking applications to sell home mortgages to its subsidiary the Federal National Mortgage Association. Officials said RFC has reached the roughly 1 billion dollar limit for purchasing mortgages, funded or committed over the past 11 months. Congress is considering legislation to grant more mortgage buying authority.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal National Mortgage Association
Congress
RFC
Watchman Wounded in Shotgun Incident at Birmingham Plant
In Birmingham on July 7 a night watchman Milton Arnold was wounded on the left side by a shotgun blast at 1 15 A M at the Birmingham Clay Products Co brick plant. He was alone and taken to a hospital. The case involves a jurisdictional strike with United Mine Workers District 50 and Clay Workers of America AFL claiming majority among 44 workers.
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Birmingham
Milton Arnold
Birmingham Clay Products Co
Arnold
United Mine Workers
K. Jones
Clay Workers of America Afl
King Leads British Open After 36 Holes at St George's
Pi-Sam King, a British Ryder Cup veteran, shot 69 to take a 36-hole lead at the British Open in Sandwich England. Max Faulkner and Bill Shankland trailed by two strokes, while Frank Stranahan stood four behind. Johnny Bulla and Stranahan faced costly misses on key holes.
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Sandwich
England
Sam King
King
Royal St. Georges
Max Faulkner
Charles E. Whiting Sandwich
Johnny Bulla
Frank Stranahan
Bobby Locke
Jimmy Adams
St. George's
Adams
Ireland
Harry Bradshaw
Roberto de Vicenzo
Argentina
Locke
Bulla
Stranahan
Pittsburgh
Johnny
Rotary Heads Into Gadsden Assembly in Alabama
Newly elected Rotary officers in District 238 will attend a training assembly July 10 11 in Gadsden. The event marks the first assembly for the new state district covering 35 North Alabama counties with 110 Alabama attendees expected. Main speakers include Louis M Smith Frank E Spain and Ray B Hickman.
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Rotary
Gadsden
James Rankin
Alabama
Decatur
Hill Ferguson
Ed Price
James Bloodworth
J. Darrah
Louis M. Smith
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
Frank E. Spain
Birmingham
Father and sons seek jury in flogging case
A Mobile father and two sons, John H. Nettles Sr. 48, John Nettles Jr. 23, and Joe Nettles 18, asked for a jury trial in recorder's court after being charged with assault and battery with a cow hide and pistol to intimidate Yau kschuk Bodden. Bond set at 500 each. Bodden said he was flogged while the elder Nettles held a pistol to deter witnesses. Bodden’s wife is related to Nettles Jr.’s wife. Charges to be presented to Mobile county grand jury in October.
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Mobile
Recorder’s Court
Norvelle Leigh, III
John H. Nettles, Sr
John Nettles, Jr
Joe Nettles
Yaukschuk Bodden
Bodden
Nettles
John Nettles
Carl Booth
Mobile County Grand Jury
Rites For Mrs Langston To Be In Chattanooga
Funeral services for Mrs Elizabeth Ann Langston 89 a former Decaturian will be held in Chattanooga Friday at 10 A M at the Brown Service chapel. She died Wednesday about 12 30 P M in Chattanooga. Mrs Langston left the city five years ago for Chattanooga her daughter former Mrs Helen C Wilson and a grandson Grover Wilson Decatur will leave for Chattanooga tonight.
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Sara Elizabeth Ann Langston
Lawmakers Reintroduce Bills Amid Busy Senate Session
In a busy session Senator Martin criticized a bill to outlaw the closed and union shop as already scrapped in committee. A similar anti-picketing measure faces likely defeat, with plans to reintroduce both in 1951. Senator Langan’s betting on races bill would fund the state treasury. The Senate and House moved through 15 economy bills, ending an administration filibuster, amid reapportionment debates and voter qualification amendments.
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Martin
Senate Judiciary Committee
Greene County
Joe Langan
Mobile County
Senate
House
Boswell
State Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Norman Harris
Morgan
Supreme Court
Stryker argues in closing as Hiss saga nears verdict
Hiss aide Hiss summary spans 56 minutes today and four hours six minutes total. Stryker claims the case hinges on who tells the truth between Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers. He accuses Chambers of fabricating charges to aid a political campaign and criticizes the FBI. Judge Kaufman grants a one and a half hour recess as the trial moves toward jury deliberation.
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Samuel H. Kaufman
Stryker
FBI
Kaufman
U. S
Hiss
Chambers
Alger Hiss
Movernent
Heat and Rain Boost Midwest Crops in July Heat
The Weather Bureau reports above normal eastern temperatures spurred growth in corn and hastened maturation of wheat rye oats and barley. Hot humid conditions produced upper 80s to 100s across the region with Salina reaching 104 and Wichita 101. Maryland crops in parts faced critical condition due to hot dry weather.
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midWest
Weather Bureau
Washington
Kansas
Salina
Wichite
Baltimore
Maryland
Danville High Names Faculty For Coming School Year
Danville High School announces its faculty for the new year led by principal G. O. Spencer who holds an MA from Peabody. The staff includes John H. Rew in vocational agriculture Bernice Bailey in home economics Raymond Compton in mathematics and commercial Mimi Jones in English and others across grades and subjects with several teachers remaining in summer session.
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G. O. Spencer
Danville High School
Spencer
Peabody College
John H. Rew
Auburn
Bernice Bailey
Alabama
Raymond Compton
Peabody
Bert Murphree, Jr
Howard
Gladys Henry
Mimi Jones
eJoe Hoes
Florence
Adelle White
Lucille Wiggins
John Rew
Lavera Parker Hampton
Livingston
Edith Livingston
Housing Bill On The Final Lap
Washington July 7 The administration’s housing bill reached the final stage in Congress after conference committee approval. Democrats expect the trimmed measure to go to President Truman today as a major Fair Deal achievement. The program envisions public housing slum clearance and farm housing aids costing 10 to 14 billion dollars plus.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
House
Senate
Raymond Foley
Dulles O Dwyer and Flvynn in NY Democratic Scene
President Truman said he would not intervene in the fight over Burns Warnes successor. Dulles has served as a U N delegate since founding and was once considered as a potential Dewey secretary of state. The Republican leadership has not yet named a nominee to run in the November 8 election.
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Council of Foreign Ministers
Dewey
President seeks higher taxes amid deficit pressures
Advisers split on tax rise as Treasury reports a 1.6 billion deficit for the year ending June 30. Some fear higher taxes would curb business while others expect Truman to push tax boosts and wage hikes. A repeal of tiresome excise taxes is favored by the president, with housing legislation seen aiding the building industry.
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Treasury
Truman
Nation steel firms near unanimous on rejecting USW demands
Steel executives indicate firm stance against United Steelworkers demands. A prolonged strike would hit the economy hard by idling workers in allied industries. Despite wartime output, demand is slowly catching up and mills run at about 80 to 85 percent capacity.
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Seem
Meraily
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Baugh- Wiley Clinic
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Murfreesboro
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Leon Russell
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American Legion Hall
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Seventh Avenue West
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Otis E. Kirby
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Grant Stret
Florence State Teachers College
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