American Officer Fights Russian in Border Rifle Duel
Lt. William C. Linderose of Port Huron Michigan and three American border patrol members faced rocket shots and rifle fire near Rothenbach North of Coburg. Linderose fired at three Russians wounding one youth 18 or 19. The Russian body disappeared at dawn.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.S. Army
William C. Linderose
Port Huron
Mich
Rothenbach
Coburg
Linderose
E. S. Thomas
Chicago
15Th Constabulary
E. A. Hamilton
Constabulary
President bullish on market as stocks hit six week high
The President expressed optimism about the economy after the stock market rose to a six week high and posted a five day advance. Key movers included American Telephone, Chrysler, General Motors, and DuPont with mixed shifts across major names as the Associated Press average stood at 61. The week showed continued gains despite earlier volatility and commentary on market as a barometer.
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William D. Horgan
New York
United States
Associated Press
American Telephone
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
General Motors
U. S. Rubber
Montgomery Ward
Union Pacific
International Harvester
Douglas Aircraft
Schenley
Western Union
Anaconda
General Electric
DuPont
Local births and health updates fill Decatur notes
Miss Mary Carter and Jennifer Sep welcome births while families announce babies at Hamil Clinic. Admitted patients include Carolyn Krocke and Auburn McWhorter's mother, Mrs. Clements, and Mrs. Noe. Local visits feature trips to Rochester Minnesota and Washington, plus health and court updates.
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Hamil Clinic
Carolyn Krocke
Courtland
Auburn McWhorter
Moulton
Moulton 2
Alabama lawmakers push safety rules tightening for drivers
Alabama legislators advance a set of highway safety bills. The measures aim to curb drunk driving, update road rules to match 24 states, and include pedestrians bicyclists and motor scooter operators under new duties. A notable proposal limits in-car television viewing to keep eyes on the road. The plan highlights stricter lighting rules for vehicles and envisions enforcement tools to target a small group of reckless drivers.
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Lynne Branmen Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Highway Patrol
House
Norman Harris
Morgan County
House — Transportation Committee
Harris
National Safety Council
Morgan
Tate
Capt. N
W. Kimbrough
Dr Overley to Speak at Hartselle Camp Meeting
The forty-ninth annual Hartselle camp runs July 28 to August 6 one mile south of Hartselle on an 11 acre tract. Dr FE R Overley general Methodist evangelist for the Louisville conference is among principal speakers with Rev John W Klinepeter of Savannah and Mr and Mrs E Clay Wilby Valdosta in charge of music. The non sectarian camp offers three services daily at 10 30 AM 2 30 PM and 7 45 PM and features about 15 cabins two dormitories a dining hall and a tabernacle.
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FE. R. Overley
Louisville
Hartselle
John W. Klinepeter
Savannah
E. Clay Wilby
Valdosta
U S referees steel parley as walkout looms
Pittsburg July 9 The government will move in Monday to referee the clash between the steel industry and the CIO United Steelworkers to avert a nationwide steel strike set for next Friday midnight. U S Steel and major mills rejected the workers demands for higher pay pensions and company financed insurance while Inland Steel offered a shared cost pension plan that the union deemed inadequate. Philip Murray CIO USW president will meet July 12 with wage policy committee. mediation session in Washington will include dissenting firms and others yet to refuse.
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Pittsburg
Theovernment
Cio-United Steel Workers
U. S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel
Crucible Steel
Weirton Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworker
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation and Concilation Service
Murray
Washington
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Republic Steel
Armco Steel
USW
Inland Steel of
Chicago
Inland
U.S. Steel
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Contracts Awarded for Decatur Elementary School
Contract for the $256,800 Decatur elementary school signed by A. Adams and Walter Jackson for the Board of Education and mailed to the architects. Forcum James contracts for the junior senior high school. The $1,058,227 plant to begin July 11. Engineering and surveying take about a week before foundation excavation.
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F. N. Thompson
A. Adames
Walter Jackson
Decatur Board of Education
Jackson
Grain prices ease on Chicago Board of Trade
Grain trading opened lower and mostly stayed below yesterday's close with a few late advances. Wheat slipped 1 8 to 1 cent. corn ranged 1 4 lower to 1 4 higher. oats down 1 8 to 3 4. rye up 1 to 1 5 8. soybeans up 1 1 4 to 3. lard up 2 to 7 cents per hundred pounds.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Markets at a Glance Chicago Wheat and Hogs Steady
In Chicago markets wheat shows easy with minimal flour buying while corn and oats move modestly with the wheat trend. Hogs and cattle hold nominal steady prices amid light demand and trading activity.
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Chicago
Wingless Chick Eggs to London
Des Moines breeder Peter H. Baumann plans to ship two or three dozen wingless chicken eggs to London by air next week. He maintains no price yet and notes the birds lack wings allow higher drumsticks and easier pen containment. Henry Laurie of The London Daily Express arranged the purchase for export to Britain.
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Des Moines
London
Peter H. Baumann
Henry Laurie
London Daily Express
Baumann
Chilean Cadet Arrives in U.S. for West Point Training
Eduardo Campos aged 19, the first Chilean cadet admitted to a U.S. military academy, arrived in Mobile and traveled by air to Washington en route to West Point. He is nephew of General Rafael Fernandez, Chilean ambassador to the United States.
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Mobile
Ala
Eduardo Campos
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Campos
Rafael Fernandez
United States
Washington
Sergeant Hurt by Missile on Tokyo Train Coach
A U S Sergeant Emanuel Aycock of Statesboro Georgia was slightly injured when a missile made of garbage and a timber chunk was hurled through a train window on an allied coach near Tokyo. He returned to duty after hospital treatment. Railroads have faced recent attacks on U S soldiers, including a military policeman at Takahagi who fired warning shots to disperse a mob.
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Tokyo
Army
Emanuel Aycock
Statesboro
U. S
Takahagi
Huntsville Man Sustains Minor Injuries in Auto Crash
Sherman Church a 54 year old Huntsville man escaped with cuts and bruises after his car rolled over several times following a collision with a fete at Lily Flag six miles south of Huntsville. He was treated and released from Huntsville hospital. Vehicle damage estimated at about 350 dollars. No other injuries or damages reported by Highway Patrol.
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Sherman Church
Huntsville
Lily Flag
Church
Suits Filed Against Blackwell and Drinkard Partners
Suits for accounts were filed in Morgan County Court against Walter G Blackwell Jr Elbert Drinkard and Elbert Drinkard Jr The Richland Mills owner Robert P Dodson seeks 908 62 from Blackwell owner of Blackwell Feed Store for due money and interest on June 14 Remington Rand Inc seeks 178 40 for an account due since May 7 1947 by the Drinks as Hartsville Motor Co Lawyers Calvin and Bloodworth represent the plaintiffs
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Walter G. Blackwell Jr
Elbert Drinkard
Elbert Drinkard Jr
Morgan County
H. Harrison Hill
Robert P. Dodson
Richland Mills
Blackwell
Blackwell Feed
Remington- Rand Inc
Drinkards
Hartselle Motor Company
Calvin and Bloodworth
Little Elephant Finds America Too Much Dies
NEW YORK July 9 Bimbo the young African elephant arrived at International Airport and toured downtown in a car, but the 190 pound animal collapsed at an animal store awaiting shipment to St. Louis. An emergency squad gave oxygen and medical care, yet the rare exhibit died before 8 pm.
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America
New York
Bimbo
Africa
Internationl
St. Louis
Yankee youths survey Atlanta on civil rights
Four 17 year old Brooks School students from North Andover Mass report mixed views on civil rights in Atlanta. They spoke with church leaders waiters housewives taxi drivers and businessmen and found whites generally opposed to racial superiority yet favoring separate development. They interviewed Gov. Herman E. Talmadge and Coca Cola official Harrison Jones and described Atlanta as having constructive attitudes rather to Nazi ideology. The youths published their findings under The New Voter with adviser F P Wiener.
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Atlanta
North Andover
Mass
New England
Brooks School
Morgan H. Harris
Geoffrey Kimball
John S. Keating, Jr
Guilford Dudley
VPI
Herman E. Talmadge
Harrison Jones
Coca Cola Company
Talmadge
Jones
F. P. Wiener
Blanket and oxygen death leads to museum plan
A patient who died while receiving oxygen was aged and will have their body sent to the American Museum of Natural History. The article notes basket making as an ancient industry.
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Bimbo
American Museum of Natural History
Truman plans economic expansion drive and talks at Chequers
Briain prepared to issue tomorrow. Attlee Cripps Bevin and Douglas Abbott to join Chequers conference. Britain faces $1.624 billion in gold and dollar reserves decline despite aid. Cripps orders three month standstill on dollar buying. Truman aims to boost production and cut unemployment with a proposed 1949 expansion act including federal loans, $15 billion public works, and relocation of unemployed workers. Eight senators back the plan though no administration blessing yet.
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London
Belgium
Attlee
Cripps
Ernest Bevin
Douglas Abbott
United States
Britain
Red States
Truman
Remedies Studied Washington July 9
Highly placed American and British policy planners weigh drastic remedies for Britain's crisis including a multi billion dollar stabilization loan. The plan envisions the US using dollars to buy pounds to shore up Britain's currency at a new lower rate, with devaluation, congressional approval, and coordinated monetary policy required.
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Washington
Britain
United States
Britain faces devaluation ripple as trade talks roll on
Britain seeks near agreements with Russia and Yugoslavia while Hungary and Czechoslovakia await final deals. East European breadbaskets export grain and timber to Britain in exchange for machinery and capital goods, with devaluation seen as a trigger for global price shifts.
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Russia
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Board of Trade
Britain
United States
Canada
Argentina
Europe
Australia
South Africa
Two Negro Women Treated After Auto Crash Near Madison
Lorene Floyd 610 12 East Market Street and her sister Pearl were admitted to Decatur General hospital after an auto accident near Madison at about 4 30 A M Saturday. Lorene had a fractured wrist and was released. Pearl had a broken arm and cuts to the neck and arms. A car driven by Carl Cohen, a Negro mechanic, with four passengers, left the road after failing to make a curve. No other injuries or patrol report were available.
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Decatur General Hospital
Madison
Lorene Floyd
East Market Street
Pearl
Lorene
Carl Cohen
Highway Patrol
Unions dispute Census unemployment figures in 1949 report
The CIO United Electrical Workers charged the administration misrepresented unemployment. They disputed Census Bureau’s last month estimate of 3.8 million jobless, claiming at least 5.4 million were unemployed. The union argued that more than 5 million out of work drives the recession, not the 59 million employed. The Agriculture Department noted farmers had 75 percent fewer dollars to spend in the first half of 1949 and warned prices could fall further if production stays high.
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CIO United Electrical Workers
Census Bureau
Agriculture Department
State highway bond bill eyed as funding split sparks clash
Governor and lawmakers debate a proposed plan that would allocate 12.5 million to the Highway Department and 27.5 million to counties, with annual bond spending capped at 3.1 million for the department. Critics warn the measure limits highway control, while other actions include a Swift Henderson bridge bill and a new anti Communist oath for public employees.
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State Highway Department
Highway Department
Folsom
Martin-Benford
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Swift-Henderson
C.J. Owens
Marshall County
State Department of Insurance
Commerce Department
Notable Shot Wound Report Iron Gate Incident
Jones Byars continued. The brothers in law armed themselves with guns. Buckshot used a shotgun and Sam a A5 pistol, Byars said. Buckshot received a superficial scalp wound as he drew a second bead leaving the scene, according to the Lawrence official.
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Byars
Sam
Grand jury indicts Ku Klux Klan in Alabama hits
A June 10 night wave of violence results in indictments against the Federated Ku Klux Klan in Jefferson County. A grandmother Mrs Hugh McDonal was attacked and forced to witness a cross burn while a Brookside restaurant served whites and blacks separately. Other victims include a Navy veteran, a coal miner, and an ore miner. Attorney General Carmichael lauds the grand jury and state justice system for quelling mob violence.
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Page One
Hugh McDonal
Brookside
Ala
Albert Carmichael
Grand Jury
Jefferson County
Ku Klux Klan, Inc
Alabama
Olive held after communist parade incident in Jamestown
A consulate figure named Olive was arrested after his jeep became part of a parade marking historical anniversaries. Police faced altered attitudes following a protest, with charges reduced from seven to four and three days’ punishment already served. Mrs Olive, former Marie Gordon, helped by providing clothing and paying a minor sum for alleged damage.
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Olive
State Department
Marie Gordon
Jamestown
N. D
Alabama Directory Plans and Manufacturer Listings
A proposed Alabama directory will cover estate distributions and transportation, list all manufacturers and distributors, identify buyers of Alabama products with over 30 000 firms and 8 000 local products, and include builders engineers architects and public purchasers. The firm filed a certificate stating 440 authorized shares at $25 each.
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Alabama
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