Top Level Talks In Steel Strike Underway In Capital
National capital and Pittsburgh report ongoing high level talks to resolve the 40 day steel strike. CIO steelworkers and industry spokesmen briefed after the first session with a second meeting expected today. Weirton Steel seeks a 5.50 per ton price rise by July 21 amid government scrutiny and ore shortages threaten winter production.
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Pittsburghp
CIO
Philip Murray
Arthur Goldberg
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel
Joseph Larkin
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Ben F. Moreel
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Washington
Ellis Arnall
Weirton Steel Company
Weirton
W. Va
Office of Price Administration
Arnall
Sae Maeehee Ant
Great Lakes
Allied Industries
Automotive News
Detroit
Record Crop Forecast Lifts Potatoes Soybeans and Rice
Agriculture forecast projects near record soybean and rice crops, with a larger potato acreage and similar yield pushing supply above last year’s levels. Sweet potatoes also expected up. Potatoes projected at 339,048,000 bushels vs 325,708,000 prior year amid historically tight potato markets.
Masonic Leader Tarpley Dies at 64 in Birmingham
R. B. Tarpley, 64, longtime state Masonic leader and executive vice president of the Birmingham Federal Savings & Loans Association, died after an illness in a local hospital. He was a Nashville, Tennessee native. July 11 report.
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Birmingham
R. B. Tarpley
Nashville
Tenn
Birmingham Fed- Savings & Loans Association
Afternoon Showings Across Town Spotlight []
A list of movie titles and showtimes across multiple theaters includes AV Today Princess Bugles Afternoon with Ray Milland Helena Carter Hugh Marlowe Forrest Tucker at 1:35 3:35 5:30 7:30 9:25 and Boxy Retreat Hell featuring Frank Love Richard Carlson at 1:20 3:20 5:20 7:20 9:20 Slaughter Trail with Brian Gig Young Virginia Mayo at 8:10 10:10 And Hartselle Belles on Their Toes with Jeanne Crain Myrna Loy Debra Paget at 7:00 9:00 Hatfield Athens Cattle Drive with Rod McCrea Dean Stockwell at 9:20 Elite Parole Inc O Shea Turban Boy Ankers at 6:10 8:10 9:16 Michael Evelyn Falkville When Worlds Collide at 7:00 8:50.
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Princess—Bugles
Ray Milland
Helena Carter
Hugh Marlowe
Forrest Tucker
Tragedy on Alabama Creek Drowns Eight Vacationing Family Party
A sunken boat near Hillsboro after a July Fourth outing left eight children and adults dead, with four rescued. Kinney and Ryans plus kin and Wilkinson relatives vacationing from Decatur Ga. were aboard when a wave swamped the craft. Rescuers including Canarian Kilpatrick aided, while Charlie Rogers guided a rescue boat. The field investigation followed by funeral arrangements for Terry and others.
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Larry Terry
Ellis-Meyer Hospital
James B. Terry
Moulton Heights
Canarian Kilpatrick
Hillsboro
Young Terry
Charlie Rogers
Decatur General Hospital
Brown Funeral Home
Easterwood
Christine Wilkinson
Kinneys
Decatur
Lawrence County
James Highsmith
Ryans
Alabama
Riverdale
Wilkinsons
Miss Wilkinson
Terrys
Terry
Kathleen Keller
Vinemont
Eisenhower Nominated At GOP Convention In Chicago
The convention chose Dwight D. Eisenhower as the Republican nominee after a hard fought week of delegate battles. Taft suffered a decisive setback as Eisenhower, backed by Warren and Stassen supporters, gained the lead and clinched the nomination in Chicago at the Blackstone Hotel.
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Taft
Eisenhower
Earl Warren
Harold Stassen
South
Louisiana
Texas
Georgia
Ike
Bedlam
Crystal Ballroom
Blackstone Hotel
GOP
Kansas
Civil rights plank wins at Republican convention
The platform committee backed a civil rights plank after a potential floor fight was deemed futile. Sen. Irving Ives and Gov. Alfred Driscoll supported a challenge, but the measure passed by acclamation. The plank calls for federal action against discriminatory employment practices while opposing duplication of state efforts. The document also denounces Truman and pledges a march into a new day toward peace and strong administration.
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Millikin
Harold C. Burton
New York
Irving Ives
Alfred Driscoll
New Jersey
Truman
Moulton to Build Shirt Factory With Planned Lease
A Moulton group will start construction of a shirt factory by mid next week with completion targeted in September. The plant, costing about 40,000 dollars, is to employ 400 to 500 workers once fully operating, with 30,000 raised to date and a five member committee to raise the remaining 10,000. The factory will be leased to David Parker after completion.
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Gay
Moulton
David Parker
Birth of a son announced for Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McWhorter
De i as De Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McWhorter of Moulton announce the birth of a son at Decatur General hospital last night. Mrs. E. W. Collier of 511 Line Street Northeast was admitted to Decatur General hospital yesterday. Rev. and Mrs. Lee Franklin and family have returned from a vacation trip to New York Philadelphia Washington Niagara Falls Canada and Virginia.
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Hugh McWhorter
Moulton
Decatur General Hospital
E. W. Collier
Line Street
Lee Franklin
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Niagara Falls
Canada
Virginia
Blonde Divorcee And 17 Year Old Lover Held In Arizona
Shapely blonde divorcee 28 and her 17 year old lover James Eldon Sherwin were to be returned to Los Angeles to face proceedings. Virginia Le Tourneau is charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor while Sherwin is accused of delinquency. The couple fled their Burbank homes last May 24 after the boy’s parents tried to break up the romance. They traveled about 10,000 miles before being picked up in Phoenix.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Los Angeles
Virginia le Tourneau
James Eldon Sherwin
Burbank
Calif
Pyongyang Bomb Raids Hit Key North Korean Centers
Allied air forces launched a two wave attack on Pyongyang and western targets as American British Australian and South Korean planes struck Hwangju and Sariwon. The strike followed weeks of leaflet warnings and involved more than 600 fighter bombers with support from carriers Princeton Bonhomme Richard and HMS Ocean. A MIG was damaged in air clashes.
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Pyongyang
Stan Carter
Hwangju
Sariwong
Korea
U. S. Air Force
Navy
U.S
Princeton
Bonhomme Richard
Ocean
Manchurian
Taft and Eisenhower Delegates Brace for Second Caucus
Alabama GOP leaders and Taft supporters gathered for a nine a m conference to gauge sentiment as the first ballot loomed. Eisenhower backers forecast possible shifts if a third ballot occurs while delegates like Myrtle Pitts and John Huffman eyed MacArthur as a second choice.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alabama
Taft
Adkins
Eisenhower
GOP
Claude Vardaman
Myrtle Pitts
John S. Huffman
John Crowder
Douglas MacArthur
White House
Cooper family funeral plans after Houston visit
Mr and Mrs John Cooper of Cullman arrived in Houston to make funeral arrangements for their daughter. Cooper owns and operates the Cullman Nehi Bottling Company.
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John Cooper
Cullman
Houston
Cooper
Cullman Nehi Bottling Company
Service Held Today For Mrs. M Cryer
Funeral services for Mrs Mati lda Cryer 77 of Laceys Spring will be held today at 2 PM at Union Hill church Rev Isaac Eady will officiate with interment in Valdermosa Springs cemetery Peck directing Mrs Cryer died yesterday at 1255 PM She is survived by two sisters Mrs Fannie Cryer and Mrs Linda Cryer of Laceys Spring She was a member of West Point Baptist church Pallbearers are William Johnson Marvin McAnally James Cryer Bennie Griffin Johnny Black and Willie Johnson
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H. C. Ryan Sr
Miss Wilkinson
Kinney
Ryan
Terry
Westside Baptist Church
Bethea Stedham
Roselawn
Brown
Matilda Cryer
Lacey
Union Hill Church
Isaac Eady
Valdermosa Springs
Peck
William Johnson
Marvin McAnally
James Cryer
Bennie Griffin
Johnny Black
Willie Johnson
Taft and Bricker figure in GOP nomination history
The text traces Taft's runs for the Republican nomination in 1936 1940 and 1944 noting his favorite son status and defeats. It recounts John W Bricker stepping aside in 1944 to let another Ohioan have a chance and Bricker's second place on the ticket as Dewey led to defeat. It also links Taft to later Dewey and Eisenhower configurations influencing the final 1952 win.
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Taft
Willkie
Bricker
Chance
John W. Bricker
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Eisenhower
Trustees Had It Good But Liquor Was Found
In Montgomery, several Black trustees at the Capitol misused access by storing liquor in a deserted Conservation Department building. They sold drinks to others until supervisory checks exposed them. The porters now face Kilby Prison confinement as punishment.
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Montgomery
Capitol
Conservation Department
Kilby
Ivey Former Auburn Poultry Leader Dies in Lake
John E. Ivey age 57 dies by drowning at a farm lake near Auburn while spreading fertilizer. His body is recovered at 2 p.m. three hours after he was last seen. Dr. Joe Lies, coroner, reports.
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Auburn
Alabama Polytechnic Institute Poultry Department
John E. Ivey
Ivey
Joe Lies
New Minister Begins Week of Meetings at South Decatur Church
O C Lambert new minister at South Decatur Church of Christ will start a series of meetings Sunday at 11 A M with services nightly at 745 P M through the week. Born in Winfield Alabama he previously led Laurel Avenue Knoxville and Sixth Street Port Arthur churches and authored religious books. He has served on staff of Gospel Advocate and Gospel Guardian and has conducted evangelistic meetings nationwide including Limestone county.
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O.C. Lambert
South Decatur
Lambert
Alabama
Winfield
Laurel Avenue Church
Markets Report From Decatur Prices for Commodities and Hogs
Middling cotton 40.00 cents with strict low 38.50. No 2 mile $3.10. No 2 wheat new crop onion free $1.95. No 2 oats new crop onion free 80 cents. No 2 yellow ear corn $1.83. Hogs price paid in Decatur 20.50 cents.
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Decatur
Georgia live poultry market sees tight supplies and steady prices
Atlanta market report shows demand firm for North Georgia live poultry with supplies barely adequate to short. Prices for broilers under 3.5 pounds range 28.5 to 29 cents per pound, with most at 28.5 to 29.0.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Nashville Livestock Market Report Short Form
Federal state cattle receipts around 52 head with steers near 1050 pounds at 32.00 and high end around 30.00. Calves small lot steady with good to prime 27-31. Utility and commercial 21-26. Hogs 150 head with butchers and sows steady. choice 190-230 pounds 21.00, 240-290 pounds 19.75, sows 17-17.50. Sheep 300 head with spring lambs and ewes steady. good to prime lambs 26.50-29.00, culled sheep 17-23, ewes 3-5 for shorn slaughter.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Choice
Wage Dispute Ends Threaten Plan To Halt F-86 Jets
Washington officials said a wage dispute between North American Aviation Co and CIO Auto Workers is resolved. The agreement averts a strike that could have shut down 17 aircraft plants in California and Columbus Ohio, crucial for keeping F-86 Sabre production running.
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Washington
Defense
North American Aviation Co
CIO Auto Workers
Classified Room Rentals and Den for Rent in Hanson
Want ads list rentals in Hanson with multiple rooms on second floor at Oak and Walnut St for 50 dollars and 3 rooms at 702 formerly 514 Line St for 30 dollars. A den with one room and bath in back yard at 707 Line St is priced at 15 dollars.
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Walnut St
Line St
Back Yard
Hanson
Unfurnished 3 Room Apartment in East Wood
Upstairs unfurnished three room and bath apartment at 402 Jackson. Separate unit with adults only. Contact phone 455 for details.
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Eastwood
Jackson
Rites For 12-Year-Old Shelby Watson Saturday
Funeral services for Shelby Jean Watson 12 of Hart selle will be at 11 A M Saturday at Hartselle First Baptist Church Rev Carl Allen and Rev Frank D Smith will officiate and burial at Pell City Cemetery Peck directing She died yesterday at St Vincent's Hospital Birmingham She is survived by parents Edwin and Mrs Watson Jr one brother and four grandparents Honorary pallbearers are Hartselle elementary sixth grade Active pallbearers named Earl Payne Hal Peck Smith Edward Livingston Jimmy Ponter and Jimmy McDaniel
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Shelby Jean Watson
Edwin Watson
Hartselle
Hartselle First Baptist Church
Carl Allen
Frank D. Smith
Pell City Cemetery
Peck
Shelby Jean
St. Vincent's Hospital
Birmingham
Edwin
Butch) Watson Jr
A. D. Watson
H. H. Howell
Pell City
Earl Payne
Hal Peck Smith
Edward Livingston
Jimmy Ponter
Jimmy McDaniel
Dems Shuffle as Harriman and Kefauver Seek Lead
Harriman campaigns in Michigan contending GOP platform mocks Russia. He holds labor talks in Detroit and has Frances Perkins backing. Kefauver sees a fifth or sixth ballot win with Russell as major foe after visits to Springfield Peoria and Boston. Elliott Roosevelt predicts Harriman or Stevenson as the Democratic nominee while backing Eisenhower if Eisenhower heads the Republican ticket.
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Harriman
Michigan
Russia
United States
Stalin
Detroit
Frances Perkins
Kefauver
Springfield
Peoria
Boston
Chicago
Illinois
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Russell
Washington
Elliott Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Adlai Stevenson
Roosevelt
Colorado
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft Praises Eisenhower After Nominating Call
Taft urged quiet as he congratulated Gen. Eisenhower on his nomination. He pledged to aid Eisenhower in the campaign and afterward, while Eisenhower expressed gratitude and called Taft a great American in a gesture of bipartisan goodwill.
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Taft
Gen
Eisenhower
Harp Origins Tied to Warrior String Traditions
A historical note suggests the harp arose from music played by warriors who plucked strings on shields. The claim links martial ritual to early instrument development and notes cultural exchange in ancient times.
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