Secret White House conference on atomic issue at Blair House
A closed 2 hour 33 minute White House meeting at Blair House drew President Truman with top military diplomatic and congressional leaders amid secrecy. The New York Times cited talks on sharing atomic bomb production know how with Great Britain but no decisions were announced. Attendees included Vice President Barkley Secretary Acheson Johnson Eisenhower Speaker Rayburn and several senators and representatives.
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Oliver W. D. Wolf
Washington
White House
Truman
Blair House
The
New York Times
Great Britain
Senaté
Europe
Barkley
Acheson
Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Joint Military Chiefs of Staff
House
Rayburn
Texas
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Tydings
Senate Armed Services Committee
McMahon
Dconn
Joint
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
Air Tour Club Visit at Pryor Field in Decatur
Alabama Air Tour club members about 100 with many wives will arrive at Pryor Field Sunday around 10 A M. About 70 aircraft are expected. Bill Sims says a business meeting and lunch will be at the Royal Dinner Club at noon. Ewell Gregg and Mayor H R Summer will greet guests. At 2 P M planes depart to Courtland Air Base, followed by a watermelon cutting for guests.
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Courtland Air Base
West Point Revival To Open Saturday Night Hart Speaks
A revival meeting will begin Saturday night at 730 at West Point Union church. Services will be held daily at 1 AM and 730 PM, led by Rev. L. W. Holt of Athens First Baptist, with Rev. Olin Ray assisting as Mor gan county Baptist associational missionary. Public invited to attend.
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West Point Union Church
L. W. Holt
First Baptist Church
Athens
Olin Ray
Baptist Associational
Morgan County
Perched killer ends 29 hours atop Lima water tower
Raymond Jutila, 35, the demented slayer, climbed Lima state hospital tower Wednesday morning and came down after 29 hours. He expressed remorse and accepted assurances that released convicts would not harm his family, then met with hospital officials and prepared to visit his mother and sister in Warren.
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Raymond Jutila
Ohio State Hospital
Lima
R. E. Bushong
Lima. O
State Hospital
Lima State Hospital
Warren
Jutila
John. Jutila
Marie Dawson
Clothes Line Thief Returns Victims In Decatur
Three more Decatur families report thefts from clothes lines. Kenneth Weatherwax of 1419 Eighth Avenue East, a Goodyear Mills employee, says two pairs of pants and five shirts were stolen from his backyard line between midnight and 8 a.m. Thursday. A thief took three pieces of women’s underwear from Mrs. D. O. Thompson at 610 Fifth Avenue West during Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, and Mrs. M. L. Murdock’s yard at 317 Seventh Avenue West lost two sheets, a bedspread, and two pairs of men’s shorts on the same night. Noel Teague of 1711 Seventh Avenue South reported clothing missing Wednesday night.
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Decatur
Kenneth Weatherwax
Eighth Avenue East
Goodyear Mills
Weatherwax
D. O. Thompson
Fifth Avenue West
Pson
M. L. Murdock
Murdock
Seventh Avenue West
Noel Teague
Decatur Daily
Seventh Avenue South
Vacation Bible School Set to Begin at West Point Church
A vacation Bible school will begin Monday morning July 18 at West Point Union Church. Sessions run 8:30 to 11:30 daily featuring Bible study stories games handwork and singing. Boys and girls ages 4 to 16 are invited to attend each day.
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West Point Church
West Point Union Church
Prayer Meeting At Poteet Home Set For Saturday Night
A prayer meeting and worship service will be held at the home of Mrs. Edward A. Poteet near Bluff City crossroads on Saturday night at 7:30 PM. Olin Rey invites attendees as part of the Morgan County Baptist Association missionary work.
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Poteet Home
Edward A. Poteet
Bluff City Cross Roads
Olin Rey
Associatona
Morgan County Baptist Association
Producer's Gin remodeling plans announced
James Stone of Stone Construction Co said repairs and remodeling of the Producer's Gin are expected to finish by September. The project includes enlarging and redecorating the office.
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James Stone
Stone Construction Co
Stone
Decatur Tigers to Meet Athens at 8
The Decatur Tigers ball team will meet the Athens Braves at Legion field tonight at 8 o'clock. The starting lineup for Decatur includes Craft, Robertson, Snyder, Dawson, Baylock, Gaston, Gibson, and Lipscomb. Wheeler will pitch. A large crowd is expected.
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Decatur Tigers
Athens Braves
Legion Field
Decatur
Craft
Robertson
Snyder
Dawson
Baylock
Gaston
Gibson
Lipscomb
Wheeler
Big Three face pressure over strike delay plan
The White House urged a 60 day strike delay while a presidential fact finding board studies proposals. Major producers like Bethlehem and U S Steel weighed acceptance as U S Steel rejected a nonbinding panel. Officials suggested a board would be named within a day as markets hesitated.
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Fairless
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Bethlehem
U. S. Steel
Truman
Cyrus S. Ching
Benjamin Fairless
U.S. Steel Corp
Ching
Ching Is Director of Theu. S. Conciliation Service
Steelworkers
White House
Eben Ayers
Ayers
U.S. Steel
Republic
New York Stock Exchange
New Features In Warehouse Construction in North Alabama
The State Bonded Warehouse and Storage Co plans a $20,000 warehouse at First Avenue West and Gordon Drive with 6,000 bale capacity. President John D. Davis says the building will open by September 1 in time for the cotton crop. Asphalt floors and a brick fire wall are experimental safety features that may be adopted in future warehouses.
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State Bonded Warehouse and Storage Co
John D. Davis
First Avenue West
Gordon Drive
Alabama
Davis
Folsom pushes broad progressive program ahead of elections
Lawmakers consider an $80 million road bond bill and revenue measures linked to the Revenue Department. The judiciary committee moves economy bills to a subcommittee while a rule change seeks journal readings on demand. Senators debate timing and method in a busy session with state finance and utility reforms advancing.
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State Revenue Department
State Conservation Department
Senate
Bob Lowe
Madison
Lowe
James E. Folsom
House
Folsom
Phillip Hamm
Norman Harris
Morgan County
Harris
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Commerce and Carriers Committee
REA
RFC
James Allen
Etowah
Senate Judiciary Committee
Communist pressure on Catholic hierarchy reported in press
The Czech government intensified its campaign against the Roman Catholic hierarchy. State media labeled Vatican excommunications of communists as political tools. The World Council of Churches in Chichester condemned totalitarianism and urged protection for Protestant churches in Catholic regions, while noting misalignment with the Catholic church.
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World Council of Churches
Chichester
England
Europe
Spain
Latin America
Strike orders buoy union fight amid CIO clash
Unions rally under CIO President Philip Murray as locals issue strike directives while warning against communist opportunism during the labor action. Murray channels a combative stance in guiding workers through the disruption.
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CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Ownedworkers
Felt Of Cotton Based Webbl Nonwoven Fabric Type R Debuts
Kendall Mills of Walpole announces a new felt made entirely of cotton called Webbl nonwoven fabric type R. The material is not woven or glued, but held by an entangling process that mimics fiber structure. It is strong flexible lint free and can imitate leather and is touted as ideal for surgical use and as an electrolytic carrier for longer battery life.
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Walpole
Mass
Kendall Mills
Kendal
Bus and Auto Crash North of Athens Causes Minor Injuries
A noon crash 10 miles north of Athens involved a Rogersville bus driven by Ezra D. Joiner and a 1941 Ford truck driven by Elbert Thomas Arnold of Elkmont. $200 in damages reported. two men injured Bennie Thomas of Elkmonthip and Ed Gray of Lester shoulder injuries. Also two Decatur cousins Joe Taylor Robinson 14 and Darwin Robinson 11 admitted to Decatur General hospital after a highway 20 crash at 9:30 A M. Parker Morris Wheeler involved in bicycle mishap with a 1946 Plymouth. $50 damage. Officers J D Vinson and L S Bryant investigated.
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Athens
Highway Patrol
Ezra D. Joiner
Rogersville
Elbert Thomas Arnold
Elkmont 2
Bennie Thomas
Ed Gray
Lester
J. D. Vinson
L. S. Bryant
Joe Taylor Robinson
Darwin Robinson
Cousins
Decatur 1
Decatur
General Hospital
Highway 20
Parker Morris
Wheeler
Parol
Vinson
Doctors Offer Health Plan In Tennessee Far-Reaching
The Tennessee State Medical Association introduced a health plan claiming 70 percent of residents would have surgical bills paid in full by insurance. Sixty percent of doctors in the association have agreed on fee schedules for low income patients, with full payment for those earning 2400 dollars or less singly and 3600 dollars for married or dependent families. For higher incomes, plan benefits cover up to the master schedule, but physicians may accept less than full payment.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee State Medical Association Today
Tennessee Plan
Hearing for Cain Slated in Limestone County Court
Willie James Cain a 19 year old Negro faces a preliminary hearing for the knife slaying of Clifford Williams a 20 year old Negro at the Belle Mina railroad station in a dispute over 50 cents. Cain was brought to Limestone authorities by his uncle "Preacher" Crosby Tanner after being found in the swamps near Belle Mina. Coroner Griffis reported Williams bled to death from a jugular vein cut.
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Willie James Cain
Clifford Williams
Limestone
John Sandlin
Cain
Grigsby Griffis
Truman housing program expansion aims at public housing and farm housing
The plan proposes 000 loans and 000000000 in grants to states and local bodies, construction of 810000 public housing units over six years with up to 308000000 annually in rent subsidies for 40 years, and 350000000 in farm housing loans at over 4 percent interest. Congress trimmed these figures, citing a three-part 325000000 farm housing program with long-term loans for self-sustaining farms unable to finance housing.
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Truman
Congress
Steel stocks surge after truce plan acceptances
New York July 15. A flurry of buying lifted leading steel stocks after Bethlehem Steel accepted the presidents 60 day truce proposal. VUS Steel and Republic Steel announcements had little effect, and turnover slowed after a fairly good morning session.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel
VUS Steel
Republic Steel
North Georgia live poultry market steady with firm undertone
Poultry market in Atlanta reports supplies short of needs. Prices show chickens moving mostly unchanged to 2 cents higher. Broilers and fryers weighed 2 1 4 to 3 4 pounds fetched 24 1 2 to 27 cents at farm, with pickups Thursday and this morning mostly 25 1 2 to 26 1 2 cents.
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Poultry
Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Markets at a Glance: Mixed Stock and Grain Moves
New York markets show irregular stock activity with steels rallying and cotton profit taking in New Orleans. Chicago grain markets are mixed with wheat easy and July weak, oats seen heavy receipts. Hogs steady to 25 cents higher with top at 23.00, cattle unevenly higher to 50 cents lower.
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New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Grain market closes lower on Monday trading
Chicago grain prices fell across the board as selling orders dominated trading. Wheat and oats slipped with July wheat at 1 1-4 to 2 cents lower, corn mixed around 1 8 lower to 1 8 higher, oats down nearly 1 cent, soybeans off up to 3 4, and lard down 7 to 12 cents per hundred pounds for July delivery.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Cotton futures show irregular, late-day rebound in New York
In slow trading N Y cotton futures were mixed with profit taking absorbed by mills and trade buyers. Late day prices rose from session lows, with Oct near 29.64 and Dec 29.47, closing 15 to 55 cents higher than the prior close.
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New York
Commission House
New Orleans
Nashville Livestock Market Report Summary
Nashville July 15 cattle trade limited by scarcity with odd heads of medium and high grade steer and heifer calves $19.00 to $22.50. Canner and cutter cows $10.00 to $15.00, common beef cows $15.25 to $16.00. No mid to top cows or bulls sold early. Lightweight cutters and common bulls $15.00 to $18.00. Week to week, yearling steers and heifers under 800 lbs show strength up to $50 higher, heavier steers uneven to weaker, lower grade cattle steady with some softening, canner cows weak.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Dairy Show Plans Made In Tennessee Valley
The Tennessee Valley Dairy Show will use the Danish judging system new to Alabama to boost participation and monetary awards. A Chamber of Commerce lunch for county agents is set for Saturday July 23 at the Country club, with planning to follow. Attendees include agents H G Pinkston Sam McClendon F K Agee L H Little W L Richardson L T Wagnon and local leaders Ewell Gregg Bill Sims Emmett Baron Charles Winston and John Parish who discussed plans for a September 13 14 show at the new coliseum.
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Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Chamber of Commerce
Country Club
Bill Sims
H. G. Pinkston
Cullman
Sam McClendon
Lawrence
Sims
Sim
New Coliseum
Senators Seek Monroe Doctrine Style Western Europe Policy
Senators Taft and Flanders propose bringing Western Europe under a Monroe Doctrine framework. Opponents of a 12 nation pact blocked a vote, with Watkins signaling a possible showdown by next Wednesday. Lucas calls for overtime sessions Friday and Saturday as military unification bills move quickly through Congress. Truman drafts his own reorganization plan while atomic energy talks continue at Blair House. Foreign aid sponsors retreat ten percent but uphold plans to purchase nearly two billion dollars of surplus farm crops for aid program.
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Ohio
Flanders
Western
Europe
Watkins
Utah
Lucas Ofllinois
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Senate
Truman
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Blair House
Cattle and hogs mixed as market steadies with selective gains
Prices show calves steady with good and choice grades 24.00 to 26.00. medium and common 19.00 to 23.00. Cows layer at 10.00 to 15.50 for canners and cutters, stockers 18.00 to 23.00, hogs mostly steady with top 22.25 for 175–240 lb, sows 14.50 to 15.50. Sheep: spring lambs steady to strong 24.00–25.00. other types weaker or steady by class, overall demand moderate.
Czech Tennis Stars Exiled By Government Crisis
Czech players Jaroslav Drobny and Vladimir Cernik fled to Switzerland and announced plans to seek U S entry after defying Prague. Swiss police guard them as Czech legation sought contact. both deny communism and say they will finish Swiss championships before deciding next steps. They have long represented Czechoslovakia in Davis Cup with notable past results.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Gstaad
Switzerland
Jaroslav Drobny
Vladimir Cernik
Czechoslovakia
United States
Prague
America
Drobny
Cernik
Legation
Bern
Australia
France
Broadcasters to Get Protection Of News Sources
The Alabama senate passed a bill to shield radio broadcasters from being forced to reveal information sources. If enacted, radio newsmen would share the existing protection already afforded to newspapermen, barring courts or lawmakers from compelling disclosure. Senator Silas D. Cater sponsored the measure, which passed 25 to 1.
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Montgomery
Ala
State
Senate Today
Alabama
House
Silas D. Cater
Senate
Dapper Dan Open Leads After Round Two
Fred Haas Jr. of New Orleans held a one stroke lead entering the second 18 holes of the Dapper Dan Open at Al oma Club in Pittsburgh. Haas carded 36 30 for 66 and led with a 66 while Sammy Snead Herman Barron and Lloyd Mangrum tied for second at 67. Cary Middiecoff posted 72 and Vic Ghezzi shot 70 as Ryder Cup candidacy loomed for Ghezzi.
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Pittsburgh
Fred Haas
New Orleans
Haas
Aloma
Sammy Snead
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Herman Barron
White Plains
N. J
Lloyd Mangrum
Chicago
Snead
Barron
Mangrum
Felix Serafin
Scranton
Orson Greiner
Baltimore
Cary —Middiecoff
Revival to Begin At Mount Hope Sunday Morning
The Mount Hope Baptist church will host a weeklong revival from July 17 to July 24 led by Rev. Kirk S. Lucas of Helena Alabama. Daily services are set for 10:00 A M and 7:30 P M with public attendance invited.
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Mount Hope
Mount Hope Baptist Church
Kirk S. Lucas
Helena
Alabama
70-Pound Watermelon Presented to President Truman
A 70 pound prize winning watermelon grown in Mobile county Alabama was presented to President Truman yesterday by Rep Boykin. The melon grown by E G Browder of Theodore was one of five sent to Washington by the Grand Bay Chamber of Commerce and Charles Brockway Mobile county agent.
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Truman Washington
Mobile County
Ala
Truman
Rep.Boykin
Dala
E. G. Browder
Theodore
Washington
Grand Bay Chamber of Commerce
Charles Brockway
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