Churchill Defends Red Dean Tolerance as Free Speech Price
Prime Minister Churchill told the House that the Red Dean of Canterbury must be tolerated as the price of free speech. He rejected a tribunal to probe Dean Hewlett Johnson, 78, despite his Communist sympathies and recent support for charges against U S and U N forces. American clergymen urged action ahead of Edinburgh conference. Attorney General Heald said no evidence supported treason charges.
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Churchill
Britain
London
House of Commons
Canterbury
Hewlett Johnson
Emment
Red China
United States
United Nations
Far East
England
Elizabeth
British Isles
International Council of Christian Churches
Edinburgh
Lionel Heald
Johnson
Civil Service Finds Irregularities in NPA Appointments
The Civil Service Commission reports irregularities in NPA staffing with 11 percent of appointees above a $3410 salary ineligible at hire. It cites workers not on civil service lists while eligible names were rejected, and veteran applications filed for nonveterans. Review covered 1761 appointments, mainly commodity industry analysts, with 99 of 200 still ineligible.
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Apaioe
Civil Service Commission
NPA
Defense Agency
Somerville Man Dies in Detroit Accident
Joe Elgin Gordon 31 of Somerville 2 died at 2 p m yesterday in Detroit Michigan. Survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Bob Gordon Somerville 2 a sister Mrs Lorene Neely Ypsilanti Michigan and other relatives. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Peck Hart Selle.
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Joe Elgin Gordon
Somerville
Detroit
Mich
Bob Gordon
Lorene Neely
Ypsilanti
Peck
Hart- Selle
Amusements listings feature classic films and shows
The weekly theater schedule lists Princess Lion and The Horse, Singin In The Rain, The Blue Veil, With A Song In My Heart, Quo Vadis, Golden Horde, and Jivin In Bebop across venues including Princess ROXY SUNSET STRAND MARS HATFIELD ELITE with showtimes spanning early evening to late night. Performers include Gene Kelly, Deborah Kerr, Ann Blyth, Dizzie Gillespie, and more.
Red Ink Mystery and Court Docket Highlight Local News
Curious passersby noted red stains near the press room as a red ink fountain was cleaned. Six cases appeared in recorder's court with disorders, violations, assault, battery, and traffic charges. Births and hospital dismissals are listed, while Alabama delegates face travel plans to Chicago for the Democratic caucus. Tennessee river stages and local business news conclude the report.
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Daily
Recorder’s Court
Alabama
Chicago
United States Beats Queen Mary Eastward Record by Margin
The United States surpassed the Queen Mary eastward record by 10 hours and 2 minutes. On the return voyage the U S averaged 34.51 knots, below the 35.59 knots set on the record eastward voyage of 3 days 10 hours 40 minutes.
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United States
Army chief cites progress but atomic artillery not ready
The Army chief says progress is being made but atomic artillery is not yet ready for action for two or three technical reasons. He repeats that Allies have other means than Korea and could use them in a pinch, though he does not consider the current stalemate in Korea a pinch. He adds the U N could push the Reds out of North Korea if worth the cost.
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Korea
U. N
North Korea
Sims Speaker At Meeting Of Rotary
Mr Bill Sims Decatur Chamber of Commerce secretary spoke to local Rotarians at the Lyons Hotel after returning from the U S Chamber of Commerce annual meeting in Washington He cited public apathy as a congress concern and touched on defense spending and the steel strike May Caudill and Elizabeth Arantz were introduced to the club by the rural urban committee
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Congress
Bill Sims
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Lyons Hotel
Sims
Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
May Caudill
Elizabeth Arantz
Copters Off On Trip To Europe
Two large helicopters from Westover Air Force Base Mass started at 8 A.M to test a trans Atlantic airlift to Europe The flight is aided by Maj Igor Sikorsky and a C 54 plane The 4000 mile route runs from New England toward Wiesbaden Germany with six stops including Presque Isle Goose Bay Narsarssuak Kettay Prestwick and Manston This is a feasibility study for delivering helicopters by air to Europe.
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Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Europe
Atlantic
Military Air Transport Services
Igor Sikorsky
New England
Arctic Circle
Wiesbaden
Germany
Presque Isle
Goose -Bay
Labrador
Narsarssuak
Greenland
Kettay
Iceland
Prestwick
Scotland
Manston
England
FBI Record of Conviction Good
The Justice Department reported 97.2 percent of defendants brought to trial in FBI investigated cases were convicted in fiscal 1952. Hoover cited 9,036 convictions, over 22,600 years of sentences plus six life terms, $61,918,535 in recoveries, and $55,089,810 in Renegotiation Act adjustments. Also 11,100 fugitives located and 12,310 automobiles recovered in FBI cases.
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Washington
Justice Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Skyrocket speed disclosure confirmed at Moffett Field
An inadvertent disclosure confirmed that the Skyrocket research airplane flew faster than sound and possibly beyond 1 300 mph. The D538 II Skyrocket reportedly set new speed and altitude marks over the Mojave near Edwards AFB last August.
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Moffett Field
Calif
Navy
Douglas
Bill Bridgeman
Mojave Desert
Edwards Air Force Base
Edwards
Air Force
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
NOAA
Aeronautical Laboratory
Pegasus
Minister Fights Free Of Two Men Holding Him In Car
Rev. Ralph Stephens a Gadsden Alabama minister fought free after two men seized him and his automobile near Woodstock junction on a drive from Birmingham to Centerville. They forced him to drive toward Tuscaloosa and fled when he stopped near the Southern railroad station in Tuscaloosa. Officers searched for the two hitch hikers today.
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Tuscaloosa
Gadsden
Ala
Ralph Stephens
Bessemer
Birmingham
Centerville
Woodstock
Montgomery-Tuscaloosa
Southern Railroad
Russian Deserter Sees No Major War Soon
Eugene Volchansky, a Soviet engineer and deserter now seeking asylum in the West, told a Bonn news conference he does not foresee a major war for several years. He warned Stalin could use troops if Western dissensions became serious and noted Soviet propaganda as a major factor. He added revolution within the USSR could be sparked in wartime if the people gained arms.
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Bonn
Germany
Stalin
Suc Muusdian
UU Eugeny Volchansky
East Germany
Volchansky
Big Nomination Sparks Chicago Convention Openings
At the Chicago convention opening July 21, multiple candidates expect votes on the first ballot with Russell predicting 15 to 20 names and 300 votes for himself, while Kefauver leads early with over 300 first ballot votes and more than 400 planned for later ballots. Russell’s aide cites 616 needed for nomination as labor leaders court support for Harriman and Eisenhower faces criticism from CIO leaders.
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Chicago
Russell
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Syracuse
N. Y
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Alben Barkley
Barkley
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Averell Harriman
New York
Jacob Potofsky
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
CIO
Emil Rieve
Textile Workers Union of America
Potofsky
Harriman
Reieve
Joseph A. Beirne
The
Communication Workers Union
Washington
Eisenhower
Beirne
Denver
Rocky Mountain
Walter Hallanan
West Virginia
GOP
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Hallanan
Dallas
Taft
Texas Republican Party
Orville Bullington
Texas
Louisiana
Georgia
Richard M. Nixon
More Steel Is Released Today
Washington reports that the government frees for civilian use all steel not needed by the military to help small and medium manufacturers continue producing washing machines vacuum cleaners metal furniture and household appliances while steel for defense remains embargoed to prevent further shutdowns and unemployment.
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Washington
Henry H. Fowler
Fowler
Pilot Killed as Jet Trainer Crashes in Orlando
A T-33 jet trainer crashed near a residential area in Orlando injuring one other man and damaging two cars. The blast created a large crater in the street and sent debris toward a National Guard armory where Second Lt. William H. Reigle, 25, of Bloomsburg, Pa., was killed. Phillip M. Bailey of the guard unit was struck by brick but survived.
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Orlando
Fla
National Guard
Phillip M. Bailey
William H. Reigle
Bloomsbury
Contention Over State Funds May Be Near Solution
In Montgomery veterans groups face an end to annual funding fights. David A. Patton of the Alabama Veterans of Foreign Wars says talks with veterans leaders and state Veterans Affairs officials may resolve the $16,000 VFW appropriation and the $4,000 Disabled American Veterans contract.
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Montgomery
David A. Patton
Alabama Veterans of Foreign Wars
State Veterans Affairs Department
VFW
Patton
Limestone County
Veterans Affairs Department
Revival To Begin At Gum Springs Baptist Church
A revival starts this Sunday at Gum Springs Baptist Church with daily Vacation Bible School. The schedule includes 8.30 a.m. school, 10:30 a.m. worship, and 7:30 p.m. services each evening. The public is invited to attend.
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Gum Springs Baptist Church
Gum Springs
War Worker Found Slain in Washington Apartment
Miss Codie A. Whitman a 39 year old Pentagon employee was found strangled in a closet of her Washington apartment after an argument with Porter an airman third class attached to the 1025th Air Force Squadron Porter a Korean War veteran is charged with her death Police report outlines a sequence starting with Whitman walking nude into the living room and ending with her body found in a bedroom closet.
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Washington
Pentagon
Codie A. Whitman
Cumberland
Harry Clifford Porter
1025Th Air Force
Casper
Wyo
Porter
Miss Whitman
Justices Shift Contempt Cases to Appeals Court
Georgia Supreme Court transfers contempt cases against Atlanta Constitution editors Ralph McGill and W. H. Fields to the State Court of Appeals. The court said no constitutional question was raised, so the matter belongs in the appellate court. McGill and Fields were fined $200 and sentenced to 20 days in jail for refusing to publish a court record photograph and for printing a story about a threatened citation.
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Atlanta
Georgia Supreme Court
Atlanta Constitution
State Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
United States
Court of Appeals
Ralph McGill
W. H. Fields
Floyd County Superior Court
H. E. Nichols
Nichols
Missionaries Speak Wednesday Evening At Nazarene Church
Rev. and Mrs. Paul Hetrick, two missionaries to Africa for seven years, will be principal speakers at the Hartselle Church of the Nazarene Wednesday night at 7 30. The Cullman and Decatur Nazarenes will join the service. They have taught in a day school in Boksburg East Transvaal South Africa and conducted evangelistic work. They returned to the United States for a six month furlough. Pastor E K Cummins urged area residents to attend.
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Africa
Paul Hetrick
Hartselle
E. K. Cummins
Annexation vote sought for Mountain Brook into Birmingham
In Birmingham on July 15 a petition seeks a city election to decide if Mountain Brook should join Birmingham. Tom Smiley leads a citizens group. Mayor Charles Zukoski Jr will verify 50 of 53 signatures are qualified voters. Council meets August 12. Mountain Brook has 8,359 residents and upscale homes.
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Birmingham
Mountain Brook
Tom Smiley
Charles Zukoski, Jr
Decatur Markets Reported Prices for Farm Goods
Markets show cotton middling at 40.00 cents and strict low 38.50. No 2 mile priced at 3.10 dollars. No 2 wheat new crop at 1.95, No 2 oats new crop 0.80, No 2 yellow ear corn 1.83. Hogs bring 20.50 cents in Decatur.
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Decatur
North Georgia live poultry market report
In Atlanta buyers found moderate demand with offerings barely adequate to fair for dressing plants and good truck inquiries. Prices today for broilers or fryers under 3 pounds ranged around 29 to 31 cents per pound.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Nashville Livestock Market Steady Across Classes
Federal state report shows cattle generally steady for slaughter steers heifers cows and bulls with scattered steady sales. Calves and prime dealer grades hold firm while hogs and sheep show mixed moves with spring lambs easing. Slaughter ewes and good slaughter lambs remain near recent ranges as market activity remains moderate.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Cotton futures steady with July contracts at 40.00 to 40.07
New York cotton futures were steady with activity focused on old crop July which expired in a final range of 40.00 to 40.07 cents per pound. Late in the day prices rose about 50 cents to $1.05 per bale from the previous close with Oct at 36.59 and Dec at 36.36.
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New York
Building Continued from Page 1
A bombed building is described as continued from Page 1 with mention that three of Earl's brothers were slain in gang style between 1947 and 1950. The brief states ongoing damage context and ties to Earl's family killings in a period of violence.
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Earl
Service Wednesday For Miss Opal Terry
Funeral services for Miss Opal Terry age 27 of Wheeler 1 will be held tomorrow at 2 PM at Graham cemetery four miles southwest of Courtland Interment directed by Browns Miss Terry died yesterday at 1 PM at Southside Baptist hospital in Birmingham
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Opal Terry
Wheeler
Graham Cemetery
Courtland
Brown’s
Terry
Southside Baptist Hospital
Birmingham
Creek Dragged For Body Of Soldier Near Yellow Creek
In Tuscaloosa Yellow Creek near the Walker and Jefferson county lines was being dragged today for the body of Jasper soldier James Ledbetter believed to have drowned yesterday. Coroner R. M. Wallace said Ledbetter was clinging to the rear of a small boat when his companion Fred Fike jumped in. Fike resurfaced to find Ledbetter missing.
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Tuscaloosa
Yellow Creek
Walker
Jefferson County
R. M. Wallace
James Ledbetter
Fred Fike
Fike
Ledbetter
Oldest Civil War Vet James A Hard Turns 111 in Rochester
James A Hard the nation s oldest Civil War veteran celebrated his 111th birthday in Rochester New York. He remains in comparatively good health though his eyesight and hearing have declined and many well wishers were expected to visit him at the nursing home where he resides.
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Rochester
N. Y
James A. Hard
Hard
County GOP Backs Eisenhower After Taft Backing Shifts
Dennis McClendon an Alabama Republican official says the county GOP fully supports Eisenhower’s presidential bid after pledges to Taft. He notes Taft followers cooperative with Eisenhower boosters and recalls Alabama changing its roll call votes at the Chicago convention.
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Morgan County
Taft
General Eisenhower
Dennis McClendon
McClendon
Eisenhower
Chicago
Alabama
Illinois
Bricker
Hower
Thernor Warren
California
Warren
Delegates Offered Bribes in California Switch Plot
Sullivan said party colleagues may not be part of an alleged plot and named backers as arrangers. John Anson Ford reported a Kerr associate offered money to eight California delegates. Ford also cited Wilbur Le Gette who described a $500 offer to switch three delegates after the first ballot.
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Sullivan
California
John Anson Ford
Sen
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Ford
Kerr
Chicago
Los Angeles
Wilbur le Gette
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