Old Feud Over Civil Rights Roils Southern Democrats
The long running split between Southern Democrats over civil rights resurfaces at the Democratic National Convention with Texas and Mississippi rival delegations contesting seats. A subcommittee led by Calvin Rawlings will hear the disputes in Chicago, affecting 70 convention votes and potential bolt risks if the ticket or platform displeases the factions.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
Texas
Mississippi
Calvin Rawlings
Utah
Truman-Barkley
Alabama
Louisiana
South Carolina
Tennessee
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Associated Press
Russell
Allan Shivers
Sam Rayburn
Estes Kefauver
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
President Truman
De catur Civinette Club Hosts Watermelon Cutting
Fifty two members of the De catur Civinette club with families and guests enjoyed a watermelon cutting at Delano Park Monday evening. Hostesses were Mrs. Meredith Woodall and Mrs. Sam Evans. Next month’s meeting will be an annual picnic with details to be announced later.
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Decatur Civinette Club
Delano Park
Meredith Woodall
Sam Evans
The Lion and The Horse at Amusements Princess
Showtimes for The Lion and The Horse featuring Steve Cochran at Amusements Princess with screenings at 1 35 3 30 5 30 7 30 and 9 25.
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Princess — the Lion and the Horse
Steve Cochran
Decatur General Hospital Admits and Dismissals Reported
The notice lists recent admissions to Decatur General Hospital including Eugene Brignet and Judith McCulloch. It also records dismissals of W M Shumake Mrs John Stroupe Mrs Henry Thrasher and others, with new admissions Nancy Jo Holloway Lurine Ferrell and James Limley.
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Eugene Brignet
Memorial Drive
Decatur General Hospital
W. M. Shumake
Bank Street
John Stroupe
Seventh Street
Henry Thrasher
Billy Watterson
Sixth Avenue
W. A. Herchenhahn
West Market “Street
Clifton” McNamee
Nashville
Donald Stover
Second Avenue West
C. C. Murphy
College Street
Nancy Jo Holloway
Catur
Lurine Ferrell
Decatur
James Limley
Seventeenth Avenue
Judith McCulloch
Fourth Avenue Northwest
West Germans appeal to UN and Council of Europe over abductions
The West German Parliament called on the United Nations and the Council of Europe to secure the release of Germans abducted by Communist forces. It voted to seek authority to strengthen the border police, whose 10 000 troopers guard the 60 mile frontier between Western and Soviet zones.
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Bonn
Germany
United Nations
Council of Europe
Bonn Republic
Berlin
Konrad Adenauer
June Profits Dip for Alabama ABC Bond Board
Alabama ABC bond board posted a 20.7 percent drop in June net profit to 801 291, off from June 1951 by 209 109, while nine month totals rose 622 905 to 10 255 476, aided by liquor store sales totaling 2 668 136 despite a year over year decline. Board links drop to steel strike, expects further pressure if strike persists.
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Montgomery
Alabama
ABC
Truman Decision Shapes Convention Before Democratic National Meet
Five days before the Democratic national convention the timing of an announcement on Truman’s preferred nominee could influence the outcome. Many Democrats expect Truman to reveal support, though he has repeatedly said he would not seek the presidency. Truman, aging and wary of the job, reportedly warned against a grim end in office.
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Truman
Frank McKinney
White House
Stevenson in bid to sway Kefauver delegates in California
Reported plan to bribe Kefauver delegates in California as Stevenson campaigns nationwide. In Denver, Eisenhower prepared to step back from politics and take a fishing break with aides signaling possible major speeches next month before the campaign period begins.
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Kefauver
California
Tennessee
Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Refunds on 1951 income tax overpayments near completion
The Revenue Bureau reports about 98 percent of refunds issued for 1951 income taxes, with around 550,000 more checks expected. So far 282 million people have received refunds averaging 64.36 dollars, higher than 1950’s 53.56 and 1948’s 55.
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Washington (P
The
Revenue Bureau
Doctor On Probation For Swapping Babies In Baltimore
A Baltimore doctor Dr Carol Gordon aged 47 a specialist in delivering babies was placed on probation for switching a baby to the wrong parents. Judge Herman M Moser used an unusual procedure by entering no verdict against the physician.
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Baltimore
Carol Gordon
Herman M. Moser
Lemon Trees More Cold Sensitive Than Oranges
A report notes lemon trees suffer colder conditions more readily than orange trees, highlighting greater vulnerability of citrus varieties to low temperatures.
Weather Summary From Knoxville Reports
Through midnight Thursday the U S weather bureau in Knoxville lists Guntersville 5940 fall 3 Whitesburg 5557 rise 2 Decatur 5548 rise .4 Wilson 5066 fall .2 Florence 4130 fluctuate 4126 to 4136 The TVA si station recorded a maximum temperature of 96 at 2 PM Yesterday. Temperatures today were 85 at 7 AM and 95 at noon.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Knoxville
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Decatur
Wilson
Florence
TVA -Si
Teacher Loses Slander Suit in West Virginia Court
Dr Luella Mundel a 38 year old art teacher lost a $100000 slander suit against Thelma B Loudin a Fairmont housewife and vice president of the West Virginia Board of Education Mundel claimed Loudin told board members she was an atheist and poor security risk costing her job at Fairmont State College.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Luella R. Mundel
West Virginia Board of Education
Mundel
Fairmont State College
Thelma B. Loudin
Texas Rivals Clain Legitimacy Over Democratic Delegation
Texas factions submit contrasting legal justifications to the Democratic National Committee in Chicago. Gov. Allan Shivers led the conservative regulars claiming 96.6 percent of legal delegates. Maury Maverick led the loyalists contending 627 votes walked out and their convention is the legal one.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
Allan Shivers
New Deal
Maury Maverick
South Carolina
San Antonio
FEPC
Runegar Rites Set Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Ocie Runager age 54 who died Monday in Corbin Kentucky will be held at 3 30 tomorrow afternoon at the Caddo Church with T A Thompson minister of the Church of Christ officiating Burial will be in an adjoining cemetery Mutual Service directing Surviving are her husband Fred Runager Corbin four daughters including Mrs Joe Beams of Decatur two sons B S Runager and Gerald Runager Corbin one sister Mrs Ora Clawson Lewis Kan and a brother Claude Glass Hutchinson Kan Pallbearers Forest Plant Tom Sims C D Sims Clark Lentz Guy Thrasher Arvell Runager
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Ocie Runager
Corbin
Caddo
T. A. Thompson
Church of Christ
Fred Runager
Joe Beams
Decatur
Ora Pilpot
Ollie Walker
Oscar Godwin
Beasley Resigns to Join Chemstrand as Guard Sergeant
Ted Beasley, eight years with the Highway Patrol and six in Limestone county, resigned effective yesterday to become sergeant of the guard at Chemstrand Corp. A native of Athens, he joined the Patrol September 15, 1944 and served in Etowah Huntsville and Limestone counties before his departure.
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Ted Beasley
Limestone County
Chemstrand Corp
Beasley
Athens
Etowah County
Etowan County
Huntsville
The
Daily Today
Chemstrand
3000 Acres Burned Over In Far West
White Salmon Washington reports a forest fire near the town has burned over 3000 acres of timber land since Monday and shows no sign of containment. The blaze threatens additional timber losses and has prompted closures of several national forest areas in Oregon and Washington to logging and recreation.
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Far West
Salmon
Washington
Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Communists Claim Massive Pyongyang Raid Atrocity
Peiping radio cites over 2000 killed and 4170 injured in Allied air raid on Pyongyang Friday, escalating the North Korea capital case as casualties rise.
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Tokyo
Peiping Radio Today
Pyongyang
Two Democratic Candidates Headed to Chicago for Delegates Pact
Senators Estes Kefauver from Tennessee and Richard Russell from Georgia lead the Democratic delegate contest. Kefauver and Russell flew separate planes today to Chicago to personally drive the party nomination campaign.
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Washington
Estes Kefauver
Richard Russell
Chicago
Russell
American Airlines
Kefauver
Tennessee
Georgia
Labor Charge is Withdrawn in Ammunition Box Contract Case
The Labor Department withdrew a complaint against Randall Box Co. of Tuscaloosa for violating federal rules in a government contract. The firm agreed to pay 5559.84 to settle alleged breaches including payroll records and safety issues on a $91,375 ammunition box contract and a $347,000 supplementary order with National Gypsum Co.
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Birmingham
Labor Department
Randall Box Co
Tuscaloosa
Beverly Worrell
National Gypsum Co
Legion Backs Safety Drive in Alabama Roads
The American Legion endorses a statewide pledge program titled Crusade for Safety. Director David M. Wess announced free pledge cards to be signed by voluntary drivers, placed in cars to promote personal responsibility. Andalusia attorney James M. Prestwood, founder of the effort, reports notable progress in Covington County.
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American Legion
David M. Wess
Legion
Alabama
James M. Prestwood
Andalusia
Truman Raps Slash In Funds
Washington President Truman blasts Congress for trimming his budget requests for foreign aid economic stabilization and civil defense He signed a 11793776339 supplemental bill noting an 2 billion cut will raise costs and lessen equipment and fire power for allies while increasing risk for U S forces in Europe He cites 631947750 for foreign aid and warns higher living costs could erase any saving from cuts
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Europe
Biddle Defends Yalta in ADA Platform Hearing Remarks
Lehman Francis Biddle of the Americans For Democratic Action argues no American should apologize for Yalta and says the Soviet Union would have had to break the Yalta accords to enslave Eastern Asia. He notes Republicans linked Tehran Yalta and Potsdam as blunders and says a forceful Chinese intervention in 1947 could have averted Communist victory. He testifies as hearings begin before platform committees ahead of the Democratic convention.
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Francis Biddle
Americans For Democratic Action
Yalta
Truman
ADA
Biddle
Europe
Sanchuria
China
Soviet Union
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Tehran
Potsdam
Soc Ee
Platform Committee
National Committee
Decatur Market Prices Report Commodities and Hogs
Cotton middling 40.00 cents and strict low 38.50. No 2 mile 3.10. No 2 wheat new crop onion free 195. 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
North Georgia live poultry market firm unsettled undertone
North Georgia prices show increased offerings of 2 to 4 pound poultry while overall supply remains barely adequate and demand is only fair at higher prices. Broilers and fryers under 4 32 pounds mostly 30 44 31. Cattle and hog markets in Nashville and New York futures note varied movement with Lambs and sows showing modest shifts.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Undertone
Nashville
Ghost Writer Resigns Post after 17 Years of Service
William D Hassett, 71, resigned as White House secretary who handled Roosevelt and Truman correspondence. He served 17 years and edited more than 300000 presidential letters. In poor health, Hassett was among the last early New Deal figures who joined Roosevelt in 1935. He announced Roosevelt’s death at Warm Springs, Georgia, on April 12, 1945.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman
William D Hassett
White House
Hassett
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Margaret Truman Arrives in Dublin on European Trip
Margaret Truman, daughter of the U S president, arrived today on the second leg of her European vacation. She crossed the Irish Sea on the mail boat from Holyhead and will visit Killarney as a guest at a dinner hosted by External Affairs Minister Frank Aiken. She returns to Britain on Saturday for a brief stay in Scotland before departing for Paris on July 24.
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Dublin
Margaret Truman
U. S
Irish Sea
Holyhead
Miss Truman
Killarneys
Frank Aiken
Britain
Scotland
Paris
Film On Sight Work Is Shown To Decatur Lions
A colored sound film on Alabama Sight Conservation Association work was shown to Decatur Lions at the Lyons Hotel. The film followed a 5 or 6 year old through full treatment at a Birmingham clinic, including an eye operation. Bud Kramer led the program and Lions schedule their July Horse Show.
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Alabama Sight Conservation Association
Decatur Lions
Lyons Hotel
Lions
Birmingham
Light Conservation Committee
Bud Kramer
Ralph Griffin
Jack Rait
Decatur
Ken Hightower
Clark Mason
Bill Vaughn
Winchester
A. L. Be
Florence
Purses Stolen in Morning Burglary Near Nungesters
Public Friday morning a purse was found by Ned Frazier in his back yard near the Nungester residence. The break-in occurred between 10:30 P.M. and 3:30 A.M. Entry used a wire to unhook the screen and raise the window. Police C. M. Kennedy and Pack Self investigated. investigation continues.
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Ned Frazier
Frazier
Nungester
Miss Nungester
C. M. Kennedy
Pack Self
Playground Activities Suspended Over Disease Spread
Housewife notes that nearly all organized activities at playgrounds and recreation areas have been suspended to curb the spread of the disease. The measure aims to protect children and families by reducing gatherings and potential transmission.
Editor and publisher Harry Doster dies at 59
Prattville Ala Harry Martin Doster longtime editor and publisher of the Prattville Progress and former state legislator died in a Prattville hospital after a lingering illness. He had been a newspaper man in Alabama for about 40 years.
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Prattville. Ala
Harry Martin Doster
The
Prattville
Doster
Alabama
Two Initiated Into Moose Lodge Here
L. B. Bromley and William K. Robbin were initiated into the local Moose lodge at its weekly meeting last night in the Moose home. They were the only ones elected to membership out of more than 30 applicants. Alabama Georgia States Director Ted Davis will visit Huntsville Moose lodge Thursday night. Huntsville hosts other lodges in the state with a picnic supper served. Delegates from Decatur include Gov. Euel Garrison, Secretary E. E. Thompson, Leroy Dietz, Jimmy Jackson, W. L. Boutwell, Jack Lemley and John B. Linderman.
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L. B. Bromley
William K. Robbin
Moose Lodge
Moose Home
Alabama
Leroy Dietz
Jimmy Jackson
W. L. Boutwell
Jack Lemley
John B. Linderman
Luxury Resort Destroyed by Fire in Jasper Alberta
Fire destroyed Jasper Park Lodge the main building of the luxury Rock Mountain resort four miles from Jasper last night. The blaze began in a cloakroom as guests danced in the ballroom. About 200 people were in the lodge. Len Peters, secretary to the resort manager, was the only reported injured.
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Jasper
Alberta
Jasper Park Lodge
Rock Mountain
Len Peters
Brundage Elected IOC President Succeeds Edstrom
Avery Brundage of Chicago won election as president of the International Olympic Committee today. He succeeds J Sigfrid Edstrom of Sweden who is retiring after serving as president. Brundage has been vice president.
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Helsinki
Avery Brundage
Chicago
International Olympic Committee
Brundage
J. Sigfrid Edstrom
Sweden
Alabama congressman predicts Sparkman VP nomination
A Phenix City report quotes a local Alabama congressman returning from Washington saying he would not be surprised if Senator John Sparkman is chosen as the Democratic vice presidential nominee at the upcoming national convention.
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Phenix City
Alabama
Washington
John Sparkman
Dadeville Man To Be Council's Head
Dadeville lumberman Cecil Duffee is elected president of the Alabama Forestry Council at the semi annual meeting. He succeeds D. E. Hampe, chief forester with Tennessee Coal and Iron. Chester F. Burnham is reelected secretary treasurer.
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Montgomery
Dadeville
Cecil Duffee
Alabama Forestry Council
Duffee
D. E. Hampe
Tennessee Coal and Iron
Chester F. Burnham
U. S. Department of Agriculture
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