Leader of Railroad Trainmen dies at 76 in Ohio
A F Whitney longtime president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen died at his Bay Village home from a heart attack aged 76. He led the union since 1928 and played a pivotal role in 1946 and 1948 political events. He survived by his widow Dorothy May Whitney two sons Gen L Whitney U S and Everett A Whitney Chicago and a daughter Elson Chicago.
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F. Whitney
Truman
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Grand Lodge
Alexader Feil
White House
Bay Village
Henry George
Wall Street
Theodore Rooseevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Rober M. la Follette
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
FDR
Progressive Citizens of America
Henry Wallace
Americans of
Democratic Action
Alvaniey Johnston
Congress
Johnston
Democratic Party
Iowa
Dorothy May Whitney
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Defiance Recalled Whitney’s 1948 strike defiance
Whitney and Alvanley Johnston pressed to end the 1948 nationwide 48 hour railroad strike after White House conferences. Whitney pledged to use his union treasury to oppose Truman’s re election when an immediate agreement did not follow. Later, Truman and Whitney patched up the dispute with mutual chuckles over hot headedness amid a New York bus crisis. Mayor O Dwyer sought to resolve transit walkouts while CIO leaders warned of broader strikes and wage demands.
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Truman
Whitney Dehe
Alvanley Johnston
Armion
White House
Brotherhood
New York
William O'Dwyer
Mexico City
New York City Omnibus Corp
Fifth Avenue
Michael J.quill
Cio ‘Transport Workers
Third Avenue
Quill
CIO United Electrical
General Sectric Company
Enrollment and Attendance Upswing in Decatur Schools
Decatur white schools show higher enrollment and attendance in 1948-49 vs 1947-48, with Riverside stable and junior high slightly down in attendance. Negro schools mostly rose in attendance despite enrollment drops. total negro enrollment fell from 249 to 233 at the high school and from 479 to 458 at Cherry Street. Overall, white school totals rose to 2,722 with 94 percent attendance, while negro totals slipped by 57 students as attendance edged higher in several buildings.
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Decatur
Riverside
Joe Wheeler
Lafayette Street
Ward I
Somerville Road
Gordon-Bibb
Cherry Street
Carver School
Carver
Boy Admits He Slew Grocer
Seven year old Teddy Moreno admitted shooting Fred Throckmorton at a San Francisco grocery when he found a gun at the counter. The child described asking if it would go off and firing, killing the grocer who kept the pistol for protection. Authorities turned him over to juvenile care as the family blamed unsecured weapons.
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San Francisco
Teddy Moreno
Teddy
al Nelder
Fred Throckmorton
Throckmorton
Tomma
John Moreno
Florida Bridge Dedicated at Pensacola Beach
Governor Fuller Warren dedicated a $1.5 million Santa Rosa Sound bridge spanning 3,600 feet. The project opens a 20 mile recreation area on Pensacola Beach and shifts development toward public access. Warren called the effort a new path for Florida recreation and urged broader public development.
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Filia
Pensacola Beach
Fuller Warren
Santa Rosa Island
California
Santa Rosa Sound
Warren
Northwest Florida
Trainmen call strike over brakemen numbers at Southern Pacific
A strike against Pacific lines of the Southern Pacific Railroad has been called by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen for 6 p.m. July 22 over the number of brakemen to be employed. GE refused to discuss more than wages. In Indiana, 1,600 CIO United Farm Equipment Workers at Oliver Corp faced rejection of a wage contract by international officers.
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Pacific Lines
Southern Pacific Railroad
Brotherhood of Railroad
Oliver Corporation
South Bend
Ind
CIO United Farm Equipment Workers
Plaw
Princess Margaret and Sharman Douglas Rumor Lineups
London dispatch notes gossip over Princess Margaret Rose and Sharman Douglas possibly vying for the same man. U S ambassador Lewis W. Douglas reportedly restricted Sharman’s social life amid the chatter as Buckingham Palace declined to comment.
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London
Margaret Rose
Arizona
Sharman Douglas
Noel Whitcomb
Daily Mirror
U.S
Lewis W. Douglas
Sharman
Buckingham Palace
U. S
Princess Margaret
German Blast Wrecks Village. 14 Dead, 10 Missing
An explosion of 350 tons of dynamite in a German village near the Belgium Luxembourg border left at least 14 dead and 10 missing. A 100 foot crater was created by the depot used for demolition of Hitler's West Wall. French authorities list 14 dead and 10 missing with 77 injured and 700 homeless as 40 houses collapsed and water and electricity were cut off. Officials cite possible short circuit. ADN notes arms depots in Western Germany fueling Western powers' war material claims.
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Hitler
Belgium-Luxembourg
ADN
Berlin
Klan Motorcade Passes Through City In Georgia
In Soperton Georgia a Ku Klux Klan motorcade with a lighted cross traveled through the city toward Vece. Mayor Jim Peterson estimated 25 to 30 cars participated. He described the demonstration as very orderly as the procession moved by.
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Soperton. Ga
Ku Klux Klan
South Georgia
Jim Peterson
Weevils Damage Alabama Cotton Crops Across State
Auburn July reports from extension service of Alabama Polytechnic Institute warn heavy boll weevil damage across North and Central Alabama. In Madison County blooms show up to 80 percent ruined. total state crop valued at about 200 million dollars. Rain hampers dusting. dry spells could cut yields up to 25 percent if raids continue.
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Ala
Alabama
Extension Service
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
W. A. Ruffin
J. C. Lowery
Extension Agronomist
Ruffin
Madison County
Lloyd Little
Madison
J. F. Yarbrough
Marion County
C. M. Ling. Houston
Rmers
Charitable Man Helps Identify Somber Child’s Farewell
In Portland Oregon on July 16 seven year old Jacob Sumners, a child of transient berry pickers, drowned after trying to rescue another boy in the Sandy River. His body to be sent to Sedalia Missouri for burial. a California man anonymously paid $225.53 for transport.
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Ore
Jacob Charlies Sumners
Sandy River
Jacob
Joe Sumners
Sedalia
Oregon Journal
Jack Ostergren
Ostergren
California
Kyushu Coast Hit by Incoming Typhoon Storm
A typhoon approaching Kyushu from the south raises winds and rain with full force expected this afternoon. It threatens the same vulnerable area struck by a deadly typhoon less than a month ago, with Allied forces alerted for 24 hours and fields along the coast lashed down.
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Kyushu
Japan
Yaku Island
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Mayor unmasked three Klansmen on Soperton streets
A Soperton report says the Mayor exposed three Klansmen on Soperton streets a few weeks ago. Charges were filed in recorder's court but later dismissed.
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Vidalia
Soperton
Recorder’s Court
Market rally defies strike fears amid steady gains
New York July 16 The stock market showed an unpredictable week yet kept a summer rally alive as a steel strike loomed. A 60 day truce eased trading before the bell, and weekly prices rose with the market near a seven week peak. Major issues posted gains led by U S Steel Bethlehem Steel and General Electric while some names slipped.
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Stock Exchange
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Republic Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Jones & Laughlin
General Motors
Chrysler
U. S. Rubber
Montgomery Ward
Commonwealth & Southern
Anaconda Copper
General Electric
du Pont
Allied Chemical
Philip Morris
Radio Corp
American Woolen
Standard Oil NJ
United Air Lines
Twentieth Century-Fox
Studebaker
Closing Grain Markets Show Rye Lead Rally
Chicago July 16 Strong buying in rye lifted prices by over 8 cents at times on the board of trade. Soybeans surged about 5 cents, wheat advanced 1 to 2 1/4, corn up 3/4 to 1 cent, oats down 1/8 to 1/2, rye up 5 1/2 to 5 3/4, soybeans up 1 3/4 to 5 cents, and lard up 35 to 15 cents per hundred pounds.
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Chicago
Board of Trade Today
Shriners Hear Truman at Chicago Convention
President Truman speaks at the Shrines national convention in Soldier Field for a 20 minute formal address to an audience of 100000, broadcast by Mutual and ABC, as Harold Lloyd is installed imperial potentate and the public ritual is performed.
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Truman
Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine of
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Stevens Hotel
Mutual
ABC
Ararat Temple of the Shrine
Kansas City
United States
Shrine
Washington
Harold Lloyd
Lloyd
Galloway Calhoun
Tyler
Texas
Shriners
Congress votes on rural electrification act loan bill
Washington July 16 The House passed the rural electrification act loan bill by 282 to 109 with Alabama members Andrews Boykin Defraffenried Elliott Battle Hobbs Jones Grant and Rains voting for. Senate vote not recorded.
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Alabama
Congress
House
Pennsylvania Fights to Set Aside Extradition Decision
Pennsylvania asks the Third Circuit to rehear its ruling blocking extradition of Leon Johnson, a Georgia convict who found refuge in Pennsylvania after claiming inhumane jail conditions. The case centers on habeas corpus and federal protections for escaped prisoners.
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Philadelphia
The
Commonwealth
Third
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
South
Circuit
Georgia
Leon Johnson
Allegheny County
Thare
Supreme Court
T. McKean Chidsey
Chidsey
Raymond D. Evans
Circuit Court
John Biggs, Jr
Biggs
Local notices and hospital updates from Decatur area
Misses Higdon and Hendon spend ten days at Camp Winnataska. Carolyn Finney of Montgomery visits Miss Mary Ann Catlett. Rev Edward V Ramage and Catherine Elizabeth born July 15. George Carter Jr ill in Colbert County Hospital. Claburn announce birth of daughter at Decatur General. Dismissals from Decatur General and Baugh Wiley Clinic listed. Sermons at St Pauls and First Baptist. Millie Fortenberry admitted to Baugh Wiley clinic. Rotary to meet Monday with Hill Ferguson reporting on district assembly.
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Edward V. Ramage
Birmingham
Catherine Elizabeth
George Carter Jr
Sheffield
Colbert County Hospital
Extension of Strike Asked
Workers at the Alco mills in Rockingham North Carolina voted to urge union officials to prepare for a general strike against the M Lowenstein and Sons textile chain If called the strike would affect six mills in four Southern states The move came after Alco workers idle since Tuesday night over a sale of company houses dispute The TWUA CIO says the company refused to discuss house sales and filed unfair labor practices with the National Labor Relations Board
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N. C
Alco Mills
M. Lowenstein and Sons Textile Chain
Textile Workers Union of America, Cio
Alco Manufacturing Company
John Edelman
TWUA
Washington
National Labor Relations Act
Edelman
Baltimore
National Labor Relations Board
Local 603
Twua-Cio
Lowenstein Council xxx
Lowenstein Chain
Lowenstein Council
Lowenstein Mills
Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Company
Rock Hill
S. C
Huntersville Manufacturing Company
Saratoga and Victory Mills
Alabama
Lane Cotton Mills
New Orleans
Aleo
Hinton Trial to Start Monday in Wiggins
Lucedale farmer 48 faces murder charges in the slayings of Sheriff J E Nelson, Hinton's former wife, infant daughter, and her 18 year old daughter. The case shifted to Stone County due to venue concerns. 60 jurors plus a regular panel convene as trial opens Monday.
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L. C. Corban
Stone County
Hinton
Lucedale
Corban
Guy Krebs
Jackson County
Stunt Gets 1st Offer of Home in Revere
In Revere Massachusetts July 16 Young Mrs Jean Ellis atop a 50 foot perch rejected a first home offer a four room bungalow at Peabody priced at 6900 saying it was too high Her steeplejack husband Arthur 36 and their four year old daughter live apart for most of three years due to high rentals She announced she would stay on the tarpaulin covered perch with stove air mattress and radio to attract publicity and find a home The postman tied mail to a rope to reach her aboard the perch.
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Revere
Mass
Jean Ellis
Peabody
Arthur
Ellis
Quiet Valley Weekend Reports by Authorities
The Daily notes a quiet weekend with minimal incidents. In Limestone county the sheriff's office reports one arrest for possessing two bottles of home brew. In Lawrence county three were charged with driving while intoxicated one with reckless driving and one with an arrest. Showers fell in Athens Saturday afternoon and evening.
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Limestone County
Athens
Lawrence County
Suit Filed After Three Vehicle Crash Near Decatur
A Morgan county suit seeks 350 damages over a Friday morning crash on U S 31 near Deer Springs five miles south of Decatur. Plaintiff Mike Gideon of Birmingham claims Walter Brown of Marion Indiana rear ended his car, pushing it into William Bellenger’s Birmingham vehicle. Patrol reports list Brown 100 Gideon 350 and Bellenger 100 in damages. LeRoy McEntire Jr. represents Gideon.
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H. Harrison Hill
Morgan County
Mike Gideon
Birmingham
Walter Brown
Marion
Ind
Highway Patrol
William C. Bellenger
U. S. 31
Deer Springs
Decatur
Highway Patrol Corp
Paul H. Jones
Lionel Freeman
Brown
Gideon
Bellenger
LeRoy McEntire Jr
Senate probes five percenter contracts in Army leadership cases
The inquiry stems from a New York Herald Tribune report about James V. Hunt who allegedly paid Framingham furniture maker Paul Grindle for influence with Army officials. Grindle claimed Hunt received 1000 dollars upfront plus 500 dollars monthly for a year and 5 percent of any government contract loss. Hunt denied attempting to sell influence. Feldman and Waitt, cited by Grindle as Hunt's contacts, denied any influence in contracts. Feldman heads Army food and equipment purchases. Waitt, chemical corps chief, holds multiple medals and MIT background. The Senate committee and National Military Establishment are examining so called five percenter fees and related actions by Army officers.
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New York Herald Tribune
James V. Hunt
Quartermaster Corps
Paul Grindle
Framingham, Mass
Grindle
Hunt
Feldman
Waitt
Senate Committee
National Military Establishment
Washington
Hoey
Army
1St Field Artillery
Chemical Corps
Order of the British Empire
Orlando
Fla
Medford
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Engineers
Judge Deliberations on Klan Links Dubbed Not Named
The judge did not name the Ku Klux Klan in charging the jury on Monday but asked jurors to probe night rider crimes and lashings. Morris enters a second week in county jail on contempt, held until producing Klan records he admits possessing. Other KKK officials deny any role in the recent indictments for floggings cross burnings and threats.
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Ku Klux Klan
Bailes
Morris
Robert J. Wheeler
KKK
Popes chamber of deputies set to ratify North Atlantic treaty
The Pope’s chamber of deputies debates ratification of the North Atlantic treaty with Deputy Giuseppe Berti charging the decree shows Italy hardening anti communist policy under Vatican guidance. Premier Alcide De Gasperi replies that a state controlled Catholic action in Czechoslovakia would provoke Vatican reaction and excommunication.
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Untsl
Giuseppe Berti
Vatican
Emier
Alcide de Gasperi
Czechoslovakia
Farmers Meet in Birmingham To Tackle Alabama Farm Problems
State and representatives of the Farmers Home Administration will open a three day conference in Birmingham to better equip the agency to meet farm problems in Alabama, State Director Julian Brown announced.
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Farmers’ Home Adminiration
Birmingham
Julian Brown
Eqain
Alabama
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