Decatur Daily discusses local politics and public life
The article surveys Decatur matters from parks and recreation to city votes and a proposed McGrathery addition election. It notes Tennessee and Alabama political cues, Truman era concerns, and coverage by Leroy Sims of AP on State Rights events.
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McGrathery Addition
Decatur
Leroy Sims
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Alabama AP
Alabama
Birmingham
Sims
Pegler
Open Letter Replies to Stalin Warn of War and Peace
Readers see a pointed open letter denouncing Soviet aims and Henry Wallace. The author rejects open letters as diplomacy and calls for open covenants and peaceful coexistence while demanding action over words. The piece contrasts American democracy with Soviet control and urges steadfast defense of free enterprise.
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Prise
Russia
U.S.A
Iian Boss
Henry Wallace
Felowship
Boston Post
Generalissimo
Stalin
Kremlin
Moscow
Henry A. Wallace
United States
William Z. Foster
Mr. Wallace
Mr. Stassen
Mr. Dewey
Peaceful use for B 29s via balloons to Russians
In a July 21 1948 column Stuart Symington proposes using 60 B 29s deployed to England to drop messages of friendship over the Kremlin. He suggests transmitting truth to the Russian people by balloons released from bombers near Germany as a nonlethal demonstration of goodwill beyond propaganda.
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Drew Pearson
U. S
Air
Germany
Stuart Symington
Washington, D. C
England
United States
Kremlin
Moscow
Senate
Congress
Moscow Radio
Russia
State Department
Voice of
America
Europe
Pearson proposes balloons of friendship to Russia
Drew Pearson suggests U S efforts to prevent war by dropping propaganda balloons over Russia. He cites war era weather balloons, private volunteers offering soap and candy bars, and plans to print messages at no government cost. He argues such acts could counter Kremlin messaging without cost to the government.
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Dorothy Lawlor
The
Liberty
New York
Russia
War Assets Administration
Kremlin
Pacific Ocean
Akron
Ohio
Percy Smith
42 Products Ltd
Los Angeles
Schutter Candy Company
Chicago
U. S. Time Corporation
Ingersoll
Drew Pearson
Conversation Pieces and Humorous Vignettes From the Press
A collage of light humor and wry observations. Jests about marriage, honesty, ministers, sailors, taxes, siblings, and office life play across the page with quips and brief scenes. The pieces showcase the era’s wit and social humor.
Prints of Dead Man Checked
A Jackson county coroner's jury ruled that unknown persons killed an unidentified man whose half clothed body was found near highway 90 in Pascagoula. Sheriff Guy Krebs said fingerprints were sent to Washington for FBI comparison as identification efforts continue. The three bullet wounds from behind suggest a struggle and a small caliber pistol used in similar Mississippi roadside slayings.
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Pascagoula
Miss
Jackson County
Guy Krebs
Washington
FBI
Highway 90
Candle Advice From Fire Chief Echoes in Daring Mirth
A boy asks for guidance about risky behavior and the fire department’s manager weighs in with a cautionary line about burning candles at both ends. The exchange underscores prudence in handling danger and self care.
Peace and tension as world braces for fallout
James Marlow surveys postwar anxieties as Communism spreads from Russia into Eastern Europe and Western borders. The report threads AP dispatches from Berlin Athens Frankfurt Paris and New York detailing draft registration to start Aug 30 Soviet flights over Gatow Berlin blockades and political shifts in Europe amid rising Cold War pressures.
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Europe
Associated Press
Ashington
Jeremiah
Washington
Truman
Berlin
Gatow
Hague
Benin
Athens
Thrace
Macedonia
Osses
Frankfurt
Lucius Clay
Germany
Paris
Maurice Thorez
New York
U. S
Communist Party
Three Quizzed In Miner Death
In Tuscaloosa Alabama three men were in the county jail on murder investigations after the body of James Daley 22 a miner for Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Co Muscoda ore mine near Bessemer was found. David Cleveland Kyser Bucksville admitted striking Daley with an automobile crank after a road house dispute. Kyser said Daley was knocked unconscious but later got up and ran.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Jefferson County
Birmingham
Tuscaloosa County
Monroe Ward
David Cleveland Kyser
Bucksville
James Daley
Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Co
Muscoda
Bessemer
Coffee Junction
Ward
Kyser
Daley
Indictments and War News Highlight UN Truce Strains
The report notes indictments today for advocates of overthrow of the U S government. Cairo Jewish sources in Haifa report ongoing fighting in northern Palestine on day three of the UN imposed truce. A Cairo main thoroughfare was hit by an unidentified plane raid last night. In New Jersey Governor Driscoll orders reactivation of civilian defense on standby under the State Department of Defense.
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United States
Cairo
Haifa
Palestine
United Nations
Trenton
N. J
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
State Department of Defense
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Decatur Daily
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
W. R. Shelton
Tennessee
States
McCord
Carmack
Patterson
Nashville Tennessean
Concensus
Florence
Clay
Truma
Armed Services
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Viet Union
Mr. Truman
Joe
Woodrow Wilson
Wallace
Stalingrad
Poland
Latvia
Estonia
Rumania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Vakia, Northern
Korea
Tock-An
Kaiser
Mussolini
Hitler
Hirohito
Vishinsky
Gromyko
Pravda
Italy
Greece
France
Frantlin von Zeim
Sy Brew Pearson
al Rh
Junius
Mrs. Jones
Daphne
Mrs. Newbride
Lady Fair
S. H. Dewhurst
Moulton Heights
John Mooney
Woodall
Cokers
Lucia
Rogers
Jerry Roger
Standridge
Birmingham Barons
Johnnie Aycock
Radio Shack
Hi-Way
Moulton St
Frank Chenault
James Marlow
Willys
Desoto
DODGE
Knox McRae
Joe Hagler
Royal Tire Service
Lee
Morgan Conny National Bank
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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