Decatur Gets Noted in Heigh Ho Cruise Tale
Hodding Carter wrote a story on the Heigh Ho cruise that appeared in a Washington paper and named Decatur as the sole town. The piece was later inserted into the Congressional Record by Senator Humphreys of Minnesota, a surprising congressional act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Hodding Carter
Mississippi
Heigh Ho Cruise
Washington
Congressional Record
Humphreys
Minnesota
Birmingham Battle Shapes 1950 Census Reach
The Birmingham annexation debate highlights the upcoming 1950 census. City growth outside corporate limits skews head counts, prompting calls to include residents within three miles of a city to ensure accurate population figures for the next decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Jefferson County
State Capitol
Byrnes Warns Against Welfare State Toward Statism
Former Secretary of State James F Byrnes spoke at Washington and Lee University warning that Truman era welfare state policies threaten to transfer too much power to the federal government and erode individual and state powers. He backed foreign policy and the European Recovery Program but urged spending cuts to live within income, urging caution before adopting new programs. The Birmingham Post notes the remarks could spark long debates in Washington. Byrnes, a Roosevelt ally and wartime stabilizer, has long opposed elevating government authority. Congress and the nation should heed his warning about the drift toward a welfare state.
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Truman
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Washington and Lee University
America
Birmingham Post
Virginia
Washington
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
Washington and Lee
Shafer Accuses Vaughan of Unlawful Contracts
Rep. Paul Shafer of Battle Creek Mich publicly urged Gen Harry Vaughan be suspended over alleged contracts with five percent lobbyists. A White House spokesman warned Shafer to “pipe down” or lose favors, then Shafer retreated, avoiding further comment. The episode recalls past White House pressure linked to Vaughan and Truman.
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Washington
Paul Shafer
Battle Creek
Mich
Harry Vaughan
White House
Vaughan
Vaughan and Hunt Ties Rise in Senate Probe
The piece notes rising pressure on the senate subcommittee investigating five percent member James Hunt and his link to Harry Vaughan. It outlines why Generals Waitt and Feldman interfaced with Vaughan’s ally Hunt, showing Vaughan's history of backing favored officers and influencing promotions and demotions.
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Vaughan
Senate
James Hunt
Harry Vaughan
S.O.B
Army Department
Waitt
Feldman
Vaughan Demotes General Lee After Rome Altercation
After a conflict with Parry Vaughan associate John Maragon in Rome, Brig. Gen. William L. Lee of the Air Forces was demoted to colonel and ordered home by air priority. The incident, kept within the Army, was publicly noted in this column years earlier referencing Vaughan’s circle.
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William L. Lee
Air Forces
Parry Vaughan
John Maragon
Kansas City
Bootblack
Maragon
White House
Greece
Italy
Hassler
Rome
Pruman
General Lee
Washington
General Vaughan
Lee
United States
Harry Vaughan
Hunt
Vaughan
Keeping Within Rights on the Highway Reckoning with Shared Safety
A short essay urges drivers to respect others while claiming rights on the road. It warns against reckless lane changes and passing over hills that endanger oncoming traffic. It argues laws safeguard all, and if needed should be amended through proper channels.
Mermaid Helen Beckons Divers In Bermuda Deep Sea Scene
In Bermuda Helen the blue eyed angel fish becomes star of a diving craze started by Bronson Hartley, who guides divers down the sea bed for five dollars a head. Tourists, including a Detroit boy and an 85-year-old woman, flock to view underwater gardens and colorful fish while Hartley furnishes helmet and sneakers. More than a thousand have joined this year, as tickets for single day visits are sold from LaGuardia to Bermuda for oceanic escapades.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
INS
Helen
Walt Disney
U. S
Bronson Hartley
William Beebe
Hartley
Ruth
Tony Gordon
Detroit
Tony
Sergeant Major
New York
LaGuardia
White House Garden Party Featured Hunt Based Music Instruction
A historical note recalls a White House garden party where an attendee instructed the bandleader to perform one of Hunt's musical pieces, reflecting a moment of recognition for the composer.
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White House
Hunt
Five Per Center Hunt and the Vaughan Lobbying Net
The piece outlines John Maragon as a five to fifty percent lobbyist tied to Harry Vaughan and David Bennett. It notes Maragon’s France trip, Potsdam appearances with top leaders, a Paris perfume party, and a diamond‑rich postwar footprint. Bennett later shifted lobbying from Maragon to James V. Hunt, under Vaughan’s influence, marking Hunt’s rise in back‑stage lobbying.
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Vaughan
Hunt
John Maragon
Maragon
Harry Truman
United States
David Bennett
Bennett
Potomac
France
Potsdam
Stalin
Churchill
Truman
Jimmie Byrnes
Paris
Harry Vaughan
Washington
TWA
Te “Little Cabinet
James V. Hunt
General Vaughan
Bank Official Guilty of Forgery in Madison Trial
On July 22, 1924, T. G. Riddle, vice president of the defunct Bank of Madison, was found guilty of forgery by a Madison circuit court. He had previously been found not guilty on two similar charges. The item also notes local visits and road completion talks including Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Gilchrist and Mrs. J. Moog visiting Decatur and Birmingham, with Courtland to Decatur road progress mentioned.
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T. G. Riddle
Bank of Madison
Madison
Courtland- Decatur
P. P. Gilchrist
Gilchrist
Tuscumbia
Lawrence
Courtland
Decatur
Morgan-Lawrence
Doad
Pegler
Dispatch
Kansas City
Irving
Congress
Washington
Joe Moreschi
Moreschi
Japan
Washington, D.C
Congressman Irving
Grand Imperial
Curley
Boston
Pegler attacks labor committee and Irving in Kansas City fallout
Westers hook Pegler recounts a clash with a labor committee in Washington and a Kansas City dispatch about Leonard Irving of Independence Missouri. He accuses racketeering tied to unions Hodcarriers and Stage Employees, detailing alleged misuse of funds, campaign payments, and self enrichment tied to Irving and others.
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Leonard Irvine
Independence
Kansas City Sur
Visit Planned With Mrs McGehee and Mrs McKelvey
Guest of Mrs D D McGehee and Mrs Charles McKelvey in Memphis to visit her sister Mrs W B Robertson.
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D. D. McGehee
Charles McKelvey
Memphis
W. B. Robertson
Decatur Travelers And Local Mentions
Decatur travelers include Carlisle Blackwell bound for Brunswick Tennessee and Mr and Mrs E C Baety traveling to Memphis and Southern Mississippi. Mr and Mrs W H Lee and family head to Cheyenne.
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Decatur
Carlisle Blackwell
Brunswick
Tenn
E. C. Baety
Memphis
Mississippi
W. H. Lee
Cheyenne
Bank Debits in Alabama Fall in June Declines in six cities
Bank withdrawals in six Alabama cities averaged five per cent lower in June than a year earlier, totaling 549 million dollars. Birmingham and Mobile led declines while Dothan showed a rise, with Montgomery down two per cent and Anniston, Gadsden, and Birmingham each down five to twelve per cent.
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Birmingham
Alabama
P. L. T. Beavers
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Mobile
Montgomery
Anniston
Gadsden
Dothan
Beavers
Guest Minister to Fill Pulpit in Austinville
The Church of God at Austinville welcomes Rev Mrs Eugene Rice wife of the Sixth Avenue Church of God pastor now in town as guest speaker. She fills the pulpit while Rev J F Selvidge is away on business. Services at 11 AM and 730 PM with L G Linderman Jr as chairman. P R Isley leads Sunday school.
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Church of God At
Austinville
Eugene Rice
Sixth Avenue Church of God
Mobile
Rice
J. F. Selvidge
L. G Linderman Jr
P. R. Isley
Alabama man found dead in freight car in Pennsylvania yards
The body of Thomas Paricer of Birmingham Alabama was found yesterday in a freight car at the Pennsylvania railroad yards. His head had been crushed and police believe death occurred when the load shifted during transit from Alabama City.
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Cincinnati
Thomas Paricer
Birmingham
Ala
Pennsylvania Railroad
Alabama City
Pure nickel forms ultra fine tubing finer than a mosquito stinger
Pure nickel is so malleable that it can be drawn into tubing thinner than the stiffest mosquito needle, enabling extremely fine metal conduits and precision tubing.
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Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
WR Shelton
THE
Associated Press
Lions
Drew Pearson
Shafer
Hs Shafer
Aughan
Fort Sill
Oklo
Senate War Investigation Committee
Davidson
International News Service
Robert J. Doss
J. R- Doss
Los Angeles
By Westerhook
la Labor
House of Representatives
Walter Reuther
United Automobile Workers
Stage Aftd
Hodcarriers
Leonard Irving
President Truman
Mr. Truman
Committee On Labor
Treasury
Westbrook
Peglef
Holland
Spring Hill
Neville
Trinity
Claude McBride
R. A. Stewart
Parker
Hames
Pete Burt
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