Congress to Get Pay Hike
Washington July 26 Congress members push a broad reform bill to raise salaries to 15000 for senators and 12500 plus 2500 expense money for representatives. The measure would allow retirement pensions and strict lobbyist registration while trimming committees and speeding adjournment to fewer months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair Johnson
Washington
Congress
Fed
Senate
House
Senate House Conference Committee
Rep. Monroney
D.-Okla
Civil Service Retirement Fund
May illness delays House military probe into Garsson case
The report details May nursing a heart attack while the House military committee weighs sending a physician to his bedside or allowing questions at home. It notes President Nixon’s tax data referral to the Justice Department and identifies Garsson linked figures in the munitions inquiry.
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Cook County
Chicago
Garsson
Mead
De“Pama of Justice
Garssons
May
Henry Lowden
Warren Magee
House Military Committee
Lowden
Magee
Ferguce
R-Mich
Labor Department
Murray Garsson
Munitions Combine
Markets at a Glance New York July 26 1946
Stocks show irregularity with early gains faltering while bonds and cotton face liquidation selling. Cattle hold steady to 25 cents lower. hogs drop as futures close about five dollars per bale lower amid price control debate and uncertain decontrol outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Price Control Administration
Bomb radius is half mile in Bikini test report
Aboard the USS Appalachi an Vice Adm Blandy says the atomic bomb would kill all men on decks within half a mile. The blast sank the Arkansas and Saratoga, wounded Nagato, and left Hughes and other vessels in peril as 24 hours later 36 square miles of water were contaminated.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Appalachian
Bikini Lagoon
Adm
W. H. P. Blandy
Arkansas
Saratoga
Nagato
Hughes
Insanity Plea Sought in Heavens Kidnap Slayings
Indictments returned charging 17 year old William Heirens with the murder of Suzanne Degnan and Frances Brown in separate incidents. Heirens’ lawyers indicated a potential insanity defense. The two indictments total nine counts and name the victims and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Heirens
Suzanne Degnan
Frances Brown
Suzanne
Harold G. Ward
Russia Prepares for Showdown Over Atomic Weapons Plan
New York July 26 Soviet Russia readied to press its proposal for an international convention banning production and use of atomic weapons. United Nations atomic energy commission debates open at 3 P M EST with Soviet delegate Andrei Gromyko defending his version after rejecting the U S plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
U. S
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Alabama Apparel Guild forms to boost state garments
Birmingham news reports the Alabama Apparel Guild formed by garment manufacturers to raise Alabama made clothing quality. John Solomon of Sylacauga chairs until a permanent structure is in place. Fewer than one percent of Alabama textiles become finished garments locally. the guild may allow qualified items to bear the guild label.
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Birmingham
Alabama Apparel Guild
John Solomon
Sylacauga
Alabama
Knight of the road rescued from trestle over Cuyahoga River
William W. Taylor of Chicago was saved after clinging to a railroad tie for 90 minutes beneath two freight trains on a Nickel Plate trestle over the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland. He had stepped onto the bridge between two safety platforms when a train overtook him.
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Sman
Cleveland
Cuyahoga
William W. Taylor
Chicago
Marriage Licenses for Douglas Rogers and Audrey McLemore
Douglas Lee Rogers of Decatur and Audrey McLemore of Decatur obtained a marriage license. James Oliver Graham of Leoma Tennessee and Lottie Mee Littrell of Ewing Virginia also secured licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Lee Rogers
Decatur
Audrey McLemore
James
Oliver Graham
Tax increase ruled out by Congress and Truman plan
Washington reports Congress will not raise taxes, with Senate Finance Chair George D. Gavalan or Ga v saying no tax hikes during the period. President Truman weighs reviving price controls and creating a three member decontrol board to manage the economy. Senators Wherry Pepper and others caution on calls to return to Congress. The board nominees will be reviewed carefully by the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
George D-Ga v
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Treasury
Georgia
Wherry
Nebraska
OPA
Pepper
D-Fia
George
Senate
Walking horses shine at Decatur show with top prize winners
The Decatur event showcased walking horses led by Dover’s girl Frankie Cornelius on Dover’s prized entry. Winners across classes include Nita Wilson’s Allen Play Boy and Winston Wiser’s top gelding Allen Play Boy in class 11, plus Black Angel in class 7 and Captain Rex in class 14. A Lions Club sponsored grooms class concluded the day with multiple notable rides.
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W.B. Booth
Athens
W. B. Booth, Jr
Bob
W. B. Booth
Billy Jo Cook
Silver Stamp
Shirley Whitiow
Decatur
Orr
Cullman
Dover
Frankie Cornelius
Birmingham
Stones Prince Allen
C.O. Stone
Lewisburg
Tenn
James B. Wood
Charming Boss Man
Curry Coffman
Pulaski
A. C. Curry
Wilson
J. P. Phillips
Buddy Phillips
Nita Wilson
Winston Wiser
Wartrace
Moore's
Wilson Allen
Sherrill Moore
Judy Frost
Earl Stringfellow
Merry Bird
Earl Carter
S W. Beech
Madeliene Cason
Elegant Eye Full
Country Club Stables
Murfreesburg
Tonn
Virginia Lee
Mack M. Farms
Calera
Toby McMahon
Neil Luther
Ace's Shamrock
Dr. W C. Stanberry
Cleveland
Gene Copeland
Colonel Magic
Fise_and sons
Floyd Hathecoat
Jill Morton
M. J. Pierce
Bessemer
Mary Leonard
Black Angel
Knal Kissee
Gypsy Rose
Princess Prissy
Dr. M. W. Sanford
Opelika
Z. O. Derryberry
Blue Fairy
George Braly
U. S. Army
Set Ray LeCrone
Oklahoma
U_ S. Army
Martha Rex A
B. Goltsman
Montgomery
Mac Stone Wdges
Fair
Allen
Prowling Pete
Dr. J M. Jones
Billy Jones
Beau Ideal
C. L. Couch
Zollie Derryberry
Moores
Sherill Moore
Buddy Jones
W. W. Sanford
Capt. Rex
B. R. Goltsman
Max Stone
Arab
Peter Pan
Murfreesboro
Th the Lions Club
Miss Dare
Country ‘Club Stables
Blue Hampton
Plans Shape State Guard For Can Drive Camp Set
Plans for a house to house drive to solicit canned foods for starving Europeans move forward led by Capt. Oscar Fuller of the Decatur foreign relief committee. Two new canvass reps include Miss Lucy Bell and Mrs. Teague with a Monday meeting at the Church of God. Forty members of Company F will leave for Dauphin Island encampment near Mobile, with about 1,800 expected attendees, marking the militia’s last encampment before the National Guard is reactivated.
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Europe
Oscar Fuller
Decatur
Salvation Army Red Shield Boys Club
Countess Cashin
Federated
Negro Clubs
Carter Dobbs
P. Drop
R. Jones
Dobbs
Alabama State Guard
Dauphin Island
Mobile
B. B. Freeman
F. McRae Herndon
Louis Nelson
W. J. Mittwede
O. J. Sheppard
Carmen Taylor
Howard E. Lovelady
C. B. Layton
W. T. Gunn
Flel. Reynolds
Ljd. MccCullar
Leon L. Smith
W.C. Terry
W.l-Terry
Felton. Terry
HH. J. Walker
F.L. Wilhoite
J. W. Wilson
National Guard
State Guard
Alabama
Freeman
Central Methodist church hosts fraternal groups for summer service
Rev G M Davenport will preach on Bubbles at 7 30 Sunday night and fraternal organizations such as Masons Eastern Stars and Odd Fellows were invited as guests of honor. Labor union members were also invited to join the service as the church runs weekly summer activities announced for August 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G M. Davenport
Central Methodist Church
Masons
Eastern Stars
Odd Fellows
Truman Signs Price Bill Restoring Controls Across Markets
President Truman approved a new price bill restoring current ceilings and rent controls after lapse, with 30 to 60 days to adjust higher ceilings. OPA plans to reestablish eviction rules and nullify state local rent laws since June 30 while clothing prices may rise 15 to 20 percent due to new textile pricing formulas.
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Truman
OPA
Congress
Paul Porter
Secretary of Agriculture
Immediate Hikes Authorized by OPA Revival
OPA uses revived pricing powers to raise prices on coats shoes and other items delaying a broader roll back on consumer goods including certain clocks and television sets. The moves are temporary and subject to revision under the new OPA act signed by President Truman. Coal prices are also raised six to eight cents a ton to offset railway freight increases effective July 1.
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Washington
OPA
Truman
Jackson presses for convictions of Nazi leaders as conspirators
In Nurnberg Germany Justice Robert H. Jackson calls for the 22 defendants to be convicted as conspirators in aggressive war. British prosecutor Shawcross echoes with claims of 12,000,000 murders, describing the mass murder machinery of the regime. Rudolf Hess is absent, with Martin Bormann tried in absentia.
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Inernberg
Germany
Robert H. Jackson
United States
International Military Tribunal
Hermann Goering
Jackson
Adolf Hitler
Hartley W. Shawcross
Rudolf Hess
Scotland
Martin Bormann
Rites Held Today for Mrs Anna Voss
Final rites were held at 2 p m at Chalybeate Springs for Mrs Anna Voss 73 who died Thursday at her Hillsboro home after a long illness Rev Dee Montgomery officiated and interment followed in the adjacent cemetery She was a Baptist and longtime Lawrence county resident survived by husband J W Voss four sons six daughters 41 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren
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Chalybeate
Anna Voss
Hillsboro
Dee Montgomery
Highsmith
Moulton
The
Baptist Church
Lawrence County
J. W Voss
Bill
Rube
Bob
Harvey Voss
Bessemer
Ida Rose
Lenora Claborn
Sally Anderson
Essie Cahela
Ima Coffey
Eunice Cahela
Blinded Man Traverses Woods After Explosion
George F. Bradford, 25, a Guntersville road worker blinded in both eyes and with hands blown off by a dynamite blast, groped two miles through woods to reach help. He was injured Tuesday near Guntersville and treated at Newell sanitarium. condition improved from critical on arrival.
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Chattanooga
Newell Sanitarium
Guntersville
Ala
George F. Bradford
Bradford
OPA Boosts Prices On Various Goods And Decontrols Several
The Office of Price Administration announces decontrol and price hikes across many items. Fuel types. clocks, chairs, mats, and auto seat beds see ceilings removed or raised, while consumer durables rentals drop from control. Gloves, rug makers, and razor pencils gain leeway to raise prices to stimulate production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Community Gleanings and Local Movements Featured
Local notes list residents in Birmingham and nearby towns visiting or traveling. The Morgan price control board and the rent office will be open all day Saturday. Births and hospital moves include several families in Decatur and surrounding areas with ambulance transfers and hospital admissions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan Area
Slayings near Oconee county traced to armed mob
Sheriff details the 40 foot from road killings after Harrison ferrying two Negro women and two men to a Monroe farm. A mob of 20 to 25 men blocked a wooden bridge near the Oconee Walton line and fired on the victims. Investigators, with Georgia Bureau of Investigation and FBI, pursue clues.
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Atlanta
Harrison
Dorsey
Oconee County
Malcolm
Hester
Monroe
S . Charrison
Oconee
Walton
Mon
Gordon
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
S .Pokese
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Government Issues Uniform Mine Safety Rules
The Interior Secretary Krug announced a uniform safety code for government operated soft coal mines effective next Monday at 12:01 a.m. The policy, sought by United Mine Workers president John L. Lewis, covers over 4,500 mines and more than 300 safety standards on timbering blasting ventilation dust protection and worker gear. Federal agents will inspect and report violations to coal mine administrator Adm. Ben Moreell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interior Krug
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Krug
Lewis
Ben Moreell
Poll Tax Debate Stirs Senate Split Over State Rights
Majority Leader Barkley vows action on the Morse rider before adjournment though opponents argue the poll tax is unconstitutional and a state issue. Senators from Georgia, Alabama, Florida and South Carolina push for states rights while pledging to block or support new voting requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barkley
D-Ky
Morse
Tidelands
Senate
Washington
Pepper
George
D. Ga
Andrews
Fla
United States
Alabama
Senator Swift
Ala
Russell
Congress
O'Daniel
Maybank
D. SC
Senate Candidate Thomas Maxwell Visits Decatur
Tuscaloosa Democrat Thomas H. Maxwell campaigned in Decatur today greeting supporters and stressing his candidacy in the United States Senate Democratic primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Maxwell
Tuscaloosa
United States Senate
Decatur
Cotton research expansion eyed as Senate bill advances
Oscar Johnston president of the National Cotton Council says the pending senate agricultural research bill could fund over 200 million dollars annually for federal cotton research. He spoke in prepared remarks to the Tennessee Cotton Ginners Association in Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Tenn
Oscar Johnston
National Cotton Council
Tennessee Cotton Ginners Association
Scott
Senate
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Wings of Destiny
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Huntsville
Max Luther
Slick Chick
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Happy Jack Inman
Morgan County
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B. G. Smith
Falkville
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W. R. Smith
David Davis
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Baugh’s Infirmary
Peck's Ambulance
E. B. Alvison
Hartselle
Drinkard Ambulance
R. E. Hopper
Hartselle 3
Robert Edward
J IL aLo
J. N. Taylor
Sixth Avenue West
Decatur General Hospital
Izora Skipworth
C. H. Worley
Winchester, Tenn
Phil Baugh
Memphis, Tenn
W. P. Baugh
Mary Allen
Austinville
Howell
Juanita Simmons
Marie Simmons
Ernest Wad
Flossier Chandler
Daytona Beach, Fla
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Howell Ambulance
Clark
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