Senator Campaign Notes and Local Park Changes
The Decatur Daily notes Tuesday as the day to vote for United States Senator with candidates John Sparkman and Jim Simpson. It mentions Delano Park seat needs and reflects on Bikini tests and atomic control. It quotes the Birmingham Post on Major General Waitt and humor about Gen Waitt’s wedding party photos. It also mentions W. D. Hastings contemplating permanent loafing after a vacation.
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United States
Birmingham Post
Atden H. Waitt
Garsson
Truman veto and signing show unclear gains amid OPA standoff
The text argues Truman gained nothing from vetoing the first OPA extension bill and signing the second. The nation lacked OPA legislation during the gap, causing widespread confusion. It suggests the President defied Congress, recovered, then faced a setback.
Cronin dominant as critics fade amid AL pennant talk
The piece notes Joe Cronin silencing critics after a spring sunlit article and nearly clinching the American League pennant before August. It also mentions a Wheeling court experiment with two juries in concurrent trials following a trolley auto collision case and a Tuscaloosa News report on state park attendance surpassing last year with substantial out of state visitors.
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Joe Cronin
Wheeling
West Virginia
Tuscaloosa
Taxpayer relief claim on agricultural subsidies questioned
The quote from The Christian Science Monitor questions a promised tax relief from agricultural subsidies and suggests any savings may not be noticeable soon. It frames the imbalance between stated policy and actual impact on tax bills.
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The
Christian Science Monitor
Vote for Sparkman for United States Senate
A campaign piece extols John Sparkman of Alabama as a self made reformer with farm roots who rose from rural schooling to U S House leadership and TVA advocate. It urges Tennessee Valley voters to back him for the Senate and highlights his wartime service and district loyalty.
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Alabama
Morgan County
John J.spman
United State Senate
Sparkman
Congress
House of Representatives
Joan Sparkman
Eighth Congressional District
Huntsville
Congress of the United States
John Sparkman
Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
House
Hill
Bankhead
Senate
Russians Open Public Press Line With Open Conferences
Washington reports say Soviet diplomats increasingly engage with U S media. Andrei Gromyko released a press statement tied to a United Nations meeting after rejecting atomic energy control. Molotov held a press conference in Paris and Andropov, new ambassador, held a briefing in Washington.
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Washington
Andrei Gromyko
U. S
United Nations Committee
Molotov
Foreign Ministers
Paris
Budget revisions eyed as 1946 earnings predicted to rise
Officials anticipate an August budget revision. Forecasts show manufacturing trade and service corporations may reach or exceed 1945 earnings despite strikes and reconversion hurdles. Tax credits could total five to six billion dollars. Airlines seek routes to Latin America but face CAB and regional authorizations. In Rome De Gasperi seeks to curb inflation with wage restraint but grants up to 40 percent raises in the oil monopoly. Britain unlikely to intervene in Polish elections. In Rhodesia a Kariba gorge dam project advances to create a vast irrigation and power lake larger than Boulder Dam.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Latin America
Rome
Alcide de Gasperis
Gasperis
London
Foreign Office
Britain
Nikolajczyk
Bulawayo
S. Rhoddesia
Kariba
Boulder Dam
America
War Criminals to Remain in Custody Under Occupation
War Department officials say US tribunals will sentence war criminals to life, to be kept in jail for as long as occupation forces remain. In Germany and Japan they will be turned over to the Army provost marshal who has no parole power in occupied territory. If forces withdraw while prisoners are alive, officials offer no prediction on future handling.
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Washington
United States
U. S
Germany
Japan
War Department
Occupied Territory
Taft Dinner Sparks Talk Taft in 1948 GOP Run
Senators discuss a dinner hosted by Senator Taft for Republican colleagues and treats taft’s record as evidence he is actively pursuing the 1948 Republican presidential nomination. The get together followed a broad briefing on GOP campaign prospects with praise for Taft.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
National and State Primaries Ahead of Bankhead’s Senate Seat
Tiestay Alabama special democratic senatorial election to name successor to late Senator John H Bankhead Arkansas democratic gubernatorial primary Thursday Tennessee primaries featured by renomination of democratic Senator Kenneth McKellar Saturday Kentucky primaries to nominate candidates for the seat of Republican Senator W A Stanfill and for nine House seats
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Tiestay
Alabama
John H. Bankhead
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kenneth McKellar
Kentucky
W. A. Stanfill
House
LINTERS UNDER CEILING WASHINGTON
An OPA official said price ceilings on cotton enters would be reestablished under the OPA re.
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Washington
OPA
Emergency Campaign for Foreign Food Relief
A Salvation Army drive in Decatur led by Oscar Fuller and helpers launches the Emergency Campaign for Foreign Food Relief. The message echoes the charity motto OTHERS as thousands face hunger worldwide, urging local giving this week.
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Salvation Army
Oscar Fuller
Decatur
Ceiling rules extend pause on cottonseed product prices
An official, who asked for anonymity, said price ceilings on cottonseed products may not be restored before August 20. The exemption does not cover cotton linters. This applies to food or feed products made entirely or substantially from cottonseed.
Prompt Surgery Key in Appendicitis Outcomes
A medical expert argues that early diagnosis and immediate operation save lives in appendicitis. He notes that about half of U S deaths could be prevented with prompt care and warns against delaying treatment or relying on drugs to avert surgery.
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United States
Karl B. Pace
North Carolina
Years Ago Today Guests Visit Local Families
Miss Mildred Cotten of Huntsville visited Miss Margaret Simrell while Miss Bernice Biles of Athens stayed with Mrs. L. B. Saunders. Mrs. Carol Thompson and Marguerite traveled to Oklahoma. E. E. Wilkinson visits after Navy discharge. Born to Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Motherway a son David Kohler Jr. Judge Kyle returns from Red Boiling Springs. T. N. Cot trell named deputy marshal by Henry Skeggs.
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Mildred Cotten
Huntsville
Margaret Simrell
Bernice Biles
Athens
L. B. Saunders
Third Avenue West
Carol Thompson
Marguerite
Oklahoma
S. A. Lynne
Adele Warren
Birmingham
Lucy Binford
E. E. Wilkinson
T. D. Wilkinson
Navy
Lewis Hardage
Georgia
D. K. Motherway
David Kohler Jr
Kyle
Red Boiling Springs
T. N. Cottrell
Marshall
U. S
Marshall Henry Skeggs
Marion Deputy Dies of Wounds in Alabama Shootout
Haleyville Ala July 27 Jim Wood 48 chief deputy sheriff of Marion county died in a hospital of wounds from a gun battle near Brilliant last Saturday He and other officers were seeking to search two men for illegal whisky in a dry county Sheriff M Couch of Marion swore warrants against brothers Ethe ridge and Noah Dodd charging assault with intent to murder Both men are under arrest.
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Haleyville
Ala
Jim Wood
Marion County
Brilliant
Marion
M. Couch
Etheridge
Noah Dodd
Walter Winchell On Broadway Trade Mark Registered
Walter Winchell column notes various celebrities and political figures. Edith Kingdon Gould plans a memoir after Navy service while Leonard Warren impresses in Buenos Aires. The piece mentions Jane Froman, Nick and Charlie Kenny, Abner Silver, and Bonnie headlines, plus political chatter on LaGuardia UNR A, Byrd opposition, and MacArthur rumors.
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Walter Winchell
Jack-Lait
Jay Gould
Edith Kingdon Gould
Leonard Warren
Buenos Aires
State Dept
Jane Froman
Nick
Charlie Kenny
Abner- Silver
Paris
Nannette
Brooklyn
Knights of Columbus
Kc's
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Columbia, Tenn
University of
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Cpl
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India
Cpl. Roberts
Eaton R. Roberts
Hartselle
Morgan County High School
Marion Institute
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Daily Crossword
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Arabia
Abraham Bib
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God of War
Great Lakes
Persia
Lolca
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Leoug Aa Fwa
Heber
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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Ballington Booth
Hin
Army
Herman WM. Bundesen
MLD
Pace
Superior Cleaners
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UNRA
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Ciopac
Virginia
Harry Byrd
Pan-American Union
Ernesto Galaza
Sam Rosoff
N. Y
Mexico
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
John Steelman
Jane Churchill
Tommy Dorsey
Jon Hall
New York
John Gart
Hollywood
FBI
Connie Haines
Lina Romay
Phil
Bill Eyrhe
Margaret Whiting
Transatlantic
Peggy Knudsen
William S. Paley
Rich
Ella Reines
Rod Cameron John
Charles Rogers
Joann Lindbergh
Don Costello
Jane Keane
Venus Ramey
No. 1
Fifth Ave
Tony Craig
Bud Ernst
Betty Furness
Browning
Norma Roberts
Lili Damita
Raymond Hakimooh
Monticello
S. Kresge
Miami Beach
Good Neighbor Methodist Church
Anti- Prohibition League
Carlton Powell
Lanny Ross
E. 51St St
Dashiell Hammett
Wallander
Ed Clancy
Powell
Bellevue Hospital
David Romanick
Harlem
Romanick
Clancy
Grand Jury
Department
Deane Garrell
B&o
Panama
Renee de Marco
Jody Hutchinson
Spike Reno
Martha Raye
Melodie
Commercial Credit Corp
Bank Street
Wiley Hardwick
Massey
Decatur Transit
Tire Headquarters
Royal Tires
Joe Hagler
Royal Tire Service
Lee
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