Ballot News and Election Items Across Regions
The piece notes election talk and party activity with references to Alabama Auburn Derby and Tennessee recreational options. It mentions the Henry Wallace slate on the ballot in Alabama. It observes voter confusion over electors and delegates and reports Kansas backing Truman after convention wrangling. It suggests the South is not alone in disfavoring a new White House term.
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Henry Wallace
Alain
Kansas
Truman
South
White House
Southern states' evolving role in national politics
The Eagle of the South notes broad Southern opposition to federal policy and suggests the region has not faced such national attention since the war era. If current trends persist, Southern states may gain a defined political standing in the nation.
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John Tempie Graves
Now Or Never for Decatur Auditorium Plans
The Decatur School Board plans a new junior senior high with an 2000 to 2500 seat auditorium or a civic auditorium option. Voters face whether to fund the project now or delay, paying more later, as residents urge self reliance and community space to meet needs.
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Decatur
Decatur School Board
Ray Richeson Named Alabama Football Captain
Ray Richeson was named captain of next year's Alabama football team. His Sugar Bowl performance against Texas on New Year’s Day drew praise as one of the greatest by a lineman on that field, signaling strong All-American potential.
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Ray Richeson
Alabama
North Alabama
Texas
Sugar Bowl Stadium
Advice to Graduates from a Broad Land
A speaker urges high school graduates that the world does not owe them a living and that personal responsibility shapes fate. He cautions against counting holidays and relying on ease, stressing that progress is not measured by lengthened pay.
Southern revolt urged at Democratic convention
A Confederate era editorial urges Southern Democrats to back a separatist stance at the upcoming Philadelphia convention. It forecasts Alabama Mississippi South Carolina and possibly Virginia joining a revolt if Truman is the nominee and suggests Eisenhower for president with Sparkman of Alabama for vice president to avert a disaster.
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Alabama
Mississippi
South Carolina
Virginia
Mr. Truman
Lister Hill
General Eisenhower
John Sparkman
Letter to Stalin Proposes People to People Peace Train
Drew Pearson writes to Premier Stalin urging a new Friendship Train from the United States to the Soviet Union to foster direct people to people contact. He argues lifting the iron curtain and denting war fears through humanitarian gifts and dialog.
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United States
Stalin
Russia
Soviet Union
Drew Pearson
Potatoes to Flood Markets as Government Plans Buy Program
Washington reports a large potato surplus as Agriculture Department officials foresee 300 to 500 carloads daily, totaling at least 25 million bushels by July end. California North Carolina and Virginia face the glut while Congress weighs farm price support measures and parity targets.
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Ovid A. Martin
James Marlow
Washington
Agriculture Department
Uncle Sam
Department
California
North Carolina
Virginia
Congress
Treatment with gland extracts yields full-term births for 27 women
Seventeen to twenty seven women with repeated miscarriages were treated with pituitary, corpus luteum, and estrogen extracts. All 27 carried to term with normal babies after early pregnancy hormone support, suggesting placental attachment support rather to avoid early separation in cases of glandular deficiency.
Guardian Guardianship Bustle in Morgan County Court
Legal notice announces a sale related to the case Erin L Walker versus George Vincent Walker in equity in Morgan County Alabama Circuit Court. It concerns guardianship of George, naming the court and matter type and dates omitted in readable text.
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Erin L. Walker
George Vincent Walker
Circuit Court
Morgan County
Alabama
George
Not Warmongers but Believers in People to People Friendship
The passage argues that Americans are genuine believers in people-to-people friendship and that understanding between individuals makes war unlikely. It frames warmth as a societal trait that supports peaceful relations.
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Washington
Europe
Russia
Moscow Radio
State Department
Canada
Joseph Stalin
Guardian to Sell Real Estate of Ward George Walker
Mrs. Erin L. Walker as Guardian of George Vincent Walker a non compos mentis will sell at public outcry at the Morgan County Courthouse Decatur Alabama on Friday June 18 1948 between 11 a m and 4 p m the Lot 13 in El 22 of Addition No 2 of the Decatur Land Improvement and Fur nace Co with a 4 room house at 616 3rd Ave West Decatur Lot measures 50 by 140 feet fronts on 3rd Ave West to satisfy the decree May 18 25 June 1
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Erin L. Walker
George Vincent Walker
Morgan County
Deccatur
Alabama
Decatur
el No
Decatur Land Improvement, and Furnace Co
Bath
3Rd. Ave
Estate of Edwin J Pol Hill Deceased Probate Notice
Letters Testamentary on the last will were granted May 22 1948 by Judge T C Almon of Morgan County Probate Court. All persons with claims against the estate must present them within the legal period or be barred. Irene Polhill. May 25 June 1 8.
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T. C. Almon
Probate Court
Morgan County
As Pegler Sees It Criticizes Washington Bureaucrats
In Washington a government employee accused of a daughter's communist alignment is held up as a cautionary example of rival patriots attacking personal reputation. The piece lambasts Henry Wallace era officials for alleged unethical ties to the Roerich circle, the Board of Economic Warfare, and the Department of Commerce.
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Washington
Republic
Department of Commerce
Henry Wallace
Louis Horch
New York
Nicholas Roerich
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt
Board of Economic Warfare
Henry
United States
Europe
Maurice Parmelee
Roerich
Agriculture
Dies Committee
Thomas Committee On
House of Representatives
Robert Stripling
J.B. Matthews
Coe
Roosevelt Additton
Eleanor the Great
Philip Murray
C.S.O
Harry Bridges
C.so
Stripling
Why
Hanns Eisler
Eleanor
Congress
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