Mauna Loa Eruption Drives Lava To Ocean. Two Seek Missing
In Hawaii the Mauna Loa eruption sent a 20 mile lava river to the sea. Police say at least two are missing and about 60 families were evacuated from seacoast villages as 15 homes and an implied church were destroyed. Communications to the area were cut and damage totals were not yet known.
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Stanley Carter
Honolulu
Mauna Loa
Kona
Hawaii
Hawaii Island
Henry Kunitomo
L. P. Lincoln
Kunimoto
Java
Alae
Pahoehoe
Civil Air Patrol
Hanaunau
Hilo
Negro Seniors Set Program at Decatur High School
The senior class night program titled Senior Merry Go Round will be held tonight at 8 P M in the Decatur Negro High School gymnasium under the class advisor. Public invited with additional events listed include baccalaureate at 3 30 P M June 5 kindergarten exercises 8 P M June 6 and senior high graduation all in the gym.
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Decatur Negro High School
Truman backs tax records access on underworld firms
Senate debate intensifies as President Truman reaffirms willingness to reveal tax records to the committee. Senators are recalled from out of town for a close vote on the price regulation bill that would allow businessmen to set prices across sales points, with supporters claiming regularized activity and opponents warning of loopholes in federal trust laws. The measure, if passed, would head to the White House.
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Truman
Underworld
White House
Truman Responds to Attacks on a Foe
The passage quotes Truman saying he won’t let the Republican party win by fear and smear. Smith’s main attack targets Senator McR-Wis.), author of Reds et charges, but he declined to comment when present.
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Republican Party
Truman
Smith
Mc*r-Wis
Years Probation Granted by Judge Crow in Decatur Burglary Case
Aday, 22, Decatur, pleaded guilty to second degree burglary. Judge James H. Crow Jr. sentenced him to years probation today.
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Roland. Aday
Decatur
Ile
Bethenic
James H. Crow Jr
Branum to Lead Decatur Revival at Northside Baptist
Rev. Henry S. Branum of New Hope will lead a revival at Northside Baptist church 311 West Wilson Avenue Decatur starting Sunday June 4. Evening services begin at 7 30 with Rev Assery Harris in charge of singing. Br a num has 50 years in missions and 40 years of active work and currently leads Warrenton Baptist church in Marshall Association.
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Northside Baptist Church
West Wilson’ Avenue
Decatur
Henry S. Branum
New Hope
Branum
Warrenton Baptist Church
Marshall Association
Assery Harris
Phillip P Powell Dies in Detroit at Age Three
The body of Phillip P Powell age 3 will be taken from Peck funeral home Hartselle to Birmingham for burial. Funeral services are at 2 p m at Fiftieth Street Baptist church Tarrant City conducted by Rev Dewey Adams Interment at Forrest Hill Cemetery Peck directing. He died Tuesday at 9 p m after a six week illness at Children's Hospital Detroit Michigan He is the son of Mr and Mrs George Powell 428 South Alberta Avenue Pontiac Michigan Former residents of Arab and Birmingham.
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Phillip P. Powell
Peck Funeral Home
Hartselle
Birmingham
Fiftieth Street Baptist Church
Tarrant City
Dewey Adams
Forrest Hill Cemetery
Peck Directing
Children’s Hospital
Detroit
Mich
George Powell
Alberta Avenue
Pontiac, Mich
Powell's
Arab
Youths Urged To Return Home In Berlin Western plea vs deserters
Berlin authorities urged 270 blue shirt Communist youths to return to their homes in the Russian zone after they fled to West Berlin during the Whitsun march. The youths refused, seeking a new life in the West, while West Berlin shops and rations attracted some. A special commission was formed to assess cases of suspected deserters.
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Berlin
West Berlin
West
E Fdj
Freie Deutsche Jugend
Free German
Halle
Thuringia
New Pastor Installed Sunday at St. Pauls Lutheran
Rev. Paul E. Krohn will be installed as pastor of St. Pauls Lutheran Church in a 4:00 p.m. service Sunday with Rev. E T Town in charge. Assisting pastors include Rev. E Jankens Hanceville, Rev. H Reuter Birmingham, Rev. A Twietmeyer Birmingham, and Rev. R Wiltenburg Cullman. Krohn's background includes Concordia Theological Seminary St Louis, parochial schooling in Hooper and Concordia, teaching in Farrar Missouri, vicarage in Cape Girardeau, along with pastorship of a Trailer Mission in the Southwest. The former Betty Lou Telle is Mrs Krohn. A reception follows on the church lawn.
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Paul E. Krohn
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
E. T. Town
E. Jankens
Hanceville
H. Reuter
Birmingham
A. Twietmeyer
R. Wiltenburg
Cullman
Krohn
Thieves Loot Cahaba Red Ash Coal Mine Near Leeds
The Cahaba Red Ash Coal Co reports a series of thefts at its Leeds area mine over the past 10 days. Loot includes two dump truck bodies eight miners 16 axles 32 wheels and five tons of rails valued over $1,000 weighing 15 12 tons.
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Leeds
Ala
Cahaba Red Ash Coa Company
McKibben Named Engineer In Charge At Tillage Lab
The Agriculture Department announced the appointment of Dr. E. G. McKibben as engineer in charge of investigating land tillage and related problems at the U S Tillage Machinery Laboratory in Auburn Alabama. Dr. McKibben, a native of Almyra Arkansas, is a graduate of Iowa State College.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
E. G. McKibben
U. S. Tillage Machinery Laboratory
Auburn
Ala
Market figures for cotton corn milling and poultry
Markets report shows cotton prices at Middling 320u strict low 28.00, cottonseed per ton 40.00, broilers 25 cents delivered, hens heavy 18 cents, hatching eggs 80 cents per dot, yellow corn ear 1.42, shelled 1.48, Milo per cwt bulk 2.20, with corn basis 15 percent moisture and Milo basis 13 percent moisture.
Wall Street Steady With Mixed Steel Share Demand
Demand for steel shares stiffened the market but no clear trend emerged as most leaders held Thursday levels. Rails slipped at small losses while auto stocks rose briefly before fading. Steel makers like U S Steel Armco Bethlehem and National Steel gained, while N Y Central Pennsylvania Southern and others fell.
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New York
N. Y. Central
Pennsylvania
Southern Railway
Southern Pacific
Chesapeake and Ohio
Douglas Aircraft
Zenith Radio
American Telephone
Allied Chemical
Westinghouse Electric
American Woolen
Barnsdall Oil
Gulf Oil
U. S. Steel
Armco
Jones and Laughlin
Bethlehem Steel National Steel
Chrysler, Packard
Woolworth
Anderson Clayton
Kennecott Cooper
Dow Chemical
du Pont
General Electric
Texas Co. Johns Manville
North Georgia live poultry market steadies amid stronger undertone
North Georgia live poultry market remains steady with a firmer undertone as supplies stay adequate and demand holds. Prices paid FOB farm Thursday afternoon and Friday morning show broilers and fryers of all weights at 24-25 to 21-2 cents per pound.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Cotton futures steady with new season highs in New York
New York June 2 cotton futures rose to new season highs as scarce offerings met buying, later giving way to partial recessions from profit taking. Afternoon values closed 50 cents to 1.55 higher. July 33.50 33.62 33.48 33.60-62, Oct 32.54, Dec 32.68. Mat 32.65. May 32.60. Middling spot 34.60 up 10. Nominal data only.
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N. Y
New York
Commission House
Nashville Livestock Prices Steady to Higher on Cattle Hogs
Nashville market report shows cattle trade active with steers and heifers up 50 or more, cows mostly higher, bulls steady to weak. calves 27 to 30 for good vealers. Hogs strong with barrows and gilts 25 to 50 higher, lighter hogs 17 to 19, sows steady.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Grain futures fall on volatility in Chicago trading
Grains weakened with July soybeans down 10 cents the daily limit at times. Wheat closed 11-81 3-4 lower at 2.14 3-4, corn mixed to slight gains, oats and rye down, soybeans down around 1 1-2 to 3-4, July contracts listed, lard also weaker at 12.75 per hundred pounds.
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Chicago
Blond Mother of 2 Pleads Guilty In Robbery Case
Blond mother of two, Wilma Jean Heath of Alabama City, pleaded guilty to robbery before Circuit Judge Russell McElroy and received a 10 year prison term. The sentence was recommended by the Solicitor’s office. Heath sought probation with a hearing set for June 16.
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Birmingham
Ala
Wilma Jean Heath
Alabama
Russell McElroy
Socialism Needed By United States Thomas Declares
Norman Thomas told the Detroit audience that the United States needs socialism to ensure peace plenty freedom and fraternity of free men. He attacked both Democratic and Republican leaders and contrasted his view with President Truman's fair deal while defending the socialist platform.
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United States
Thomas
Detroit
Norman Thomas
America
Truman
Injury claims life of 81-year-old farmer near Evergreen
Edward A. Daniels an 81 year old farmer died in a hospital a few hours after being struck by an automobile while crossing highway 81 about 10 miles north of Evergreen Alabama.
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Evergreen
Ala
Edward A. Daniels
Highway 81
Victory Boost for Alabama Democrats in May Races
In Tuscumbia on June 2, Jim Smith praised regular Democrats for winning 38 seats on the State Democratic Executive Committee in May primaries. States' rights group won 26 seats with four contests filed. runoffs Tuesday cut loyalists to five seats and states' rights to two.
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Tuscumbia
Ala
Young Democratic Clubs of
Alabama
Jim Smith
Ind pendence luxury liner launch set in Quincy
The 25 million dollar Independence of American Export lines will be launched tomorrow at Bethlehem Steel yards Quincy Mass. The 1000 passenger liner will reach 25 knots and may begin speed trials off the New England coast in mid December before entering Mediterranean service in January.
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Quincy
Mass
Independence
Bethlehem Steel Co
New England
Mediterranean
Hospital Turns Down Patient in Charity Admission Debate
A 14 year old Montgomery boy was denied admission to Jefferson Hillman hospital in Birmingham after officials said he was not critically ill. He arrived with a charity patient aim and faced a $500 deposit policy for nonemergency cases, amid debates over unpaid bills and county funding. The hospital administrator accused Montgomery of shifting long term charity burdens to Jefferson County.
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Birmingham
Ala
Montgomery
Jefferson-Hillman Hospital
Charles Shields
Alabama Medical College
Montgomery Boys Club
Jefferson-Hillman
Arthur L. Bailey
Jefferson County
Bailey
Young Shields
Markets Go On New Schedule
Major U S stock and curb exchanges will be closed Saturdays from June 3 through September 30 under summer time schedules. Several commodity exchanges also close Saturdays all summer with varying September reopenings. Only the Chicago board of trade remains open on Saturdays.
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New York
United States
Canada
New Orleans
London Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Effort to Block Parole Sparks Attorney Clash
In Montgomery Alabama a prosecutor's bid to block parole for four admitted safe burglars met fierce opposition from defense attorney E C Boswell who denounced a pardon parole board letter by Circuit Solicitor Temple Seibels. The four men Paul Martoccin Clyde Baker Benjamin White and Jack Beck received five year sentences after pleading guilty to the drive in restaurant burglary. Boswell claimed Seibels biased the board and sought to fuel public sentiment against the defendants.
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Montgomery
Ala
E. C. Boswell
Geneva
Circuit
Temple Seibels
Seibels
Paul Martoccin
Daytona Beach
Fla
Clyde Baker
Benjamin White
Chattanooga
Jack Beck
Akron
Ohio
Pardon Parole Board
Boswell
Growth in Wiregrass Area Population Figures
Preliminary census reports show population gains in 13 Wiregrass towns in southeast Alabama including Enterprise up from 4 353 to 7 267 and Genev a up to 3 778, with Hartford Elba and Ashford among others rising while Midland City and Ariton show mixed changes.
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Dothan
Alabama
Ala
Tirteen
Enterprise
Elba
Hartford
Samson
Crocomb
Geneeva
Abbeville
Headland
Ashford
Newton
Midland City
Ariton
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Jimmy Hargrove
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London
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