Alabama delegates battle in tight race for national seat
Vernon Alabama voters cast ballots for McCorvey Cardinell Stapp and Bonner in a close contest for Alabama delegation spots. AP tallies showed Carmichael and McCorvey separated by five votes with totals over 80 000 at multiple counts. Alabama politics and national convention relevance loom as observers note regional sentiment.
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Vernon
McCorvey
Cardinel
Stapp
Bonner
Gessner McCorvey
Carmichael
Alabama Weighs Walkout Versus Stay In Democratic Convention
In Alabama voters showed preference by name recognition over principle as two groups formed around walkout or stay in the Philadelphia convention. Favorites included Stapp Miller Bonner Riddle and Gessner McCorvey among walkout backers while Carmichael and James E. Folsom drew strong recall. The piece notes diminished state control due to the two thirds rule change and predicts the convention will proceed with or without Alabama, hoping for a platform the South cannot accept and endorsing Eisenhower Sparkman as a strong ticket.
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Alabama
Philadelphia
Stapp
Miller Bonner
Hardy Riddle
Gessner McCorvey
Bonner
Riddle
Folsom
James E
Big Jim
Democratic National Organization
Ala‘pama
Lister Hill
Chauncey Sparks
Eisenhower
John Sparkman
Sparkman
Internal Washington clash delays federal education aid
The block on the 300 million dollar education grant centers in Speaker Joe Martin and G O P leader Charles Halleck with Fred Hartley taking the heat. John L Lewis coal strike spurs Hartley to threaten action but Martin’s intervention delays the bill as political maneuvering continues and literacy in the U S is noted as low.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Joe Martin
G. O P
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Senate
Taft
Martin
Halleck
Fred Hartley
New Jersey
Education and Labor Committee
Hartley
Charlie Halleck
Russia
Decatur Voters Approve Bond Issue for School Facilities
Progressive voters in Decatur express support for improved educational facilities as seven tenths of the bond issue totals 1,500,000 dollars. The Decatur Board of Education welcomes the mandate as a good news signal to Alabama and South that the city aims to read and act on educational needs.
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Decatur
Digby Named Conservation Commissioner by Louisiana Governor
Governor Earl Long taps S. L. Digby for conservation commissioner. Digby, attorney for Senator William Feazel, has contributed heavily to Long’s campaign and may wield influence over favors in the new post. Nebraska Democrats vent anger as Ed McKim, Truman ally, handles the presidential visit. Senator McCarthy writes a house building handbook to demystify red tape. Senate small business panel questions Hoffmann on European recovery contracts favoring big business.
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Merry-Gorqund
Earl Long
Louisiana
Huey
S. L. Digby
Digby
William Feazel
Long
Nebraska
Truman
Ed McKim
McKim
Senate
Small Business Committee
Paul Hoffmann
House bill expands social security loophole for salesmen
The Reed plan defines employee by master servant control and excludes commission workers like salesmen from social security. It would relieve corporations such as insurers from taxes while adding voluntary coverage for charity, government, and nonprofit staff. An expert council advised expanding coverage to many ineligible groups. The Chamber of Commerce supports liberal revisions.
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House
Ways and Means
Dan Reed
New York
Reed
Edward Stettinius
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Republican Rty
Exeet Ur
Displaced Europeans May Flock to U S Under Senate Plan
The Nation reports Congress may admit 200000 displaced persons from Europe over two years, subject to strict criteria. Applicants must meet immigration laws, prove literacy, character, and need, have job or housing prospects, and favor farming or Baltic origin. a presidential three man commission would set rules.
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James Marlow Washington
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Europe
Senate
Germany
Austria
Italy
Lithuania
Estonia
Latvia
Russia
Baltic States
House
American
Palestine
United States
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Baltic
U. S .Immigration Service
Griffis Switched From Poland to Egypt Ambassador
Stanton Griffis, a pro Arab ally of Secretary Forrestal, moves from Ambassador to Poland to Egypt. He previously drew fire for praising Hitler at a Kennedy home and faced Senate testimony by Dr. Foster Kennedy. Poland opposed his posting. Egypt offers a chance to back pro Arab policy amid Palestine tensions.
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Egypt
James Forrestal
Stanton Griffis
Poland
Pearl Harbor
Griffis
New York
Foster Kennedy
Kennedy
Washington
Arthur Vandenberg
Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
Forrestal
England
Palestine
Lipstick Dyes Behind Cheilitis Risks and Sunburn Shield
A medical note warns that indelible lip dyes, especially dibrom fluorescein, commonly trigger cheilitis in women with lip swelling cracking and ulcers possible. Stopping lipstick with such dye helps. A new sunburn protection using para-aminobenzoic acid ointment protected 32 subjects from burns.
Probate Court Notice of Maggie Wilson Estate Sale
Nina Hodges executrix seeks court sale of Maggie Wilson estate real estate to pay debts. Hearing set for July 8, 1948, at the Morgan County Probate Court. interested parties may appear to contest. Notice signed by Judge T. C. Almon with dates May 27 June 3 and June 10, 1948.
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Alabama
Morgan County
Arthur Buford
South Pk Way
Apt. No. 2
Chicago
Illinois
Will Mitchell
Duck Alley
Nashville
Tennessee
Roberts Batts
Gusta Avenue
Springfield
Ohio
Nina Hodges
Maggie Wilson
T. C. Almon
Order of Publication in Dale versus Dale
In Morgan County Alabama the court orders publication once a week for four weeks in Decatur Daily to require Wilbur F. Dale to plead by June 28 1948 or the bill may be confessed. May 27 1948. Bryan McAfee Register. May 27 June 3 10 17.
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Lillie. Dale
Wilbur Dale
Circuit Court
Morgan County
Alabama
Register
Wilbur F. Dale
Decatur Daily
Bryan McAfee
Sun emits energy like five trillion atomic bombs per second
Scientists estimate the sun releases energy equivalent to about 5,000,000,000,000 atomic bombs every second, a vast power output powering Earth and driving climate and weather systems.
The Roerich cult and Henry Wallace in Washington
Westbrook Pegler argues that a Russian cult linked to Roerich influenced U S policy and that President Roosevelt knew of Henry Wallace s ties when naming him vice president in 1940. Pegler warns of a hidden conspiracy within the Roosevelt era and calls for Wallace under oath with supporting letters to reveal alleged treachery.
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Henry Wallace
Nicholas Roerich
Roerich
Roosevelt
Wallace
James Roosevelt
New York
Big
Shebang
United States
White House
Russia
God
St. Petersburg
Agerich
Rasputin
Sol Bloom
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Lamasery
Robert Wagner
Bloom
Old Roerich
Sol
Louis L. Horch
Asia
Sible
Siberia
State Department
Roosevelt Kingdom
Europe
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Manchukuo
Kill Athletes Foot Te Ol Best Seller Sells
An old advertisement promotes Te Ol as a best seller from H. O. Goidel. It claims Te Ol with 90 percent alcohol penetrates deeply to kill germs on contact. The copy promises a 35 cent refund from any druggist if not pleased within one hour and notes Goidel's Drug Store as the seller.
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