Beer Wastage Puzzles Tuscaloosa Officials Over Seized Beer
The News details Tuscaloosa's disposal of 400 to 500 cases of seized beer due to lack of legal authority to sell it. Safety Commissioner J Frank Livingston notes no applicable act for beer, unlike whiskey or wine. ABC Board proposed bids and a 50 50 revenue split, but legal handling remains unsettled.
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Tuscaloosa County
Morgan County
Tuscaloosa
J. Frank Livingston
Livingston
ABC Board
ABC
Montgomery
R. P. McRae
Decatur
Huntsville
Madison County
McRae
Prisoner Crisis on Koje Island Drives U S Policy
The piece outlines the Koje island situation where U S military aim is to minimize manpower use in prisoner handling. South Korean guards policed most inmates as U N screening split prisoners into a hard core of communists and others. The Americans segregated the hard core in compound 67 and continued processing the rest.
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Washington
Kose Island
U. S
Koje Island
United Nations Command
South Korea
U.N
Prisoner riots linked to Panmunjom strategy on Koje island
The piece argues that communists planned inmate revolts on Koje island to paint the U N as lying about prisoners wanting to return. It blames American officers for inaction and cites a shift to handling politically minded troops, unlike postwar German camps. It suggests a deliberate warning by Red Korea negotiators.
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Panmunjom
Koje
U. N
Commie
U. S
Conflicts with Others Not a Calamity
A motivational column advises that disagreements with others are common and not wholly the reader’s fault. It notes two way responsibility, urges self reflection, and cautions against excessive self blame while recognizing some people struggle to get along with anyone.
Florida Governor Warren Faces Impeachment Over Campaign Funding
A national investigation uncovers discrepancies between Governor Warren's 1948 campaign contributions and sworn affidavits. Key donors William Johnston Louis Wolfson and C V Griffin reportedly gave over 400000, far above Florida limits. Johnston, linked to race tracks and Chicago figures, allegedly funneled large sums through Barnett National Bank to gambling-related interests.
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Florida
Fuller Warren
Senate Crime Committee
Kefauver Committee
Warren
William H. Johnston
Louis E. Wolfson
C. V. Griffin
William Johnston
Chicago
John Patton
Frank
Nitti
Johnston
Barnett National Bank
Jacksonville
Patton
Chicago Downs Association
L S. Weidrick
Warren era corruption tied to Florida road contracts and gambling links
The text details how in a single month Warren began promoting M C Almes in Tallahassee with a $10,000 loan, making Almes a major road materials supplier to state contractors. It describes Jaxon Construction Co. gaining over $800,000 in direct state road work, with ownership obscured by Gambler Johnston profits and ties to gambling figures. It notes Warren appointing W O Crosby as special investigator amid accusations of racketeering influence centered on Miami Beach gambling syndicates.
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Johnston
M. C. Almes
Tallahassee
Warren
Almes
of Florida
Jaxon Construction Co
William Joe Sears
Jacksonville
W. O. Crosby
Senate Crime Committee
Chicago
Jacob “Greasy Thumb” Guzik
Tony Accardo
Miami Beach
Tog Geen Ee Ty Tee
Florida
As Pegler Sees It Admiral Standley Memoir Views
In San Diego Coronado and Moscow Standley, former ambassador to Soviet Russia, writes memoirs on betrayal of the United States the loss of faith in communism and attacks the Truman administration. He critiques Eleanor Roosevelt Harriman Hopkins and Sumner Welles amid lend lease relief debate and party politics.
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San Diego
Calif
Coronado
William H. Standley
Soviet Russia
United States
Truman
Roosevelt
Russia
State Department
White House
Eleanor Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Harriman
Eleanor
Admiral Standley
Moscow
Stalin
Kremlin
Kharkov
Sumner Welles
Sumner
Treasury
Ed Foley
Oscar Cox
New Deal
Averell Harriman
Joe Barnes
New York Herald Tribune
Barnes
Wendell Willkie
The
Herald Tribune
Gardner Cowles
Look Magazine
Willkie
Cowles
Roberts
Pearl Harbor
Roose
Brag Your Way To Weight Loss Says Hal Boyle
Hal Boyle argues a knack for dieting is to brag about it, claiming public boasts trigger weight loss without diets or pills. He recalls his own experiment of loudly proclaiming his dieting and watching pounds drop from 204 to 182.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Mohandas Gandhi
State Witness Defendant Now In New Hearing
Curtis Massey, who testified for the state last week in a grocery store holdup slashing, faces a new murder trial. He previously helped convict John E. Shuey and William W. Cain, who each received five years for the January robbery incident. Massey contends Wesley Odom was tampering with his car when he shot him last October.
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Montgomery
Curtis Massey
John E. Shuey
William W. Cain
Massey
Wesley Odom
Odom
Two Are Killed In Collision Of Cars Near Farnsdale
A head on crash on U S Highway 80 near Farnsdale killed 17 year old Nig Wilson and 2 year old passenger Fred Jones Jr. Both victims were Negro. Five members of a Windsor North Carolina white family were injured, including Leroy Jones and his wife who were hospitalized with severe cuts. The couple's three children were not seriously hurt.
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Demopolis
Farnsdale
Alsoo
Windsor
N. C
State Patrol
Nig Wilson
Leroy Jones
U. S. Highway 80
Wilson
Fred Jones
Jones
Seaman Injured In Fall Aboard Tanker
MIAMI A 31 year old seaman Paul P Hogan of Crichton Alabama is hospitalized with critical injuries after falling 300 feet to the deck of the 10,000 ton tanker SS Fredericksburg about 300 miles east of Cape Canaveral Florida. He suffered possible skull and foot fractures head injuries and lacerations. A Coast Guard PBM from St. Petersburg met the vessel and transported Hogan to Pratt General Hospital.
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Miami
Paul P. Hogan
Pratt General Hospital
Fredericksburg
Hogan
Crichton
Ala
Coast Guard
Cape Canaveral
Florida
PBM
St. Petersburg
Craig Field Flier James Brooks Killed In Crash
A Craig Air Force Base aviation cadet named James Edgar Brooks was killed when his F-51 Mustang crashed about a mile southeast of Craig Field during a training flight. Brooks is identified by the base PR office. his mother is listed as Frances W. Barrett, formerly of Bessemer and now in Lincoln Park Michigan.
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Selma
Craig Air Force Base
Craig Field
James Edgar Brooks
Frances W. Barrett
Bessemer
Lincoln Park
Mich
Redwoods’ Red Hue Tied to Unique Chemical Blend
Scientists explain California redwoods acquire their distinctive red color from a unique chemical mix not found in this combination elsewhere in nature. The finding suggests specialized pathways in these trees contributing to their famed hue and may inform broader studies of timber preservation.
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California
Roosevelt devotion and fear of socialism critique
An elderly man reflects on political manipulation and the push to curb socialism. He warns that social programs resemble communist aims and cites manipulation by Roosevelt’s followers as a tragedy, lamenting those who refused him were sidelined.
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Roosevelt
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