Weather and social notes from North Alabama region
Cloudy with showers tonight and Tuesday with cooler conditions in the north. North coast winds shift to northerly by Tuesday. Huntsville and Decatur hosts greet visitors as local officials and business leaders plan speeches and remodeling projects. James E. Folsom to address North Birmingham Chamber on tax policy and progress.
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North
Mitte
James E. Folsom
Cullman
Alabama
North Birmingham
Athens Studies Gas Line Bids
Paterson-Holmes of Birmingham submitted the low labor bid of 245293.25 for Athens natural gas distribution work. The city will supply materials estimated at about 246000 and Mayor Elmer Vinson authorized him to sign the contract for labor. City officials were compiling bids at noon with Hartselle bid opening due this afternoon.
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Athens
Paterson-Holmes
Birmingham
Elmer Vinson
Hartselle
Alabama-Tennessee Natural Gas Company
Vinson
Allies Beat Off Attack Of Reds In Driving Rain
Allied troops fought through heavy rain toward a main North Korean redoubt and repelled Red counterattacks as U N forces pushed in a tough front. The offensive targeted the Chorwon Kumhwa and Pyonggang triangle while Lt. Gen. Van Fleet said the pursuit would continue.
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Tokyo
North Korea
United Nations
U. N
U.N
Yonchon
Kansong
Iron Triangle
Chorwon
Kumhwa
Pyonggang
Yongpyong
Yongong
38Th Parallel
Hwachon
James A. van Fleet
van Fleet
Eighth Army
Reds Conviction Upheld By Supreme Court Today
The Supreme Court upheld the conspiracy conviction of 11 top American communists. The leaders, John Williamson, Jacob Stachel, Robert Thompson, Benjamin Davis Jr, Henry Winston, John Gates, Irving Potash, Gilbert Green, Carl Winter, and Gus Hall, had been free on bonds of $20 000 to $30 000.
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Washington
Supreme Court
America
John 8. Williamson
Jacob Stachel
Robert G. Thompson
Benjamin J. Davis Jr
Henry Winston
John Gates
Irving Potash
Gilbert Green
Carl Winter
Gus Hall
Chemstrand to Produce Nylon and Acrylic Fibers
Chemstrand Corp. will produce 50 million pounds of nylon fibers annually under a license with Du Pont. The agreement makes Chemstrand the first licensed nylon producer in the United States and allows fabrication of both continuous filament and staple nylon fiber.
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Philadelphia
Osborne Bezanson
Chemstrand Corp
Chemstrand
U. S
Bezanson
C. H. Greenewalt
E. L. du Pont de Nemours & Co
Chemstrand-Du Pont
Chemstrand Corporation
American Viscose, Corporation
Monsanto Chemical Company
St. Louis
Traffic Lights Approved at Four City Intersections
The City Council authorizes the Electric Department to install traffic signals at four street intersections including Second Avenue with Lee and Ferry Streets at Davis, Ferry and at First Avenue with Lee Street. Corner signals also planned at Bank and Church Streets. Shipment of the ordered equipment is anticipated.
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Electric Department
Second Avenue
Lee
Ferry Streets
Davis
Ferry Street
First Avenue
Lee Street
Bank
Church Streets
Cab Driver Is Knife Victim in Athens
Athens cab driver Clifford Jarrett was stabbed after an argument over a cab ride at the Courtesy Sandwich Shop. Paroled burglar J. W. Arthur Fisk Jr., 21, is wanted on an assault with intent to murder charge and fled after the incident. Fisk previously served four years for burglary and grand larceny and received a January 1951 parole.
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Athens
John Sandlin
Clifford Jarrett
J. W
Arthur” Fisk Jr
Sandlin
Fisk
Redstone Arsenal
Penitentia
Jarrett
Free greetings for GI in Korea possible from home
Tokyo dispatch reports a 45 minute Sunday program of messages beamed to United Nations forces in Korea. Messages may be mailed to Tokyo Armed Forces Radio Service APO 500 c/o Postmaster San Francisco.
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Tokyo
Korea
The
Armed Forces Ratio
United Nations Forces
Oil Company Offers Envoys in Iran Oil Crisis Talks
The Anglo Iranian Oil Company offered to send representatives to Tehran for full talks with Iran over nationalization. U S Ambassador Grady hailed the move as a hopeful step toward a fair solution, while Tehran called the offer an acceptance of Iran taking over the oil properties. The company reserved its legal rights and did not specify negotiable points. Mossadegh would only negotiate with Iran’s terms, not British officials, and a diplomatic mixup surfaced involving letters from President Truman.
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Tehran
Iran
U. S
Henry F. Grady
Hussein Fatemi
AIOC
Iiran
Grady
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
Senate
Britain
U.S
Truman
Clement R. Attlee
Attlee
State Department
Washington
Oil
Senator Butler's Publicity Man Fined For Law Violation
Jon M. Jonkel a 35 year old public relations man from Chicago was fined 5000 for violating Maryland election laws as campaign manager for Senator Butler. He pleaded guilty to six charges and was told he could have faced 6000 in fines and up to 12 years in prison. The case stemmed from Butler's bid against Millard E. Tydings last year.
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Baltimore
Jon M. Jonkel
Chicago
Maryland
Senator Butler
Jonkel
Joseph Sherbow
G. C. A. Anderson
Butler
Millard E. Tydings
Tydings
Sokeena
Sinai
Anderson
Big Guns From All Segments Of American Life Fight Over Economic Controls
Washington, June 4. Leaders from labor, industry, agriculture and government press for continuation or expansion of the defense production act as June 30 deadline nears. Union chief Walter Reuther urges price and wage measures in a broader sacrifice program while critics urge cheaper controls or none at all. Budget and inflation worries fuel hearings led by the Senate and House banking committees.
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Joseph Goodwin
Washington
Congress
Truman
Walter P. Reuther
United Automobile Workers (Cio) Union
Reuther
Senate Banking Committee
House
New York
Charles E. Wilson
America
New York University
Wilson
Stanley H. Ruttenberg
CIO
Education and Research
Senate Committee
House Banking Committee
Bennett
Utah
Moody
D-Mich
Josef Stalin
Chester Bowles
Atomic Bomb Uncertainty Reflected in Yalta Comment
Secretary of State Acheson testified that the United States did not know if it possessed an atomic bomb at the 1945 Yalta signing. He cited this while discussing Far Eastern policy and the dismissal of General MacArthur, noting debates over Soviet entry into the war and Chiang Kai Shek's government.
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Washington
Acheson
United States
Yalta
Japan
Orient
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
Far Eastern
Henry A. Wallace
Chiang Kai Shek
Chiang
China
Russia
Manchuria
Pacific
Roosevelt
Churchill
Britain
Stalin
Alabama Signs Direct Traffic To Korean Front
The 1343rd engineer combat battalion of the Alabama National Guard serving with X corps on the Korean front posts metal Alabama shaped signs along dusty roads to guide traffic and speed ammunition supply to artillery units.
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Alabama
Alabama National Guard
X Corps
Flaming Central
Korea
Appraisals Open Court Hearing in Morgan Circuit
A Morgan circuit court special session opened to hear appeals over U S 31 right of way condemnation. Judge Newton B Powell noted 35 more veniremen must be drawn as only 29 of 60 appeared. Proceedings feature Sue Holmes appealing a 25 award with Elmer Nix counsel. Witness H D Barnum, state Highway Dept engineer, testified alongside Herschel McCluskey.
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Morgan Circuit Court
U. S
Newton B. Powell
Powell
Sue Holmes
Elmer Nix
Norman
Julian Harris
H. D. Barnum
Decatur
State Highway Department
Herschel McCluskey
State
Montgomery
Charlie R. Day
Hartselle
James Howard Day
Maurice Dean
Ninth Avenue East
Degatur
James Edward Duncan
O'Neal Garner
Somerville
Asbury S. Holt
Lewis B. Holloway
Hart
Catholic Chaplain Receives Last Rites From Baptist Comrade
In Indianapolis report Lt. Cornelius J. Griffin a Catholic Navy chaplain given last rites by Baptist chaplain H Craven after serving near the Chosin reservoir. The ambulance was hit. Sgt. Matthew Caruso died shielding Griffin. The priest suffered severe injuries to jaw and arm as Craven administered rites.
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Indianapolis
Korea
Cornelius J. Griffin
Chosin Reservoir
Matthew Caruso
Rocky Hill
Conn
Father Griffin
H. Craven
New jet to enter fighting zone soon, Air Force says
Maj. Gen. D. L. Putt announced production of a jet fighter superior to the MIG 15 has begun. The Air Force director of research and development said the model is not yet in combat because it is not available.
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Washington
Korea
D. L. Putt
Putt
Air Force
Curb Market in Decatur Faces Possible Closure
The Decatur curb market may close as seller and curbmaster Mrs. A M Barran plans to resign for health reasons. Drought has reduced seller numbers and officials fear the market could shut during the emergency. A drive to keep it open was organized and Chamber of Commerce contact urged.
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Decatur
A. M. Barran
Chamber of Commerce
Quickies by Ken Reynolds
Short humorous item by Ken Reynolds notes readers must respond to a daily want ad, with a playful tease about matching responses and expectations.
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Quickies
Ken Reynolds
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William Fowler
Phillip Humphrey
Huntsville
Defense Department
Pfc
William K. Allred
Hanceville 3
Neysa Cowan
Donald G. Holmes
Ninth Avenue West
Florida
John A. Caddell
University of Alabama
J. T. Jones
Ferry and
Walnut Streets
Sam H. Jackson
Hartselle 2
H. L. Long
Decatur 1
Florence Gill
Union Grove
Athens Studies
M. A. Yarbrough
Mr. O’possum
Nylon
DuPont
Arsenal
Oil Company
Envoy
Gray
By Fred Zuly
Sherbow
Far East
Curb Market
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