Woman to be next U S Treasurer Mrs George N Clark
President Truman plans to name a woman as Treasurer of the United States with Mrs George Neese Clark of Kansas favored for the post. The Kansas Democrat acknowledges interest but says no final decision yet. If appointed she would replace the late William A. Julian, and the move signals broader he support for women in government roles amid his election victory.
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Accard
Washington
White House
Truman
United States
George Neese Clark
Clark
Julian
William A. Julian
Denmark
India Edwards
Democratic National Committee
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Wyoming
Berlin Pact Prospects Seen in Veto Power Shakeup
Western and Soviet aides discuss reviving the Allied command structure in Berlin with talks on limited veto, transferring routine governance to a Berlin city government, and arranging elections for a new all Berlin authority while battles over who collects Berlin garbage loom.
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Acheson
Philadelphia Phillies on weet owl Nations league pc cat
The fragment mentions Philadelphia Phillies and league related terms, suggesting sports context. The readable bits imply a local sports item about team standings or schedule, but the text is garbled, offering no clear outcome, opponent, or date to confirm.
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Philadelphia Phillies
Negroes Vow to Halt Tension Amid City Crisis
A white citizen group and Birmingham officials seek peaceful resolution as tensions rise over civil rights. Commissioner Morgan reports a white citizen committee will meet again next week to find a solution. The NAACP pleaded for federal aid, wiring President Truman and Alabama Governor Folsom, with concerns about civil liberties.
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James W. Morgan
Morgan
Biringham
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Truman
White House
David Niles
NAACP
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Birmingham
Club Operator Pays Big Fine in Georgia Gambling Bust
In Jackson Georgia the Red And Reel club near Stockbridge was ordered abated as a gambling house after a county superior court hearing. Edwin Q Respess of Atlanta was sentenced to 12 months in prison with the sentence suspended on payment of a $1000 fine after pleading guilty to operating a gambling house. Four race track tickets were offered as evidence and tickets showing bets on Miami New Orleans Baltimore and New York were cited. Investigators said several thousand dollars passed through the venue.
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Jackson
Stockbridge
Mince County
Frank B. Willingham
Edwin Q. Respess
Atlanta
Respess
L. L. Hause
Miami
New Orleans
Baltimore
New York
Hause
Pinson Hammond
Neighbor shot in street vigil turns violent feud
Eyewitnesses and Sheriff Humphrey recount a fatal confrontation outside a Moriner store. A nephew allegedly provoked a confrontation, a mirror was thrown, and four then three quick shots rang out. A man identified as W. B. walked away bleeding as bystanders crowded the scene.
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Ashford
Humphrey
Orine
W. B
Dutch ship Shenking sails to Shanghai with passengers
The Shenking departed Saturday for Shanghai carrying a full load of passengers and cargo including at least 25 Chinese cotton mill workers who left Hong Kong to take jobs in Shanghai. President Kilian of American President Lines said communist invitees may draw ships back to Shanghai as President Polk also nears.
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Hong Kong
Shangha
San Francisco
Orient
George Kiliion
President Lines
Polk
General Gordon
Canton
Hospital to Enlarge St Vincent’s in Birmingham
June 4 event at St Vincent’s hospital in Birmingham marked by Most Rev T J Toolen bishop of Mobile as he turned the first spadeful of dirt for a new 1,000,000 wing adding 80 rooms. Bids were opened June 2 and construction is to begin immediately. The hospital is run by the Sisters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul.
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Birmingham
Ala
T. J. Toolen
Mobile
Todey
St. Vincent's Hospital
Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de
Glimpses From Wilimake News Highlight Local Life
Richard Smith, Auburn student, spends summer at home. Dr. and Mrs. Murphree depart for Atlantic City to attend an AMA meeting. then head to New York City. Rabies tests flag a calf and a dog head from Tuscumbia, while Decatur and Florence samples are negative. Anti rabies treatments dispatched to Tuscumbia Florence and Russellville. A grass fire on Fourth Street West causes no loss. Local residents receive hospital transfers home. Memorial Drive Methodist church hosts open house at the parsonage. Church of God in Sherman Street to inaugurate a seven room educational building with first Sunday school classes today. Rev H T Statum notes first classes. Victor Bubbett to receive AB from The Daily News staff. he will attend University of Alabama after Army service and Air Force stint.
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Sherman Street
H. T
Victor Bubbett
Daily News
University of Alabama
Bubbett
Army
Birmingham
Air Force
University
Jailing of Reds Protests Spark Outside Federal Detention
A crowd of about 500 protested outside the federal detention house over the jailing of three top U. S. communists, John Gates, Harry Winston, and Gus Hall, on conspiracy charges. Gates, editor of The Daily Worker, was jailed for contempt after refusing to reveal the identities of a Communist veterans committee.
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Federal House of Detention
U. S
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Harry Winston
Gus Hall
U.S
Gates
The
Daily Worker
Winston
Hall
Communist National Veterans Committee
Harold R. Medina
Circuit Court of Appeals Mondey
Local staffer leaves for Washington post
Linton Burkett of The pane staff departs Friday for Washington DC after accepting a new position. The report notes mild spring weather with a 69 degree low and 90 degree high as recorded locally.
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Pane
Washington, D. C
U. S
TVA
Spy committee probes Russian espionage in industrial sector
The committee identified Mrs Franey as a Bell librarian and Haas as a former Bell and Westinghouse employee now with a research firm. It plans to reveal how the Russian operated and paid cash, feeding phony information on jet aircraft during a first major industrial espionage probe.
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Franey
Bell Company
Hooker Electro-Chemical Company
Haas
Bell and Westinghouse Electric Company
Grandson visits grandparents at Fifth Avenue East
The Morgan sheriff's office reports five arrests for vagrancy late Friday. Mr and Mrs Irving Mitchell of Florence, formerly of Decatur, attended their daughter Wanda Mitchell's graduation at Auburn.
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Fifth’ Avenue East
Morgan Sheriff's Office
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Florence
Decatur
Auburn
Wanda Mitchell
Baldwin Visits On Business In Decatur Area
William A. Baldwin of Decatur was in town on business Saturday. Mrs. R. E. Whittaker and children framed Marylyn from Mobile are visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Armour at 121 Eighth Avenue West.
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Tanner
William A. Baldwin, Decature
R. E. Whittaker
Fr and
Marylyn
Mobile
A. M. Armour
Eighth Avenue West
Stricken Ship Flagship Since Being Towed Near Charleston
The 10,803 ton Flagship Since of the SinK Oil fleet develops a 20 foot flooded engine room after a casing breaks. Coast Guard cutters Macoma Aurora and Blackhaw assist as the vessel, heavily buoyant yet at risk, is towed about 100 miles east of Jacksonville toward Charleston with 42 aboard. If enough water is pumped, she may reach Charleston. otherwise Norfolk is the alternative port.
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S. C
Coast Guard
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Aurora
Sink Oil Company
Marion Moran
J._H Tibbetts
Jacksonville
Norfolk
Tibbetts
Blackhaw
Corpus Christi
Texas
Marcus Hook
Five escapees from prison break as guards bound
Eight tifted as Mike Ables, 34 year old lifer, Holly Starcher captured with him. Four others fled toward the Glen Easton area after using drills and a hack saw to escape. Taylor fought Fritzman over groceries, was shot at, and remaining convicts were flushed from the woods as a full investigation begins. Governor Patteson appointed a special commission to probe the break.
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Holly Starcher
Dennis P. Taylor
Jack Heeney
Donald Wurster
Charles P. Ross
Glen Easton
A Taylor
Floyd Fritzman
Twila
Fritzman
Taylor
Orel Skeen
Jackie James
Okey Patteson
Taft Backers Bet on Narrow GOP Support for Amendments
The proposed amendments expand free speech guarantees for employers and workers, require union and employer oaths against communism, and mandate good faith collective bargaining. Taft and supporters felt relieved upon learning the Democratic leadership plans a compromise far shorter than Taft-Hartley, retaining few of Taft’s features. Democrats count on 6 to 8 Republican defections to muster a Senate majority with several GOP co sponsors.
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Taft
Rayburn
D-Tex
Douglas
Senate
Eisler Escape Ties U S Probe To Polish Liner Batory
The article details Eisler, labeled America’s No 1 communist, escaping to the Soviet zone and later fleeing Britain to Prague. U S authorities interrogate Batory crew amid concerns over government actions and possible retaliation. Officials seek to determine if any helped Eisler while the 14,000 ton liner docks in New York and British authorities release Eisler in Southampton.
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Esperdy
Eisler
John Donovan
U. S
Donovan
Jan Cwiklinsky
Germany
England
House UN- American Activities Committee
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New York
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Justice Department
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Eisleree
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U.S
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Coast Guard
United States
Congress and Co
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Himn
Prague
Seetin
Lorie
Seeton Ee
D-Day Pilot Flies Corps Over Normandy Again
Lt. Richard J. Forman piloted a C-47 with American correspondents over Omaha and Normandy to mark the fifth anniversary of the invasion. Ceremonies were set at St Laurent and St James cemeteries with Montgomery attending Caen events and more tributes planned at Omaha and Utah beaches. The piece notes the peaceful postwar scene, the ongoing graves work, and the large number buried in Normandy and Western Europe.
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Edward D. Ball
Omaha Beach
France
Richard J. Forman
Omaha
Neb
Forman
EMS
St. Laurent
Lord Montgomery
Caen
Utah Beach
Charley
Easy Green
St. James
Europe
Markets Sink to Postwar Lows as Week Ends Down
The New York stock market endured its saddest week since last November with total declines near 2 billion dollars in value. Prices fell through resistance points, hit a 1948 low, then steadied briefly Friday before closing near the 1948 bottom. A break of 1946 48 laws could trigger a sharp reaction.
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New York
Wall Street
Markets at a Glance Chicago Wheat Firm Cash Markets Higher
Wheat firm with cash markets higher in Chicago. Corn steady as large quantities enter government loan programs. Oats steady along with other grains. Cattle nominally steady amid mixed demand.
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Chicago
Wheat leads advance on Chicago grain board
Wheat futures rose after a slow start with the July contract leading gains of about a penny at times. Corn and oats edged higher and other grains held steady as soybeans slipped modestly while lard eased. July prices listed: wheat 1.88 5/8, corn 1.29 3/4, oats 5.53 4, rye 1.33 4, soybeans 2.17 1/2, lard 11.20 per hundred pounds.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Doctors walkout stirs controversy amid graft allegations
Dewishan and Forrester defend administrative gains while the governor mediates a tense clash. Thirteen doctors, all but two over 70, signed a walkout ultimatum and may resign, with replacements possible and emergency-duty coverage for about two weeks. Talmadge pledges continued probe into the dispute.
Medical groups push voluntary prepaid plans under medical society supervision
The organized medicine groups back a voluntary pre payment plan overseen by state medical societies saying the Truman plan would regiment medical practice, make doctors clock watchers, and lower care quality. Truman backers argue pay as you go would expand access. The plan includes about 300 technical reports and exhibits on medical advances and education including color television surgery education and a rheumatic disease movie outline.
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United States
Truman
Bond Issues Dominate North Carolina Election Results
In North Carolina, voters approved a 200 million dollar road bond and a 25 million dollar school bond as returns from 1,539 precincts showed road bonds leading 173,113 to 164,030 and school bonds ahead 216,624 to 110,938. The vote also upheld a one-cent gas tax increase tied to bond approval. Governor Scott had pressed for broader road and school funding.
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Raleigh
N. C
W. Kerr Scott
Charlotte
General Assembly
North Carolina
Scott
Legislature battles over revenue bills and spending curbs
The Senate considers 60 measures to tighten appropriations across departments including docks revenue liquor control prison and agriculture while the House Ways and Means committees prepare to revisit administration revenue bills next week Gov Folsom faces proposals to curb emergency and contingent funds and to require a three member ABC board with a governor appointed chair and impeachment removal.
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Senate
House
Ways and Means Committee
Folsom
Revenue Department
Liquor Control Board
Prison Department
Agriculture Department
ABC
Appeals Reset Life Sentences For Pope And Woodard
In 1947 Robert Both Pope and Woodard received life terms but an upheld appeal reset their trials. Pope is held on a $5000 appearance bond at seven, with no bond while he pursues the appeal. St. John notes a portion of Woodard’s sentence has been reconsidered. prosecution was directed by Circuit Solicitor George Johnson and Julian Bland, Cullman solicitor.
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Woodard
St. John
George Johnson Circuit
Julian Bland
Cullman Solici
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