Eisenhower speech stirs Republican campaign hopes in 1952
Senators Taft and allies weigh the general's remarks on steel seizures civil rights and farm prices while critics say the speech was broad. Taft plans to answer questions in Buckhannon W Va, and other Republicans call for clearer specifics on the Democratic record and future policy.
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Douglas Cornell
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Abilene
Kaw
Taft
Buckhannon
W. Va
Eisenhower
Public Utility Sees Higher Rates To Cover Costs
Southern Bell Alabama manager S H Youngblood says regulated rates must reflect increased wages and costs. The new contract will add about 1 299 000 dollars annually to Alabama costs, affecting more than 5 000 employees in the state. He warns the added expense will leave Alabama earnings inadequate.
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Southern Bell
Alabama
S. H. Youngblood
Mr. Youngblood
Foreigners Keep Scarab Imitations After Egyptian Use Ends
After Egypt ceased using scarabs by the end of the 26th dynasty, outsiders continued producing imitations, preserving the artifact's symbolic appeal and ornamental value for broader markets and display.
Amusements listings and feature film showtimes
The page lists multiple cinema venues with film titles and showtimes including Princess Farley Granger Shelley Winters Blue Veil Jane Wyman You Never Can Tell Is Powell Peggy Dow and more at ROXY SUNSET STRAND HATFIELD MARS.
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Powell
Peggy Dow
Taft Still Has Slight S. D. Lead
Taft held a 591 vote edge over Eisenhower in South Dakota’s Republican primary with 16 precincts left to count. Taft 64 703. Eisenhower 64 118. Mickelson said the official canvass could alter the result and refused to concede.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
South Dakota
Taft
George T. Mickelson
Eisenhower
Perkins County
Brookings County
Mickelson
Ohioan
Four Cicero Officials Convicted in Civil Rights Rioting Case
A federal jury found Cicero Village Attorney Nicholas Berkos and Police Chief Erwin Konovsky along with Officers Roland Brami and Frank Lange guilty of civil rights offenses tied to July rioting when a Black family tried to move into a 20 unit building in the all white suburb. The disturbances left dozens hurt and led to National Guardsmen deployment.
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Chicago
Cicero
Erwin Konovsky
Roland Brami
Frank A. Lange
Nicholas Berkos
Harvey E. Clark Jr
Kefauver Leads Democratic Victory in Tennessee Convention
Estes Kefauver won all 68 convention delegates, defeating the pro administration slate. The statewide vote counted from 19,397 precincts shows Kefauver with 1,123,375 votes to Brown's 476,203 as leaders courted Eisenhower era campaigns and factions within Taft Werdel divisions.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Werder
Taft
Warren
Warren-Werdel
Werdel
Tennessee
Estes Kefauver
Kefauvel
Brown
Still No. 32 Taken In Morgan County Raid
Morgan County authorities raided a moonshine operation two miles northeast of Valdermosa yesterday afternoon. Sheriff John McCutcheon and Deputy Wilbur Abercrombie led the action, with the factory identified as run by 50 kn and Carlos Nelson.
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Morgan County
ABC
Sheriff's
Valdermosa
Carlos Nelson
John McCutcheor
Wilbur Abercrombie
Community Briefs Highlight Permits and Local News
A building permit was issued to W. H. Isbell for an addition at 1709 Fifth Avenue East with an estimated cost of 3500 dollars. May yielded twenty five marriage licenses from the Morgan county Judge of Probate. Sheriff and Mrs. John McCutcheon and Deputy Wilbur Abercrombie left for Montgomery on a business trip. A highway patrol arrest occurred for reckless driving. Visiting El Paso relatives stay with the Pettits in Hartselle. Tennessee river stage readings at 7 AM show changes through midnight Friday with variances across Guntersville Whitesburg Decatur Wilson Florence.
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W. H. Isbell
Fifth Avenue East
Morgan County
Judge of Probate
John McCutcheon
Wilbur Abercrombie
Montgomery
Tennessee River
U. S. Weather Bureau
Knoxville
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Decatur
Wilson
Florence
Loyalty Day observed at Southside Baptist Church
Weather notes from TVA sub station report yesterday highs of 89 at 1 P M and 87 at noon today with .32 inch rainfall through 7 A M. Local notices include visits from J C Barker and Mrs Williamson, revival plans at Northside Baptist Church June 15, and group worship events at First Methodist First Presbyterian and Assembly of God.
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TVA
First Methodist
First Presbyterian Churches
First Presbyterian Church
P. D. Wilson
Two Unions In Dispute Here
More than 100 men idle at the Chemstrand plant after walking off the job yesterday at 1 P M. Daniel Construction workers in Carpenter's Local 1274 are involved in a jurisdictional dispute with Millwrights over who should perform a certain type of work. Chemstrand has appealed to the Labor Department jurisdictional award board in Washington. All other work at the plant continues as usual.
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Chemstrand
Daniel Construction Company
Carpenter’s Local 1274
Carpenters and Millwrights
Labor Department
Washington
Howle Appears Close Winner in Fourth District Race
Tom Blake Howle of Anniston led in a tight Fourth District Democratic convention delegate race with 6,768 votes to Ira Armstrong’s 6,374 as 10 of 244 boxes remained. The tally left the state delegation split with seven for Russell, seven for Kefauver, and eight uncommitted. Annie Lola Price won a six year term on the Alabama Court of Appeals with 81,987 votes.
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Birmingham
Tom Blake Howle
Anniston
Sen
Russell
Howle
Ira Armstrong
Talladega
Ala
Armstrong
Georgia
Kefauver
Annie Lola Price
Alabama Court of Appeals
Price
George Johnson
Athens
Senate-House Talks On Economic Controls Bill Stalled
Senate debated the economic controls extension, rejecting amendments 57 to 22 and 49 to 29. House leaders anticipate approval of a $6.4 billion foreign aid bill. Supreme Court ruling on Truman steel seizure delays measures to curb executive action.
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Senate
McCarthy
Sen
Capehart
R-Ind
Congress
House
Senate House
Supreme Court
Truman
Eisenhower Slams One-Party Rule In Rain Soaked Speech
In a rain battered Eisenhower Park rally 5 000 to 6 000 hear the former president warn that political health suffers when a single party stays in power too long. He argues corruption and inefficiency follow entrenched rule as crowds endure a brief downpour after his 25 minute address near the proposed museum site.
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Eisenhower
Democratic Party
Taft
Rep
Reece
Tennessee
Sen
Wiley
Wisconsin
GOP
Eisenhower Park
Eisenhower Museum
Allied pledge of voluntary repatriation falters
Nam objects to the U N repatriation plan calling it "utterly bankrupt" and says it violates the Geneva Convention as prisoners are to return home. The statement frames the plan as unlawful and risky for detainees.
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Ciple
Nam
U. N
Skirmish Day on Korean Front Sees Light Patrol Action
Allied and Communist patrols clashed in spread out fire exchanges on a quiet day in the Korean War. Central front units met in small groups of about 30 to 40 men while Western front units saw no significant contact.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
U N. conduct of repatriation questioned in arms talk
Harrison pressed that Allied insistence on unconditional repatriation mirrors a barbarous price for armistice. He urged a UN led plan to rescreen prisoners after an armistice, while opposing forced returns at bayonet point.
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United Nations
Harrison
U. N
Bloodmobile Visit Nets 48 Pints In Falkville
The Red Cross bloodmobile stopped at Falkville High School gym yesterday and collected 48 pints of blood from donors in Falkville and nearby Massey Lacon Eva and Cold Springs communities.
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Falkville
Massey
Lacon
Eva
Cold Springs
Red Cross
Falkville High School
Corzine Begins Term In Kilby
Fred Corzine 62 was moved to Kilby penitentiary after pleading guilty to peddling without a license and false pretense in a swindle case involving a Hartselle resident. He admitted dozens of con stunts in about 40 states and faces a 90 day sentence. Cullman authorities hold a warrant for another swindling charge.
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Fred Corzine
Hartselle
Kilby Penitentiary
Corzine
W. H. Long
Cullman
Memphis
Tennessee
Tong
McClure Rites Slated Friday
Funeral services for Joseph Ed ward McClure 73 will be Friday at 10 30 A M at Southside Baptist Church with Rev W J Johnson and Rev Grover C Walker officiating. Interment will be in city cemetery. He died after a long illness at Decatur General Hospital Wednesday. Survivors include his wife Edith McClure a daughter and his brother with nephews named as pallbearers.
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Joseph Edward McClure
Ninth Street East
Southside Baptist Church
W. J. Johnson
Grover C. Walker
City Cemetery
Brown
McClure
Decatur General Hospital
Nettie McClure
Decatur
Edith McClure
Bob McClure
Hanceville
W. C. Hamilton
Olen Hamilton
O. J. Hamilton
Donald Harbinson
Alys Harbinson
Neville Oden
Truman comments on Europe tour and 1948 politics
President Truman said he does not expect war in Europe this summer and would cancel a planned European tour with his daughter if war began. He noted no political implications in weekend plans with J Howard McGrath and discussed Kefauver talks while reaffirming his neutral stance in the Democratic nomination.
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Europe
Margaret
Knowland
California
Truman
New England
J. Howard McGrath
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
McGrath
McGrath's
Kefauver
General Grow in total war diary record details
The text notes that the war is total and requires all weapons. It mentions sending overseas personnel to keep diaries or records on military matters. It states a 56 year old Grow faces five years confinement dismissal and forfeiture of pay and allowances.
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Eeesonnel
Grow
Farm Markets Report From Decatur Yard
Middling cotton at 38.50 cents, strict low 37.00. No 2 mile at 3.10 dollars. No 2 wheat new crop 2.17. No 2 oats new crop 78 cents. No 2 yellow ear corn 1.83. Hogs price in Decatur 20.75 cents.
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Decatur
North Georgia live poultry market steady with ample supplies
The North Georgia live poultry market remained steady with a confident under tone and ample supplies for fair to good demand. Prices at farm for broilers under 3 1 2 lbs were 24 to 25 1 2 cents, mostly 24 25 cents over the 24 hour period ending 10 A M today.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Market Report From Nashville Livestock Auction
Federal-State-Cattle 75 reports receipts sufficient to test prices. 850 lb steers 32.00. Utility cows 16.00-22.00. Calves 150. Good to prime 31.00-36. Latter tops assorted prime. Hogs 450. Choice 190-230 barrows 20.75-21.00. 240-290 19.75. 150-180 19.25-19.50. Choice sows 18.50. Sheep 350. Early supply hardly sufficient for prices. Spring lambs 70-94, bulk 30.25-30.50.
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Nashville
Tenn
Truman Faces Steel Strike as Court Returns Mills to Owners
President Truman urged a questioner to read the Constitution and said no message to Congress is planned about the steel dispute. The strike enters its fourth day after a court decision returned mills to their owners, with Congress examining new strike curbs. Philip Murray leads CIO and Steelworkers in the dispute.
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Congress
Philip Murray
CIO
Idle total soars as steel strike widens in United States
Unemployment in allied industries nears 100,000 as a CIO United Steelworkers strike enters its fourth day. Executives from major steel firms meet union leaders in Washington for renewed peace talks while 9,000 Pennsylvania Railroad employees are furloughed.
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Pittsburgh
Allied Industries
CIO
United Steelworkers
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Steelworkers Idle Nationwide As White House Talks Falter
Union leaders were summoned to White House talks with John R. Steelman on the steel dispute. Officials said no fresh plan was known. The wage and price increase for steel are at issue. Nearly 750,000 workers were idled, including 650,000 steel workers and about 100,000 others in coal mines, railroads, shipping and docks serving mills. Sen Maybank proposed ending large strikes.
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Fresh Plan
Sen. Maybank
D-Sc
Two Hurt In Chain Collision In Limestone County
Two people were slightly injured when a car collided head on with another, knocked down mailboxes, and plowed into a roadside bank along U S 31 five miles south of Athens Limestone County. Stella Daniel 44 of Athens and Robert Tweedy 20 Courtland were among the injured.
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Limestone County
Carl Edgemon
Robert H. Tweedy
Courtland
Carloyn Carey
East Vine Street
U. S. 31
Athens
Edgemon
Stella Mae Daniel
Tweedy
Miss Carey
Chevrolet
Catur General Hospital
Morgan County
Alabama
Decatur
James N. Daniel
Courtland 1
J. W. Hamilton
Hillsboro
Daniel
J. E. Tucker
Horace Butler
Eisenhower presses western unity and labor stance in campaign
General Avers outlines foreign policy limits and commitment to Western Europe against Communism. He says peace and security are core, supports social gains from labor, opposes coercive labor law, and stresses leadership and state action over federal compulsion.
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Eisenhower
Western
Europe
United States
West Point
East West siege of Radio Berlin continues for third day
In the British sector British troops and German police maintain the Ra dio Berlin siege. The station run by German Communists stays on air. Red army guards block the Berlin highway while traffic mostly resumes. An American MP jeep slipped through by mistake.
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Radio
Berlin
Red Army
U. S
Wilfred R. Chenevert
Northy Grafton
Mass
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St. Augustine
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Grant Street
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Washington St
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Fort Benning
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Fort Pierce, Fla
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Decatur 3
Ellis-Meyer Hospital
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Peabody
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Young Artists Management
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Athens 5
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Sixth Avenue East
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Austinville
Flint Road
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Order of DeMolay
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Kilby
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Vivian Baker
E. Moulton St
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White House
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