May Police Report Totals Numerous Arrests and Investigations
May records show the Thity Police Department handled 194 cases with 59 drunks and 23 disorderly conduct arrests topping the list. The department logged 299 public service investigations covering stolen articles to wrecks and lost property, plus notable incidents including a Wofford Oil Co burglary and a city stairwell fight.
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Thity Police Department
Whitmire
Fort . R
Ninteen
Wofford Oil Co
Labor Bill Delay Seen In Washington
President Truman’s emergency strike control bill faces delay as the House Rules Committee considers how to proceed after the Senate stripped the controversial strike draft section. Rep Marcantonio warned he will object if needed, with next week likely for action. The measure would allow the president to seize essential strike bound industries, costing workers in those plants their job rights without the drafted work provision sought by Truman.
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Washington
Truman
House Rules Committee
House
Senate
Rules Committee
Marcantonio
Al.-N.y
Rules
White House
Chamber
White primary plea from Bilbo targets black voting
Senator Theodore Bilbo urges opponents to join him in blocking Negroes from voting in the July 2 Democratic primary as he seeks renomination. He condemns Governor Ellis Arnall and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and denounces 81 Negroes voting in a Pass Christian municipal election.
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Greenwood
Miss
Theodore G. Bilbo
Southland
Bilbo
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pass Jan
Beta Sigma Phi to Sponsor Dance at Armory
Decatur sorority Beta Sigma Phi will sponsor a dance at the armory Friday night from 9 to 12. Miss Janaerel Houser announced Mack and his 12 piece band will provide the music. Advance tickets are on sale from sorority members at city stores.
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Beta Sigma Phi
Decatur
Armory
Janaerel Houser
Mack
City Oir
Glass and Gardner Attend Ki Convention in Atlantic City
Rev. W. W. Glass and B. T. Gardner left Thursday for Atlantic City to attend the Ki International convention. They travel with Mrs. Glass and Ruth Glass as chaperones and supporters of their delegation.
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W. W.glass
B. T. Gardner
Atlantic City
N. J
Ki= International
Glass
Ruth
Felstan Wade Bo
Truman presses for cooling of ship labor dispute
President Truman urged CIO maritime unions and employers to settle the standoff through collective bargaining. CIO unions ran full page ads claiming a strike threat would vanish if ship operators offered a shorter work week and higher wages. AFL stop-work meetings were announced after Harry Lundeberg criticized the Labor Department for delaying shipowners in Washington.
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Tor Hill
Truman
CIO
AFL
Harry Lundeberg
San Francisco
AFL Seafarers International Union
Sailors Union of the- Pacific
Labor Department
Washington
Montevallo Accepts Veterans for Summer Enrollment
Montevallo Alabama June 6 Py Alabama College will enroll veterans in the summer session by request of Gov Chauncey Sparks President A F Harman announced. Veterans must arrange off campus housing as dormitories are reserved for women. Decision on fall session admissions to follow.
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Montevallo
Ala
Alabama College
Chauncey Sparks
A.F. Harman
Harman
Gil
Markets Rally as Rail Stocks Lead Broad Comeback
New York June 6 rail way stocks attracted bids on the idea they were oversold and helped seed a selective rebound. By midday losses were trimmed to modest gains and late quotes were mixed. Transfers for the day ran around 1 000 000 shares amid a cautious mood with labor and price control concerns weighing on the market.
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New York
Wall Streets
Markets at a Glance New York and Chicago
Markets at a glance report irregular stock action with rails leading a selective comeback. Bonds show narrow gains, utilities and industrials improve. Cotton falls with New Orleans selling. Chicago wheat steady at ceilings, corn unchanged to 5 cents higher, oats up then eroded by profit taking. Hogs steady with top and cattle steady but selective with highs near 17.85.
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New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Salvation Army Plans Two Vacation Bible Schools in City
The Salvation Army announces two daily vacation Bible schools in the city. The first starts Friday June 7 at 9 00 A M in Peoples church and the second runs June 17 to 21 at South Town Hall from 9 00 to 11 30 A M daily. Certificates will be awarded at graduation. Captain Fuller sets enrollment goal at 300. 233 attended last year.
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Salvation Army
Peoples Church
South Town Hall
Fuller
Army
Georgia Accuses Railroads in Supreme Court Case
Georgia claims Southern and Eastern railroads discriminate against the South in freight rates. William H. Swiggart, vice president and general counsel of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, said the remarks today as the state pursues its suit before the U S Supreme Court.
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New York
State of Georgia
U. S. Supreme Court
Southern
Eastern
William H. Swiggart
Nashville, Chattanooga and
German royal jewels vanish from Kronberg castle
German royal jewels valued at 1.5 million dollars disappeared from Kronberg castle storage near Frankfurt. An official announcement hinted Americans were suspected of the theft. The House of Hesse complained the jewels had been in storage for almost two years.
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Frankfurt
Germany
House of Hess
Kronberg
Moselem League Council Backs Cabinet Mission Plans
All India radio broadcast via Reuters reports the Moselem League Council voted by a large majority to support the British cabinet mission proposals for Indian independence.
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PLAN
London
All- India Radio
Reuters
Moselem League Council
Cotton futures decline as last-hour buying lifts prices
Short covering and mill buying push cotton futures near day’s highs in New York trading. July to March contracts end the session with mixed moves, nearby levels around 28.24 to 28.70, with Middling spot at 28.84 on the off market.
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New York
Essien
Nashville Livestock Market Report June 6
Nashville Livestock Market announces June 6 sales with updates from Federal and State Departments of Agriculture. Cattle and hogs noted in prices, market conditions, and buyers' activity at Nashville.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal
State Departments of Agri
Market Report Cattle Hogs and Sheep Steady with Undertone Strong
Cattle 100 head with few cows and bulls steady from Wednesday's close. canner and cutter cows 7.00 to 9.50, common to medium beef cows 10.00 to 12.50, no steers or heifers sold early. Hogs 200 head active and steady, good and choice barrows and gilts 14.55 ceiling, under 120 pounds 13.25, sows 13.80. Sheep 600 head, market not established, undertone strong.
Spot Cotton Holds Steady in New Orleans Trade
Spot cotton in New Orleans on June 6 closed steady with sales at 248 bales. Prices listed at low middling 22.75, middling 28.00, good middling 28.40. Receipts 1,480 bales and stocks 260,293 bales.
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New Orleans
Decatur area notes and court dockets report
Trinity's C Alexander visits Decatur on business. DeMolay Commandry No 14 Knights Templar meets at 7 30 tonight. Two disorderly conduct cases lose bonds, one case dismissed, one running over a fire hose bond forfeited. Rotary club plans softball at Delano park. Births announced at Decatur General Hospital. Several hospital admissions and discharges noted. A Bethlehem singing event and other local notices listed.
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Knights Templar
Wrecks Cause Slight Damage in Decatur Streets
Police report two separate wrecks in Decatur resulted in only slight damage and no injuries. A Baggett Transfer truck and a 1929 model A Ford collided at Wilson Avenue and Canal Street at 8 10 this morning. a second crash at Johnston Street and Second Avenue involved Dalton Terry and Leo Johnson with Johnson arrested for driving while intoxicated.
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Decatur
Woodrow Moore
Wilson Avenue
Canal Street
Parker, Coker
Kennedy
W. P. Waitt
Decature
Wells Street
Moore
Dalton Terry
Decatur 2
Leo Johnson
Johnston Street
Second Avenue
Johnson
Moore and Weir
Terry
Weston Johnston Street
Conferees Aim Quick Accord on Teen Age Provision
Draft act notes conferees expect little difficulty bridging most differences while the teen age provision remains the main hurdle. Key negotiators from the panel anticipate a rapid compromise once the section is resolved.
Nazi Plot to Rearm Revealed in Krupp Records
Confiscated Allied records show a secret 1920 loan of 48 million marks to Krupp by a former Reich chancellor and finance minister. A letter from Joseph Wirth, recovered in Essen, links funds to Krupp and Bofors shares via Amsterdam custodia accounts and Stockholm dividends, signaling a hidden alliance to restore German military might.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Weimar Republic
Hitler
Krupp’s
Joseph Wirth
Krupp
Essen
Wirth
Alliefs
Mendelssohn and Company
Berlin
Custodia
Amsterdam
Stockholm
Bofors
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen Und Halbach
Alfred
Mrs. Irene Kimbrel Dies After Short Illness
Mrs Irene Kimbrel 37 of Trinity died at Decatur General hospital after a brief illness. Survived by husband Garth Kimbrel, daughter Peggy Garth Kimbrel, her parents Mr and Mrs J M Beams of Trinity, one brother Joe Beams of Decatur, and three sisters Mrs Marvin Rivers of Decatur Mrs C D Sims of Trinity and Mrs J C Pearce of Sheffield. Funeral arrangements announced by Howell Funeral home.
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Irene Kimbrel
Trinity
Decatur General Hospital
Garth Kimbrel
Peggy Garth
Kimbrel
J. M. Beams
Joe Beams
Decatur
Marvin Rivers
C.d.—Sims
J. C. Pearce
Sheffield
Howell Funeral Home
Funeral Rites Planned for Mrs Eula Tuder Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Eula Tuder 32 who died yesterday afternoon at Decatur will be held at 2 30 today at the Friendship church with Rev Jasper Kelly officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining Peck cemetery Somerville kin listed include husband Elbert Tuder three daughters Marcoline Betty Jean Lorine two sons Charles Edward and Elbert Tuder Jr mother Mrs Bonnie Cook two sisters Mrs Otto Gilchrist Miss Louise Cook one brother Austin Cook all of Somerville Pallbearers are Floyd Houser Quinton Houser Ralph Atkins Holland Atkins Junior Winton and Buddy Williams.
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Eula Tuder
Decatur
Friendship Church
Jasper. Kelly
Peck
Hartselle
Elbert Tuder
Somerville
Marcoline
Betty Jean
Lorine Tuder
Charles Edward
Elbert Tuder Jr
Bonnie’ Cook
Canal plan would expand TVA program to Tombigbee valley
Lt Gen Wheeler testified that a Tennessee Tombigbee waterway could yield about 6.25 million dollars in annual benefits with 5.05 million in potential freight savings. The project would connect the Tombigbee with Pickwick Lake and include straightening and deepening to Demopolis Alabama as part of an intercoastal canal link to Mobile and New Orleans.
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TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tombigbee Valley
Pickwick Lake
Tennessee
Demopolis
Ala
Alabama
Gulf of Mexico
Mobile River
Mobile
New Orleans
Petrillo to Get Public Relations Help to Rehabilitate Image
The American Federation of Musicians plans a no expense educational campaign to defend president James C. Petrillo against being labeled a czar or dictator. A convention committee will submit the resolution after officers are elected. Delegates have one full day of sessions left before scattering Saturday.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
James C. Petrillo Aczor
American Federation of Musicians
Retainers Win Pay Rise In Historic Royal Household Pact
King George's coachmen footmen valets and other retainers secured weekly pay increases averaging four dollars. The first collective bargaining by royal household workers unionized 280 members, with the British treasury approving a wage agreement covering Buckinghame Windsor castle and Magibosbugs.
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London
King George's
Royal Household
Civil Service Union
British Treasury
Buckinghame
Windsor Castle
Magibosbugs
Bankhead Shows Slight Improvement After Stroke
Bethesda Naval Hospital reports Senator Bankhead of Alabama has improved slightly on the 13th day after his stroke. The update suggests continued but slow recovery with cautious outlook. The article also notes a stray humor line about camels and water intake.
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Bankhead
Washington
D-Ala
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Slanderous Ear-Pinching Punishments in Elizabethan England
In Elizabethan England, those found guilty of slander were exposed in the pillory and had their ears nailed back as punishment, a public shaming designed to deter similar offenses. The practice reflected harsh corporal penalties used to regulate speech and reputation.
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England
New Salvation Army Officer Assigned to Decatur
Lieutenant Evelyn Warren of Albany Georgia was commissioned June 3 and sent to assist Salvation Army work in Decatur. She ranked 99.66 among her Atlanta college peers and previously helped in Little Rock Florence and Albany. She replaces Captain Catherine Smith who marries June 14 and moves to Pensacola.
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Evelyn Warren
Albany
Georgia
William C. Arnold
Salvation Army
Decatur
Warren
Salvation Army College
Atlanta
Ensley
Little Rock
Arkansas
Florence
Oscar Fuller
Catherine Smith
New Pup Ordered to Fill Fritz’s Footsteps
A letter from June of Hartselle Alabama dated June 3 1946 reports placing an order for a new Scotch Collie puppy to replace Fritz. The writer thanks Mr Shelton for clips and a Canada headline and expresses hope the puppy will love them as Fritz did while lamenting Fritz’s passing.
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June
Fritz
Hartselle
Alabama
RFC
B. C. Shelton
Canada
Shelton
D-Day 1946 Urges Public to Keep Saving with Bonds
The speaker urges Americans to continue buying United States savings bonds from D-Day 1946 to Independence Day 1946. Bonds are described as war bonds out of uniform offering four dollars for every three invested, securing futures with homes farms education and vacations for citizens.
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United States Savings
Fire Tragedy Hits Hotel Leaving 58 Dead
Fire damaged mainly the lower six floors while smoke and water damaged upper levels. Firefighters rescued some on higher floors as others perished or leapt from windows. Of 58 dead, 55 identified. about 200 injured, 32 still hospitalized. Officials dispute delay in alarm response.
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Marshall L. Fenn
Pennies Rain From Sky Over Garbaldi Fishing Boats
In Garibaldi Oregon on June 6 a shower of pennies appeared over moored fishing boats after a plane passed overhead. Commercial fisherman Tom Hess, while on deck at noon, discarded his lunch to scoop up $16 in coins that seemingly fell from the sky.
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Garbaldi
Ore
Tom Hess
Heaven
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