Housing Bill Sluck Tight Pa
Washington June 5 The long range housing bill stalled in the House Banking Committee as Speaker Martin Mass and Rep Wolcott said action will occur before adjournment on June 19. A discharge petition failed with 161 signatures, leaving insufficient time to force floor action.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Martin Mass
Rep
Wolcott
R- Ch
Banking
Congress
House
Congresse
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Olcott
Wheeler Lake Yacht Club Plans Tennessee Valley Cruise
The Wheeler Lake Yacht Club meets Monday at 7 30 to discuss Wel coming participants in the Tennessee Valley cruise. Cruises depart Palucah June 15 with eight stops, ending in Knoxville June 23. Decatur hosts June 18 with a planned dinner for members.
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Wheeler Lake Yacht Club
Tennessee
Decatur
Courtland Field Air Base Admits Civil and Military Use
The Courtland base, once a public airport under Edmund W. Boice Dennis E. McClendon and Spencer O. Latham, now serves military reserve and National Guard needs while continuing public air operations. Alabama National Guard and Air Force Reserve units use the field, with ongoing paving and development making it among Alabama’s best airports. General Saliba and Colonel Howell drove the state's bid to retain the base, with the Military Department partnering with the aviation department to secure title for more than 18 months.
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Edmund W. Boice
Dennis E. McClendon
Spencer O. Latham
Courtland Aviation Industries
E Aeronautics Department
Tland
National Guard
Courtland Field
Alabama
Courtland
Air Force Reserve
Alabama Air National Guard
Birmingham
Alabama National Guard
Eral James S. Saliba
Costal
W. Howell
State Military Department
State Department of Anautics
Rites for Soldier Hero Are To Be Announced Later
The body of Pvt. Marion E. Winkles, killed in World War II, will arrive in Hartselle on L and N 2 Tuesday. It will be in state at Brown Service Funeral Home until Saturday at 8 AM, then taken to his parents’ home for funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Pvt
Marion E. Winkles
Hartselle
Brown
Drinkard
Campaign to Reach All With Cancer Drive News Begun
Morgan county launches a broad cancer education drive reaching two thirds of families with facts from the American Cancer Society. Mrs. R R Easter cites leaflets and school mobilization to cut deaths and reach the 1948 quota with funds supporting clinics, research, and education nationwide.
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Morgan County
Morgan
American Cancer Society
R. R. Easter
Sae Galiante
American Lancer
Easter
Campalbry “Wittn
Alabama
National Cancer Fund
American Cancer Control
ACS
Line Street
Decatur
Harold Carter
Morgan County Acs
Morgan County National Bank
Colorado Young Democrats Endorse Douglas for President
The Colorado Young Democrats endorsed U. S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas for president in Pueblo on June 5, voting 470 to 433 for the Douglas minority report. They rejected the majority report backing Truman as party factions split. Denver’s Wayne Aspinall doubted full party adherence, predicting a Truman praise resolution and 12 uninstructed delegates.
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Pueblo
Colo
Colorado
U. S. Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Douglas
Truman
Denver
Wayne N. Aspinall
Wheat Leads Slight Grain Market Decline In Chicago
Chicago markets show a softer tone with wheat under pressure. May contract dips toward 2.28 a bushel as government support price estimates surface, while July wheat around 2.30. Corn and oats move modestly, soybeans cited near 4.16 per bushel.
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Chicago
Markets at a Glance Chicago Advances Causes Shifts
Chicago markets show wheat easy while house cuts foreign aid. Corn eases with Midwest rain. Oats slightly lower. Hogs and cattle hold steady with nominal moves.
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Chicago
Midwest
Vandiver Rites Set For William A Vandiver
Funeral services for 82 year old William A Vandiver of Hartselle 2 will be Sunday at 4 PM at Basham chapel with Rev. M G Fields and Rev. Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. He died Saturday around 1 PM at his residence. Survived by his widow four sons Russell Kalamazoo Clyde Hartselle 2 James L Hartselle 2 Frank Chattanooga Tenn four daughters Mrs A L Bradford Moulton Mrs Mollie Washburn Landersville Mrs D M Long Chicago IL Mrs C C Sparkman Hartselle and one sister Mrs Georgiana Beck Hatton.
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William A. Vandiver
Hartselle
Basham Chapel
M. G. Fields
Rev. Smith
Vandiver
Russell
Kalamazoo
Mich
Clyde
James L
Frank
Chattanooga
Tenn
A. L
Bradford
Moulton
Mollie Washburn
Landersville
D. M. Long
Chicago
C. C. Sparkman
Hartseller
Georgiana Beck
Hatton
Majority Not Run-Off Rule
Atty. Gen. Carmichael ruled that a runoff winner need not secure a majority to be the Democratic nominee in the general election. The opinion responds to a query by R. T. Goodwyn Jr. The decision notes no third primary statute and says the top vote receivers should be certified as nominees to the probate judge.
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Eee Ala
Atty
A. A. Carmichael
Democratic Party
R. T.goodwyn, Jr
Montgomery County
Democratic Executive Committee
Carmichael
L. R. Grimes
W. Tom Jones
Senate chair warns of cold war harm from house action
Vandenberg of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee warns that unless the full funds are restored, the United States could lose the cold war with Russia. The House approved the bill by voice vote and cut cash requests by 533 billion dollars while spreading the program over 1 month instead of 12, a shift estimated to reduce the program by about 1 billion dollars or more.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Capitol Hill
House
Russia
Taber
R-N. Y
House Appropriations Committee
William Joe Hall Buried at Union Hill
Funeral services were held for William Joe Hall 61 of Eva at Union Hill church with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Drinkard's Brown Service of Hartselle oversaw the rites. Survived by widow four sons Homer Birmingham Joseph Cullman Fraine Eva Detis Hall Akron Ohio and six daughters plus other relatives.
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William Joe Hall
Eva
Farmer
Union Hill Church
Drinkard
Brown
Hartselle
Hall
Thursay
Homer
Birmingham
Joseph
Cullman
Fraine
Detis Hall
Akron
Barbara Haynie
Falkville
Estis Ball
Camden
Annie
Melvin Kelley Dies in Moulton Hospital
Funeral services for 15 month old Melvin Kelley of Trinity will be held Sunday at 2 30 PM at Morris chapel The child died at Jection hospital Friday at 3 30 PM after a two day illness He is survived by his parents sister Mary Jeete and grandparents Mr and Mrs M Trinity 4
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Melvin Kelley
Trinity 1
Morris Chapel
Jiection Hospital
Mary Jeete
Lad Falls From Car Killed Eight Miles East of Athens
Jessie McMurry Weathers 6 died late Saturday after falling from a car driven by his mother on Highway 72. He was dragged several feet and died at Powers hospital with internal injuries. The Huntsville family mourns. funeral is Sunday at Wallace Cemetery Rogersville with burial by Spry. Family includes Thomas Glynn, Curtis McMurry, several aunts and uncles.
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Jessie McMurry Weathers
Athens
Jessie Weathers
Powers “Hospital
Huntsville
Huntsville Arsenal
Wallace Cemetery
Rogersville
Bennie Lee Fudge
Spry
Thomas Glynn
Curtis McMurry
Three Hurt In Car Accident In Athens
Three people, two men and a woman, were hospitalized after a collision in front of the Athens bus station around 10 30 p m Saturday night. Highway Patrolman O Neal Coleman said officers were pursuing a jeep carrying the trio when it was struck by another car as it ran a red light. The jeep overturned and all three were being examined with injuries not yet specified.
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Powers Hospital
Athens
O'Neal Coleman
the Daily
Coleman
Car
Edgeman
Girl Surfers Fatal Burns
In Birmingham a 22 year old woman died from burns and suffocation after flames tore through a two story frame apartment on the Southside. Her roommate 25 was injured leaping from a window and five others, including a baby, were rescued. The blaze was blamed on a cigarette in a downstairs room.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mary
Jo Whitehead
Aleene Parrish
Elizabeth Manning
J. A. Okin
Bessemer
Mary Manzer
Final Rites For Mrs Nettie Lee Martin Held Sunday
Mrs Nettie Lee Martin of Hartselle will be buried at Mt Tabor cemetery Drinkard after services at Hartselle Methodist Church Sunday at 2 PM officiated by Rev Doyle Mitchell. She died Friday night at home survive by daughter Miss Ruby Martin and other relatives with pallbearers named and flowers arranged by Mrs M B Harris. Music will be directed by Mrs Coy Stephenson.
Jewish and Arab Forces Hold Lines Near Jenin
Large and Iraqi forces report strong positions in Jenin after repelling two Jewish attacks. An Iraqi commander said 3000 to 4000 Israeli troops withdrew five miles north, taking up positions along the Esdraelon edge as Bernadotte negotiates a four week truce from Cairo to Beirut and Lebanon.
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Jenin
Associated Press
Isreli
Esdraelon
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Palestine
Cairo
Beirut
Lebanon
Bernadotte
Murphree Commissioned Second Lieutenant in Coast Artillery Reserve
William D. Murphree of Decatur is commissioned as second lieutenant in the Coast Artillery Reserve. A World War II veteran and former staff sergeant, he served 20 months in Europe with the 3rd and 7th armies, in three campaigns, and earned the Good Conduct Medal. He studies engineering at the University of Alabama and resides with his wife Virginia Claire Bailey on campus.
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William D. Murphree
Decatur
Coast Artillery Corps Reserve
Army of the United States
Murphree
Department of the Army
Army
Europe
University of Alabama
Virginia Claire Bailey
Hartselie
Mrs. Bettie M Crow Dies. Funeral Set In North Alabama
Mrs Bettie Martin Crow 85 pioneer resident of North Alabama died Saturday evening at a daughter's home in Austinville. Funeral services will be Monday at 3 p m from Brown Funeral Company chapel with Rev Dolphus Price and Rev C L Stover officiating. Interment in City Cemetery. She leaves four daughters Mrs F A Johnson Mrs Sam E Roper Mrs Oscar E Howell and Mrs Hubert Holland and two sons D R Crow and Charles S Crow with many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Bettie Martin Crow
North Alabama
Brown Funeral Company
Ferry Street
Dolphus Price
C. L. Stover
City Cemetery
Brown
Austinville
Lawrence County
W. R. Crow Sr
Hubert Holland
Canton, O
D. R. Crow
Montgomery
Charles S. Crow
Birmingham
Possible 1950 Alabama PSC race under way
Gordon Persons holds a strong reelection lead for Public Service Commission president while Birmingham’s Joe Money trails in the delegate runoff near last place. Lt. Gov Clarence Inter and Reuben Newton are cited as possible entrants with Haygood Paterson occasionally mentioned. Sparks may run after May 4 primary fever.
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Gordon Persons
Public Service Commission
Joe Money
Birmingham
Folsom
Clarence Inter
Reuben Newton
Jasper
Inter
Haygood Paterson
Sparks
Eufaula
Persons
Carmichael Declares Win For Delegate At Large
Carmichael says he has won the delegate at large post to the Democratic national convention by a margin of 728 votes after unofficial returns from Tuesday's runoff. He notes the lead in 65 counties is 1,520 votes with final tallies pending in Shelby and Barbour counties.
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Birmingham
Albert A. Carmichael
Carmichael
Gessner T. McCorvey
Associated Press
Il Am
Shelby
Barbour
Mobile
Wg 4
McCorvey
J. Miller Bonner
Camden
D. Hardy Riddle
Talladega
Albert Stapp
Na Oe
James Folsom
Invasion of France Dawned on Nazis Four Years Ago
London dispatch recalls D Day four years after the invasion that freed Western Europe. It notes hopes for peace unsettled by Cold War tensions and economic aid plans. a Ports mouth memorial is to be unveiled as Britain endures rationing. General Lucius Clay calls for a peaceful democratic Germany within a community of nations.
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Alex H. Singleton
London
English Channel
Russia
Europe
Palestine
China
Greece
Harvard
Marshall
Portsmouth
Britain
Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Two Morgan county students to graduate at Bob Jones University
Two Morgan county youths Marguerite Hovis of Decatur and Lurline Jennings of Lacey's Spring will receive Bachelor of Arts degrees from Bob Jones University in Greenville South Carolina. Other notices mention homecoming visits by Auburn and Florence State Teachers College students and local residents with hospital, military, and family news.
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Morgan County
Bob Jones University
Greenville
S. C
Marguerite, Hovis
Decatur
John R. Hovis
7Th Avenue West
Lurline -Jennings
Lacey’s Spring
Austin Jennings
Local notes from Decatur area report hospital stays and church links
Mrs. Howard Hovis and infant daughter dismissed from Hamil clinic while Mrs. Horace Knight and infant son moved to Fairview Friday. Rev R D Cook, former Memorial Drive minister, visits Decatur. Decatur VFW to send about 50 delegates to state encampment in Birmingham June 13 14 15. Wolverine Tube manager H Y Bassett from Detroit visits. D W Blend to manage Decatur plant arrives soon. Mrs Clifton Penny ill with pneumonia at Decatur General. One arrest for disorderly conduct. Pearl Frances Holmes hospitalized in a Brown’s ambulance. County and Highway Patrol report no arrests 9 30 p m Saturday. W G Maze Jr admitted to Decatur General Saturday night.
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Horace Knight
Decatur General Hospital
Fairview
Brown's Ambulance
Decatur Vfw
Birmingham
Charles Harvey
Pearl Frances Holmes
Brown’s Ambulance
Trade policy extends to aid farmers and research programs
Rivals argue for a three year extension of the reciprocal trade act to boost farm prosperity by lowering tariffs and trade barriers. Congress weighs a one year extension with conditions while backing a larger research program to find new uses for farm commodities.
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Congress
GOP Hopefuls Speed up Pace
The AP reports Truman presses for action on a long range farm program during a cross country swing as Dewey Stassen and Taft campaign in Nebraska and North Carolina for the Republican nomination. Donnelly to place Truman’s name in Philadelphia. Taft attacks bureaucracy and communism while Stassen calls for a 50 cent tax ceiling. Dewey rejects a bid for vice president.
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Associated Press
Truman
Amah
Congress
Pacific Northwest
California
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Harold E .Stassen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Nebraska
Colorado
North Carolina
Pawling
N. Y
Harold E. Stassen
San Francisco
Minneapolis
Grand Junction
Washington, D. C
J. Howard McGrath
Phil M. Donnelly
Missouri
Philadelphia
Carroll Reece
Republican National Committee
Democratic National Committee
U. S. Treasury
Dewey
Boston
Massachusetts
Funeral services officiated by Stabler
Interment followed in the adjacent cemetery with Peck directing. The obituary note records Stabler presiding over the funeral and Peck guiding the burial arrangements.
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Stabler
Peck
Infant Dies at Home in Hartseller Parish
Infant Estella Louise Neathery daughter of Mr and Mrs Emmett Neathery died at her home in Hartseller Friday after being born days earlier at Johnsons chapel. The service is planned for Saturday morning at 10.
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Johnson's Chapel
Estella Louise Neathery
Emmett Neathery
Hartseller
Bagwell Will Head Jaycees
Paul G. Bagwell of Lansing was elected president of the U S Junior Chamber succeeding John Ben Shepperd. Colorado Springs was chosen as the 1949 convention site with the event staged at Antlers Hotel in June. Delegates from 1608 were eligible for the voting with ten vice presidents elected.
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Philadelphia
Tom Clark
United States
U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce
Clark
Paul G. Bagwell
Lansing
Mich
U. S
John Ben Shepperd
Glade Water
Pex
Colorado Springs
Colo
Antlers
George O. Baird, Jr
Shreveport
W. Hughes Brockbank
Salt Lake City
Beverly S
Burbage
Knoxville
Tenn
William G. Collins
St.Paul
Minn
Joseph B. Fitzpatrick
New Haven
Conn
Robert W
Columbia River flood damages tally across regions
The report notes three week recovery for the Columbia to return within banks. Estimates reach 140 million dollars in damage with 27 million in losses at Van Port and battered boats among the impacts. Oregon’s Columbia county farmers claim a further 400 thousand dollars in losses.
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Columbia
Vanport
Oregon
Columbia County
Diabetes mellitus and its progression in adults
A historical医学 description of diabetes mellitus notes gradual onset in adults with dry skin thirst and polyuria. It explains the body's inability to assimilate sugars, leading to tissue starvation kidneys overwork, weight loss, headaches, skin eruptions, dropsy and coma in late stages, and mentions insulin as treatment.
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Francis M. Lemay
Cruise
Soldier Hero
Motors
Lincoln-Mercury
Lee St
First Ave
Dillard
W. A. Vandiver
Vandenberg
Union Hill
Moulton Hospital
Lad
Martin
Wm. D. Murphree
France
Robert Allen
Auburn
Gene Ratliff
Florence State Teachers College
Charley Jones
W. G. Bean
Decature
Fred’ Mittwede
W. T. Davis
Baileyton
Avery Roberts
Gerald Fields
Riverside High School
W. T
Doc) Jordan
J. E. Jolly
Memphis
Maude. Gamble
Fifth Avenue
John L. Halpien
Atlanta
Tony Hill
Tanner
Decatur General
W. G. Breeding
College Street
F. W. Troup
Oak Street
Roy Garnett
Sixth Ave
Nue W
Howard Hovis
Hamil Clinic
R. D. Cook
Tuscumbie
Memorial Drive
H. Y.bassett
Wolverine Tube
Detroit
D. W. Blend
Deatur
Clifton Penny
Highway Patrol
W. G. Maze, Jr
GOP
Bagwell
Jaycees
Neil Kirk
Grant Street
Phene
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