Eisenhower Gains Momentum From Abilene Conference
Gen Dwight Eisenhower heads to New York for a second news conference while reactions to his Abilene Kansas remarks ripple through the GOP. He called for state handling of employment fairness issues and stressed a need for strong military power in Korea, with Taft and MACArthur backing shifts among delegates.
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Associated Press
Dwight Eisenhower
New York
Abilene
Kan
Eisenhower
GOP
Truman
Congress
Douglas MacArthur
Ohio
Robert Taft
Taft
Cincinnati
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Carlson
Ike
Hugh Butler
Nebraska
General Eisenhower
Frank Smith
William Colmer
Mississippi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored
FEPC
Denver
South Dakota
Community notes include visits, weddings, and births
Frank Perkins Jr of the Air Force visits friends. Marshall and Mrs Williams return from a Smoky Mountains wedding trip. Beth Perkins of Montgomery visits the Kimbrough family. Homecoming Day observed at Bethlehem Baptist Church East of Hartselle. John McDaniel family vacationed in the Great Smokies and Shenandoah Valley. Mr and Mrs Montgomery announce a new son at Baugh Wiley Clinic. Admitted: Mrs G L Nuby and F M Dodson. Tonsillectomies: Johnnie West, Sarah Jo Allen, Eddie Jane Milam. Tennessee River levels and TVA readings noted with temps 87 yesterday and 74 to 84 today.
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John McDaniel
John
Great Smokies
North Carolina
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
Robert C. Montgomery
Decature
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Johnnie West
Hartselle
Sarah Jo Allen
Somerville
Eddie Jane Milam
Fifth Avenue South
Apartment Rent Ad for 3 Rooms Unfurnished
Couple seeking 3 room unfurnished apartment with private bath and entrance. No pets. Contact phone 2495 M.
APC Official Passes In N. Y.
Robert Emmett Howard Jr., 52, Birmingham, Ala., comptroller of Alabama Power, died in his Hotel Edison room last night after becoming ill and undressing before bed. Death appeared due to a heart attack. Native of Wetumpka, he joined Alabama Power in 1917, became general auditor in 1937, then comptroller in 1940. Funeral services will be held in Birmingham.
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New York
Robert Emmett Howard Jr
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Power Company
Edison
Jesse Howard
Howards
Cleveland
Wetumpka
Howard
Alabama Power
New Alabama Highway Map Showcases Scenic Prospects
Alabama releases an official full color highway map to entice tourists. The information kit highlights Dothan peanut festival scene Allen Moye No 1 oil well Pollard Mobile deep sea rodeo Mitchell Dam Gulf State Park Guntersville Lake May Gulf Dekalb County Montgomery Blue-Gray game and more, aiming to boost travel interest.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Dothan
Pollard
Mobile
Gulf State Park
Guntersville Lake
May’s
Gulf
Dekalb County
Bulletin Board Dedication at Westside Presbyterian Church
The new bulletin board at Westside Presbyterian will be dedicated Sunday at 3 P.M. Presented by the senior high Sunday school class and the senior fellowship led by Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Bazzell. The dedication includes a prayer by Mrs. Elmer Bishop. Public invited.
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Westside Presbyterian Church
Elmer Bishop
Mitchell Bazzell
Draft Card Trade Nets 20YearOld in FBI Case
CHICAGO A 20 year old youth was seized by the FBI on a charge of evading the draft by trading his 1 A draft card with a friend classified F The charge was against Richard Dean Phelan who said he wanted to wait to marry in August The friend Robert Hybert 22 had failed his physical and traded for a 4 F card Hybert joined the Air Force and was sent to San Antonio Phelan planned to take another physical under Hybert s name after marriage to enlist The arraignment set bond at 2500 Government officials said no action decided yet against Hybert
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Chicago
FBI
Richard Dean Phelan
Phelan
Robert Hybert
Hybert
Air Force
San Antonio
Tex
Erwin Cohen
U. S
Hubert
Cohen
Bentley Pike
Nam accuses Allies of war crimes in Korea exchanges
Nam delivers a tirade alleging Allied bombing of prison camps in North Korea and slaughter of Red prisoners on Koje Island. He demands accountability for ration cuts and accuses the Allies of repeated Geneva Convention violations, while Red China remains unnamed.
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Nam
North Korea
Koje Island
China
Seven MIGs Downed Near Manchuria by Sabres
U S Sabre pilots shot down seven Russian built MIG-15s and damaged two as Red jets attacked Allied fighter bombers striking North Korean rail lines near Manchuria. The MIG kills were the first reported since Saturday.
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Seoul
U. S
Manchuria
Questioning the best spirit of the Geneva Accord
Harrison sharply accuses North Korea of violating international law by failing to treat prisoners properly. He cites only 110 prisoners reported to Geneva out of 65,000 and asks about exchanges and access to POW camps. A brief clash ends with a complaint of a shelling near Panmunjom and Allied vows to investigate.
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North Korea
Harrison
Geneva
Panmunjom
Veteran Postal Employee Held In Mail Theft Case
A longtime Talladega post office employee about 60 is under arrest in Birmingham on charges of theft and rifling of the mails. William Miller Curry was arrested by Postal Inspectors from Chattanooga and brought to court for arraignment with 32 years in the post office service.
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Birmingham
Talladega
William Miller Curry
U. S
Louise O. Chariton
J. C. Engel
M. W. Nelson
Chattanooga
Engel
Curry
Post Office Department
Eisenhower answers questions in first political news conference
Eisenhower faces early criticism for not being specific on FEPC policy as NAACP urges federal action. He argues leadership and state action over federal law. Advisers feared reactions but felt better after his remarks. The piece notes the political risks of openness in a changing 1950s landscape.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
FEPC
Russell Eyes Record Farm Income After Bill Passage
Russell predicts only a 15 billion dollar income could be matched this year. Passage of the farm bill was anticipated later today.
Farm Bill Tops Senate Work List With Foreign Aid Debate
The Senate opened with a 1.3 billion dollar farm bill for the next fiscal year and a 6.45 billion dollar foreign aid measure awaiting House action. The farm bill includes 251 million for farm benefits payments and 42 million for the Production Marketing Administration. Senator Kem proposes pausing aid to war-exporting nations. his amendment was dropped in the conference bill. The House approved the foreign aid plan 230 to 115, with funds to come from later appropriations. The Senate postponed steel strike actions and considered moves to limit economic controls and wage board powers. Proposals in the House would alter the Wage Stabilization Board requiring independent unions on the board, and changes to its labor-public industry makeup.
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Washington
Senate
House
Kem
R-Mo
House Conference Committee
McFarland
Arizona
White House
Sen. Dirksen
R-Ill
House Labor Committee
AFL
CIO
A Most Valuable Medical Aid
A discussion of blood transfusions highlighting life saving uses from newborns to injured soldiers. It covers how transfusions treat heavy blood loss, low clotting, anemia, and severe poisoning, notes added antihistamines reduce allergy risks, and mentions antibodies may help fight infections while warning about possible reactions.
Atomic Blast Series Closes in Nevada Tests
The third and safest series of atomic tests at the Nevada proving grounds concluded as plans move toward larger devices and an Eniwetok test later this year. The eight-day spring sequence totaled 20 shots in Nevada since January 1951, with over 7,000 troops involved and no hazards to humans reported by AEC manager Carroll L. Tyler.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada Proving Grounds
Eniwetok
Pacific Proving Grounds
Nevada
AEC
U. S
Carroll L. Tyler
Bold Forger Sought After Bank Fraud in Columbus
FBI agents and Montgomery County deputies search for a forger linked to two falsified checks drawn on the fictitious Central State Bank of Columbus Georgia. One check for 56.89 and another for 44.78 were payable to Carl E. Duffy and Clayton R. Rogers respectively, tied to the Tom Houston Peanut Co. via a postage sex? Note.
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Montgomery
FBI
Montgomery County
Odd London encounter over half past five joke
A pompous Bishop of Oxford and the Bishop of London collide in a comic street chase after a ragged urchin prank. The anecdote ends with a mix up over the time and a punch line about hell. Separate notes mention an Englewood YMC A institute and a casual golf quip about a Pat in Ireland.
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Oxford
London
Congress Passes Postal Pay Rise After Labor-Dispute Bargain
Both Senate and House pushed through an appropriation bill to the President and sent it to Truman, restoring pay for about half a million postal workers after industry wide labor tensions and bargaining.
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WSB
Congress
Truman
Payda
Market Highlights From Decatur Farm Markets
Prices in Decatur include cotton middling 38.50 cents and strict low 37.00. No 2 wheat at 2.17, oats 78 cents, yellow corn 1.83, and No. 2 mile 3.16. Hog price paid in Decatur 20.00 cents.
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Decatur
Nashville Livestock Market Report Calves Hogs Sheep Prices
Federal state cattle sales were nominally steady with little action due to limited supply. Calves sold 31.00 to 36.00, hogs ranged 19.00 to 23.50 with various weights, and sows under 500 pounds brought 18.25 to 18.50. Sheep included scattered prime spring lambs at 30.25 to 30.50.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Government overcharge case ends with no civil suit
Comptroller General Lindsey Warren sought recovery of 25000 from a Detroit accounting firm on a World War II contract. A court trial cleared Baur of criminal charges and, in June 1951, the government decided not to prosecute civilly. Weitzel noted 21 million in overpayments reported, with only 300000 recovered.
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Accounting Agency
Detroit
Sprague
Lindsey Warren
Justice Department
Washington
George Petser
U. S
Petser
Baur
Sprag
Holmes Baldridge
General Accounting Office
Frank H. Weitzel
Weitzel
Indian Bandit Chief Arrested in Karachi Disguise
Pakistan police captured Makawana Bhu pat, India's most wanted bandit accused of 100 killings in armed robberies over five years. The 35 year old was dressed as a Muslim mendicant in Karachi's busy bazaar and carried an unlicensed revolver. He operated mainly in western India near the frontier and raided 27 villages.
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Karachi
Pakistan
India
Makawana Bhupat
Missionary Home Allegedly Ransacked in Colombia
The U S embassy asks Colombia to probe a Protestant claim that police looted the country home of Miss Frances Van C Hitchcock a Presbyterian missionary based about 60 miles northwest of Bogota. The Evangelical Confederation of Colombia reports about 400 in damages and notes Hitchcock has lived in the country for 20 years.
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Bogota
Colombia
U. S
Evangelical Confederation of Colombia
Frances van C. Hitchcock
Presbyterian Assembly Opens with 50 Proposals for Church Order
Charleston West Virginia 92nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church began discussion on more than 50 proposed changes to church order and administration. 438 commissioners from 85 presbyteries elected Dr W A Alexander moderator on the second ballot. Dr Alexander previously led Alabama and Louisiana synods. Dr Wallace M Alston urged allowing religious study in public schools during the opening session.
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Charleston
W. Va
General Assembly
the Presbyterian Church
U. S
Southern States
District of Columbia
W. A. Alexander
First Presbyterian Church
Shreveport
Decatur
Mrs Thompson Leads Garden Club of Alabama Presidency
Mrs Walter E Thompson of Birmingham will serve a two year term as president of the Garden Club of Alabama after being elected at the annual convention. Officers include B J Stokes Tuscaloosa first vice president Ben Hosey Childersburg second vice president Frank Stewart Centre third vice president H H Benton Birmingham corresponding secretary J D Hurlbert Eufaula recording secretary J F Rowe Mobile auditor R G Moore Huntsville treasurer T M Francis Birmingham parliamentarian and Carl Edwards Selma historian Life membership honors go to Mrs W C Donegan of Gardenia Garden Club of Gadsden.
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Auburn
Walter E. Thompson
Birmingham
Garden Club of Alabama
Carl Edwards
Selma
B. J. Stokes
Tuscaloosa
Ben Hosey
Childersburg
Frank Stewart
Centre
H. H. Benton
J. D. Hurlbert
Eufaula
J. F. Rowe
Mobile
R. G. Moore
Huntsville
T. M. Francis
W. C. Donegan
Gardenia Garden Club
Gadsden
Eisenhower Gains Backing Key Delegates Reported
After speeches and a news conference, supporters say Eisenhower's momentum grew nationwide. Senator Carlson notes Taft delegates shifting, suggesting a second ballot may be unnecessary as the GOP nominating convention opens in Chicago on July 7.
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Taft
Eisenhower
Carlson
GOP
Chicago
Women Travel from Atlanta to Memphis for Texas Vacation
Four charges were not filed as investigators pursue the case. The women were traveling from Atlanta to Memphis to meet the father and husband, C R Blackwell, before leaving on a vacation trip to Texas.
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Atlanta
Memphis
C. R. Blackwell
Texas
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White
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