Alabama Boys State names candidates for governor race
Caloosa Alabama June 7 officials report Alabama Boys State on the Northington campus at the University of Alabama with more than 100 communities represented. Candidates for governor and lieutenant governor are listed along with several elected mayors and city officials from various municipalities. The week includes mock trial and county elections with events concluding today.
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Caloosa
Ala
Boys State
Claude M. Good
Alabama
Ooits
Northington
University of Alabama
Dames
Robert Jess
Florence
Russell Smith
Tromery
Bobby Kyser
Demon
Nick Stallworth
Evergreen
Y Johnson
Montevallo
Elec
Murray Alley
Birmingham
Robert Gaddis
Prattville
City Commission of Government
Kilby City
Tommy Johnson
Tevallo
Capt
Patheson
Douglas Ferguson
Frederick Heidel
Graves
Ed McDonald
Mobile
Nselor
Jim Ryba
Hendersona
Richard Holder
Bob Sand
County of Will
Activ
Cullman to Honor War Dead at Homecoming Train
Cullman Alabama prepares to greet a wartime train carrying fallen soldiers from World War II. Veterans groups meet the incoming train to pay respects as plans for a memorial day are discussed by Mayor John Dunlap. The dead include local and nearby community servicemen from Cullman and Arab areas.
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Cullman
Ala
John Dunlap
Allies outline plan for postwar Germany control and disarmament
Western powers agree on international control of Germany without Ruhr separation. The plan envisions coal and steel sharing in the Ruhr and a phased occupation with prior consultation before troop withdrawals. A security board would oversee disarmament and a position inspection system would monitor compliance. The London communiqué was issued by the State Department at 5 AM EST.
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Germany
United States
Unite Kingdom
France
Benelux Cou
Partici
Ruhr
United Om
Europe
United Kingdom
London
Rites for Mrs Pugh Held at Salem Church
Funeral services for Mrs Ola Pugh 75 a Decatur resident of 22 years were held Friday at a Methodist church in Salem. She leaves one daughter two sons and two great grandchildren. Other notices reference Marc Pugin dying Thursday evening at Jackson Hospital in Les.
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Ola
Decatur
Marc Pugin
Jackson Hospital
Les
Roy “E McCarty
Hubert
Selma
Ildren
Ane
Markets at a Glance New York and Chicago
New York markets show stocks lower with slow decline in steels and a quiet mixed bond market. Cotton is irregular amid New Orleans liquidation while Chicago wheat is easy on hedging pressure from new crop movement and corn is steady with short covering. Oats mixed, mostly higher with corn. Hogs steady to 50 cents higher topping at 25.00, cattle steady to 25 cents higher at 36.00.
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New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Wheat futures ease as winter harvest expands in Southwest
Chicago grain market eyes easier tone amid rapid winter wheat harvesting in the Southwest. Selling largely hedging in origin kept prices near government loan levels with July wheat at 2.29 and corn up to 2.16 1 2 cents, oats down and soybeans up to 4.17.
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Chicago
Southwest
North Georgia live poultry market steady with steady prices
The USDA reports North Georgia live poultry market steady with ample to moderate demand. Most birds weigh 2.1 to 4.2 pounds with fryers picked up today at 37 to 38 cents per pound FOB farm.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Nashville Livestock Market Steady Amid Heavy Receipts
Nashville Tenn June 7 cattle receipts heavy market uneven medium and good steers and heifers active and steady lower grades slow. Cows slow but undertone lower. bulls unchanged. Calves good and choice vealers 23.00-28.00. hogs 1 000 mostly 50 lower with barrows and gilts 190-230 lbs at 23.75 top. sheep 1 200 steady with spring lambs 27.50-30.00 and shorn old crop lambs 19.50-21.50.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
New York Cotton Rallies on Shorts Covered by U S Fund News
Cotton futures rose to new day highs as short covering increased after the House Armed Services Committee approved a 150 million dollar revolving fund for commodity purchases including cotton for Japan. Nearby July led gains with futures closing about 10 cents higher.
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New York
House Armed Services Committee
Japan
Tighter Rules On Clubs Seen In Alabama Liquor Licenses
Alabama state liquor board tightens club liquor licenses restricting to bonafide member clubs with minimum 150 members. Three Mobile county applications deferred pending investigation while a drive to revoke licenses from nonconforming clubs proceeds. A new rule allows import export and interstate shipments to and from wet states. A proposed Shef trade liquor store lease was approved.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Liquor Board
R. P. McRee
Mobile County
Frank Bunkley
Dragon Social Club Inc
S. Warren St
Vanity Club Inc
Mobile City
West End
McRee
Schenley International Corporation
New York
Spearman Brewing, Co
Pensacola
Schenley
Sheftrade
Fhve
N. M. Burns
Tuscumbia
Barber Shop Quartet Fans Gather for 1949 Contest in Oklahoma City
The Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America marks its tenth anniversary with a national revival. In June the Spebsqsa contest will bring 6,000 fans and 40 quartets to Oklahoma City for the international championship, with Decatur’s Barber Shop Quartet sending five noncompeting listeners led by G. E. McCulloch.
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Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
Barber
Singing-in. America, Inc
North America
Owen .C. Cash
Tulsa
Oklahoma
United States
Canada
Hawaii
Alaska
Spebsqsa
Barber Shop Quartet
Decatur
Oklahoma City
G. E. McCulloch
W. E. Kimbrough
Guy Jones
Horace Sheats
Fred Smith
Mr. McCulloch
Follin Emphasizes Individual Effort by Youth at Rotary Luncheon
Webb G Follin superintendent of Webb School for Boys in Bell Buckle Tenn spoke at a Rotary luncheon on Monday stressing that delinquency stems from both sides of the track and that individual work by Rotarians matters most. Rotarian R D Clark won the attendance prize and Bob Hunter urged softball support against the Civic club tonight.
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Webb G. Follin
Webb School
Bell Buckle
Tenn
Rotary
Rotary Club For Advancement of
Follin
R. D. Clark
John G.mcgehee
Bob Hunter
Civitan Club
Youth Service Committee
Robert McRight
Ed Branch
Huntsville
Glenn Smith
Richard Kirby
Decatur
Bob Barrett
New York
Fred Voehringer
Alvis Briscoe
Truce Talks Seen at Crossroads amid Arab Jewish Demands
Bernadotte sought Arab and Jewish replies within two days after sending a truce proposal to seven Arab states and Jewish authorities in Tel Aviv. Observers warned the agreement teetered as disputes over immigration limits and the Tel Aviv Jerusalem road opened and the siege of Jerusalem continued.
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Arab League
Bernadotte
Tel Aviv
Moshe Shertok
U. N. Security Council
al Zamane
Sadi Bernadotte
Palestine
Jerusalem
Joseph C. Goodwin
Associated Press
Amman
Sheik Ben We Sienna
Israel
Tel Aviv-Jerusalem
Alabama Spanish War Veterans pick Huntsville for 1949 encampment
MOBILE June 7 The Alabama department of the United Spanish War Veterans votes to hold its 1949 encampment in Huntsville. In the opening session Adjutant H A Mc Conville reports 16 members died in the past year and total Alabama membership stands at 528. The three day convention continues tomorrow.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama Department of the United Spanish War Veterans
Huntsville
H. A. McConville
Montgomery
Alabama Department
Benes Resigns as Czech Leaders Fade to Communist Rule
The letter of resignation and the May 9 constitution show the collapse of Benes authority as the communist dominated parliament installs a new order. Gottwald's government will control bills and parliament with new presidential elections planned. Benes, aged 64, may sign no more.
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Benes
Gottwald
Lang
Prague
Antonin Zapotock
Wright Denies Campaign to Name Hill Delegation Chair
State Senator Graham Wright, elected delegate to the Democratic National Convention, declines joining a walkout campaign to name Senator Lister Hill as delegation chairman. Wright, representing the fourth district, says he would leave the convention if a strong civil rights platform is adopted and will vote for delegation chairman among majority-group members. Hill led the field for delegate at large on May 4, with 14 of 26 delegates pledged for the walkout. the chairman will be chosen in Philadelphia next month.
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Talladega
Ala
Graham Wright
Lister Hill
Wright
Hill
Arives
Philadelphia
Omaha
Ritchie
Nebraska
Iowa
Francis P. Matthews
Truman
Itchie
Massachusetts
James M. Curley
Boston
Curley
Congress
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Douglas
Colorado
Columbia University
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Indiana
Charles Halleck
R-Ind
Dewey
Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Germany
Service Tuesday For Toney Monroe Hill
Funeral services for Toney Monroe Hill age 91 will be held Tuesday at 2 PM at his residence Tanner 1 Burial will be in City cemetery Brown's directing Hill died Sunday at 1120 AM at Decatur General hospital where he had been a patient for two days He is survived by two daughters Mrs Obie Campbell Tanner and Mrs Eura Terry Austinville four sons Monroe Austinville Obie Tanner Ike Decatur Jack Toney 1 and a number of other relatives
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City Cemetery
Brown
Hill
Decatur General Hospital
Obie Campbell
Tanner
Eura Terry
Austinville
Monroe
Obie
Ike
Decatur
Jack
Toney
Memorial Gift Dedicated Here at Westminster Church
Thirty six members of the Clara Cortner Service class gathered for a morning worship service at Westminster Presbyterian church to dedicate a memorial gift for their late teacher Mrs. Clara Ashford Cortner. The cross and two matching candlelabs were accepted by Rev. John A. Oxner for the church session and dedicated with readings from the Book of Common Worship.
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Clara Cortner
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Clara Ashford Cortner
John A. Oxner
Price
Virginia Samuel
Dolores Warner
Caroline
Cortner Zeitler Hill
Brad Bibb
Troxler
Labor strife sweeps across industries with limited gains
Union actions include the CIO Packinghouse Workers ending a 82 day walkout at Wilson plants after a nine cent hourly rise, other key strikes loom including 17,000 at B F Goodrich Rubber, and a 15 cent wage dispute line arbitration for street rail workers. An 80 day injunction at Oak Ridge nears expiry. A Warren Tribune-Chronicle strike presses for 45 cent raises at the printers plant amid picket lines.
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UMW
CIO
Wilson and Company
Wilson
Armour, Swift
Cudahy
Philadelphia
CIO Workers Union
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
Oak Ride
Tenn
National Atomic Laboratory
AFL Atomic Trades and Labor Council
Warren
AFL Tribune-Chronicle
International Typographical Union
Truman battle seen in Nebraska and the nation
Nebraska delegates split over Truman as dissension flares during the convention scene. Francis Matthews backs Truman while others resist. Meanwhile Eisenhower assumes Columbia University presidency as Taft and Dewey vie for delegates in Indiana, Wallace voices anti policy stance from New York.
Truman Seeks Federal Aid as He Tours Idaho
President Truman spoke en route to Sun Valley Idaho urging public power and river basin reclamation funding. He appealed to Congress for funds while touring Pocatello home of Senator Taylor, and drew large crowds across Wyoming and Nebraska as he campaigned for Democratic policy.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Truman
Sun Valley
Idaho
Pocatello
Congress
Columbia River Basin
Glen Taylor
Henry
Wallace
Omaha
Local community notes and hospital updates across Decatur area
Several social and health items fill the Decatur section. Events include a joint VFW Auxiliary meeting tonight at 8 30 at the VFW hall after a 7 30 post meeting. a class of 1903 Georgia reunion in Athens planned for several days. plus church revival at 7 45 tonight on Seventh Avenue West. Members of families from Wheeler Station Hartselle Decatur area are traveling or visiting Memphis Portsmouth and Trinity for several days. Numerous hospital admissions and recoveries are listed at Decatur General including Archie Childs and Miss Ida Wade while W G Maze Jr shows improvement. The Yacht Club meets at 7 30 tonight at the harbor and several births are announced at Baugh and Wiley clinic.
Marriages and Deeds Record From Decatur Listings
Ameal Steed Gerstman, 41, and Velma Pepper Ray, 39, marry. Deeds show E. W. Chambers selling to W. O. Walker for $200 and W. B. Davidson selling to F. W. Young for $9,000.
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Ameal Steed Gerstman
Decatur
Velma Pepper Ray
E. W. Chambers
W. O. Walker
W. B. Davidson
F. W. Young
Auburn Mound Star Optioned to Scranton
Willard Nixon, Auburn right hand pitcher, signed by Red Sox Scout Mace Brown, has been optioned to the Scranton club in the Eastern League, the Sox office announced today.
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Boston
Willard Nixon
Auburn
Red Sox
Mace Brown
Scranton
Sox
Truman Team Diverts Focus To Tour Coordination
President Truman spoke with crowds at Nebraska railroad stations in a friendly manner. Officials avoided political sermons on Sundays with G Ross and other aides admitting disappointment in audience size and tightening staff coordination for remaining tour stops.
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Charles G. Ross
Ritchie
Ross
Omaha
Mr. Truman
Nebraska
Folsom Names 5 As Probers
Governor James E. Folsom appointed a five member investigating committee to probe the highway department after a Montgomery county grand jury charged irregular transactions. The panel includes House Speaker W M Beck and senators Guy Hardwick Robin Swift with former highway directors Chris Sherlock and Ed N Rodgers, plus Ward McFarland backing.
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Montgomery
Ala
Highway Cire
James E. Folsom
Montgomery County
Highway Department
Ward McFarland
House
W. M. Beck
DeKalb County
Guy Hardwick
Houston County
Senate Highway Committee
Robin Swift
Escambia
Chris Sherlock
Ed N. Rodgers
Swift
Sherlock
Rodgers
Alabama Electors Pledge Stand Against Truman
A telegram from McCorvey to Carmichael recalls that all 11 Alabama Democratic electors are pledged to vote against Truman. It asserts the delegation will resist fears of federal patronage and urge the convention to avoid actions that could harm Southern civilization.
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J. M. Bonner
Camden
D. Hardy Riddle
Talladega
Albert Stapp
Birmingham
McCorvey
Carmichael
Alabama
Truman
Atlanta socialite's near-fatal op rescued by stalled car motor
Mrs. Blackford, a member of a prominent Atlanta family, was found unconscious beneath a car in the family garage after a serious operation. Police say the motor stall likely saved her life. She was married to Mr. Blackford in 1923 and had two sons from a prior marriage.
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Blackford
Atlanta
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