House Approves Draft Universal Military Training Bill
The House favored a compromise draft universal training measure sending it to Truman for signature. It lowers the draft age to 18, extends service to 24 months, requires 18–26 registration, and creates a national security training commission to design a national program.
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Washington
House
Truman
Ruth Cowan
Senate
White House
UMT
National Security Training Commission
Congress
Alabama Summer School Opens at Capstone
The University of Alabama summer session begins Monday under director C E Williams. Over 3,000 students are expected with new doctoral paths in education and philosophy. Registration occurs Monday and Tuesday. first term ends July 20 and second term runs five weeks to August 24. Dormitories will be available for students.
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Toe
Williams
Aceb
Wilscattie
Decatur Farm Markets Report For Cotton and Grain
Middling cotton 45.75 cents and strict low 43 70. Cottonseed at 75.00 per ton. No 2 wheat new crop 2.31. No 2 oats 80 cents. No 2 Ear Yellow Corn 1.62. No 2 Ear White Corn 1.62. No 3 Ear White Corn 1.59. No 2 Mile 2.31. Corn basis 154 moisture. Other grains basis 13 percent moisture.
North Georgia live poultry market steady despite heavy supplies
The North Georgia live poultry market remained fully steady as supplies were heavy yet moved well to strong truck demand and plant operations. Prices paid FOB farm ranged 27 1 2 to 28 cents for broilers and fryers across all weights.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Acheson Testifies on hot pursuit plan and Yalta link
Secretary of State Dean Acheson testified over six days on MacArthur's dismissal and Far Eastern policy. McMahon pressed probes into $200 million in 1942 Chinese gold credits while questioning the relevance of Yalta concessions to Chiang Kai Shek.
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Acheson
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
MacArthur
J. Acheson
Russia
Yalta
Chiang Kai Shek
Manchuria
Port Arthur
Dairen
McMahon
D-Conn
United States
China
Chiang
Cain
R-Wash
Defense Department
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Roosevelt
Churchill
Britain
Stalin
Japan
Germany
Chiang Kai-Shek
Soviet Union
Senate
Wiley
Civitan Club Installs New Officials in Installation
Rev. C. E. Burton installed Civitan officers and directors on Wednesday. New president Frank Whisenant and officers G. Williams Dr R H Parks Garnett Young W F Frazier were named along with directors Jack Browning John Darby Bobby Ellis Floyd Sherrod Paul Sprayberry and Paul Stroud. Outgoing leader Elmer Ange and ex-treasurer Eddie Self received past president and past treasurer pins.
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Rev. Burton
Alvis Briscoe
Frank Whisenant
G. Williams
R. H. Parks
Garnett Young
W. F. Frazier
Jack Browning
John Darby
Bobby Ellis
Floyd Sherrod
Paul Sprayberry
Paul Stroud
Briscoe
Elmer Ange
Eddie Self
Education leaders press for $200 raise guarantee in tax bill
Senate finance moves the sales tax proposal to the calendar as education advocates seek a written pledge that teachers will receive a $200 yearly raise from the higher levy. Three senators demand guaranteed funds while critics warn funds flow to a common pot and may be spent elsewhere.
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House
Senate Finance and Taxation Committee
Vaughan Hill Robison
Montgomery County
George Quarles
Dallas
Judson Locke
Perry
John Hill Johnson Jr
Chambers
Robison
Quarles
Locke
Reverend Cobbs to Speak at Sardis Springs Baptist
Reverend Charles Cobbs of Vinemont will preach at 11 o clock Sunday service at Sardis Springs Baptist Church in Limestone County. Public invited to attend.
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Charles Cobbs
Vinemont
Sardis Springs Baptist Church
Limestone County
Negro paroled from life sentence in Alabama
Henry Danner Brown, a Montgomery man sentenced February 5 1941 for murder, was among 12 prisoners paroled last week by the Alabama pardon parole board. Nine other applicants were denied and one parole was revoked.
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Montgomery
Ala
Mobile
Alabama Pardon-Parole Board
Henry Danner Brown
Youth Burglar Vernon Lemley Escapes To Morgan Jail
A 15 year old Decatur boy Vernon Lemley held in Morgan county jail as an escapee. He confessed to burglaries in Decatur and said he escaped Monday from the industrial school near Birmingham with 13 others. Priceville residents spotted him ducking along the Somerville highway before a car passed. He was arrested Wednesday by Sheriff John McCutcheon’s forces near Priceville after arousing suspicions. Lemley had been on probation and under disciplinary action in probate court before being sent to circuit court as incorrigible. He is described as about 5 feet 11 inches tall and 165 pounds.
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Decatur
Boys Industrial School
Morgan County
Vernon Lemley
Lemley
John McCutcheon
Priceville
Birmingham
Sheriff's Office
Somerville
Morgan Probate Court
Circuit Court
House committee narrows tax changes after four months
The committee, four months into its review, reached agreement on two tax measures. It would raise the long term capital gains rate from 25 to 28 1 2 percent for both corporations and individuals and keep the overall corporate tax ceiling at 62 percent of net income, short of the previously discussed 70 percent.
State appeals report with varied appraisals and jury awards
The document lists state appeal cases involving Merford and others with appraisals of 2500 dollars, Lynne and D Homer Hill at 1000 dollars, and Homer Hill et al at 1500 dollars. Russell Lynne represents Hill. First week outcomes show juries awarding 100 against Mrs Sue Holmes’ opposition to 25 appraisal, 2100 for Pho cian Shipp on the Shipp and state cross appeal, and 3000 against a state opposed 6000 for Hart.
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Merford
Lynne
Homer Hill
Russell Lynne
Hill
Sue Holmes
Phocian Shipp
Shipp
Hart
Eugene Widner Survives Miraculous Highway Crash
Eugene Widner, 30, of Somerville, escaped serious injury when his car left the road on Lacon mountain at about 10 pm Wednesday. The vehicle jumped a five foot embankment, flipped in a ravine, but he was thrown clear and landed in underbrush. He was treated at Cullman hospital for a cut on his arm.
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Eugene Widner
Somerville
Lacon Mountain
Cullman Hospital
July Draft Quotas Set for Central Valley
The Central Valley must provide 11 men for the armed services via Selective Service in July. Acting State Director Col. J. T. Johnson Jr. announced statewide total of 214 conscripts. Valley quotas: Cullman 4, Lawrence 2, Limestone 2, Morgan 32.
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Central Valley
Armed Services
State
Selective Service
Col
J. T. Johnson Jr
Johnson
Valley
Cullman
Lawrence
Limestone
Morgan
Mrs. Ryan Dies Early Thursday at 66 in Center Grove
Mrs. Fannie Ryan, 66, Center Grove resident, died Thursday at four in the morning at a daughter’s home in Hartselle. Funeral arrangements by Peck pending relatives’ arrival. She leaves four daughters Lillie Stewart Alma Chambers Vernice Martin and Mrs. Wright five sons Floyd Wright Albert Ryan Ernest Ryan Leon Ryan Troy Ryan and five sisters Ella Mardis Lula Foote Sally Foote Elmer Mooney and Ida Long. She was a Center Grove Baptist Church member.
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Fannie Ryan
Center Grove
Milton Wright
Hartseller
Peck
Ryan
Lillie Stewart
Joppa
Alma Chambers
Vernice Martin
Hammond
Ind
Wright
Floyd Wright
Baileyton
Albert Ryan
Alabama City
Ernest Ryan
Leon Ryan
Troy Ryan
Hartselle
Ella Mardis
Falkville
Lula Foote
Sally Foote
Elmer Mooney
Jasper
Ida Long
Hanceville
Missing Men in Soviet Sphere May Shake British Security
Pair speculates that two missing men may have entered the Soviet sphere, a potential breach rivaling the Pontecorvo case last October. Bruno Pontecorvo, a leading nuclear physicist, fled to the East and was linked to Harwell. Klaus Fuchs, another naturalized Briton born in Germany, was convicted eight months earlier of passing atom secrets to Russia and given 14 years in prison.
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Bruno Pontecorvo
Harwell
Britain
Atom Research Establishment
Canadas
Klaus Fuchs
Russia
Lions Club Luncheon Features Mrs Doyle Taylor and Mrs Bob Conner
Decatur Lions club members and guests enjoyed a musical program at the weekly meeting. Mrs Doyle J Taylor played organ selections including Pavane Chloe and More Than You Know. Mrs Bob Conner sang Desert Song Through The Years Summer Time and The Lord's Prayer.
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Decatur Lions Club
Doyle J. Taylor
Bob Conner
Taylor
Central Baptist Church
Chloe
Stabbing Trial Postponed Then Scheduled For Today
Rosa Horton, held in county jail, faces police court trial this afternoon for stabbing Velma Wynn. Trial postponed yesterday as Wynn remained in hospital. if she is released today the trial proceeds, otherwise a new date will be set.
Housing prices in Australia double since 1930s shortages
Brick houses built just before World War II now resell for about four times their 1936 39 building costs. Homes that cost 2664 to 3330 dollars then fetch 11000 to 13000 dollars today, reflecting a severe housing shortage in Australia.
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Sydney
Australia
Voters Reelect Mayor Ed Ward Little In Cow Affected Race
Voters in Renick West Virginia reelect Mayor Ed ward Little after a municipal race dominated by a "no cows in the streets" platform from his opponents. The election confirms Little's third term as mayor with cows a central issue in this Greenbrier county town.
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Renick
W. Va
Greenbrier County
Edward Little
Little
Marine Corps Begins Phase One Reserve Release
The Marine Corps starts phase one of releasing active duty reservists. Enlisted members on active duty before August 1 1950 who are veterans or aged 26 or older before July 1 1951 will be released June 11 to 30. Veterans include WWII service of 90 days or more or at least a year between 1940 and 1948 or three years before July 1 1951. Overseas personnel may transfer to the U S for release. combat personnel may get time extensions but must be released by June 30. Officers released in June include those on active duty before July 21 1950 with similar service rules. second lieutenants with under 21 months active service excluded. Officers wages not considered.
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Armed Services
U.M.T
Raymond Fowler
Senate
Senate Constitution Committee
Elvin McCary
Calhoun
L. K
Snag
Chamber
Marine Corps
United States
Allies Gain Ground in Korean Front as Chinese Shift West
Allied forces crossed into key sectors along the Imjin and near Yonchon with advances of 1 000 to 2 000 yards aided by artillery and mortars. U N on the east flank pushed 2 000 yards toward the iron triangle while fighting persisted on ridges north of Inje and near Chorwon Kumhwa Pyonggang. Air strikes topped 5 390 sorties with 63 front-line targets hit. U N casualties for the week totaled 925 with Communist losses undisclosed.
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Kodae
Imjin River
Yonchon
U. N
Iron Triangle
Kumhwa
Red Wall
George A. McArthur
Inje
Fifth Airforce
McArthur
Yijongbu
Chorwon
Chorwon-Kumhwa-Pyonggang
Tom Bradshaw
Eighth Army
Chorwon and
Community and Mine Updates From Decatur
Community notes list Roy Wyatt Jr arriving from the University of Alabama for ROTC at Fort Monmouth for six weeks. Others enter or leave Baugh-Wiley clinic including Mrs. Riley McDonald and Mrs. H. H. Ayers. DeMolay commander hosts 7:30 PM meeting at the Masonic temple.
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Roy Wyatt Jr
University of Alabama
Fort Monmouth
Riley McDonald
Vinemont 3
Baugh- Wiley Clinic
H. H. Ayers
Decatur 1
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
DeMolay
Knights Templar
Masonic Temple
Boyce Randall Lyle
B. E. Lyle
Baugh. Wiley Clinic
Boyce
Industry bids to curb beef price crease in shortage forecast
Flow representing the packing industry denounces Howlett's claim of efforts to kill controls as mischievous and false. The Institute urges pursuing buyers at above ceiling prices. In Washington DiSalle says receipts shortages and high live cattle prices reflect an adjustment and will ease, while industry spokesmen warn of widespread beef shortages nationwide by next week.
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Howlett
Institute
Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
Board Granted Rehearing Restores Former Case footing
The board filed a motion for rehearing which was granted and the high court withdrew certification of the lower court ruling. Before the supreme court ruling Young served as a de facto board member. The rehearing petition returns the case to its prior position.
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High Court
Supreme Court
Young
Indian Aid Voted Washington Bill Passes House
The House approved a bill by 255 to 82 to grant India a 190 million dollar loan to buy U S grain for famine relief and sent it to the Senate for final action. The measure is a compromise between earlier House and Senate versions.
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Washington
House
Senate
India
U. S
Tornadoes and Floods Sweep South Central U S
Destructive tornadoes and heavy rains struck White Deer Texas injuring several and damaging structures. A Kansas twister near Ulysses injured three while floods threatened Salina and Waurika Oklahoma forced evacuations. Wet weather spread to Wichita Falls Wichita and northern plains with chilly morning temps overall.
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Associated Press
White Deer
Tex
Panhandle
Kansas
Ulysses
Salina
Waurika
Okla
Oklahoma
Wichita Falls
Wichita
Kas
Central Plains
Rockies
Illinois
New England
Midwest
Great Falls
Butte
Mont
Johnston urges firm hold line on wage policy
Eric Johnston endorses a tough hold-the-line wage policy and rejects a 15 percent pay raise, proposing a two percent production boost only if not used to justify higher prices. He has insisted on maintaining the 10 percent cap, with labor leaders pushing toward 15 percent while some indicated a possible 12.5 percent ceiling.
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Eric Johnston
Johnston
Bonn
Labor
Military force plan outlines divisions and wings
The proposal details an Army with 18 divisions plus regimental combat teams, a Navy of 1161 ships with aircraft, a Marine Corps of about 2 1 3 divisions currently at two, and an Air Force aiming for a 95 wing structure with about 85 wings. Defense opposes expanding the Marines beyond the two and a fraction divisions.
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Navy
Marine Corps
Defense Department
Air Force
Dean Comments on AEC Progress and Propulsion Plans
Dean notes Renoir Los Alamos scientists are back in the United States and will speak publicly next week about their work. He says the AEC withholds progress rates to avoid aiding competitors. He also states submarine propulsion is farther along than aircraft, and both will eventually be developed.
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Los Alamos
N. M
United States
Dean
AEC
Lot of used building materials and garage for sale
For sale a mixed lot of used building materials including poplar siding pine flooring doors and porch posts plus large oak 2x8 pieces One garage Also a slightly used stoker Call 779 or 3263
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Alabama
Neil Kirk
eSene
U.N
C. E. Burton
Civitan
Sardis
David R. Sheperd
Cisco Harbor
Kan
Cessna
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Music For Lions
Joyce Thomas
Elkton, Tenn
W. T. Gay
Trinity 1
Guy Mathews
Sixth Avenue West
Russel Cross
Decature
eTgece
David Allen Gibson
Baltimore
Peabody Conservatory of Music
Bettye Kelso
Nell ‘Bynum Hughes
Gadsden
Gordon-Bibb School
South Limestone Homie Demonstration Club
Edwina Peebles
Mooresville
Annie P. Richardson
Central Methodist Church
T. J. Chitwood
Renoir
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