Lawmakers Press Folsom for Official Financial Needs
A resolution in the Alabama House urges Governor Folsom to present a detailed statement of the financial needs of his office. Rep. Earl McGowin introduces the measure, asserting no intent to impair executive functions and advocating citizen approval of the program and taxes.
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Alabama House
Folsom
Executive Department
Earl McGowin
House
Governor Folsom
The
Daily
Norton Addresses Florence Teachers College Graduates
Dr. Elbert Norton, president of Florence State Teachers College, urged Decatur graduates and overflow listeners to pursue education as a force against ignorance poverty and disease. He linked his ideas to David Lilienthal and urged that atomic power be used for peaceful ends and not military control. He warned Alabama to invest in education and cited broad support from national business groups.
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Elbert Norton
Florence State Teachers College
Decatur
David Lilienthal
Norton
Alabama
United States Chamber of Commerce
Uncertainty of Sports Careers Shaped by Choices and Trades
The piece contrasts volatile paths in pro sports with disciplined service, citing Fred Walters who rose to coach the Louisville Colonels then was fired, and Ensign Don Whitmire who declined pro football to stay in the Navy. It praises Don’s long term view and laments rapid reversals in athletic fortunes.
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Fred Walters
Walters
Birmingham
Barons
Eddie Glennon
Boston Red Sox
Louisville
Colonels
American Association
Red Sox
Daily
Ensign Don Whitmire
U. S. Navy
Don
Navy Academy
Annapolis
Navy
the Daily
Sam
As Pegler Sees It As Pegler Sees It
Westbrook Pegler accuses Drew Pearson of libel over remarks about James Forrestal's death and a jewel robbery. He dismisses Pearson as a liar and blackguard and recounts past lawsuits and alleged false statements about Frank Sinatra and Sidney Hillman.
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New York
Drew Pearson
King Features Syndicate
James Forrestal
Pearson
Forrestal
Cissie Patterson
Washington
Student Army Training Corps
Patterson
The
Bell Syndicate
Frank Sinatra
the Waldorf
Sinatra
Sidney Hillman
Communist Party
Confident living requires belief in self and world
Relie B. Davidson argues confident living comes from self-reliance and faith in a good universe. Emphasizes believing in outcomes, avoiding paralysis by worry, and moving forward despite doubts. References General Dwight D. Eisenhower on pursuing vital values to live confidently each day.
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Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Public dispute over Pearson accuses lies and abuse
A speaker denounces Pearson as mendacious and a blackguard. He claims conspiracies and fakery in defense of free press, vows to prove deceit in court, and condemns abusive on air and on Sundays as a threat to political judgment.
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Pearson
Bell Syndicate
Forrestal
Fishing in TVA Area Shows Above Average Returns
Creel census records and fisheries workers buttoned reports indicate TVA waters have yielded above average catches this spring. Fishermen continue to flock to tail-waters below mainstream dams as strong angling persists across nine reservoirs with notable catches recorded.
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TVA
Atlantic Pact Steps Meet Little Senate Fuss
James Marlow notes the Senate foreign relations committee approved joining the Atlantic pact with little debate. The move, expected to gain two thirds support in the full Senate, would align the United States with 11 other North Atlantic nations for mutual defense against aggression, notably from Russia. The piece traces U.S. isolation to postwar engagement, UN creation, and Cold War actions from Greece and Turkey to the Marshall Plan.
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Washington
America
Times
Senate
Russia
Europe
Greece
Turkey
Western Europe
Carcassonne Tale Sparks Time Travel Tourstop
In Carcassonne France on June 8, the editor recalls the medieval fortress as a stark stone manuscript. The walled city dominates the valley from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic and echoes with Caesar and Visigoth marching history shaping language and liberty today.
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Carcassonne
France
Bill McGeehan
Douglas Fairbanks
Mediterranean
Atlantic
New Drug Dibutoline May Ease Intestinal Spasms
Medical chemists discover dibutoline which relaxes smooth muscle in the stomach and bowel. In spastic colitis it produced rapid pain relief from one to 10 minutes with effects lasting from hours to weeks, and it also eased pain in diverticulitis and duodenal ulcers when injected under the skin. The drug is yet limited in use but could prove valuable for various bowel disorders.
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Webster's
New International
Westbrook
Peglef
Living Today
Relie B. Davidson
Jeeenibete
the Nation Today
James Marlow
North Atlantic
Butts
Hitler
United Nations
Bob Considine
International News Service
Albany-Decatur
Morgan, Limestone
Lawrence Counties
Chamber of Commerce
Princess Theatre
Twin Cities
Malone Amusement Park
Chicago
Nathan Leopold Jr
Richard Loeb
Robert Franks
Eugene O'Neil
Anna Christie
Blanche Sweet
William Russell
George Marion
Flora
Annie Mae Gardner
Mrs. M. Markstein
Cincinnati, O
Mrs
W. B. Markstein
Dolly Greer
L. T. Pride
Pride’s Station
Ja Ei
Herman Whaley
John C. Bragg
American Medical Association
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Clinic
Christ
Theodoric
Moussa-Ben-Nassair
Joe Stalin
Cork
Urban II
Napoleon
Philip the Bold
Hotel de Cite
Herman N. Bundesen
Morgan County
Decatur, Alabama
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
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