Barkley Says Korea Cheaper Than World War III
Vice President Alben Barkley told about 1000 veterans in Sheffield Alabama that Korea is costly in lives and money but cheaper than another world war. He warned that a future war could destroy civilization and plunge the nation into darkness, urging readiness for a generation and noting the 1898 Spain battle ended isolationism.
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Sheffield
Ala
Alben Barkley
Korea
Barkley
America
United Nations
Spain
U. S
E. R K. Brown
Veterans’ Group
GOP delegates and keynotes loom in party race
Connecticut plans 16 Republican votes for McMahon as favorite son while Massachusetts Democrats caucus 72 delegates pledged to Dever. Kefauver Russell Harriman and other contenders share the Democratic tally as Taft backs MacArthur for a high post and GOP talks pivot to a national keynote.
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Connecticut
Brien McMahon
Massachusetts
Boston
Paul A. Dever
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
GOP
MacArthur
J. Russel Sprague
New York
Eisenhower
Taft
South Dakota
Langston Named English Teacher at Decatur High
The Decatur High School board filled vacancies with experienced teachers including Gladys Langston who will complete her M A at Alabama in July. Forty teachers remained with no resignations this past year, one retired and another requested a different assignment.
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Cullman
Florence State Teachers College
Decatur High School
Gladys Langston
University of Alabama
Australia and Europe compare in land area
The record notes that Australia is the smallest of the six inhabited continents and places Europe as the next in size. It reads like a concise geographic fact comparison.
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Australia
Europe
Amusements Listings Highlight Week End Screens
Roxy shows Bride of the Gorilla with Barbara Payton Lon Chaney 1 42 3 42 5 42 7 42 9 42. Sunset features Iron Man with Jeff Chandler Evelyn Keyes Stephen McNally 8 00 10 05. Athens Behave Yourself Farley Granger Shelley Winters 7 30 9 15. When Worlds Collide 16 4 15 6 15 8 15 9 30. Star Moulton Quo Vadis Robert Taylor Deborah Kerr 7 30.
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Roxy
Bride of the Gorilla
Barbara Payton
Lon Chaney
Iron Man
Jeff Chandler
Evelyn Keyes
Stephen McNally
REED
Athens
Behave Ourself
Farley Granger
Shelley Winters
Star
Moulton
Quo Vadis
Robrt Taylor
Deborah Kerr
Weekend arrests in Decatur reflect public intoxication and related charges
Seven people were arrested on public drunkenness charges over the weekend, with one violation of prohibition, one vagrancy arrest, and two two on driving while intoxicated. The record also notes hospital stays, graduates, and upcoming local events, including an all day singing at Landersville Methodist church.
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Sheriff's Forces
Highway Patrol
Ae A
Recorder’s Court
Landersville Methodist Church
Gunpowder History Notes Highlight Impure Ingredients
A fragment notes Roger Bacon and early gunpowder practice. It mentions incendiaries and composition with impure ingredients known long before, suggesting cautious caution about historical recipes and metalworking.
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Roger Bacon
Rgb
Northern Spread of Cotton Reaches Southern Illinois
The article notes cotton growing has expanded northward and now reaches as far north as Southern Illinois, indicating a shift in cultivation zones and adapting agriculture to cooler climates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Illinois
Eisenhower backers clash over MacArthur as keynoter
Divided Republican forces weigh naming Gen. Douglas MacArthur as the convention keynoter and possibly avoiding his role as temporary chairman. Taft allies push for a MacArthur slate with Rep. Joseph Martin and Sen. Knowland, while Gabrielson may stay neutral. Taft supporters press for the plan amid Knowland Warren ties and Eisenhower praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Rep
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
Guy G. Gabrielson
William Knowland
California
Taft
Convention Arrangements Committee
Gabrielson
Texas
Martin
House
Knowland
Senate
Truman
Earl Warren
Abilene
Kan
Far East
Peanut Growers Discuss Price Support Changes
About 300 Southeastern peanut growers from Georgia, Florida and Alabama meet at a three day convention of the Southeastern Peanut Association to review changes in the price support plan. The plan would loan producers at the support level minus storage charges or have GFA advance the loan value and handle the peanuts. Secretary Brannan speaks at the event introduced by Steve Pace. Association officers include E J Young president Julian Maddox vice president G W Ray chairman and Mrs R J Culpepper secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Southeastern Peanut Growers
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Southeastern Peanut Association
GFA
Charles F. Brannan
Steve Pace
E. J. Young
Dawson
Julian Maddox
Laverne
Ala
G. W. Ray
Headland
R. J. Culpepper
Americus
Rain Ends East's Hot Spell With Storms
Thunderstorms and showers hit the eastern half of the nation ending the season's first hot spell. Damaging storms yesterday affected wide areas in the Midwest and East with reports of casualties in Illinois and Erie Pennsylvania. Temperatures reached 90s and high 80s across the region.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Illinois
Erie
Coeducation Is Successful At St. John's
At St John’s College Annapolis the first year of coeducation has proven successful with 24 women students. President Richard D Weigle notes the experiment may become permanent as coed classes continue to thrive. The curriculum centers on great books with emphasis on language mathematics science and the arts and graduates number 19 today.
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Annapolis
St. John’s
Great Books College
Richard D. Weigle
Yale
Sarah Covington
Centreville
Janet G. Jenkins
Bethesda
Kem Seeks Tight Provisions to Block Aid Exports
Sen. Kem argues for a bill amendment to deny aid to nations exporting military equipment to Russia. The Senate passed the measure, but a conference committee replaced it with a delayed, broader Battle Act. Kem accuses the Battle Act of numerous loopholes and failing to stop trade with the enemy.
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Sen
Kem
R-Mo
Russia
Senate
Conference Committee
Congress
Vaccine to Cut Death Rate of Chicks Ready
Alabama Polytechnic Institute researchers announce a vaccine to prevent Cecal Cocidiosis in young chickens. Developed under Dr. S A Edgar, the vaccine immunizes chicks within 28 days after starting at age three days. Field tests with over 60,000 birds across Alabama Georgia and Mississippi show only two losses per 5 000 inoculated.
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Auburn
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
S. A. Edgar
API
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
MANIAC Solves Problems Behind Atomic Research
LOS ALAMOS New Mexico The MANIAC nickname for the latest electronic brain at the atomic center is described as a mathematical analyzer numerical integrator and computer. Built by University of California laboratory staff it processes input in eight millionths of a second and retrieves outputs in the same instant, running about 100000 times faster than a desk calculator.
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Los Alamos
N. M
University of California Scientific Laboratory
Stocks Edge Higher in Quiet New York Market
In a subdued session in New York, stocks rose slightly with railroad shares leading activity. Steel and utility stocks held steady as the market showed little overall movement.
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New York
Utili
Four Hour Battle Near Chorwon In Korea
Four hours of fighting occurred between Allied troops and Chinese forces near Chorwon with artillery and mortar fire dominant. The Reds pressed the position for a four hour period then pulled back in darkness Monday while continuing shelling. Four Allied patrols fought long actions Sunday night and Monday morning northwest of Yonchon. An Allied unit reported thirty two Reds in the Pukhan River area on Monday.
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Chorwon
Yonchon
Pukhan River
Court Rules Rail Unions Violated Fair Hiring Practices
The Supreme Court, in a 6 to 3 decision, ruled that the Railway Labor Act bars unions from using power to replace colored workers with white workers. It held that an agreement between the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the St. Louis San Francisco Railway forced Negro train porters into lower paid roles. Justice Black wrote the majority opinion. Justice Minton dissented with Chief Justice Vinson and Justice Reed. The ruling found Negro porters long performed brakeman duties at lower wages and that the union sought to eliminate them to admit white members.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Brotherhood of Railroad
St. Louis-San Francisco
Justice Black
Justice Minton
Vinson
Reed
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Brotherhood
Preacher Dies After 51 Days Fast in Ozarks Village
The Rev. J. J. Ivie 57, Assembly of God minister, died in Cherryville Missouri on the 51st day of a vow of fasting to seek the more perfect will of God. His wife and five sons plus a daughter were at his bedside as he refused medical aid and water except sips since April 20.
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Cherryville
Ozarks
J. J. Ivie
Assembly of God Church
St. Louis
Ivie
Jesus
Physician at Eisenhower event reports vandalism at home
Dr. Emanuel M. Josephson said two glass doors at his East 69th Street home were smashed and a can of fertilizer was strewn inside after he disrupted Eisenhower's news conference by demanding why he allied with Alger Hiss. The incident follows his earlier confrontation with Eisenhower over Hiss.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Emanuel M. Josephson
East 69Th Street
Josephson
Alger Hiss
Eisenhower
Hiss
Carnegie Endowment For Interna
The
Foundation
China’s Public Examinations Said to Be World’s Oldest
Historians contend China developed the oldest known imperial examination system used to select officials for government service, shaping civil administration for centuries. The exams, linked to the Zhou and Han eras, evolved into a centralized merit-based pathway that influenced regional governance and bureaucratic recruitment.
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China
Sweden’s Coffee Ban Sparks Bootlegging in 18th Century
For years after 1756 Sweden prohibited coffee and coffee bootlegging became common as smugglers and consumers skirted the law. Local authorities enforced restrictive rules while merchants traded covertly, revealing tensions between public policy and daily life in 18th century Sweden.
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Sweden
Convict Beats Woman To Death At Tutwiler Prison
At Tutwiler Prison a Black male convict struck Mozelle McFarland with a mop handle, killing her, then fled through a yard gate. Superintendent Edwina Mitchell identified the inmate. J D Wilson, a nearby Draper Prison trusty, assisted earlier with a garbage pail. Mitchell says Wilson will be charged with murder.
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Wetumpka
Tutwiler
Edwina Mitchell
Women’s Prison
Mozelle McFarland
Escambia County
Wilson
Hale County
Mitchell
Russell Favors Labor Courts and Election Prospects
Russell proposes labor courts for union management disputes and cites a poll from 13 states showing him ahead of Eisenhower by about 54 to 46 while Kefauver trails similarly. He claims 146 electoral votes in the 13 states and 120 needed from the remaining states, asserting he could win the nomination and the presidency.
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Russell
Eisenhower
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Chamber committee assignments under Wyker leadership
J William Wyker Jr first vice president of the Chamber also chairs the budget and program of work committees. Committee assignments fall under his jurisdiction per the Chamber's organizational chart.
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Ment
Julian Harris
Joe Elliott
A. L. Shelton
W. J. Williams
Clay Callaham
Ernie Blackwell
Ned Frazier
Charles Norman
George Dawson
J. William Wyker Jr
Chamber
Federal Reserve relaxes down payment rules for new homes
The Federal Reserve Board eased down payment requirements for new houses effective Wednesday. Under Regulation X, buyers pay 5 percent on homes $7 000 or less, 40 percent on $25 000 or more, and a sliding scale for intermediate prices. The changes apply only to private residences built since October 1950.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Ex AP Bureau Chief Named to CDA Public Relations Post
ATLANTA W F Caldwell former chief of the Atlanta Associated Press bureau has been named Atlanta regional public relations director of the Civilian Defense Administration Wiley L Moore regional director Carolina He will go to Washington Wednesday for conferences and indoctrination work in Civilian Defense
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Atlanta
W. F. Caldwell
Atlanta Associated Press Bureau
Civilian Defense Administration
Wiley L. Moore
Carolina
Washington
Markets Report from Decatur Farm Prices and Goods
Decatur market notes show cotton middling at 38.50 cents and strict low 37.00. No 2 wheat new crop priced at 2.17 while No 2 oats 0.78. No 2 yellow ear corn 1.83. No 2 mile goods at 3.10. Hog prices reported as 20 in Decatur.
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Decatur
Poultry market steady with firm demand in Atlanta area
USDA reports North Georgia live poultry market steady to firm with supplies equal to good demand. Increased interest for heavier weights. Plants pay 26 cents at doors, some lots up to 28 cents. Farm prices include broilers under 3% pounds at 24 to 26 cents.
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Poultry
Atlanta
USDA
North
Georgia
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Market Prices Listed in Nashville
In Nashville fed cattle at 1000 head across scattered small lots to 1000 head. Steers and heifers sold 27.50 to 33.00 per cwt with good and choice weighted around 625 pounds at 32.50. Cows and calves priced 19.50 to 24.00 for utility to commercial. Hogs 1400 head with barrows and gilts 20.50 to 20.75 for 190 to 230 pounds and 19.25 to 19.50 for 240 to 290 pounds. Sows up to 650 pounds 18.00 to 18.50. Sheep 1500 head with spring lambs 29.00 to 30.00, good to choice 28.00 to 29.00, utility and good 24.00 to 28.00.
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Nashville
Mobile firms agree five year terms and raise pay
In 1950 five year agreements set by mobile companies would raise current hourly earnings by about 16 cents from nearly $2.00. The extra five to six cents would come with better vacation shift and holiday arrangements.
Two Policemen Held In Burglary Probe In Tampa
A police officer, his wife, another officer, and the son of a city detective sergeant are jailed on charges of belonging to a burglary ring. The group is linked to thefts totaling about 75 000 dollars across Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. The case alleges past robberies including a theater manager heist and violent tactics, with loot ranging from jewelry to appliances.
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Tampa
Fla
Lee
Hillsborough
Pinellas
B. J. Roberts
Joe Bowers
Joe
Carl B. Overstreet
A. M. Yelvington
Roberts
John Jeely
Daphne Ed
Eskimos Described Before Contact With White Man
Text notes that prior to contact with outsiders many Eskimos led nomadic lifeways and lived in isolated Arctic regions. It discusses cultural patterns, subsistence methods, and social organization as observed by early researchers.
Ecks to Head State AP Group
Florence Times Tri Cities Daily editor Ecks was elected state AP group head at a meeting aligning him to succeed George M. Cox of Mobile Press Register. Norman Bassett of the Tuscaloosa News became vice president, replacing Ben Bloodworth. About 50 editors attended.
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Florence Times
Tri-Cities
Obama
Associated Press
George M. Cox
Mobile Press Register
Norman Bassett
Tuscaloosa News
Ben Bloodworth
Decatur Daily
Ben A. Green
Green
Morris Rises Set Tuesday
Funeral services for Walter L. Morris 48 former Decatur resident who died in Omaha Nebraska Friday night will be Tuesday at 9:30 A M at Central Methodist Church Rev W W Glass will conduct with interment in Hartselle City Cemetery Brown directing body arrives in Decatur at 1240 A M taken to Mrs Annie L Morris home 619 East Vine Street Survivors include his mother wife Janis Morris and one daughter Afin of Omaha Pallbearers named B E Worth Barrett Shelton John Gehee Bob Jervis John Wyker and Sidney Patterson.
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Walter L. Morris
Decatur
Omaha
Neb
Central Methodist Church
W. W. Glass
Hartselle City
Brown
Annie L. Morris
East Vine Street
Morris
Janis Morris
Afin
Ben Ousworth
Barrett Shelton
John Gehee
Bob Jervis
John Wyker
Sidney Patterson
Japanese Prisoner Figures Spark Moscow Clash
A Foreign Office spokesman dismissed Soviet claims of 182 000 Japanese prisoners in Russia as propaganda and warned of reprisal threats if Japan breaks the U S Soviet security pact. A repatriation board official cited Tass figures showing only 2 467 Japanese prisoners in Russia with 340 585 unreturned. Mrs Kora cites 182 000. Matsuoka, vice chairman of the Repatriation Explacing Association, will act only after Mrs Kora clarifies her brief.
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Russia
Japan
Foreign Office
Soviet Union
U. S
Red
China
Rulings Highlight State Control In School Segregation
The high tribunal notes that eliminating segregation lies within states discretion to regulate education. Earlier decisions found Oklahoma and Texas universities did not provide true equal opportunities for Negroes. In Topeka grade schools facilities for Negro and white students were near equal, while South Carolina found officials had met decree to equalize “as soon as humanly possible” and immediate desegregation would do no good.
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Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Texas
Topeka
South Carolina
Human embryo size at formation described
The article notes that at its first formation the human embryo measures less than a hundredth of an inch across, highlighting early development.
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