U N Considers Franco Report Amid Busy Week
The United Nations Security Council plans a June 11 session to debate a sub committee report on the Franco regime. A compromise plan suggests possible U S and Britain backing, with the assembly to decide relations if Franco remains in power in September, and a flexible timetable for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ORK
Cess of
Atomic Energy
Spain
Security Council
Generalissimo
Franco
General Assembly
United States
Great Britain
Assembly
Mihailovic Trial Opens in Belgrade Amid Tremors of Treason Case
Draja Mihailovic faces treason charges in a Belgrade court with 14 co defendants and 10 absentees. The trial opened in a packed infantry school auditorium with 1,100 spectators including foreign journalists as Mihailovic answered his occupation as general of the army. Guards maintained order as protests broke out briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. King
Belgrade
Draja Mihailovic
Peter
Marshal Tito
Mihailovic
Mihailo Djordjevic
Seyss-Inquart Claims Hitler Backed Austrian Union Then Sidelined Him
Arthur Seyss Inquart testified at the International Military Tribunal that Hitler promised Austrian ideals and a peaceful union in 1938 Berchtesgaden talks but later demoted him after Austrian annexation. He provided notes and records showing Hitler elevated Joseph Goebbels? No, Buerckel to Reichskomissar, reporting to the Fuehrer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muernberg
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
International Military Tribunal
Adolfee
Austria
Reich
Netherlands
Seyss-Inquart
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Fuehrer
Berchtesden
Bayes Inquart
Joseph Buerckel
Case of Polio Reported in Colbert County
A polio case was reported in Colbert County with no new Lauderdale County cases. Lauderdale had 30 cases since May. Colbert’s first outbreak case in North Alabama involved a four year old boy who recently moved from Lauderdale and now being treated at a Florence clinic. One death linked to the disease has occurred in Limestone County. no other Limestone cases reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Ala
Colbert County
Lauderdale County
Colbert
Lauderdale
North Alabama
Icolatton
Limestone County
Limestone
Markets at a Glance and Nashville Livestock Notes
New York stocks firm with steels and specials leading a quiet advance. Bonds mixed with narrow gains in rails. Cotton firm on New Orleans and commission house buying. Chicago wheat at ceilings. hogs steady with top 14.85. cattle steady to strong with top 18.00. Nashville cattle active and steady, steers 15.00-17.00, heifers 14.50-16.00, cows 7.50-14.50. calves 15.50-17.50. hogs 14.55 ceiling for 120-500 lbs. sheep generally steady with spring lambs 17.00-18.00 and ewes 8.00+. receipts heavier than early estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Milk Price Order From Morgan Board Details Increases
The Morgan area price control board issued an amendment and order affecting premium milk sales across all levels. It raises producer prices by 40 cents per cwt and butterfat by 10.5 cents per pound, adds 1 to 4 cent increments for various milk forms, and specifies proportional increases for different container sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan Area Price Control Board
VETO Hurdles Split Lawmakers Over Bill and Truman Tie
Lawmakers debated whether to modify the bill to appease President Truman and return it promptly, or bundle it with the emergency strike control measure. Some favored keeping the measure separate and advancing it, while others urged sending a single package to improve the odds of a signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
House votes split on military pay and draft timing
The House approved boosts for enlisted men and officers in separate bills and moved to delay inductions until October 15, a proposal the Senate rejected and the House may drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Big Jim Folsom invited to visit Gov Arnall in Atlanta
James E Folsom Alabama's next governor invited to visit Atlanta as executive mansion guest of Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall. Both have known each other for years and supported Henry Wallace at the national Democratic convention. Arnall indicated Folsom may push to abolish the Alabama poll tax as Georgia has done.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
James E
Big Jim) Folsom
Alabama
Georgia
Ellis Arnall
Folsom
Arnall
Democratic Party
Henry Wallace
Washington
Supreme Court
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company
American Tobacco Company
U. S
Lexington
Sixth Federal Circuit
Burton
Reed
Jackson
Slaying of Great Northern Paper chief shocks Boston
William A. Whitcomb 73 president of the Great Northern Paper company was shot dead in his Boston office. An unsigned contract found on his desk is a possible clue to the killer. Lieutenant Harold Watkins noted a Treasury Department connection and that Whitlam, the secretary, admitted the slayer. Police cordon the nine story building and search all entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
H. J. Culver
Decatur Boys’ High
Decaty
F. B. Walden
Culver
Walden
Boston
William A. Whitcomb
Great ~ Northern Paper Company
Harold Watkins
Whitcomb
Ae Whitcomb
Clinton
Ind
Sally Whittam
Miss .Whitlam
Treasury Department
Great Northern Company
Miss Whitlam
King Ananda to tour United States during studies
Bangkok crowds surround the palace as King Ananda, born 1925 in Germany, plans a U S trip with the Queen Mother and 20 royals. He will depart by plane next Thursday for about a week in Washington and New York before resuming studies in Switzerland. Ananda has spent most of the past 12 years abroad, with education in Bern and Lausanne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangkok
Queien
Phraratananihsri Swangwan
Ananda
United States
Washington
New York
Switzerland
Germany
Siam
Bern
Lausanne
Prajadpipok
Folsom Invited to State Capitol in Montgomery
Gov Chauncey Sparks says if James E Folsom seeks it he will provide office space in the Alabama Capitol and make department information available. Sparks promises assistance to help Folsom learn state details and procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Chauncey Sparks
James E
Big Jim
Folsom
Sparks
Master Campus Plan Seeks 8 Million For Auburn Project
The API master campus plan outlines 20 new buildings including dormitories gyms and classrooms with expansions to the football stadium and new labs. Construction hinges on veterans housing relief and material availability with work starting only after emergencies are addressed and labor rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Alabama Poly
API
L. Duncan
Sam F. Brewster
Brewster
Pie Arte
Soleiban
Ross Chemical
Erecen
Controversy Over State Superintendent Selection Debate
The Dothan Eagle reports opposition to hand picking a State Superintendent of Education. Local figures W G Hardwick W F Covington Jr W C Farmer Alton V Lee and Lawrence Oakley oppose, while E C Boswell Kirk Adams and C C Faulk back committee choice. Adams Covington and Hardwick wrote McCorvey opposing committee selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samson
Adams
Covington
Hardwick
McCorvey
City Court Trials Four Dozen Cases in Weekend Session
Forty cases were tried in city police court over Saturday evening and Monday morning. Fines and cash bonds totaling 985 dollars were collected by the city, including 100 dollars for prohibition violations and 50 dollars for disorderly conduct. Several cases involved drunkenness, assaults, traffic violations, and petty larceny was postponed to tonight's session.
Maritime unions threaten strike over shorter work week
WAY warned ship operators to offer a shorter work week or a strike would proceed. Curran Bridges and Selly of the CIO plan to meet CIO President Murray and testify at a House labor subcommittee hearing. Curran’s National Maritime Union rejects fact finding and demands a 22 cent hourly raise and rules changes across lake river and tanker operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curran
Bridges
Joseph Selly
CIO American Communication Association
CIO
Philip Murray
Selly
House
National Maritime Union
CMU
Atlantic and Gulf Companie
Merican
Beating of Yanks Bared in Lichfield Trials
A prisoner testified in the Lichfield trials that U S Army guards beat him and that concentration camps exist in the Army. He described being beaten unconscious and kicked while confined at Lichfield in 1944 45. Other witnesses recounted scars and abuse during the court martial of Lt Granville Cubrage and Lt Leonard Ennis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bad Nauheim
Germany
Lichfield
U. S
Mike Goblinsky
Saginaw
Mich
Saipans
Koblinsky
Granville Cubage
Oklahoma City
U.S. Army
Eng
Military Court
Dubrage
Cubrage
Leonard W. Ennis
Ennis
Richey
Storm Death Toll Rises Across New England
The electrical storm that hit New England Saturday night killed at least nine people and caused over 750000 in damage. Connecticut valley tobacco growers report 500000 to 700000 in losses from ruined cloth and wiring while emergency crews repair damage. The New England Telephone and Telegraph company says 28700 phones were out of service and full restoration may take three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
Hartford
Conn
Shade Tobacco Growers Association
Connecticut Valley
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Price Margin Amendment Debate Shapes OPA Bill Fate
Senator Pepper defends continuing OPA with minimal changes as Senator Warren warns the bill could revive inflation and echo postwar instability. Pepper says passage signals economic direction, while stabilization officials and a four-member banking panel minority condemn the committee bill as a death sentence for price and wage controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rry
Pepper
D-Fla
OPA
Banking Committee
Wagner
D-N. Y
Camden CPT training programs noted in South
Camden South Carolina announces CPT training programs in the region. Ike F. Jones serves as vice president and I R Ball as treasurer of the company, which has operated since 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
S. C
CPT
Ike F. Jones
I. R. Ball
Pirate dispute filed with NLRB in Pittsburgh
Robert Murphy of the American Baseball Guild filed with the NLRB in Pittsburgh a petition accusing the Pirates manager of unfair labor practices. The move followed a failed effort to win officers’ consent for a union election amid threats of a players strike that was called off before a game with the New York Giants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Robert Murphy
American Baseball Guild
NLRB
Pittsburgh Pirates
Murphy
National Labor Relations Board
Pirate
New York Giants
Early glimpses of Mrs Theo Hill and daughter moved to Decatur
Mrs Theo Hill and her daughter were moved from Decatur General hospital to Decatur 3 by Brown's ambulance on Sunday. James W. McCain, Guntersville board supervisor, visited. Miss Estelle Jones Cullman 5 dismissed from Baugh's infirmary. Dorothy Summerford Falkville underwent surgery at Baugh's infirmary. Mrs Floyd Harris 122 Seventh Avenue West had surgery at Baugh's infirmary. George Johnson Athefs visited. The county courthouse closed 9:30 to 2 today for the funeral of Marvin West register in chancery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo Hill
Decatur General Hospital
Decatur 3
Brown's Ambulance
Dorothy ,Summerford
Homer Summerford
Falkville
Baugh’s Infirmary
Floyd Harris
Seventh Avenue West
Marvin West
Register In Chancery
Draftees Refuse Seats In Interstate Bus Segregation Protest
In Suffolk Virginia twenty three Nansemond County white draftees walk off a Greyhound bus rather than sit with Black soldiers after a Supreme Court ruling against interstate segregation. The group, led by M P Spivey and Melvin Brinkley, said Negroes occupied half the seats and refused to double up. They later boarded another bus bound for Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk
U. S. Supreme Court
Virginia
Nansemond County
Richmond
M. P. Spivey
Melvin Brinkley
White Marsh Road
Spivey
Brinkley
Washington
Norfolk
Supreme Court of the United States
Greyhound
298 Cases At Red Cross in May by Morgan County Chapter
The Morgan County Chapter of the American Red Cross reported 298 cases handled in May. The breakdown includes 172 veterans 91 Army personnel or families 21 Navy personnel or families and eight civilians. Services feature 48 emergency furlough verifications 32 health and welfare reports 19 director requests 28 government benefits applications 33 dependency discharge applications 91 disability pensions 12 death pensions 23 consultations and guidance 11 referrals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
American Red Cross
Army
Navy
Veterans Administration
Thunderstorm Triggered Suicide Of Ex Marine In Wilkinsburg
Roy E. Delaplaine Jr. 20, a former Pittsburgh Marine, fled from a thunderclap in his Wilkinsburg home and then shot himself after holding a pistol near the stairs. His girlfriend Eve Shivers and her mother accompanied him to safety before a fatal shot was fired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Saipan
Roy E. Delaplaine Jr
Wilkinsburg
Eve Shivers
Shivers
Miss Shivers
Ex-Corp
Delaplaine
Annual Davis Sing Scheduled June 16
Sheriff W. T. Willoughby announced the annual Davis memorial sing will be held at Evergreen ten miles west of Falkville on Sunday June 16. Preceding the event the Home land quartet of Decatur will give a concert on Saturday evening June 15 at 7:30 at the church with lunch to follow at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evergreen
Falkville
W. T. Willoughby
Homeland Quartet of
Decatur
Marriage Licenses for Verus Vincent Eva 1 and Aster Matoline
Eva 1 Thomas Luther Lovelady De catur and Christine Marie Landers Danville receive marriage licenses. Verus Vincent Eva 1 and Aster Matoline are listed with partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verus Vincent
Eva
Aster Matoline
Fowler
Thomas Luther Lovelady
Decatur
Christine Marie Landers
Danville
Centers for Fats Are Set In Decatur Area
Thirteen Decatur retail groceries in cooperation with the Women's Chamber of Commerce were designated as official collection centers for surplus grease and fats. The list includes A and P, Baker's, Braswell, Carl's, Monarch's, Namie's, Norton, Pitt and Johnson, Putnam, and others with rules to save grease, refrigerate until solid, use a tin can, deliver at least a pound, and the option to receive four cents per pound or donate it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Women's Chamber of Commerce
A and P
Johnston
Baker's
Sixth Avenue North
Braswell Grocery
Third West
Carl's Grocery
Bank
Henry McBride
Monarch’s Grocery
East Moulton
Murdock’s
Thrifty Food
Namie'’s
Fifth Avenue
Norton Grocery
Sycamore
Park's
Sixth Avenue
Pitt and Johnson
Second Avenue
Putnam Grocery
Decatur Super Market
First Avenue
Deed Creates Historic Landmark For Legion Post Property
Mrs Lelia Cantwel Seten Edmundson assigns a Decatur property to an American Legion post to preserve a WWI WWII historical landmark. The site will host a museum and be available to the public at set times with furniture records and personal property included for use by veterans groups and other patriotic clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Lelia—Cantwel-Seten
Edmundson
American Legion Post
Board of Control
Decatur
German Brides Seek Passage On GI Bride Ship
Five German war brides married to American soldiers sought passage to the United States on a GI bride ship. Army officials, unsure how to proceed, queried Washington as they grapple with loopholes in federal law that allow wives and children of troops to travel. Names of the husbands were not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
United States
War Department
Washington
Trav
Woman Hurt When Car Hits Wagon Near Leesdale
Mrs Herbert Denton of Hartselle sustained a slight injury when a car struck the wagon carrying her and her husband about 7 30 p m near Leesdale south of Hart selle. She was taken to Decatur General Hospital in fair condition. Mr Denton and the car driver were uninjured. Patrolman Hale investigated the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Denton
Hartselle
Leesdale
Denton
Decatur General Hospital
Peck Ambulance
Hale
State Highs
Italy Declares Republic After Plebiscite Vote
In brief ceremonies at Montecitorio Palace Rome Chief Justice Giuseppe Pagano announced the court of cassation has officially determined that the people voted out the House of Savoy monarchy in the recent plebiscite.
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Rome
Italy
Montecitorio Palace
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Duncan
King
State Capitol
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Guntersville
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Cullman
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