Final Tally of Ballots in Alabama Democratic Nominations
Montgomery reports certify June 4 runoffs to the Secretary of State showing Carmichael narrowly leading the delegate at large race by 735 votes. Key victors include Mandeville and Moore in District 1, Boswell over Adams in District 3, Maxwell and Mayfield in District 6, Abercrombie over Edwards in District 9, and King winning the 10th circuit nomination.
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Montgomery
State
Demiic Executive Committee
Atttorney
Albert Carmichael
Gessner T. McCorvey
Ile
Carmichael
J. M.er
Camden
Albert Stapp
Birmingham
D. Hardy Riddle
Talladega
Joseph Langan
Mobile
John M. Coxwell
E. C
Bud) Boswell
Geneva
L. H. Adams, Jr
Boswell
Adams
Thomas H. Maxwell
Tuscaloosa
Henry J. Mayfield
H. Coleman Long
Fred W. Nicol
H. M. Abercrombie
J. K. Edwards
Brighton
Abercrombie
Edwards
Wallace C. Johns
Robert W
Bob) Gwin
Alta E. King
G. C. Bonner
Jefferson
Baldwin
Telfair J. Mashburn
Hubert M. Hall
Civil rights split in Democratic and Republican camps ahead of conventions
Leaders weigh summer session timing amid party rifts over civil rights and policy issues. Nebraska chairman Ritchie shuns Truman pledge after Omaha visit. Dewey and Stassen court Southern delegates, balancing states rights with civil rights as they oppose Truman's program and test foreign aid cuts.
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Martin
Taft
House
Liseby Oists
Truman
Ritchie
Nebraska
Iowa
Bum
Ruman
Omaha
South
Thomas E._Dewey
New York
Virginia
Richmond
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Dewey
Stassen
Mr. Truman
TVA budget change rejected by house amid vote dispute
Sub-Committee details show McKellar disputing vote counts as the group rejects TVA demands for a $5.5 million payment to the Treasury next year. The panel also trims overall appropriations by $417,000 after a revised agency statement lowers unobligated 1948 funds to $917,000 from $500,000.
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McKellar
TVA
House
Treasury
Annual Singing at Lebanon Scheduled
The event at Lebanon a school gathering will feature a singing program with all singers urged to attend. Dinner will be served on the grounds. The church is located five miles west of Danville.
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el Ggpims
Lebanon School
Danville
Wheat and corn rise and fall on market day signals
Markets Chicago June 10 report a flour pickup supporting wheat on the board as senate talks over cuts influence prices. Wheat ends 3-8 lower to 1-2 higher July 2.29 1-2. corn off 1 cent to July 2.18 5-8. oats mixed. soy unchanged. New York markets show stocks firm rails steady, cotton declines to new lows on heavy nearby liquidation. July cotton futures drop sharply as May and July contracts widen losses.
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Chicago
Board of Trade Today
House
Senate
New York
Court Calendar Shows July Proceedings and Names
Tuesday July 20 grand larceny cases listed for Capital S Bolan and Leo Slatten with multiple defendants and counsel including Noble Russell. Wednesday July 21 Leonard McNutt appeals peace, plus numerous charges from bastardy to murder and larceny with various representations. Thursday July 22 Calvin Mitchell to Foodham Chapman for forging, liquor, stealing, and perjury.
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S. Bolan
Russell Lynne
Olen Smith
al Metcalf
Noble Russell
James Jenkins
Leo Slatten
James Lester Land
Elmer Knighten
William E. Sullivan
Juniér McDonald
Robert Varnell
John W. Sherrill Jr
Junior M. Roberts
Willie Echols
S. A. Lynne
Eliauna Roberts
M.A. Bishop
Rance Clemons
Sherman Powell
Jeff Mitchell
E. C. Ix
Calvin Mitchell
E. C. Nix
Charles Looney
R. H. Hampton
Henry Layton
Roy Hampton
Curtis Crow
John Paul Jones
Walling
Foodham
Chapman
Hastle Light
Fraud charged by grand jury over absentee voting
A Montgomery grand jury found fraud in absentee voting but returned no indictments after a two day probe. It urged erasing absentee voting from state statute and allowing bona fide in person voting the day before elections, noting dead or moved residents on the county list invite manipulation.
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Montgomery
Montgomery County
Alabama
Flag Day Activities to Feature City Tour and Refreshments
A flag day program will include a city tour led by a group, with the Emblem club in charge of refreshments. Helpers include Mary Lou Dancy Mizpak chapters, Order of Eastern Star, American Legion Auxiliary, VFW Auxiliary, and the Business and Professional Women's club. Civic groups in the city join in.
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Couo
Mary Lou Dancy
Mizpak
Order of Eastern Star
American Legion Auxiliary
VFW Auxiliary
Business and Professional Women's Club
Elks James
Semamiites
Mac Livingst
Sheriff Glenn defies resignation after liquor case ruling
A. H. Glenn, 74, Chattooga County sheriff, sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for liquor and conspiracy charges, declares he will not resign. Rome officials consider removal. Judge Porter calls a special grand jury for June 21 while Solicitor Clower campaigns for reelection. Clower vows to destroy two slot machines under a court order.
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Rome
A. H. Glenn
Chattooga County
Summerville
Glenn
M. E. Thompson
Thompson
Claude H. Porter
E. J. Clower
Grand Jury
Clower
Chattooga
Georgia
Rome Judicial Circuit
U. S. Appellate Court
New Orleans
Graham Wright
Porter
Alabama Supreme Court Reverses Eviction Rule and More
The Alabama Supreme Court reversed a Montgomery circuit ruling allowing evictions of 18 former company housing tenants tied to job terminations. It also ruled a Pepsi-Cola advertising contest does not violate the state ban on lotteries. The court overturned murder convictions due to panel bias, and voided a Barbour County teacher dismissal for tenure law noncompliance.
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Montgomery
West Boylston Manufacturing Company
Alabama Supreme Court
Walter Jones
Pepsi-Cola
Jones
Supreme Court
Pepsi- Cola
Birmingham
Jefferson Circuit
North Alabama
John Thomas Hall
Lawrence’ County
Rufus Draper
Morgan County
Barbour County
Mary Neil Whittington
Barbour County School Board
Schwellenbach Defeated In Battle Over Labor Dept Cuts
Secretary Schwellenbach faced Congress as cuts shrank his department and the conciliation service was removed. Congress shifted the U S employment service to the federal security agency, leaving his Labor Department largely skeletal. Aides noted his waning influence amid illness and policy clashes with Steelman, while his liberal stance shaped deep Cabinet debates.
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Congress
Schwellenbach
U. S. Employment Service
Federal Security Agency
Steelman
Jonn R. Steelman
Truman
White House
Senate
Washington
Missouri
Washington State
Havana
New York Harbor
Governors Island
GOP Contests Hearings Set
A Republican National Committee hearing is scheduled for June 17 in Philadelphia to resolve delegate contests from Georgia and other states ahead of the June 21 national convention. The full committee will review subcommittee actions, with possible hearings from Mississippi Alabama South Carolina and the District of Columbia. Maryland may hear a case where 20 delegates were named instead of 16. The Georgia dispute features a 16 vote Foster faction favoring Taft and a Dewey-leaning group led by W R Tucker.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Philadelphia
Georgia
National Committee
Ezra Whitla
Idaho
Mississippi
Alabama
South Carolina
District of Columbia
Maryland
Roy G. Foster
Wadley
Taft
Ohio
Gov. Dewey
New York
W. R. Tucker
Dawsonville
Marvin Breeding Burned While Attempting Yard Fire
Fourteen year old Marvin Breeding suffered severe burns to the face and arms in Decatur near 1022 College Street after he poured gasoline on a brush pile and struck a match. He was hospitalized at Decatur General. His friend Lindsey Terry was uninjured.
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Marvin Breeding
Decatur General Hospital
College Street
W. G. Breeding
Marvin
Lindsey Terry
the Daily
Birmingham man bound over in Kilby prison escape case
P G E Street Jr of Birmingham was bound over to the county grand jury under a 750 dollar bond charged with aiding and abetting the escape of Kilby prison convict J B Harris of Birmingham who was serving a five year robbery sentence when he escaped Monday.
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Montgomery
Ala
Schwellenbach Leader in Labor, War and Labor Law
The article recalls Homer A. Schwellenbach’s career from his early labor organizing battles through his New York 1937 Wagner Act stance and 1938 Europe trip urging an international peace pattern. It notes his neutrality law defense, scrap metal export bill, and rise from fostered childhood to University of Washington graduate and Seattle lawyer to senator. He married Anne Josephine Duffy of Seattle after taking office.
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New York
Europe
Schwellenbach
Washington
Seattle
Senate
Anne Josephine Duffy
Trucks Damaged In Danville Road Crash
A Nehi Bottling Co truck driven by R. C. Bridges and an Elliott Transfer truck driven by Marvin Long sustained heavy damage in a Danville Road collision around 3:20 PM Wednesday. The Nehi truck’s radius rod failed causing loss of control and collision. officers Terry and Taylor investigated.
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Nehi Bottling Company
Elliott
Danville Road
Nehi
R. C. Bridges
Marvin Long
Terry and
Taylor
Middle East War Update Amid Regional Strife and Diplomatic Talks
Reports from the region describe ongoing clashes around Isdud Jenin and Latrun with Arab forces defending lines near Jerusalem while Jewish and Iraqi claims vary on recent battles. Britain plans Palestine evacuation by summer as Western Germany talks trigger mixed international reactions.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Galilee
Lajjun
Jerusalem
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Jewish Agency
Bennt Jbail
Lebanon
Palestine
League of Nations
Robert Schuman
Haieo
Germany
General Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
Great Britain
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Britain
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Russia
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United Nations
Netherlands
Newsweek
Soviet Union
Poland
Romania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Senate bill reshapes immigration by region amid wartime quotas
The measure would admit most immigrants from Eastern Poland Latvia Lithuania and Estonia while restricting to German Austrian and Italian DP camp residents. Representative Hartley urged Congress to stay in session to handle an impending nationwide soft coal strike, accusing John L. Lewis of bad faith and warning against adjourning the 80th Congress with the United Mine Workers in control.
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Senate
Poland
Latvia
Lithuania
Esthenia
Rep
Hartley
R-Nj
GOP
Congress
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Senate moves to restore funds after House foreign aid cut
Senate leaders backed by Harold E. Stassen pressed to restore foreign aid money cut by the House. Senator Vandenberg denounced the House measure as a meat axe that guts the enterprise and damages American aid pol icy and morale abroad.
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Senate
House
Harold E. Stassen
Senator Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate Appropriations Committee
Truman Speech Signals New Push for Northwest River Development
President Truman launches the third in a five part series of addresses in Seattle promising renewed support for multipurpose development of Northwestern river basins. He tours the Columbia river flood area by plane near Portland and stays with Gov. Wallgren in Olympia before a Bremerton stop.
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House
Halleck
Indiana
Truman
George Washington
Seattle
Columbia River
Portland
Ore
Executive Mansion
Mon C .Wallgren
Olympia
Bremerton
Flowers Also Fine Cash Crop at State Florists’ Meeting
Mobile hosts a two day Alabama State Nurserymen and Florists Association convention as E W McElwee of Mississippi State College predicts a 23 500 000 future for Southern flower production. He notes Alabama saw a 214 percent rise in floral establishments from 1939 to 1944 but profits fell 46 percent while southern growers could boost income by local cultivation of asters chrysanthemums gardenias and shasta daisies rather than importing from California. Industrial growth and more urban residents boost demand for orchids and roses as Mobile florists welcome attendees despite hay fever risks.
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Mobile
Alabama State Nurserymen’s and Florists’ Association
E. W. McElwee
Mississippi State College
Alabama
McElwee
Dixie
South
California
Gulf Coast
Chastain Named Temporary Chairman at Alabama Wholesalers Meeting
John Chastain of Anniston was named temporary chairman and Sam J. Israel of Sheffield was elected temporary co-chairman at a convention by the Alabama Merchants Association and Alabama Foods Council in Birmingham.
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Chastain
Birmingham
John Chastain
Anniston
Alabama Association of Independent Food
Sam_ J
Israel
Sheffield
Alabama Merchants Association
Alabamia Foods Council
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Bud) Brown, Jr
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