Alabama Senate approves income tax bill amid education fight
The Alabama Senate passed a constitutional amendment to place income tax revenue under legislative control with no strings attached. The measure, backed by Gov. Chauncey Sparks, calls for a statewide vote in early October and must be ratified by voters to become law. Opponents sought to earmark funds for education health and welfare but were largely defeated.
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Montgomery
Alabama Senate
Chauncey Sparks
Senate
House
Wilcox
Bruce Henderson
Savings and Loan Associations
Jacksonville
Troy
Florence
Calhoun
Elvin McCary
Finance Committee
Red Cross nurse aide classes start June 18 at Decatur General
Morgan County Red Cross announces a Monday June 18 start for a nurse aide training course at Decatur General Hospital. Betty Ruth Pimm will lead daily sessions from 8 00 to 9 30 PM for a total 80 hours. Eligibility includes ages 18 to 50 and a high school diploma or equivalent.
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Red Cross
Decatur General Hospital
Raymond Norris
Morgan County
American Red Cross
Betty Ruth Pimm
Decatur Oral Hospital
Miss Pinson
Mrs. Norris
Seventh Avenue West
Cotton futures rise on price control bill approval
Trading in New York cotton futures surged as buyers and commission houses led the rally after Senate passage of a price control bill with a clause for reasonable farmer profits on agricultural commodities. Comfortable gains followed a dip from profit taking, with some shifting from July to later months ahead of first notice day June 26. Prices in the afternoon rose 25 to 60 cents per bale, with July at 23.10, October 22.84, December 22.80.
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New York
Trade and Commission House
Senate
Markets at a Glance New York June 12
Stocks mixed as aircraft and rails improve. Bonds steady with heavy demand for B and O issues. Cotton higher due to trade and commission house buying. Chicago wheat steady with commission house buying. Corn steady with light offerings. Rye steady to firm with commission house buying and short covering. Hogs active and fully steady at 14.75. Cattle fairly active with a top of 17.95.
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New York
Chicago
Workshop Leaders Arrive for Girl Scout Regional Workshop
Miss Margareth Chesmore and Miss Henrietta McCaustland, national staff instructors, arrive to prepare for a two day Girl Scout regional workshop in the city. Over 30 leaders and council members expected. Outdoor sessions in Delano Park cover hike planning, fire building, crafts, nature games, and team tasks. Registration Wednesday at 10 with nose bag lunches. sessions run 10 to 3 at Tumble Inn Thursday.
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Margareth Chesmore
Henrietta McCaustland
National Girl Scout
Delano Park
Tumble Inn
Tumble
Sweet Bye and Bye
Mourning relatives leave the cemetery with hatred for the slayer and a wish they may be punished. The fragment portrays strong emotions after a deadly incident. The text hints at a desire for justice or vengeance without detailing the event or identity.
Malone promoted to 2nd lieutenant in England
Mr and Mrs S H Malone of 610 FE Vine St announce their son Sam H Malone Jr has been promoted from master sergeant to 2nd lieutenant. He is stationed at High Wycombe England in the finance division of the 8th Air Force, 20 miles from London, and has served overseas three years since enlisting in January 1942 after working as a teller at Morgan County National Bank.
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S.H. Malone
Vine St
Sam. H. Malone Jr
Ribbentrops Son Found In Hiding In Germany
Wiesbaden reports Rudolf Von Ribbentrop son of Joachim Von Ribbentrop found hiding in a prisoner of war ward. He is described as a former tank officer. Also announced was the capture of Baldur Von Schirach a former Nazi governor district leader in Vienna and former Hitler Youth chief.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Rudolf Von _ Ribbentrop
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Ribbentrop
Baldur von Schirach
Vienna
Hitler Youth
Army ration policy notes daily provisions
The excerpt discusses rations issued to Army troops, highlighting concentrated emergency rations such as the D ration and fortified chocolate bars, as well as liferaft rations consisting mainly of hard candy. It emphasizes these items as prescribed components of daily army provisions.
Local Navy and Red Cross Updates Highlight Decatur Area News
Mrs. Ralph Wood returns home from Keesler Field as Pvt Wood heads to Long Island California for a short posting. Rainbow veteran leader Rev Harry Carter visits Scottsville Ky after Rainbow Division WWI service. Nurses aides plan meeting for June 18 as Morgan Red Cross completes setup. Births announced at Baugh’s infirmary. Decatur General Hospital patients and transfers listed. TVA official F F Beauchamp visits. Colvin family from Oklahoma City visiting in Decatur.
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Ralph Wood
Keesler Field
Pvt
Wood
Long Island
Calif
Mrs. Wood
Harry Carter
Scottsville
Birmingham
Rainbow Veterans
Carter
Rainbow Division
Prayed on V-E Day as war ended in Europe
Pfc. John A Chambers now in Germany writes home after 13 months overseas. He says he will visit you and Polly, plans to bring a present, and credits church over drunken celebration, noting graveyards and the hope prayers prevent another war.
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John Chambers
Germany
Fourth Avenue West
Decatur
Dad
Polly
Pally
Sbe
Belgium
John A. Chambers
Truman Era Briefs Report Optimism Amid War News
Presidential aides brief on upcoming news briefing while Truman, Hopkins and Stalin rumors hint at new Big Three talks. Polish political detainee releases urged could reopen a provisional government path. House votes on price control extension with farmers parity concerns. Perkins may head ILO in Quebec. Phelan favored. Arctic coldest North America near Fort Good Hope. Venice's ring symbol tied to Adriatic dominion.
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Charles G. Ross
Truman
Stalin
Churchill
Harry Hopkins
Moscow
Hopkins
North America
Fort Good, Hope
Mackenzie River
Arctic Circle
Decatur Court Quietly Deals With Disorderly Conduct
J M Jenkins and Doyle Waters of Trinity were visitors in Decatur today. Three drunks were fined 25 dollars and a 25 dollar cash bond was forfeited in city court for disorderly conduct.
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J. M. Jenkins
Doyle Waters
Trinity 1
Decatur
Recruiter to Visit Decatur Seeks Clerical Applicants
Ira Y. Bain chief of recruitment and placement for the Bureau of Internal Revenue in Washington will visit the U S Employment center at 1010 Ferry Street Friday to interview Washington area clerical workers. He will hire stenographers typists and clerks for the recruitment of 10000 tax investigators. Appointments are for six months and transportation housing assistance are provided. Salaries range from 1752 to 1971 yearly and may rise to 2027 2281 with pending congressional legislation.
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Ira Y. Bain
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Washington
D. C
U. S
Ferry Street
Washngton
Bain
United States Bureau of Internal Revenue
Washington, D. C
Congress
Wartime powers bill seeks cabinet oversight and civilian defense corps
Reported measures require the cabinet to consult a special parliamentary committee before any edict. A peoples volunteer defense corps is authorized for military construction and guerrilla warfare, with broad volunteering from 15–65 men and 25–45 women, ages later lowered for combat. Guerrillas to be armed by the army, otherwise using improvised weapons.
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Defense Corps
Peoples Volunteer Defense Corps
Tokyo
U. S
Japan
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Kyushu
Wakasa Bay
Honshu
Navy Department
Longshaw
Drexler
Philippines
Buckeye
Cagayan Valley
Leyte
Philippine Island
Japs On Okinawa Ignore Yank Offer
U S forces report the Japanese commander on Okinawa ignored Lt General Buckner Jr s offer to surrender. Cannisters were dropped from two planes with 40 ft streams to signal negotiation yet no white panel appeared and no delegation came forth. Buckner guaranteed safe conduct if the panel showed and a meeting would arrange an orderly ceasefire.
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U. S. 10Th Army
Okinawa
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr
Buckner
Pacific
Louis Iglehart
Burlington
Ala
James Godbold
Macomb
Iglehart
Wilbert H. Fuller
Wichita
Kas
Musk Ox Mystery: Not Musk and Not An Ox
A brief note clarifies the animal known as musk ox does not contain musk and is not an ox, despite its name. The distinction emphasizes classification rather than naming.
Letter From Lt Tells Mother How Son Died In War
A letter from Lt. George K. Grant of Company A 27th Infantry describes Sgt. Roy T. Hamilton's death on Luzon after an enemy shell exploded in a tree above him. Grant praises Hamilton as a dependable, brave soldier and shares personal reflections on loss, camaraderie, and prayers for Hamilton's mother, Mrs. Hamilton of Decatur.
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R. L. Hamilton
Decature
Sgt
Roy T. Hamilton
Luzon
Roy
New Caledonia
Valerian Stellbaumer
Andrews freed on $500 bond after grand larceny arrest
Donald Andrews was released on a $500 bond after being arrested on a grand larceny charge for allegedly stealing a hot water tank and sink drain pipe valued at $50 from a house belonging to Oscar Y. Bugger. Deputy sheriffs Humphries and Edgeman made the arrest, with the case before Judge G. W. Norwood.
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Donald Andrews
W. T. Willoughby
Andrews
Oscar Y. Bugger
Humphries
Edgeman
G. W. Norwood
William Landers Receives Air Medal for Courage
Sergeant William F. Landers Jr. of Decatur receives the Air Medal at an England bomber station for meritorious achievement on numerous B-24 missions over Europe. The 22-year-old air engineer is cited for courage and skill, with prior work at Decatur Iron and Steel Shipyard and Riverside High School graduate.
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Eighth Air . Force
England
William F. Landers Jr
4Th Ave
Decatur
Robert F. Hambaugh
Landers
Europe
United States
Decatur Iron and Steel Shipyard
W. F. Landers
5Th Avenue
West Decatur
Katherine Landers
4Th Avenue
East Decatur
Sgt. Landers
Riverside High School
McKim Gets New Place
Washington June 12 The White House announced the resignation of Edward D Mc Kim Truman's chief administrative assistant to become a deputy federal loan administrator Press Secretary Ross said McKim will assist John W Snyder the federal loan administrator and transfer is immediate He is on leave from an Omaha insurance company executive post and his new salary is not disclosed.
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Washington
White House
Edward D. McKim
Truman
Charles G. Ross
MecKim
John W. Snyder
Ross
McKim
Omaha
Strikers to Hold Parley in Birmingham Strike Meeting
A mass meeting of Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Co. blast furnace workers is set for 10 a.m. tomorrow in Birmingham as the 12 day strike shows signs of easing. United Steelworkers official R M Pearch says a telegram from CIO President Philip Murray will be read. Production loss tops 82 500 tons with 1 100 workers idle and a ripple effect on 10 000 more.
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Birmingham
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co
R. M. Pearch
United Steelworkers of America
CSO
CIO
Philip Murray
Ihie Anemoni Tts
Labor Hails Court Edict Invalidating Florida Union Law
Labor union lawyers hailed a Supreme Court ruling invalidating key parts of a Florida law regulating union activity. The decision struck down licensing of paid union agents and registration of unions and officials, with AFL and CIO leaders calling it a victory for labor rights and interstate commerce protections. A separate ruling freed 24 German American Bund leaders from five year sentences for conspiracy to evade the Selective Service act.
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Paul M. Yost
Washington
Supreme Court
Florida
Herbert S. Thatcher
American Federation of Labor
Lee Pressman
CIO
Black
Congress
Frankfurter
Roberts
Stone
Bund
New York
Justice Roberts
POW Von Bagwell Visits Home After 13 Months In German Camp
Tech Sgt Lew Bagwell, a former Plainview and Hayden High School teacher and POW for thirteen months, arrived home May 3 after release from Stalag Luft 17 B near Vienna. He spent a 60 day furlough with his father Homer Bagwell before reporting to Miami for reassignment. He was shot down April 22 in a B 24 Liberator, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart, and three stars for the ETO. He plans to rest, reunite with friends, and regain lost weight during furlough.
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Homer Bagwell
Miami
Fla
Plainview School
Hayden High
Germany
Stalag- Luft 17
Vienna
Austria
Third Army
Bagwell
Lew
F, Bagwell
Eisenhower acceptance remarks and Oslo cabinet meeting
The article notes General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s praise filled remarks about humility after receiving honor. It reports King Haakon of Norway summoning his cabinet for its first meeting on Norwegian soil since 1940, with Premier Nygaardsvold expected to resign. It also covers Pope Pius XII’s effort to keep Italy out of World War II, including a letter to Mussolini and an 18 page Vatican pamphlet explaining neutrality’s potential value.
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Ike
Eisenhower
Oslo
Haakon
Britain
Johan Nygaardsvold
Pius XII
Italy
Vatican
Benito Mussolini
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Robert Orr
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C. F. Orr
Hartselle
Malone
Didmale
Jack Cecil Sandlin
Lester Sandlin
Falkville
Navy
Great Lakes
Pana
J. M. Engle
Mrs. Earl Royer
W. E. White
J. T. Bryant
Jefferson County Hospital
Sixth Avenue West
Brown's
Douglas Fudge
Columbia Circle
Troy J. Blevins
Baugh
Faira Monday
Brown
Lyle Cain
Somerville
Catherine Cameron
B. C. Shelton
Ben Martin
Fred Hunt Sr
Walter Clapton
Robert Banks
Dick Kennedy
Leona Owens
General Hospital
M. L. Cagle
Decatur 3
Jimmy Martin Cagle
Baugh's Infirmary
Mary Cross
Fourth Avenue’ South
G. L. Rice
Hugh's Infirmary
Ruby King
Gil Mullens
Canal Street
Hamil Clinic
Mutual Service Ambulance. Ie
Floyd Free of
Cullman
C. L. Ragsdale
Decatur 2
Carl Frances
Floyd Marsh
Athens 2
R. W. Orr
8Th Ave. E
Memphis, Tenn
C. A. Wooten
Ooten
Memphis
F. F. Beauchamp
TVA
Wilson Dam
Tex Colvin
Oklahoma City
Pre Colvin
Capitol Hill
Barkley
Eric Johnston
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
House Banking and Currency Committee
Frances Perkins
International Labor Organization
Quebec
Edward J. Phelan
Montreal
Republic of Venice
Venice
Adriatic
Charles G. Hardwick
Fifth Avenue West
Lonnie L. Hill
South Pacific
Mrs. Hill
Trinity L
Burma
AL Dopking
George K. Grant
27Th Infantry
Joseph Stalin
Iosif Vissarionovitch Dzugashvili
E. L. Thomas
Pfc
Thomas
North Africa
Sicily
France
Edd. L. Thomas
Lacey's
Spring
William Landers
Thornton & Minor
LABOR
Stewart Bros. Motor Co
Bartselle
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