Byrnes Heads Home From Paris in Effort to Seal Europe Peace
Secretary of State Byrnes departs Paris with Senators Conally and Vandenberg to push for Trieste settlement and Italian reparations. He intends to escalate to the United Nations if needed, aiming for European peace by year end amid Soviet tensions and hopes for Western concessions.
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Hington
Byrnes
Paris
Molotov
Europe
Trieste
United Nations
Ialy
Germany
Balkan
Russia
Yugoslavia
Venezia Giulia
United States
Italy
UN explores flexible plan on Spain Franco relations
The U N Security Council debates a compromise to let the General Assembly decide in September when to break or what action to take against Franco if relations with Spain are not severed. The plan preserves U N flexibility and avoids a fixed timetable.
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General Assembly
United Nations
Francisco Franco
United States
Dr. Evatt
E C. T
Assembly
Franco
Security Council
Spain
Gasoline Use Rises 24.3 Percent in Alabama
Alabama gasoline consumption for the first quarter of 1946 rose 24.3 percent from a year earlier, outpacing the national average increase of 5.31 percent, officials disclosed today in Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Markets Tend Commodities Rise As Rails Lead Session
New York markets showed selective strength with rail issues advancing while many leaders faded. Trading surged past 1 million shares with rails in demand and bonds steady. cotton futures climbed on mill buying ahead of price control legislation, with futures touching seasonal highs and late-day quotes up to 95 cents to 1.25 per bale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rails
Nashville Livestock Market Report Stronger Hogs Cattle Steady
Nashville market notes light cattle receipts with demand steady for select steers at 16.00 and beef cows 10.00 to 12.00. Vealers 15.50 to 17.50, good hogs 14.55 ceiling, sows 13.80, lambs under pressure 50 lower with springers 16.50 to 17.50. Freshly shorn ewes 8.00.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
State Departments of Agriculture
Senate Debates OPA Law As Bankhead Funeral Speeds Action
Democratic Leader Barkley signaled a likely vote on OPA legislation before the senate adjourned. Senator Bankhead's death halted a push, but funeral arrangements accelerated action with a large funeral committee leaving for Alabama. An amendment requiring manufacturers ceilings to match the Oct 1 15 1941 base plus later unit-cost increases was approved 44 to 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
National Farmers Union
National Council of Jewish Women
Senate
Barkley
Bankhead
D.-Ala
Alabama
Taft
Ohio
OPA
Elmer Thomas
D.-Okla
Thomas
Winifred Sentiff to Be Installed at BPW Dinner
Miss Winifred Sentiff will be installed as president of the Business and Professional Women's club at a 6:45 dinner tonight in Hotel Lyons. Officers Mary Louise Otte Ruth Pettey Wanda Harris Arrilla Powers will also be installed. Mrs Arrilla Powers to preside, with Lou Allen Williams conducting the ceremony. Reports from the state convention in Tuscaloosa will be presented at the dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred Sentiff
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Hotel Lyons
Mary Louise Otte
Ruth Pettey
Wanda Harris
Arrilla Powers
Lou Allen Williams
Tuscaloosa
Ships moved into Mobile River by WSA after fleet increase
The War Shipping Administration removed 14 vessels from service and moored them in the Mobile River as part of a fleet reshuffle. The ships include merchant ships and tankers awaiting next assignments.
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Mobile
War- Shipping Administration
Mobile River
Two Injured In Ditch Crash On Joe Wheeler Highway
Two persons sustained cuts and other injuries when a car left the Joe Wheeler highway and overturned into a ditch about 11:30 p.m. 412 miles from Decatur. Beddingfield, the driver, was blinded by oncoming headlights. Victims were taken to Decatur General Hospital by ambulance. Beddingfield to his home, Woodall to her home after X rays. Local patrol had no report by 12:15 a.m. Thursday.
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Joe Wheeler
Decatur
Dinefield
Secaur
aAnd
Joan Woodall
West Moulton Street
Beddingfield
Detatur General Hospital
Brown
Woodall
Baugh
Highway Patrol
Bankhead Remembered as Servant of People and West
The Alabama Bankhead family is praised for public service as Congress mourns Senator Bankhead. A house resolution directs a 12 member funeral committee including Alabama lawmakers and Republicans. Senators Wagner and Bridges call him a devoted ally and strong advocate amid the price control debate. Chapman's remarks praise his irrigation leadership and western concerns.
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Bankhead
Alabama
América
House
Alabama House
Wagner
Senate
of the Interior
Oscar L.chapman
Senate Irrigation and Reclamation Committee
Department
Bridges
State Leaders Pay Tribute To Senator Bankhead
June 13 Montgomery Alabama state leaders mourn the death of Senator John H Bankhead. Governor Chauncey Sparks praised his service to Alabama and the nation and noted his courtesy and farmer support. Mobile Democratic Committee Chairman Gessner McCorvey lauded his leadership in the Senate and his Southern civilization legacy.
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Montgomery
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
Chauncey Sparks
Bankhead Thas
Bankhead
Sparks
Senator Bankhead
United States
Mobile
Gessner T. McCorvey
State Democratic Executive Committee
United States Senate
America
Congress
President Truman's sympathy to Bankhead family after Senator dies
President Truman expresses shock and sadness at the death of Senator Bankhead in a personal letter to Mrs. Bankhead. He praises Bankhead as a longtime Alabama statesman, a faithful friend, and a embodiment of the Far South spirit. He offers heartfelt condolences from himself and Mrs. Truman and Margaret.
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Washington
Truman
Senator Bankhead
Far South
Bankhead
House
Senate
Alabama
Congress
Alabama Volunteers
Confederate States Army
South
National Council
Folsom Officially Clinches Dem Gubernatorial Nomination
James E. Biz Jim Folsom won by a 61,000 vote margin over Lt. Gov Handy Ellis in the June 4 runoff for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. A five member subcommittee of the state Democratic executive committee certified the results and submitted the nominees to the Secretary of State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
James E
Biz Jim) Folsom
Handy Ellis
Democratic Executive Committee
McKellar Denies He Seeks Patronage in Senate Conflict
Senate debate centers on Senator McKellar of Tennessee denying charges of patronage mongering. He claims he received below average patronage and cites Lilienthal’s TV board clashes over appointing friends. McKellar defends himself against Associated Press accusations as politically motivated.
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McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate
la Follette
Rites Set for W. C. Wallace in Moulton
Funeral services for W. C. Wallace 87 lifelong Moulton resident will be held at Liberty church at 2 this afternoon. He died yesterday at his home. Survived by wife three sons Herman Travis Murray Wallace and Lela Wallace a daughter 11 grandchildren nine great grandchildren. Pallbearers Ottis Wallace Odes Wallace Freeman Wallace des Sandlin and Virgil Sandlin. Burial in Liberty cemetery with Highsmith of Moulton directing.
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W. C. Wallace
Moulton
J. W. Brooks
Vernon
Liberty Church
Mr. Wallace
Herman Wallace
Travis Wallace
Murray Wallace
Lela Wallace
Ottis Wallace
Odes_Wallace
Freeman
Wallace
Des Sandlin
Virgil Sandlin
Liberty Cemetery
Highsmith
Monarchy in Italy Faces Transition Delay Amid unrest
Milan reports workers urged to avoid a city strike to press Umberto to relinquish the crown as De Gasperi is authorized as provisional head of state. The cabinet, amid monarchist protests in Rome and Naples, grants De Gasperi new powers while awaiting a cassation court ruling on irregularities in the June plebiscite.
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Italy
Milan
Umberto
de Gasperi
Richardo Lombardi
Rome
Naples
Taranto
Supreme Court of Cassation
House of Savoy
Freed Geisha Girls Return to Old Jobs in Atami
In Atami Japan the geisha girls were officially freed as debts of 660000 yen were cancelled. The government ended bondage but left the women with no jobs and they voted to return to the same houses as their own bosses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Atami
Here
Yomiuri
Five Men Enlist for Army Duty
Five men left yesterday for Fort McClellan to take tests for entrance into the Army. Theodore P. McDougle re-enlisted for 18 months. Ray Moon and Junior O. Ballew enlisted for 18 months. Burnie Lee Kirbys enlisted in the air corps for three years seeking Caribbean service. John Y. Gordon enlisted in the transportation corps for three years in Europe.
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Fort McClellan
Army
Theodore P. McDougle
Second Avenue
Ray Moon
Junior O. Ballew
Burnie Lee Kirbys
Sixth Avenue South
Air Corps
Carribbean
John Y. Gordon
Cullman
Transportation Corps
Europe
Senate clash over Black Klan past and political speeches
Senator Bridges accused Justice Black of past Klan ties and of delaying admission by remaining silent, citing a 1937 controversy and a NC-PAC Roosevelt memorial dinner. McCarran urged restraint as debate on OPA policy continued amid calls for resignations over political remarks.
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Sumners
Senate
McCarran
Dnev
Judiciary Committee
Bridges
R-N. H
OPA
National Citizens Political Action Committee
Supreme Court
New Hampshire Republican
Black
Ku Klux Klan
Nc-Pac
Commodore
Congressional Record
China Truce Collapse Stoked By Civil War Claims
Nanking reports a fifteen day truce has fallen apart as nationalist troops push in Manchuria and clashes erupt near Tsingtao where U S Marines are stationed. Martial law rumors surface in Shantung as Washington says negotiations for peace continue despite turmoil.
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Nanking
China
Central
Manchuria
Tsingtao
U. S
North China
Shantung Peninsula
Two Cars Damaged In Collision At City Intersection
A crash at the Sherman Street and Sixth Avenue intersection damaged two cars today at 825. Milton McNally of Falkville and Grover Putman of 1314 18th Avenue East drove the vehicles. Putman was taken to Decatur General Hospital then discharged. Police say Putman traveled west on Sherman Street and was struck by McNally moving north on Sixth Avenue.
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Sherman Street
Sixth Avenue
Milton McNally
Falkville
Grover Putman
18Th Avenue
Putman
Decatur General Hospital
McNally
Missing Gems Recovered in Germany Linked to Army Officers
Germany June 13 Army reports the $50,000 Hesse family jewels recovered in Germany and three officers arrested will be tried in Frankfurt. Col J W Durant and wife Capt Kathleen D Nash to be extradited from the United States to face Maj David F Watson in Germany. Charges against the officers and a former Army corporal not yet settled. A four day search recovered the missing portion of the $1,500,000 jewel haul.
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Prammneuret
Germany
Army
Hesse
Frankfurt
J. W. Durant
Kathleen D. Nash
United States
David F. Watson
James J. Shea
Offi
TVA decentralization praised by Lilienthal before Senate panel
David E Lilienthal chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority lauded the agency s decentralization plan before a Senate committee and thanked Congress for enabling it He outlined moving TVA offices from Washington to the Valley and using state local and private partners to carry out details of Valley projects He said the goal is to raise regional incomes to match national averages and cited forest fire protection timber management and soil conservation as examples of how authority will work through local networks
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Washington
David E.lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Senate
Congress
TVA
Lilienthal
House
United States
State Colleges of Agriculture
Tenessee Valley
Tennessee Valley
Lilienthal outlines TVA profits and future integrated development
Congress questions William Lilienthal as he testifies that the Tennessee Valley Authority has earned profits since 1939 and thus reduces direct congressional appropriations. He says TVA will continue to grow through integrated development of the Valley with farmers and business leaders, expanding navigation, flood control, power, fertilizer research, forest resources, mineral development, health, housing, and advisory programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rep
Gore
Tenn
Lilienthal
Congress
Tennessee Valley
United States
Tennessee River System
Allsup Transferred to Birmingham Headquarters
W. S. Allsup an Alabama law enforcement officer is moved to Birmingham headquarters after three years with Decatur. He and Mrs. Allsup will leave today for Birmingham. J. E. Pierce returns to Decatur headquarters from his prior post.
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W. S. Allsup
Alabama
Birmingham
Allsup
Decatur
J. E. Pierce
Mullican Family Visits Relatives in Georgia
Herman Mullican and family visit his parents in Atco Georgia while staying with relatives in Austinivillé. Local items note a Decatur building permit to Raymond J Baker for a 436 Columbia Circle stucco house and several court docket entries including cash bond forfeitures for gaming and drunkenness offenses.
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Herman Mullican
J.O. Mullican
A. J.hall
Austinivillé
Muullicans
Atco
Raymond J. Baker
Columbia Circle
TVA Delays Dams and Reinspects Cooperatives Plan
Washington reports the House Appropriations Committee urged keeping TVAC assets intact pending a federal decision on its future. It also recommended delaying two TVA dams Wautauga and South Holston until materials are plentiful, cutting the 1947 budget from 36.6 million to 25.9 million.
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Washington
House
Tennessee Valley Associated Cooperatives Inc
Tennessee
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
TVAC
North Carolina
House Appropriations Committee
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Wautauga
South Holston
National Housing Agency
Bolton's Cabbage Tops Athens Record
Roy Bolton a Trinity farmer visits The Daily office with evidence of giant vegetables He displays a 13 2 pound cabbage and two 13 ounce onions to showcase Morgan county produce The display highlights local farming prowess and rivalries with Athens agriculturalists.
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Morgan County
Roy Bolton
Trinity Farmer
Athens
Bolton
Navy Sailor Takes Leave Before Annapolis Tests
Pat McBride radarman third class visits his parents at their home for two weeks leave. He has served on the USS Diamondhead and will take exams for entrance to the Naval Academy after his leave. Mike McBride also spends the summer with his parents after attending the Georgia Military Academy in Atlanta.
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Pat McBride
Don Harris
McBride
Annapolis
Navy
Naval Academy
Mike McBride
Baptists to Hold Open House Friday at Sixteenth Avenue
All parents invited to the open house closing the vacation Bible school at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church. More than 100 children attended. work from the school will be shown. Rev. L. C. Radford led the program with Miss Melba Call as assistant superintendent.
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Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
L. C. Radford
Melba Call
Melvin Hutson to Preach Sunday at Memorial Drive Church
Melvin Hutson will preach at the layman's day services at Memorial Drive Methodist church Sunday morning. Miss Carolyn Teague, mission worker, will conduct the Sunday night services at 7 30 o clock. The pastor Rev George Rice plans to leave Sunday for Talladega.
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Melvin Hutson
Memorial Drive
Carolyn Teague
George Rice
Talladega
Butterworth Dies After Auto Crash in Hollywood
Charles Butterworth a 46 year old film comic died in an ambulance after his car struck a lamppost in Hollywood while returning from a night club. He suffered severe head injuries and died at General Hospital after the crash.
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Las Angeles
Charles Butterworth
Hollywood
Sheriff's Deputies
General Hospital
Rural 900 Telephones Since War Ended In Alabama
About 900 rural telephones have been connected since the war ended with 250 workers devoted to rural development. Lines are under construction or planned, and 2,600 miles of pole line and 7,500 rural connections are expected this year amid congested switchboards and limited facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
O'Brien
Peach Speaks on Club Attendance at Decatur Civitan
John Peach city attorney spoke to Decatur Civitan Club on the importance of regular attendance in civic clubs during a luncheon at Hotel Lyons. Pleas Manley introduced him and a Denver Civitan convention telegram was read, listing delegates Dr. A. M. Roan Phil Vaughan Alvis Briscoe Elmer Ange and Hugh Cothren. Visitors included J Morgan Bruce Young Jack Owen and Paul Creedon Lincoln Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Peach
Decatur Civitans
Hotel
Lyons
Peach
Pleas Manley
Civitan
Denver
Colorado
A. M. Roan
Phil Vaughan
Alvis Briscoe
Underwriters Name Five New Chairmen
Five committee chairmen for the Decatur Life Underwriters association were appointed Wednesday by President Howard Belser at a board meeting. Appointed for the coming year were J. D. Bush membership Frank Whisman business ethics and legislation RH Horton education and publicity Arthur Nebrig finance H Doak Jr program. The next regular meeting of the association will be held on July. Several members will attend the state association convention at the Tutwiler hotel in Birmingham Friday, Belser said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Life Underwriters’ Association
Howard ‘Belser
J. D. Bush
Frank Whismant
RH. Horton
Arthur Nebrig
H. . K. Doak Jr
Geecaee
Tutwiler Hotel
Birmingham
Belser
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Wall Street
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City Park
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Jess
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Mec
Kellar
Associated Press
Michellar
Senate Old Guard
Ty Wy
Villemale
H. C. Sharp
Deestur i
W. H. Bowles
Karl Stephens
Miami
Tom Lovett
Jdoe
Wheeler
Brie Ss
L. Liscomb
Grant Street
G.E. Bowden
Decatur -General—hospital
Trinity
Brown's Ambulance
J. M. Hughes
Brooksville
Calvin C. Brewer
Hartseller
Roy VW. Beasley
Florence
Renee
Charles Stewart
West Virginia
John Spencer
Aubrey Fuller
Hamil Clinic
Canal Street
Mutual Service Ambulance
Mary Ann
Robert Douglas Keenum
G. Cowell Keenum
Third Avenue West
Baugh's Infirmary
Phillip Hendrix
Floyd Hendrix
St. Petersburg
Fla
Baugh’s Infirmary
J. W. Freeman
Olive Street
J. E. Sims
Decatur 2
E. P. Kingsbery
Huntsville
Catherine and
Linda Goforth
Ann LeRoy’ King
Kathleen and
Anne Whitfield
Cabbage
Baptists
Chas. Butterworth
American Beauty Greenhouse
W. Moulton ST
Ias Ambulance
Civitan Club
Superior Cleaners
Lee ST
James L.rankin
State Nat. Bank Log
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