Weather and church notices amid regional life
Scattered thundershowers are forecast for today tonight and Saturday with gentle to moderate coastal winds. The cotton market stands steady with middling cotton at 35.75 and strict low 34.75. Reverends Glass and a youth group head to Camp Mac near Talladega for Pioneer camp, Glass to teach. William Baker Young awaits ordination and pastoral installation at Fairmont Hogue Memorial in Richmond on June 22. Families from Priceville join trips to the Great Smokies and North Carolina then Louisville for an international Church of God gathering. Regular church services and summer activities resume across Memorial Drive and Fairview Baptist churches with sermons by local pastors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Glass
First Presbyterian Church
Oakland Chapel
Camp Mac
Talladega
Pioneer Camp
Mr. Glass
William Baker Young
East Hanover
Young
Fairmont-Hogue Memorial Presbyterian Church
Richmond
Mr. Young
Hampden- Sydney College
Decatur
A. Sharp
Conley Sharp
Priceville
Smokies
North Carolina
Louisville
Luke Sharp
Anderson, Ind
Church of God
Experts Urge Truman Veto on Taft Hartley Bill
Washington report notes labor experts urge President Truman to veto the Taft Hartley bill citing risks of a coal strike and potential revival of yellow dog contracts. The analysis prefers the Hartley version and warns of secret ballots undermining industry wide bargaining. See EXPERTS On Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold W. Ward
Washington
Truman
Reo
Congress
Rep
Hartley
RNJ
Taft
Ohio
John L. Lewis
Yellow Dog
CIO
Sheriff Returns Man From Florida On Forgery Charge
J. H. Jordan alias Donald Roy Mattieu was jailed in Morgan County on forgery charges. He was arrested in Ocala by Sheriff Humphrey and Deputy Nuby after earlier detainment in Jacksonville on separate counts and was returned to Ocala by a federal marshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Jordan
Donald Roy Mattieu
Morgan County
Jordan
Ocala
Fla
C. B. Humphrey
Nuby
Jacksonville
President Truman Seeks Peace Objective on Niagara Visit
President Truman, returning from Canada en route to Washington, states peace as the sole aim of U.S. foreign policy and friendship with all nations. He tours Horseshoe Falls, stays aboard his train, and jokes about tax actions as deadlines loom for the tax reduction measure and labor bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Truman
Canada
Niagara Falls
U. S
Mran
Horseshoe Falls
Ont
Margaret
Signay Club
Ottawa
United States
Correspon
McKellar Attack On TVA Draws Kiwanis Discussion
The McKellar attack on the Tennessee Valley Authority is described as motivated by hate, vengeance and a lust for power by local speaker Mr Starnes at a Kiwanis Club meeting in Guntersville. Starnes spoke on TVA developments and the 1933 act revised in 1935, noting aims to benefit the region and its people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKellar
Tennessee Valley Authority
Dan Joees
Guntersville
Kiwanis Club
Starnes
Senate
Tennessee
Kenneth McKellar
Seacoan Valley Authority
Ter Sanaa
Foremen on strike beaten as auto labor turmoil widens
In Dearborn police reports four Ford Motor Co foremen were attacked as they rode to the Rouge plant. At Continental Motors a new walkout and sit down strike disrupted production, following a 16 000 worker settlement and a fresh wage pact. Hudson Motor Car Co resumed lines after a two day halt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Continental Motor Corp
Dearborn
Ford Rouge
Ford
Foreman's Association of America
Independent
FAA
Continental Motors
Continental
Hudson Motor Car Co
Nagy Leaves for U S Tour Amid Hungarian Crisis
Former Hungarian premier Ferenc Nagy travels to the United States as diplomats note U S attention to Hungary. The United States accuses Russia of interfering as Hungary faces communist control and a disputed national election. Deszo Sulyok threatens to boycott September polls without international supervision. A UN Balkan committee drafts a report on Bulgaria and Greek tensions involving Yugoslavia and Bulgaria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ferenc Nagy
Hungary
United States
U. S
Russia
Amost
Deszo Sulyok
Freedom Party
United Nations Balkan
Salonika
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Kaniai
Nine year old hurt in traffic smash
Cullman June 13 Albert Ridgeway 98 year old? son of Mr and Mrs W A Ridgeway was seen near a passenger car when driven by Ray Coats pulled from a detour road Albert was taken to Pulaski for treatment and later sent to Jefferson hospital in Birmingham
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman
Albert Ridgeway
W. A. Ridgeway
Budget Cuts In House and Senate Action On Agencies
The House Appropriations Committee cut about 3.9 percent from Truman’s budget for 33 independent agencies, trimming VA funds by 130.9 million and reducing total agency cuts to roughly 3.58 billion. Senate panels approved higher Interior funding with notable increases for the reclamation bureau and Bonneville power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
House
Capitol
Senate Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Reclamation Bureau
Bonneville Power Administration
Drawings for Coliseum Planned in Decatur
Thomas F. Adams and Maynard Layman of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce farm committee returned from Montgomery with plans for a regional livestock coliseum to serve North Alabama. Hagood Paterson notes the site bought by Decatur and Morgan county highway measures 16 and one half acres. Alabama appropriated 40000 dollars with Morgan county city and county contributing locally. The coliseum will seat livestock shows for the North Alabama area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Adams
Maynard Layman
Farm Committee of
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Montgomery
Decatur
North Alabama
Hagood Paterson
Morgan County
State of
Alabama
Morave
Soldiers Drowned in Han River Rescue Attempts Fail
Soldiers Di SeoUl Junehome T Five Pal mer Pimpinella and Pfc James R Boyd drowned when their speed boat overturned in the Han River Saturday Army headquarters announced. A third man Leland Yocum attempted to save them but could not overcome the current.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Palmer Pimpinella
South St
Utica
James R. Boyd
Fortescue
Han River
Leland Yocum
Leesville
Georgia Charter of Ku Klux Klan Is Surrendered
Atlanta report says the Ku Klux Klan surrendered its Georgia charter while remaining a national organization under rights of free assembly. The state sought revocation for operating for profit, Judge Almand to grant the dismissal and verdict, with Attorney General Cook planning actions against the Columbians, Inc. for similar charter issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Ku Klux Klan
Atlanta
Eugene Cook
Bond Almand
Cook
Morgan Belser
Almand
Eugenie Cook
Columbians, Inc
Mississippi Valley
Florida
Sheriff Brings Back Prisoner And Melons Too
The Morgan county sheriff hosts a watermelon cutting with six Florida melons Exhibits one through six from an Ocala crop. The event follows a prisoner pickup near Ocala with melons from an early crop of 1800 on a roadside sale. Alabama fans await the sheriff’s upcoming melon patches visit in late July or August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan Sheriff's Office
Johnson
Florida
C. B. Humphrey
Florida Agriculture
Ocala
Fla
Alabama
AFL Enjoined in Court Act in Alabama Labor Case
Attorney Horace Wilkinson said a temporary injunction barred the AFL and four men from pursuing unfair labor practice charges against Davis Lumber Co. of Cullman. Judge James Crow issued the order at Decatur. Hearing to decide permanent injunction is not yet scheduled. The suit names William F. Mitchell Birmingham organizer and three former employees. The firm, led by Bryce Davis, employs about people. The petition says the four men do not represent the firm’s employees. Employees filed with the NLRB renouncing the AFL and seeking dismissal of charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Horace Wilkinson
AFL
National Labor Relations Board
Davis Lumber Co
Cullman
Wilkinson
James Crow
Decatur
Equity
William F. Mitchell
NLRB
Streetcar and bus strike halts St Louis transit
In St Louis, AFL local 788 members of the Amalgamated Association voted to strike, stopping streetcar and bus service for over 1,000,000 residents. The final runs ended at 6 A M CDT as public transportation ground to a halt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
AFL Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway
Reprieve for Negro Montgomery
Samuel Taylor a 21 year old Mobile Negro convicted of rape received a reprieve seven hours before execution. Governor James E. Folsom extended the reprieve to July 18 after a clemency hearing and did not state reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Samuel Taylor
Mobile
James E. Folsom
Truman Faces Big Decisions On Domestic Legislation
President Truman returns from Canada to decide on Republican labor and tax cut bills and rent control and wood price measures. Vetoes could mark a break with Congress as foreign policy remains largely intact and a European rehabilitation program could trigger a special session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
Truman
Canada
Mr. Truman
Congress
Farley Explains His Roosevelt Break
James A Farley reveals in Colliers Why I Broke With Roosevelt that his 1938 purge plan for opposing congress members triggered a rift. He backed the court overhaul but opposed party harm in primaries linking to Hopkins era targets and the 1940 Democratic convention fallout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James A. Farley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
Collier's
Roosevelt
Farley
John Nance Garner
Sen~ Tydings
Cordell
Friends
Bylhews
Santa Ba
es _velt
No Action On Brown Pending In Alabama Senate
Alabama Senate adjourned without action on Rep. Roberts H. Brown of Opelika for the Auburn board, while 16 lawmakers favored Brown and 16 opposed as 3 stayed silent. A separate vote confirmed Dr. Joe Davis of Albertville to the Auburn board and a public hearing on a temperance bill was scheduled before a planned next session vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Senate
Joe Davis
Albertsville
Auburn Board of Trustees
Roberts H. Brown
Opelika
Auburn
Senate
Brown
Dr. Davis
Fifth
Third
House of Sentatives
Rep
J. P. Shelton
Tuscaloosa
Senate Temperance Committee
Secr
Albert Boutwell
Jefferson
Joe Langan
Mobile
Sen
W. H. Cooper
Bible
Temperance Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Communist Party
A. L.patterson
Russell
Patterson
David A. Patton
Limestone
House
Roberts Brown
Albertville
Folsom
Sea
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Condon
Layne
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Senator McKellar
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Joe Wilder
Lee McKellar
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