MacArthur Attacks Administration in Houston Texas Rally
General Douglas MacArthur kept up his anti administration campaign in Texas urging strong U S policy to resist Korea appeasement. He spoke to a massive Houston crowd from the Capitol steps in Austin outlining moral weakness and urging maximum use of scientific superiority for victory.
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Houston
Texdune
Douglas MacArthur
Texas
U. S
Korea
Russia
MacArthur
Oscar Holcombe
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Austin
America
Yalu
Manchurian
Elbe River
Europe
Pullman Car Jesse James Buried at Parchman
Edward P. Dunlavy, 64, known as the Jesse James of pullman car bandits, died in prison at Parchman and was buried there after no relatives claimed the body. A Frisco Railways agent noted his loot reached about 100000 as police dubbed him a modern Jesse James. Dunlavy was born in Huntsville Alabama and claimed Memphis as his home.
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Parchman
Miss
Edward P. Dunlavy
Jesse
James
Pullman Car Bandits
Mississippi
Dunlavy
Ed Parker
Frisco
Jesse James
Mrs Elsie Pipkins Dies in Hartselle at 43
Mrs Elsie Pipkins aged 43 of Hartselle died at home Wednesday afternoon. Survived by husband C J Pipkins in Korea, son James Corbin of Birmingham, parents Mr and Mrs T C Waugh of Hartselle, brother J O Waugh of Somerville, sister Mrs G F Smith of Decatur. Final rites Friday at Friendship church at 2 30 PM with Rev. Jasper Kelly. Burial in Friendship cemetery Mutual Service directing.
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Elsie Pipkins
Hartselle
Friendship Church
C.J Pipkins
Korea
James Corbin
Birmingham
T. C. Waugh
J. O. Waugh
Somerville
G. F. Smith
Decatur
Jasper Kelly
Buria
Friendship Cemetery
Mutual Service
Mayfield
Jefferson-Hillman
Limestone County Sheriff's Office
Decatur General Hospital
W. L. Mayfield
John Mayfield
D. H. Mayfield
Belle Mina
W. T
Arkansas
Ray Rouse
W. T. Colburn
L. E. Armstrong
O. E. Smith
Emmette
Moulton
Bethea Stedham
Mutual
Tew Quits Football Deal After Alabama Halfback Link
Lowell Tew, former Alabama halfback, said he was giving up the professional football deal amid ongoing negotiations. He had been involved in a business arrangement connected to his gridiron career and is stepping away from the pursuit.
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Mobile
Ala
Lowell Tew
University of Alabama
Six Die In Alabama Car Crashes In One Night
Six persons were killed in Alabama highway crashes overnight and today. In Homewood near Birmingham three died in a collision with a utility pole. Two others died near Troy and a sixth victim near Selma.
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Alabama
Homewood
Birmingham
Troy
Selma
W. B. King
Samuel Bowers
Hanceville
F. C. Bowers
Warrior
Eddie Fowler
U.S
Robert R. Lyons
Donald Gothburg
Fort Benning
Helen MacMaster
Houston
Tex
S. C. Leslie
Henderson
MacMaster
Dallas County
Markets Report From Decatur Farm Prices
Market notes from Decatur show cotton middling at 45.75 cents with strict low 43.70. Cottonseed priced at 60 dollars per ton. No 2 wheat new crop at 2.33, No 2 oats 83 cents. Ear corn prices 1.62 for both yellow and white ears, No 3 white corn 1.59. No 2 Milo 2.36, No 2 barley 1.22 with corn basis at 15 percent moisture and other grains at 134 percent moisture.
New York Cotton Futures Slip On Hedge Pressure
Cotton futures fell as hedging and liquidation persisted in New York on June 14. Traders cited large crop ideas and light mill buying amid a crop survey showing plantings near 55 percent above last year and near the government goal. Prices closed 95 cents to $1.90 lower, with July at 44.31, October 37.18, December 36.96.
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New York
North Carolina
Georgia
Memphis
Cullman MYF Elects Officers At June Meeting
Cullman Methodist Youth Fellowship sub district met June 7 at Cullman First MethodiSt Church. New president Juanita Giles led the meeting. Plans for the Sumatanga camp were discussed and Mt Zion Church agreed to host next month. Next meeting set for July 5. Officers elected: Giles president Glascock Glascock Nell Mary treasurer.
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Cullman
Juanita Giles
Winfred Morgan
Betty Glascock
Mary Nell Glascock
Drastic Action Approved To Curb Drunk Driving
Alabama legislative committees pushed bills to curb crime with bond requirements for drunken drivers and fingerprinting for pawn shop thieves. The House approved a $1,000 bond for offenders, while the Senate eyed fingerprinting for pawnbrokers and other regulatory measures.
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Montgomery
Ala
House
Judiciary Committee
Jim Platt
Chilton County
Claud Scruggs
Marshall
Allied push and Red withdrawal near Iron Triangle
U N forces battle heavy fire as Reds retreat from the iron triangle near Pyongyang. Tanks reach the triangle’s northern apex with little opposition, while F 80 jets and carrier air groups strike escape routes and ridges on the eastern front.
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Eighth Army
U. N
Yanggu
Yangu
Inje
McArthur
Kansong
Iron Triangle
Pyongyang
Chorwon
Kumhwa
U. S
Far East Air
Princeton
Bon Homme Richard
University of Malaya seeks Chinese Studies head
The University of Malaya in Singapore is inviting inquiries for a professor of Chinese Studies to lead its new Department of Chinese Studies. Vice-chancellor Dr. G V Allen says the candidate should be a well known scholar with deep knowledge of Chinese language and literature.
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Singapore
University of Malaya
Hong Kong
United States
G. V. Allen
Senate approves Kathleen F. Davis as Ragland postmaster
The Senate approved the nomination of Kathleen F. Davis for postmaster of Ragland Alabama. This action follows confirmation of her appointment and marks a key staffing decision in federal postal operations.
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Washington
Senate
Kathleen F. Davis
Ragland
Ala
Enlistment Rules Relaxed by Marine Corps Briefly
The Marine Corps recruiting office announced a temporary change allowing men who have received pre-induction notices to enlist. The regulation is effective June 15 through July 15 and applies at the courthouse annex recruiting office from 8 AM to 5 PM.
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Marine Corps
Armed Service Branch
U. S. Navy Recruiting Office
Decatur
Navy Bureau of Personnel
Lost youths found after all night search near Laydam
Two Chilton county youths Frank Watts 16 and Rayburn Davis 14 of Clanton were found near Lay dam after an all night search when they failed to return from a fishing trip. Sheriff J L Kendrick departed early to bring the boys home.
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Clanton
Ala
Chilton County
Lay Dam
Frank Watts
Rayburn Davis
J. L. Kendrick
Funeral for Edgar F. Smith Held in Valhermosa Springs
Funeral services for Edgar F. Smith 60 Valhermosa Springs farmer were held Friday at 2 PM at the Valhermosa Christian church. He died after a lingering illness at the Baugh Wiley clinic Wednesday. Surviving are wife Irene, three daughters Nola Porcello Ocean Bluff MA Clyde Bonds Valhermosa Springs Cora King Florence, son Cecil Smith, two sisters Leona Campbell Hettie Ballinger two brothers Jim Smith Lacey's Spring Lewis Smith Talucah, eight grandchildren. Rites by Rev. Robert Glenn. Burial Peck of Hartselle at Valhermosa cemetery. He was a church member.
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Edgar F. Smith
Valhermosa Springs
Valhermosa Christian Church
Leona Campbell
Hettie Ballinger
Talucah
Jim Smith
Lacey’s Spring
Lewis Smith
Robert Glenn
Peck
Hartselle
Valhermosa Cemetery
Smith
Valhermosa
Johnson testifies on Korea and MacArthur dismissal hearings
The 35th day of Senate armed services and foreign relations hearings featured Admiral Lynde Bradley Johnson discussing U S troop readiness in the Far East. He said Japan was in occupation mode, Korea lacked an independent establishment, and no intel warned of an imminent Korean aggression. Johnson noted no prior notice of trouble in Korea during his Far East trip.
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Japan
Johnson
Korea
State Department
MacArthur
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Russell
Far East
South Korea
General Bradley
Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Pryor Memorial School Announces Vacation Bible School
The Daily Vacation Bible School at Pryor Memorial Presbyterian Chapel in South Limestone county will start Monday morning at ALM. Director is L. M. Jones, a summer student pastor from First Presbyterian Church. Faculty includes Beginners Emma Stone T. G. Morrow Marian Bloodworth. Primary Fred Hunt Jr. Clifford Vaughn Ann Coleman. Juniors John Wyker H. D. Barnum Marge Louise Garrett Robert McWhorter L. P. Shaw pianist. music by Suzanne Shelton.
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Pryor Memorial Presbyterian Chapel
Limestone County
Alm
L. M. Jones
First Presbyterian Church
Emma Stone
T. G. Morrow
Marian Bloodworth
Fred Hunt Jr
Clifford Vaughn
Ann Coleman
John ,Wyker
H. D. Barnum
Marge
Two of Trenton Six Convicted
In Trenton New Jersey six men charged in the 1948 killing of an elderly shopkeeper faced trial. After nearly 20 hours of deliberation a Mercer county court jury acquitted four of the defendants and convicted two Ralph Cooper and Collis English were found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to death. the two who were convicted were spared the electric chair with a mercy sentence of life imprisonment.
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Trenton
N. J
Mercer
State Supreme Court
Ralph Cooper
Collis English
McKinley Forrest
John McKenzie
Horace Wilson
James Thorpe
Mercer County
Mario Volpe
Civil Rights Congress
New Jersey
OPS price rules squeeze livestock buyers and packers
Plan prices on livestock exchanges exceed ceilings and OPS rules require packers to average ten percent less on purchases. Cattle buyers avoid above ceiling stock, planning later under ceiling buys to meet the required average. Also noted are tentative July 1 and Oct 1 expansions of a controlled materials plan, Brannan's stance on beef price rollbacks, and stable retail prices in late May.
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Office of Price Stabilization
Brannan
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Morgan County Condemnation Case Juror Term Set
Jurors are specially named for condemnation trials including Morgan County vs Kathryn B Cook Roy New man Alton D Butler and others and Morgan County vs J M Childers and others with term assignments.
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Morgan County
Kathryn B. Cook
Roy Newman
Alton D. Butler
J. M. Childers
Choking scare ends with quick rescue of baby in Alabama
16 month old Pat Rawlinson choked during a whooping cough spasm and stopped breathing for 20 minutes. Neighbor Perry Bush, police and firemen aided with resuscitation tools. doctors credit Bush with saving the child after a near drowning incident in April.
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Birmingham
Pat Rawlinson
Brighton
Durward W. Rawlinson
Perry Bush
Rawlinson
Bush
Balch announces birth of daughter at Hamill Clinic
Mrs. H. E. Balch of Madison announces the birth of a daughter at the Hamill Clinic hospital on Wednesday. Other notices report admissions and discharges at Decatur General hospital, births at the Baugh Wiley and Hamill clinics, and building permits in Decatur.
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H. E. Balch
Madison 1
Hamil Clinic Hospital
Anid
J D. “Maxwell
Somerville 2
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Change of Venue Sought in Marshall County Murders
Three men Kilpatrick 16 Upton and Goble seek a circuit court change of venue for their trials in the mass slaying of Sheriff Zeke Broyles Deputy Washington Bennett and Boat Police Chief Leonard Floyd on May 17 near Boaz. Attorney George Rogers says jurors prejudiced by wide publicity label the killings an ambush.
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Albertville
Ala
James Kilpatrick
Tom Upton
Fred Goble
Circuit Court
Stuart Stonewill
Zeke Broyles
Washington Bennett
Leonard Floyd
Aubrey Kilpatrick
Boaz
Kilpatrick
Upton
Goble
George Rogers
Birmingham
Marshall County
Funeral services set for William J. Mayfield of Hartselle
William J. Mayfield 74 died in Birmingham after a fall near the Limestone riverbank. Funeral at Liberty Church in Lawrence County will follow his brief hospital stay and his survivors include four sons four daughters and a brother.
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William J. Mayfield
Hartselle
Liberty Church
Lawrence County
Father Is Charged In Childs Death
In Pensacola Florida an inquest into the death of 10 month old Linda Jean Bonifay is set for today. Harvey Richard Bonifay 28 a sign painter is jailed without bond on murder charges after the child died following an alleged beating at her mothers apartment. Bonifay and his estranged wife Mrs Jewell Bonifay are to testify before Justice of the Peace L B Morgan. Detective Captain R F Shuttleworth says Bonifay confessed to killing the child during a family argument.
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Pensacola
Fla
Harvey Richard Bonifay
Linda Jean Bonifay
Bonifay
Jewell Bonifay
Man Forced to Jump From House Under Construction
A worker on a Sixth Avenue West home owned by Judge Wert jumped 12 feet after a timber gave way while colleague Knox Walker held the beam. Nearby, Mrs. Tom Willingham at Decatur General hospital was dismissed, and Mrs. Deoma Willingham remains ill. The play Give Daddy the Roses is set for Sunday at 7:30 PM at the Church of God in Hartselle.
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Senate
House Judiciary Committee
Larry Dumas
Senate Banking Committee
Alabama
Federal Reserve System
Senate Education Committee
House
Sim Thomas
Barbour County
Knox Walker
Kennedy
Sixth Avenue West
Thomas W. Wert
Tom Willingham
Grant St
Decatur General Hospital
Deoma Willingham
Beech St
Church of God In
Hartselle
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Reveay
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Cullman Myf
Senate Judiciary Committee
Bud Huey
Bullock County
Lawrence K. Andrews
Marvin Stanley
Acheson
Pryor Memorial
E. R. Clements
Somerville Road
Burns Coffey
Ann Barclay
Rogersville 3
Hamil Clinic
D. L. Parham
Sheridan Apts
W. M. Pepper
Athens 4
E. E. Shirely
Elkmont 1
B. R. Reece
11Th Ave. E
J. C. Jordan
Athens
M. A. Wismer
Vinemont 1
Harold Mathews
Decatur 3
Halph Thomas
Town Creek
Harvey Rogers
R. D. Lemmonds
Seventh Avenue East
Corene Doss
10Th Ave. W
Henry Vickery
10Th, Avenue East
Charles Lambert
Athens 3
Sherman Street
12Th Avenue
Eugene Orr
Jacksonville, Fla
Brothers R. W. and
Perry Orr
Casto Jarvis
Cedartown
Mr. Jarvis
Rising Sun Lodge
D. L. Allen
TVA
Tennessee River
U. S. Weather Bureau
Knoxville
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Florence
Jim Kennedy
Hart
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