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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1947

Page

7

Seven Strikers Evicted After Dyn amite Blast in Prat tville

Autauga County officials said the dynamite blast at a mill house of Gurney Manufacturing Co. is linked to a labor dispute that began May 1. Judge Gipson ordered seven strikers to vacate within 24 hours, with appeals by defense likely suspending the eviction upon bond.

Prattville Ala Autauga County George Taylor Allen Stewart Gurney Manufacturing Co H. E. Gipson Stewart Taylor Gipson Circuit Court Tullis Hughes Hughes Edmund F. Ryan, Jr Textile Workers Union of America CIO

Free Speech Test Planned in Hungary Rally Violence Sparks Clash

Szeged, June 17 Szabo das Szabadssag leader Dezso Sulyok planned a freedom of speech test at Miskolc. A rally was interrupted by about 150 intruders who cheered Soviet and Hungarian communist leaders. Police adjourned the meeting as clashes involved hundreds outside and in the hotel ballroom.

Szeged Hungary Dezso Sulyok Szabadsag (Freedom Miskloc Sulyok National Assembly Baw Tisza Stalin Freedom Party

Miss Patricia Knight charts solo path to film debut

Hollywood conversation centers on Patricia Knight, not Mrs. Cornel Wilde, as she prepares for her first movie Roses Are Red a B film. Knight explains she left her studio, found an agent, and refuses co star treatment to avoid being known as Mrs. Wilde while addressing fan expectations and her slow entry into cinema.

Bob Thomas Hollywood Patricia Knight Cornel Wilde Pat Boston Mass Gal Corry Mami Cornel

Hollywood Creators Slowing Pace Sparking Fear of Failure

Director Dudley Nichols notes top filmmakers like Leo McCarey Wyler Wilder Capra and Brown now release only one film a year or less. He says the pause harms experimentation and urges each filmmaker to risk a failure, citing his own Mourning Becomes Electra project and glimpses from the industry set.

Hollywood Dudley Nichols Leo McCarey Iliam Wyler Billy Wilder Frank Capra Clarence Brown Nichols Gregory Perry Elia Kazan Ronald Colman Irene Dunne Rosalind Russell Michael Redgrave

Pravda critique of Marshall plan echoed in U S column

Mackenzie's column argues Pravda misreads Marshall's European economic rehabilitation as a Western bloc move. It states the plan is defensive, aims to halt communist expansion, and involves all willing nations, with no intention to pressure democracies with dollars.

Moscow Pravda Communist Party Marshall Europe Greece Turkey United States Russia Britain France Geil America Germany

Truman Boosts Estimate of Surplus to Over Four Billion

President Truman, vetoing a Republican backed tax cut, signals the coming year's surplus may exceed four billion dollars, tripling his January estimate of about 1.3 billion. He notes peacetime income and employment support debt retirement and weighs Russia's role in postwar economic ties.

Washington Truman

Local church service and Sunday social visits noted

Bro. Bougher delivered inspiring messages during his regular Sunday appointment. Several families and relatives from Decatur Huntsville Lindsville and Owen Cross Roads visited or stayed with relatives this Sunday.

Bro. Bougher Carrie L. Howland Decatur C. E Quinton Cude Betty Jo Dunn J. W. Maples Cude Owen Cross Roads Roland Cantrell Buddie Gentry Huntsville Velma Edwards James Bartee Lindsville Alex Poe Lester Johnston Robert Morrow Hubert Terrell

Essential living costs show drop in mid spring

Washington reports a slight decline in prices for essentials from mid April to mid May based on preliminary Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates. The May 15 consumer price index sits modestly below the April 15 level, with prices about 18 percent higher than a year ago and 58 percent above the August 1939 baseline.

Washington Bureau of Labor Statistics Cnsumers Ogney

Vernon L. Oden Enlists in Army

The U S Army recruiting station announced Vernon L Oden son of Mr and Mrs Lonnie E Oden of Eva was accepted for enlistment in the Army for 18 months He attended Eva high school this year and was active in Latins in Sootball.

U. S. Army Vernon L. Oden Lonnie E. Oden Eva Vernon

All Day Singing Planned at West Limestone High

An all day singing is scheduled for Sunday at West Limestone High School. Lunch will be served to all visitors. The public is invited by President M. C. Grisham.

West Limestone High School M. C. Grisham

Probate Notice Estate of Sue H Moseley Deceased

Probate Court issues letters testamentary on the last will to a designated executor on June 6 1947. All persons claiming a valid estate must present their claims within the legal period or be barred.

Sue H. Moseley T. C. Almon Vaid

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