Linder Denies Wrongdoing Amid Indictment Claims
Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tom Linder, hospitalized for a kidney ailment, says he acted to help farmers not himself. A federal indictment accuses him and others of lobbying without registration, tied to efforts for higher commodity prices. Linder blames international combines and lever brothers for the charges and hints at a Senate run.
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Atlanta
Tom L
Georgia
Washington
U.S
Tom Clark
Linder
Clark
Great International
Unilevers
Lever Brothers
Richard Russell
Senate
U.S. Senate
Teol Best Seller Contends With Athlete's Foot Issue
An advertisement from Goidel's Drug Store promotes Teol as a topical treatment for athlete's foot. The claim notes deep germ penetration aided by 90 percent alcohol content and implies rapid action within an hour.
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Foot
TEOL
H. 0
Goidel
Five Americans Reported Prisoners of Yugoslavs
Five Americans are officially reported prisoners of Yugoslavs after a motor boat incident off Punta Grossa in Istria. U S Army says they were seized Tuesday with one civilian and four engineers corps soldiers among the captives. Unofficial sources expect return today as Yugoslavs claim the boat entered their waters.
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Trieste
U. S
Punta Grossa
Istria
Engineers Corps
Truman Supported On Bulwinkle Bill By State Senators
Senators Lister Hill and John J. Sparkman of Alabama joined the majority to sustain President Truman's veto on the Bulwinkle bill. The Senate overrode the veto 63 to 25, assigning funds to the Federal Security Agency and placing the U S Employment Service under it. The override passed 48 to 17.
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Truman
Washington
Lister Hill
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Senate
Federal Security Agency
U. S. Employment Service
General Electric Increases Prices On Broad Range Of Goods
General Electric announces price hikes from five to twelve percent on many household and industrial items. President Charles E. Wilson says wage rises freight costs and material costs drive the policy with immediate effect. GE recently granted an eight percent pay raise to 125000 CIO United Electrical Workers members nationwide.
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General Electric
New York
General Electric Company
Charles E. Wilson
CIO
United Electrical
Girl State names Governor and officers
Faye Samford age 17 from Lee county will preside as governor at Girls State in Montgomery. Carolyn Robinson is lieutenant governor. other officers include Frances Summerville secretary of state Eleanor Allen state auditor Betty Greene treasurer Joal Holland attorney general Rose Terry Stewart superintendent of schools Joan Hamby commissioner and more. The event opened Sunday at Huntingdon College and ends Saturday. The erosion note cites soil fertility loss about seven times the crop usage.
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Montgomery
Faye Samford
Lee County
Girl's State
J. D. Samford
Auburn
State Extension Service
W. J. Samford
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Carolyn Robinson
Hugh S. Robinson
Jackson
Ala
Terday
Frances Summerville
Albertville
Eleanor Allen
Demopolis
Betty Greene
Banke
Joal Holland
Anniston
Rose Terry Stewart
Agriculture
Joan Hamby
Dadeville
Nancy Jackson
Birmingham
Notice to Decatur property owners on sewer assessment
Public notice from Decatur Alabama about sewer improvement assessments under Ordinance 477 adopted April 5 1948 and confirmed May 3 1948. City Clerk Joe Pettey will hear objections July 19 1948 at 2 00 PM in City Hall Council Chamber regarding unitary vitrified clay sewers and manholes along the alley between 8th and 9th Avenues West from Kearns Street north to Patterson Street.
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City OF
Decatur
Alabama
Eh of
Council Chamber
8Th Ave
9Th Avenue
Kearns Street
Patterson Street
8Th Avenue West
9Th Avenue West
Joe Pettey
Fourteenth Avenue East
City Hall
14Th Avenue
7Th Street
8Th Street
Indictments Hit Farm Officials In Washington Case
Among those named in the Washington indictments are Texas Agriculture Commissioner J E McDonald Ralph W Moore of Granger Texas Washington secretary of the National Farm Committee and Robert M Harris of Harris and Vose New York. The Farm Committee and the Farm Commissioners Council were also indicted.
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Ate
Washington
Texas Agriculture
J. E.mcdonald
Ralph W. Moore
Granger
Tex
National Farm Committee
Robert M. Harris
New York
Harris and Vose
Farm Committee
Farm Commissioners Council
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Gadsden
Public Service Commission
Bobbie Saxon
Oxford
Aileen Lang
Emelee
Augusta Walden
Dothan
Supreme Court
Martha Grimes
Tuskegee
Joyce Guthrie
Townley
Lucien D. Gardner
Huntingdon College
Bill
BELK
Belk Hucron Co
Archdale
Zelan
DuPont Zelan
Wembleys
California
Don
Don Williams
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