Plane crash victims identified as search continues
The toll included 53 dead at Port Deposit Maryland Bryce Canyon Utah and 56 in Virginia's Blue Ridge. United Airlines officials identified victims by rings teeth scars and other marks. Among the identified are Mrs Joy Marcus Chicago Nathan Berke Brooklyn Rowland Brown New York and Hans Joachim San Francisco. The chief burgess of Centralia said none of the bodies were intact. Two infants were among the 39 passengers and four crew members killed. The wreckage area burned fiercely and observers described the scene as the worst they had seen. Investigators led by Joseph Fluett Civilian Board officials reviewed belongings of passengers and crew including Carroll's wallet and a purse with a penny.
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Bryce Canyon
Utah
Inirginia
Blue Ridge Mountains
United Airlines
Joyarcus
Chicago
Nathan Berke
Klyn
Rowland Brown
New York
Hans Joachim
San Fran
Joseph Gallagher
Burgess
George Bo
Wilburton
Bolich
Fred Worner
Kulpmont
Joseph O. Fluett
Civilities Board Region One
Fluett
Airlines
Carroll
Unclear Coal Pension Fund Debate Signals Possible Shift
A report notes tensions over coal wage negotiations with Truman stepping in if Ching fails, aiming to avert a strike after the June 30 contract end. A proposed $100 pension is to be funded from a now $400 million fund, financed by a royalty on coal tonnage. Bridges claims the fund has not operated due to a negative stance by Van Horn.
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Ching
Truman
Lewis and Thers
Bridges
van Horn
Lawmakers Loom Over Kefauver Budget Battle
Kefauver predicts floor action soon as House and Senate budgets race to approve the appropriation. He notes committee splits 4-3 with party lines and says a favorable Senate recommendation could still face House concurrence challenges. He cancels trial campaign to remain for the vote, delaying his schedule.
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Alea
House
Senate
P’house
Kefauver
Tnot
Rally by Limestone Scouts At Athens Fairgrounds
A Limestone county Boy Scouts rally was staged at the Athens fairgrounds in the afternoon. Activities were fed by a track and field program.
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Limestone Scouts
Boy Scouts of
Limestone County
Athens Fairgrounds
Markets Hold Lower Ground After Mixed Downtick
The New York stock market eased to firmer footing but mostly fell, with slow trading around 1.3 million shares. Air carriers led losses after United DC-6 crash news, with United American Eastern Transcontinental and Pan Am down about a point. Douglas Aircraft dipped before rebounding. A few rail and oil issues outperformed.
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New York
United Air Lines
United
American Airlines
Eastern Air Lines
Transcontinental & Western
Pan American Airways
Douglas Aircraft
Nashville Livestock Market Report June 18
Moderate cattle supply with scattered early sales steady to weak. cows 12.00-16.50, bulls 22.50, steers and heifers active and mostly midrange. Hogs opened steady to 25 higher with narrow outlet. most 185-230 lb barrows and gilts 26.50 top, larger weights softer. Calves 23-28, sows 20-20.50, week trend mostly lower on nicer grades and uneven demand.
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Nashville
Markets at a Glance New York June 18
Stocks lower with oils resisting trend and mixed bonds while rails show improvement. Cotton eases with scattered liquidation. Chicago wheat easy amid hedging pressure. corn closed mixed after early strength. Oats firm early with modest gains. hogs uneven around 50 cents higher or lower, top at 27.75. Cattle steady but weak with prime steers absent.
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New York
Chicago
North Georgia live poultry market steady with steady prices
United States Department of Agriculture reports in Atlanta that the North Georgia live poultry market held steady with no price changes. Movement remained fairly heavy through the week. most birds were about 10 weeks old, with out of state truckers less active but adequate to clear offerings. FOB farm prices for today ranged 37 to 37.2 cents with average weights 2.3 to 2.65 pounds.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
States Plan Strong States' Rights Stand at Convention
The plan, advanced by former Gov. Frank Dixon of Alabama, would push a strong states' rights plank. If the convention rejects seating Southern delegations over this stand, delegates may form a Birmingham convention July 17, or meet in Jackson, Mississippi, if defeated. Alabama elector nominees and delegates pledged to oppose Truman or walk out if civil rights is adopted.
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Frank Dixon
Alabama
Perm Rights Campaign Committee
States’ Right Committee
Ben Laney
Arkansas
Dixon
Birmingham
Jackson
Miss
Truman
Mississippi Rises Behind Move In Democratic Caucuses
Mississippi delegates at seven congressional district caucuses pledged to oppose President Truman’s civil rights program. Seventh District Chairman Everett Truly declared plans to bury Caesar Truman and restore Democratic strength. Delegates to the national convention will be chosen at the state gathering on June 22.
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Miss
Dixie
Truman
Everett Truly
Fayette
Caesar Truman
Democratic Party
President Truman
Demonstration on Canning for Fair Exhibits Today
A demonstration on canning for fair exhibits will be given this afternoon in the Lawrence county courtroom by Miss Lavada Curtiss extension service specialist on food preservation from Auburn. Home demonstration club members and other interested persons were invited to attend.
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Lawrence County
Lavada Curtiss
Auburn
Home Demonstration Club
Lawrence County Office Building To Be Finished Soon
The new county office building in Moulton near the former WPA site is set for completion in weeks. It will house the public welfare department the negro county agent office and the National Guard unit with a value over $2 500.
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Lawrence County
Moulton
Works Project Administration
Public Welfare Department
Negro County
National Guard
New Traffic Light Planned at Decatur Highway in Moulton
The city council approved a fifth traffic light at the Blevins Service station intersection on Decatur Highway in Moulton. The installation will cost 480 dollars and is scheduled to be completed soon.
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Moulton
Decatur Highway
Blevins
Women's Golf Finalists Set in Alabama Tourney
Mobile's Mrs. Frank Roos and Birmingham's Miss Bea McWane reached the finals of the Alabama Women's Golf Tournament. Roos, the medalist, defeated Joann McCoy 2 and 1, while McWane beat Gladys Morton 5 and 4 in the semifinals.
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Mobile
Frank Roos
Birmingham
Bea McWane
Alabama
Child Killed After Car Strikes Boy in Alabama
Charles David Cody eight year old son of Mr and Mrs Willie Cody of St. Joseph Tennessee died on arrival at a Florence Alabama hospital after being struck while standing near the highway two feet from the road. The car was driven by John A Anders sixty one of Lafayette Indiana and knocked him sixty six feet according to Highway Patrolmen.
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Florence
Ala
Charles David Cody
Willie Cody
St. Joseph
Wheat Prices Fall as Harvest Expands Southwest
In Chicago grain trading on June 18 prices for wheat slipped due to expanding harvests in the Southwestern winter wheat area. Terminal receipts were heavy, hedging pressure and some profit taking pushed futures lower. July wheat at 2.30 3 4, corn mixed, oats down, soybeans up to 4 cents to 4.19 for July.
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Chicago
New York Cotton Futures End Lower on Mixed Trade
New York cotton futures closed down fractionally from the prior session with July October and nearby months trading lower by about 20 to 50 points. Prices showed scattered gains in some contracts while others edged down amid light demand and market volatility. Spot cotton quoted around 38.08 as the market absorbed late regional news.
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New York
Ninal
Draft stalemate dominates Capitol as Congress fights over bills
Congress battles over a draft bill and related measures as House and Senate clash on postponements and substitutions. Marshall warns recessions could lead to war while Taft and others push for action before summer recess.
Draft Fight Still Raging
Washington dispatch reports the House passed a heavily amended draft bill 283 to 130, setting up a Senate clash and possible filibuster. House favors one year of service and no conscription before February. Senate supports two years. Spearheaded by Gurney and Taylor, with a panel to reconcile differences.
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House
Senate
Gurney
RSD
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Henry Way
Taylor
Wherry
Nebraska
Two Boys Sought After Vehicle Thefts In Decatur
Highway Patrol seeks two teenage boys believed linked to a string of auto thefts in Decatur. One boy, tall and slender in an Eisenhower jacket, the other short and stocky. A $200 reward is offered for information leading to their capture.
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B. Earl Graham Moulton
Veterans Administration Program
Riverside High School
Decatur
Cullman County
Lawrence County
W. B. Little
Mr. Graham
Local notices and society brief from Decatur area
Mixed local items report surgical patients at Hamil clinic and Decatur General hospital. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs R B Hanners at Baugh and Wiley clinic. City arrests listed for drunkenness speeding traffic and disorderly conduct. Evangelist Keenum to preach Sin Unto Death at a tent revival in Austinville. A religious film to be shown for youth. Willie Poff returns home to Ft Myers after visiting relatives. A girl born to Mr and Mrs James McNalley at Hamil clinic. Several residents admitted or dismissed from Hamil clinic. Church of Christ tent meeting begins Sunday at 7 30 pm. Fire trucks to receive new gold lettering. Roscoe Campbell is a patient at Decatur General.
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G. Cowell Keenum
Austinville
Spring Street
Austin Avenue
Dewey Clearing Path as Vandenberg Debate Grows
Dewey remains uncertain about a joint ticket with Stassen and Taft while Michigan Senator Vandenberg nears arrival likely Sunday. Close aides say he will reiterate he is not a candidate and will not conspire in a draft, though he won t commit to refusing the party nomination. Delegates sense the Vandenberg boom has cooled from two weeks ago.
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Stassen
Taft
Michigan
Vandenberg
Dewey
Dewey Wins First Round in Georgia Delegation Fight
Backers of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey won a first round in Georgia's GOP nomination fight as the Republican National Committee seated a Dewey headed delegation led by W. R. Tucker by 48 to 44, denying the Foster Taft delegation. The result will be appealed to the credentials committee at the convention opening next week.
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Philadelphia
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert A
Republican Convention News and Platform Debates
Dewey supporters push for early nomination while Taft backers threaten a second or first roll call. Lodge leads the platform panel as debates over civil rights and reform measures unfold. NAM and CIO propose economic and labor planks, with calls for tax overhaul and repeal of Taft-Hartley, amid foreign policy and agriculture discussions.
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Morris Sayre
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van A. Bittner
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The
Grange seeks GOP support for permanent government farm price guarantees
The National Grange urged Republican backing for enduring farm price guarantees at lowered levels. The American Legion pressed the party to adopt a plank for universal military training. Legion spokesman John Thomas Taylor told the platform committee that the House Rules Committee in the Republican Congress had bottled up UMT legislation.
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Republican Party
American Legion
John Thomas Taylor
Legion
Platform Subcommittee On Foreign Affairs and National Defense
House of Representatives Rules Committee
Congress
Negro Leaders Demand Civil Rights Plank in GOP 1948 Platform
Philadelphia dispatch reports national black leaders harshly criticizing the Republican party and pressing for a strong civil rights plank in the 1948 platform. Meanwhile GOP drafters work toward anti lynching, anti poll tax and fair employment pledges as Stassen urges a business like international recovery program.
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Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
GOP Resolutions Committee
Congress
Harold E. Stassen
Republican Party
Stassen
Channing B. Tobias
New York
Civil Rights Subcommittee
Wites Gates
Kentucky
Tobias
Global war news and economic shifts sweep 1945 reports
German limited actions, Greek offensive against communists, French union leaders call for an all day strike over police evictions at Cler Mont-Ferrand. Britain sees 15 000 harbor workers at a five day strike hindering over 100 ships. UN debates Pacific islands, Russia seeks veto positions. Kyushu mine disaster kills 61. Chinese floods drown 300. Shanghai black market yuan devalues to 2,300,000 per dollar.
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Greece
Clermont-Ferrand
Britain
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Russia
Indonesia
Kyushu
China
Shanghai
Western Allies roll out Deutsche mark currency reform
Western Allies announce a drastic currency reform in the western zones to curb money in circulation and pave the way for ERP participation. Old marks must be registered next week, a weeklong debt moratorium is imposed, and Germans may exchange 40 old marks for 40 new marks on Sunday. The plan limits total cashouts to 60 marks over two months, excludes Berlin’s Western sectors, and sparks a rush to spend as old money loses value.
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Wes Gallagher
Berlin
Germany
Truman Attacks Housing Bill In Washington Speech
President Truman blasted the Taft Ebender Wagner long range housing bill as a real estate investor tax cut. He urged low cost rental housing and accused the real estate lobby of undermining the measure in Congress. He noted plans to return to Independence after adjournment for a brief vacation.
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Tien
Truman
House
Washington
Union Station
Congress
Cattle Auction Barn Planned for East Moulton
Construction of a cattle auction barn in East Moulton will begin soon. The barn will be operated by Tennis Sanderson, Thomas Paul Montgomery, and R. C. Pickens. The first livestock sale is scheduled for September 1.
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Moulton
Tennis Sanderson
Thomas Paul Montgomery
R. C. Pickens
Platform seeks pledge to develop river valleys along TVA pattern
Mrs. Gifford Pinchot urged a federal commitment to develop major river valleys, proposing a Tennessee Valley Authority like pattern across regions. W. C. Meekins and Tobias debated acts against Negroes, noting many occurred in states led by Democrats.
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North Carolina
Tobias
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Tennessee Valley Authority
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