Contractor Vandigriff pleads nolle in tax evasion case
Atlanta June 20. Federal Judge Marvin Anders accepted a nolle plea by Hoke Vandigriff to a tax evasion charge. Vandigriff did not admit guilt or innocence. Judge Underwood will pass sentence after probation officer review. Vandigriff Construction, once active with Alabama Highway Department, faced four charges. the plea covers only one count alleging underreported 1942 income.
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Atlanta
Fedral
Marvin Anders
Hoke
Vandigriff
Underwood
H. W. Robertson
Montgomery
Ala
Vandigriffs
Vandigriff Construction Company
Alabama Highway Department
Markets Slip as Labor Legislation Lingers in Senate
Wall Street edged higher overall with fractional gains as labor policy fate moved to the Senate. The President’s veto and House override vote drew little market reaction, while bonds advanced and commodities closed lower after July corn futures topped $2 a bushel for the first time in history. Cotton fell about 55 cents to $1.15 a bale.
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New York
Dore
Senate
House
Chicago
Board of Trade
Grain prices paid today in Decatur mills
Cash grain quotes from Alabama Flour Mills Decatur list No 1 soft wheat at 2.30 per bushel Ear white corn 75 lb at 2.24 per bushel Ear yellow corn 75 lb 2.20 per bushel Mile 100 cwt 3.20 Barley 1.55 per bushel Oats 0.85 per bushel Prices supplied by Alabama Flour Mills Decatur.
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Decatur
Alabama Flour Mills
Market Roundup of Butter and Receipts in Chicago
Chicago market report shows unsettled butter with receipts near 604,929 and various grade quotes. Also lists firm receipts 20,641 and U S standards and current receipts figures with dir ties and checks.
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Chicago
U. S
Grain futures slip after corn hits all time high
Chicago grain prices eased after corn for July delivery rose to an all time high of 2.00 3 4 per bushel in early trading. Wheat closed 13 4 lower, July at 1.15 3 4 1 2, corn down 11 4 3 3 4 to 1.97 1 97 3 4, oats down 1 to 17 8, July 95 3 895.
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Chicago
Markets at a Glance New York June 20
Stocks rise slowly with industrials leading the upturn while bonds hold steady and rails improve. Cotton falls on profit taking and liquidation as Chicago wheat weakens under hedging pressure and corn closes lower after a record high. Hogs stay generally steady with top at 25.00. cattle largely steady with top 26.25 on choice yearlings.
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New York
Chicago
New York Cotton Futures Close Lower on June 20
Cotton futures ended down 50 cents to 1.35 a bale from the prior close. Trading showed mixed moves across spots and nearby contracts with July at 28.40 and October around 31.62. Middling spot price noted at 38.10 with later revisions.
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New York
Poultry Market Shifts Amid Higher Red Meat Prices
North Georgia buyers boosted bids to 32 cents FOB farm as red meat prices rise. Demand for fresh chickens increased with tighter supplies and faster trading than last week. Birds weighed 1 1/2 to 3 4 pounds, traded around 32 cents with some at 31 to 32 1/2 cents. New Hampshire red fowl sold around 27 cents.
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Atlanta
North Georgia
Poultry Marfim
New Hampshire
Senate moves on income tax amendment and welfare bill
Filibuster continues from page one as Aug. 26 set for an income tax amendment. A welfare bill would add six million dollars yearly to outlay and is referred to a senate finance and taxation subcommittee led by Sen. Albert O Butwell of Jefferson County. The house judiciary committee favors a bill declaring the communist party illegal in Alabama and opens a full hearing on extending workers compensation to occupational diseases and raising the maximum weekly payment from eighteen to twenty five.
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Senate Finance and Taxation
Alberto Butwell
Jefferson County
House Judiciary Committee
Communist Party
Alabama
Alabama legislators push anti union labor control bills
A pair of stringent bills introduced in the Alabama House would outlaw unions in shops and the checkoff system, bar disorderly picketing, and regulate labor disputes. The measures, from Reps. O Neal Malone and Taylor, mirror Virginia law and include a one year jail term and up to 500 dollar fine for violations. They foresee a July 1 public hearing and would not affect existing contracts if enacted.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
John S. .O’neal
Jackson County
Wallace D. Malone
Houston
H. A. Taylor
Hale
Virginia
Malone
Dothan
O'Neal
House Business and Labor Committee
E. O'Neal
Congress
Truman
Taylor
Girl fatally injured by propeller near Valdosta
Miss Ruby Lyle twenty five of Tampa Florida was fatally hurt when she fell from a boat on Cherry lake near Valdosta and became entangled in the propeller. She died after being taken to a Madison Florida physician then a Thomasville hospital. Burial will be in Florence Alabama. She leaves parents in Tampa two sisters and several relatives.
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Valdosta
Ruby Lyle
Tampa
Fla
Cherry Lake
Tuscumbia
Ala
Florence
Miss Lyle
B. Lyle
Sadie Belle Willis
Deam Marks
Alice Lyle
Sheffield
B. F. Capiens
Americus
Gleaned notes from Athens and Decatur area visits
Mary Eunice McAnally visits relatives in Athens while Patrolman E J Carter plans a vacation. Decatur traffic officers Taylor and Coker attend a chicken stew hosted by D M Magnusson for traffic officers. A newborn daughter joins Mr and Mrs E O Creel of Hartselle born June 20 at Decatur General Hospital. Several residents admitted to Decatur General Hospital include W G Harrison J W Davidson Alicia Weaver and Nathan McMillan Jr. Families Greer Black with children Tommy and Howell and John Tapscott with children Billy and Bobby plan trips to Florida.
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Decatur
Taylor and Coker
Athens
D. M. Magnusson
North Alabama
E. O. Creel
West Main Street
Hartselle
Decatur General Hospital
W. G. Harrison
J. W. Davidson
6Th Avenue East
Alicia Weaver
4Th Avenue West
Nathan McMillan Jr
Second Avenue
Greer Black
Tommy and
Howell
John Tapscott
Billy and
Bobby
Points
Florida
Ardmore Rotary to Sponsor Fiddlers
The Ardmore Rotary club will sponsor an old time fiddlers contest at Ardmore High School auditorium on Friday June 27 at eight in the evening. Prizes will be awarded to players of various instruments bands and dancers. Each contestant should register at the door.
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Ardmore
VA approves hospital changes for Atlanta Tuskegee
Washington reports on June 20 that President Truman and the federal hospitalization board approve converting Atlanta’s 317 bed veterans chronic hospital into a 225 bed tuberculosis facility. The plan awaits a new 250 bed tuberculosis hospital at Americus.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Atlanta
Tuskegee
Ala
Truman
Federal Board of Hospitalization
Veterans Chronic Hospital
Americus
Veterans of Foreign Wars to Open 14th Encampment in Huntsville
In Huntsville Alabama veterans group prepares for the 14th VFW encampment with over 1000 members expected to register. Gov James E Folsom will speak at the opening business session and Senator John J Sparkman is slated to speak at the Sunday night banquet.
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Huntsville
Ala
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Edwin T. Jones
James E. Folsom
John J. Sparkman
Locomotive No. 1,166 Retired on Portugal Evora Line
Locomotive No 1 166 on the Evora line in Portugal is retired by popular demand after peasants and vintagers along the route armed with brooms and water put out repeated fires set by sparks from the locomotive.
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Arraiolos
Portugal
Evora
Aged Man Names Body Shipment Requests and Burial Plans
An elderly man asks that if he dies his body be sent to Roscoe Illinois with no autopsy and embalmed in Boulder Colorado. He requests correspondence with cousin Roy Cummings and notes money in a briefcase for expenses. Denver police issue a statewide alert for Fred Lundy.
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Roscoe
Roy Cummings
Boulder
Colo
Fred Lundy
Holmdrake
Boulder Creek
Denver
Lundy
Bessemers Names Node City Manager in Alabama
Bessemers appoint Jack J. Dean of Albany Georgia as the first city manager. The position pays 4800 to 6000 dollars yearly and was created by a new ordinance. Dean is Georgia Tech trained, from Baconton and has 10 years with Albany as engineer and assistant city manager. He also served three years in the Navy.
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Tucker
Tucker Corporation
Chicago
Bessemer
Ala
Jack J. Dean
Albany
Hamer Repeats, Reaches Southern Amateur Semi Finals
Defending champion George Hamer of Columbus Ga defeated Jim Ryan LSU freshman from Greenville Ala 3 and 1 to reach the Southern Amateur Golf Tournament semi finals in Louisville Ky Hamer seeks a second straight title the first to do so since 1914 and led by two up after the first nine holes before closing out.
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Hamer
Louisville
George Hamer
Columbus
Jim Ryan
Louisiana State University
Greenville
Ala
Lifer Morton Ellis Dies at Atmore Prison Farm
Morton Ellis, serving a life sentence for his wife’s 1942 death in a dynamite blast at their Atmore home, died yesterday at Atmore state prison farm. He was found unconscious in his cell by fellow prisoners and pronounced dead about an hour later by the prison doctor’s assistant.
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Lifer
Atmore
Ala
Morton Ellis
Atmore State Prison Farm
S.W. Hixon
Ellis
Three Mobile Men Freed on Bond After FBI Theft Hearings
Three Mobile men named John J. GILbane Sebert Z. Scott and Charles D. Carey were released on $1 000 bonds each after hearings before U S Commissioner Alex T Howard on charges of stealing government property to outfit a private ship.
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Mobile
Ala
FBI
U. S
Alex T. Howard
J.J. Gleason
John J. Gilbane
Sebert Z. Scott
Charles D. Carey
Trunk Murder Case Life Restored as Teen Survives
In Los Angeles on June 20 a trunk found in a basement contained a living 15 year old boy who had crawled inside to sleep. Mrs Hazel Ford reported the trunk to police and investigators confirmed the youth was alive and not dead as first feared.
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Los Angeles
Hazel Ford
Homicide Bureau
Homes Dominate US Residential Sales With Three Fourths Share
The report states used houses account for about three fourths of the annual residential sales in the United States. This highlights a heavy reliance on existing homes in the national market and implies notable dynamics for new construction and mortgage activity.
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United States
Washington size compared to New England and Delaware
The state of Washington is described as as large as all of New England plus Delaware. The statement notes that about 40 percent of U S communities do not have building codes.
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Washington
New England
Delaware
U. S
Truman denounces labor bill as unfair and unworkable
President Truman catalogs four general and 32 specific oppositions to the labor bill to curb strikes and unions. The House votes to veto amid partisan support as leaders from both parties condemn the measure and its impact on domestic policy. White House opposition accuses the bill of expanding government in private economy and provoking more strikes.
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AFL
William Green
Carroll Reece
Green
Truman
President Truman Hosts Lunch With Senators Over Labor Bill
President Truman, seeking votes to sustain his veto on the Taft Hartley labor bill, hosted 13 senators at a White House luncheon. Senator Russell reported the President described the bill as unworkable and sincere in opposing it, but Russell would decide after a second reading whether to switch votes to sustain the veto. Eleven attendees supported the bill, aiming to override the veto.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
White House
Russell
D-Ga
Congress
Mr. Truman
Truman denounces Taft-Hartley bill in veto message
President argues the Taft-Hartley bill would weaken democracy and invite chaos. He urges a new labor measure and cites bans on jurisdictional strikes and secondary boycotts while criticizing provisions limiting political contributions and union activity. Republican leaders pledge to override veto and pass the bill anyway.
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Truman
GOP
House
Senate
Rep. Hartley
R-N. J
House Labor Committee
Hartley
Halleck
Indiana
Henry Wallace
Wallace
National Labor Relations Board
Truman veto underscores labor bill clash with unions
President Truman frames the labor measure as a dangerous step toward a managed economy. He argues it would widen government intervention, erode unity, provoke more strikes, and unduly penalize workers while crippling union security and bargaining rights. He cites four tests showing the bill weakens human relations and workable labor policy. He warns the measure could inject political aims into normal economic decisions and invite costly litigation.
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Congress
National Labor Relations Board
Truman
Soviets Withdraw from UN Military Staff Meeting
Soviet representatives withdrew from a United Nations military staff committee session over procedural disputes. Andrei Gromyko said the action does not signify a boycott and noted the committee should act on council submissions rather than individual nation inquiries.
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Council
Labor bill sparks fierce clash over unions and employers
President Truman decries the measure as a weapon for employers arguing it would unleash endless litigation and weaken workers rights. Senate action extends rent control to February 29 1948 and eases some limits on leases while removing construction curbs. Republicans push for bipartisan input on a foreign policy commission with columnists and critics urged to join the panel.
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Pusezler
Truman
Senate
Congress Eyes Cashing GI Terminal Leave Bonds
House leaders push to redeem GI terminal leave bonds immediately rather than after five years. Chairman Andrews of New York convened the armed services committee for hearings next week as Treasury warns the plan would raise inflationary pressures and threaten the economy.
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Republican House
Treasury
Andrews
R.N. Y
House Armed Services Committee
Wool Tariff Prediction Spurs Debate on Trade Policy
Senator Aiken predicts President Truman will sign wool tariff legislation as opponents warn it would derail the administration foreign trade program. Senator Young forecasts the Senate will restore the House appropriation and reverse cuts to the Agriculture Department soil conservation program, arguing the soil saving fund should be funded at $300 million rather than $150 million.
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Truman
Aiken
R.-Vt
Young
R.N.D
Senate
House
Agriculture Department
Doughton to push federal tax reform adopting state community property rule
Rep. Doughton of North Carolina says he will seek legislation to apply the community property principle to federal income taxes in all states starting next January. The move would cut about 744 million dollars in taxes for 4.9 million married couples living outside the 10 states with community property laws.
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Doughton
Q.N.C
Truman asks Congress to grant civilian govt to Guam and Samoa
President Truman asked Congress to authorize civilian governments for Guam and Samoa, which are currently under Navy control. He forwarded the legislation to the House and Senate yesterday for action.
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Islands
Truman
Congress
Guam
Samoa
Pacific Islands
House
Senate
State Department faces shutdown threat over Voice of America funding
The State Department may close its New York information office and lay off 400 employees if congressional criticism stalls funding for the Voice of America. Ball of Minnesota warned that without a subcommittee funding compromise advocates could fail in the Senate, risking approval of the $6.4 million proposed state department money bill.
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State Department
New York
Voice of America
Drowned Off Ball
R.-Minn
Appropriations
Senate
Aan
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John Brophy
Nathan Cowan
Pittsburgh
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