Three U S Destroyers Loaned to UN Patrol
The United States formally transfers three destroyers to the United Nations Palestine patrol under Count Folke Bernadotte. The transfer limits use to transporting persons and materials for the truce, with no force or boarding authority. France agreeing to provide one Corvette class vessel. Belgium unable to meet request.
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Lake Success
United Nations
U. S
U.N. Palestine
Mediterranean
Folke Bernadotte
U. N. Palestine
Trygve Lie
France
Bernadotte
Belgium
U. N
United States
Body of Soldier Killed in Pacific Arrives for Burial
The body of Pfc. Jessie G. Prince, infantryman killed in New Guinea on June 8, 1944 at age 27, will arrive in Decatur Wednesday at 2 25 PM. Funeral arrangements by Mutual Service are pending arrival of relatives. Surviving are his widow Mrs Jessie G Prince of 505 11th Ave W Tennessee relatives and three brothers and three sisters living in Tennessee. The body remains at Mutual Service Funeral Home on Grant Street until services.
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Jessie G. Prince
Decatur
Jessie
New Guinea
11Th Avenue W
Charles Prince
Tennessee
Hurley
Aubrey
Thurman Prince
Rogersville
Nadelih Prince
Clyde Newsome
Kathleen Corbitt
Mutual Service Funeral Home
Grant Street
Services Today For Mrs. Altha Martin
Funeral services for Mrs. Altha Rose Martin of 5 West Court will be held today at 1 PM at Memorial Drive Church of Christ with T. A. Thompson officiating. Burial follows at Popular Creek cemetery six miles south of Leighton. Mutual Service in charge. Pallbearers are Joe Clark O B Wise Luther Sewell Jack Sherman Neal Dover and Hollis Rinegar. Nieces will arrange flowers.
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Altha Rose Martin
West Court
Memorial Drive Church of Christ
T. A. Thompson
Popular Creek Cemetery
Leighton
Mutual Service
Joe Clark
O. B. Wise
Luther Sewell
Jack Sherman
Neal Dover
Hollis Rinegar
Roebuck Co Founder Alvah Roebuck Dies at 84
Alvah Curtis Roebuck, 84, co founder of Sears Roebuck and Co, died last night in Evanston while visiting his daughter Mrs Raymond H Keeler. The Chicago death came after a stroke.
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Chicago
Alvah Curtis Roebuck
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Raymond H. Keeler
Evanston
Two Injured In Night Crash At Church Street Intersection
At 11 40 P M Friday a car and a small truck collided at Church Street and Highway Two people suffered cuts and were shaken up Virginia Gilliam passenger in the truck received a cut on her left knee bandage Mr Hines driver was cut on the hand George M White traveling south on Sixth Avenue was involved The truck carried E W Strother Jr and wife Police Officers Collier and Broderick investigated
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Church Street
George M. White
Endlam Boulevard
Sixth Avenue
Butler P. Hines Jr
E. Lafayette
Virginia Gilliam
Hamil Clinic
Hr. Hines
E. W. Strother Jr
Johnston Street
Collier and
Broderick
First Cotton Blooms Reported Ahead of Last Season
Saturday reports bring the season’s first cotton blooms from three farms. Henry Bledsoe on the Lamar Penney farm west of Decatur on the Wheeler highway reported a bloom Friday eight days earlier than last year. Austin Dean of Trinity also reported a bloom, and N F Murphy from Leesdale in Falkville reported a Friday bloom as well.
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Henry Bledsoe
Lamar Penney
Decatur
Wheeler Highway
Austin Dean
Trinity
Falkville
N. F. Murphy
Leesdale
Markets Edge Lower after Week of Mixed Uplift
The New York stock market eased from a 21 month high as selling stayed light and demand across sectors remained uneven. Oil stocks maintained a bull run while rails rose on Bulwinkle bill momentum despite a presidential veto. The Associated Press average opened at 71.7, near its August 1946 peak, with the week concluding lower.
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New York
Oil
Interstate Commerce Commission
Associated Press
Markets at a Glance Chicago
Wheat steady as corn gains support from Midwest moisture shortfall. Corn firm amid drying conditions. Oats steady with high cash premiums. Hogs and cattle nominally steady in quiet trading.
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Chicago
midWest
Grain futures rise as corn leads Chicago board gains
Grain prices moved higher on the Chicago board of trade as corn led the session with advances of about two cents. Wheat and oats also posted gains with July contracts closing among the day’s leaders. Short-covering and commercial buying supported the upturn amid steady demand.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Riggs and Kramer to Vie for Pro Tennis Title
Riggs and Kramer advanced to the final of the National Professional Championship in Forest Hills. Riggs, top seed and defending champion, beat Kocacs 6-3 6-2 7-5. Kramer, second seed, defeated Budge 6-4 8-10 3-6 6-4 6-0, setting up a Sunday title match.
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Riggs
Kramer
Forest Hills
N. Y
Jack Kramer
Los Angeles
Bobby Riggs
Altadena
Calif
Westside Club Stadium
Frank Kocacs
Oakland
Don Budge
Hollywood
Budge
Kramer Andrancisco Pancho
Seguar
Ecuador
Western Allies fret over Soviet currency moves amid rail and air limits
Tank fears grow that cargo or baggage to guard cash bundles. American and British officials arrange expanded air schedules to repatriate stranded travelers from the West. Allies do not protest Soviet actions as they await full impact. a top Western official calls the measures a natural guard against currency flood while noting Reichsmarks import bans in Zones.
Alabama state docks celebrate 20th anniversary in Mobile
Mobile marks the 20th anniversary of the Alabama state docks with a two day program led by Gov. James E. Folsom who will unveil a plaque for a projected 5 million dollar expansion. James Jeremiah Wadsworth will address a world trade banquet as Alabama treats its deep water seaport legacy.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama
James E. Folsom
James Jeremiah Wadsworth
War Assets Administration
Washington
Minnesota Wins Track Crown for the First Time
Minnesota captured the national collegiate track and field championship for the first time in its 27 year history. The underdog team earned 46 points with two event wins and seven other placements. Southern California Trojans finished second with 41.5 points as Olympiad trials loomed.
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Austin
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Southern California
Trojans
Park Program For Negroes at West Side Park
West Side park hosts a special program today at 3 P M for Negro residents. A tug of war between East and West Side Boy Scouts will occur and all Negro Boy Scouts are urged to attend.
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West Side Park
East
West Side
Boy Scouts
Fire Ants Trigger Statewide Fight Against Pests
Mobile Alabama June 19. A second attempt to control destructive fire ants begins tomorrow at Calhoun Washington county. The pests threaten crops and young game and have spread since the 1930s work program. Walter Riddle arrives to test a new chemical. Bert Thomas says up to $2,000 will be spent on poisons as county lawmakers, farmers and sportsmen seek aid.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Cal@rt
Washington County
Work Project Administration
Jackson
Walter Riddle
Conservation Department
Bert Thomas
Mobile County
Duke Potter Named Legion's Chairman
Huntsville June 19 James S Lane state Legion commander announced M H Duke Potter editor of the Legion News Montgomery Post No 2 was named general chairman of the 1948 state American Legion convention to be held July 4 6 in Montgomery Potter a former newspaperman is from Montgomery and will lead the event through its preparations. The article also notes a separate line about the origin of embalming in ancient Egypt.
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Huntsville
M. H
Duke) Potter
Montgomery
American Legion
James S. Lane
Potter
The
Legion News
Montgomery Post No. 2
Sain Shuts Reds As Braves Win 5-0 In Boston
Right hander Johnny Sain pitched a six hit shutout to lead the Boston Braves over the Cincinnati Reds 5-0 before 24 425 fans. The Braves collected all eight hits in the first five innings off Tom Hughes.
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Boston
Johnny Sain
Boston Braves
Cincinnati Reds
Tribesmen
Tom Hughes
Bill Allows 205000 Europeans to Enter U S Over Two Years
Congress approves a bill to admit about 205000 Europeans in the next two years, including 200000 displaced persons and 15000 aliens now in the United States. Debates link religion to discrimination while supporters say the measure upholds equal rights and humanitarian needs.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Senate
Holl House
Ferguson
R-Mich
Kilgore
D-W. Va
Revercomb W. Va
Grath
R-Ri
Delig
Czechoslovakia
Saturday Night Games in Southern Association Box Score
Birmingham 431 100 202 10 Nashville 000 000 000 0. Final score 59 4. Players Katz Mauro and Ford noted. Curtis and Myer listed.
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Southern Association
Birmingham
Nashville
Walters
Cucensan
Mauro
Ttanooga
Katz
Myers
Curtis
Ford
Grain and oil seed futures rise in July 19 trade
The report notes soybeans up a cent and a half with July 19 activity and reference to 94 1-8-1-4 futures trading higher on the day.
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Altha Martin
Alvah Roebuck
Rome
Piazza Venezia
Luigi Einaudi
Italy
Republic
Victor Emmanuel II
Youngstoan
Mullins
Youngstown
Appliance CO
Second Ave
Belen Martin
Bronx
Africa
U.S
Wall Street
Henry Wiegman
R. Teeter
George Melin
Duke Potter
Legion
Ancient
Egypt
Bulletin
AMC
MCRL
Blue Ribbon Shoe Shop
2Nd Ave
Belk’s
Hostess
Hostess Cheese & Cracker Ensemble
Belk Hudon
People’s
Laurel Street
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