Weather and community notes from a Alabama town
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Saturday with scattered thundershowers mainly in the afternoon. Southwest winds along the coast. Mrs H R McKinney has returned to Houston after attending her nephew Keith Hammon’s accidental death in Decatur. William and Carolyn Russell twins of Virgil and Mrs. Russell had tonsils removed at Hamil Clinic. Robert Orr freshman from Hartselle pledged by Beta chapter Sigma Phi Epsilon at the University of Alabama. Rev Ira Marion of Riverside Calif to speak at Sixth Avenue Church of God Sunday morning service. Mrs Estelle Ward attended the June 11 hair coloring event hosted by Gadsden Beauty and Barber Supply. Cpl David M Chaffin completed Army clerical school courses at Fort Knox. Edward Davies and Asbury Malone will go to Montgomery this weekend. Charles Malone of Montgomery ill at St Margaret's Hospital. Three cases heard in recorder's court: disorderly conduct, violation of prohibition law, and driving without a license. Mr and Mrs Floyd W Alred announce birth of a daughter at Ellis Meyer Hospital. Mrs W A Gunn admitted to Ellis-Meyer Hospital yesterday. See DIARY on Page 2.
Vote Would End Many Controls in House Action
The House tentatively voted 146 to 8 to end price controls on all non rationed consumer goods and lift controls on materials not in short supply, as part of extending the Defense Production Act for another year starting July 1. The measure faces a later roll call. Republicans backed the controls lifting, Democrats largely opposed.
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Washington
House
Rep. Talle
Iowa
Armed Services
Senate
June Heat Wave Tops Eight-Year Record
The June heat wave, described as the hottest in eight years, features daily highs hitting 90 degrees or more for 12 days and a peak of 100 degrees on June 15. Records from TVA show no hotter June highs in the past eight years, with prior extremes reaching 96 degrees in 1945 and 1950.
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Carroll Lisby
TVA
Russia Told Germ Warfare Moves Won't Split West
Britain’s Sir Gladwyn Jebb said Moscow’s germ warfare move is astute but will not divide Western allies. He cited Jacob Malik’s U N Security Council appeal to ratify the 1952 Geneva Protocol and supported referring the Soviet proposal to the Disarmament Commission.
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United Nations
N. Y
Britain
Gladwyn Jebb
Russia
Jebb
Jacob A. Malik
U. N. Security Council
United States
Greece
Turkey
Brazil
Netherlands
U. S
U. N. Disarmament Commission
Wife Freed In Death Of Mate
Mary Moore a Decatur woman accused of first degree murder in the death of her husband last year was found not guilty by a circuit court jury. She testified that her husband attempted to leave with a revolver and that during the struggle it fired, killing him. The verdict was returned at about 4 30 P M.
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Mary Moore
Decatur
Moore
Ernest Woods
Trinity Mountain
Kathleen Woods
Ernest
Ida Mae Kelley
Heat Lingers Another Day
Alabama endures a ninth day of heat with Tuscaloosa hitting 102 and other cities in the 90s to near 101. A brief shower lowered temperatures, and farmers received cautious forecasts from County Agent Lem Edmundson about limited damage but stressed concern for pastures as the dry spell persists. See continuation on Page 2.
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Montgomery
Lem Edmundson
Edmundson
Ceat
Chicago Poised for Presidential Nominations in July Conventions
Chicago gears up for the Republican convention starting July 7 marking its 13th GOP national gathering and the Democratic event opening July 21. City officials and business groups plan for a week of delegates visitors and a boom in hotels railroads airlines dining and entertainment. Streets will be cleaned and prepared to welcome the major party gatherings.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Cabinet Meets To Study Soviet Note On Plane
Stockholm reports the cabinet studied a new Soviet note denying Sweden’s account of the Catalina rescue plane being shot down by a Soviet jet. The seven crewmen were rescued by a German freighter after the Baltic Sea incident on Monday.
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Stockholm
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Rolf Sohlman
Moscow
Baltic Sea
France offers five point home rule plan for Tunisia
Paris reports France proposes Tunisian cabinet representation and a future all Tunisian cabinet while keeping key French posts. Civil service limited to Tunisians, mixed Supreme Court, two house consultative assembly and municipal councils to draft budgets. Plan aims to calm nationalist riots since January.
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Paris
France
Tunisia
French National Assembly
Robert Schuman
State to Build Many Highways
Montgomery June 20 The State Highway Department reports more than 46 million dollars in federal aid primary road projects under contract or programmed. An additional 12 168 000 is available or will be within 18 months, to be matched dollar for dollar by the state, totaling over 24 million. Secondary farm to market roads show over 10 million under contract with nearly 3 million more in federal aid expected in 18 months. County secondary roads exceed 8 6 million under contract with 7 050 000 more federal funds available within a year and a half. Urban projects under contract total 3 million with 19 million more to come. programming indicates projects set up but not yet formally approved for federal funds.
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Montgomery
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Moulton Craft Shirt Plant Planned in Local Pact
A contract between David Parker and Development Corporation will enable a Par Craft Shirt Company plant in Moulton. Building, leased by Moulton Corporation at 46000, aims to hire 75 to 100 workers in 6 to 9 months and about 250 by next year with a 25000 to 30000 dollar monthly payroll. Machinery for shirts is on order. Parker plans to move to Moulton by September 1.
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David Parker
Ace Development Corporation
Moulton
L. K. Gay
Moulton Business Men's Organization
Moulton Corporation
Parker
Gay
Woodbury
Tenn
Par Craft Shirt Company
Production Of Arms Is Slowed
Washington reports arms production across sectors faces stoppage as a steel strike disrupts supplies. Industry and defense officials warn tools and hard steels are scarce, risking a broader halt in jet engines, nuclear submarines, and other weapons work. Secretary Lovett seeks to divert remaining steel to defense plants.
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Washington
Secretary of Defense
Lovett
CIO Steelworkers Union
Pittsburgh
Dowd Faces Obscene Mail Charge In Alabama
George Wiley Dowd Jr. 25 of Florence Alabama was charged today with sending obscene matter through the mails. He was arrested by Post Office Inspector W N Nelson in Washington. Dowd works as a fireman helper at the Alabama Power Co steam plant in Gorgas.
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Birmingham
George Wiley Dowd Jr
Florence
Ala
Post Office
W. N. Nelson
Washington
Dowd
Alabama Power Co
Gorgas
Nelson
Lattimore barred from leaving United States
Owen Lattimore a Johns Hopkins professor in Baltimore is restricted from travel abroad by a Washington issued proscription list. The move, signed by Customs Commissioner Frank Dow, follows a Senate McCarran Subcommittee probe into the Institute of Pacific Relations and potential subversive influence on State Department Far Eastern policy.
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Baltimore
The
Customs Service
Washington
Owen Lattimore
Frank Dow
Customs Commissioner
Dow
State Department
Lattimore
Johns Hopkins
Senate
Institute of Pacific Relations
IPR
Internal Security
McCarran
Ratification of Pacts Delayed in German Upper House
Bonn reports two setbacks for Chancellor Adenauer as the Bundesrat demands court rulings on rearmament and full text approval of the Allied West German peace contract and six nation European army treaty. The delays threaten timely ratification before Parliament's summer recess.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Bundesrat
Adenauer
Building Restrictions To Be Retained In Fact
Washington officials announced the plan to relax building restrictions on July 1 was scrapped. The government cited a steel strike choking military and civilian output and postponed easing curbs on home construction and recreation-site building indefinitely.
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Washington
Henry H. Fowler
National Production Administration
Tragic Traffic Toll Boosted by Alabama Crash
A wreck near Athens killed three teenage girls and a 21 year old driver, part of a surge in Alabama traffic deaths this month. Gov. Gordon Persons added 50 state patrolmen to enforce a strict 60 mph limit, a move upheld by a judge while legal challenges proceed.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Gordon Persons
Athens
Senator accuses racketeers of tax evasion and missed audits
Senator Williams charged the Treasury failed for years to collect delinquent income taxes from racketeers Frank Costello and Philip Kastel. He said $315,156 of Kastel taxes have been marked off and claimed Costello’s WWII era returns were not audited. Williams noted a 1947 collection after a $27,000 cash stake left in a taxi.
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Washington
Williams
R-Del
Treasury
Frank Costello
Philip Kastel
Kastel
Senate
Costello
Internal Revenue Bureau
New York
Popes
Truman Leads Resistance To Promised Cuts
President Truman and four top contenders for the 1952 nomination weighed in on taxes as voters face cuts and the deficit. Taft promised 15 percent in year two while Eisenhower urged a 30 to 40 billion budget cut not taxes, Russell favored keeping taxes for defense, and Kefauver urged peace first. Harriman doubted Southern bloc odds for Kefauver or Russell. Truman hinted he might have cut 15 percent himself. See TRUMAN On Page 2.
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Associated Press
Truman
Robert Taft
Ohio
Dwight Eisenhower
Russell
Richard Russell
Georgia
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Taft
Eisenhower
Kefauver
Averell Harriman
Boat races urged safe driving and big cash prizes
Patrol warns drivers to travel carefully for the Wheeler Yacht Club event on the river between the railroad and highway bridges. Races start at 1 PM with cash prizes in each class and a points trophy for the top driver. Last year Dave Johnson of Atlanta won the high point award as Southeastern Boating Assn. pros join this year’s field.
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Highway Patrol
Wheeler Yacht Club
Dave Johnson
Atlanta
Johnson
Tri-Cities
Yacht Club
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Keith Hammon
Houston
Tex
William and
Carolyn Russell
Virgil Russell
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Hamil Clinic
Robert Orr
Hartselle
University of Alabama
Ira Marion
Riverside
Calif
Sixth Avenue Church of God
Estelle Ward
Kary Korner
Gadsden
Gadsden Beauty and Barber Supply Company
David M. Chaffin
Vivian Winona Chaffin
Falkville 1
Third Armored Division
Fort Knox
Edward Davies
Asbury Malone
Charles Malone
St. Margaret's Hospital
Recorder’s Court
Floyd W. Alred, Wheeler
Ellis-Meyer Hospital
W. A. Gunn
West Market Street
Ellis- Meyer Hospital
West
Trinity
Raymond Kelley
Floyd Kelley
Willie Harmon
Trinity Mountain Cabins
Tuscaloosa
University City
Huntsville
Muscle Shoals
Selma
Dothan
Evergreen
Anniston
Mobile
Gulf of Mexico
Sweden
U.S
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Patric Sean Brooks
Janice Watson
Akron
Beth Brown
Wetumpka
Jimmy Lee Willis
Seale
Phenix City
Jewel Jordan
Bessemer
William V. Stringfellow
John Hawkins
Charles G. McGuire
Mobile City
Persons
Carl D. Nesmith
Gordon Bishop
Atty
Si Garrett
Law
Patrol
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