Row over CIO influence sparks House Democrat rift
Washington June 21 A new row erupts among House Democrats over who chairs a special committee to probe this year’s congressional elections and how closely it will scrutinize the CIO Political Action Committee. Southern lawmakers push Domengeaux for chair while urging scrutiny of CIO influence, with Speaker Rayburn retaining final appointment power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair Johnson
Washington
CIO
House
Rayburn
House Rules Committee
Rep
Domengeaux
D.la
Texas
O'Neal
Political Action Committee
Crites
Robert E. Hannegan
Capitol Hill
Inflation in Hungary Reaches Ten Trillion Penny Note Circulation
Budapest reports an extreme inflation where a ten trillion penny bank note circulates. Under pre war exchange values it would be worth two trillion dollars, now barely 26 cents. Officials promise currency stabilization on August 1 despite little impact on workers and living costs.
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Budapest
Hungary
New York Supreme Court Foreclosure Notice in Kings County
The action, Transfer of Tax Lien No. 78733, targets premises in Brooklyn Section 24 Block 8111 Lot 26. Defendants Ellis et al are summoned to answer by 20 days after publication regarding default on $266.41 with 12 percent interest, assigned to plaintiff Louis Gelman.
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NEW York Supreme Court
County OF Kings
Alphomes Minc
Mamie C. Ellis
Virginia Ellis
Martha Ellis
Mary Ellis
Hattie Ellis
Dudley Ellis
Kings County
New York
Louis Gelman
Park Place
Borough of Manhattan
City of New York
Thomas J. Cuff
Supreme Court of
State of New York
State of
Borough of
Brooklyn
Bar of
Manhattan
City
Market activity steadies after yesterday’s tumble
New York stocks regained some balance in today’s trading after yesterday’s decline. Leaders showed slipping tendencies while midmorning advances faded. the final hour brought stiffening trends with more recoveries than losses. About 1,400,000 shares changed hands as traders eyed a potential buyers’ strike and awaited clearer signals on price control and international affairs.
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New York
Markets at a Glance New York and Chicago Report
New York markets show higher stocks with selected issues rallying and bonds easing while rails supply activity. Cotton remains irregular with New Orleans selling and covering. Chicago notes oats at ceilings, hogs steady and active to a top of 14.85, cattle mostly steady with a top of 17.75.
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New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Cotton futures wobble as Taft amendment eyed
New York June 21 Cotton futures moved nervously as traders weighed price control legislation. Early weakness in New Orleans and liquidation gave way to steady trading on news that Senate House conferees agreed on a Taft amendment allowing 1941 price levels plus cost increases. Some switching from July 1946 to later deliveries. Private reports cited increased Atlanta area mill buying and favorable Memphis crop reports. Afternoon quotes up 25 to 45 cents per bale.
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New York
New Orleans
Commission House
Senate-House
Atlanta
Memphis
Nashville Livestock Prices Mixed as Markets Steady Diets Shift
Federal State Departments of Agriculture report shows cattle numbers at Nashville with cows and bulls mostly steady to higher. Slaughter steers and heifers weak to 25 lower week over week. cows generally steady, bulls 13.5 to 14.0, replacement stock 13 to 16.50. Hogs steady with barrows and gilts 14.55 ceiling, sows 13.80. Sheep steady with spring lambs 15.5 to 16.5, ewes and wethers 7.5 to 11.5 per head or cwt. Mississippi stock sale noted with varied prices.
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Nashville
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Mississippi
Carey Dismissed in Circuit Court With Jury Cases Continued
Edward E. Carey was dismissed in circuit court before Justice of the Peace George Norwood. Mary C. Taylor was the plaintiff with John Sherrill and Carey represented by Sherman Powell. Twenty three civil jury cases were continued this week while six were completed or dismissed. Judge Crow presides over the June term and Circuit Solicitor George Johnson will represent the State in criminal cases next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward E. Carey
Court of Justice of the Peace
George Norwood
Mary C. Taylor
John Sherrill
Carey
Sherman Powell
Judge Crow
George Johnson
Rites Planned for Mrs McCary Former Lawrence County Resident
Funeral services for Maggie L. McCary 71 a former Lawrence County resident will be conducted at 2 PM today by Rev M D Crawford at Hickory Grove Presbyterian church in Lawrence County The body arrived from Birmingham on the Pan American this morning Surviving are son Sgt B J McCary and daughters Mrs Lilly Martin and Mrs Pearl Martin Burial will be in the adjoining Brown Cemetery directed by Brown Funeral Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie L. McCary
Lawrence County
M. D. Crawford
Hickory Grove Fresbyterian Church
Lauderdale County Records Alabama's Only Poliomyelitis Epidemic
Lauderdale county leads Alabama with 48 of 74 poliomyelitis cases since January 1. No other county exceeds four. The outbreak began a month ago and Lauderdale’s 47th and 48th cases were diagnosed yesterday, including William Wray Eckl, son of Louis Eckl, editor of The Florence Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Ala
Lauderdale County
Alabama
State Health Department
Lauderdale
William Wray Eckl
Louis Eckl
Florence Times
Fiery Comeback in House Poetic Duel Between Lees and Rankin
Mississippi's Rankin and Indiana's Lees spar in the House with rhyming barbs over La Follette's GOP split and Southern Democrats. Rankin cites a tombstone epitaph while Lees counters with playful couplets and quips about shifting loyalties and political mood.
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Washington
Mississippi
Indiana
Lees
la Follette
GOP
Democratic Party
Rankin
John Rankin
Baptists to Shape Plans for Howard and Judson Colleges
In Montgomery Alabama on June 21 delegates from about 2,455 Baptist churches gather for a one day convention to hear a long range plan for Howard and Judson colleges. Dr Frank Tripp hosts and expects 1000 delegates while Dr Duke McCall outlines relief and rehabilitation efforts and the survey committee recommends moving Howard College to Birmingham and expanding campus endowments and facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Howard
Judson Colleges
Frank M. Tripp
Montgomery First Baptist Church
Alabama State Baptist Convention
Duke K. McCall
Nashville
Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptist Relief and Rehabilitation Program
Local Notices From Morgan County Oak Ridge
Community items list visitors and hospital updates in Morgan County Oak Ridge. Rev H E Wright preached at services and hosted meals with local families. several residents travel or visit relatives while others attend summer school or medical care at Ft McClellan and Baughs infirmary.
Chiang Kai-Shek Extends Manchuria Truce Eight Days
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek extended the Manchuria truce for eight days just before expiry. The move is seen as a concession to the Chinese communists who want an unlimited pause while unification talks proceed. He warned that no further delay should be permitted to relieve prolonged suffering.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Manchuria
Decatur Couples Apply for Marriage Licenses
Dan Sims Jr and Betty Jo Crutchfield of Decatur seek marriage. James Neely Belew Jr and Evelyn Ann Blackwell of Decatur seek marriage. William Ray Love and Doris Louise Gunn of Decatur seek marriage. Doyle Roberts and Mary Sue Brown of Decatur seek marriage. Ames Hollis Lawrence of Decatur and Wilda Elizabeth Ryan of Vermont seek marriage.
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Dan Sims Jr
Decatur
Betty Jo Crutchfield
James Neely Belew Jr
Evelyn Ann Blackwell
William Ray Love
Doris Louise Gunn
Doyle Roberts
Mary Sue Brown
Ames Hollis Lawrence
Wilda Elizabeth Ryan
Vinemont
Home Demonstration Club meets in June at Mrs Thomas
The Waldermose Home Demonstration Club gathered in June at Mrs Paul Thomas's home for a meeting. Members answered roll with a favorite childhood game and discussed sending clothing to war stricken families and planting crepe myrtle bushes to honor service members. Miss Rachel Hereford demonstrated play activities for children, showcased handmade toys, and offered patterns.
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Waldermose Home
Rachel Hereford
Miss Hereford
Kyle Stover
Locke May Enter Race for U S Senate Seat
Birmingham attorney Hugh A. Locke said he is seriously considering entering the contest for the late Sen John H Bankhead’s unexpired term. Other prospects include Elbert Boozer and Reuben Newton with Sparkman Boykin and Simpson already in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Hugh A. Locke
Robin Swift
Locke
John H. Bankhead
Jim Gibson
Elbert Boozer
Anniston
Reuben Newton
Jasper
John Sparkman
Huntsville
Rank. Boykin
Mobile
James A. Simpson
Community Notes From Rocky Ford Area
Mr and Mrs Alford McDougle of Louisville Kentucky visit their relatives in the community. Several residents attend events and family members are mentioned including Copeland Higdon Price Stephenson and Edwards with various visits and a birth Jimmie Kenneth Copeland born June 16. Mrs Etta Wallace remains ill with family updates.
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Alford McDougle
Louisville
Roy Price
Etta Wallace
Hartselle
Sue Stephenson
Decatur
F. J. Stephenson
Kenneth Copeland
Jimmie Kenneth
Copeland
Mary Higdon
Ramon Higdon
Clifton Long
Neel
Fred. Stephenson
Roy. Price
William Knight
Kenneth. Copeland
Roy Higdon
Basham
Ruth Price
J. H. Edwards
Willie Fred
Etta Walace
Lawrence County News Briefs From New Hope Area
Families from Florence attended a Sunday visit with Noah Sanderson. Sermons at Old Bethel Methodist church inspired attendees. Lonnie Jacobs announces the birth of a son. Parker family, Cross family, and Oliver family shared meals and visits in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Sanderson
Ralph Sanderson
Florence Lanier
Luther Gray
L. W. Smith
Florence
Noah Sanderson
Wayne Graham
Old Bethel Methodist Church
Lonnie Jacobs
William IL. Parker
Bonnie
Winifred
Parker
Matthew Cross
Herley Oliver
Hatton
J. R. Jackson
Overlarge Turnip Gift Delights Daily Grocery Line
Caddell Drug Company joins Decatur supplier Matthew Russell to donate an over large turnip weighing 23 4 pounds to The Daily’s vegetable display. Cecil McMillian of Caddell philanthropist offers a turnip to supplement the paper’s diet plea for more steaks fryers and roasts.
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Caddell Drug Company
Cecil McMillian
Caddell Philanthrophist
Matthew Russell
Decatur 3
Local fire douses tree blaze on West Wilson Avenue
Firefighters from the city department extinguished a tree fire in the 200 block of West Wilson Avenue about 8 05 Thursday night. A motion picture played at Greenwood Park drew a large crowd, with another screening planned for next Thursday.
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West Wilson Avenue
Greenwood Park
War Department Pay Boost Targets Volunteers to Ease Draft
Government aims to cut drafting needs by offering raises across ranks. Separate bills in House and Senate set pay hikes from privates at 75 dollars a month to generals at 733.33, with captains and lieutenants up 15 percent. Senate estimates add 632 million annually, House plan 350 million. Selective Service reports 52,000 men 19+ available. 80,000 eighteen-year-olds deferred until schooling ends, with 7,000 reaching induction monthly after September. Top service limits remain 1.55 million Army, 558,000 Navy, 108,000 Marines by July 1 1947.
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Army
Navy
House
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Senate Military Committee
Senate
War Department
Thomas
Selective Service
Congress
Marines
Young People Return From Smoky Mountains Christian Camp
A group from Hartselle and Piney Grove Christian churches spent a week at Johnson Bible College near Knoxville Tennessee for daily graded classes group meetings and devotions. On Friday evening sixteen accepted Christ and twenty pledged service in God's kingdom including two from Hartselle.
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Hartselle
Piney Grove
Smoky Mountains
Jane Wasson
Billie Jo Wasson
Joanne Henderson
Jimmie Templeton
Larry Presley
God's Kingdom
Johnson Bible College
Knoxville
Tenn
Kilian Tried To Stifle Cruelty Charges, Army Prosecutor Says
Major Joseph S. Robinson, prosecutor at the Lichfield court martial in Bad Nauheim, charged Col. James A. Kilian attempted to suppress cruelty allegations. He warned witnesses could be called to show Kilian acted to suppress charges due to associations within the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bad Nauheim
Germany
Joseph S. Robinson
Lichfield
James A. Kilian
War Department
Kilian
England
Robinson
Salutes Curtailed in U S Army Policy Change
Washington reports reveal War Department approval of abolishing hand salutes except on posts overseas and during special dress occasions. The Doolittle board also recommended dropping officers and enlisted terms, a move Patterson rejected. Moscow cites stricter discipline in Soviet forces as the era's example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Patterson
Doolittle
James H. Doolittle
Doolittle Board
U.S. Army
Moscow
Stalin
Russia
Red Army
The Value of Time and Tiny News Snippets
A column on time’s value contrasts present action with past and future. Vignettes include a Pittsburgh woman dragging an intoxicated husband home, a humor line about aging and good advice, a poem about friendly town life, and a joke about a receptionist, a dentist, apples, and a club entertainer.
Four Power Plan Proposed to Disarm Japan
The United States proposed to Russia Britain and China the creation of a four power control commission backed by military force to keep Japan disarmed for 25 years. The plan envisions a transition from MacArthur led occupation to joint control by four powers and aims to end mass occupancies for smaller trained troops.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Britain
China
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
America
State Byrnes
Germany
Community Notes from Cullman County MT Vernon
Mrs Omer Braswell and Mr and Mrs James Reece visited with relatives in Jones Chapel and Corinth. Several residents recovered from illness while others hosted family gatherings and attended a ball game in Sards. Bettye Morgan hosted Jacquline Braswell for a Saturday night visit as Wynel Hood visited from Cullman.
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James Reece
Jones Chapel
Cullman
Bozo Fortenberry
Doyle Braswell
Sardis
Woodroe
Guthery
Piney Grove
Alton Guthery
Harvey Guthery
Alice White
Lorene Braswell
Omer Braswell
Russell
Alabama Governor seeks funds for cow coliseum project
Gov Chauncey Sparks said he would ask the state building commission to allocate funds for a cow coliseum to promote cattle raising in Alabama. The move follows a Supreme Court ruling that allowed the state to acquire Jefferson Hospital with surplus treasury funds. without the ruling he planned to request 1.2 million dollars to pay off an RFC mortgage on the hospital.
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Montgomery
Ala
Chauncey Sparks
State Building Commission
Alabama
Supreme Court
Jefferson’ Hospital
The
Building Commission
RFC
McNarney Says Germany Ration Increase Planned
General Joseph T. McNarney announced a plan to cut American occupation forces in Germany to 150000 men if feasible. He noted civilian rations would rise from 1180 to 1225 calories daily on June 26 and that about 130000 tons of food were expected from the United States this month for the American occupation zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Joseph T. McNarney
Germany
United States
Tax Held Due Washington Asks Evans Tax Bill
The U S tax court ruled former Ku Klux Klan leader Hiram W Evans of Atlanta owes about 350000 in income tax for 1937 through 1941. The ruling was issued in Washington on June 21.
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Washington
Hiram W. Evans
Atlanta
Ku Klux Klan
U. S. Tax Court
Country Holiday Turns Into Calf or Bullet Joke
A city girl tours a farm and spots calves. She exclaims about the darling cowlets. The farmer corrects her, saying they are bullets, not calves. The moment shifts from charm to a pun revealing the farmer’s quip.
Eve Had It Shorter Poem Brightens Decatur Home
A Decatur man notes the new baby brightens the home with lights on all night. The playful exchange contrasts shorter verse claims like FLEAS and Adam Had Em with Eve Had It.
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Decatur
One-Party System Lets Nominees Return to State Posts
In Alabama a candidate who wins the Democratic nomination may resume a state job before the primary, per an attorney general ruling. State Auditor Nominee Dan Thomas of Winfield returned to his post as principal examiner in the state finance department, after defeating Langdon Parker who also went back to his former Auditor’s office role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
William N. McQueen
Perso
Dan Thomas
Winfield
State Finance Department
Thomas
Langdon Parker
State Auditor
Alabama Senator Swift Meets President and Is Sworn In
George R Swift a 58 year old lumber man from Atmore Alabama met President Truman at the Capitol and was sworn in as junior senator from Alabama in a few minutes time Swift said the events gave him a thrill and he will hold the Bankhead seat until a successor is elected in November during a Louisiana duck dinner event with oldSenate friends at the capitol
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George Robinson Swift
Truman
Alabama
Swift
Atmore
Ala
Capitol
Louisiana
Senate
John H. Bankhead
Army disease rate higher after war end
The Army reports venereal disease rose after combat ceased, with 1945 infection at 69 per 1000 soldiers, the highest in 25 years. Rates varied by theater, and 200,000 drafted men with gonorrhea or syphilis were treated at 34 reception centers. The service blames civilian conditions and wartime moral strain for the rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Washington
Congress
Army
House
United States
Mediterranean
Europe
Iceland
Republic
Lustig and aides Convicted in $2.8 Million Tax Case
In New York a federal jury convicted chain head Lustig and two aides on part of a 23 count indictment charging tax evasion to avoid paying about $2.87 million in taxes. Other defendants include Lus city’s nephews E Allen Lustig 44 secretary and Jose R chief accountant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Couchain
Evi
Lustig
E. Allen Lustig
Joséphief
Strike Ends at Louisville Metal Plants After Tie-Up
In Louisville officials say members of the Inter Association of Machinists Ind returned to work at 10 big Metal company plants ending a two day strike. Negotiations for a wage increase will resume next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Ing
Inter- Association of Machinists
Ind
Ig Ak Metals Company
Wanted at once experienced farm hand
Raymond Matthews of Austinville seeks an experienced farm hand. Call 1237 to apply immediately.
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Raymond Matthews
Austinville
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