Berlin currency reform blocks Western money across zones
Berlin faced a currency reform as the three Western powers planned a new deutshe mark. Soviet commander Admiral Sodolovsky barred Western money from the Russian zone and Berlin, enforcing controls to prevent old reichsmarks entering the Soviet area. US freight into the Russian zone was halted as trains faced inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Gery
U S
Germany
U. S
Vassily D. Sodovsky
Greater
Congress approves foreign aid bill in late night session
The House passed a compromised foreign aid measure supported by the administration and sent to the Senate on a voice vote. It allows the President to withdraw funds as needed and sets a 12 to 15 month spending window, with key allies like Taber and Vandenberg praised for their roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
House
Senate
Taber
New York
House Appropriations
Vandenberg
Ichigan
Capitol Hill
Marshall
Atomic Energy
Atomic Energy Commission
Truman
David E. Lilienthal
Appropriations Committee
Wherry
Neb
Taylor
Idaho
Langer
GOP
Nashville Livestock Market Report June 21
Nashville Tennessee cattle, hogs, and sheep prices show overall weakness versus prior week. Cattle mostly steady to firm with steers 27.00 to 31.00, cows 13.00 to 24.00, calves 18.00 to 27.00. hogs 24.00 to 26.00 for good bacon classes, sows under 21.00. sheep and lambs generally 1.00 lower with spring lambs 27.50 to 30.00 and older ewes 7.00 to 9.00. Facilities note 1000 hogs and 1300 sheep traded in Nashville auctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Department of Agriculture
Weather dampens grain trading on board of trade
Chicago weather fronts and rain across the wheat areas and mid west corn belt subdued buying. Grain futures closed mixed with corn and oats lower while soybeans had no trading activity. July contracts cited with values around 2.31 for wheat and 2.20 for corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Mid-West
North Georgia live poultry market opens weak in Atlanta
Atlanta buyers posted prices from unchanged to 1 1/2 cents lower as growers resisted lower bids. Some buyers found ample offerings at 36 to 36 1/2 cents f o b farm with heavy farm stocks and slipping consumer demand weighing on prices. Average bird weight sold today mostly 2.3 to 2.75 pounds.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
F.o.b
Cotton futures close higher on New York market
New York June 21 futures closed 15 to 80 cents a bale higher with the July and December contracts near offsetting levels. Prices ranged from 31.82 to 36.57, with Middling spot at 38.05, off 3. Nominal reading across months including Oct Dec and May.
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N. Y. Cotton
New York
Guard Ranks Fill as Draft Nears in Alabama
In Montgomery on June 21, Alabama draft hopefuls age 19 to 25 are urged to join the National Guard before a new act is signed. Col Charles Saliba says Alabama has almost reached its 5,000 extra enlistment limit with about 3,000 already joined since January and hundreds more expected this week. He warns delays may leave no room in the Guard.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
National Guard
Truman
Congress
Charles Saliba
Col. Saliba
Alabama Guard
Cruise Craft Spend Day in Chattanooga
Voyagers on the Tennessee Valley Ho Cruise rested in Chattanooga after docking 40 boats at Chickamauga lake. Pilots planned sightseeing and craft checks before departing for Kingston Tennessee, with Knoxville as the cruise end. They traveled 114 miles to Chattanooga yesterday after spending Saturday in Guntersville Alabama.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Chickamauga Lake
Kingston
Knoxville
Guntersville
Ala
Supreme Court Won't Block Taft-Hartley Affidavit Probe
The Supreme Court refused to intervene today in a lower court ruling upholding the constitutionality of the non communist affidavit provision of the Taft Hartley labor law. The decision leaves intact a case challenging the labor act’s anti communist loyalty oath.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Wartime Crop Aid Extension Seeks 1949 End and 1950 Shift
The bill extends the wartime crop support system with revisions through 1949 and sets a new permanent plan to start January 1 1950. It introduces a sliding scale for price supports and revises the parity formula that underpins price props.
Rites Set Tuesday for Mrs Mas terson Berryman
Last rites for Mrs Octavia Masterson Berryman will be held Tuesday at 2 PM at Town Baptist church with Rev L T McDougal and Rev C O Mays officiating. Interment in Masterson cemetery. She died at 4 AM in Town Creek after years of ill health. Survived by five daughters and four sons, plus a sister and four brothers. Pallbearers listed.
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Octavia Masterson
Berryman
Town
L. T. McDougal
First Baptist
C. O. Mays
Town Creek
First Methodist’ Church
Masterson
Brown Service
Tuscumbia
William A. Berryman
Lawrence County
First Baptist Church
Order of Eastern Tar
W. §. Blackburn
Harold McPeters
Florence
B. C. Williams
Jackson
Provo
Utah
Paul Masterson
Helena, Ark
Eugene Masterson
Bud Etheridge
Reginald Brackin
Leon Norwood
Unter McCullough
O. N. West
R. B. Key
Political convention notes swirl as Stassen Taft Dewey vie
Reports from Philadelphia outline Stassen's ninth ballot push with North Dakota backing him and Arizona Montana offering support. Taft predicts 300 on first ballot and four or five ballots to win. Dewey’s campaign manager Downplay mentions possible cross-pledges. Pennsylvania shifts to Edward Martin as favorite son. Delegates debate paths leading to July 12 convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Dwight Green
Pennsylvania
Edward Martin
Stassen
Fred Randahl
North Dakota
Arizona
Montana
Taft
Dewey
Massachusetts
Herbert Brownell,Jr
New York
Brownell
Reece
Republican Party
Congress
Truman
Washington
Brewster
R-Me
Philadelphia
Yosemere
Sse
Nesmith Aboard Tender in Pacific Fleet Maneuver
Brice Nesmith first class USN son of A Nesmith of 3201 won Club participated in Pacific fleet inter type exercises. The Ner Gus acted as press and camera ship covering the sink of USS Salt Lake City after air, surface and submarine attacks. Salt Lake City sunk by torpedoes from submarines under Commander Submarine Squadron Seven aboard the Nereus. Nesmith joined naval service March 31 1945 and trained at Great Lakes naval training center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brice Taece
Ae Man
USN
A. Nesmith
Acific
Ner
Nesmith
Naval Service
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Hollywood Republicans toast Warren at Philadelphia gala
At the California governor Earl Warren reception in Philadelphia actor George Murphy leads with Hedda Hopper and Harold Lloyd among guests. Irene Dunne Samuel Morse and others attend the party at the Warwick Hotel as candidates’ daughters mingle and California orange juice is served.
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Philadelphia
Hollywood Republican Club
Earl Warren
California
George Murphy
Hedda Hopper
Harold Lloyd
Bob Montgomery
Irene Dunne
Samuel Morse
Pebble Beach
Warren
Warwick
Noe Gen
Dewey
Taft
Virginia
Dorothy
Honeybear
Question of Tax On Free Food Goes to Court
In Montgomery, a suit challenges state power to tax meals given to restaurant workers. Robert Windham, operator of a Clanton grill, argues leftovers used as business expenses are not taxable. the state seeks tax under a 1947 act removing exemptions on personal use stock.
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Montgomery
Ala
Robert Windham
Clanton
State Revenue
Philip Hamm
Windham
State Pharmacists Visit Havana on Cuba trip
Delegates from the Alabama Pharmaceutical Association depart from Miami aboard the S S Florida for a one day visit in Havana Cuba during the 67th annual convention. Phil Hudson of Opelika was elected president for the next year with Lester Starks Huntsville as first vice president and C T Burkhart Hanceville as treasurer. Mrs Hubert Parker Mobile heads the auxiliary. W L Smith Birmingham is recommended for appointment to the Alabama state board of Pharmacists.
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Miami
Fla
Alabama Pharmaceutical Association
S. S. Florida
Havana
Cuba
Phil Hudson
Opelika
Lester Starks
Huntsville
C T. Burkhart
Hanceville
Hubert Parker
Mobile
W. L. Smith
Birmingham
Alabama State Board of Pharmacists
Allied Achievements in Congress and the European Recovery Program
The article notes congressional accomplishments including the enactment of the European Recovery Program and praise for the State Department. Marshall and Forrestal pushed expanding the armed forces to match global commitments. A major unresolved issue was direct American military aid to Western European nations, with no loan or grant bill passed to authorize weapons from arsenals.
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State Department
State Marshall
Defense
Forrestal
Europe
Congress
Illinois Delegates Vote as Green Gambit Looms
The draft drifted away as Governor Sigler’s remark left Vandenberg options thin while Duff and Driscoll weighed continued support. Illinois delegates faced a cloud of uncertainty and chose to back Governor Dwight Green on the first ballot hoping his brief convention moment could grow into a four year vice term.
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Michigan
Kim Sigler
Vandenberg
Slim Reed
Duff
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
Illinois
Dw Green
Negro Loses Plea To Court In Alabama Case
The U S Supreme Court ruled 5 to 3 against Samuel Taylor an Alabama prisoner on death row for a 1946 Mobile County murder denying a hearing on his claim that his confession was extorted by coercion. Justice Murphy dissented urging federal habeas review to test coerced confession.
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Washington, Jimé
Supreme Court
Alabama
Samuel Taylor
Mobile County
Alabama Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Taylor
High Tribunal
Burton
Murphy
Douglas
Rutledge
Black
Murhay
Alabama Delegation Chooses Leaders At GOP Convention
Delegates Campbell and Noojin lead Alabama at the GOP gathering with C O Vardaman elected delegation chairman and Kennamer named secretary. Noojin and Mrs Pitts win new terms on the national committee while several members obtain committee seats. The closed door meeting began at 7 a m EST with speeches on yielding and duties.
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Or Campbell
Scottsboro
C. O. Vardaman
Birmingham
W. T. Stewart
Sulacauga
Vardaman
GOP
Noojin
Pitts
Clanton
Alabama
Kennamer
Johnson
Judge Dollar
Mrs. Pitts
Adkins
Guinn
Campbell
Stout
Deep South Delegates Split Between Taft Dewey In 1948 Race
In Philadelphia on June 21 the Deep South delegates pace Taft and Dewey neck and neck for Dixie support with Vandenberg a possible breaker. Stassen appears secure with nine or more delegates while North Carolina leans to Speaker Martin. Alabama and Georgia show mixed loyalties as debates continue.
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Philadelphia
Taft
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dixie
Vandenberg
Mich
Harold E. Stassen
North Carolina
Martin
R-Mass
Dewey
W. H. Gillespie
Clanton
Alabama
Gillespie
Texas
Lone Star
Georgia
Foochow Flood Drowns Thousands and Displaces City
Reports from Foochow on June 21 describe a great flood that drowned about 1,000 residents and left roughly 200,000 of the city’s 800,000 population homeless, authorities said.
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Nanking
Foochow
Minhow
Parachutist dies in Demopolis air show stunt
A 21 year old Billy Pate of Winfield Alabama was killed when his parachute failed to open after leaping from a small training plane at the Demopolis air field. pilot Robert Seaborne also of Winfield said the stunt went wrong as several hundred spectators watched.
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Demopolis
Ala
Billy Pate
Winfield
Robert Seaborne
Pate
Community Notes and Local Updates from Decatur
Morning church tent meetings at 7 30 near 16th Avenue and Olive Street. Hartselle clinic updates include Ruth Hartselle discharged and J F McCann surgical patient. Terry family welcomes daughter in Hillsboro. several patients moved to homes by ambulance. Diocesan representatives from Sewanee visit. Decatur council in regular session. building permit issued for a six room duplex at 16th Avenue E and Sherman Street valued at 6000 dollars. City court actions include seven cases: reckless driving, multiple drunkenness and disorderly conduct, and fights.
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Church of Christ
16Th Avenue
Olive Street
E. A. Harris
16Th Avenue E
Sherman Street
New Draft Plan Sets Induction by Age for 21 year olds
The draft will proceed by age rather than a lottery. Men who turned 21 on Jan 1 would go first, followed by those turning 21 later, with exact sequencing to be decided. About 4,000 local boards will be established by governors, replacing wartime 6,442 boards. The Army could induct 200k to 225k in year one, with overall military strength rising to about 2.006 million across services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Marines
Two Enlist In Air Corps And Army This Morning
Harold R. Hogan of Decatur and Charlie D. Mitchell of Pinson enlisted today in the U S Air Force and the regular Army for three years. Hogan, a Morgan County High School graduate, was singled out as an outstanding student in state surveys by Florence State Teachers College and served in the National Guard at Hartselle. Mitchell attended Pinson High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold R. Hogan
Decature
Charlie D. Mitchell
Pinson
U. S. Air Force
Hogan
Morgan County High School
Florence State Teachers College
National Guard
Hartselle
Mitchell
Pinson High
Brazilian Quartermaster Gen. Ends U.S. tour travels home
Brig. Gen. Jose Scarcela Portela quartermaster general of Brazil departed for Brazil by plane after a five week study tour of U.S. Army quartermaster installations. He was joined by Capt. Rui Belmont Vaz Capt. Maria Linhares and First Lt. Pefani Daroz with stops planned in Puerto Rico and British Guiana before returning to Rio de Janeiro.
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Mobile
U.S
Jose Scarcela Portela
Rui Belmont Vaz
Maria Linhares
Pefani Daroz
Puerto Rico
British Guiana
Rio de Janeiro
Military Service For Capt. Boone Held In Amarillo Funeral
Funeral services for Captain Joe W. Boone nephew of Mrs S M Thompson 326 Grant Street were held in Amarillo Texas with burial at Llanoceme. World War II airman who fought in Africa on March 16 1943 earned the Distinguished Flying Cross Air Medal oak leaf cluster and posthumous French citation. He is survived by three sisters.
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Joe W. Boone
S. M. Thompson
Grant Street
Amarillo
Texas
Thisfternoon
Llanocemene
Africa
Boone
Gabes
Sfax
Damage Suit On File Here
Arthur Bowling filed a $500 damage suit in Morgan circuit court against Bert Childs of Decatur alleging negligence in a February 12 incident. Bowling says Childs rear collided with his car parked on Highway 31 leaving more than 15 feet clear. Ralph Bland is attorney for the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Bowling
Morgan Circuit
Bert Childs
Decatur
Bowling
GOP Platform Draft Signals Postwar Unity At Philadelphia Convention
Battle House Speaker Joseph W Martin Jr arrives in Philadelphia to chair the convention as the 80th Congress draws criticism. The platform committee crafts a anti isolationist, pro aiding nations line, pledging fair employment, anti lynching, anti poll tax, and ending racial segregation in the armed forces. A split over housing policy emerges as Taft opposes the housing bill passed late in Congress.
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House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Philadelphia
Congress
Organized Labor
Republican Party
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Senate
Election irregularities and voter eligibility issues in Madison
The report cites failed service by election officials, absentee instruction gaps, and registration lists containing deceased or disqualified individuals. It notes challenged votes by unqualified entrants and widespread confusion on election laws, with jury estimates suggesting political ties influence candidacy despite limited means.
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Madison County
Truck and City Bus Collide on Ninth Avenue
A 1946 Dodge truck owned by Elliott Transfer and driven by B. H. Cox rear ended a city bus stopped to take on a passenger on Ninth Avenue W. Bus driver Roy Lee of 1824 Sixth Avenue E. suffered slight damage. Cox’s vehicle sustained minor damage. Officers Moore and Stanford investigated.
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Ninth Avenue W
Roy Lee
Sixth Avenue E
Elliott Transfer Company
B. H. Cox
E. Wilson Avenue
Moore
Stanford
Rebel Leader Surrenders in Luzon Amnesty Proclaimed
President Quirino declares amnesty for Luis Taruc and about 50 000 followers after Taruc voluntarily surrendered in Manila. Taruc flew in six hours earlier and met Quirino, ending nearly two years of fighting in central Luzon.
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Spencer Davis
Manila
Quirino
Luis Taruc
Taruc
Tarue
Luzon
Grace
Antonio Quirino
Negro Held For Stabbing in Decatur
Willie James Jones, a Negro, is held after allegedly stabbing Pettus, a resident at 721 W Lafayette St, in Decatur early Sunday. Pettus was taken to city jail, bonded, and a hearing will be held later. Jones reportedly entered Pettus’ home around 4 AM after a disturbance, and Pettus used a butcher knife in self defense. Jones’ condition was serious but improving at Decatur General Hospital.
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Willie James Jones
Decatur
Jones Pettus
LaFayette Street
J. B. Whitmire
Whitmire
Pettus
Jones
Decatur General Attaches
Decatur man shot. Woodruff kin funeral in Moulton
James Thomas held in city jail while Mary Hartselle remains in county jail after a Sunday morning shooting. W. P. Woodruff, decedent’s uncle, to be laid to rest at Stockton cemetery with services at Moulton Heights Baptist Church led by Rev. Milford Walker. Pallbearers named. Flowers by Moulton Heights Sunday school. Investigation by Chief Whitmire and officers with Coroner Howell continues.
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James Thomas
Mary Hartselle
Thomas
Brown
Hartselle
N. W
Decatur
J. T. Woodruff
Haleyville
W. P. Woodruff
J. M. Stockton
Tifford Rogers
Jack Sapp
Frank Gardner
Gilbert Thrasher
Arnold Suggs
Eugene Latater
Moulton Heights
Flowers
Whitmire
Sandlin and
Hunter
Howell
Colliér and
Stanford
Ford offers wage increase to UAW workers
Ford Motor Co. proposes an 11 to 14 cent an hour raise for about 110,000 CIO United Auto Workers. The plan pays 14 cents to workers earning $1.50 or more and 11 cents to those making less than $1.50, aiming to reform the wage system. The union sought 30 cents, and the average wage is just over $1.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
Baby Dies in Birmingham Fire at Small Home
Five month old Mary Janice Fikes, daughter of Grover Fikes Jr. and wife, burned to death when flames rapidly engulfed their home in Birmingham. Firemen said the mother had left to borrow aspirin and returned to find the house in flames. Neighbors pried open siding to reach the child, who died at a local doctor’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Mary Janice Fikes
Grover Fikes Jr
Sugar Robinson vs Bernard Docusen welterweight title fight postponed
The world welterweight championship bout between Ray Sugar Robinson and Bernard Docusen was delayed today due to threatening weather and rescheduled for next Monday night in Chicago.
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Chicago
Ray “Sugar” Robinson
Bernard Docusen
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Seventh Avenue S
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Hillsboro
Cecil Russell
Carol. C. Smith
B. Frank Chenault
Maynard Layman
Sewanee, Tenn
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Jackie Orton
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Baby Lester Turner
Moulton 2
Decatur General
Laura Blankenship
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Drinkard’s of
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