Coplon and Hiss Trials Open With Denials in New York
Judith Coplon testifies through repeated denials to prove innocence of espionage charges as Archibald Palmer questions her meetings with a Russian contact and papers found in her purse. Hiss defense begins in New York with witnesses from the State Department amid perjury charges. Cotton futures rise on export demand while near term contracts edge higher in active trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Judith Coplon
Archibald Palmer
Justice Department
Washington
Russia
Valentin Gubitchev
Hiss
New York
Alger
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
U. S
Gilbert Green
Illinois
Coplon
Gubitchev
Russian Secret Police
NKVD
White robed gangs reported with flogging in Dora Alabama
Reports say several persons were flogged by white robed gangs including a 38 year old widow in Dora Alabama seven miles from Sumiton where Post Reporter Stallworth was involved in an incident yesterday. Stallworth says a store tip led him there where he was struck and a hammer was thrown. Fowler denies Klan ties and claims Stallworth insulted him before the confrontation.
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Federal Bureau of Invasion
Dora
Ala
Sumiton
Post
Stallworth
Fowler
Elling
Godfrey
Memphis
Tenn
Navy
Uniiton
Asparagus Species Count Surpasses 120 Varieties
A bulletin notes that more than 120 species of asparagus exist highlighting diversity in the genus. Expert gardeners discuss cultivation, flavor, and ornamental varieties alongside edible cultivars.
Markets Climb and Falter on New York Exchange
The June 21 Wall Street session in New York saw a cautious opening rally fade with minor fractional changes. Leaders included Bethlehem Steel Republic Steel Chrysler Studebaker Goodrich Sears Roebuck and several others while U S Steel Goodyear Montgomery Ward Kennecott Copper Westinghouse DuPont U S Gypsum American Woolen New York Central Northern Pacific Standard Oil and Eastern Air Lines softened later. In Georgia the North Georgia live poultry market headed downward with slow demand across sectors and prices mostly unchanged to a cent lower as dressing plants paid higher to growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bethlehem-- Steel
Republic
Steel
Chrysler
Studebaker
Goodrcch
Sears Roebuck
J. J. Case
Douglas Aircraft
Lockheed
North American Co
American Smelting
Allied Chemical
Philip Morris
American Tobacco
Southern Railway
Nickel Plate
Union Pacific
Gulf Oil
Twentieth Century-Fox
U. § Steel
Goodyear
Montgomery Ward
Kennecott Copper
Westinghouse Electric
DuPont
U. S. Gypsum
American Woolen
N. Y. Central
Northern Pacific
Standard Ou Inj
Eastern Air Lines
Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
Grain Prices Rise on Wheat and Corn Board Trade
Chicago closing grain market shows June wheat up 2 1/2 to 3 3/4 cents with July at 2.00. Corn reports 1/4 cent range around 1.32 1/8 to 1.34 1/4 for July. Oats little changed, July 60 5/8. Rye gains 2 to 2 1/2 cents July at 1.39 34. Soybeans steady to 1 1/4 higher July at 2.33 33 1/4. Lard down 3 to 10 cents per cwt July at 11.30.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Markets at a Glance for June 21 Across Regions
New York stocks mixed with leaders fluctuating. Bonds higher on demand for PAL. cotton firm amid renewed export inquiry. Chicago wheat strong on adverse crop reports. corn and oats steady to higher. Hogs uneven with gains up to 50 cents. cattle steady to 1 dollar higher. Nashville cattle slow and uneven with diverse prices. calves steady. hogs steady to higher. spring lambs strong with gains up to 25 or more.
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New York
Chicago
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal-State Departments of Agriculture
Limestone Continued from PAGE ONE
The Athens girl was identified as a victim in a Monday traffic death from Alabama. William Warren, 17, of Reform, died in a Tuscaloosa hospital after a crash near Eutaw on June 16. Clyde Herndon, 16, of Eutaw, also died in the same accident. Warren was the son of Mr and Mrs Robert P Warren.
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Dollie Vinson
Athens
Alabama
Associated Press
William Warren
Reform
Tuscaloosa
Eutaw
Getty Cine
Clyde Herndon
Warren
Robert P. Warren
Arteries and Early Theories of Air in Vessels
Early anatomists claimed arteries carried air inside the vessels as the organs stayed empty of life. This historical view contrasts with modern understanding that arteries transport blood, not air.
Food Seen as Key to Peace at Kiwanis Meet
Atlantic City June 21 Pi Kiwanians heard the key to world peace may be food. Jo MacEwan dean of agriculture at the University of Manitoba Winnipeg urged policy efforts to improve soils feed the hungry and foster goodwill. He warned two and a half acres per person needed for adequate diets while current land and human relations gaps limit surplus. World population may reach 3 billion by century's end with about 50 000 extra mouths each morning.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Jo Wi MatEwan
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg
Kiwanis International
MacEwan
Taft Hartley Foe Probers Stir Redraws Labor Stand
Capitol Hill battles over the Taft Hartley act with prober limits and court injunctions opposed by labor backed by President Truman. Senators Douglas and Aiken floated government seizure of industries up to 90 days, while relief and emergency boards tested support and opposition. House pursues private relief bills as atomic scrutiny, housing efforts, and new agency reorganizations sweep Congress.
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Truman
Douglas
D-Ill
Aiken
R-Vt
House
Capitol Hill
Handford Wash
Hickenlooper
A-Iowa
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate-House Atomic Committee
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
AEC
Senate
Congress
Department of Welfare
Bureau of Employment Security
Postoffice Department
National Security
Civil Service Commission
Maritime Commission
Public Roads Administration
Un-American
House UN American Activities Committee
White House
Byrnes
ECA
Senate Appropriations Committee
Economic Cooperation Administration
Senate Labor
Carriers Plan Rushed To Modernize Navy Fleet
In remarks John son argued modernization of two carriers counters critics who claim canceling the Navy's super carrier would sink naval air power. He said savings would fund upgrading two ships, expanding capable launchers for heavier postwar aircraft to eight vessels. Secretary Johnson announced Robert A Patterson as civilian chairman in a separate departure from his speech.
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Johnson
Bute
Robert A Patterson
Falkville School Trustees Resign Over Opposition to Principal
The Falkville School Trustees resign in protest after facing minority opposition and calls for the principal, Mr Smith, to resign. They defend his devotion to duty, loyalty to the school, and insist they have supported him as long as he remains morally and professionally qualified. The letter cites lack of police protection offers and officials' pressure as factors, and emphasizes the community’s past support and desire to improve morale and scholarship.
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Smith
Falkville
Defense setup board and atomic secrecy era end
The components board of the defense setup tied to the National Guard and reserves is cited with hope that Patterson will accept. The Secretary's prepared speech foresees that within a few short years the era of atomic secrecy may end, signalled by another nation's bomb explosion.
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Defense
National Guard and Reserves
Patterson
Typhoon Hits Okinawa Killings and Large Missing Toll
Police report a typhoon sweeping along Japan’s coast after striking Okinawa with 40 deaths and 563 missing. Rescue operations continue as the storm moves northward.
Typhoon Strikes Japan. Heavy Losses Across Islands
Storm hits Okinawa then Kyushu and Honshu leaving about 600 dead or missing in Southern Japan? Police report 40 dead and 563 missing. Gusts reach 115 mph at Okinawa. Inland sea damage disrupts coastal shipping as the cyclone moves out to sea between Japan and Korea.
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Japan
Tokyo
Honshu
Okinawa
U. S
Kyushu
Sea of Japan
Korea
Rebels claimed three Dominican cities captured by radio
Radio reports heard in Havana quote rebels as saying they have a foothold on the North Coast with the aim to overthrow President Rafael Trujillo. Government authorities said the uprising was crushed.
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Dominican Republic
Havana
Cuba
Rafaell
Trujillo
Princess Cecilie Weds Texan In Hohenzollern Castle
In Heching en Germany a 31 year old Princess Cecilie married 31 year old Clyde Harris of Amarillo Texas at a 1,000 year old Hohenzollern castle. The ceremony before German royalty and Texans was marked by pomp as the couple exchanged vows and prepare to depart for Amarillo.
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Hechingen
Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm
House of Hohenzollern
Cecilie
Clyde Harris
Amarillo
Texas
Holland
Carris
Hohenzollern
Wilhelm
German Empire
Senate to add fifth member to probate court board
Alabama House approved a 150000 memorial for a Confederate monument at Vicksburg National Military Park funded by a long-standing one mill property tax. The vote, with two dissenters, followed a push by Rep. Luther Ingalls to cut the payout to 5000 annually. The session pressed ahead with reapportionment bills and a slate of long budget controls, while plans for a voter qualification law and an anti mask ing bill moved forward in the Senate and House respectively. Senator Rankin Fite continued opposition to spending bills, denied by Gov. Inter, as the chamber outlined priorities and kept business moving.
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Alabama
Vickleburg National Military Park
House
Luther Ingalls
Montgomery
Rules Committee
Senate
Rankin Fite
Marion County
J. C. Inter
United States Supreme Court
Henry Mize
Tuscaloosa
Ku Klux Klan
Mask Ban Opposed by Klan Officials and Attorney
Montgomery authorities report that two Ku Klux Klan leaders and a Birmingham attorney, claiming former Klan ties, led a group opposing the Mize anti masking bill. They planned to testify before the House judiciary committee at 9 am, arguing the measure is class legislation and recalling alleged Klan history.
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Montgomery
William Hugh Morris
Klan
Alvin Horn
Talladega
L. C. Albright
Birmingham
Morris
Horn
House Judiciary Committee
State Senate
Coosa River
Local notices and travels fill the Decatur page
Miss Marion Watson returns to Alabama Polytechnic Institute for summer term after visiting home. Noel and Pattye Harris depart for Camp Dunreain in Fayetteville Tennessee for a month. New daughter Jean Ann born to Mr and Mrs J H Lorenza in Decatur General Hospital. Mrs Lorenza formerly Dorothy Owen. Hardwick Jr family to attend National Association of Independent Insurance Adjusters convention in Detroit June 23 to 25. Notices of visits and trips include Walton Munn family, Eve Pitts to Nashville for ill mother, Michelson family from Jacksonville, Gentsch leaving Honolulu for San Francisco, Bartlett and Worley with visits in New Orleans Pensacola Florida and Mobile. Education conference attendees include Leeman Spencer Wooten Ryan Reed Napps Beams. Decatur fire department runs three alarms with two no loss. one alarm at 412 McCartney Ave. oil store. Two jailed for DWI and public drunkenness. Outboard motor stolen from truck owned by T F Goodwin. Weather notes: high 81 at 4 pm, low 72. rainfall 1.0 inch in 24 hours to 3 am. Morning prayer at St John’s. Camp McDowell camp in progress. Kenneth McLemore and Charlie and Robert Hubbard hearings postponed to June 28. other civil cases moved to 28. Judge Crow to Birmingham for hearings Friday. Admitted to Decatur General Hospital: Mrs John Edwards Hartselle 2 and Kenneth Teague Danville 2. Mr and Mrs John Hartselle, 1222.
Minimum Wage Hike for U S Senate Subcommittee Vote
Washington June 21 A senate labor subcommittee voted unanimously for a 75 cent an hour minimum wage and rejected extending coverage to 5,000,000 more workers The plan raises the wage from 40 to 75 cents with back pay rights for violations and strengthens child labor rules It excludes small Western Union agencies under 500 dollars monthly business and leaves farm processing coverage to the full house debate continues in both houses.
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Washington
Senate Labor
Peppers
Dfla
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
Congress
Pepper
House
Lightning strikes storm cellar injuring 13 in Haleyville
In Haleyville Alabama a lightning bolt hit a storm cellar, injuring 13 people. Brenda Lee Hooker seven was hospitalized in good condition. Others listed include Elmer Hooker Mary Agnes Loris Melva Jean Marie Robert Howard Hooker Joe Kenneth Billy Mrs Henderson Sue Carolyn James Earl and two Henderson children. The family sought shelter from an approaching storm after berries were being picked.
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Brenda Lee Hooker
Elmer Hooker
Mary Agnes
Loris
Melva Jean
Marie
Robert Howard Hooker
Joe Henderson
Joe Kenneth
Billy
J. R. Henderson
Sue Carolyn
James Earl
Hooker
Henderson
Hendersons
Two Georgia Relief Bills O K d by House
The House approved a bill to pay 130000 dollars to Riegel Textile Corp of Trion Georgia for OPA price ceiling claims and a 67925 dollar payment to Mrs Agnese Mundy Rockmart Georgia postmaster for loss of postal notes and stamps on May 21 1947 due to theft. Both measures were introduced by Rep Lanham.
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Washington
House
Riegel Textile Corp
Trion
Office of Price Administration
Senate
Riegel Corp
Trion Co
OPA
Congress
Agnese R. Mundy
Rockmart
Bedingfield announce birth of son at Decatur General
Mr and Mrs H M Bedingfield of 1204 Fourth Avenue South announce the birth of a son on Monday at Decatur General hospital. A daughter was born Monday on Sixth Avenue East at Decatur General hospital.
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Monda
Sixth Avenue East
Decatur General Hospital
H. M. Bedingfield
Fourth Avenue South
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Harold R. Medina
Eugene Dennis
John Gates
Gus Hall
Henry Winston
Gates
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Daily Worker
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Winston
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Tallahassee
Fla
Army
Joe C. Beard
Kingsport
M. Kenneth Hackle
Knox McRae
Wall Street
Limestone
Probers
Falkville School
Homer Summerford
F. R. Minter
H. D. Anders
Jean Farell
Seine
Paris
Princess
Vilinale
Marion Watson
Alabama Polytechnic Instate
Auburn
Noel
Pattye Harris
Camp Dunreamin
Fayetteville
Tennessee
J. H. Lorenza
Jean Ann
Lorenza
Dorothy Owen
Charles G. Hardwick Jr
National Association of Independent Insurance Adjusters
Detroit
Michigan
Eve Pitts
Nashville, Tennessee
Harold Michelson
Marc
Ben Baker
Jacksonville
Florida
Carl S. Gentsch
Honolulu
Hawaii
Richard Bartlett
R. A. Worley
Paul” MéKeée
Fort Worth
New Orleans
Louisiana
Pensacola
Mobile
University of Alabama
H. R. Leeman
G. O. Spencer
Danville
L. E. Wooten
Cotaco
Randolph Ryan
Ryan
Douglas Reed
Decatur
Oscar Napps
Joe Beams
Dan Ville Road
Twelfth Avenue West
McCartney Avenue
Morgan County
T. F. Goodwin
West Moulton Street
J. D. Simms
L. J. Pettey
B. M. Cornell
St. John’s Episcopal Church
E. M. Chapman
Camp McDowell
Kenneth McLemore
Charlie
Robert Hubbard
Lawrence Circuit Court
James H. Crow, Jr
Tenth Judicial District Court
John Edwards
Hartselle
Kenneth Teague
John Hartselle
U. K
Haleyville
Yester
Georgia
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