London cigars spur Detroit birth to UK bill
Nat Sibold learned high living costs when his London phone order for 40 cigars after his wife gave birth in Detroit ran $160. A Dothan plant will manufacture baby carriages and related items, employing 200 to 300 with a payroll near $10,000 weekly. Congratulations to Wiregrass capital.
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London
United Press
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Alabama Senate Backs Governor on Mask Wearing Ban
The Alabama senate and Governor Folsom rarely agree but quickly passed a law banning wearing masks in public after the Governor requested the measure. The action marks a rare alignment between the two on this issue.
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Alabama Senate
Folsom
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Glutamic acid tested to curb gambling urge
A columnist notes a Western woman given glutamic acid to alter her personality and curb compulsive gambling. The piece predicts limited use and warns that if tried publicly in gambling venues like Hialeah or Santa Anita, operators would accuse unfair trade practices.
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Selma Times Journal
Hialeah
Santa Anita
Planning Should Continue In Alabama
The Alabama State Planning Board should remain independent and active to expand development. The board has been effective under Sparks and aids communities with industry, land use, and data to boost Alabama’s economy. Abolishing or subsuming it would hinder growth and overlook the state’s potential for tourism and employment.
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Alabama
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Planning Board
Sparks
Dixon
Chinese Nationalists and Soviet Pact Near Miss Revealed
A long-suppressed story details Moscow pressuring Nanking in 1948 to sign a nonaggression pact with the USSR that could have drawn China into a Russo American war. Chiang Kai-Shek reportedly accepted a pact with a clause against U.S. involvement, then balked. Washington learned of it by mid-October after delays.
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China
Manchuria
Chiang Kai- Shek
Truman threats and shifting Chinese civil war diplomacy
Presidential Assistant John Steelman pressed General Al Wede Meyer for a full report on sending war materials to the nationalist government with a threat to blow the Pentagon building up if not. Nationalists evacuated Manchuria as Chinese communists neared the Yangtze, and China signaled willingness to accept a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union but Russia drew back as victory seemed near.
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al Wedemeyer
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China
Mr. Steelman
Manchuria
Yangtze River
Nikolai Roschin
Russia
Rosehin
Nationalists Offer Coalition With Mao Amid War Weariness
The nationalist government told the Russian ambassador it would sign any deal to stop Mao Tse-tung and his communists and even enter a coalition with Mao as premier. The Chinese ambassador to the Kremlin claimed the United States had betrayed China. Two years earlier Chiang Kai-shek refused similar terms, but by spring this year the Nationalists grew so desperate they would accept Mao as premier, though the Russians objected.
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Chiang
Coy Soviet Ambassador Avoids Nationalist Contacts in Canton
Nationalist efforts to form an alliance with Russia stalled as George Yeh pressed for talks with the Soviet ambassador who again avoided personal contact. Premier Hu Ying-Ching hosted an official reception afterward.
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Coy
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Avoiding Misunderstanding in Daily Action
Advice column by Arlie B Davidson on reducing misunderstandings and conflicts. Encourages avoiding snap judgments, gathering facts, and being open minded to improve effectiveness and fairness in interactions.
Russian Ambassador declines pre conference invitation
All foreign envoys were invited and the Russian Ambassador urged to attend early for a conference. He refused claiming it would draw unfavorable comment from other diplomats. He was then asked to stay after the reception but again refused for the same reason.
Russian Ambassador Roars At Canton Visit
Ambassador Roschin, pressed by Chinese leadership to attend a late reception, arrived eight-forty-five, five minutes late, and launched a long barrage of complaints about Canton conditions. He demanded Russian servants and no visas for staff, criticizing transport, communications, and Cantonese cooking as atrocious. The British ambassador then arrived for his late meeting, Roschin leaving without discussion of a Chinese Russian pact Moscow did not want.
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I Refuse to Blindly Belt for Union Power
As Pegler reflects on his past beliefs he recounts a turn away from strong union support. He accuses unions of coercion and corruption under the Wagner Act, condemns AFL CIO leaders, and calls for limits on union power, repeal of Norris LaGuardia, and stricter government control to curb labor activism.
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Truman
Roosevelt
Europe
Freshman Ribicoff Drives Major Legislation Rising Star
Connecticut freshman Democrat Abraham Ribicoff leads rapid legislative push this session, sponsoring the international claims commission bill to settle American claims against foreign governments. House Foreign Affairs Chairman John Kee of Virginia assigns Ribicoff to shepherd the measure on the floor, a notable honor for a first-year member.
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Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
International Claims Commission
Foreign Affairs
John Kee
Virginia
Ribicoff
House
A Diet for High Blood Pressure
A 1849 King article outlines that high blood pressure damages tiny vessels, with overwork and nervous tension raising resistance. A salt-restricted diet plus mercury injections lowered pressure in some patients, while kidney-related factors and early treatment improve outcomes. bronchitis is discussed in a Q and A section.
On The Line by Bob Considine From A Wartime Trip
Bob Considine writes from New York about a wartime airlift to Berlin and back via Frankfurt and Wiesbaden. He recalls Dieppe raids, German propaganda errors, curious Berlin street life, and a Rome to Lisbon return aboard a TWA Constellation with fellow travelers and crew.
Gordon Drive paving near Gordon school building
City Council adopted ordinances Saturday authorizing Gordon Drive paving near Gordon school and improvements to Lee Street sewerage system while local cotton crops are forecast to drop about 10 percent from 1923. Captain A J Peebles, Mooresville, estimates local yield at roughly half the planted crop. Henry R. Davis to lead newly formed Y M C A Industrial baseball league with R M McGlathery first vice president and others elected.
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Gordon Drive
Gordon School
Lee Street
A. J. Peebles
Mooresville
Capt. Peebles
Business leaders vow full league cooperation at meeting
W A Rahm Patterson Clap ton Davis Hodson and others joined a group of business men affirming full cooperation with the league. William G McAdoo and Alfred E Smith, competing for the Democratic nomination, are seen as the leading feature of the national convention opening June 23. Miss Hazel Lipscomb and L C Ragsdale recently wed in a quiet home ceremony. The Morgan County Pastors Union held its annual outing at Seneca Springs with Rev W M Morris Annie Sue Morris and Rev Steward and family among attendees.
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Thomas Hodson
William Johnston
C. J. Randolph
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Alfred E. Smith
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