State Awaits Hospital Aid in Alabama Plan
Alabama officials outline non profit hospital and health center projects under a federal act. Funds would come via the Hill Neely bill in the U S Senate. communities expressing interest include DeKalb Limestone Perry Morgan Blount Barbour Shelby Clay Haritselle Prattville Athens Montgomery Decatur Opelika Gadsden Demopolis Winfield Montevallo Tuscaloosa and others.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Hill- Neely
U. S. Senate
Lister Hill
Austin
DeKalb
Limestone
Perry
Morgan
Blount
Barbour
Shelby
Clay
Haritselle
Prattville
Athens
Fort Payne
Bessemer
Decatur
Opelika Brewton
Gadsden
Guin
Ozark
Elba
Demopolis
Winfield
Montevallo
Aliceville
Lineville
Ashland
Foley
Robertsdale
Monroeville
Bellamy
Pell City
Alabama senators race opens amid campaign plans and speculation
The article details the Alabama senatorial campaign kickoff with dates set for a primary, possible six man race, and talks of entrants including Hugh A. Locke. It notes plans of Sparkman Boykin Simpson and Kinney Brewer Dixon, plus a state education post contest featuring Dr. A. R. Meadows and others.
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Sparkman
Huntsville
Boykin
Alabama
Simpson
A. R. Meadows
Chauncey Sparks
B. Norton
U. S. Commissioner of Education
Meadows
Norton
Capitol
C.L. Martin
Sylacauga
James C. Dixon
Elba High School
Dixon
James E
Big Jim) Folsom
Teen h Talk Dear Judy and teen gossip from Ohio paper
In a playful column readers share night out style tips and shopping finds. Edith Head’s clever use of safety pins inspires DIY jewelry while readers plan Father’s Day gifts and discuss dress lengths and dieting efforts. News notes include new Blass compacts and a gold heart locket gift.
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Judy
Hollywood
Edith Head
Paramount
Miss Head
Alabama Exchange clubs elect new officers
Huntsville June 22. Judge Lamar Field of Anniston was elected president. J. P. Creel of Sylacauga was chosen vice president and Ed Haslan, Anniston, secretary treasurer.
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Huntsville
Ala
Lamar Field
Anniston
Alabama Exchange Clubs Today
J. P. Creel
Sylacauga
Ed Haslan
Draft legislation faces mixed response as conferees approve bill
Congress nears final passage of a compromise Selective Service bill extending the draft to March 31, 1947 and allowing 19 to 44 year olds to be drafted. House originally favored no inductions until October 15 and a 20 to 29 age band. Veterans and families say it is not strong enough to ease their service exit while youths fear education plans will be disrupted.
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House
Prison Bond and DWI Case Follow Local Arrest
Finch was arrested upon return to Decatur by city police on a driving while intoxicated charge and fined in police court. A warrant charged assault with intent murder, but the case was dismissed on the state’s motion after a hearing before Justice Norwood.
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Finch
Decatur
Justice of the Peace
Norwood
European peace conference plan eyed by Byrnes in July
Byrnes urged ministers to summon a general European peace conference by July 15, arguing time is short and delaying risks losing a peace conference. Molotov was expected to consult Moscow as discussions continued on postwar settlement.
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Truman
Molotov
Moscow
Byrnes
Council
Figures Return to Yard Duo Andy and Madame Queen Reunite
R L Parsons of 342 Moulton Street reports the return of the wooden figures Andy and Madame Queen after a long absence. The 78 year old owner recalls their wartime removal when Andy was drafted and Madame Queen joined the WACs. Parsons, a foreman at Valley Coal and Lumber, had them painted by Hawkins Oliver and plans a display with two wooden black cats and a puppy.
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R. L. Parsons
Moulton Street
Andy
Andrew H. Brown
Madame Queen
Mr. Parsons
Denver
Colorado
Madame
Wacs
Parsons
The
Valley Coal and Lumber Company
Hawkins Oliver
Indictments Hit Local Court With Diverse Criminal Charges
Julius Collier faces trial Monday on second degree murder for a shooting death of Harold Mathew. Nora Kelley charged with killing Earl Horton. Larceny and burglary cases number eight and three respectively with multiple defendants named for break ins and thefts. Arson and forgery cases noted among Monday hearings and a large Tuesday docket includes nineteen criminal cases with capital cases later in the week.
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Ncy
Chapman
Parcemspenener
Julius Collier
Collier
Harold Mathew
Nora Kelley
Nora Kelly
Earl Horton
Thomas Norris
Turner Coal and Grain Company
Billy Joe Gilbreath
John Broadrick
James Thomas
Harry Lowther
Alfred W. Hawkins
Alford W. Hawkins
Glenn Shirley
Junior
Roy Bishop
Chester Shields
Ottie Newsom
Marion Schull
Newsom
Russell Travis
J. F. Minor
A. J. Oliver
J. T. Nelson
Billie F. Pitts
Rov
Bishop
Robert James Jr
Lacon
Ezell Chatman
Ezell Chapman
Valdermosa
Jerry William Gerstman
Morgan County National Bank
Steven Thomas Little
Probate
James Melton Perry
L. B. Phillips
Lewis Curry
Phillips
Court of Justice
G. W. Norwood
Colleges Propose Cooperative Plans to Ease Dormitory Shortage
No. 1 bottleneck in higher education is dormitory housing, a recent survey of 450 of America's 1686 colleges shows. Proposed solutions include intercollege cooperation to share large facilities and assign professors part time, with one college taking lead to protect veterans and maintain standards. Erskine notes expansion of Army and Navy donation policies could supply equipment from trucks to microscopes.
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Great Lakes
Ralph McDonald
Department of Higher Education
National Education Association
America
Erskine
McDonald
Army and Navy
Ignorance Of Law Prompts Warning To Congress Members
Washington report notes a 1944 law bans campaign ads or circulars signed only by friends of a candidate and requires officer names on any printed material. It covers primary and general elections and aims to curb abuses by unaffiliated signatures. Several lawmakers recall enactment, others unaware of its existence.
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Senate
Newton
Boozer
Birmingham
H. M. Abercrombie
Walter J. Price
Huntsville
Abdéecrombie
Price
Gessner T. McCorvey
Washington
House
Congress
Rep
Manasco
Dilla
Tarver
Hobbs
Ala
Army refines officer selection with tests and profiles
The War Department overhauls officer selection using score sheets, expert reviews, and psychological tests to sort 13 000 officers into excellent, mediocre, and poor groups. A 25 000 permanent officer expansion is hoped for by Congress. Questions avoid politics and alcohol use, focusing on financial habits and consistency.
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Washington
Army
Congress
War Department
Willard S. Paul
Henry
Meat supply under strain for miners demand
The Washington outlook for 135 to 140 pounds of meat per person this year signals tight supplies as miners threaten to quit over bread flour and fresh meat. Officials expect poultry eggs cheese and milk to stay steady while butter and sugar remain scarce amid claims of illegitimate purchases and black market meat.
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Washington
Bowles
Opa
Bulwinkle Bill Opposed by Hill and George
Two Southern senators spoke out against the Bulwinkle bill which would exempt railroads from anti trust laws on rate fixing. Senator Hill of Alabama vowed to oppose while freight discrimination exists. Senator George of Georgia said he would not support the measure due to workload as committee chair.
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Washington
Hill
D-Ala
George
D-Ga
Alabama
South
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Relief shipments near UNRRA quotas after long wait
Washington June 22 UNRRA Director General F H LaGuardia said relief shipments are approaching quotas for the first time in a long period though he warned the suffering countries face an unsatisfactory situation. Western hemisphere shipments last week ending June 17 totaled 103,103 metric tons bread cereals 2,257 rice 3,478 edible fats 9,926 canner meats 675 milk 33,263 coal 12,737 and fertilizers 12,737.
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Washington
F.H. LaGuardia
UNRRA
Lauderdale lists 50th polio case
Lauderdale county reports its 50th poliomyelitis case of the outbreak, with two new cases in rural areas near Florence. The health officer notes a prior total of one death and 26 cases in other counties this year, with two admitted polio patients from Collinwood, Tennessee.
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Florence
Ala
Lauderdale County
Alabama
C. J. Fisher
Collinwood
Tenn
Wayrie County
Five culture on farm commodities and price controls debated
The article outlines a conference decision to halt meat subsidies by June 30 and other food subsidies by December 31. It reports a Senate move to create a 1.11 billion subsidy fund while barring food subsidies after May 1, and lists five approved provisions easing price controls and reconfiguring OPA rules including base period prices, wholesale markups, and transfer of control to the Agriculture Secretary.
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Hose
Senate
Bowles
OPA
Secretary of Agriculture Authority
Faithful Service Nets Church Gift for Max Buettner
The Cullman Tribune reports Max Buettner received a $50 gift from St. Pauls Lutheran Church Cullman for forty years of faithful sexton service. He started as door keeper 49 years ago and assisted his father eight years. He resigned janitorial duties but remains church treasurer, a longtime post.
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Max Buettner
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Cullman
Cullman Tribune
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Carl S. Arnold
Max
Howard College Long Range Plan Move Discussed
Montgomery Alabama June 22 The Alabama Baptist Convention considers moving Howard College to a Birmingham site as a long range objective said Frank M. Tripp president of First Baptist Church Montgomery. He expects no such recommendation in a survey committee report due at a special Baptist meeting next Tuesday focusing on long range finances of Howard and Judson College Marion.
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Montgomery
Ala
Howard College
Birmingham
Alabama Baptist Convention
Frank M. Tripp
Tripp
First Baptist Church
Alabama
Howard
Judson College
Marion
Funchess Protests Production Goals in Alabama
Alabama experiment station Director M J Funchess protested to Secretary of Agriculture Anderson against continuing the crop production goals program. He called the plan detrimental to Alabama and the Southeast, arguing it forces farmers to curb output when the state cannot feed itself, in a letter to the secretary.
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Auburn
Ala
M. J. Funchess
Alabama Experiment Station
Anderson
Alabama
Southeast
Funchess
Agriculture Secretary
Farm spraying plan big success
In Montgomery Alabama the regional Farm Security Administration reports success from its DDT spraying campaign. E S Morgan urged Georgia Florida and South Carolina to consider similar campaigns for FSA borrowers with cooperation from local health departments and state agencies.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Farm Security Administration
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
E. S. Morgan
FSA
Health Department
Alabama party veteran Mc Covey goes home from hospital
Gessner T. Mc Covey, longtime chairman of the Alabama Democratic Executive Committee, left Mobile hospital today after seven weeks of treatment following an emergency procedure on May 4.
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Mobile
Als
Gessner T. McCovey
Alabama Democratic Executive Committee
Moulton Sees Boom As 50 Build New Businesses Homes
A boom hits Moulton this month with about 50 residents starting new construction of business establishments, homes, and mercantile stores. Estimated $200000 in new buildings arise in the main square and surrounding city. notable projects include Glenn Bros cafe and Red Bay bus station, a $20000 two story stone building owned by W and Almon Glenn, plus numerous other shops, garages, and residences led by local contractors and firms.
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Glenn Bros. Cafe
Red Bay
Almon Glenn
Tom Corum
Mr. Corum
Moulton Firestone
John Deere Tractor Company
A. H. Turner
S. B. O'Steen Jr
F. E. Farley
Cecil Thrasher
E. L. Cammack
Mr. Cammack
Hudson Sandlin
Herman Cowan
Luther King Barber and Beauty
Saepe Fennis Terry
Lawrence Sims Ands Rav~Dodd
Ed Stewart
A. S Byars
Price McCulloch
International Harvester and Tractor Company
Lower
Harris
Lawrence County
J. C. Ellis
C. J. Johnson
Oliver McKay
Ford Agency
Littrell Brothers
H .A. Alexander
Littrell Twins
Clark Hodgins
Lonnie Gentry
Claude Hurst
Roy Warren
Clifton Long
H. C. Gillespie
R. C. Jackson
M. H. Jackson
W. H. Persall
Jen Ellis
Harvey L. Sims
Ed Farley
Nervy Terry
Raymond Stephenson
James Stephenson
Herman McKelvey
Melvin McMillan
Paul @Montgomery
Charlie Glover
Price Dutton
Walter Dutton
Louis Preston
Charlie Woodard
Annie Terry
Decatur News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Naval Discharges
Local residents made weekend visits to Decatur and surrounding towns. Navy personnel including Eddens Lyle Black and several others received discharges at New Orleans. Community events featured a Rotary meeting, church services, a home reunion for the B F Jones family, and ongoing post office and police notes.
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Oran Ben Hunter
Fifth Avenue
Decatur
Russell Widner
Decatur 2
New Orleans
Indian political turmoil over Nehru and Kashmir
The report cites H. K. Mantoo of Orissa declining a government role for personal reasons while the Moslem League signals support for a proposed cabinet plan. Nehru, arrested amid city clashes, agrees to return only with full movement liberty. Azad Gandhi urge his presence in Kashmir to defend Sheikh Abdullah.
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H. K. Mantood
Orissa
Congress
Moslem League
Congress Party
League
Nehru
Azad
Kashmir
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Sheikh Abdullah
Aharaja
Srinagar
Government intervention sparks coal unionization clash
Washington reports the National Coal Association denounces government action in the dispute over unionizing mine foremen. John D. Battle, spokesman, says the move misuses war powers to govern industry by edict and seeks a judicial ruling under the Wagner Act.
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Washington
National Coal Association
John D. Battle
Association
Parents warned on tonsillectomy during polio season
Montgomery Aldermanic report quotes State Health Director B. F. Austin urging parents to think twice about tonsillectomies for children exposed to infantile paralysis. He says tonsil removal during polio season heightens the risk of developing the disease.
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Montgomery
Ald
B. F. Austin
Austin
Dallas Baker Hotel blast blamed on gas buildup
Dallas Fire Marshal B. Hilton said a gas accumulation of undetermined type likely triggered the Baker hotel explosion killing eight. The 18 story hotel suffered about 500000 in damage as officials continue a closed investigation. James Thomas, 28, the hotel wine clerk, died from burns in the hospital.
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B. €. Hilton
Baker Hotel
Hilton
James Thomas
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