War veterans weigh congress pay rise after war ends
The Cullman Strawberry Festival committee plans a larger 1947 enterprise. Alabama congressman George Grant learns he has mumps. Liquor elections surge in Alabama as municipal government changes loom. Ben Green’s health yields hope for a Tallassee Tribune recovery. Bob Hope’s syndicate buys the Cleveland club amid jokes about past strike antics. Reform talk sparks Mobile style ordinances. The Red Sox slump in the pennant chase. Georgia health quarantine on Florida visitors prompts criticism of Governor Arnall’s administration.
Woman seeks place to donate relief food and funds
A woman asked a local fireman where to leave food and money collected for foreign relief. He asked a passing newspaper man, who did not know. She was then directed to school authorities, hoped they could help. It seems a shame to thwart generosity.
OPA Sets Hosiery Price Tiers For Nylon Stock
The OPA fixes a retail sling price of 1.70 a pair for very sheer nylon hosiery with market release imminent. This tops a 1.40 ceiling for standard nylons and 1.55 for a popular better grade, though few buyers may be pleased by the differences.
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OPA
Madison County Votes to Legalize Liquor Under Tight Rules
Madison County approves a new plan to sell liquor legally with strict state control. The measure limits liquor sales to state stores and regulates beer sourcing, signaling a shift from past practices and aiming to curb excess.
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Madison County
Frere
Legal
Bowles seeks union pledge for no strikes to spark full production
Chester Bowles urges AFL CIO to vow no strikes to allow industry to reach and sustain full scale output. He favors risk of long range labor reform with labor and management taking responsibility, noting past rifts. He doubts past performances and calls for broad legislative revision.
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Chester Bowles
AFL
CIO
Bowles
Polio Fight Rules Emphasized for Lauderdale County
Advice from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis urges avoidance of new contacts during polio outbreaks, watching for symptoms, and prompt medical care. June to September is the danger period. maintain cleanliness, avoid polluted waters, and seek local chapter guidance for support and care.
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Lauderdale County
Lauderdale
National Foundation For
Dial
Activision
National Foundation
John Lewis union deal includes 10 day opennotice clause
The article notes shrewd bargaining by John Lewis in a strike settlement. The contract can be opened with 10 days notice, 15 days for bargaining on new terms, and five days notice to terminate. It warns similar clauses may appear when mines are returned to owners.
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Washington
John Lewis
Ite
Lewis
U N Security Council Debates Spanish Question
The United Nations Security Council plans Monday afternoon talks on Spain and Poland with Oscar Lange pressing veto votes to expose Western stance. Russia blocks stronger action while a September General Assembly plan failed. The Atomic Energy Commission also meets Tuesday to hear Egypt Netherlands Australia and France on Baruch plan before addressing US and USSR nuclear programs.
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U. N
New York
United Nations Security Council
Poland
Madrid
Oscar Lange
U. S
Britain
Russia
U. N. Atomic Energy. Commission
Egypt
Netherlands
Australis
France
U.S
OPA Bill Extension Moves Through Senate War Powers
Washington reports a final housing compromise may ease GPA while Republicans expect price rises before November. Some GOP members argue Truman could use war powers to extend OPA by executive order and urge declaring the war ended. The Senate added an amendment barring price ceiling fixes and extended the war powers act to March 31, 1947. the House must concur.
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Truman
Congress
Senate
Moore
R Okla
House
House panel weighs Truman labor bill amid hearings
Several key House members say the emergency labor disputes bill still has a fair chance to pass. A labor subcommittee begins hearings Tuesday on permanent labor legislation but no recommendations are expected soon. Committeemen say their main task is to give organized labor a new sounding board this year.
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Washington
House
Truman
Organized Labor
Maritime Unity Committee Faces Labor Rift Ahead of September
Washington reports a sharp split within the Committee For Maritime Unity as Joe Curran and Harry Bridges argue over West Coast longshore wages. Curran's CIO National Maritime Union conceded most during recent negotiations ending the strike, while Curran plans a $2,000,000 strike fund, with three months to go.
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Washington
Joe Curran
Will
Harry Bridges
Committee For Maritime Unity
Curran
CIO National Maritime Union
Bridges
FCC to reserve 20 FM channels for veterans aid plan
Budget Bureau experts doubt balance of next year's budget if terminal leave pay for discharged enlisted men proceeds. Senate small business committee demands push FCC to reserve 20 FM channels to be offered later to veterans. New soap operas and more educational programs are hinted by FCC action to study time allotted to non commercial programming up for renewal.
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Washington
Budget Bureau
Senate
Small Business Committee
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Senator Tydings Warns Custodian Over Upcoming Appropriations
Senator Tydings of Maryland told the custodian of the senate office building at an appropriation hearing that he would be smart not to buy this coming year. He cited two reasons: the country would be competing in a small way, and paying top price would yield only half quality.
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Washington
Tydings
D Md
Senate
Still More Capital Briefs from Washington
The comptroller general allows agencies to pay post office box rent annually instead of quarterly. The Agriculture Department could save about 75000 dollars yearly in bookkeeping costs. Legislation to raise the Social Security tax from 1 percent to 1.5 percent has been docketed for action before Congress recess.
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Washington
Comptroller General
Agriculture Department
Congress
Political calendar outlines Maryland and North Dakota primaries
Monday Maryland holds primaries for Senate House and Governor with close watch on Democratic contests for senator and governor. Tuesday North Dakota schedules primaries for Senate Governor and House plus a special senatorial election to fill a short term.
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Maryland
Senate
House
North Dakota
Ottawa Plans to distribute atomic by product to labs
Ottawa announces plans to distribute atomic energy by products to medical laboratories mirroring U S practice. Britain’s coal production shows renewed gains as the average output improves.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
London
Pastors' Paragraph III The Test of Fellowship with God
John explains Jesus as advocate and propitiation for sins and outlines two tests of fellowship. First, obedience proves knowledge of God, while the second is living by Christ's word and imitating his life. Union with Christ grounds ongoing fellowship, cleansing sin and guiding conduct.
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Jesus Christ
Earth
God
Christ
Morgan County Rescue Notice and Local Social Roundup
Residents and families from Morgan County are listed visiting and socializing with relatives including Mrs W A Helms and Mrs Ella Pettit. Several Huntsville residents attend gatherings, with others returning from visits and a fish trip noted. The weather delay halts farm work as rain continues.
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Winnie England
Sallie Hornbuckle
M. W. Pettit
John Childers
J. E. Thomas
Thomas
Wiley
Leonard Edwards
Walter Yancy
Edward Lawrence
Carl Bowling
Roy Edwards
Claudie Edwards
Production peak in May surpasses long-term averages
May production reached 3 702 000 tons the highest since a weekly average of 3 743 900 in November 1944 In Poland the process of parceling large estates to peasants advances slowly with about 1 250 000 acres still to be divided in central Poland
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Warsaw
Poland
Deceptively Mild Onset Of Rheumatic Heart Disease
The article explains rheumatic heart disease often begins with a mild throat infection before a week or two of apparent recovery. It notes the link to beta hemolytic streptococcus, causes of recurrence, and prevention via sulfonamide drugs under doctor guidance. It emphasizes early treatment and family monitoring to reduce deaths among 5 to 19 year olds.
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Arnold G. Wedum
Denver
Wedum
Theaters and tabloids mix in a bag of late 1940s showbiz chatter
A composite backstage gossip piece notes Frank Sinatra bets on a fight, J L G O Welles tricks critics in Around the World, Paul Douglas in Born Yesterday tears apart phone books, and Hanson theatre manager Carl Fisner with Mary Mason burying a week end plan. It also mentions Byrnes, Meyer, Kennedy, a World Bank appointment, a $30 000 salary, and other society whispers about actors, financiers, and a Bikini atomic test.
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G. O. Welles
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Geo
Abbott
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Hanson Theatre
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Talu
Midtown
Major Bowles
Washington ‘Post
Eugene Meyer
World Bank Inrougn Secy
Byrnes
Robert Hannegan
Joseph P. Iennedy
Meyer
Wenner-Gren saga stirs romance and political hints
The column catalogs a string of society and political notes from a Mexico City hospital stay of Axel Wenner-Gren to Otto Preminger romance rumors, Eisenhower politics, Bikini fleet, Leopold of Belgium defense tale, and a Brazil land purchase by National City Bank, ending with a $250,000 alienation suit claim by ex soldier Waltin Campbell.
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Axel Wenner-Gren
Mexico City
Wenner-Gren
Otto Preminger
Marian
Beverly Hills
Lenora Wenner- Gren
Natalie Draper
Sol Rosenblatt
Marian P
Marying
Estrella Boissevain
Mexico
Mrs. Preminger
Eisenhower
Repub
Uncle Sam
Bikini
Leopold
Belgium
Switzerland
National City Bank
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Wall Street
Boston
Gov't
U. S. Army
Waltin Campbell
Washington Execs Ablaze Over Kimmel Scandal
George P. Kimmel, a prominent D C lawyer, is cited as the cause of two Washington executives taking premature vacations. The issue centers on internal disagreements and inquiries surrounding Kimmel and linked matters.
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George P. Kimmel
D.C
Washington
Orchids and Love and the Knoxville Ministers Conference
The Knoxville Baptist Ministers Conference debated a resolution calling the KKK dangerous and un-American. Ministers T Wesley Hill and J Harold Smith opposed the measure after social calls with the Rankin Un-American Committee in Congress. The piece hints at undisclosed wartime material and a supposed Operation X Roads witness list as sensitive revelations.
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Mit
Knoxville
Tenn
Baptist Ministers’ Conference
KKK
T. Wesley Hill
J. Harold Smith
Congress Natch
Soviet engineers study U S public works systems tour planned
A group of Soviet engineers arrives in the United States to study public works systems under the Federal Works Agency. They will visit Chicago San Francisco Los Angeles and San Diego focusing on bridges streets and highways. Officials speculate on broader defense and political shifts with mentions of a potential Army Navy merger and Secretary of Defense prospects.
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U. S
Federal Works Agency
Chi
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
Army-Navy
Stuart Symington
Nat
Cuba
Hizzoner
Tammany Hall
Kiwanis Lodge Mourns Ben F. Martin in Decatur
The Kiwanis Club of Decatur Alabama pays tribute to Ben F. Martin who died Friday June 14 1946 after twenty five years of service to the club He was a devoted husband and father a church member and community citizen The resolution directs minutes be updated and copies sent to his family
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Ben F. Martin
Decatur
Alabama
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club
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