Marine recruit visit set for Decatur courthouse annex
Sargent Ott C Farris of the U S Marine Corps recruiting office in Florence will visit Decatur each Tuesday and set up an office in the courthouse annex to process qualified young men for enlistment. Other local notices cover births, hospital admissions and dismissals at Baugh Wile y clinic and Decatur General hospital, travel plans, and community events.
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Ott C. Farris
United States Marine Corps
Florence
Decatur
Farris
U. S. Marine Corps
Brazilian Police Close In On Band Of 57 Escapees
In São Paulo authorities move against 57 fugitives from Anchieta Island prison after a mass breakout last Friday. Thirty seven remain at large without weapons as some surrender over hunger and cold. Reports say several may have drowned during the escape and 17 guards and workers were killed in the fighting.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Anchieta Island
Murray says Truman warns on Taft Hartley if strike postponed
Gary Indiana union leader Philip Murray told 7,500 steelworkers that Truman assured him there is no danger of a Taft Hartley injunction if the January 1 strike is postponed. He labeled Inland Steel President Clarence Randall a liar for denying a deal. Murray spoke as 27,000 locals depend on mills for income amid a three week strike after the Supreme Court ruled seizure illegal.
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Gary
Ind
CIO
Philip Murray
Truman
Inland Steel
Clarence Randall
Murray
U. S. Supreme Court
House of Congress
John Watkins
Indiana
Steelworkers Union
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alabama Man Is Night Fighter Ace
Lt. John W. Andre a Miami born Marine aviator, shot down a Communist Yak while on his 36th mission over North Korea earning a night fighter ace title. The 33 year old former private detective previously downed four Japanese planes in night battles over the Philippines in World War II. His wife Nancy and daughters Nancy and Marcia reside in Miami. He is the son of John J. Andre of Holt Alabama.
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Tokyo
John W. Andre
Navy
Andre
Miami
Fla
Philippines
North Korea
Nancy
Marcia
John J. Andre
Holt
Ala
Peanuts Support Rates Set by Agriculture Department
The Agriculture Department announced minimum price support rates to keep national grower prices for peanuts at no less than 239.40 per ton. Base supports by type include Virginias 231, runners 215, Spanish 236 east of the Mississippi 232 west, and Valencias aligned with Virginia or Spanish values as applicable. Loans and purchase agreements back the price support through January 31, 1953.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Senator Renews FEPC Fight With New Name FEOFE
Senator Hubert Humphrey moves to bring a civil rights bill to the Senate this week promising tough debate. The measure would ban discrimination on race or religion, echoing past FEPC efforts but under a new label FEOFE Federal Equal Opportunity for Employment.
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FEPC
Washington
Senate
Dixie
Humy
FEOFE
UN to Free Civilian Prisoners in Korea
United Nations negotiators announced that 27,000 Korean civilians held in UN prison camps will be released starting next month. The North Korean general accused the allies of unilaterally disposing of war prisoners as protests erupted.
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Munsan
United Nations
U. N
Nam II
UN screens NK civilians on repatriation hopes at Koje
UN command screened 5 570 North Korean civilian internees at Koje Island to gauge wishes on returning to the Communist homeland after an armistice. The operation, conducted in a tent within a compound, plans to screen about 4 000 daily until 45 000 are questioned.
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Koje Island
United Nations Command
U. N. Command
Communists Reject UN Reclassification of War Prisoners
Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison said the Communists never recognize the UN reclassification of war prisoners. Most prisoners are to be seen.
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U. N
William K. Harrison
No Price Fixing Found in Liquor Firms Probe
Justice Department investigated the liquor industry three years ago and found no evidence of a price fixing conspiracy but noted a high degree of concentration. Mitchell, counsel for the House Judiciary subcommittee, released the department’s explanation for not pursuing anti trust charges. The probe followed rumors of political contributions in 1948, though originators were unnamed.
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Washington
House
Justice Department
Stephen Mitchell
Mitchell
Department
Justice
Rep
Chelf
D-Ky
William Levin
Federal Trade Commission
Congress Looks To Adjournment Before Chicago
Washington June 23 Congressional leaders aim to clear the legislative calendar before the Republican convention in Chicago July 7. House Speaker Rayburn and Sen Lyndon Johnson say adjournment by week’s end is possible with July 4 and 5 sessions if needed.
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Washington
Chicago
White House
House
Rayburn
Texas
Congress
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Rep
Talle
Iowa
Ellis Arnall
Roger L. Putnam
Wage Stabilization Board
Rep. Lucas
Tex
Sen. McCarran
D-Ney
Truman
Supreme Court
McCarran
Tobacco and lipstick stolen from Somerville Road store
Burglars broke into the John Lee store on Somerville Road last night and stole about 200 cartons of cigarettes 8 boxes of cigars 22 lipstick types and two dozen lighters. Police Chief J B Whitmire said investigators Pack Self and C M Kennedy were on the case with Officer Earl Thompson leading the first inquiry.
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John Lee
Somerville Road
J. B. Whitmire
Earl Thompson
Pack Self
C. M. Kennedy
Taft Eisenhower fight in Puerto Rico narrows party race
The battle for Republican delegates rages as Puerto Rico sees rival three member delegations, one backing Taft and one backing Eisenhower, police quell the disturbance, and both camps seek seating decisions ahead of the Chicago convention. Taft accuses Texas backers while Eisenhower denies Truman ties and rejects third party possibilities.
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Puerto Rico
Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Texas
Taft
Eisenhower
Illinois
Biggest air raid in Korean War targets hydro plants
Five hundred U S Navy Air Force and Marine planes hit five hydroelectric plants on the Korean side of the Yalu River and in Manchuria in the largest air assault of the war. The Suiho plant supplying Mukden and others were demolished as fighter bombers from multiple carriers and land bases struck power facilities.
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Seoul
U. S. Navy
North Korea
Manchuria
Yalu River
Korea
Manchusria
Navy
Tokyo
Boxer
Philippines
Princeton
Bonhomme Richard
Red
Air Force
Suiho
Mukden
John D. Nottingham
Houston
Tex
Fifth Air Force
Nottingham
Antung
Pyongyang
U. N
Chor
Seven Killed In Accidents Over Week-End
Alabama weekend accident toll rises to seven with deaths in Leighton Clanton Gadsden and Birmingham areas. William Walter James 44 Leighton died after a car struck his pickup driven by James. four James family members injured. William Earl Clark 16 Sheffield hurt. Clark injured. Mrs J D Griffin 75 near Clanton killed in two car collision. Jim M Gaylor Alabama City killed in truck crash. Greyhound bus crash near Birmingham injures eighteen. Plane crash near Gadsden claims three fishermen.
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Leighton
Alabama
Highway Patrol
William Walter James
William Earl Clark
Sheffield
James
Genevieve James
Beverly James
Billy James
Blanton James
Clark
Colbert County Hospital
Leighton-Ford City
East Second Street
J. D. Griffin
Clanton
Greyhound
Birmingham
Jo Ann Dunbar
James Dunbar
Bessemer
Gadsden
H. D. Sims
James C. Ward
Boaz
Roy Camp
Moulton Eyes Parking Meters Vote Tuesday
Moulton voters will decide on retaining or removing parking meters at a Tuesday referendum held in the sheriff's office from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The meter fund finances police payroll, with over $2,500 in reserves and about $1,000 installation reversal if meters are removed. Contemplated fire department upgrades hinge on the outcome to affect insurance premiums and municipal finances.
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Moulton
J. L. Weatherwax
State Safety Group Plans Road Safety Campaign
The Alabama Safety Commission and a three member coordinating committee met in Montgomery to define the new safety effort. Members include C. P. Richardson from the Education Department Haygood Paterson from Agriculture and Nelson C. Brooks from the Highway Department. Richardson said the session sought direction for the campaign.
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Montgomery
Alabama Safety Commission
Gordon Persons
C. P. Richardson
Education Department
Haygood Paterson
Department of Agriculture
Nelson C. Brooks
Highway Department
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Moneagle
Terry L. Moore Jr
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Zoe
Phil Pointer
Mobile
Fairhope
Robert Lee Thompson
Madison
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Herman Lee Bolling
Olive Street
W. P. Gay
Fifth Avenue East
L. E. Brown
Falkville
Betty Lou Smith
Cullman
Baugh- Wiley Clinic
Odie C. Scott
Ardmore, Tenn
E. N. Smith
Hanceville 1
Decatur General Hospital
W. D. Pittman
12Th Avenue
Bruce Ross
Hartselle
Berdis Hale
Harold Payne
Seventh Avenue
Estelle Cox
Fifth Avenue
FE. B. Powers
Fourth Avenue East
Garland McCulloch
Decatur 3
Edith Foote
Charles T. McCrary
Seventh Avenue West
Ernest Milwood
Trinity 1
Eugene Ferguson
Country Club Road
Slick Coffman
Athens
Thomas Watson
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Riting
Humphrey
D-Minn
Associated Press
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Ohioan
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Ike
Sen
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Bridges
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Tennessee
Kefzuver
Stan Carter
Leighton Man
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