Mrs. Otelia Morrow Rites Set At Shiloh Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Otelia Morrow 72 of Somerville will be held Friday at 11 A M at Shiloh Church east of Oosterville. Interment in Drinkard Cemetery. Pallbearers include W N Sands Howard Blankenship Frank Ugsell W A Pence Virgil Russell John Blankenship flowers to be arranged. She leaves husband C A Morrow three sons Willis Edmond Donald two grandchildren and a sister Mrs Houston Ransom.
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Shiloh Church
Ast
Oartselle
Oteliarow
Somerville
Adjoin
Drinkard
Brown
W. N. Sands
Howard Blankenship
Frank Ugsell
W. A. Pence
Virgil Rusel
John Blankenship
Presidential Primary Ballot Totals by State and Candidate
The roll call lists state by state results showing vote totals for Dewey Stassen Taft and others. Notable totals include New York with 97 votes Dewey 96 Taft 1 and Ohio with 53 votes Dewey 9 Stassen 9 Taft 44, among many state allocations and minor candidates.
Second Ballot Delegates Report From Philadelphia Convention
June 24 report on the Republican convention roll call by state with voting tallies for Dewey Taft Stassen and others. States listed include Alabama Arizona California Illinois Indiana New York Ohio New Jersey etc with counts and noted deviations or polls.
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Phil
Adelphia
Ublican
Alabama
Dewey
Taft
Markets Wall Street Mixed As Rail Leads In Trading
New York markets opened with gains in rail stocks leading the day while steel shares rose more modestly. Turnover reached about 1.5 million shares as rails climbed to a 22 month high. bonds saw Atlantic and Danville issues advance for the second day. Nashville reports steady cattle with active but balanced trade and hogs and sheep showing general steadiness with typical price ranges.
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New York
Snce More
Steel Company
Atlantic and
Danville
The
Road
Southen Railway
Nashville
Tenn
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Chicago market round up Butter Eggs and Grain
Butter firm with receipts 468 146 price changes plus 1 cent. eggs steady with 215 582 receipts. Wheat firm on board to day up 3 8 3 4 cents July at 2 23 5 8 3 4. Corn oats mixed with July soybeans at 4 16.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Boy Scout Troop 237 Meets at Railroad Street
Boy Scout Troop 237 met Wednesday night at 413 Railroad Street. Gary Sullivan led the oath and pledge, Joe Parham collected dues, and Billy Hine delivered the benediction. A Green Bar patrol meeting occurred after games.
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Boy Scout
Railroad Street
Gary Sullivan
Joe Parham
Billy Hine
Treasury Surplus Reaches Record At Year End
The government's budget surplus for the fiscal year ends June 30 at a record 8.471 billion dollars, about 1 billion more than President Truman forecast in January. Final figures may drop toward his estimate as heavy year end expenses are paid.
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Washington
Truman
Paula Faye Harris Dies at Home at Age 1
Funeral services are scheduled for 1 P M today for Paula Faye Harris Lacob 1 who died Wednesday at her home at 2 P M Burial will be in Pine Grove cemetery with Drinkard's Brown Service directing She is survived by her parents Mr and Mrs James Hies and other relatives
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Litle
Paula Faye Harris
Lacob
Pine Grove Cemetery
Drinkard
Brown
James Hies
Westinghouse Increases Salaried Pay in Union Deal
Westinghouse Electric Corp raises salaried workers pay by 16.47 to 40 dollars monthly under an agreement with an independent union. The wage hike is effective June and the federation ratified the deal on July 7 after negotiations between the firm and its union negotiators.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Federation of Westinghouse Independent
Delegates and votes in early primary results across states
A fragmented report lists statewide delegate counts and candidate tallies for Dewey Taft Stassen and MacArthur across Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming Alaska Puerto Rico and Washington. The piece notes Wisconsin delegates and various state totals, reflecting jockeying for party support.
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Martin
Taft
Washington
Dewey
Stassen
West Virginia
Wisconsin
MacArthur
Wyoming
Alaska
Es of
Columbia
Wewall
Wiles Dewer
Tam
Puerto Rico
Plea Lo
A Decatur Civitan club noon meeting featured a graphic film Stop Starvation showing starving children in Europe and Asia. Marvin Eubanks urged Crusade For Children support, noting 23 million under 15 are at risk, with drive to run one more week.
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Europe
Asia
Decatur Civitan Club
Marvin Eubanks
Morgan County
Eubanks
F. G. Hamilton
Floyd Sherrod
Joe Elliot
Eugene Chenault
Newton Powell
L. C. Radford
Radford
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
R. H. Parks
DAV
W. F. Frazier
Henry Orden
Dewey Campaign Push Faces Unified Opposition at Nomination Convention
The Dewey camp presses for a rapid roll call and aims for 500 votes on ballot two or three amid defections from Kentucky Washington Utah and Kansas. Taft Stassen and other favorites push a delaying strategy while Warren Baldwin and Lodge discuss a possible bloc coalition to block Dewey.
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Massachusetts
Harold E. Stassen
Dewey
Kentucky
Washington
Utah
Kansas
Taft
Vandenberg
Stassen
Martin
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Minnesota
Ted Gamble
Warren
California
Sigler
Arthur Vandenburg
Michigan
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Mssachusetts
Lodge
Massed Hysteria Marks the Wildest Session of GOP Meet
At the Republican convention in Philadelphia on nominating night 1948 delegates and attendees created a carnival of sound and color. Stunts by Harold Stassen supporters included a floating boat parade and drum majorette, while Taft and Dewey campaigns each staged heated demonstrations. The riotous pageantry lasted seven hours as delegates battled for prominence and votes to win the presidential nomination.
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Taft
Vandenberg
Duff
Dewey
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
United States
Frances Burke Redick
Newington
Conn
Baldwin
Sigler
Senator Vandenberg
Relman Morin
Philadelphia
Highlanders
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stass
Thomas E. Dewey
Old College
Court Decisions Favor Miners and Reopen Criminal Appeals
The Alabama Supreme Court ordered compensation for stranded miners after denials by state officials, affirming appeals up to the highest court. It also reversed a murder conviction in James Durwood Blackshear’s case, and voided a Birmingham ordinance allowing limited plumbing by gas fitters. Willie Oscar Burns’s first degree murder verdict was upheld, with sentence adjustments sent back for proper formulation.
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Frank Broadway
Alabama
Broadway
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
James Durwood Blackshear
Dale County
Blackshear
Ralph Andrews
Birmingham
Jefferson Circuit
W. C. Allen
Birmingham Plumber
Willie Oscar Burns
Florence
Ed Morris
Lauderdale
Montgomery Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Gardner
parte-Tenn
Coal, Iron. & R. R. Co
Burney Martin
City of Decatur
Paul Robinson
Morgan Circuit
Brown
Ola Floyd
Hugh D. Merrill Jr
Admr
Calhoun
Equity
State
Foster
H.h.lambert
H.-H. Lambert
G. B. Jefferson
Lula Bell Camp
Admix
Atlantic Coast Line R. R
Livingston
Justice
Marie Reynolds
Atlantic Coast Line R. A
Alabama Credit Corp
J. W. Higgins
Etowah
Stakely
City of Birmingham
Jeferson Circuit
R. G. Ray
Cecil Richardson
Sumter
Revival Meet in Oak Park Set for Tonight
Evangelist Turner Davis Jr will deliver the second night sermon “Witnessing In The Power” in the tent at 19th Avenue and 7th Street Oak Park. Don Lupo leads singing with Miss Thompson on piano and Decatur youths assist. Joe Narmore of Fairview oversees the 7 PM children's service. regular services at 7 30 PM.
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Turner Davis, Jr
19Th Avenue
7Th Street
Oak Park
Don Lupo
Huntsville
Decatur
Miss Thompson
Fairview
Davis-Lupo
Jack Parker
South Decatur
Joe Narmore
Prospects For Corn Are Good This Season
Chicago reports corn stands rising toward knee high by the Fourth of July with heavy rains boosting growth in the Midwest. Experts caution the crop still needs timely July and August rains to secure a big harvest despite current favorable conditions.
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Chicago
mid-West
Community church events and local notices update
A long list of church programs, revivals, and services across Decatur and nearby towns is announced. Events include a special voters assembly at St Pauls Lutheran, revival at Mt Hope Lawrence County, Sunday school closing at Westminster Presbyterian, and a tent revival in Austinville. Also noted are police, military, and civil notices, weddings, hospital movements, and Legion Auxiliary meeting details.
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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
John A. Troxler
Mt. Hope
Lawrence Count
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Alabama Supreme Court Decisions Summary
The Alabama Supreme Court released rulings on cases from multiple circuits. Decisions include affirmations, reversals, remands, and writ denials in matters involving cities, railroads, estates, and state appeals, with several certiorari petitions denied or remanded.
Decatur Parking Meter Case Heads to Supreme Court
Long running litigation concerns Decatur’s parking meters. Judge Powell ruled the ordinance unconstitutional and the city appeals to the state supreme court. Defendants include Paul Robinson and others with Norman Harris and Phillip Shanks as counsel. The 1947 suit tested legality of meter use and cites Birmingham Hood McPherson precedent.
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Decatur
Newton B. Powell
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Paul Robinson
Charles H. Eyster
D. E. Frederick
Norman Harris
Phillip Shanks
Morgan Circuit
Montgomery
Sheffield
Florence
Alabama
Powell
City of Birmingham Et al
Hood-McPherson Realty Company
Birmingham
Coal Strike Standoff Hangs On 24 Hour Extension
Operators push for a one day extension as the Justice Department readies a Taft Hartley injunction if needed while the inquiry board seeks more time to extend negotiations. Miners begin a 10 day holiday this Saturday with a July 6 return, raising the threat of a work stoppage or partial slowdown under a no contract no work policy.
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Lewis
Inquiry Board
Justice Department
Department
White House
Manee
David L. Cole
City Deeds and Ordinance Clash Over Parking Meters
The record lists several property transfers with payment amounts and parties, followed by a note on a city ordinance fight in Decatur. The city argues parking meters will aid enforcement and reduce congestion, while the ordinance conflicts with street dedications.
Congregations Unite Evening Services in July Across Two Churches
The First Methodist and First Presbyterian churches will combine for July evening services. July 4 at 4 PM at First Methodist with William McAliley. July 11 at 7 PM at First Presbyterian with Dr Otis Kirby. July 18 at 8 PM at First Methodist with Rev W W Glass. July 25 at 7 PM at First Presbyterian with Rev McFee.
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Kirby Memorial Presbyterian Chapel
Courtland Highway
William McAliley
First
First Methodist
First Presbyterian Churches
First Methodist Church
First Presbyterian Church
Otis Kirby
W. W. Glass
McFee
Colmer to Speak at Dinner Honoring Alabama Leader
Rep. Colmer will be the feature speaker at a testimonial dinner in honor of Alabama party leader Gessner T. McCorvey. He chairs a group of Southern congressmen opposing Truman civil rights program and will report on that fight. Alabama electors pledged to vote against Truman and convention delegates may walk out if civil rights measures pass. Former Gov. Frank Dixon will head a Birmingham delegation.
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Mobile
William M. Colmer
D-Miss
Alabama
Gessner T. McCorvey
Colmer
Ing
Truman
Frank Dixon
Birmingham
McCorvey
Russians halt Western trains to Berlin amid power and food strains
The Russians cited technical difficulties for halting Western rail traffic to Berlin, leaving Berlin’s Western areas with about 30 days of food and coal for two million people. The Russian zone provides roughly half the city’s power, complicating coal shipments and keeping Allied generators under scrutiny. American troops patrolled the Western sector, none reports of disorder, while Warsaw talks floated Leipzig as Eastern Germany’s capital and hinted at an open government to all Germans.
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Berlin
U.S
Britain
France
Leipzig
Germany
Reds Tighten Hold on Berlin
Berlin tense as Soviet cut power to Western sectors and halted rail food shipments from Western Germany. Clark Gen. Clay warned the pressure could drive out the Western Allies, while plans in Warsaw surface for a separate East German government. Western Berlin faces disrupted water and currency controls as the Soviets push for the new ruble and stamp system.
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Edwin Shanke
Berlin
Germany
Heidelberg
Lucius D. Clay
Warsaw
Russia
United States
Marshal Sokolovsky
BTU Training Union Meeting Scheduled at Trinity Church
A Baptist Training Union mass meeting is set for 2 30 PM Sunday at Trinity Church. The program includes song Learning of Me devotional by Rev Milford Wat prayers announcements youth and missions Shirley Williams message by Rev Paul Roberts and benediction.
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Baptist Trainin Union
Trinity
Milford Water
Shirley Williams
Paul Roberts
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Martin ‘Wilson Jr
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DeWitt Shirley
Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Company
Rep. Colmer
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Alabama Metals CO
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