Armament Rearms Pact Aims Without Written Restrictions
Tokyo reports U S State Department expert John Allison said a Japanese peace treaty could be signed by September 1. The draft may allow Japan to re-arm with no written restrictions on defense, fishing, shipping, or commerce, and invitees include all still war‑legally nations.
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U.S
Tokyo
John Allison
U. S. State Department
Japan
Pacific
John Foster Dulles
Allison
Dulles
United States
United Nations
Matthew B. Ridgway
Foreign Office
Shigeru Yoshida
London
Paris
Glimpse of a Deadlock Noted in Brief Item
A fragmentary notice records a brief event tied to a death or death-related item with unclear specifics. The readable parts suggest a passing reference and a neutral, factual tone typical of small newspaper briefs.
Weekend visits and holiday closures across towns
Le Miss Irene and Ruby Raper spent the weekend with Mrs. Raymond Staggs of Town Creek. Others from Friceville Columbus Georgia Elora and Decatur travel or return from visits. Patricia Gayle Cagle of Decatur was dismissed from Hamil Clinic hospital. Decatur retail stores will be closed July 4 and 5. stores will stay closed all day Thursday due to the holiday.
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Irene
Ruby’ Raper
Raymond Staggs
Town Creek
Patricia Gayle Cagle
Decatur 1
Hamil Clinic Hospital
Decatur
George LaBoon
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
May And 2 Others Accused Of Contempt
The senate cited George S. May head of the Tom O'Shanter Country Club Chicago and two alleged Capone gang members Rocco Fischetti and Murray L Humphreys both of Chicago on contempt of Congress charges. Senate acted without debate by unanimous vote on motion of Senator O'Conor.
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Washington
Senate Today
George S. May
Tom O'Shanter Country Club
Chicago
Capone Gang
Congress
May
Rocco Fischetti
Murray L
the Camel) Humphreys
Senate
O’conor
D-Md
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Producer Rossen Testifies on Communist Ties in Hollywood
Screen producer Robert Rossen testified before the House Committee on American Activities that he is not a communist party member but declined to say if he had been in the past. The 43 year old Academy Award winner faced questions as the committee investigates communist influence in the film industry.
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Washington
Robert Rossen
Communist Party
House
American Activities Committee
Hollywood
For Sale: 5-Room House on Corner Lot with Jeep
House with five rooms and one bath on a large corner lot, shaded by several trees, priced reasonably as owner is leaving town. Also a 1948 Jeep Station Sedan and extra building lots. View by appointment. Phone 3394-J.
Daily circuit court records listing several debt cases
A sequence of cases titled William F. Clements versus Marion B Walker and others, Walsh Insurance Agency versus H E Perry, Wells Electric Supply Co versus Charles Oden, General Finance Co versus J B Chambers, Grady A Hill, Elmer Cain, Earl Sherrill, Burton M Reid and Son Inc versus Sherrell Weir. Each item cites amounts due on various dates and names local attorneys handling the cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Clements
Marion B.walker
W. L. Chenault
Walsh Insurance Agency, Inc
H. E Perry
Wells Electric Supply Co., Inc
Charles Oden
Eyster
Burton M. Reid and Son, Inc
Sherrell Weir
Calvin and Bloodworth
Senate speech backs farm price guidance for yearround supply
Newsom writing for the Grange urged Congress to let prices adjust with planting and harvesting cycles and storage costs. Rep Lanham warned that lobbying to end controls could destabilize the economy amid price and supply concerns.
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Newsom
The
Grange
Congress
Lanham
D-Ga
Chrysler Granted Price Hikes on 11 V Eight Models
The Office of Price Stabilization authorized Chrysler to raise prices on 11 new design models with V-8 engines. The agency said other car makers introducing materially redesigned models will receive similar increases.
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Washington
Pthe Chrysler Corporation
Office of Price Stabilization
Phone Lines Struck in Los Angeles Toll of 10000 Strike
June 25 reports CIO Communications Workers of America struck Pacific Telephone and Telegraph offices in Los Angeles Hollywood and Pasadena. About 10,000 workers would stay off the job until contract talks conclude while union and company reps met with Federal Conciliator Oliver E. Goodwin all night.
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Los Angeles
CIO Communications Workers of America Today
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Hollywood
Pasadena
Oliver E. Goodwin
Paraphrased Proverb On Frugality And Wealth
A saying declares that without frugality no person can be rich and with it very few would be poor. It contrasts thrift with wealth creation.
Peace moves ripple through UN as Malik proposes cease fire
Worldwide markets faltered while the UN weighs Malik’s peace bid. Nasrollah Entezam plans to press Malik for expansion of the proposal, as Trygve Lie urges immediate cease fire talks. Rhee condemns compromise and Korea braces for a possible UN backed settlement.
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New York Stock Exchange
Malik
Truman
Air Force Development Center
Tullahoma
Tenn
United Nations
U.N. General Assembly
Nasrollah Entezam
Iran
Washington
General Assembly
Galo Plaza Lasso
Ecuador
South Korea
China
Syngman Rhee
Republic of Korea
Rhee
Pusan
Yalu River
38Th Parallel
Trygve Lie
Lie
U. N. Assembly
Nasrallah Entezam
U. N
Entezam
U.N. Good Offices
Red China
New York
W F Sartor Dies At Home
William Frank lin Sartor dies after four weeks illness at 702 Sherman Street. Final rites at 3 PM at Sixth Avenue Church of God with Rev. Eugene Rice conducting and Brown directing. Survived by wife Levonia, daughter Mrs J P Broaderick, sons Chester and Ralph, grandsons Warner and Raphael Sartor, brothers H J Sartor and Lawson, sisters Lora Sartor Ward Bean Patterson. Active pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers Brotherhood of Sixth Avenue Church of God.
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Sixth Avenue Church of
Warner Sartor
Decatur
Raphael Ray Sartor
H. J. Sartor
Bartlett
Tex
Lawson
Falkville
Lora Sartor
W. T. Ward
W. W. Bean
Bessemer
Anne Patterson
Hartselle
Ted Simmons
Carl McDonald
Dean Roger
Ralph Weinman
Lee Billions
Wesley Cook
The
Brotherhood of the Sixth Avenue Church of God
Called Meeting Of Lodge At 7 Tonight
A called meeting of Rising Sun lodge will be held at seven o'clock this evening to install the following officers for the ensuing year Worshipful Master Joe L Appling Senior Warden F Hoover Junior Warden James M Bloodworth Jr Treasurer Lynn Christopher Secretary D L Allen Senior Deacon Owen S Pace Junior Deacon Zack T Perry Tyler William J Moore Tyler Also appointed officers to be installed Chaplain A P Johnson Marshal W J Browning Senior Steward William Wade Junior Steward Felton Dyer
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Rising Sun Lodge
Joe L. Appling
Ger F. Hoover
James M. Bloodworth Jr
Lynn Christopher
D. L. Allen
Owen S. Pace
Zack T. Perry
William J. Moore
Tyler
A. P. Johnson
W.J. Browning
Willian T. Wade
Felton Dyer
Anniston Killing Ruled Justifiable in Home Invasion
Coroner Bowie Jones ruled the shotgun death of John Young justifiable. Young was shot by John David Shaw, 63, when he tried to force entry to Shaw’s home where Mrs. Young and her child were staying. Shaw is Mrs. Young’s uncle.
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Anniston
Ala
John Young
Bowie Jones
Young
John David Shaw
Shaw
Truman urges real peace settlement in Korea at Air Force center
President Truman, dedicating the Arnold Air Force center, calls for a genuine Korea settlement ending aggression and securing peace. He denounces critics of MacArthur, Marshall, and the joint chiefs, and warns against risky or lone-wolf moves and anti ally sentiment.
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Korea
Washington
Arnold Air Force Engineering Development Center
Douglas MacArthur
Acheson
Defense Marshall
Omar Bradley
Joint- Chiefs of Staff
Truman
MacArthur
Russia
United Nations
Soviet Union
Far East
United States
Kremlin
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U S Skeptical on Malik Peace Proposals Before Plana Visit
The State Department signals doubt about Malik's sincerity as West waits for Truman’s guidance. Delegates seek instruction on engaging Malik before a special assembly at Flushing Meadow to greet Ecuador's President Galo Plaza Lasso. Plaza urges discussion of Malik’s proposals.
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U. S
Truman
U. S. State Department
Malik
Flushing Meadow
Ecuador
Galo Plaza Lasso
Plaza
Nation Wide Strike Against Western Union Orginized
The AFL Commercial Telegraphers union calls a nationwide strike against Western Union to start at 6 AM EST next Monday July 2. The union seeks a 25 cent hourly wage increase for about 35 000 employees though 4 000 New York City workers are represented by the American Communications Association.
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Washington
Western Union
AFL CommercialTelegraphers Union
CTU
New York City
American Communications Association
Man Injured In Car Crash In Lawrence County
Othie Hamilton suffered a broken nose in a Sunday crash in Lawrence County on highway 24 east of Five Points. He rode as a passenger in a car driven by James Layton that collided with a truck driven by L. D. Carr. The car was demolished and the truck damaged about 100 dollars. The Highway Patrol reported the incident.
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Othie Hamilton
Lawrence
Hamilton
James Layton
L. D. Carr
Highway Patrol
Alabama
J. E. Howell
Albert Simmons
Gordo
Reform
Mississippi
Ord Kessler
Edna Earle Freeman
Birmingham
Meridian
Miss
Dennis
Patsy Givens
Patsy
Robert Givens
Hardin Rites Held Monday
Funeral services for Rev. John Hardin 76 of Falkville 2 will be held Monday at 2 30 P M at Fair view Church of God. He died Saturday night at his son Edgar’s home in Mt Pinson. Surviving sons are Melvin Seldon and Edgar. brothers Henry and Steve. 11 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. Interment in Jones cemetery.
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Fairview
Melvin
Seldon
Falkville 2
Edgar
Mt. Pinson
Henry
Falkville
Steve
Vinemont
Herman Hardin
Seldon Hardin Jr
Warren Hardin
Fred Summerford
Perry Howse
Elton Hardin
Two Mental Patients Escape Air Base Then Recaptured
MITCHELL AIR FORCE BASE New York June 25 Two Air Force mental patients fled in a stolen ambulance one in a straitjacket the other in shackles They were recaptured with the driver Cpl Ronald J Duddy 20 of Presque Isle Maine seized at Charlton Massachusetts and the other patient Cpl Donald D Salter about 18 of Richmond Virginia also from Presque Isle implicated in the escape.
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Mitchell Air Force Base
N. Y
Air Force
Pelham Manor
Charlton
Mass
Ronald J. Duddy
23Rd Communications Squadron
Presque Isle
Donald D. Salter
Richmond
Selmi Coined Ptomaine For Putrefaction Poisoning
The term ptomaine was coined by Italian chemist Selmi to describe basic substances from decay and is now used to denote a class of food poisoning linked to putrefaction.
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Selmi
Markets Report From Decatur and Atlanta Poultry Market
Decatur farm prices show cotton at middling 45.75, cottonseed 60.00 per ton, No 2 wheat 2.31, No 2 oats 0.85, corn at 1.62 for both ears, No 2 Milo 2.36, No 2 barley 1.22. North Georgia live poultry market in Atlanta steady with good movement and truck demand. farm prices for broilers and fryers range 28 to 30 cents per pound, mostly 28.5 to 29.5 cents.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
O'Donnell testifies in MacArthur hearings on Koreas policy
Lt. Gen. O'Donnell, a theater air commander, testifies at the 42nd day of senate hearings on MacArthur's dismissal and Far Eastern policy. He recalls being overruled by Gen. Stratemeyer on bombing North Korea and urges attacks on Rashin, near the frontier. The hearing record includes a King letter on Russia at Yalta and debate over calling Harriman as a witness.
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Stratemeyer
O’donnell
George E. Stratemeyer
O'Donnell
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
Rashin
Siberia
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
O'Donnell Begain
Knowland
R-Calif
Ernest J. King
King
Yalta
Russia
W. Averell Harriman
McMahon
Dconn
Harriman
Bodie Summerford Rites Set Tuesday
Funeral services for Bodie A. Summerford 71 of Decatur will be held at Johnson Chapel at 2 30 PM Tuesday. Rev H M Watson will officiate with burial in Johnson Chapel Cemetery. Survivors include son Marvin of Decatur two granddaughters Hansel Hyde and Rhita Faye Summerford four brothers Alonzo Eva Joe Danville Walter four sisters Minnie Gravitt Della Burns Emma Childress Beaula Black and nephews as pallbearers.
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Johnson Chapel
Bodie A. Summerford
Decatur
H. M. Watson
Brown
Marvin
Hansel Hyde
Rhita Faye Summerford
Alonzo
Eva
Joe
Leldon Rayburn Dies at Home in Hartselle
Funeral services for Leldon Rayburn will be held Tuesday at 4 P M at the First Christian church in Hartselle with Rev. J R Havener and Rev. Carl Allen presiding. Interment follows in Hartselle city cemetery Peck directing. He was a World War I veteran and member of the American Legion. Surviving are two sisters Versie Rayburn and Mrs Grant Thrasher and two brothers E C Rayburn and Kent Rayburn. Pallbearers are John Olear Louis Witburn Ira Puckett Edward Richards Telfair Woodall and Jerry Dean.
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Leldon Rayburn
Hartselle
First Christian Church
J. R. Havener
Carl Allen
Peck
Rayburn
American Legion
Allied and Reds clash amid Korea front reports
AP dispatches from U N eighth Army HQ describe Reds attacking and fortifying near Kumsong and Yanggu while Allies shell near Ko Song Wonsan Songjin and Kumsong. In Pusan, South Koreans hear President Rhee urge no ceasefire until Korea is unified. Lt Gen Van Fleet calls it business as usual.
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Reds
Kumsong
Eighth Army
Yanggu
Pyongyang
Red “Iron Triangle
Malik
James A. van Fleet
Pusan
Syngman Rhee
Korea
Korea War Casualties Report From Seoul Defense Ministry
The Korean defense ministry announced that in the year of the Korean War, 270000 communist troops were killed and 279860 captured. South Korean losses counted 21625 killed 72868 wounded and 71915 missing with 46146 non combatants missing.
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Pusan
Korea
Korean Defense Ministry
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