Local Pvt Stanphill wounded in Korea
Defense Department reports Pvt Dock L. Stanphill Jr son of Mr and Mrs Dock L Stanphill Sr Red Bay 1 wounded in action in Korea. Sheriff's force arrests two persons for drunkenness and peace proceedings. Parish house games and births at Baugh Wiley clinic are noted along with several hospital dismissals and visits. See DIARY on Page 2.
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Defense Department
Dock L. Stanphill Jr
Dock L. Stanphill Sr
Red Bay 1
Korea
Horace Crow
Fred Crow
Somerville
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Thomas Bogle
Fifth Avenue South
Soviet Warns Sweden To Keep Planes Offshore
Moscow delivered a note through Foreign Minister Vishinsky to the Swedish ambassador warning that Soviet fighters will open fire on any aircraft violating its borders. Sweden was pressed to halt planes from straying over Soviet territory after two unidentified aircraft crossed the Baltic frontiers on June 13.
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Moscow
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Rolf Sohlman
Baltic Sea
Sweden
Baltic
Rhee Escapes Assassination in Korea Speech
President Syngman Rhee narrowly escaped an assassination attempt as he spoke to about 6,000 people on the second anniversary of the Korean War in Pusan. A would-be killer, Ryu Shi Tae, 62, drew a pistol but the weapon malfunctioned before security and bystanders detained him and hurled him from the platform into U S Ambassador John Muccio.
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Pusan
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
U. S
John Muccio
Ryu Shi Tae
The
Coins of Blood Justice
Cuba orders roundup of communist leaders after riot
Police arrested Anibal Escalante publisher of Hoy and targeted Juan Marinello Blas Roca Lazaro Pena and three deputies after a Red riot against Batista’s government. A bystander Martin Atorrezaga Legui, 67, died from a bullet wound as authorities cited protests over the decree dissolving political parties until a new electoral law is ready.
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Havana
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Anibal Escalante
Hoy
Juan Marinello
Socialist Popular Communist Party
Blas Roca
Lazaro Pena
Red
Chamber of Deputies
Manuel
City Hall 99 Percent Through On Modernization
Decatur city hall modernization is about 99 percent complete with air conditioning installed. Construction began last November and the building now features a new courtroom and a redesigned council chamber.
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City Hall
Decatur City Hall
Local Jaycees Win 2 Honors
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce awarded first place in leadership training and second place in community service in the 10 001 25 000 population category at the 32nd annual United States Junior Chamber of Commerce convention in Dallas Texas. More than 1 500 civic programs were entered in this year s contest with nearly 6 000 delegates in attendance.
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Decatur
Jaycee
Jaycees
Chambers of Commerce
United States
China and North Korea Germ Warfare Talks Vote Delayed
In New York the Security Council postponed an immediate vote on inviting China and North Korea to germ warfare talks. Sir Gladwyn Jebb challenged a ruling by Soviet Jacob Malik on voting order. the council supported Jebb 10-1 with Russia in the minority.
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United Nations
N. Y
Russia
Security Council
Red China
North Korea
Gladwyn Jebb
Jacob A. Malik
Jebb
General Brink Found Dead in Pentagon Office
Brig. Gen. Francis G. Brink America's top U S military figure in Indochina was found fatally shot in a Pentagon third floor office. Authorities say it appears self-inflicted though chest wounds exist and a pistol lay beside him. Brink 58 arrived from the Far East two weeks ago for staff conferences on Orient military affairs. He was born in Marathon New York and a Cornell University 1916 graduate.
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Washington
Francis G. Brink
America
Indochina
Pentagon
Brink
Far East
Orient
Marathon
N. Y
Cornell University
Louisiana State
Welfare appeals surge as steel strike narrows relief options
Pittsburgh and beyond see rising welfare requests as 650000 CIO United Steel workers join a nationwide strike now in its 25th day. About 775000 idle nationwide, with GM cutting 12000 jobs and 2400 at Detroit Chevrolet forge. Relief offices in Youngstown and Pittsburgh report families lacking basics like milk and rent.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
Allied
General Motors
Chevrolet
Detroit
Flint
Mich
Youngstown
Ohio
Mahoning County
Elizabeth Huddy
Norman
Lackawanna
N. Y
Bethlehem Steel
Chamber of Commerce
Truman
Philip Murray
Steel Shortage To Shut Plants In Birmingham
In the Birmingham district the three week steel strike has led to curtailments and looming shutdowns. Plants dependent on steel will begin closing in a week or 10 days as several firms cut output or reduce weeks. Army officials report no production loss among 17 defense contractors, while CIO Steelworkers totaling 24,000 are idled. furloughs affect 4,500 coal miners 4,500 iron ore miners and 1,000 transportation workers.
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Birmingham
Army
A. B. Schrtzkopf
Gadsden
Decatur Stores To Close July 4 Open July 5
George LaBoon acting chairman of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce retail merchants division said stores in Decatur will close Friday July 4 and reopen Saturday July 5. At the January 16 meeting it was noted stores would observe a half day Thursday July 3 then close Friday and reopen Saturday for public convenience.
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Decatur
George LaBoon
Retail Merchants Division
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
LaBoon
Spanish War Vet Augustus Mackey Dies At 76 In Birmingham
Funeral services were held today for Augustus Mackey 76 former state commander of the United Spanish War Veterans Mackey died at his home yesterday after an illness He had returned ten years ago as superintendent of mails at the Birmingham Post Office
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Birmingham
Augustus Mackey
United Spanish War Veterans
Mackey
Truce Talks Mark Korea War Anniversary with Blame Game
United Nations and Communist negotiators marked the war's second anniversary by trading accusations over who started the conflict. The impasse centers on prisoner exchange as the key obstacle to an armistice. Major General William K. Harrison accused the Communists of treachery. Gen Nam Il countered that the United States attacked first, fueling the war.
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Munsan
United Nations
William K. Harrison
Republic of Korea
Nam Il
United States
Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea
House and Senate press Truman to halt steel strike under Taft-Hartley
Lawmakers move to insert a Taft-Hartley request into a wage and price control bill and seek an extension of the Defense Production Act as they weigh wiping out most price controls. Opposition labels the move as sham while warnings of higher prices and taxes mount. A House Judiciary Subcommittee also probes liquor industry political contributions amid an antitrust inquiry.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Howard Smith
D-Va
Congress
Rep
Talle
Iowa
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
House Judiciary
Justice Department
First Ballot Nomination Of Taft Seen
Taft predicts possible nomination on the GOP convention first ballot as Eisenhower outlines a domestic policy speech in Denver. Knowland says Warren may delay to block Taft Eisenhower deadlock. Dever says Eisenhower easier to beat than Taft in November. Russell, Harriman, Kefauver seek Democratic nomination. Russell denied aiding Kefauver foe in Phoenix.
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Associated Press
Dwight Eisenhower
Sen
Robert Taft
Eisenhower
Denver
Louisiana
Denver Coliseum
Congress
Taft
Washington
Chicago
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Knowland
California
Earl Warren
Warren
Ike
Paul Dever
Massachusetts
Albuquerque
N. M
West
South
Richard Russell
Georgia
New Mexico
Averell Harriman
Oregon
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Phoenix
Ariz
Russell
Gael Sullivan
Kefauver
Lee
Doomed Darling Donna Daft Dies After Illness
Nine year old Donna Daft of Chance Maryland died in her sleep after a brain cancer battle. Her story drew nationwide attention at Christmas as doctors warned it would likely be her last holiday. Gifts and messages arrived from across the country and even ships at sea.
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Baltimore
Donna Daft
Chance
Donna
University Hospital
UN commanders dare Reds to mount new Korean offensive
In Seoul the top UN generals urged the Communists to attack again, asserting readiness for renewed fighting if Moscow pushes. Gen Van Fleet said the Reds would be crushed on barbed wire while Gen Clark and Lt Gen Barcus touted air superiority as waves of B 29s hit North Korea after strikes on hydroelectric plants.
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Seoul
United Nations
James A. van Fleet
U. S
Eighth Army
van Fleet
Tokyo
Mark Clark
U. N
Clark
Glenn Barcus
Fifth Air Force
Korea
Fifth Air Force destroys 1147 enemy planes in Korea
Lt. Gen. Glenn O. Barcus announced U S Fifth Air Force pilots have knocked out 1 147 Russian built planes in two years of the Korean War. Of these 474 were shot down 79 probably destroyed and 594 damaged. The total includes 326 Red jets destroyed 59 probably destroyed and 509 damaged. It excludes planes destroyed by B 29s.
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Seoul
Glenn O. Barcus
U. S. Fifth Air Force
5Th AF
Moulton Keeps Parking Meters In City Streets
Voters in Moulton approve maintained parking meters with an unofficial tally of 146 for and 68 against. Mayor J L Weatherwax says the meters fund the police chief salary and aid fire protection, supporting city finances.
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Moulton
J. L. Weatherwax
Employee misses raise. advised to check Daily Want Ads
The speaker notes not receiving a raise, but reports a supervisor offered a tip to search The Daily Want Ads for another job opportunity. The remark underscores a move to pursue alternative work.
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St. Ann’s Parish
H. L. Holmes
Sherman Street
Baugh- Wiley Clinic
Martha Chambers
Seventh Avenue South
Odie C. Scott
Ardmore
R. L. Thompson
Madison 1
H. L. Bolling
Third Avenue SE
E. N. Smith
Hanceville
Velma Loyd
Elkton
H. R. Summer
Hot Springs, Ark
First Presbyterian Church
W. W. Glass
Howard Tater
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M. L Turner
Fourth Avenue Southeast
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