Truman Heads Home to Independence for Major Announcement
President Truman departs Salt Lake City for Independence Missouri to unveil a major statement at a 4 PM press conference. He returns from San Francisco where he urged action to make an international peace charter a living thing and will fly the charter to Washington for Senate submission. He is welcomed by local officials and will be joined by Mrs. Truman and Margaret with a dinner by the mayor marking the homecoming.
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Salt Lake City
Truman
Utah
Independence
Army Air Field
Here
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Memorial Hall
San Francisco
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Kansas City
Roger Sermon
Margaret
129Th Field Artillery
Alabama Legislature Considers Tax Reforms and County Circuits
The current session weighs a penny tax on bottled beer, a separate 25th judicial circuit for Calhoun County, and a state employes retirement plan with funding of 250000 dollars. Lawmakers debate tax token abolition, session length changes, and a cow coliseum livestock center plan.
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Senate
House
Elvin McCary
Calhoun County
Talladega
Cleveland
Norman
Howard Pill
Montgomery
Tram Sessions
Jefferson
W. L. Martin
Greene
Alabama
Ways and Means Committee
Sen
Calhoun
Ows
Besbe
Decatur Farm Prices Include Livestock Grain and Produce
A rural price list lists cattle by grade from Canners to Choice and weights for hogs tops 140 to 400 pounds, cheese milk at 59c, and government subsidy 10c. Grain prices cover milling wheat oats barley and corn with premiums for test weight and bulk delivery. Cotton middling 22 75. Chickens priced with broilers 32c lb roosters 12c ag lb 25c and current eggs.
Chicago Markets Butter and Eggs Hold Steady
Butter firms at Chicago with receipts 1 418 754 and unchanged market. Eggs firm with receipts 18 274 and market unchanged.
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Chicago
Cotton Prices See Mixed Moves On Price Legislation News
New York June 27 cotton market moved in a session awaiting final action on price control. July notes issued, later months pressured by covering orders. spot month rallied after afternoon trading while weather reports showed fair to good crop progress and pockets of weevil infestation. Prices at late near 4pm were mixed with July up and October and December down.
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New York
Wheat sales none in Chicago cash grain report
Chicago cash grain market notes no wheat sales on June 27. Corn prices hold at No. 2 yellow 1.1175 and oats No. 1 white heavy at 72, with no additional bids or sales reported.
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CASH
Chicago
MacFadden Testifies On Marriage Strains And Weight Fight
Bernard MacFadden testified at a hearing about marital strife with his wife over diet and weight. He said neglect of the trim body beauty contest winner embarrassed him and led to their separation after their six children and years of bickering. He claimed his rules for living kept him a "young man at 77" despite the conflict.
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Miami
Fla
Bernard
MacFadden
John C. Gramling
Law changes in basic laws and vehicle safety measures
A report outlines proposed changes including abolishing legislative courtesy by voters on local measures and senate-adopted House-passed bills. It notes a trailer brake requirement for units sold after 1946 except for log and beam haulers and under 3000 pounds, plus tax exemptions on certain ships over 50 tons and an interim committee studying laws.
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Senate
Mit
Revi Pas Snaekery
Senate Faces Night Crisis Over FEPC Funding
The Senate prepared for a possible night session to decide the fate of continuing the fair employment practices commission. Majority Leader Barkley warned of late hours if a filibuster begins over a $466 200 funding request to extend FEPC operations for another year. Senator Bilbo vowed to block funds via a rider, threatening to kill FEPC funds as the current fiscal year ends at midnight Saturday.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
FEPC
Trinity 4 H club elects officers and plans summer
The Trinity 4 H club elected officers for the year with Jeanne Lou Sims as president and Margaret Case as vice president. A demonstration on canning snap beans was given and plans for summer meetings were set including a crocheting lesson by Jeanne Sims on Monday July 9 at her home.
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Trinity 4-H. Club
Jeanne Lou Sims
Margaret Case
Sarah Ruth Jeffries
Naomie Sims
Margaret Sims
Clovis White
Edwin Price
Jeanne Sims
Huns Wops To Be Sent Home From U S War Prisoner List
About 8,000 sick and disabled German and Italian prisoners of war will be returned home in July and August. The first group will total around 3,100, with the rest scheduled over the next year depending on labor needs. The final group will be roughly 40,000 non cooperatives.
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Washington
United States
Tot Playing With Matches Burns Child in Danville Burn Incident
Laura Patricia Whitten four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs O Whitten of Danville Road was treated at Hamil Clinic for burns to face chest and arm after her dress caught fire while playing with matches. Her mother Mrs Whitten tore the dress away to spare her face.
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Laura Patricia Whitten
Savannah Harbor Funds Seem Sure
Rep. Peterson predicts congressional approval soon of Army engineers' proposed $2,738,000 Savannah harbor improvement after a rivers and harbors committee hearing. C. C. Berger testified surveys recognize the need for deeper drafts to accommodate vessels.
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Washington
Army Engineers
Savannah
Rep
Peterson
D-Ga
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
C. C. Berger
Army Engineers River and Harbors Division
Army
Decatur News Briefs Include Births and Furloughs
Mrs. Walter Reid Ivie and two children return to Cynthiana after visiting J. G. McRae and Kath lene McRae. Fire crews respond to 1119 Third Avenue East and 6 Grove Street with no losses reported. Baby William Wayne Montgomery admitted to Decatur General Hospital. Staff Sgt. Walter Gordon Briscoe on 30 day furlough from England to report to Sioux Falls. Robert Claude Chandler discharged from Decatur General Hospital. Loyd C. Kent announces birth of a son at Baugh infirmary. Mrs. J. D. Garner admitted to Baugh infirmary. Mrs. R. R. Dodson admitted to Baugh infirmary. Twins born to E. H. Adams and wife at Decatur General. W T Sullivan announces birth of a daughter at Decatur General. One man jailed for violation of the prohibition law with $500 fine. John M. Nelson to attend Alabama Association of Commercial Organization Executives meeting at Cheaha State Park.
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Walter Gordon Briscoe
England
Eighth Air Force
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
J. M. Briscoe
Ruth Briscoe
Wesley Cook
John M. Nelson
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Anniston
Alabama Association of Commercial Organization Executives
Cheaha State Park
Mindanao maneuvers and Pacific theater notes
Reports indicate Eighth Army units push along Mindanao north coast toward Agusan River mouth while Davao city remains under Japanese influence with sabotage claims. Balikpapan air strikes continue, but no confirmation of major Allied surface attacks. Halmaheran ops see Spitfires destroy a torpedo boat, and Australian forces occupy Mirfield fields in North Borneo.
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Eighth Army
Mindanao
Agusan
Philippines
Davao City
Bergholz
Balikpapan
Borneo
Manggar
Tokyo
Halmaheras
Halmahera
Ternate Island
Moluccas
Ternate
Miri Fields
North Borneo
Great Fields
Refinery Hit in Big Raid
June 27 report on Marianas Superfortress raid targeting Atsube river refinery near Yokkaichi 18 miles from Nagoya as 50 bombers join 500 others in a vast strike. Notes earlier hits at Tokugawa Otake and Mitsubishi Kaga migahara, with 596 Japanese aircraft destroyed or damaged by allied forces since mid April.
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Leif Erickson
Guam
Marianas
Japan
Atsube River
Yokkaichi
Nagoya
Honshu
Atsube
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Mitsubishi Aircraft Company
Kagamigahara
Gifu
Kawasaki Aircraft Company
Asashi
Sumitomo Light Metals
Osaka
Avengers
Army
Navy
Marine
Pacific
Fleet Air Wing One
Yellow Sea
Ryukyus
Kuriles
Strikes Oust Near 100000 In United States
The nation faced rising job stoppages with more than 90 000 idle workers as strikes spread nationwide. Detroit saw over 50 000 idled, while Chicago drivers returned to work after an 11 day walkout. Ford plants reported about 12 000 idle. Packard 22 000. Budd Wheel 7 500. Hudson 9 000.
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Associated Press
Washington
Detroit
CIO
Motor City
Europe
Chicago
Chicago Truck Drivers Union
AFL International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Ford Motor Co
Packard Motor Co
Budd Wheel Co
Hudson Motor Car Co
Turkey Fears Russia Moves on Montreux Pact
Ankara mulls reaction as reports say Moscow pressed to modify the Montreux Convention limiting Dardanelles control during Turkish Soviet pact talks. Rumors over Kars and favored Soviet access surge amid cautious official silence.
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Ankara
Turkey
Russia
Dardanelles
United States
Britain
Moscow
Kars
Montreux
Soviet Union
Lutong refinery center struggle shifts to Miri airfield
Fragmentary note describes fighting around the Lutong refinery center and the capture of Miri airfield by Allied forces, marking a significant advance with airbase control established after days of combat.
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Lutong
Miri
Sage Tng
Aba
Major Barrett Transferred For Refresher At Randolph Field
Major Maurice Barrett and his wife plan a two week refresher course at Randolph Field in San Antonio before a new assignment at a regional hospital. He arrived in Decatur after serving since 1943 in the China Burma India theater with the Chinese American Army. The Barrets lived in Decatur Walnut Ridge and Selma during postings and moved back to Decatur in 1943 when he joined service in India. He has campaigns ribbons and combat stars and four years in service.
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Maurice Barrett
Yvonne
San Antonio
Texas
Barrett
Randolph Field
United States
Major Barrett
Decatur
China
Burma
India
Southern Aviation Training School
Walnut Ridge
Arkansas
Selma
Craig Field
Oklahoma
Bowles: Postwar Relaxations Likely Within Year
Price Administrator Chester Bowles told the wartime planning committee that he expects many controls to ease next year. He warned inflationary pressures will be greatest, and price ceilings should be lifted selectively as supply and demand balance for various goods.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Congress
Horse
Postwar Planning Committee
South Seaport Trade Hits Record During War Time
Commerce Department reports southern seaports handle record imports during wartime. When compared with 1938 prewar levels, Florida ports rise about 385 percent, Mobile area Alabama up 240 percent, Georgia ports around 200 percent, and Texas area ports about 100 percent higher than 1938.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Florida
Mobile
Alabama
Georgia
Texas Customs Area
Underground V-2 factory in Nordhausen explored
U S Army engineers sampled 110 V-2 rockets at Nordhausen subterranean plant as British and French teams removed many more. The guide described two 1.2 mile tunnels with 46 side passages, housing stock rooms, welders, presses and assembly lines for the missile used against Britain and the Allies. About 20 000 impressed laborers died building the plant.
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Louis P. Lochner
Nordhausen
Germany
U. S. Army
Harz Mountains
U. S. Fifth Armored Division
England
D F Legg Laid To Rest In Mount Vernon Churchyard
Funeral services for D. F. Legg age 67 were held at Mount Vernon in Winston county. He died Tuesday after an extended illness at his Addison home. Survived by wife five daughters two sons three sisters and two brothers. Pallbearers listed and interment directed by Peck. Rev. Isaac Eady led services.
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Mount Vernon
Winston
D. F. Legg
Addison
Rosa Walker
Jasper
Mortiss Praytor
Danville
Vernie Caudle
Nellie Shedd
Cullman
Verda Brown
Milford Legg
Moulton
Arthur Legg
Vinemont
Maggie Legg
Nora Ragland
Istie Woods
Adam
Felton Legg
William Howard Legg
Alfred Praytor
Carmen Caudle
Carnis Caudle
Louis Walker
James Howell Legg
Isaac
Local Unit in New Activity Takes Lead for Returning Veterans
J. L. Braswell Red Cross field director organized new activities at the Tennessee Valley Camp and Hospital Council meeting in Huntsville. The scope includes hospital volunteer work and gifts for returning veterans, with Mrs. J. Y. leading the local chapter and Mrs. Hamil coordinating Morgan county and 25 civic groups.
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J. L. Braswell
Red Cross
Tennessee Valley Camp and Hospital Council
Braswell
J. Y
North Alabama
Morgan Coun
Hamil
Indians Near an Agreement at Simla Conference
Indian leaders moved toward an agreement on the basic makeup of a Viceroy's Council for India and could draft an interim government plan. The Moslem League signaled it would not convene its working committee for now, with a minority resisting the lines set by Lord Wavell.
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Simla
India
Eee
Viceroy's Council For India
Vicca Wavell
Mohammed Ali Jinna
League
Lord Wavell
Clarke Narrates Life Story Before Decatur Lions Club
Harry D. Clarke evangelist from Cardiff Wales spoke to the Decatur Lions and guests sharing his life in England and Wales and how he became American. Guest Pleas Manley introduced him. Plans for July 6 Ladies Night at Somerville Road School were announced with Capt. Garrold Nungester as guest of honor and Birmingham’s Clyde Hill as main speaker. The club will not meet July 3.
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Harry D. Clarke
Cardiff
Wales
Decatur Lions Club
England
Pleas. Manley
Central Baptist Church
Gilbert Guffin
Jasper
Mr. Batson
Educationa
M. E. Barrett
Army Medical’ Corps
Robert Hollis
R._D. Underwood
Bill Dougherty
Somerville Road School
Garrold Nungester
Clyde Hill
Lions District
Birmingham
Truman Urges Allied Unity on International Stage
President Truman made his first formal appearance on the international stage stressing Allied unity as key to victory over Germany and Japan. He praised international cooperation on food finance and aviation and urged delegates to use the new peace framework to secure a lasting world order under divine guidance.
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Truman
Germany
Japan
Gibson to Leave for National Music Camp
David Allen Gibson, son of Mr and Mrs D D Gibson of 310 West Gordon Drive, departs tonight on L and N 4 to Interlochen Michigan for the National Music Camp. He is among 900 young musicians admitted to the session conducted by University of Michigan instructors. A student of Dorsey Whittington, Gibson is a prominent Decatur pianist and a member of the Decatur Music Study Club and Mu Alpha.
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David Allen Gibson
D. D. Gibson
West Gordon Drive
Interlochen
Michigan
Gibson
University of Michigan
Dorsey Whittingto
Birmingham Conservatory Music
Decatur Music Study Club
Mu Alpha
Fido Finds Cool Hydration Near McRae Motor Co
A brown and white mongrel collapsed in the cooling stream along the gutter outside the McRae Motor Company on lower Second Avenue to escape the heat of a 90 degree day.
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McRae Motor Company
Second Avenue
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Parker Hart
United States State Department
Hu Lin
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Trinity Club
Savannah Harbor
Walter Reid Ivie
Cynthiana
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William Wayne Montgomery
Decatur General Hospital
Robert Claude Chandler
Madison 3
Loyd C. Kent
Fifth Avenue South
Baugh Infirmary
J. D. Garner
Pulaski, Tenn
R. R. Dodson
Ferry Street
E. H. Adams
Gum Street
W. T. Sullivan
Decatur 2
Morgan County
Imogene Stevens
Court House
Bridgeport
Conn
Albert Kovacs
Norwalk
New Canaan
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James L. Rankin Insurance
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