Weather delays atomic tests as Blakeslee reports
Weather may halt tests aboard the USS Appalachian if delays extend into August. Meteorologists report improved conditions could allow short windows for July 1 tests, with a possible underwater blast later if needed. Typhoon risk remains uncertain but unlikely to threaten ships or personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Blakeslee
Appalachian
Ull
W. H. P Blandy
Bikini Lagoon
Pacific
American
Philippines
Aleutians
Trial in Chaffin case features conflicting confessions
Witnesses recount the stabbing of Sam Chaffin by a white man and the accused Wilson confessing to cutting Chaffin in a Decatur incident. Defense calls Frank Carlisle and Joe Patterson as witnesses while other cases proceed. jurors and officers are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Chaffin
J. B. Whitmire
Decatur
Sam Chaffin
Manford Chaffin
Sam
Frank Carlisle
Joe Patterson
Carlisle
Dannie R. Bibb
Hartsellé
Murray Baker
Hartselle
Harry Baker
Gilbert Hudgins
Falkville
Charles Ed Howell
Homer McDonald
Melvin Oliver
T. O. Prosser
Roy Sharp
Mose Whitten
Billie Wallace
Sam J. Evans
Frank Moore
Elliott Transfer Company
Thomas Negro
Polio Outbreak Reaches Epidemic Proportions
Lauderdale county reported its 55th infantile paralysis case yesterday the first since Monday. The outbreak began May 21 and has grown to epidemic levels in Florence Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Ala
Lauderdale County
Markets New York Stock Gains Amid Quiet Rally
Markets show a cautious upturn with steels leading a subdued rally. volume near 1.3 million shares, dividends and improved business prospects offset price-control doubts, while bonds firm. Cattle hogs and grains move on steady to firm tones with mixed receipts in Nashville livestock reports.
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New
York
New York
Chicago
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
Showdown Over Spain Agenda at United Nations
Delegates from Australia Britain and Poland form a committee to reconcile a Polish resolution demanding council action on Spain by Sept 1 with a British amendment to keep Spain on the agenda until the general assembly meets Sept 3. The assembly has no veto power. Russia and Poland condemn Majority approved Spain proposals as too weak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Poland
Spain
No News No Cash Policy Supports UNRRA Amendment
Washington reporters note a June 27 debate on an amendment to a 465 million UNRRA appropriation. The measure seeks uncensored news on UNRRA operations and targets censorship by nations, especially the Soviet Union, after Moscow blocked free reporting from American correspondents in Ukraine and White Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
House
Sovet Union
Truman
Congress
Moscow
UNRRA
Ukraine
Byelo- Russia
White
Negro Drowns in Tennessee River Near TVA Dock
Robert Lee Gill, a Black man, drowned in the Tennessee River near the TVA dock around 12:15 pm. Police reported he jumped in to retrieve fishing tackle and rescue attempts were unsuccessful.
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Tennessee
Robert Lee Gill
TVA
Hill
NAACP Seeks Negro Veteran Missing After Registration Attempt
The NAACP reports Etoy Fletcher, a veteran and Jackson College for Negroes student, has vanished after claiming he was flogged while trying to register. A woman, Matilda Pinkney, says she was beaten for being on Brandon streets after dark. The group notified the Justice Department as Mississippi Negro voters push to qualify for the July 2 Democratic primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Ition For the Advancement of Colored People
Brandon
NAACP
Etoy Fletcher
Jackson College
Fletcher
Puckett
Rankin County
Matilda Pinkney
Relief Drive Plans Made for Europe Food Campaign
A 30 day relief drive begins July 4 with one representative from every organization forming a foreign relief committee. Capt Olaf Fuller of the Salvation Army chairs the group which will plan the canned goods collection and urge conservation to save food for war torn Europe and align with President Truman's call to act.
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Foreign Relief Committee
Europe
Olaf Fuller
Salvation Army
Fuller
Truman
Soviets Push Trieste Talks With New Proposals
Reds hinted at further private talks to reach agreement. Molotov presented proposals at a late night ministerial session, seeking a move toward compromise while insisting Yugoslavia retain sovereignty over Trieste. He rejected the French call for vague internationalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molotov
Moscow
Trieste
Rudin
Yugoslavia
Russia
Colombian party to visit TVA projects in Tennessee and Alabama
President-elect Marino Ospina Perez of Colombia arrives in Knoxville with a 20 member party to inspect TVA installations. The group will tour Norris and Fontana dams, Watts Bar, Spring City foods lab, and a Dayton plant before traveling to Muscle Shoals and then Miami.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Marino Ospina Perez
Colombia
TVA
Perez
John C. Wiley
United States
Don Carlos Sanz de Santamaria
U.S
John C. Cady
State Department
Norris
Fontana
Chattanooga
Watts Bar
TVA Experimentn Foods Laboratory
Spring City
Dayton
Alabama
Muscle Shoals
Miami
Fla
Tenants Stand Behind Owner Who Refuses Eviction
In Louisville three tenants of a condemned building backed owner Morris Z. Davis as he defied a court order to evict. Davis was sentenced to 30 hours in jail by Judge Lawrence Speckman for contempt and must remain jailed until he purges himself, despite the hours already served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Morris Z. Davis
Jefferson Circuit
Lawrence Speckman
Davis
Flour Ships Headed to Mobile Bakeries
Two carloads of flour are en route to Mobile bakeries after fears of bread shortages. Bakery representatives said production had been cut back due to limited flour, and the U S Department of Agriculture advised that two carloads were being sent to relieve the shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
U. S. Department of Agricult
Labor Bill Advances Amid War Power Contests
The House Labor Committee approved a measure raising bottom pay in interstate commerce from 40 to 63 cents an hour with amendments. It awaits Rules Committee clearance to reach the floor as both chambers passed similar versions. The House granted authority to seize strikebound plants and draft workers, while the Senate removed draft power. A vetoed Case bill section on anti racketeering remains at the president’s desk, and Hobbs aims to ban union interference with farm product movement to market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House ‘Labor Committee
Rules Committee
House
Senate
White House
Four Captains Elected At Homemakers Bible Class
Four new group captains and two new officers were elected at the Tuesday meeting of the Homemakers Bible class of Central Baptist Church. Officers named include membership chairman Mrs Lawson Mills and class reporter Mrs Harold Hull. The group met at Mrs Roy Howell’s home with 11 members and two guests present.
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Homemakers Bible
Central Baptist Church
Roy Howell
Sixth Avenue East
Eddie Black
Ruby Black
Roy. Howell
Byrd
Lawson Mills
Harold Hull
Lucille Aldridge
Jim Barrett
James Norton
Howell
Owens
Red Officer Put On Trial In Espionage Case
The first American espionage trial involving Russia opened with government testimony. Herbert Kennedy, a British subject and shipyard engineer, was expected to corroborate that Soviet Lt. Nicolai G. Redin paid Kennedy for detailed destroyer tender plans and offered more for extra information. Kennedy was called as a witness but did not testify before adjournment as Redin's attorney challenged indictment adequacy. Federal Judge Lloyd L. Black denied a defense motion to dismiss the indictments.
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Seattle
Russia
Herbert Kennedy
Nicolai G. Redin
Soviet Purchasing Commission
Kennedy
as_cintilla
Lloyd L. Black
Tracy Griffin
Irvin Goodman
Moore Attacks Conference Committee Price Control Bill
Moore criticized the extension bill as inflationary and unsafe. The measure extends price control for a year but weakens OPA powers and shifts final pricing authority to the Agriculture Secretary. A decontrol board could override key decisions. CIO President Murray urged Truman to veto, warning of sharp price hikes in food clothing and housing.
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Conference Committee
OPA
Secretary of Agriculture
Agriculture
CIO
Philip Murray
Truman
Murray
Navy opens 14 ratings to reservists seeking regular enlistments
The Navy announced 14 ratings are reopened to enlisted reservists on active duty who want regular Navy status Ex enlisted reservists and ex inductees may enlist within 90 days of discharge in the same ratings now open if eligible The newly opened ratings include Quartermaster 2nd Fire Controlman 1st and 2nd Radioman 2nd Carpenter's Mate 2nd Metalsmith 2nd Machinist's Mate G 1st Machinist's Mate S 1st Aviation Electrician's Mate 1st Parachute Rigger 3rd Aerographer's Mate Storekeeper T 2nd and 3rd and Pharmacist's Mate 2nd
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Navy
Publisher Testifies On Rejected NLRB Consent Decree
Poynter editor Nelson Poynter testified at an NLRB hearing in St. Petersburg that he indignantly rejected a proposal by attorney Paul Kuelthau to sign a consent decree admitting Wagner Act violations. The remark came near the end of his testimony before Trial Examiner Thomas S. Wilson at the NLRB office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Nelson Poynter
St. Petersburgh Times
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Poynter
Thomas S. Wilson
Paul Kuelthau
Jury hears scars as evidence in Farrell case
Eighteen year old Hetert Stavrou testified before a Boston jury about cigarette branded scars on her body linked to Lieutenant Thomas Farrell. She described meetings in Holyoke and a hotel room incident after which Sullivan introduced seven photographs of wounds as proof of alleged branding and assault with intent to maim.
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Boston
Hetert
Thomas Farrell
Somerville
Sullivan
Miss Stavrou
Herbert Callahan
Farrell
Holyoke
West Coast
Mrs. Bernice Carver Receives Commendation Ribbon
Bernice H. Carver assistant chief in the placement branch civilian personnel division at headquarters seventh army earned the commendation ribbon for meritorious civilian service. Major General Edward H. Brooks presented the award. Carver, born in Decatur and raised in Hedley Texas, served since May 1941 including as assistant veterans reemployment coordinator Civilian Fourth Service Command from August 1945 to June 1946. She and husband D. A. Carver live at 1132 West Peach Tree Street.
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Bernice H. Carver
Headquarters
Seventh Army
Edward H._Brooks
Decatur
W. H. Hill
Hedley
Tex
Carver
Riverside High School
State Teachers College
Florence
Morian County
Atlanta
Army
D. A. Carver
West Peachtree Street
Fourth Service Command
Court cases tie to voter name transfers and death row precedents
The court details indictments over voter name transfers between wards and a Mobile case where Mitchell was fined 500 dollars then overturned on appeal. It reviews Iston Alston a death sentence affirmed for killing his wife in 1945 while on parole from a prior murder, with Supreme Court ruling on prison records and mandatory death penalties before summer recess.
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H. McCarron
Mitchell
Mobile
Appelale
Iston
Alston
Supreme Court
Alabama
Alabama medical school plan approved for Jefferson hospital
The building commission authorized a four year medical school to be part of a multi million dollar medical center at Birmingham. Two seven story wings would be built facing 20th Street on hospital property acquired from Jefferson County. The project aims to create a major statewide medical center.
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Montgomery
University of Alabama Medical School At
Birmingham
Jefferson Hospital
Building Commission
Jefferson County
Marriage Licenses for Decatur Couples and Others
List of marriages licensed including Alvin Clemms and Lizzie Kent Sowell of Decatur plus Fred Eubern Halbrooks Jr. and Lillian Hazel Crow of Courtland and John Wesley Chandler Jr. and Elizabeth Ann Bethany of Decatur. Also Walter Earl Ward of Neosho Missouri with May Lucinda Waller of Seguin Texas and J Privett of Moulton with May Virginia Montgomery of Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Clemms
Decatur
Lizzie Kent Sowell
Fred Eubern Halbrooks Jr
Lillian Hazel Crow
Courtland
John Wesley Chandler Jr
Elizabeth Ann Bethany
Walter Earl Ward
Neosho
Lucinda Waller
Seguin
Tex. J
Collections Rise for Christmas Seals in Birmingham
The Alabama Tuberculosis Association reported $132,075 raised by 58 affiliated groups from Christmas-seal sales, with final totals expected beyond $133,000. Secretary K W Grimley noted the 194? figure compares to $121,000 last year and the group approved a $23,485 budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Alabama Tuberculosis Association
K. W. Grimley
Truman nominates Gulfport man to Maritime Commission
President Truman named Greenville Mellon of Gulfport Mississippi to the Maritime Commission a move described as a victory for Gulf Coast shipping interests. Alabama Docks Director Ed Sauls noted that Gulf Coast interests had long sought representation on the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Truman
Greenville Mellon
Gulfport
Miss
Maritime Commission
Alabama State Docks
Ed Sauls
Gulf Coast Interests
Commission
Births and hospital notes from the Hamil clinic region
Dismissals and births noted today include W. W. Farris being dismissed from Hamil clinic. Rev. G. M. Davenport to preach at Central Methodist Church. Elmer Piper announces birth of daughter Sharron Louise on June 22 in Chattanooga. Susan Elizabeth born to Mr. and Mrs. Claude Smith Trimble. Linda Faye named for a daughter born to A R West at Baugh infirmary. Mrs. G. W. Gorff admitted to Baugh infirmary. other dismissals include Mrs. Robert Cooper and son from Union Grove, J. L. Scott from Veto, and Mrs. Toba Thompson from Danville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Davenport
Central Methodist Church
Elmer Piper
Chattanooga, Tenn
Sharron Louise
Susan Elizabeth
Claude Smith Trimble
Sherman Street
Baugh’s Infirmary
A. R. West
Baugh Infirmary
Linda Faye
Robert Cooper and Son
Union Grove
The
Salesmen Select Best in Towns
The United Commercial Travelers convention delegates chose Denver as the best all around traveling man's town. Awards named best hotel city Saint Louis best convention city Columbus best food San Francisco and most beautiful women Los Angeles. The traveling salesman Fred Schroeder of Evansville Indiana wed Essie Merrill at a farm in Maysville Indiana.
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Columbus
United Commercial Travelers’convention
Fred Schroeder
Evansville
Essie Merrill
Maysville
Ind
Denver
America
St. Louis
Big Price Paid for U. S. Victory
The Army reports 308,978 dead and missing among more than 10 million service members in World War II. The War Department released the consolidated postwar casualty list covering May 27, 1941, to Jan. 31, 1946. It lists 307,554 killed in action or dead from other causes, and 1,424 still missing with little hope of recovery.
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Washington
War Department
Atlanta man kills wife then takes own life in Mississippi
Deputy Selby reports Mell Lee 46 of Atlanta shot and killed his estranged wife Hester Lee 35 at a Charleston hotel after threatening to take her back to Atlanta dead or alive. He then fatally shot himself at his sister's home. Mrs. Lee recently filed for divorce. she left three children. Lee’s survivors include his mother Mrs. Tom Lee of Oakland and four sisters and a brother in Charleston and Huntsville.
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Charleston
Miss
Ben Frank Selby
Mell Lee
Atlanta
Hester Lee
Selby
Lee
Tom Lee
Oakland
Julia Newton
Huntsville
Ala
Myrtle Farish
Lelia Fillyan
Malcolm Gray
Henry Lee
Alabama Air Transport Association seeks exemption from aviation act
The Public Service Commission in Montgomery considered a petition from the Alabama Air Transport Association asking exemption for 30 fixed base aircraft operators from the 1945 Alabama air commerce act. The act gives the commission authority to regulate commercial aviation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Public Service Commission
Alabama Air Transport Association
Commission
Trial transcript details in April burglary case
Testimony shows defendant Robertson and accomplices Moore and Horton linked to a burglary on April 18 19 with alibi conflicts. Witnesses including Robertsons mother and step grandmother dispute escape details while Chief Whitmire denies threats. Carrie Reed testifies about a payment related to the crime. Defense and state counsel conclude closing arguments.
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Katherine Scruggs
Rosie Dancy
Robertson
Elliott Transfer Company
Whitmire
Roberts
Moore
Matthew Horton
Carrie Reed
Negro
Horton
Sherman__Powell
George Johnson
B. W. Simmons
Meat Shortages Hit Major Packers and Markets
Major packers in Omaha report operations cut by ninety percent with tremendous layoffs. Philadelphia reports ships sailing without sufficient beef and city lacks fresh meat as poultry supplies divert to the black market. Chicago stockyards show slow business. hogs sharply down nationwide. Kansas City receives 42 carloads of red steers, the largest since last April, amid looming OPA and subsidy changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torest Inc
Omaha
Fred S. Davis
Philadelphia Ship Suppliers Group
War Shipping Administration
Philadelphia
Federal
Chicago
Kansas City
OPA
Governor's Car Shows Morgan Tag In Montgomery Delivery
Governor Chauncey Sparks receives a new Chevrolet sedan in Montgomery but the license tag belongs to Morgan County. W. H. Stewart, Morgan legislator and dealer, sold the car to the governor who leaves office in January. Tag 5203901 was issued by Probate Judge T. C. Almon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey Sparks
Montgomery
Morgan County
W. H
Bill) Stewart
Morgan
T. C. Almon
TVA funding debated in Senate subcommittee
A Senate appropriations subcommittee recommended adding 20 million dollars to TVA for 1947, restoring most of House cuts. The panel proposed 17.666 million to build two dams on the Wautauga and South Holston rivers and 3 million to begin a Mobile Alabama fertilizer plant, with final action expected later today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Appropriations
Tennessee Valley Authority
House
IWA
Wautauga
South Holston
Mobile
Ala
TVA
Upper East Tennessee
David E. Lilienthal
Senator McKellar
Senator Hill
D-Ala
Rep. Sparkman
McKellar
Third candidate Frank Boykin tours North Alabama districts
A third contender Rep. Frank Boykin of Mobile has 14 campaign stops planned for next week across North Alabama communities. No reports cancel the campaign plans of rivals Thomas E. Max of Tuscaloosa and Ted Allen, a Union Springs cotton mill worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Boykin
Mobile
Alabamma
Thomas E. Max
Tuscaloosa
Ted Allen
Union Springs
VA Office To Be Open Saturdays In Decatur
Veterans Administration contact office in Decatur will stay open all day Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. Sam Slaten announced. The office previously opened only Saturday mornings, aiming to reach veterans who could not visit on weekdays or Saturday mornings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
Decatur
Sam Slaten
Slaten
Brown Placed on Probation for Prohibition Violations
Ed Brown a Negro pled guilty in county court before Judge W H Long to violating the prohibition law. He was placed on probation for three years, fined 100 dollars plus costs, and sentenced to six months hard labor. A habeas corpus hearing on child custody was continued to 9 am Saturday for Judge Long to hear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Brown
W. H. Long
Brown
Long
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W. W. Farris
Hamil Clinic
Albert Parker
Brenda
Homestead
Miami, Fla
J. W. Elliott
Bikini Island
I. W., Elliott
G. W. Gorff
Cullman
J. L. Scott
Veto
Toba Thompson
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Los Angeles
U. S
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