Block Is Hoped Should He Get Official Nod
Washington June 27 A group of Southern Democrats plot a stop Harriman block if Truman backs Harriman for the Democratic presidential nomination. Harriman pushes a New Deal Fair Deal agenda while Southerners consider drafting Stevenson even as Barkley waits, fearing his own age.
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Jack Bell Washington
Harriman
Truman
Averell Harriman
Mutual Security
Sen
Richard Russell
Georgia
Adlai
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Dixie
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Congress
Barkley
Widow Returns Home With Slain Husband Body
A Louisville woman, Mrs Andrew W Feger, 52, left for Kentucky with her 64 year old husband’s body after investigators said he was beaten to death and tossed from a train near Wetumpka Alabama on the way to Florida. Autopsy results released by Elmore County Sheriff Lester Holley confirmed the cause. The victim was identified by Mrs Feger upon her arrival. The man’s employer Reynolds Metals Co remained unnamed.
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Wetumpka
Louisville
Florida
Andrew W.feger
Here
Elmore
Lester Holley
Feger
Reynolds Metals Co
Goldfish Closely Related to the Carp
The article notes that goldfish share a close relation with carps in the fish family. It highlights their common ancestry and overlapping biological traits within the Cyprinidae.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carp
Movie Times and Featuring Casts at Local Theaters
Listing of showings for PUN as PRINCESS ROXY HATFIELD STRAND ELITE with each theater offering multiple daily start times and billed actors including Randolph Scott Doris Day Abbott and Costello Gary Cooper and Gordon McRae in rotating schedules through the evening.
Markets Report from Decatur on Farm Prices
Decatur market notes show cotton middling at 40.00 cents and low at 38.50. No 2 mile priced at 3.10 dollars, No 2 wheat new crop 1.99, No 2 oats 0.80, No 2 yellow ear corn 1.83, hogs bring 20.50 cents in Decatur.
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Decatur
North Georgia live poultry market steady to firm
USDA report notes a steady to firm market in North Georgia for live poultry. Heavier sizes over 2% pounds in scarce supply, with good demand. Lighter weights are ample for fair demand. Prices today show broilers or fryers under 3% pounds at 2542 to 272 cents.
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Atlanta
USDA
North
Georgia
Strike Looms Over Nation Amid Widening Layoffs
The strike continues from ecage 1 injunction if the union delays. About 230 320 workers in allied industries have been laid off or told they will be furloughed soon. Railroads face profit declines as freight traffic falls. Detroit automotive sector prepares to idle more workers beyond the 25 000 already affected. Automotive News warns the steel crisis will impact final assembly operations.
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Allied Industries
Detroit
Automotive News
Senate hearing on Communist dominated unions and security bill
The Senate Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee convened hearings on Communist dominated labor unions. A security benefits bill proposing at least five dollars more monthly for all Social Security recipients neared final passage after Senate approval and referral to a joint conference committee to reconcile differences with the House.
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Senate Labor and Public Welfare
Senate
House
Five More Days Of Heat In Store For State
The extended forecast predicts no relief from 100 plus temperatures through early next week. Thundershowers may appear mainly along the coast, not easing parched crops or sweltering cities. Huntsville reached 101 while Dothan Selma Tuscaloosa and Montgomery logged 100. Evergreen and Muscle Shoals 98 Mobile and Anniston 97 with a mid afternoon shower cooling Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Charles F. Bradley
Huntsville
Dothan
Selma
Tuscaloosa
Montgomery
Evergreen
Muscle Shoals
Mobile
Anniston
Gas Fills Any Vacant Space It Enters
A gas expands to occupy all available volume in any container or space, filling any empty region it encounters. It demonstrates high mobility and uniform distribution, driven by pressure differences and molecular motion.
Dear Miss Dix on Sociable Neighbors and Friendship
Dorothy Dix advises Muriel Nissen on sociable neighbors who ignore friendly overtures. She explains some people are shy or self conscious and to keep trying to win confidence, while accepting rejection and seeking warmer neighbors elsewhere.
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Miss DIX
Rhoda A
Going Steady Dilemmas From Dear Miss Dix
Reader questions on gift return after a whirlwind affair time-off for a mother and father babysitting clash with neighbors living-apart advice on dating an older friend and a cradle-robber comment about a 21 year old and her 19-year-old brother’s friend.
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Miss DIX
Patsy
Lisa
Office Cat and Wit on Community Service and Marriage
A collage of jokes and quotes on community service business life and marriage. The pieces include observations on being a Good Citizen combining business with pleasure and profit, humorous dialogues about love and homes, and a Hardy quip on the British Constitution.
Jealousy analyzed in leaflet D-5 by Doro thy Dix
A brief note references leaflet D-5 titled Jealousy and credits Doro thy Dix for analysis. It invites readers to obtain a copy by sending a self stamped commemorative envelope to Miss Dix through the newspaper.
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Dorothy Dix
Miss Dix
Bid talks shape Colorado votes as Kerr and Russell clash
Russell and Sen Robert Kerr of Oklahoma bid in Denver for Colorado votes while agreeing on the convention platform for now. Harriman Kefauver follow with a separate bid. Mississippi Democrats named an 18 vote delegation. Russell claims 300 votes by convention time. Gov John Fine of Pennsylvania nudges toward Eisenhower citing influence with his 70 vote delegation.
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Russell
Harriman
Stevenson
Sen
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
Denver
Colorado
Kefauver
Mississippi
John Fine
Pennsylvania
Eisenhower
North Korean Attaches Laugh as Nam Reads Signals
Reporters quoted Harrison saying some North Korean attaches laughed at Nam after he read signals, describing the continued scene outside the tent and indicating tension in the briefing or exchange.
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Nam
Harrison
Acheson Defends Raid to British Legislators
The London report states Acheson defended the raid at length in a talk with British legislators and was applauded at the end.
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London
Acheson
Funeral Rites At 4 Tomorrow For H. L. Holmes
Funeral services for Harry Luther Holmes 76 of 401 Sherman Street will be held Saturday at 4 P M at Brown Chapel with Rev J E Harris of Birmingham presiding. Interment in the city cemetery. Holmes died Thursday at 4 P M at Baugh Wiley clinic. Survivors include his wife Hester Clarkson Holmes and two sisters in law Mrs Guy Ponder and Miss Margaret Clarkson. Pallbearers are Cliff Almon Raymond Britain Julian Harris Harry Wyatt Bryan McAfee and Lawson Davidson.
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Harry Luther Holmes
Sherman Street
Brown
J. E. Harris
Birmingham
City
Holmes
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Hester Clarkson Holmes
Decatur
Guy Ponder
Margaret Clarkson
New York
Cliff Almon
Raymond Britain
Julian Harris
Harry Wyatt
Bryan McAfee
Lawson Davidson
War front tale and family wit in a clipped exchange
Dialogue sketches a veteran recounting World War I service to a son, while a Scotsman jokes about summer, a colonel’s age, and inflation. A playful line about nose marks from glasses adds domestic humor. The piece blends wartime memory with light home dialogue.
Raffle Winner Quips About Taxed Winnings and Ticket Cost
A student celebrates winning ten thousand dollars in a raffle but notes the ticket cost of twenty five cents. The exchange shows the misperception of net winnings and the humorous math of deductions.
Cherokee Girl Murder Victim Identified in Tuscumbia
In Cherokee Ala a 26 year old woman Sybil Pugh Sherrill was found dead beside her car with two head blows. Coroner James Mays and Sheriff Lee McCorkle said she had likely been dead at least 24 hours. She had left her parents home to retrieve a sewing machine and was separated from her husband who was away hunting a job.
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Tuscumbia
Ala
Lee McCorkle
Sybil Pugh Sherrill
James Mays
Sherrill
Benness Pugh
Conferees Face Split on Extending Price Controls
Administration debates scarce materials and an emergency resolution as Congress negotiates. The House voted 210 to 182 to end price ceilings on non rationed items except in defense housing areas or upon local request. The Senate favors continuing controls eight more months while rent limits end September 30 in most cases.
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Congress
House
Senate
Southern Air seeks four more South feeder lines
Frank W. Hulse, president of Southern Airways, testified at a Civil Aeronautics Board hearing that Southern supports four additional feeder lines in the South as it seeks renewal of its permit to serve 32 cities in seven states and to add routes to Dothan, Athens, Monroe, and other points while facing opposition from Eastern Air Lines and Delta Air Lines. He noted the Charlotte to Augusta leg, with stops via Rock Hill, Chester, Columbia, and Aiken, and said the company now endorses the extension after study.
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Washington
Frank W. Hulse
Southern Airways, Inc
Civil Aeronautics Board
Southern
Dothan
Ala
Panama City
Pensacola
Fla
Hulse
Charlotte
N. C
Augusta
Rock Hill- Chester
Columbia
Aiken
S. C
Athens
Auburn- Opelika
Columbus
Eastern Air Lines
Delta Air Lines
Charlotte-Augusta
Delta
President Fires U.S. Marshal in Southern Illinois
President Truman summarily dismissed Robert Grant, U.S. marshal for the southern district of Illinois, for alleged irregularities. The move followed Attorney General McGranery’s recommendation and cited Grant’s alleged involvement with a man charged with mail fraud.
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Washington
Truman
Robert Grant
U. S
Illinois
Grant
McGranery
White House
All Day Singing at Caddo Next Sunday
An all day singing is planned at Caddo in Lawrence county next Sunday. The program starts at ten o clock with dinner on the grounds at noon. Organizer Jack Miller invites singers from several groups to attend and enjoy the day.
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Caddo
Lawrence County
Jack Miller
Miller
Local police report varied arrests and public notices
The highway patrol arrested one person for driving while intoxicated. Sheriff's forces reported four arrests on Thursday including peace proceedings unlawful possession of firearms and obscene language. One person held on an alias warrant. Community notices include births hospital admissions and a funeral in Chattanooga. River stages and two building permits also listed with locations and addresses.
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The
Highway Patrol
Sheriff’s Forces
Arsonist Arrested in Brooklyn Tenement Fire Case
Police say Irving Greene a 27 year old Brooklyn porter confessed to a pattern of fires driven by a need for excitement. Detective Frank Weldon traced him from an earlier blaze to the Gates Avenue fire where children and women died, leading to Greene’s arrest with Chief Fire Marshal Martin Scott.
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New York
Brooklyn
Frank Weldon
Irving Greene
Weldon
Martin Scott
Scott
Greene
Chemstrand Announces Seven Appointments to R D Department
Dr Frank J Soday Chemstrand research director announces seven new appointments to the Research and Development department effective immediately. The new staff include Drs Madison L Marshall Andrew I Smith Edgar D Smith Robert L Sublett and Messrs Edwin W Lard Leon Hecht Jr and Albert H Bruner linked with Drs James B Ballentine and Patrick H Hobson at Decatur and Marcus Hook pilot plant as facilities expand. Ballentine and Hobson were with American Viscose Corp before joining the Chemstrand team where fiber research advances toward Acrilan merchandise for a nationwide fall debut.
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Chemstrand Corporation
Frank J. Soday
Madison L. Marshall
Andrew I. Smith
Edgar D. Smith
Robert L. Sublett
Edwin W. Lard
Leon Hecht, Jr
Albert H. Bruner
James B. Ballentine
Patrick H. Hobson
Heat wave hits southern states with high temperatures
The report notes 107 in Augusta Georgia and many readings above 100 across the Deep South. Thirty five soldiers at Camp Gordon were treated for heat prostration as temperatures reached 107. Jacksonville tied a 100 degree record and Miami reached 89 while June 26 held 91.
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Vania
Massachusetts
Maryland
Tennessee
Indiana
Alabama
Georgia
Iowa
South Carolina
Camp Gordon
Augusta
Post Hospital
Miami
Deep South
Jacksonville
Tampa
South
Bamberg, S. G
Richmond
Nashville
Corporals To Get Medals Of Honor From President
Two Army corporals received the Medal of Honor from President Truman at a White House ceremony. Jerry K. Crump of Forest City North Carolina and Ronald E. Rosser of Crooksville Ohio were cited for conspicuous gallantry in Korea. Rosser reenlisted last May and Crump saved four wounded comrades by shielding them with his body. Rosser is stationed at Camp Atterbury Indiana and Crump at Camp Rucker Alabama.
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Washington
White House
Jerry K. Crump
Forest City
N. C
Ronald E. Rosser
Crooksville
Ohio
Truman
Far East
Crump
Rosser
Pfc
Richard Rosser
Korea
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Camp Rucker
Ala
Funeral Set Tomorrow for Mrs Lipscomb of Laceys Spring
Funeral services for Mrs. W. E. Lipscomb 39 of Laceys Spring will be held tomorrow at 2 P M at Laceys Spring Baptist Church with Rev C W Baugher officiating. Interment will be in Lipscomb Cemetery. She died yesterday at Huntsville Hospital. She is survived by her husband W E Lipscomb and her parents Mr and Mrs A M Tucker. She was a member of the Laceys Spring Baptist Church.
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W. E. Lipscomb
Lacey's Spring
Lacey's Spring Baptist Church
C. W. Baugher
Lipscomb Cemetery
Lipscomb
Huntsville Hospital
A. M. Tucker
Lacey
Lost Wyler wrist watch at Deca Tur Country Club pool
Wyler wrist watch missing from Deca Tur Country Club swimming pool area. Contact Jimmy Wiley at phone 250. Reward offered.
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Wyler
Decatur Country Club
Jimmy Wiley
For Rent Space Near Jackson Street and Fourth Avenue
A furnished living area includes living room bedroom dinette kitchenette and bath for rent at the corner of Jackson Street and 4th Avenue. Phone number listed as 455.
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Jackson St
4Th Ave
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Matt
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Mrs. W. W. Jones
H. G. King
Chattanooga
Ernestine King
Ellis-Meyer Hospital
J. A. Hayes
Hillsboro
W. G. Roberts, Jr
Seventh Avenue West
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Ninth Avenue West
Decatur General Hospital
James H. Jackson
Memorial Drive
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Fourth Avenue
Bettye Blackwell
West Gordon Drive
W. M. Wallace
West Moulton Street
Mt. Tabor Church
Hartselle
Clyde Key
H. H. Bennick
Moulton 2
Noland Lander
Decatur 2
Tennessee River
U. S. Weather Bureau
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Wilson
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R. D. Compton
Somerville Road
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