You Can Make Money In The South
Louis Bromfield writes in Country Gentleman about a 400 percent rise in Southern farm income from 1940 to 1947 surpassing the national gain. He credits government financing soil conservation TVA engineers and land grant researchers for the revival and notes soils can be restored at low cost through a chain of limestone live stock legumes and grasses.
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Louis Bromfield
Country Gentleman
South
Malabar
Lucas
Ohio
Bromfield
TVA
Muzzle Your Dog To Protect Public Safety In Decatur
City leaders warn dog owners to muzzle pets or keep them indoors after rabid dog cases rise. C C Johnson of the Tennessee Valley Laboratory notes four rabid dogs found since Friday, urging inoculation and responsible pet ownership to prevent deadly encounters with law enforcement.
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Decatur
City of
C. C. Johnson
The
Tennessee Valley Laboratory
Alabama road program debated amid campaign era talk
A editorial reflects on Governor Folsom's push for extensive road building in Alabama and questions funding sources. It supports a $40 million bond plan but insists on a clear revenue plan and tax measures to repay bonds, arguing for a non political highway department and sustained funding.
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Folsom
Alabama
Highway Department
Barkley stories soften Vishinsky at Paris dinner
Drew Pearson recalls how Alben Barkley's stories lightened tense talks with Vishinsky at Paris. Acheson dined Vishinsky, using Barkley jokes to ease atmosphere during early negotiations. The tale ends with Vishinsky's warm remark and a Kentucky friend's plea to gain Barkley's help.
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Drew Pearson
Barkley
Vishinsky
Paris
Air Force
Justice Department
Judith Coplon
Washington
State Acheson
Acheson
Russia
Alben Barkley
B 36 tests at Muroc hint at bomber jet balance
Air Force stages secret B 36 test at Muroc Base California against jet fighters. So far jets have used camera guns and not downed the bomber. Guns on B 36 fire from a more stable base with greater range, while jets struggle to track at 40 000 feet.
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Air Force
Muroc Base
California
Go to Church: The Church’s Role in Society and Moral Life
The text extols church participation as essential, outlining seven points. It argues the church elevates God, bases teachings on the Bible, offers comfort and strength, fosters self worth, promotes moral right, supports service to society, and provides lasting happiness through communal life.
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Church
F-86 In Secret Tests Sets Speed Record Pace
The F 86 in critical secret tests holds the world speed record and can outfly the Navy Banshee. The cockpit test at Muroc featured Captain Chuck Yeager piloting the aircraft.
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Navy
Chuck’ Yeager
Surprising Turn in Copson Case and Bohle Prison Strife
The article recalls that the Justice Department nearly dropped the Judith Coplon investigation after FBI surveillance linked her to a Justice official and a Russian contact. It contrasts this with Ernest Bohle, the Nazi defendant who, despite pleading guilty, faces dangerous conditions in Landsberg and threats from SS inmates, with Civil Liberties Union protests ignored by the Army.
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Judith Copson
Justice Department
FBI
Judith Coplon
H. P. Shapiro
Shapiro
O. K
Miss. Coplon
Miss Coplon
New York
Gubitchev
U. S
Ernest Wilhelm Bohle
Army
Bohle
Landsberg
American Civil Liberties Union
Diplomatic Pouch Reports Radar Test by French British Fleets
The French and British fleets stage a secret rendezvous off the French coast to test new radar equipment. At the Paris conference Acheson urged progress as Vishinsky stalled, prompting renewed focus on real work.
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Paris
Vishinsky
Acheson
The Hiss Trial and Frankfurter Influence Critique
New York columnist joins the debate over Alger Hiss in Judge Kaufman’s court. He attacks Supreme Court Justice Frankfurter, the Roosevelt/Truman circles, and press remarks by Eleanor Roosevelt as prejudicial to the Hiss case and federal jurisprudence.
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New York
Samuel H. Kauffman
Alger
Hiss
George’’Sokolsky
Sokolsky
Kaufman
Felix Frankfurter
Roosevelt
Truman
United States
Frankfurter
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Soviet Russia
Hitler
Pacific
David K. Niles
White House
Supreme Court
Federal Communications Commission
Congress
Alger Hiss
Department of Justice
Thomas Murphy
Murphy
Eléanor Roosevelt
Valhalla
Trade Agreements Act Faces Renewal Impasse
Washington reports the reciprocal trade agreements act may lapse after June 30 1949 as Congress delays renewal. The act allows the President to adjust tariffs to foster deals with 42 countries, part of a broader push to restore world trade amid talks in France. Senate delay risks stalling landmark accords and U S trade policy.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
State Hull
Truman
House
Senate
France
Crash Stolen Auto Ends in Fatality Near Dadeville
In Alexander City Alabama two Montgomery men are involved after a stolen car fled police at high speed and crashed near Dadeville killing passenger Bobby Lee Moody. Driver Ernest Tillery was jailed and two more suspects Willie Rogers and Grady Leon Causey were being sought.
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Alexander City
Ala
Montgomery
Dadeville
Robert Benton
Bobby Lee Moody
James V. Jordan
Benton
Ernest Tillery
Willie Rogers
Grady Leon Causey
First almanac from Bradford Press in 1687
The reader learns that the first almanac in this country was produced by Bradford Press in Philadelphia in 1687.
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Bradford
Philadelphia
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Decatur Daily
Tennessee Valley Printing CO. Inc
W. R. Shelton
Associated Press
Kentucky
House of Representatives
Sy Arlier Davidson
Griffin
Haviland China Fostoria Glassware
Wallace—Gorham Towle
Reed and
Barton
Princess Theatre
Pegler
Tria
Westbrook Pegle
Morgan County National Bank State National Bank
Janes Marlow
James Marlow
Videng
MNE
Association of Decatur
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