Soviet Move Signals Possible Isolation Shift Says Officials
Washington officials weigh a Molotov Vishinsky swap as a sign of new Soviet isolationism. If confirmed, policies may shift gradually in talks over Austrian independence, Berlin blockade, demilitarization and UN controls, with tougher moves expected at borders in Iran Finland Turkey and NATO alignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
Kremlin
Molotov
Andrei Vishinsky
Berlin
United Nations
Iran
Finland
Turkey
Norway
Local notes include meetings and travel plans across Decatur area
Gilbert Kinney visits on business while Wheeler Lake Yacht Club reminds members of a Monday meeting at Decatur harbor. O S Hagerman and Walter Jackson are invited to UNESCO sessions in Cleveland. Ed Uptain and D O Looney visit Cincinnati for a jazz concert. Memorial Drive Methodist stewards meet at two. Rev Chandler speaks on Seven Secrets Of A Growing Church at 8 am service. Vesper period ends at First Methodist until November. Grandstand seats sales near 340 of 800 as American Legion Field construction progresses for the season. Weather forecasts mild Sunday with south winds on the coast may boost fishing plans. Carolyn Maples ill with mumps. Lottie Wilson admitted to Decatur General Hospital. Jerry Livingston admitted to hospital. diary note directs to Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. S. Hagerman
Walter Jackson
Decatur
American Commission Unesco
Cleveland
Ohio
Commission
American Legion Field
Lloyd Lively
Red Cross Fund Nearing Halfway in Morgan County Drive
Morgan county Red Cross campaign nears midpoint with total contributions reaching 6069.24 toward a 12750 goal. Oak Ridge reported success as Fred Sparkman led a four day walk after a prior two-horse wagon appeal. Officials say many Decatur and county reports remain to be filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Red Cross
Hill Ferguson, Jr
Oak Ridge
Fred Sparkman
Ferguson
Decatur
Southern progress report claims gains in race issues
Senator Stennis cites a Southern progress report from 13 states showing improved education, health, and economic advancement for African Americans. Highlights include reduced negro disease deaths in Mississippi and rising enrollment at Negro colleges in Alabama, with expanded electricity and water access across Delta farms. See Dixie on page 2.
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Senate
Stennis
South
Mississippi
State Board of Health
Agriculture Department
Delta
Alabama
Strokes Stubble And The Music Comes Out There
A 50-year-old artist from Perryville Missouri demonstrated musical chin-stroking in Mobile Alabama. Clark Probst discovered his beard produced notes while listening to chimes at Lake Wales Florida and then played a tune. Reporters heard but could not replicate the effect.
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Mobile
Ala
Thomases
Clark Probst
Perryville
Probst
Bok
Lake Wales
Fla
New Trial Sought for Anders in Murder Case
A motion for a new trial for Vero Anders in the second degree murder case of John Sparkman will be heard March 19 before Circuit Judge J H Crow Jr. Attorneys Russell W Lynne and S A Lynne filed the petition alleging perjury by a state witness and 13 errors in the jury charge.
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Hea
Vero Anders
J. H. Crow, Jr
Morgan Circuit
H. Harrison Hill
Anders
Russell W. Lynne
S. A. Lynne
John Sparkman
Lynne
Hosea Lewis
Lewis
Huntsville
Rigsby
Ridgsby
Websters
East
Hartselle Pike
Sparkman
Eggs And Milk In Britain Will Be Free Of Rationing
London March 5 Eggs and milk will be ration free during the flush production period this spring for the first time since 1941, Food Minister John Strathey said. He cautioned the move is temporary. Current rations aim to supply infants one egg and a pint of milk daily and adults about one egg and 2.5 pints weekly.
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London
John Strathey
Flood Evacuations Hit Iowa Town as Ice Jams Burst
About 250 families or roughly 1,000 people were evacuated in Missouri Valley Iowa after ice jam floods from the Boyer river and Willow creek inundated homes. Water rationing and loss of gas accompanied the disaster as residents described escaping with children and belongings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox Craig
Missouri Valley
Iowa
Boyer River
Willow Creek
Red Cross
Floyd
Big Sioux
Laverel
Two Accused Of Spying Put Under Big Bond
A Russian engineer with the United Nations staff and Judith Coplon, a Justice Department employee, are accused of spying on U S defense secrets. FBI agents arrested them after tailing through New York streets. Gubitenev held on 100000 bail. Coplon bail set at 20000.
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New York
United Nations
Justice Department
U. S
FBI
Alexander S. Panyushkin
State Department
Washington
Judith Coplon
Department
Valentine A. Gubitenev
House UN- American Activities Committee
Elizabeth Bentley
Whittaker Chambers
Miss Bentley
Gubitchev
U. N
Wilder Foote
The
World Organization
Simon H. Rifkind
Miss Coplon
Folsom Faces Off In Alabama Political Tug Of War
Governor James E. Folsom pushes pension and road programs while anti administration leaders seek control. He plans public speaking before the legislature and aims to rally voters to pressure lawmakers, particularly in the House, as tensions rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Thomas Montgomery
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Folsom
House
Senate
Big Jim
Capitol
Fire Destroys Ryals Planing Mill at Fort Deposit Ala
Fire destroyed the Ryals planing mill in Fort Deposit Alabama causing about 75000 dollars in damage. No injuries were reported. Fire Chief Jack Crawford stated the blaze started from a backfire of a Diesel motor and spread to sawdust and lumber supplies. Firemen and volunteers fought the fire four hours and kept it from two nearby homes.
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Big Planing
Fort Deposit
Ala
Ryals
Jack Crawford
Soviet Rejection of Western Germany State Formation
In Berlin on March 5 the Soviet Union informed Gen. Lucius D. Clay that it will not recognize or accept the Western German state led by the United States France and Britain. Marshal Sokolovsky condemned U S restitution policies and warned there will be no softening of the Cold War stance. The letter cited numerous Soviet claims against properties in Western Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Soviet Union
United States
France
Britain
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Germany
Lucius D Clay
U. S
Russia
Sokolovsky
Western
Russia edges toward isolationism in shift at foreign ministry
The article notes uncertainty over changes including Mikoyan’s replacement by his deputy and Andrei Gromyko’s move toward Vishinsky’s former post. Analysts suggest if isolationism returns, Moscow’s world relations may resemble prewar decades more than the Molotov era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mikoyan
Andrei Gromyko
Vishinsky
Russia
Molotov
Gas Survey Nears Completion On Decatur Gas Deal
The Municipal Utilities Board in Decatur undergoes a study by Barnard & Burk to assess buying Alabama Gas properties. The review covers rates, new versus old pipelines, consumption, and profitability with a report due by March 15. City must respond by March 20 to avoid terms lapsing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Alabama Gas Company
Saturda
Barnard & Burk
Consulting Engineers
Baton Rouge
Municipal Utilities Board
S. J. Helfman
Public Utilities
Electric and Gas Systems
John Chrosniak
Chattanooga
British Mother of 3 GI Brides Reaches N Y Today
Mrs. Georg W. Burns and her sisters greet their English mother, Mrs. Margaret Ridge, arriving from England to visit three daughters who married American soldiers in World War II. The families, tied to the 660th engineers, met husbands in 1942 at a Sheffield dance and married within a year, with Mrs. Ridge visiting Long Island and Germantown homes.
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Margaret Ridge
Kew Gardens
Surrey
England
George W. Burns
Queen Elizabeth
New York
Georg W. Burns
Twelfth Avenue
New York City
Burns
Ridge
Canada
Decatur
William Farrell
Germantown
Penn
Daniel McBride
Londsland
N.Y
United States
Sheffield
Yorkshire
660Th Engineers
Long Island
Margaret
George
New Hope Boy Dies When Boat Capsizes on River
A 15 year old boy Franklin McPeters of New Hope drowned when a boat capsized on the Paint Rock river near New Hope Alabama. Three companions were aboard. a brother Carlos 12 narrowly escaped drowning and was rescued after sinking twice. A search failed to recover Franklin's body.
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Huntsville
Ala
Paint Rock River
New Hope
Here
Franklin McPeters
New Hope 1
Carlos
Roy White
Franklin
Gromyko Becomes No 1 In Russian Foreign Post
Andrei A. Gromyko, former ambassador to the United States and UN delegate, ascends to Russia s first deputy foreign minister as Andrei Vishinsky rises to foreign minister after a weekend shakeup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
Russia
Gromyko
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Soviets Claim Western German Property in Berlin Row
A Soviet letter from Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky to Gen. Lucius Clay accuses the United States of blocking lawful Soviet property in Western Germany. It attacks U.S. restitution policy and blasts the American occupation zone as inadmissible.
Russians Move Seen as Possible Political Shift
Western diplomats weighed Moscow signals after Molotov’s release and Vishinsky’s rise. They doubted a peace bid in the near term and suspected a new isolationist push, with observers noting Lee Gromyko as a possible key figure to watch.
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Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Vishinsky
Washington
Dismissal of Matron Urged Over Chalkville School
A letter to Governor James E. Folsom from the Birmingham Federation of Labor urges dismissal of Mrs Mary Fowler, superintendent of the state training school for girls at Chalkville, citing alleged student transport for domestic work and girls used as maids at the school and the home of Mrs Fowler's daughter and the assistant superintendent Mrs Gladys Baggett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James £. Folsom
Birmingham Federation of Labor
Mary Fowler
Chalkville
Federation
Jefferson County
Decatur
Industrial Relations Audit Sought To Locate Lost Funds
Montgomery March 5. Industrial Relations Director Fleetwood Carnley ordered a complete audit after state examiners alleged bookkeeping discrepancies. Examiners could not account for 56815 in the employment compensation fund for 1946-47, amid personnel changes in the department.
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Montgomery
Ala
Fleetwood Carnley
Industrial Relations’ Department
Frank R. Broadwy
Darnley
Compromises Offered But Is Turned Down In Senate Standoff
Washington march 5 leaders bid for strong republican backing to break a southern filibuster but failed. Senator Lucas Illinois and Senator McGrath Rhode Island offered a compromise to win GOP support for forcing a vote on a two thirds cloture plan while President Truman opposes lowering the threshold. Wherry Nebraska GOP leader signaled he would oppose any Barkley ruling that could permit debate gag.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Senate
Lucas
Milnois
Fulbright D
Chamber
McGrath
Rhode Island
Plan
GOP
Truman
Barkley
Wherry
Banks
Nebraska
Dean Lee Bidgood to Address Wolverine Club Meeting
Dean Lee Bidgood founder and dean of the University school of commerce will speak at the Wolverine Club on March 8 in Decatur. He will be accompanied by four associates including Dr H Anderson Dr H H Chapman Dr Burton R Morley and William C Flewellen.
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Wolverine Men's Club
Wolverine
University of Alabama
Lee Bidgood
University School of Commerce
Bidgood
Dean Bidgood
Decatur
Princip Associates
H. Anderson
School of Commerce
H. H. Chapman
Bureau of Business Research
Burton R. Morley
Bureau of Personnel and Placement
Commerce School
William C. Flewellen
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Wheeler Lake
E. L. Thompson Jr
Hamil Clinic Hospital
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Dr. Neff
Civitan
Ed Uptain
D. O. Looney
Athens
Cincinnati
Taft Theatre
Memorial Drive
E. N. Chandler
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
First Methodist Church
Carolyn Maples
Fourth Avenue West
Otis Kirby
Lottie Wilson
South St
Decatur General Hospital
Jerry Livingston
Bruce Livingston
Falkvale 1
By Ken Reynolds
Sur Daily
Dixie
Gordon Brown
Washington Service
Senator Stennis
D-Miss
Stenniso
Madison County
Mr. Son
Fen
Gerald Perrin
Dea
Joe Ball
N. Y
By Vic Bubbett
Lee
Vishinsky Ride
Lucius D. Clay
Lee Gromyko
Cartney
Dixie Senators
Dean Lee Bidgood
Wolverine Club
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