Weather Outlook and Local Notices
Clearing and colder this afternoon and tonight with lows 26 to 32 in north and central areas and 30 to 38 in extreme south. Saturday fair and continued cold with fresh to strong northerly winds on the coast diminishing tonight. Aevin Armor Trinity 1 on business today. Moses Decatur 3 in Decatur on a business mission Friday. Ss T Brown ill at 620 Sixth Avenue West. Karlie Grant grand master Alabama to meet Albany lodge 159, I O O F, Monday at 7 30. Rev J F Selvidge speaks twice Sunday on doctrine at morning and first step saving religion at evening. Memorial Drive church stewards meet tonight at 7 led by O B Rogers. Jervis leaves for Cincinnati for Edward Davies Sr funeral. Cois Lowery ill in Birmingham hospital. Skeet club results Prentiss Clark 24x25 Jackson 24x25 Hardwick 23x25 Williams 22x25 Scales 22x25 Sandlin 21x25 Barthelemy 19x25. Reese Tapscott family visiting Decatur area. Kirbys sermon topics Sunday 11 AM basic elements in religion and 7 30 PM rooted in shadows. Burd Hurst returns from Louisville with daughter Barbara doing fine. Diary on Page 2.
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Clark
Filibuster Over Congress Gets Back To Labors
Washington March 18 The rent control fight shapes up to extend protections but not beyond March 31 with rises of up to 15 percent and state level decontrol options. Senate action looms as filibuster blocks civil rights measures and Capitol debates shift toward labor and welfare bills.
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Jack Rutledge
Washington
Truman
House
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Divorce Re-Trial Sought in Georgia Case by Carnegie Wife
Katherine Connor Carnegie petitions for a re trial of her divorce from Thomas W Carnegie won in Camden County Superior Court on November 1. She seeks alimony and fees while living on Cumberland Island. The 36 year old says her husband 49, with a sister in Darien, is a New York action pending as jurists study his residency.
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Brunswick
Katherine Connor Carnegie
Thomas W. Carnegie
Camden County Superior Court
Woodbine
Carnegie
Cumberland Island
Georgia
Darien
Europe
Italy
New York
Gordon
Varied Views On New Rules In Senate Clash
Washington report details a 63 to 23 Senate vote adopting a compromise rule to curb filibusters, shaping the future of President Truman's civil rights program. The move prompts fierce objections from Truman democrats who fear civil rights action will be blocked.
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Senate
House
Lucas
Illinois
House Labor Committee
Post Office
Ways and Means
Jack Bell
Washington
Sena Fk
Truman
Ie Pene
Yee
Decatur Considers Gas Plant Purchase and Bond Issue
City Council deliberates on buying Alabama Gas Corporation facilities for 2500 dollars and possibly issuing 1,150,000 dollars in bonds to fund a natural gas distribution system after a survey by Barnard and Burk. Utilities board report presented at a special meeting.
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Municipal Utilities Board
Decatur
Utilities Board
Alabama Gas Corporation
Barnard and Burk
Baton, Rouge
Barnard
Sam Helfman
John Crosniak
Building Costs To Be Discussed Tonight At City Hall
Abner C. Johnson district FHA chief and aides will discuss better home building economy at city hall tonight at seven. B Frank Chenault sponsors invite all interested to attend the second in a state series of meetings in cities over 10 000 population. Johnson will explain FHA help and there will be an open discussion on housing problems.
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FHA
Abner C. Johnson
B. Frank Chenault
Johnson
Chenault
Cause Fixed In Seedhouse Fire At Cotton Oil Plant
Lint and dust from running cottonseed cleaning machinery were blamed for the rapid spread of a fire through the Southern Cotton Oil Co seedhouse on Wednesday night. Insurance investigators from Atlanta were on site, initial losses placed around 150000 dollars. Fire crews arrived within minutes to find the 200 foot building engulfed. manager T M Harvey noted it was the plant’s first major blaze since an 1898 seed warehouse burned. Firefighters praised by onlookers for their response as birds fled the flames.
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Southern Cotton Oil Co
S. Rosey
Posey
Atlanta
Harvey
Decatur Fire Department
Storm Warnings Extend Across Florida Coasts
The U S weather bureau extended small craft warnings to both Florida coasts today. Warnings were hoisted from Cape Hatteras to Jacksonville and apply from South of St Marks to Sarasota on the West coast and South of Jacksonville to Titusville on the East coast.
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Miami
Fla
U. S. Weather Bureau
Florida
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Jacksonville
St. Marks
Sarasota
Titusville
Ellner Improves After Illness At Home
W. A. Ellner, long confined by illness, shows signs of improvement at his home after several days of severe symptoms.
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W. A. Ellner
Union Hill Plants Sericea Acres in Local Meeting
Union Hill community signs 138 acres to sericea planting in a meeting at Union Hill school. GI program teachers and county agents speak on sericea benefits, veterans training, and future Carnation milk routes. Dozens of residents sign cards for acres planned, with two winners drawn for seed gifts.
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Union Hill
Union Hill School
Buford Owens
PMA
H. B. Thornhill
R. M. Chapman
C. T. Cash
FSA
L. G. Delaney
Veterans Training Program
Jarvis
Casto Jarvis
Carnation
Williard Clark
Cliff Black
Leo Yancey
Decatur
R. T. Abercrombie
B G. Ryan
G. D. Sims Also
J. P. Owen
Walter H. Thomas
J. Y. Flack
Edgar H. Keyes
J. E. Boyd
Clifford West
Fred—E-Graves
Charlie Morris
Ralph A. Hill
Guy R. Bishop
Robert Lemmons
Ray Abercrombie
Arlin Henderson
Lige Seely
Glenn Smallwood
R. A. Greenhaw
J. C. William
Cecil Prince
Willard Clark
Alvin Nappier
Glen Tucker
Es Cash
Jim P. William
Harold C. Brooks
Lester Owens
Ollie Killiney
Lewis G. Cornett
T Morris
D. S. Whisenant
Ra Simpson
Melvin Hee
Robert A. Bailey
Henry
Wn. O. Henderson
Henry Nappier
R. F. Henderson
Clifton Black
Buford Curry
G. E. Whisenant
J. E. Whisenant
Horace Freeman
Noel Whisenant
Lucielle Flack
Dimple Owen
Euell Realnee Tyler
J. D. Henerson
Bobbie
Lamon
J. M. Mitchell
Hazel Oldacre
Ode
G. Deloney
Truman calls Dixiecrats not good democrats in three party push
President Truman defended his fair deal while facing a three party Congress. He said Dixiecrats are not good democrats and sought enactment of major proposals with Democrats Republicans and Dixiecrats. A stalemate over Mon C. Bowe nomination drew little reaction.
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Ernest
Progressive Party
Bob LaFallette
Senate
Rail Rates In State To Go Up
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered intrastate passenger fare increases in Alabama to align with interstate rates. Basic Pullman charges rise to 3.5 cents a mile and coach fares to a flat 2.5 cents. expected annual railroad revenue gains exceed $500,000. The move faces Alabama Public Service Commission opposition and potential legal appeal.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Alabama
Alabama Public Service Commission
Birmingham
Ala
Pensacola
Fla
Floamington
ICC
Piedmont
Atlanta
Clyde B. Aitchison
Montgomery
Gordon Persons
Public Service Commission
U. S. Supreme Court
Wee
Strike Slows River Traffic
Pittsburgh dispatch reports a two week miners strike idling 467 000 coal workers and reducing Ohio river freight by about 90 percent as James Boyd nomination to U S Bureau of Mines stalls in Senate. Workers occupy time with home repairs and community renovations while West Virginia sees minor violence amid guard patrols.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Ohio
Hazleton
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Mississippi
Lewis
James Boyd
U. S Bureau of Mines
Washington
Senate
Dr. Boyd
West Virginia
Six Alabama gubernatorial hopefuls snub Birmingham dinner
Six potential Alabama candidates for governor plan to skip the Jackson Jefferson Day dinner in Birmingham on April 12 where Alben Barkley is the planned speaker. Names cited include Chauncey Sparks W M Beck Robert K Bell G C Blanton Gordon Persons Handy Ellis with several others silent or undecided.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Birmingham
Montgomery Advertiser
Alben Barkley
Advertiser
Chauncey Sparks
W. M. Beck
DeKalb County
Robert K. Bell
Huntsville
G. C. Blanton
Dallas County
Public Service Commission
Gordon Persons
Handy Ellis
Columbiana
The
Albert Carmichae
J. C. Inter
Wilbur Nolen
Clay County
Rufus Lackey
Birmingham Insurance
Atlantic pact pact terms pledge aid to ally after attack
The eight nations negotiating the Atlantic security treaty disclosed that the United States would automatically counter an attack on an ally, potentially using armed force. Secretary Acheson suggested force would be required to restore security in the North Atlantic area. The pact, to be signed around April 4 in Washington, awaits Senate ratification to take effect.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Acheson
North Atlantic
Western Europe
Senate
Italy votes to join NATO defense pact amid filibuster
The Italian chamber of deputies voted 342 to 170 to authorize government talks on joining the North Atlantic defense alliance after a three day filibuster by leftists. Socialist Pietro Nenni warned adherence could invite invasion of the country.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
North Atlantic Defense Alliance
Pietro Nenni
Truman Approves Key West Pact Amid Senate Scrutiny
President Truman voiced approval of the North Atlantic pact in Key West Florida and outlined a framework for armed response to attacks. Acheson explained that the treaty ties US action to congressional declarations and allows nations to decide if military force is necessary to restore security.
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Truman
Key West
Fla
Berlin
Acheson
United States
France
Congress
Asine
North Atlantic
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A. J. Moses
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Ss. T. Brown
Sixth Avenue West
Karlie Grant
Albany Lodge 159
J. F. Selvidge
Austinville
Robert H. Jervis
Cincinnati
Edward Davies Sr
Cois Lowery
Reese Tapscott
John Bruno
Nashville
Jack Reeves
Elmer Neville
West Point
Ruby Bussey
J. E. Howell
D. D. Norris
Otis E. Kirby
First Methodist Church
Bucky Price
Auburn
Ed Price
Burd Hurst
Louisville
Barbara
Hurst
Talkathon
Eunice Marie Nichols
St. Jose Ph, Mo
Patrick Stephen Fetty
By Ken Reynolds
the Church
Armed Services Committee
Mon C. Bowe
Nationality Board
Fred J. Jacobson
U. S
Jacobson
Supreme Court
Elbert Boozer
Anniston
Reuben Newton
Jasper
Cooper Green
Eugene
Bull) Connor
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Mortimer Jordan
Tuscaloosa
George E. Salley
Gulf Shores
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U.S
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