Weather and community notes from Decatur area
Mostly cloudy with showers and scattered thunderstorms this afternoon. Mr and Mrs Ernest Bratton of Bowling Green Kentucky are visiting Mr and Mrs B T Shelton. Ex service men invited to 16th Avenue Baptist church for a dinner and program. Miss Loraine Peter of Montevallo to speak at St Johns Woman's Auxiliary. James Crow moved to Iron Heights via Mutual Service ambulance. Several locals hospital transfers and social updates from Decatur area.
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Ernest— Bratton
Bowling Green, Ky
T. Shelton
Ninth Avenue West
16Th Avenue Baptist Church
Loraine Peter
Montevallo
Mexico
St. John’s
Naval leader condemns merger plan as false premise
In a Senate naval committee hearing Secretary James Forrestal warns the Army Navy merger proposal misdefines unified command and would concentrate power in one man. He supports coordination of research logistics training and intelligence but opposes a supreme chief of staff and suggests a common defense director with presidential oversight.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
James Forrestal
Army
Navy
Department of Defense
Senate Naval Committee
Strikes Spread Across Nation Amid Soft Coal Walkout
The nationwide labor picture darkens as AFL soft coal miners in Illinois walk out with 18 000 still idled across the state. A threatened national terminal elevator walkout looms as wage talks stall. Transit strikes and broader labor action rise, with Paul Fuller weighing resignation amid federal mediation efforts.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Memphis
Tenn
Washington
John L. Lewis
Paul W. Fuller
AFL
Labor
Schwellenbach
Fuller
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Progressive Mine Workers of America
Chicago
Downstate
AFL Unm
PMW
Coal Producers Association of Illinois
Kansas City
J. A. Leveridge
AFL Grain Processors Union
Navy board probes Earle explosion disaster
The destroyer escort Solar with bow torn off lay at the Earle pier after three explosions detonated an ammunition laden railroad car. Five crew members were missing and 150 injured, with 35 hospitalized locally. Admiral Paul Foster heads the Navy board investigating causes as the Navy holds details pending next of kin notifications.
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U.S. S
Solar
Navy Depot
Earle
N. J
New York Bay
U. S. Navy
Navy
Paul F. Foster
US. Navy
Third Naval District
Spare stamp 49 allows sugar purchases and institutional boosts
Spare stamp 49 may be used for sugar purchases effective today. It remains valid for five pounds through August 31. Spare stamp nine covers canning sugar. An amendment increases institutional allowances by ten percent for May and June, with separate allotments for refreshments and food types.
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Morgan Area Price Control Board
Pappas Wins Suffolk Downs Stock In Boston Auction
John C. Pappas, Boston importer, secured controlling interest in Suffolk Downs, Eastern Racing Association, for 3 600 000 dollars after about 12 minutes of bidding. Sale awaits federal court confirmation Friday.
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Boston
John C. Pappas
Suffolk Downs
Eastern Racing Association
Senator Brooks Opposes $750 Million Global Loan
Representative Lee Brooks announces opposition to a $750 million loan plan described as a worldwide project. He calls for defending American standards and criticizes loan legislation as aiding communist and socialist systems abroad. He cites figures like Jesse Jones Leo Crowley and Bernard Baruch as in agreement with his stance.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Lee Brooks
R-Ii
Oence
Illinois
Brooks
Senate
Jesse Jones
Leo Crowley
Bernard) Baruch
Delay On Draft Clouds Army Plan
The Army faces delays as draft plans are slowed by congressional uncertainty. The evolving situation jeopardizes the expected mobilization and stretches timetable for weapon and manpower goals amid ongoing political debate.
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Army
Red Minister Byrnes Clash In Paris Over Italy Control
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov and U S Secretary Byrnes clashed on postwar Italian control as the foreign ministers council rejected Austria’s plea for Tyrol. Molotov shifted to oppose a single general commission, while Byrnes argued it mirrored the treaty. The talks focused on the final point of the Italian treaty disagreements.
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Paris
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
U. S
Italy
Austria
Tyrol
Byrnes
Molotov
Poole Seeks Governor Post With Farmer Support
Joe N Poole Alabama state agriculture commissioner and gubernatorial hopeful speaks in Ashland promising to elect a farmer governor for the first time in 80 years. He cites saving cotton pegging, expanding farm markets, supporting soil projects and road building across counties.
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Ashland
Joe N. Poole
Alabama
Poole
Washington
Miller
Ture
Bama
Clay
OPA Test on Meat Urged During 90 Day Review
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson said meat controls may be lifted if shortages and black market issues persist. He urged a 90 day test period, relying on new slaughter quotas and anti black market efforts while Senate Banking hearings consider extending the OPA.
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Washington
Anderson
Senate Banking Committee
Bankhead
D-Ala
French loan on way amid wartime food aid pledge
Paris reports that in a telephone talk with Foreign Minister Georges Bidault President Truman promised the United States loan to France was on the way. He also pledged aid to France to meet food needs, especially wheat, in the next two months.
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Paris
Truman
Georges Bidault
France
United States
Mother's Day Quiet for 93 Year Old Martha E Mann
Grandview Missouri May 1 AP News features Martha E Mann mother of three children who expects flowers candy and a call from her son Harry on Mother's Day. She says she only wants her children to be safe and happy and notes she worries about Harry due to his travels. She lives with daughter Mary Jane in a five room bungalow and says she feels better than last year except for a hip and eye injury from a fall years ago.
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Elizabeth Toomey
AP News
Grandview
Martha E
Harry
Mary Jane
Martha Truman Profile Showcases Backbone of America
Elizabeth Toomey presents Martha Truman as a spirited but unassuming mother figure. The interview highlights her as embodying the quiet strength behind the nation's family values.
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Elizabeth Toomey
Associated Press
America
Martha Truman
Mother of Nation's President Remains Calm Amid Attention
A spry mother adapts to public interest as her son leads international politics. She fills quiet days with radio news and reflects that Mother’s Day is not as thrilling as last year’s Washington trip. She comments simply that they make too much fuss over her.
Russians Warned In Stalin May Day Talk
In Moscow a massive May Day display by hundreds of thousands of workers and a long parade by soldiers sailors and airmen followed Stalin's guidance to beware foreign intrigues and aim for peace and security. He praised the armed forces urged strength and scientific progress and trimmed the Lenin tomb parade to fit the program. International left wing groups staged their own May Day marches singing the Internationale in Europe and Asia. Continued as Page Two.
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Moscow
Stalin
Ss Union
Lin
Lenin
Red Square
Eee
Europe
Asia
Break from Kilby Prison: Eleven Convicts Flee
Montgomery May 1 Eleven inmates described as dangerous tunneled out of Kilby prison by digging through fifteen feet of earth near the main gate. Two more inmates later listed as missing raising a statewide hunt led by prison, highway patrol, and city police.
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Montgomery
Kilby
Carl Williams
Prisoner Pate Involved In Kilby Prison Break Plot
Kilby Prison, Montgomery, May 1. Aubrey Pate, 30, serving 25 years for robbery, was found wandering the yard seeking the tunnel entrance as 11 inmates escaped overnight. He knew of the plan but did not know tunnel location. guards later found the tunnel inside a cell lock after an extended search.
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Montgomery
Kilby
Aubrey Pate
Pate
P. Williams
Warden Williams
Escape at Kilby Prison Recaptures Six Prisoners
Kilby Warden R P Williams says the six escapees from Montgomery state penitentiary were white men with bad records and prior escapes. One more fugitive was recaptured shortly after the breakout near the Atmore state prison farm. Continued on page two.
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Atmore
Kilby
R. P. Williams
Montgomery
Precautions Taken In Decatur After Prison Escape
Alabama prison escapeer Almon Stutts, life-sentenced for murder, fled Kilby Prison with ten other inmates near Montgomery. Authorities warned Decatur residents of possible sightings as Stutts and others remain at large after a daring breakout.
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Stutts
Decatur
J. B. Whitmire
Kilby
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