Cattle Fencing Decision Nears In Florida Legislature
Tallahassee May 2 The Florida House may settle if cattle must be fenced or kept off highways. Governor Warren’s fence-all cattle measure moves to the Senate amid amendments to allow only law enforcement to impound roaming cattle. A bribery claim by Senator Alford adds to the legislative turmoil as revenue plans face Senate opposition.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida House of Representatives
Warren
Senate
Howeer
C. L. Alford
Grad Ridge
John Scruggs
Leon
Democratic
Alford
Senate Finance and Taxation Committee
House
Mathews 4
Jacksonville
Mathews
Freight Train Derails 18 Cars Near Talladega
Atlantic Coast Line officials reported 18 freight cars derailed about 12 miles southwest of Talladega toward Birmingham. No injuries. the engine and several boxcars remained on track. Sheriff Earl Howell cited an undetermined derailment cause and rail fragment near the roadbed. Dan Wilson, a nearby resident, described a loud explosion and a dust cloud.
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Talladega
Ala
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Birmingham
Here
Earl Howell
Howell
Dan Wilson
Severe Sunday Storm Causes Power Outage and Roof Damage
A Sunday morning storm brought torrential rain of about seven inches in two hours. Power failures disrupted meals for many residents who relied on electricity. The Decatur General hospital area and Hamlin Clinic hospital experienced outages, delaying care. Roof shingles were blown from J L Robinson’s home and an oak tree damaged nearby property. Fire units responded after a reported high wire caused a dangerous current in a rear alley, with minor water damage and estimated roof costs around 184 dollars.
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Jaye
Ivest
Eddens
Aa - Taylor
Decatur General Hospital
Hami Clinic Hospital
Eddeng
Fourteenth Avenue
East
Gertrude Teal
Somerville Road
Markets Wael Street New York May 2 Stocks move irregularly
Prices moved irregularly in quiet trading with only fractional changes. Notable gainers include Standard Oil New Jersey Texas Company Union Pacific U S Steel General Motors Firestone Sears Roebuck Douglas Aircraft Du Pont American Tobacco and Republic Pictures. Losers include Southern Railway Illinois Central Woolworth Consolidated Edison American Smelting Calumet & Hecla and International Paper. In Chicago wheat mixed May firm while corn oats steady. Hogs up 25 to 30 cents to 18 65. cattle up 75 cents to 28 00.
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New York
Standard Oil
Texas Co
Union Pacific
Nickel Plate
U.S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tibe
General Motors
Firestone
Sears Roebuck
Douglas Aircraft
Western Union
Air Reduction
du Pont
American Tobacco
Liggett & Myers
Richfield
Oik
Republic Pictures
Southern Railway
Ilinois Central
U.S. Rubber
Chicago
Wheat and grain futures edge higher as wheat leads gains
Chicago reports May wheat showing strength while new crop deliveries ease on the board. Other grains mostly steady to down with small losses not significant. May wheat around 3 4 lower to 7 8 higher, May corn near 1 4 lower to 1 8 higher, oats mixed, lard modestly higher.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Nashville Livestock Dates and Prices Report May 2
Nashville Tenn May 2 federal state departments of agriculture report shows cattle mostly steady to strong with good bulls and cows varying by weight. Slaughter steers and heifers 600 to 975 pounds 22.00 to 25.00. vealers 23.00 to 26.00. hogs 175 to 235 pounds 17.50 to 17.75. sows 14.50 to 15.00. spring lambs 29.00 to 31.00. sheep market weaker for older ewes 12.50 down.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Departments of Agriculture
New York Cotton Futures Close Higher On Mixed Trading
Cotton futures in New York closed with gains of about 10 to 4 cents per bale from the prior session. May contracts traded around 33.28, July near 32.47, and December about 29.03 with spot prices about 33.61.
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N. Y
Cnn
North Georgia live poultry market steady at unchanged prices
USDA Atlanta reports May 2 4 steady poultry prices as demand remains good. Broilers and fryers at farm pickup f o b with New Hampshire Reds and White Crosses 27 to 29 cents, Barred Rocks 26 to 28 cents.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
F.o.b
New Hampshire
Wallace Attacks Vandenberg Over North Atlantic Pact
Henry A. Wallace on a May Day tour called Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg the author of a pact for war and said the North Atlantic treaty is a front for anti-communist aims. He urged building a stronger United Nations and warned of a costly wartime policy, criticizing Vandenberg's senate votes as reactionary.
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Detroit
Henry A. Wallace
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Progressive Party
Vandenberg
Wallace
Russia
Hitler
Washington
United Nations
Senate
Alfred L. Hammell Named New President of Railway Express
Alfred L. Hammell, executive vice president, is elected to succeed L. O. Head as president and director of Railway Express Agency. Head retires after over 50 years in the Express field. Hammell began as an express handler in 1909 and rose through key posts in Boston Chicago and New York before becoming executive vice president.
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L. O. Head
Railway Express Agency
Alfred L. Hammell
Mr. Hammell
Wells” Fargo & Company Express
San Francisco
New England
Boston
Chicago
New York
House Debates Wood Bill Concessions to Sway Labor Support
Rayburn signals floor opposition as administration rejects compromise on Taft-Hartley features in the Lesinski bill. GOP amendments push to ease labor limits including union shop and dues collection, with McConnell citing potential new amendments to broaden anti-union actions and worker dues collection.
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CIO
Secretary of Labor
Tobin
Lesinski
Arthur Goldberg
Truman
Rayburn
D-Tex
Wood
D-Ga
House
McConnell
R-Pa
House Labor Committee
Nixon
R.calif
Senate
Tafte
Ohio
Ives
New York
John Lodge Jr-Conn
Taft-Hartlevy
Gop-Southern Coalition
Commodore Squad Game Injures Two Players at Vanderbilt
Nashville May 2 The intra squad football game at Vanderbilt left two key players hospitalized. Coach Bill Edwards reported that Herb Rich Miami Beach halfback and alternate captain Tommy Patterson Tupelo Miss were hurt. Patterson suffered a fractured ankle and may need crutches for weeks. Rich scored two touchdowns in the game.
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Nashville
Tenn
Vanderbilt
Bill Edwards
Herb Rich
Miami Beach
Tommy Patterson
Tupelo
Miss
Commodores
The
Faculty changes additions announced by superintendent
Walter Jackson announces additions in Decatur school system. William Isbell will teach biology at Riverside and coach basketball and baseball. Ogle to direct football and track. Mrs Isbell to teach in elementary schools. Charles Smith to replace Floyd Briscoe in junior high physical education. J C Pettey and wife to teach at Morgan County junior high due to enrollment rise.
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Walter Jackson
Decatur
William Isbell
Morgan Countian
Crossville
Riverside
Ogle
City of
Ban Continued On Segregation Ban Continued On Segregation
The Supreme Court refused to hear a test case challenging racial covenants in white developments. Maryland lower court refused to enforce a Beachwood Forest covenant against two black buyers, citing the 1948 ruling, while white owners argued the Maryland decision misapplied it.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
St. Louis
Detroit
District of Columbia
Maryland Court of Appeals
Anne Arundel County
Beachwood Forest
Maryland
Edward H. Phillips
Peter F. Amer
Wanda Goettz
Charles Bell
Frank A. Saunders
Hiram E. Smith
Truman Calls for Fair Balance In Farm Program
President Truman told the Association of Radio Farm Directors that a real farm program aims for a fair balance among producers processors and consumers. He said prices matter less than achieving balance, noting prosperity hinges on raising living standards abroad and domestic produce processing and use being fairly priced.
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Truman
Association of R Radio Farm Directors
United States
Oval Room
Hawkins Rites Slated Today
Final rites are set for Mrs Sally Z Hawkins 81 at Ethea church near Eva. She died Saturday at 8 p m at her daughter’s home in Vinemont. Born in Carroll County Georgia, she married in 1888 and lived in Eva community thereafter. Survived by three sons and three daughters, a step daughter and a sister.
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Sally Z Hawkins
Frank T. Smith
Ethea
Eva
Howard
Long Island
Ala
Halyard
Falkville
Essie —_Muostelier- Cullman
Valley East
Conway
S.C
Wright
J. R. Watson
War- H
Birmingham
F.L. Shaw
Ville Rica
Ildren
Secret Tax Plan Looms as Alabama Legislature Opens
Governor James E. Folsom keeps details of a proposed tax program secret as the 1949 session begins. Lt. Gov. Clarence Inzer and House Speaker W. M. Beck predict no new major taxes, with Beck favoring voter approval for any substantial tax measures. Legislative leaders discuss possible recess to allow committees to catch up on hundreds of bills.
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Montgomery
Ala
James E. Folsom
House
John Snodgrass
Jackson County
Snodgrass
Clarence Inzer
Gadsden
W. M. Beck
DeKalb County
Inzer
Beck
Dock Workers Strike Ties Hawaii to Shipping Standstill
In Honolulu on May 2 a 2000 member CIO ILWU strike began halting food and export shipments. The walkout targets a 32 cent hourly pay rise, while employers offer 12 cents after initial 8 cent proposal. Federal conciliation efforts have failed.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
CIO
Hawaii Employers Council
California
CIO International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
ILWU
Merger Talks Arise Among Southern Rail Unions
About 700 delegates from the Southern Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers meet in Atlanta discussing merger plans and a new vacation scheme. D B Robertson of Cleveland, international B L F E president, to explain proposed merger with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
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Atlanta
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
the Brotherhood
D. B. Robertson
Cleveland
Brotherhood
Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen
C. F. Goff
BFLE
Tornado Toll Across Oklahoma Campus and Towns
A violent tornado badly damaged Norman and surrounding towns including lywood Meeker Antlers McLoud Sterling Utica Dale Bennington Spencerville Wayne and a southwest community near Norman. Thirty six of 47 National marksmen injured on the campus range as a university hangar collapsed and National Guard crews organized relief. Kansas also reported hits on Oakley and near Garden City.
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Page Onelywood
Meeker
Antlers
McLoud
Sterling
Utica
Dale
Bennington
Spencerville
Wayne
Norman
Cam
University
National Guard Nap
Pamene
Kansas
Oakley
Garden City
Soviet accuse United States of preparing new war in broadcast
A Moscow radio broadcast quotes Marshal Vasilevsky accusing America of an aggressive political course and citing the Atlantic Pact as a sign. The report notes Russia showed weapons and troops imagery but did not detail new systems. A Gilmore dispatch was not received in New York and no rocket mention was confirmed.
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United States
Marsal Alexander Vasilevsky
America
Russia
Moscow
Gilmore
New York
Flood Handling Draws Protest in Rio Grande Flooding
Rio Grande flooding moved into the Gulf of Mexico as lower riverbank farmers protested delayed opening of upper floodways. Laferia irrigation district complained pumping was flooded for days. hundreds of acres of cotton and tomatoes were ruined. Aerial surveys showed about a third of lower riverbank farms flooded. The river near Brownsville fell to flood stage. the Weather Bureau forecast a continued moderate fall. The flood, caused by cloudbursts along the lower 250 miles, killed a dozen people, many aliens attempting illegal crossings.
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Harlingen
Texas
Rio Grande
Gulf of Mexico
Laferia
Tha
Hackney Lake
Mission
International Boundary and Water Commission
Brownsville
Gulf
Weather Bureau
Miners Escape as Million-Dollar Blaze Devours Tipple
In Shinnston West Virginia today about 100 miners working four miles underground evacuated as a $1 million mine tipple fire raged. The blaze cut power lighting and ventilation while destroying a Bethlehem Fairmont Coal tipple and nearby structures. Fire crews from Shinnston and Clarkburg joined the effort.
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Shinnston
W. Va
Bethlehem-Fairmont Coal Company
M.D. Newton
Clarksburg
Alabama River Crest Forecast Raises Flood Warning
Weather bureau warns Alabama river farmers of a 41 foot crest as crests above 35 feet flood nearby lowlands. At 7 30 a m the river was 36 feet after heavy rain, thunderstorms predicted, Beatrice and Selma report over three inches, with Milstead Coosa Wetumpka and Miller's Ferry listed for possible rises to 38 41 and 40 feet respectively.
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Montgomery
Ala
Weather Bureau
Alabama
Beatrice
Selma
Arthur R Long
Tallapoosa
Milstead
Coosa
Wetumpka
Miller's Ferry
FBI traces three Judith Coplon meetings in espionage trial
In Washington May 2 FBI witnesses described three meetings between former Justice Department worker Judith Coplon and Russian Valentine A Gubitchev. Prosecutors showed charts and photos as witnesses testified despite defense objections. Coplon, 27, faces charges of copying data to aid a foreign power. she and Gubitchev are indicted on espionage conspiracy in New York.
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Washington
FBI
Judith Coplan
Justice Department
Valentine A. Gubitchev
New York
Miss .Coplon
Archibald Palmer
Albert L. Reeves
Palmer
Reeves
Miss Coplon
Gubitchev
United Nations
Painless Dental Care Introduced At Alabama Meeting
At the 80th annual Alabama Dental Association session in Biloxi Mississippi Richard Moxley Birmingham won the association golf tournament with a 78. Dr John J Posner New York City authority on local anesthesia told the group pain may be readily prevented and urged regular dental visits to save teeth as long as Truman remains in office officials noted the likely defeat of socialized health.
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Biloxi
Miss
Alabama Dental Association
John J. Posner
New York City
W. A. Wood
Mobile
Association
Congress
Truman
Richard Moxley
Birmingham
Bunkley Named Mobile County Tax Collector
Frank Bunkley former chairman of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board was appointed by Gov. James E. Folsom to the Mobile County tax collector post earning six thousand dollars a year. He will replace the late R Eugene King and may hold both King s term and a full six year term. Bunkley said he would resign as ABC board chairman on official notice of the appointment.
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Mobile
Ala
Frank Bunkley
Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
James E. Folsom
Bunkley
R. Eugene King
Folsom
ABC Board
King
Montgomery
ABC
French minister flags possible four power talks on Germany
Paris reports French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman said a four power meeting on Germany seems more probable this spring. The U N General Assembly was urged to speed Israel's UN entry. In Bolivia two dead and 18 injured after a La Paz election day shooting. Romania asked Britain to close consulates outside Bucharest and signaled similar moves toward Italy and Turkey.
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Robert Schuman
Paris
Germany
United States
U. N. General Assembly
Israel
United Nations
la Paz
Bolivia
Romania
Britain
Italy
Turkey
Mobile Strike Postponed in Mobile Alabama
Mobile Alabama residents continue bus commuting as a last minute wage dispute extension keeps the contract alive. The union seeks a 40 hour week with higher take home pay. company cites a 24 cent hourly increase for the proposal.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile City Lines
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Otor Coach Employer
AFL
John L. Cone
Atlanta
Walkouts threaten wage raises across electrical and auto sectors
The CIO Electrical Workers Union plans wage and benefit gains costing about 500 dollars per worker annually for 600000 across the industry. Singer Manufacturing plant workers strike over pay and incentive changes. In Atlanta 1300 trolley and bus drivers strike halting service. AFL unionists seek 15 cent hourly increase and pension reform, with Georgia Power offering five cents. Across New Jersey 2600 idle workers include 1000 AFL textile, 600 AFL iron, 800 AFL steamfitters, 200 United Engineers. In South Bend 7500 Bendix workers strike over dismissals and speed-up claims, idling 27000 more auto workers and forcing Nash Kaiser-Frazer and Packard shutdowns.
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Atlanta
AFL
Georgia Power Company
New Jersey
AFL Iron Workers
North Jersey
United Electrical Workers
Mh Jersey
Singer
South Bend
Bendix Aviation
CIO
United Auto Workers
Nash
Kaiser-Frazer and
Packard
Jalaketu Collision Off Staten Island With Coast Guard Aid
The Jalaketu limped in under its own power escorted by the Coast Guard cutter Tamaroa and two tugs and anchored near the Staten Island quarantine station. The master reported uncertain afloat status but later said the vessel was not in immediate danger. The ship, owned by Scindia Steam Navigation of Bombay, carries 10 to 60 men and was inbound with cargo. formerly Daulton Main, built in 1944 in California. The Maine Leader, a Standard Oil of New Jersey vessel, carried about 45 men and sailed from Bayonne to Baytown. Dense fog blanketed New York City as LaGuardia and Newark suspended operations and air traffic shifted to Philadelphia and Washington.
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Coast Guard
Staten Island
Scindia Steam Navigation Company
Bombay
India
New York
U.S. Navigation Company
Permanente Metals Corp
Richmond
Calif
Maine Leader
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Bayonne
Baytown
Texas
New York City
New York International Airport
Philadelphia
Washington
la Guardia Field
Newark NJ
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Wilson
Madic and
Hester
FORD
Knox McRae
Bee. Ave
Wael Street
Railway Express
Commodore
Hawkins
Jets
CIO Electrical Workers Union
Singer Manufacturing
CIO Electrical Workers
Pearidge
Decatur Optical Supply Coo
Albany
E. Moulton
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