Two Suspects Identified in Gulf Coast Safecracking Case
MOBILE Ala May 6 two of six men arrested in connection with recent gulf coast safecracking were identified by Detective Capt Talley Rollings as Henry Dutch Ernst and Willie Martin. They were booked for investigation after being picked up with four others in Mississippi Alabama and Northwest Florida. From the vehicle a stash of 8900 in cash and safecracking gear was recovered. Questioning of all six continued.
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Mobile
Ala
Talley Rollings
Gay
Gulf Coast
Rollings
Henry ‘Dutch
Ernst
Willie Martin
Jasper County
Miss
Hattiesburg
Martin
Crichton
Legion Opens Seaon With Two Games In Tri Cities
Decatur's American Legion baseball team starts the season with two games in the Tri Cities after rainouts last weekend. They host Florence at 8 p.m. in Florence and play Muscle Shoals at 2:30 p.m. at Muscle Shoals. George Burns will pitch Saturday and Hudson will start Sunday. The season opener is set for May 21 at the new Legion Field.
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Decatur
American Legion
Tri-Cities
Legion
Florence
Florence -At- the -Fairgrounds
George
Arkansas
Burns
Legionnaires
Muscle Shoals
Hudson
Bob McNelly
Claude McMurtrie
New Legion Field
Cotton yields and acreages by state for 1948 crop
The report shows 1948 cotton per acre yields ranging from 175 to 576 pounds across states, with total cultivated area at 23.11 million acres, up 5.5 percent from 1947. State figures list harvested acres, yield per acre, and production in bales for Missouri through California and other states.
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Missouri
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Dog Buries Eggs in Easter Hunt
Sun Valley California resident E B Simrell reports their dog Mopsy buried Easter eggs during a family hunt. The pets actions left 14 egg mounds around the yard and one egg found in a tree.
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E.B. Simrell
Decatur
Sun Valley
Calif
Los Angeles Examiner
Mopsy
E. B. Simre
Rainier Street
Denise
Paula
Sue Jett
Bill Aims to Cripple Klan in Florida Senate Action
A Florida senate judiciary committee unanimously approved a bill to curb Ku Klux Klan activity by prohibiting masked groups from displaying in public places and trespassing on private property. Governor Fuller Warren had sought such legislation.
Markets Swerve As Stocks Slip Amid Mixed Trading
May 6 reports a broad pullback on the New York market with many issues giving up small gains to losses while select equities like Electric Power and Light show strong moves. Bond and government trading remained narrow with U S government debt steady. Poultry prices in Atlanta for North Georgia live market swung unsettled with moderate demand and carryover limited.
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Atlanta
USDA
North Georgia
New Hampshire
Markets at a Glance May Day Stock and Grain Movements
New York markets show stocks in slow decline while rails drop on lower bonds. Cotton remains quiet with liquidation and light demand. Chicago wheat moves sharply higher on short covering, corn and oats firm with wheat strength. Hogs show weakness to 25 cents lower, top at 18.75, cattle mostly steady with few high grades absent.
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New-York
Chicago
Wheat and grain futures rise on short covering rally
May wheat and other grains climbed on a short covering move across Chicago Minneapolis and Kansas City trading pits. May wheat settled around 2.24 and corn near 1.34 with oats rye and soybeans also higher as traders priced firmer demand.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Futures close mixed on New York cotton market
Futures closed 15 cents a bale higher while some months ended lower than the prior close. Trading showed May through March contracts with openings highs and lows in the 28.75 to 33.84 range. Middling spot priced at 33.88 cents.
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N.Y. Cotton
New York
Air Force expands reserve officer training program
The Air Force announced an expanded training plan for reserve officers and men. It aims to train more than 135000 reservists and pay active duty training to over 75000, increasing the nation’s air strength and mobilization capacity. Lt Gen Elwood Quesada organized the reserve project under Gen Hoyt S. Vandenberg.
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Washington
Air Force
Air Force Reserve
Hoyt —S
Air Chief
Elwood R.peter Quesada
Tactical Air Command
Steel Unions Press For Fourth Round Pay Increases
In Pittsburgh the CIO Steelworkers demand a fourth wage round plus a pension program and health and welfare benefits for 1,116,000 members. Lewis seeks higher benefits for 900,000 United Mine Workers and potential royalty boosts to fund pensions. CIO Electrical Workers seek a $500 yearly package, broader pensions and shorter week. Auto Workers push for higher pay with pensions as top goal. Ford dispute sees no peace talks scheduled and company denies speedup charges.
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CIO
Pittsburgh
Lewis
United’ Mine
CIO Auto
Ford
Famous Orchestra Delights 300 Dancers in Decatur Armory
Glen Grey and the Casa Loma orchestra gave Decatur its first appearance at the armory last night drawing about 300 dancers. Brought by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4190 the band offered a varied program of sweet and swing music including Talk Of The Town and other popular arrangements.
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Glen Grey
Casa Loma
Decatur
Armory
Dr Green Named Head of Sewanee University
Dr Boyiston Green, 44, of Columbia South Carolina chosen as vice chancellor and president of the University of the South at Sewanee Tennessee. He will become the tenth head succeeding Alexander Guerry who died last October. Green was with Emerson College Boston and has taught at multiple universities. The event marks the first non alumus appointment since 1893. The university operates a military academy and multiple facilities with assets listed between seven and ten million dollars. Bishops and board members attended the meeting.
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Atlanta
Boyiston Green
University of the South
Sewanee
Tenn
Columbia S.C
Green
Nowen
Emerson College
Boston
Mass
University of South Carolina
Yale University
South Carolina
Missouri
Texas
Yale
Alexander Guerry
Southern Episcopal Dioceses
Sewanee Military Academy
Frank A. Juahan
Florida
Et—The
University
Illiteracy debate on public education and cost
Dr Norton warned that about three months of special instruction costs more than a six year elementary program. He argued literacy preservation protects free enterprise and national life. The meeting selected L E Wooten and H R Leeman as permanents to the National Association meeting in Boston.
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Armer
Norton
L. E Wooten
Teachers’ ~Association
H. R. Leeman
Boston
Abduction Probe Expands as CID Calls in FBI Aid
Investigators seek a man matching a drunken description who abducted a wife and her two companions. The suspect wore a khaki suit with a third division Army patch and no hat. Fort Begning is noted with the division stationed there. One wife, Mary Ellen Peters, 18, awaits a baby next week at 512 Main Street Toronto Ohio. Other wives are Joyce McMullen, 21 of Scottsville Kentucky and Tosca Fazio, 22, an Italian war bride.
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Page
CID
FBI
Fort Begning
Mary Ellen Peters
Main Street
Toronto
Ohio
Joyce McMullen
Scottsville
Tosca Fazio
Furniture Dealers Oppose New State Tax Levy
Alabama furniture dealers condemned increased taxes or spending and adopted a resolution against them at their convention in Mobile. WD Edwards of Mobile was elected president with officers James Bailey of Montgomery W Robert Owens of Prichard and Ed Wilcoxon of Tuskegee as vice presidents and J M Holloway Jr Edwards of Mobile as sales division chairman.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Mobile
WD. Edwards
Valley counties sweep county exhibit awards in Decatur Birmingham
Everett Hampton won first place with the Valley campaigner taking top honors. Keenan Wood of Cullman County placed second at Decatur, with Gilbert Shaw from Tanner earning third in Limestone. Valley counties led the county exhibit judging, taking first and second in Birmingham and Cullman and Limestone each winning top county awards.
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Everett Hampton
Decatur
Keenan ‘Wood
Cullman “County
Limestone
Gilbert Shaw
Tanner
Birmingham
Cullman County
Limestone County
Delegates Named by Decatur Club for Mobile Convention
The Decatur Business and Professional Women's Club named its delegates for the state convention in Mobile May 13 to 15. Delegates are Anna Blackwell Dorothy Woodall Ruby Sandlin Freda ne Helen Stokes and Ella Will Smith. The group installed new officers led by Anna Blackwell as president and Dorothy Woodall as corresponding secretary. Miss Virginia Brock spoke on her European Red Cross service during the meeting.
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Decatur ‘Business and Professional Women
Mobile
Anna Blackwell
Dorothy Woodall
Ruby Sandlin
Fredane Helen Stokes
Ella Will Smith
Ruby Sandhii
Freda Lyle
Ella Will. Smith
Decature
Virginia Brock
Red Cross
Senate debate over treaty ratification and defense bills
Supporters including Roberts favor ratification of the treaty while delaying to inform the Senate on key issues. The Foreign Relations Committee gathers input as the Senate weighs the pact amid other bills like the education funding act and the reciprocal trade extension. The Armed Services panels probe Malmedy war trials and Nazi terror tactics. Senators Ferguson and Smith press anti-communist measures and government reorganization ideas.
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Roberts
Russia
Senate
United States
Foreign Relations Committee
Tical
Truman
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
U.S
Malmedy
Belgium
Dwight F. Fanton
Baldwin
Ronn
Hitler
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
U. S
Senate Armed Services Committee
H. Alexander Smith
Rndi
Hoover Commission
Death claims H. A. Thompson from Landersville
Harry Atkins Thompson 56 a Landersville carpenter died Friday at 1 10 a m at his home on Moulton 4 He will be interred Sunday after 3 p m services at Landersville Christian church with Rev Will Wear officiating Burial arrangements are by Browns He leaves a wife two daughters Mrs Marie Legar Boston Mass and Myrtle Thompson Moulton 4 and four sons W C H R E L and J W all of Moulton 4 Also two sisters Mrs Altice Bunch Clinton Ark and Mrs Mattie Lafevers Pine Bluff Ark Survivors listed and pallbearers named Eddie Mitchell Dan Lizon Howard Zills Robert Naylor Chester Johnson and Wilgvia Holliman
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Harry Atkins Thompson
Landersville
Carpenter
Christian Church
Will Wear
Brown
Moulton
Eddie Mitchell
Dan Lizon
Howard Zills
Robert Naylor
Chester Johnson
Wilgvia Holliman
Marie Legar
Boston
Mass
Myrtle Thompson Moulton
W. C
H R
E. L
J. W
Altice Bunch
Clardon
Ark
Mattie Lafevers
Pine Bluff
Allied dex wage questions amid Chiang Kai-shek uncertainty
Reports show Allied dex used for wage levies over three years while Chiang Kai-shek’s location remained unsettled with one account placing him in Shanghai and his private plane missing from Lungwha air field. The UN committee faced a potential showdown on a Franco boycott as blocs split.
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Dex
Chiang Kai- Shek
Shanghai
Lungwha Air Field
United Nations Assembly
Special Political Committee
Franco
Spain
Estmaies
President Truman urges action on Hoover plan impact
President Truman yesterday repeated his request for action. Smith said the Hoover plan would save the country three editions a year and it would be deplorable if Congress permitted the program to wither. The house was idle today, adjourned until Monday.
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Smith
Congress
Senate approves $300 million annual education aid bill
The Senate passed a $300,000,000 federal education aid bill by a 58 to 15 vote to fund teacher salaries and school operations. The measure targets poorest states with the largest per pupil allocations to equalize opportunities nationwide amid bipartisan support.
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Washington
Senate
House
Truman
Byrd
Connally
Tex
O'Connor
Albany Capitol Construction Timeline
Construction of the New York State Capitol in Albany began in 1867 and was not completed until 1879. The project stretched across twelve years, linking early design work to final finishes and interior work completed at the end of the decade.
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New York State Capitol
Albany
Florida Solons Swap Letters Over School Bill Clash
In Tallahassee on May 6, the Florida legislature heatedly swapped letters between Governor Fuller Warren and the house finance and taxation committee. The education committee pushed a $100,000,000 school bill but the appropriations panel urged cuts. The dispute led to a clash, with the education panel authorizing Rep. Wotitzky to press changes, including removing state funds for summer schools and kindergartens and trimming construction aid. The Senate Finance Committee also rejected Warren taxes, and road fund concerns were raised.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Fuller Warren
House
Finance and Taxation Committee
House Committees On Education
Appropriations
Education
Appropriations Committee
Education Committee
Rep
Wotitzky
Charlotte
Rep. Shepperd
St. Johns
Shepperd
Warren
Senate Finance Committee
H. B. Larkins
Coffee County
Bill Beck
Vicksburg National Park
National Guard
Alabama
Bruce Henderson
Wilcox County
Senate
Rules Committee
Henderson
House Ways and Means
Folsom
James V. Jordan
Senate Judiciary Committee
Rankin Fite
Marion
State Building Commission
James Allen
Etowah
Alabama Legislature Sees Clash Over Reapportionment Plans
The senate postponed action on Rankin Fites reapportionment bill and debated committee referral while Governor spending policies faced a setback. New measures target public masks, radio libel defenses, horse racing by county option, and harsher prison punishment.
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Peachment
Hale County
Senate
Rankin Fite
Marion County
State Supreme Court
Fite
Senato Preston Clayton
Barbour
Henry H. Mize
Tuscaloosa
Mize
Ku Klux Klan
Alabama
John F. Gillis
Clarke
University of Alabama Medical College
House
Ways and Means Committee
J. Hamm
Community and Mine Hospital Admits and Local Notices
Admissions to Decatur General Hospital include Mrs H M Woodall Decatur Mrs Forest J Riddle Madison Mrs Robert L Kitchens 1201 Ninth Avenue East Miss Faye Dobbs Chattanooga and James R Dobbs Jr Hammond Tenn visiting their mother Mrs Altie Dobbs Dr Otis E Kirby to speak at church services on So God Made Mother and Follow The Blue Print One arrest for public drunkenness recorded by Morgan County Sheriff C B Humphrey Mr and Mrs H L Speegle Hartse lle announce birth of a son at Baugh Wiley clinic
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Decatur General Hospital
H. M. Woodall
Decatur
Forest J. Riddle
Madison
Robert L. Kitchens
Ninth Avenue
East
Faye Dobbs
Chattanooga
James R Dobbs Jr
Hammond, Tenn
Altie. Dobbs
Otis E. Kirby
First Methodist Church
Mother
C. B. Humphrey
Morgan County
H. L. Speegle
Hartselle
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
VA Employes May Lose Jobs In Nationwide Retrenchment
Daily recounts a Washington plan to lay off about 8 000 Veterans Administration workers across 42 offices in 23 states starting July 1 1950. Decatur VA staff face cuts in vocational rehabilitation supply and contact services while other divisions gain small increases. Reams notes Alabama losses include 33 in rehabilitation six in supply six in contact with a three week warning.
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Decatur
Veterans Administration
Washington
Haywood S.reams
the Daily
Carl] R.eid Jr
Associated Press
Gray
Congress
Reams
The
Alabama
Montgomery
Harley Smith
Alcohol Ban For Cary Grant After Illness In England
Hollywood star Cary Grant remains alcohol free after jaundice, with doctors ordering a long diet without alcohol, eggs, or fried foods. Grant has regained lost weight and returns to work while memories detail 1936 film milestones and industry notes.
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Hollywood
Cary Grant
England
Rescue Efforts Continue After Mine Tragedy
Rescuers used smoke and fans to reach trapped workers as fumes filled the main shaft. By 1 A M one crew reached the second level and found air conditions acceptable. About an hour later the surface learned that bodies were found as the fire burned on the second level. The mine employing 400 diggers was ordered closed until fumes clear. Surviving family notes indicate most victims were married with several dependents.
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Elmer Christ
Coal Compainy
Prrs
Eve O'Brien
Wowak
Kelly
Training Week Observed at Southside Baptist
Southside Baptist hosts Church Training Week starting Monday at 7:00 pm with daily services. Programs for all ages include a Story Hour for children up to 9, juniors with The Junior and His Church, intermediates with A Faith to Live By, young people with Investments, and adults studying The Growing Christians. Religious films and playlets accompany each night’s program.
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Southside Baptist
Frances Kennedy
C._ Stover
Hazel Brown
Alvis Briscoe
How To Fight Spring Fever Give Scalf’s A Chance
In spring many feel tired and worn out a sign called Spring Fever. Causes include loss of appetite and gas pains that disrupt sleep. Scalf’s Indian River Medicine promises relief and money back if the first bottle does not help. On sale at Caddell Drug Co. Listen to Scalf’s Harmoneers Quartet over WVOK at 12:30 P. M. weekdays.
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Scalf
Caddell Drug Co
Harmoneers
WVOK
Dial 690
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Sears Roe
Walter B. Shaw Jr
Young Shaw
FFA
Tanner High School
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Dr. Green
H. A. Thompson
Quebec
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Chamber of Deputies
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Johnston
By Bob Thomas
Wayne
Snow White
GWT
Don Ameche
Alexander Grasham Bell
Lew Ayres
Dr. Kildare
Alice Faye
Tony Martin
Mandalay
Bing’ Crosby
Boo Hope
Dorothy Lamour
Fairfax High School
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Gypsy Rose Lee
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