Chilean President Gonzalez Videla Meets U S Labor Leaders
In Washington the Chilean president held an off the record hour long briefing with AFL CIO and Railway Brotherhood heads at the Chilean embassy. He recounted ending communist influence in Chile and defending democracy through free unions while pushing higher living standards and social security.
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Washington
Gabriel Gonzalez Videla
U. S
AFL
CIO
Railway Brotherhood
Gonzalez Videla
Kremlin
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Gonzalez
Pryor Airport Runway Construction to Start This Week
Pryor Airport construction begins this week signaling enhanced transport for the Decatur area with air rail highway and water routes. The Chamber of Commerce aims to secure a regular airline and has contacted two lines to make Pryor Field a scheduled stop.
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Pryor Airport
Decatur
Chamber of Commerce
Pryor Field
Free Electric Exposition Comes to Legion Field
A large one day electrical exposition arrives Friday at Legion Field featuring free displays by major electrical equipment manufacturers. It visits Tennessee Valley for the first time after drawing 15 000 visitors in Sheffield and is expected to attract similar crowds here.
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Legion Field
Tennessee Valley
Sheffield
the Daily
Fill In Census Form On Another Page
Decatur urges citizens missed by the census to fill out the blank form and mail it to the census supervisor in Huntsville. Authorities stress counts affect Decatur's future for ten years and encourage prompt action as a civic duty.
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Huntsville
Decatur
Cotton Crop Briefs Shift to Market Based Farming
The nation produced 16,127,000 bales of cotton in 1949 up from 14,877,000 in 1948 reinforcing cotton as the South’s main money crop. With cotton production controls in place farmers are urged to seek additional income sources and Decatur has developed year round farm markets for all farm products enabling daily cash sales.
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United States
South
Decatur
Allen and Hardwick Vie In Alabama Lieutenant Runoff
The race pits James B. Allen of Gadsden and Guy Hardwick of Dothan for the four year lieutenant governor post. Allen, born 1912 in Gadsden, served in the House 1938 42 and Senate 1946 50 and was named outstanding legislator in 1949.
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Gadsden
University of Alabama
House of Representatives
United States Navy
State Senate
Capitol Press
South Alabama
North Alabama
South
Senator McCarthy’s tactics on war crime charges tested
The piece recalls how McCarthy inflated accusations against the Army and now targets the State Department. A senate committee found no Army guilt and McCarthy demanded lie detector tests for witnesses, which the panel rejected, prompting his walkout as colleagues brace for renewed charges of communist influence.
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McCarthy
State Department
Army
Senate
Absentee Congressmen Defend Attendance Records
The writer clarifies two Democratic absentees, Rep Thurmone Chatham of Winston-Salem and Rep William Dawson of Chicago. Chatham, once diligent, faced grief after Mrs Chatham’s July death, affecting focus and roll call attendance. Dawson, one of two Black lawmakers, previously showed high absences on votes.
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Houses of Representatives
Thurmone Chatham
Winston-Salem
N. C
Chatham
House of Representatives
William Dawson
Chicago
Dawson
Wisdom of Religion by Arlie B Davidson
The piece argues religion adds zest and meaning to life citing William James and A A Brill. It asserts religion reduces anxiety and neurosis, offers inner peace, courage, and a sense of place in the universe, and strengthens ties to God and others.
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A. A. Brill
God
Man
Dawson News: Frank Admission and Quiet Leadership
The article notes Dawson admitting he deserved his absences and would accept consequences. It says he avoids floor sessions, fearing unwelcomeness, but that Southern congressmen respect him. He is a modest figure who prefers committees and his office, and chairs the expenditures committee as the first Black to hold the post.
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Dawson
Army war games program to test North American defense
The Army outlines a $1,000,000 plus war games plan spanning climates from rainy jungle to Arctic. Small, critical exercises teach officers terrain and climate. large maneuvers may restage Ft. Bragg airborne drills with two divisions and Navy, Army, and Air Force participation. Arctic orientation tours are planned for July and August to Alaska and other northern areas.
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Willkie enters Indiana race and GOP bid leader
Phil Willkie son of Wendell Willkie runs unopposed for Indiana legislature and leads GOP convention ticket in every precinct. Air Force brass tour Puerto Rico to train new Secretary Tom Finletter. AFL maps 1950 union industries show with Matthew Woll. Senate observers Cooper and Dulles push bipartisan foreign policy unity on Capitol Hill amid postwar urgency.
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Wendell
Indiana
Willkie
Air Force
Puerto Rico
Tom Finletter
Philadelphia
Matthew Woll
AFL
State Department
Cooper
Kentucky
Dulles
New York
Capitol Hill
V-J. Day
Senator McCarthy Faces Lost Briefcase at WWDC
Senator McCarthy, famed for guarding state secrets, nearly misplaced his bulging briefcase containing communist data. He left it at WWDC after a Meet The Press appearance and pleaded for its return. Manuel Michaelson found the case and was thanked with champagne after its delivery to McCarthy's home.
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Meet the Press
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Primary results show no incumbents losing in multiple states
Captain Victor Hunt Harding, veteran Democrat campaign official, says primaries in Ohio Indiana Illinois New Jersey Florida and Alabama show no House incumbents beaten. He cautions that Pepper’s Florida Senate loss was a different case and suggests limited public resentment.
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Washington
Victor Hunt Harding
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Democratic Campaign Committee
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
New Jersey
Florida
Alabama
Pepper
Senate
Rationed Mortgages Signal RFC Policy Shift
Washington reports that when the Reconstruction Finance Corporation resumes buying home mortgages it will likely employ rationing to stretch the $250 million boost approved by Congress. With prior funding exhausted quickly, the rationing rules aim to extend purchases beyond the short term.
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Reconstruction — Finance ‘Corporation
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Moonshiner raid ends with car capture near Fox Creek
Officers return from a raid on moonshiners near Fox Creek. Miss Mary Roxy Collier will depart Wednesday for Birmingham to visit her uncles Dr. W S Rountree and Dr J S Rountree. Miss Daisy Brazelton remains ill.
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Roxy Collier
Birmingham
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J. S. Rountree
Russians Purge Baltic Ethnic Groups and Use Prisoners in China
The report describes a Soviet led restructuring of European intelligence into a semi spy, semi terrorist force surpassing Gestapo in severity. It notes Luftwaffe experts aiding Peron’s air force in South America with Colonel Rudel among them, and Germans used as slaves in China. It also mentions Baltic coast arrests of Estonians amid suspicions of assisting planes. Riots and famine turmoil plague China with millions starving amid the Yangtse basin.
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Luftwaffe
Peron
South America
Rudel
Communist
China
Baltic
Yangtse River
McCarthy Faces GOP Split Over Communist Charge Strategy
Washington sources say McCarthy’s communism in government charges split Republicans. Forks of-the-Creek members favor continuing investigations by the Tydings subcommittee, while some GOP leaders seek to distance the party. Democrats plan a strong counterattack aimed at McCarthy personally to dent the accusations.
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Washington
R. Wis
Forks Of-The-Creek
Tydings Foreign Relations
Kefauver to Tour Cities for Crime Probe
Senator Kefauver of Tennessee announces a new traveling crime probe by a special committee. The panel, approved for 150 the investigation, will travel coast to coast to hear local crime issues rather than call witnesses to Washington. He notes many cities requested field hearings.
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Washington
Kefauver
Tenn
Senate
Decatur Jaycees To Stage The Heiress May 20
Civic Drama Guild brings The Heiress to Decatur on May 20 as part of three plays this year. A troupe of talented young professionals will perform and also handle props makeup and more. Tickets available from Decatur residents with blue and silver Jaycee shields. Crossroads film on Bikini and Armed Forces Week program chaired by Stan W. commemorates national events May 15 20.
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Decatur
Civic Drama Guild
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
Crossroads
Bikini
Stan Wt
Armed Forces Week
Joe Wheeler
Civic softball league opens May 29 with Monday games
The Civic softball league resumes with Kiwanis Civitan Lions and Rotary teams practicing for May 29 opening. Games run Mondays through August 21, with a bye the week of July 4, five innings per game and two games per night.
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Wek
Softball League Schedule Shows Rotations and Matchups
The schedule lists matchups for June through August with Rotary Lions Civitans Kiwanis in fixed nightly orders. Games occur June 5 12 19 26 July 10 17 24 31 August 7 14 21 with all teams pairing in different combinations each week.
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Rotary reel treat features Army Reserve Office officers
Lt. Col. Edward A. Galt and Capt. H. A. Bennett of the army reserve office will present an Operations show this week for Rotary members. The event promises a demonstration of military planning and use of resources, offering insight into defense operations.
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Rotarians
Edward A. Galt
H. A. Bennett
Army Reserve Office
Local Notes and Weekend Happenings in Decatur
At Seventh Avenue West a family gathering marked Mothers Day with Whitmans chocolates from Decatur Drug Store. Gloria Swanson stars in Wages Of Virtue with a strong supporting cast. Mrs. John L. Houston and Elizabeth Sieghart of Hartseile visit Mrs. R. M. McGlathery. D. E. Sittason left for Monroe La to take a new job. United Confederate Veterans Reunion in Dallas advertised with reduced round trip fares by Southern Railway System. Albany high meets Falkville high at Malone Park. Pirie likely to be the hill choice as Wade or Oliver are kept for relief. Morgan county promotes war trophy quotas with transport costs. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Wolfe return from Nashville weekend trip.
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Albany High
Falkville High
Malone Park
Pirie
Wade
Oliver
Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla Edits Upstream Issue
Decatur Coast Guard Auxiliary flotilla acts as guest editors for the monthly Upstream magazine. Commander Leonard Moody says the district auxiliary publication will be finished this week and sent to press at the yacht harbor Monday night at 7 30 p.m.
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Coast Guard
Decatur
Coast Guard Auxiliary
Coast
Yacht Harbor
Decatur Civitan Honors After District Convention
The Decatur Civitan club earned the attendance banner at the Aniston district convention. Retiring district governor Alvis Briscoe presided at the final soiree. Attendees included Elmer Ange Dr R H Parks Dr A M Roan Captain Bob Short and George Perry. Delegates will report on the convention at Wednesday luncheon.
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Decatur Civitans
Decatur Civic Clubs
Anniston
Alvis Briscoe
Elmer Ange
R. H. Parks
A. M. Roan
Bob Short
George Perry
North Alabama
CiVitans Convene Delegates for Dallas International Meet
The CiVitans plan to select delegates at a Wednesday meeting for an international convention scheduled in Dallas Texas on June 21 to 23.
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CiVitans
Dallas
Deep-In-The-Heart-Of
Texas
Party and Clean-Up Plans Attract Local Attention
The Junior Chamber of Commerce adds May events with a party at the armory on May 19 and a late May clean-up campaign led by Bayne Vaughn. Harold Watkins and John Smithers coordinate the party.
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Chamber of Commerce
Harold Watkins
John Smithers
Bayne Vaughn
Agriculture Man of the Year to Be Lions Guest
This Tuesday at the Lyons club luncheon J. C. Cannon head of the department of vocational agriculture will speak as their guest. He was recently chosen by Progressive Farmer as the state's man of the year in agriculture. If time allows the Lions will hear final reports from their Gulf Coast convention.
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LIONS
the Lyons
J. C. Cannon
Department of Vocational Agriculture
Progressive Farmer
Community Club and Society Meetings Bulletin
Bulletin lists Tuesday night meetings for Pilots at Bank Street clubroom to bring by-laws and constitutions. Rotary directors meet at the Country club at 6 30 PM. Moose Lodge holds initiations at the Legion Hall. Kiwanis luncheon program led by Richard Frank at noon Thursday.
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Bank Street
Rotary
Country Club
Moose
Legion Hall
Lions Club Welcomes New Member C F Griffin
Congratulations to C F Griffin for joining the Lions club as a new member. Best wishes for community service and fellowship.
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C. F. Griffin
The
Lions Club
Cottage cheese inspires new serving ideas
A playful note describes folding cottage cheese into eggs with garnish and a sprinkle of igépeiba badore for a flavorful serving idea.
Taxes Detours Washington Debate On Federal Sales Tax
The house ways and means committee tentatively backs reviving a federal sales tax on auction proceeds first imposed in 1794. Senate Democratic Leader Lecoty Cox threatens a filibuster against FEPC as the issue extends.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Lecoty Cox
FEPC
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