Mississippi Democrats Stand Firm Against Civil Rights Platform
Mississippi Democrats reject any compromise on anti Southern planks including FEPC and civil rights in the national platform. State leaders Tom Tubb and W. W. Wright say Mississippi will oppose any candidate who accepts such planks and may join a Southern bloc to influence the nomination or electors. Mississippi plans to reconvene its state convention June 26 to decide whether to participate in the national convention.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
National Party
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Tom J. Tubb
State
Democratic Executive Committee
W. W. Wright
House of Representatives
State Democratic Executive Committee
Richard Russell
Georgia
Russell
Florida
Tubb
Wright
Louisiana
South Carolina
Alabama
States Rights Party
Prisoner Van Sickle recounts threat and assault by Bazer
Van Sickle testified that Bazer threatened him with a pistol and swung last, a blow partially blocked. He then left when he could no longer hold his position while noting guards at the prison. The facility has faced repeated access refusals as more than 30 convicts last year protested guard brutality by slashing heel tendons.
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van Sickle
Bazer
Five Local Men Are Enlisted
T/Sgt. Omer B. Bunch announced five Decatur men among 15 recent enlistments. Four joined the Air Force and one, James B. Cox, is among Regular Army Signal Corps recruits. Other area men enlisted for Air Force include Claudie Boger Jr Sebin Smith Carl E Legg. for Regular Army Marvin Burgess Edward Stover J W Miller Bobby L Wilson Allen Harrison Smith Charles E Whitlock and Charles V Atchley. Bunch urged local men of military age to discuss careers, especially those discharged within 90 days seeking re enlistment benefits.
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Omer B. Bunch
Army
Air Force
Decatur
Almon B. White
Fifth Avenue South
William D. Burns
Sherman Street
Preston Troupe
James B. Cox
Third Avenue
Everette A. Turney
Fourth Avenue West
Regular
Army Signal Corps
Claudie Boger, Jr
Hartseller
Sebin- Smith
Athens
Carl E. Legg
Hartselle
Regular Army
Marvin Burgess
Edward Ray Stover
Falkville
J. W. Miller
Bobby L. Wilson
Allen Harrison Smith
Charles E. Whitlock
Charles V. Atchley
Athens 1. S Gt
Bunch
Strikebound refinery workers approve first major contract
The Independent Union of Petroleum Workers and Standard Oil of California reach a new wage deal in Los Angeles. The basic rate rises 18 15 cents an hour with shift differentials up 6 7 42 and 12 cents to replace lower night premiums. A similar pact with Union Oil Co of California is up for a vote by about 1100 workers.
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Petoleum Workers
Standard Oil of
California
Knight
Los Angeles
IUPW
Union Oil Company of California
Highway crash toll rises with soldiers among dead
Nine people died in crashes across the state including two soldiers and the wife of a G I. In Dothan a head on collision on a curve killed Mrs Gloriana Loeb of Panama City and seriously injured her daughter Susan. Pfc Charles Marshall of Camp Rucker was charged with manslaughter after his car was on the wrong side. Pfe Donald Young and Sgt Roger Stewart died when their car overturned near the same spot 12 hours later. Additional fatalities included Emma Melton of Bessemer and others in Centerville Deatsville McCalla.
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Beasley
Carl Edgman
G. I
Highway 231
Dothan
Gloriana Loeb
Panama City
Fla
Susan
M. S. Vickery
E. H. Jones
Loeb
Charles Marshall
Camp Rucker
Marshall
Pfe
Donald Young
Roger T. Stewart
Young
Bessemer
Birmingham
Emma Melton
Joe Willard McCormick
Centerville
Curtis Dobson
Deatsville
Margaret Tyler
McCalla
Local notes on illness births and meetings in Decatur area
Mrs Ellit Reeves improves from an infected finger. Rising Sun lodge 29 calls a meeting Tuesday at 1 for funeral rites for Freeman R. Smith. Master Masons urged to attend. Verdon Lowery of The Daily improves after two Jefferson Hillman hospital operations. Eugene Lamon announces birth of a daughter at Ellis Meyer hospital. Billy Lawrence ill at home. Bobbie and Helen Jervis ill with measles. Several admissions to Decatur General hospital and births at Decatur General. Temperatures in Decatur drop. TVA substation reports 64 high yesterday. Meteorology notes and local social events include a junior G A Associational banquet and visiting day at Southside Baptist. Tennessee river stages listed with changes expected through Tuesday.
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Rising Sun Lodge No
Freeman R. Smith
Tornado Strikes Alapaha Ga Causing Heavy Damage
A tornado of tornadic winds hit Alapaha in Berrien County at about 7 15 am injuring three and causing extensive property damage. Dozens of homes and businesses were leveled along with the water tank and school property.
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Alapaha, Ga
Julian J. Paulk
Alapaha
Berrien County
Valdosta
W. C. Sams
W. A. Pierce
Teddy
Artemus Elliott
Jacksonville
Fla
Columbus
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
Arkansas
Missing Coed Found Unconscious After Brutal Beating
Virginia Anderson 24 of Manston Wisconsin was found unconscious on a prairie north of Laramie Wyoming with a severe head injury and exposure. She is in critical condition after an apparent assault and is listed in shock.
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Laramie
Wyo
University of Wyoming Coed
Here
Virginia Anderson
Manston
Wis
Lester Turner Jr. Dies at Moulton Hospital
Final rites for Lester Leo Turner Jr six year old son of Mr and Mrs L L Turner Moulton 2 will be held today at 3 PM from the Moulton Church of Christ. F H Ellington will conduct the services with interment in Liberty Cemetery Brown directing. The youth died Sunday at 9 10 AM at the Moulton hospital. Survivors include the parents and are Martin Harley Turner.
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Lester Leo Turner Jr
L. L. Turner
Moulton 2
Moulton
West Virginia GOP race shapes up forTaft Stassen clash
GOP and 16 delegates lean toward Taft with Stassen as rival while Eisenhower backers push Ike write ins. Democratic hopefuls split with Kefauver the only stated preference. Truman reportedly declined keynoter role. Dewey expects a clear Eisenhower stance on campaigning after early next month return.
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GOP
Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
West Virginia
Eisenhower
Ike
Taft-Stassen
Kefauver
Stassen
Earl Warren
California
Republian
Truman
Norway
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Abilene
Kan
Renewal of Berlin Helmstedt express highway ban remains limited
The only new concrete Russian action cited is the continued ban on Allied military patrols from Berlin on the Berlin Helmstedt express highway. Allied officials view the stoppage as not serious, begun Thursday night, and expect it to be lifted within the week.
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West
Berlin
Berlin-Helmstedt
Two Decatur Negroes Fined In Cutting Affray
Ada Mae Morris and Oscar Nichols were fined 103 dollars each in recorder's court after being found guilty of assault and battery following a Saturday afternoon dispute that left Linus wounded in front of the Harlem club on lower Bank Street. Collins testified after recovering from multiple wounds.
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Decatur
Ada Mae Morris
Oscar Nichols
Linus
Recorder’s Court
Collins
Harlem
Lower Bank Street
Body Found At Lock 5 Dam After Fishing Trip
The body of Clarence King, 26, of Anniston, who disappeared Saturday while fishing at the Lock 5 dam on the Coosa River, was recovered yesterday afternoon. Coroner Clinton Perkins returned a verdict of accidental drowning.
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Talladega
Clarence King
Anniston
Coosa River
Clinton Perkins
Navy Radar Sways Flight to Safety Over Fog
The Navy announced a new lightweight radar for aircraft that maps terrain up to 200 miles, warning pilots of mountains and storms. An airliner in foggy weather avoided a hill crash when the beam warned the pilot after erroneous tower instructions. No further details released.
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Washington
Navy
Window washer drowns in acid tank fall at Oldsmobile plant
Leo Cunningham about 50, a Bopey Window Cleaning Co. employee from Lansing, fell 18 feet into a hot sulfuric acid tank at the Oldsmobile forge plant and died within seconds. Coroner Harry E. Leadley reported coworkers could not explain the fall as the scaffold broke or he slipped, while investigators reviewed the事故.
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Lansing, Mich
Oldsmobile
Bopey Window Cleaning Co
Lansing
Leo Cunningham
Pittsburgh
Harry E. Leadley
Cunningham
Youth Drowns in Gravel Boat Lake near FloMaton
Herbert Daniels 17 from Pensacola Florida drowned while swimming with two companions. Patrolman B J Gatlin reported the body was recovered about two hours after the accident from Gravel Boat Lake.
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Flomaton
Ala
Herbert Daniels
Pensacola
Fla
B. J. Gatlin
Judge Directs Election Probe In Montgomery County
Circuit Judge Eugene Carter directs Montgomery County grand jury to probe irregularities in last Tuesday's Democratic primary. He notes 164 absentee ballots in Southwestern District versus 425 countywide and urges broader use of voting machines. He praises juries for a clean town record on gambling.
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Montgomery
Eugene Carter
Montgomery County
Carter
County Board of Revenue
Grand
Nam Il Accuses Allies in UN Session Charge
North Korean General Nam Il asserted at today’s UN meeting that allies manipulate talks to hinder North Korea. The charge follows tense diplomacy amid ongoing security concerns and regional disputes.
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Nam Il
UN air raid cripples North Korean rail line near Huichon
United Nations warplanes struck the Kanggye to Sinanju line near Huichon with 28 cuts in a northwest stretch. Nine B 29s bombed the Huichon rail bridge with 90 tons. Fighter bombers cratered rails in over 80 locations on a segment south of Sunchon.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Kanggye-Sinanju
Huichon
Sunchon
Allied press reports Panmunjom anger at propaganda
Newsmen covering Panmunjom negotiations saw Adm. Joy angrily recount a Communist propaganda blast during a 52 minute session. Joy said the Allies faced threats to disrupt meetings unless daily propaganda sessions continued. Nam Il rejected Joys proposal for an indefinite recess until concrete offers emerge.
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Panmunjom
Adm
Joy
Nam Il
Destroyer James C. Owens Hit by Communist Artillery
The Navy reports the destroyer James C. Owens was struck by six shells off Korea on May 7. Two sailors were killed outright and six wounded, one fatally, as a depth charge was detonated by a direct hit from shore guns near Songjin. The engagement lasted 11 minutes with 153 rounds fired and at least two enemy gun positions hit.
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Washington
James C. Owens
Korea
Songjin
Wife Of Policeman In Tunis Killed By Explosion At Home
A police man's wife was killed in Tunis when an explosive charge blew up the window of their home in a suburb. Her two children were seriously injured as unrest flared in the protectorate. Separately Nationalists tried to march on the Premier Salah Eddine Baccouche's residence and clashed with police.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Salah-Eddine Baccouche
Service Held Here For Mrs Hatchett
Funeral services for Mrs. W. L. Hatchett, who died Saturday in Nashville, were held today at 10 30 a.m. from Brown's Chapel. Interment was in the city cemetery. Survivors include two daughters Mrs C R Lewter of North Little Rock Arkansas and Mrs Tom Collier of Montgomery three sons Harold Hatchett of Northville Michigan Charlie Hatchett of Nashville and J B Hatchett of North Little Rock one sister Mrs G F McMillin of Nashville and a brother R H Scoggin of Washington D C.
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W. L. Hatchett
Nashville
Brown's
City Cemetery
C. R. Lewter
North Little Rock
Arkansas
Tom Collier
Montgomery
Harold Hatchett
Northville
Michigan
Charlie Hatchett
J. B. Hatchett
G. F. McMillin
R. H. Scoggin
Washington, D. C
Market Prices in Decatur Report
Decatur market notes show cotton middling 38 cents with strict low 36.50. No 2 wheat 2.40 dollars. No 2 oats 90 cents. No 2 mile 3.16. No 2 white ear corn 1.91. No 2 yellow ear corn 1.80. Hogs bring 19.50 cents in Decatur.
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Decatur
North Georgia live poultry market holds steady
North Georgia live poultry market remains steady with ample supplies moving well at 22 cents delivered. Some truckers report 22 cents FOB farm with a few at 23 cents. prices paid FOB farm this morning range from 20 to 23 cents for broilers and fryers across all weights. Cotton futures in New York slide on liquidation in nearby May with losses near 1.50 per bale before a partial rebound. late quotes show May 39.11, July 38.48, Oct 36.39.
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Atlanta
USDA
North
Georgia
New York
Nashville cattle and hog market prices for various grades
Federal state cattle prices show 700 head at 27.00 to 32.75 for low choice steers and shelters. small lots around 865 lb steers at 33.50. cows 21.50 to 25.00. bulls 24.00 to 26.00. calves 30.00 to 35.00 for 300-400 lb stock. calves 400 good to prime 31.00-36.00. Hogs 1,400 head with 190-240 lb barrows 20.25-20.50. 250-290 lb 18.75-19.00. 150-180 lb 18.75-19.00. sows 16.00-16.50. Sheep 350 head with springers 30.00-31.00. good and choice 28.50-30.00. wooled lambs 26.00-27.00.
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Nashville
Rites Held For Miss Gwen Dolyn Pierce
Funeral services for Gwen Dolyn Pierce 17 of Landersville were held at Landersville Church of Christ with Alford Thompson officiating. Burial followed in the adjacent cemetery. She died Saturday at 10 A M after an extended illness. Survived by parents James R Pierce and wife, Darrel Pierce a brother and two sisters. A Hatton high senior and member of Beta club FHA and church.
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Gwendolyn Pierce
James R. Pierce
Landersville
Landersville Church of Christ
Alford Thompson
Brown
Miss Pierce
Darrel Pierce
Senate Democratic Leader Pushes for Emergency Powers Agenda
Senate Democrats led by Moe Farland pledge to press for action on appropriations foreign aid price controls and emergency powers for the President. Longer Senate sessions are hinted at as House members seek federal economy amid a dull docket. Rep. Bennett proposes cuts to congression al expenses and postage to save a few dollars.
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Senate
MoeFarland
Arizona
House
Congress
Bennett
D-Fla
Unfurnished Apartment For Rent At 418 Johnston St
Nice large living room bedroom breakfast room kitchen and bath with front and back entrances. All newly decorated hardwood floors wired for electric stove heat and water furnished. Mrs E L Thomas 3168. WANTED two waitresses Apply bus terminal cafe Ferry St.
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Johnston St
E. L. Thomas
Vote Count In Panama Starts
In Panama City both major presidential hopefuls claimed victory as boards began the official tally. Balloting was peaceful but marred by scattered violence and fraud accusations, with the process splitting presidential ballots from National Assembly ballots before counting begins.
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Panama
National Assembly
National Election Board
Jose Antonio Remon
National Patriotic
Robert F. Chiari
Remon
Pedro Monteno Correa
General Dodd Reported Well Treated by Reds in Camp
General Dodd says he was well treated during captivity at Compound 76 on the island’s UN1 camp for prisoners. He notes prisoner demands for release were inconsequential and camp concessions minor. Newsmen visited Kose camp for first time after his seizure. Shielded by stockade officers, prisoners indicated they planned the capture for a week. Banners proclaimed Dodd’s capture and linked his fate to prisoner issues. Clark announced a full investigation into the kidnapping and negotiations leading to his release.
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Dodd
U. N. No
Reds
Clark
Local Official Comments on McIntosh Labor Situation
Governor Persons told the Mobile Register he had discussed the McIntosh matter with Sheriff L L Armstrong and found no trouble, calling it a purely local issue. He criticized the refusal to talk with him as solicitor of the circuit.
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L. L. Armstrong
McIntosh
Ala
Persons
Mobile Register
Flying Leathernecks at ROXY and Capitol reels
The program lists Flying Leathernecks with stars John Wayne and Robert Ryan at 1:08 3:05 5:10 7:20 9:25 and Abbott and Costello at The Naughty Nineties, with Reunion in Reno and The Return of Jesse James also shown.
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John Wayne
Robert Ryan
Roxy — the Naughty Nineties
Capitol
Jesse James
John Ireland
Ann Dvorak
Henry Hull
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Loyd
Verdon Lowery
the Daily
Jefferson-Hillman Hospital
Eugene Lamon
Fifth Avenue
Ellis-Meyer Hospital
Billy Lawrence
Bobby
Helen Jervis
Mrs
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William Pepper
Decatur 2
Roy Henderson
Decatur 3
Decatur General Hospital
Bennie Ray Flack
Sixth Avenue
Willard Sherrod
Floyd Berry
Twelfth Avenue
John T. Short
Grant Street
John Shelton
Monta Kay Rosamond
D. G. Rosamond
Decatur 1
Charles T. Hobson
Joe Hint
Thomas M. Lewis
East Moulton Street
Bobby Joe Roan
Danville
H. M. Yancey
Lacey
Baugh- Wiley Clinic
TVA
Ronald Eddens
Runburn
Quince Eddens
W. A. Elmner
Evansville
Carolyn Elmer
Auburn
Central Baptist Church
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U. S. Weather Bureau
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Wilson
Florence
C. R. Sherrill
Haleyville
Texas
New Moulton Highway
Trinity, Lane
Lester Turner Jr
Labor
Lancaster
Lula Owens
Nathan Terry
Terry
Willie Owens
Owen
N.Y. Cotton
Nashville Livestock
Ferry St
Sunset
Reno
Mark Stevens
Peggy Dow
Gigi Perreau
Strand
Hartcelle
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Marta Toren
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